Bosses
Bosses appear throughout the Tomb Raider series. They are considered to be enemies with considerably more strength, agility, attacks and defence than the common enemies Lara faces throughout the games. In all Tomb Raiders, except Chronicles and Underworld, there was a boss at the very end of the game, appearing on the last level. Some Sub-Bosses also appeared during the middle of some Tomb Raider games since Tomb Raider III.
Main Bosses
The following list shows the main bosses and the recomended weapons to take them down.
- Jacqueline Natla (magnum recomended) in Tomb Raider, The Great Pyramid
- The Dragon (Uzis recomended) in Tomb Raider II Dragon's Lair
- The Willard Mutant (Rocket Launcher recomended) in Tomb Raider III, Meteorite Cavern
- Seth (immortal, but can be stunned by shotgun or the revolver) in The Last Revelation, In Temple of Horus
- Eckhardt and Karel (immortal) in The Angel of Darkness, Eckhardt's Lab
- Amanda Entity (Excalibur recomended) in Tomb Raider Legend, Bolivia Redux
- Jacqueline Natla (Mini SMG recomended) in Tomb Raider Anniversary, Lost Island - Final Conflict
The images show the last bosses at the end of the respective Tomb Raider game. Tomb Raider Chronicles did not contain a final boss since the game told a collection of stories, however there are stronger enemies throughout the game that could be considered a boss, but not a final boss.
Sub Bosses
- T-Rex in Tomb Raider, Lost Valley
- Centaurs (x2) in Tomb Raider, Tomb of Tihocan
- Legless Mutant in Tomb Raider, The Great Pyramid
- Mafioso Boss in Tomb Raider II, Opera House and Home Sweet Home
- Guardian of the Talionin Tomb Raider II, Ice Palace
- Guardian of the Kingdom in The Golden Mask, Kingdom and Nightmare in Vegas
- Tony in Tomb Raider III, Caves of Kaliya
- Puna Boss in Tomb Raider III, Temple of Puna
- Sophia Leigh in Tomb Raider III, City
- Sphinx Bull (auch Guardian of Semerkhet) in Tomb Raider IV
- Taur Demigod in Tomb Raider IV, Chambers of Tulun
- Pyramid Guardians in Tomb Raider IV, Inside Menkaure's Pyramid and Khufu's Queen's Pyramids
- Cleopatra's Guards in Tomb Raider IV, Cleopatra's Palaces
- Creature from the Ancient Past (invincible) in Tomb Raider IV, Citadel Gate
- Laser Head in Chronicles, Trajan's Markets
- Silver Statue in Chronicles, The Colosseum
- Bronze Statue in Chronicles, Trajan's Markets
- Proto Nephilim and Boaz in The Angel of Darkness, Maximum Containment Area although he appears in The Strahov Fortress and The Sanitarium though not as a boss
- Takamoto in Tomb Raider Legend, Japan - Meeting with Takamoto
- Rutland in Tomb Raider Legend, Ghana - Pursuing James Rutland
- Unknown Entity in Tomb Raider Legend, Kazakhstan - Project Carbonek
- Seaserpent in Tomb Raider Legend, England - King Arthur's Tomb?
- T-Rex in Tomb Raider Anniversary, Peru - Lost Valley
- Centaur Bosses in Tomb Raider Anniversary, Greece - Tomb of Tihocan
- Legless Mutant in Tomb Raider Anniversary, Lost Island - Final Conflict
- Kraken in Tomb Raider Underworld, Niflheim