Horizontal Pole

Horizontal Pole

The Horizontal Pole also Swing Pole, is an obstacle found in Tomb Raider Chronicles, Tomb Raider Legend, Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld. Lara can swing around such a pole and if it's long enough even move along its length. She can also jump from one pole to the next.

Since Tomb Raider Legend there are two types of horizontal poles, those that are firmly attached and those that can be moved. The latter swing around when Lara jumps towards them. After Lara lets go, they might stay in place, or swing back.

In Underworld, Lara is able to climb up onto poles to walk across them. Some can even be pulled from the wall to be used as weapon or inserted into another hole in the walls.

Occurrence

• Tomb Raider Chronicles
• Tomb Raider Legend

• Bolivia - Tiwanaku

The evil coat rack empire.

• Peru - Return to Paraíso
• Japan - Meeting with Takamoto

They can break away.

• Ghana - Pursuing James Rutland
• Kazakhstan - Project Carbonek
• England - King Arthur's Tomb?

Those found in front of the castle swing around.

• Nepal - The Ghalali Key

They can break away.

• England - Croft Manor

• Tomb Raider Anniversary

• Peru - Mountain Caves

There are seven of these obstacles throughout the level. One of them swings around when Lara grabs hold. To get the Relic Killer Whale Bottle, Lara has to jump towards the bar that swings around and quickly jump to the ledge in the wall, before she can't reach it anymore.