Tomb Raider Multiplayer Map Week

How well do you know Tomb Raider’s multiplayer maps? Developed with care by the team at Eidos Montreal, Tomb Raider launches with five unique maps for you to take on with (or against) your friends. We’ll highlight one a day through Friday so you can gain the upper hand this weekend!

Map #5: Underground

When the Japanese surrendered at the end of the Second World War, three of their four nuclear submarines were destroyed by the Allies. A I-403 Submarine, the forth, was never found, hidden in an underground base on the island. The submarine holds another deadly secret: when the base was abandoned the officers initiated a self-destruct sequence on the submarine but, due do a power disruption, the final countdown was never started. During the match in this tight and tense level, the power will be returned to the sub and a doorway will open. The first team to activate the self-destruct will set the match time to 2:00—who will win?

Map Features

• Small, intense and tight map layout: Lots of corridors, trouble at every turn.
• Self-destruct: Team that activates this event will gain XP and credit for any kills it causes.
• Traps: Snare trap, exploding barrels, shotgun barriers, propane tanks and turret. The biggest danger in this level is the other players due to the layout and quick immersion in the combat.
• Destructible bridge: The central bridge can be weakened and caused to collapse. When the power on the bridge is on and it is destroyed it will create an electrical field that inflicts damage over time to any player on the bridge—cross at your own risk. Use instinct mode to find the switches.

Mode Strategies

• Keep moving: The map has tight corridors and blocked off side paths that are useful to a skilled player. Shoot your way through the barriers and collect as many special ammunition drops as you can.
• Use the self-destruct: If you’re in the lead, or have a chaotic personality, push that button. It will reset the time to 2:00. This will add or subtract time to the match depending on when it is pushed. In free for all and team death match kills you get from this event count as points—lots of fun in free for all.
• Destroy the bridge and electrify it.

Tomb Raider Multiplayer Map Week

How well do you know Tomb Raider’s multiplayer maps? Developed with care by the team at Eidos Montreal, Tomb Raider launches with five unique maps for you to take on with (or against) your friends. We’ll highlight one a day through Friday so you can gain the upper hand this weekend!

Map #3: Shrine
Quiet and cold, the shrine is in excellent condition despite its age. While most of the island has already been overrun and destroyed by the Solarii this place is deserted, aside from a few lanterns that cast a golden hue over the structures.

Map Features

• Flaming lanterns: Many of the lanterns in the map are destructible, once destroyed they will spill their oil on the ground and cause a fire hazard.
• Traps: Spike trap, snare trap, exploding barrels. The traps in this level are well hidden, exploding barrels populate most of the outdoor areas of the map, while the snare traps and spike traps threaten players in the shrine itself.

Mode Strategies

• This map is really all about the shrine. For both teams controlling the shrine will be key to all game modes. There are twisting and turning paths and lots of destructible shutters that create even more portals in and out of the building.
• Survivors will do well in Rescue mode by coordinating together and clearing one of the three paths back to the drop zone. The rock staircase has a lot of cover and is usually the best bet, but if there is a concentration of Solarii there, sometimes the main bridge out in the open is best.
• Solarii in rescue will have a particular use for a rocky perch above the central bridge of the level. There is a leap of faith the player can jump onto a zip line that will lead to the Survivor drop zone and then—using the ascender—quickly retreat.

Tomb Raider Multiplayer Map Week

How well do you know Tomb Raider’s multiplayer maps? Developed with care by the team at Eidos Montreal, Tomb Raider launches with five unique maps for you to take on with (or against) your friends. We’ll highlight one a day through Friday so you can gain the upper hand this weekend!

Map #1: Chasm
Wind has wiped most of this once-picturesque outpost clean. The sands have stripped off paint off anything and everything. All that remains are the wooden skeletons of the previously grand buildings and towers. At the north end of this map there is a large bell. There is a crank that will ring a bell and summon a blinding windstorm. 

Map Features

• Windstorm: When the player rings the bell, the windstorm will come and blow sand across the level reducing visibility for everyone. However, the team that activated the bell will see the gamer tags of the opposing team—useful when coordinating an attack.
• Traps: Spike trap, snare trap, exploding barrels, rock falls. There is a good mix of traps in the open and underground areas of this map.
• Long zip lines: There is a tower on the Solarii side of the map that is between two zip lines, it is great to attack or defend certain areas of the map. There is a long zip line that leads from the Survivor drop zone to the bell. This is an extremely useful way to get around the map for the Solarii.

Mode Strategies

• Ring the bell: Always good for your team—tap survival instinct to see a bit better.
• Survivors will do well to use the tunnels and stay underground as much as possible, but careful of the traps.
• Solarii will do well by using the ascenders to get around the map and by destroying the large grid under the bell. Anyone under the debris when it falls will be killed—especially useful in cry for help.