Heart of Ice

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Guide - Walkthrough

Heart of Ice

Icy cliffs, yeti-like creatures.  What else will this cold place have in store for nate and his guide?

Treasure locations for this level:
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||BOX|Treasure Name:          |Location:                                      ||
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||[ ]|Mandala Thogchag        |On a wooden board of 3rd rotating cylinder     ||
||[ ]|Dipa Oil Lamp           |In cogwheel area; use rope to swing towards it ||
||[ ]|Tibetan Flint Lighter   |After falling down; underneath nearby cogwheel ||
||[ ]|Tibetan Ceremonial Axe  |Ride large cogwheel up; platform accessed by   ||
||   |                        |jumping from beam to beam                      ||
||[ ]|Bronze Dorje            |After cogwheels, shimmy right of snowy ledge   ||
||[ ]|Trigram Thogchag        |At very top of large statue                    ||
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Treasure Video for this level

When you reach the end of the stairs, follow the big path to another seemingly ancient area.  Stand on one of the tiles and Nate'll shout to Tenzin to step on the opposite one to lower the pillars, allowing passage.

Climb the nearby wall and grab the pole - which turns out to be a lever.  As you continue to climb those bricks, be warned that they will retract within seconds, so you'll want to reach that upper ledge very quickly.  From there, make your way to the right side of the wall until you can drop down to safe ground below.

Continue and you'll reach a large gap with large cylinders hanging overhead.  Head back a few steps and go down the small stairs on the side, which lead to a lever.  This one actually lowers the cylinders on the opposite side, but Tenzin is kind enough to lower yours as well. Atta boy.

Each cylinder has wooden boards attached to them which can make you drop down as they rotate.  Jump over to the third cylinder first.

.----- TREASURE #61: MANDALA THOGCHAG -----------------------------------------.
|!|This one's attached to one of the wooden boards on the third cylinder. Get|!|
|!|below it and you'll be able to grab it when in hand-reach.                |!|
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From the next platform, carefully jump to the wooden pillar sticking out of the walls, then to the wall on the opposite side and shimmy to some beams on the left side.  From here, cling onto an enormous cogwheel, followed by leaping towards another cogwheel in the distance, using a pole to swing across in the process.

The next cogwheel is missing a part, which is good for you as it allows you to cross.  Shimmy across the next cogwheel, then use the bricks in the wall to reach some pillars from which you can drop down on a cross-shaped beam.
From here, leap over to the pipe to your right, then on top of a cogwheel.  Spot the rope in the middle of the area and jump for it.

.----- TREASURE #62: DIPA OIL LAMP --------------------------------------------.
|!|While hanging onto the rope, swing over to the platform but don't let go  |!|
|!|just yet.  This treasure is attached to the ejected wall - you can only   |!|
|!|grab it while hanging from the rope, and you only have a moment to do so  |!|
|!|when nearby.                                                              |!|
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As soon as you grab the platform it'll collapse - ah well, at least you're down there now. 

.----- TREASURE #63: TIBETAN FLINT LIGHTER ------------------------------------.
|!|Hang off the large cogwheel nearby and you'll be able to grab this        |!|
|!|treasure underneath it as it spins round.                                 |!|
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Use the cogwheels to get up a ledge with a lever and flip it.  After the scene, find the ladder nearby, climb down and make your way over to yet another big cogwheel.  From here you can leap over to a small platform to your left.

The horizontal pole allows you to cling to the mechanism in the distance.  Ride it up, then shimmy across to reach the platform on the other side.  Spot the rope, swing it over to the wall, climb down and ride the large cogwheel down to the area below.  What a trip.

.----- TREASURE #64: BRONZE DORJE ---------------------------------------------.
|!|Ride the cogwheel up on the other side and don't jump on any of the other |!|
|!|cogwheels yet.  Instead, all the way up, climb on to the wooden bar.  This|!|
|!|area is fairly dark, but you can jump from bar to bar here, eventually    |!|
|!|reaching a platform with this treasure.                                   |!|
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Head back to the cogwheel and go from one to another.  From the final cogwheel, jump to a snowy ledge.

.----- TREASURE #65: TIBETAN CEREMONIAL AXE -----------------------------------.
|!|Shimmy to the right from this snowy ledge and shoot the shiny eye from the|!|
|!|statue head, then collect this treasure.  I had personally expected a gem |!|
|!|of some sorts, but it's something completely different.                   |!|
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Climb up into a new area from the snowy ledge.  Step on the tile at the end; Tenzin will make his way to the middle platform.  Go downstairs and jump from pillar to pillar until you reach the middle platform.  Beware that the final pillar will sink into the ground as soon as you cling onto it - quickly make that final leap!

As Nate and Tenzin step onto the tiles, a large sequence is set in motion, and the large statue finally becomes accessible.  Head over to the statue by means of the new bridge.

.----- TREASURE #66: TRIGRAM THOGCHAG -----------------------------------------.
|!|When you finally reach the big statue, aim your gun at the very top of it.|!|
|!|Shoot the treasure's shine to make it fall down, then claim it as yours.  |!|
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Go downstairs and a cutscene unfolds.  When you gain control of Nate, head for the lever at the top of the stairs and flip it to bring an elevator down.  You'll get company from two yeti-like creatures, the same ones as you fought before.  You don't need to kill them, so wait for the elevator to lower completely and jump on it.  Take note that during this ascend you'll have to perform one last move during the scene.  More scenes follow and the next chapter starts.