Tomb Raider Guide | How to Survive the Mountain Temple

Here's a guide on how to survive the Mountain Temple in Tomb Raider.

Game Guide by Shadi on Dec 14, 2025

The Mountain Temple is a tough place to enter, and even harder to escape. After you're captured and tied up, you'll need to stay hidden and move carefully to avoid being seen.

You'll have to dodge both fire and enemies until you can get your weapon back. Once you're armed, you can choose to sneak through or fight your way out as you make your escape.

Entering the Mountain Temple

The Mountain Temple section begins when you use the Strengthened Pry Axe to open the gate.

In this area, you can find salvage that helps with skills like Advanced Salvaging or Bone Collector. Go up the path until you see a cutscene where Lara gets captured.

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Stealth Escape Sequence

Now you need to escape while tied up. If enemies see you, Lara will be killed. They spot you by sight, so stay out of view. Lara crouches behind cover when near guards.

Move forward carefully, ignore paths behind you, and head for the end. There are no collectibles here.

As you near the end, watch for patrols and wait until they pass before advancing. Your objective is to reach a wooden support structure to trigger a Quick Time Event.

Enemy Quick Tim Near the end, watch for enemy patrols and wait until they pass before moving forward.

Your goal is to reach a wooden support structure that will trigger a Quick Time Event. Ara acquires a Handgun.

Initial Combat and Escape

Now armed with the Handgun, you need to get out of the burning temple. Go to the wooden wall and keep tapping the action button to break through and escape the fire. ter Enemies

Once outside, you'll face more enemies. You can fight them with the Handgun or take them out quietly with the Bow. Stealth bow kills give you more XP, but you don't have to stay hidden the whole time.

If guards notice you, use the Handgun to take them down quickly, since they'll use cover and throw firebombs. Shoot the enemy on the rope ladder to make them fall, then move on to the next part of the Mountain Temple.

Locating the Mountain Temple Treasure. Now you can do some optional activities. The Mountain Temple Treasure Map is in a cave.

From the base camp, go back toward the rope ladder you used earlier. At the bottom of the hill, find a pool of water and enter the cave past it. Use Survival Instinct to find the Treasure Map inside.

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Temple Infiltration

To get back into the temple, either avoid or take out the patrolling enemies outside. You can distract them by shooting an arrow at a hard surface with the Bow.

Inside, you'll learn how to do stealth takedowns with the Bow. You can choose to sneak past, take out enemies quietly, or fight them directly.

To leave, use the zipline to cross over the burning rubble: completion and Exit.

After you use the zipline, you've finished this area. The roadblock near the base camp is gone, so you can now go to the Mountain Village. You can come back here later by fast-traveling from any base camp.

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