I encourage you to right and left click on all active objects, read the comments, as well as viewing objects in the inventory. It is really worth the time as it might help in solving some puzzles, or to gain points.
Many puzzles can be done in many different ways and with same end result.
The same goes for interaction with "hot spots" in game.
Be a detective and use your wits :) Good luck and fun in game.

Outside the church.

October 5 San Francisco USA.


Talk to the policeman and choose "Argue". He calls Burke and apologizes for his mistake.

Show him Lara's wallet to identify yourself. He calls Lara back and gives her the key to the church door.


Pick up the fresh asphalt near Edwards.
Pick up the metal rod by the fence.
Check the notice board, fence door and try to enter the gate to the building site.
Check the door and see that it is locked and use the key on church door.




Before you go in, look in your inventory to see if you have all the items from this place. (You can always pick up anything missing at later time.)

As you enter, Lara will meet and old friend, Kiera.

Take ID tags and the pictures of the crime scenes from the table left of Kiera and talk to her about all.

Looking around the crime scene.

Most of the investigation of the crime scene, can be done in any sequence you want.

You can choose to look and investigate each hot spot and then talk to Kiera each time or you can investigate all that you can in one go and then talk to Kiera about all. As Lara needs to tag important items/spots, but can't do it without talking to Kiera, I found it easier to look around everywhere I could before talking to Kiera. The tagging of items/spots, can be done just before ending this chapter.


In inventory look through all the pictures. Click on each picture to see what Lara thinks and sees. That will give you clues to what you have to examine closer.

Go to the left and look at the door, then look at the wall where the painting in blood is.




Turn on the UV light and after the cut scene, examine the painting.

By using "Tab" key, you will see many hot spots on the painting. Not all have to be clicked on.
Many are "duplicates" and give same comment from Lara.
When you click on wings of one of the angels, all hot spots that are similar will be "grayed out" and don't have to be clicked on.
Just click on wings, hand print (just look), lily and on each angel name.




On the ground, see a piece of plastic in front of the painting.
Exit the screen and go to the right, towards Kiera.

As you get closer to the middle of the rom, examine the cross, scaffolding and the spotlight.




Examine broken light bulb, overturned spotlight, the switch, the blood, the bible, broken leg (both on the floor and on the spotlight.

Use the crime photos on the overturned spotlight.



Exit the screen and go to the right.

As Lara gets closer to Kiera, examine the portable laboratory, look at Kiera, work table and take the thumbtacks. Look also at the overturned chair.

Look at the wash basin (small kitchen area).


Examine the coffee machine and the coffee reservoir.
Open the coffee reservoir and examine inside the coffee machine.

Examine the washed cups, empty light bulb box and a burner.
In the sink, see a slightly wet wash cloth and take it.


When done, go to the right and enter corridor.

Examine but do NOT use the spotlights cable plug.
Examine the gas pipes and the spotlight on the left.


Go down the corridor.
Examine the barrel. There is something sand like at bottom.
Examine but do NOT pick up the blowtorch on the window sill.
Examine the window.
Examine the paper from the shredder in the box on the floor and get a piece of paper from it.



Go right to end of corridor.


Examine the door, pallet and maintenance shaft right of the bricks. The shaft is covered by a lid held by the brick pallet.

Return to the corridor and the window.


Use the metal bar that you found outside on the window.
This triggers the arrival of Burke. (It is also triggered by unplugging the spotlight cable).

Kiera will look for the leak.



Peter Burke gives Lara the 4th technician report.





Burke opens the metal door left of the painting and gives a summary of the case.

Playing as Kiera.

Go to the corridor with the window and take a piece of paper from the paper box.
Go back and look at the pipes.




Click the piece of paper on the yellow pipes and use piece of paper along the pipes and see where it will flutter (move).
Click and hold while moving the paper to the right to look at different view of pipes.
The piece of paper flutters at the joint at the corner left of the window.

Playing as Lara again.

