Mountaineering

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Guide - Walkthrough

Mountaineering

Nate was taken good care of in a small Tibetan village. Not quite up for another adventure, off he goes.

Treasure locations on this level:
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||BOX|Treasure Name:          |Location:                                      ||
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||[ ]|Tibetan Ritual Blade    |After descending the ladder, area nearby cliff ||
||[ ]|Clay Deity Head         |Area with tent; Swing the rope to left ledge   ||
||[ ]|Bronze Chenrezig Statue |Around the corner, before climbing ropes up    ||
||[ ]|Skull Cap Drum          |At the waterfall head right, search at dead end||
||[ ]|Silver Needle Case      |On cliff before jumping down to area w/ladder  ||
||[ ]|Bronze Stupa Ornament   |After fight with beast; concealed area that you||
||   |                        |can reach after leaping over several cliffs    ||
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Treasure Video for this level

Follow Tenzin down the mountain trail into a cave.  Swing the rope across to a ladder and drop down.

.----- TREASURE #55: TIBETAN RITUAL BLADE -------------------------------------.
|!|Instead of following Tenzin after descending the ladder, search this area |!|
|!|first.  The treasure can be found near the edge of a misty cliff.         |!|
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Follow Tenzin down the cave and curve through some cracks along the way.  Hop down in the area with the tent to initiate a cutscene.

.----- TREASURE #56: CLAY DEITY HEAD ------------------------------------------.
|!|After the cutscene, Tenzin will prepare another rope.  Instead of using it|!|
|!|to continue down the main path, use the rope and swing it to the right    |!|
|!|side of the area.  You can just barely make it to a ledge with this       |!|
|!|treasure on top of it.                                                    |!|
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You know who to follow; Use the rope to walk-swing your way over the gap, then follow the straight path until Nate mentions the wolves.  After the scene, look for a place where you can give Tenzin a boost - he'll give you a boost instead.
Walk to the far end of the path, then jump to the walls on your right and shimmy all the way to a safe platform.

.----- TREASURE #57: BRONZE CHENREZIG STATUE ----------------------------------.
|!|Don't climb the ropes hanging here just yet.  Instead look around the     |!|
|!|left corner to find this treasure sparkling on a snowy ledge.             |!|
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Continue by climbing up those ropes, jumping from ledge to ledge - sometimes even barely possible leaps.  When you reach the other side of the path that crumbled down just now, press Triangle to get Tenzin across.  Swing the rope to the area he goes, then shimmy your way into the next cave.

You'll find several dead wolves up ahead, and as you continue it becomes apparent that some sort of monster did this to them.  Drop down in the large icy area to continue.  Continue down the left path and a large rock blocks the way behind you - forward we go!

.----- TREASURE #58: SKULL CAP DRUM -------------------------------------------.
|!|Simply follow the river to a waterfall.  Here, go right and look for the  |!|
|!|treasure at the dead end around the corner.                               |!|
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Go back to the corner and climb the ledges to take the upper path of this cave.  At the end, use the cliffs to get to even higher ground.  At the far end, look for a ladder down below and leap to this cliff.

.----- TREASURE #59: SILVER NEEDLE CASE ---------------------------------------.
|!|Don't jump down yet!  Instead, search this cliff for a treasure - it's    |!|
|!|located on the left side.                                                 |!|
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Hop down the circular area with the ladder and grab the gun.  Use it to destroy the icicles nearby.  When you've done so you'll witness how a creature is bashing Tenzin.  Shoot it several times to attract its attention and some sort of boss fight commences.

Take note that you've got infinite ammo, so you'll want to run and gun if the creature is chasing you - and he'll be chasing you a LOT, and FAST.  When it manages to get to you there are three things that can happen.

1. It'll deliver regular punches, but these'll still hurt a good deal.

2. It'll knock Nate on the ground and you'll have to input Triangle and Square to knock the beast off you.  This will also cause some damage to it.

3. It'll grab Nate by his throat and choke him.  Quickly fire a few rounds into the beast's head to make it release Nate.

After inflicting enough damage on the beast it'll grab Nate by the throat like described in #3 above, but knocks his gun away.  This is scripted, however.

With the beast gone, give Tenzin a boost at the ladder and climb up yourself after Tenzin pushes down a crate for you.  Follow him, leaping across another cliff.

.----- TREASURE #60: BRONZE STUPA ORNAMENT ------------------------------------.
|!|Hug the wall and follow the path to a smaller area. Jump across and you'll|!|
|!|already have found this treasure.                                         |!|
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To continue, look for a crate with a rope attached high up a cliff and shoot it down.  Use to rope to walk-swing your way across the ravine.  The ledges will lead you to some stairs and the rest is quite self-explanatory.