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Welcome! If you've been linked here you may be interested in running Tomb Raider 2013! Excellent choice! This page will take you through the main part of the game and help you choose which skips and tricks you will and won't do during the run. There will be relevant links to the Techniques page for each skip where it's relevant.

The "compulsory" elements of TR2013 are generally very linear, but because of how many skips there are, you often have to choose which skips you will and won't use for each run. Some skips are really tough, and you may wish to omit them while you're still learning. And sometimes you will have to choose between two different skips. For each skip there will be an approximate "time saved" and "time per attempt" figure. The time per attempt is timing failed attempts, so if the skip saves 10 seconds and the time per attempt is 30 seconds, you need to get it first try or it will cost you time.

This page will help you choose which skips you will do each run, based on difficulty and payoff in chronological order. This will just cover major timesavers and skips. For the small time savers check an up-to-date run and/or Checkpoint Reloading

Intro to first Campsite

No major tricks here.

Bambi to Old Ruins

After you kill the deer is your first major skip. Rather than going back to the campsite use your preferred Tackle Flipping method to clip through the door near where you got the bow.

Deer Door Clip

• Time Saved: 1 minute.
• Time per attempt: 1-5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty 3/10
• PC Difficulty 6/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2SP-SJfiY

After that, continue as per normal until you climb the ladder out of the Old Ruins.

Old Ruins Escape to Broken Bridge

After escaping the old ruins PC runners can do the House Skip. Much harder than it looks, there's no reason this skip shouldn't be possible on console, but it seems to be much harder for some reason.

House Skip

• Time Saved: 30 seconds.
• Time per attempt: 15 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: N/A
• PC Difficulty: 4/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUz5ci9aRY8

After the house skip, play as normal until the "The pack's up there somewhere." line. Go into the house up the cliff and try your hand at the wolf skip. ::Video Needed::

Wolf Cave Skip

• Time Saved: 1 minute.
• Time per attempt: 15 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 2/10
• PC Difficulty: 2/10
•  ::Video Needed::

Continue playing normally until you climb the cliffs and reach the bridge which breaks apart beneath your feet.

Base Approach to Radio Tower

Once you enter the base before the radio tower and progress a little you will see a guy pushing a barrel. Up the stairs to the right is a door which can be clipped using Tackle Flipping.

Base Approach door clip

• Time Saved: 15 seconds
• Time per attempt: 1-5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 4/10
• PC Difficulty: 5/10

Immediately after the previous skip (Or after climbing through the duct if you didn't do the last skip) you can choose to either do another Tackle Flip through the second door in the room, or you can do the assault rifle wall clip.

Choice #1: Assault Rifle Wall Clip

• Time Saved: 15 seconds
• Time per attempt: 3 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 2/10
• PC Difficulty: 2/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EttNFijssM8

Choice #2: Base Approach door clip #2

• Time Saved: 15 seconds
• Time per attempt: 1-5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 3/10
• PC Difficulty: 4/10

Continue into the next room and you will have a choice to either complete the combat here as per normal or clip through the final door to skip killing a couple of guys.

Combat Skip

• Time Saved: 10-30 seconds. (Depends on platform and combat RNG)
• Time per attempt: 1-5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 4/10
• PC Difficulty: 5/10

After exiting the base, crossing the beam and performing the QTE, you can use Step Clipping to save a few seconds.

Radio Tower OoB (Small)

• Time Saved: 5 seconds
• Time per attempt: 2 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 3/10
• PC Difficulty: 3/10

Next up you have to get past the radio tower door. If you did "Radio Tower OoB (Small)", you can choose to extend that OoB to avoid the next door clip. The alternatives are to use Step Clipping or Tackle Flipping near the radio tower door.

Choice 1: Radio Tower OoB (Large)

• Time Saved: 2 minutes
• Time per attempt: 30 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 5/10
• PC Difficulty: 5/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBorEwHoNJo

Choice 2: Radio Tower Door Clip (Tackle Flip)

• Time Saved: 2 minutes
• Time per attempt: 1-5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 4/10
• PC Difficulty: 7/10

Choice 3: Radio Tower Door Clip (Step Clipping)

• Time Saved: 2 minutes
• Time per attempt: 3 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 5/10
• PC Difficulty: 3/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHti5BhaBqs

Radio Tower to Monastery Exit

After the radio tower, continue as per normal until you make past the pilot and the guy holding a shield and you will be at a campsite. From here you want to buy Dirty Tricks. You'll have two other skill points as well, which are commonly used for Pain Tolerance and Ammo Capacity. Once you're done you can use the Dirty Tricks Slide to save some time.

Dirty Tricks Slide

• Time Saved: 15 seconds
• Time per attempt: N/A (Only one chance per run)
• Console Difficulty: 0/10
• PC Difficulty: 0/10

After this, you will get the rope arrows, fight some dudes and climb up into the building. Next you can choose to skip using the rope arrow to get across the bridge.

River Jump

• Time Saved: 5 seconds
• Time per attempt: 20 seconds (If you fail)
• Console Difficulty: 3/10
• PC Difficulty: 2/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuXrsu2wKE

After some more platforming, you'll approach the Monastery where you can do another Dirty Tricks Slide.

Dirty Tricks Slide

• Time Saved: 15 seconds
• Time per attempt: N/A (Only one chance per run)
• Console Difficulty: 0/10
• PC Difficulty: 0/10

After entering the monastery, you can choose to do the Monastery skip.

Monastery Skip

• Time Saved: 1 minute.
• Time per attempt: 20 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 10/10
• PC Difficulty: 7/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-EHGm818KA

After this, continue until you have completed the monastery and the waterfall/parachute sections and you'll be ready for shanty town.