Look close at the valves and gauges. Right click on the top right valve and Lara says they are broken.
See that the bottom left gauge reads zero and that means it doesn't have any gas passing through those pipes.
That leaves only 3 gauges that should be at zero or less than zero.


Right click the top right faucet (5 times) to get bottom right gauge to read minus 1.
Right click top left faucet (4 times) to get top right gauge to minus 1.
Left click bottom left faucet (8 times) to get top left gauge to zero.
That's it! The gas isn't leaking anymore.



Before moving on to the next room, left click on the spotlight cable by curtain.
Examine the spotlight, click on the small bolt to open spotlight hatch, use the moist washcloth on light bulb to get it and remember to plug the spotlight cable back in.


Go all the way to the door that Burke opened and go inside.

This is the site of the subway accident that hurt Jaczek the fourth member of the Argo team.
Examine the aluminum case, the door and take the rusty can on the floor by the corner.

Go down and right and examine the hole in the wall.
Go to the left side and pick up the string and site diary from table.

Examine the plan of the Church. Click on locations to know what they are.
Remove the 2 plastic bolts holding the try square and take the loose try square -ruler.













Go out and talk to Kiera about all topics.
Burke
Changes on the crime scene
The clean coffee machine
Blowtorch
Gas leakage spot
What happened at the crime scene?
Wall paintings
Bloody smudge on the floor
Torn off plastic
Tossed bible
Culprit's motive



Then go out and talk to Burke (when he asks, answer "5 liter") and Edwards (when he asks, answer "Spotlight") bout all topics.

When done, go back to the crime scene and look at the spotlight.

Check your inventory to be sure you have all you need.


First, click on the switch to turn off the power.

Use the washcloth on the broken bulb and put in the one you picked up in the corridor.

Pick up the broken-off leg, use the try square on the broken off leg on the spotlight and then use the string to secure it.


When done, left click on the spotlight. There is no point in turning it on yet.

If you did not do it before, left and right click on any of the angel's hands.
All angels are pointing to something - towards the left.
Use a thumbtack on any hand (only the 4 pointing hands are needed).
Use the broken off leg of the spotlight on the thumbtack as Lara can't push it in by hand.
Use string on the thumbtack ( strings are pointing in a random direction each time you play this part of the game) and click on the thumbtack (left or right) to turn it and place the string to where the finger of the angel's hand is pointing.
Do this to the other 3 hands with fingers that are pointing and click on the new spot.

Making glue.

Examine both the wall and the broken plaster with writings on them on the ground.
Then try to pick up one, but they will not stay on.

Go to the wash basin behind Kiera and place the rusty can on top of the cooker.
Put in the asphalt pieces in the can and turn the cooker on.
Use the washcloth on the rusty can to hold it and use the broken off leg on melted asphalt to mix it.
It is ready.
Take the melted asphalt, go back to the shattered plaster in left corner of painting and use the melted asphalt on the wall.

Time to play with the puzzle.

Use the crime scene photos on the cross or on the spotlight to start the puzzle.

Position the spotlight so that the shadow of the cross matches the 3 pictures.

To do so, you need to use the 6 arrows on the left corner of the screen.
The box with the 4 arrows at left moves the shadow sideways.
The 2 arrows on the right of the box moves the shadow up and down.
Move the shadow up by using the right box down arrow 12 times, move the shadow to the right using the left box left arrow 6 times and then pull back the shadow using the left box top arrow 6 times.


Examine the new hot spot, tagged duct.

See a paper inside, use the metal bar on the duct, take the scrap of paper and examine it.

After exiting the screen of tagged duct, use the scrap of paper on the tossed bible on the floor.

Go to the left and through the metal door.

Look close at the plan-drawing of the church and use the bible quotation paper on the square that is the meeting point of 6 from top and 7 from left.

Go and talk to Kiera about all, then to Burke that is outside with Edwards.
When talking with Burke, after the cut scene, click on "Inspection of the building site" and "Map coordinates.