Secret areas in PC TNT map 16, Deepest Reaches (original) (raw)

To find the 4 Secrets in PC TNT level 16, Deepest Reaches:

When you first appear on this level, you'll be in a chamber on the north edge of the map, facing south towards a closed door in the far wall. Go through the door and you'll be looking out across a pond of crusted lava below you. Continue a few paces forward to stand at the edge of the pond, and turn back around to face north, towards the door you just came through. Just to the right (east) of that door you may notice that a vertical band of the wall appears brighter than the rest of the wall. This marks the location of a tall secret door.

Secret 1: Activate that tall, narrow wall panel like a switch and it will open, revealing a small chamber. Step inside to get credit for discovering a Secret.

Turn south again and run across the pillars to the opposite side of the pond, and go through the open doorway in the south wall. Turn right and go through the door in the southwest corner. Go up the steps and into the large room beyond. In the middle of the room are some low, thick wooden walls which partially surround a switch in the center. Activate that switch and the outer walls of the room will open up, allowing access to a raised walkway that surrounds the room on three sides. Step up onto the walkway and go to the west side of the room, where you'll find a switch in the middle of the wall. Activate that switch, and go to the opposite side of the room (east side), and through the new doorway you'll find there. Proceed southeast down some steps and into a low-ceilinged stone cavern. Continue forward to the east side of the cavern, and turn left to face northeast. Follow the running water north, then east, as it runs down a long, narrow, winding stairway. At the bottom of the watery stairway, turn right to face south, and look for a teleporter booth in the southwest corner of the room, and step into it. You'll materialize in a tiny room on the south edge of the east side of the map. Step off the teleport pad and pick up the blue skull key in front of you, then turn around and step back on that same teleport pad you materialized on a moment ago. You'll appear in the small room just south of the lava pond near the map's entry point, and you'll be facing east. Go forward, to a door ahead of you in the southeast corner of the room, and go through it. Head east across a short hallway, to an elevator/lift that drops down automatically as you step on. At the bottom you'll see a door; Activate the switch on your right to open it. Step through and turn left. Follow the left-hand wall down the curving stairway, then look for a blue-keyed door in the wall ahead on your left. Go through this door and up the steps. As you reach the top of the stairs, turn right (east), and step southeast into a short, wide curving passage. A large section of the right-hand (southwest) wall of this passage will open if you Activate it like a switch, and reveal a small chamber.

Secret 2: Step into the newly-revealed chamber, and quickly walk to the back wall (southwest wall). Stepping into this chamber will give you credit for discovering a Secret. A long, narrow platform will rise up from the floor along the southwest wall as you approach it. On this platform are some useful items, which become inaccessible once the platform rises all the way up to the ceiling. Grab them now if you want them.

Step back out of this chamber, and turn left to face west. Proceed northwest a few paces, along the edge of a high dropoff on your right. Continue a few more paces west until you come to an opening on your left. Step through this opening (south), and immediately turn right to face west. Walk a pace or two up to the red rock wall in front of you, and turn right again, to face north. You should see a passage that leads north/northwest. Follow that passage until you come to a squarish opening on your left, but don't step through yet. If you look straight out this opening (northwest), you'll see the flat face of a brown wall, which is across a gap formed by a short dropoff in front of you. That brown rock wall is actually a false, intangible wall that disguises the raised opening of a secret chamber.

Secret 3: Step back a few paces, then Run northwest out of the opening, over the gap below, and into/through that flat brown wall ahead to gain access to the hidden chamber, and get credit for discovering a Secret. Some useful items can be found in this location.

Now simply step out of that chamber to drop down into the gap/passage below. Turn right to face another brown wall to the southwest, and Activate it like a switch. That wall is actually one side of a tall elevator that will drop down when activated. Step on and ride up.

Secret 4: At the top of the tall elevator is door. Open it and step into the small chamber ahead to get credit for discovering a Secret.

The southwest end of the chamber is open, and looks out and down across the lava pond near the map's entry point.

Done!

PC TNT players can click here to access a demo that shows how to find all official Secrets on this level.

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