Shanty Town

We don't call this place Skip City for nothing. Lots of options here, it will help to look at other's runs here, because doing some skips means you don't have to do others. The first one is everyone's favourite skip, the Spud Slide (Mash tackle while entering the crawlspace and pray to whatever it is you pray to.)

Spud Slide

• Time Saved: 22 seconds.
• Time per attempt: 5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 20/10
• PC Difficulty: N/A?
• Video: http://www.twitch.tv/brsmstr/c/2756782

After inevitably nailing the Spud Slide, you'll fight a couple of guys and be at the fire arrow skip.

Fire Arrow Skip

• Time Saved: 3 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 3 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 4/10
• PC Difficulty: 5/10

Shortly after, you'll approach the shanty town gate and trigger some combat, next up is the shanty town gate clip.

Shanty Town Gate Clip

• Time Saved: 2 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 5 seconds for PC, 20 seconds for console.
• Console Difficulty: 7/10
• PC Difficulty: 10/10
• Video (Pause buffering method): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jetcq7fe4IE

After the gate clip you will have your first choice of route for Shanty Town.

Choice #1: AKheon Clip

• Time Saved: 6 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 2 seconds
• Console Difficulty: Random/10
• PC Difficulty: Random/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm328N44k7E

Choice #2: Grim Skip 1

• Time Saved: 5 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 20 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 5/10
• PC Difficulty: 5/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4aH74r1lbk

After making your choice, you will make it to the platforms where Grim is and will have another choice. Certain conditions cause the bridge to despawn if you reload, or on some PC setups, if this is the case, you will have to use Grim Skip 2.

Choice #1: Bridge Jump

• Time Saved: 1 minute.
• Time per attempt: N/A (Only one chance per run)
• Console Difficulty: 2/10
• PC Difficulty: 2/10

Choice #2: Grim Skip 2

• Time Saved: 1 minute.
• Time per attempt: 20 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 4/10
• PC Difficulty: 4/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESd7S81YPdY

After all of that, you've got one more easy trick to do to get out of shanty town, using the Dirty Tricks Float to get across the bridge.

Shanty Town Bridge Float

• Time Saved: 20 seconds.
• Time per attempt: N/A (Only one chance per run)
• Console Difficulty: 2/10
• PC Difficulty: 2/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjoStkEDxyE

Geothermal Caverns

Now you get to play normally for a while after all the shanty town craziness. Just one skip here, Run all the way through until you get to the part where you find your friends, and you can choose to do the friendship skip. This trick seems to be much easier to do on PC than console.

Friendship Skip

• Time Saved: 1 minute.
• Friends saved: 0
• Time per attempt: 2 seconds (10 seconds if you fall)
• Console Difficulty: 8/10
• PC Difficulty: 4/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI04nRknIg

Solarii Fortress Approach to Helicopter

Yet again, just one small skip here. Worthy of mention though because there's no risk of getting sniped. There are some important Checkpoint Reloads though, so it will be worth checking an up-to-date run.

• Time Saved: 10 seconds.
• Time per attempt: 1-5 seconds per clip attempt, 30 seconds lost if you miss the jump back in bounds.
• Console Difficulty: 3/10
• PC Difficulty: 4/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXphI2mzT8

Helicopter to Alex

Some very interesting skips here. After the helicopter cutscene you'll go through a stealth section and eventually end up back outside. You then have another chance to use the Dirty Tricks Float. It doesn't save any time, but it's easy, and looks cool, so you should totally do it. After the cutscene on the gondola you'll rope arrow off and climb a ladder, and you'll be ready for the Air Boat skip.

Air Boat Skip

• Time Saved: 2 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 30 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 5/10
• PC Difficulty: 5/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2wNQ_FzIWQ

After this you will continue normally until you get the new bow and make it to the bunker. Because of the relative inconsistency with the door clip involved, the PC version is much easier than the console version here because they can use the CA Clip.

Bunker Skip

• Time Saved: 2 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 15 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 6/10
• PC Difficulty: 2/10
• Video: ::Video of door clip method needed::

Right after the bunker skip, console runners can do the Alex Skip.

Alex Skip

• Time Saved: 4 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 30 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 10/10
• PC Difficulty: N/A
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yo59WJK_bc

After Alex has be killed or skipped (We're such nice guys.) continue until you reach the research base.

Research Base to Mathias

Once you've gone through the research base normally for a bit, you'll arrive at the elevator puzzle. PC runners can use the CA Clip here. Console runners need to use Grenade Clipping

Elevator Skip

• Time Saved: 3 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 3 seconds for PC, 10 seconds for console.
• Console Difficulty: 3/10
• PC Difficulty: 0/10
• Video (Console method): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82J1yWmp-mc

Right after the elevator skip you can use Step Clipping to skip the research base fight.

Research Base Skip

• Time Saved: 2 minutes.
• Time per attempt: 5 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 4/10
• PC Difficulty: 4/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiMFr23xPM

After that there's only one major skip to go, right at the end, so after you've had fun at the Oni stronghold and done the final ascent get ready for the final fight skip.

Final Gauntlet Skip

• Time Saved: Lots. 10 minutes?
• Time per attempt: 20 seconds.
• Console Difficulty: 6/10
• PC Difficulty: 6/10
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HrSxQ3IED0

And you're done! Hope this helps some budding runners get started. Just remember that this only covers the major skips. There's a bunch of small time savers and checkpoint reloads everywhere which save 1-10 seconds each, so make sure to check out some runs! If you have any questions, check out: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/tomb_raider__a_survivor_is_born.html