Baboons

Baboons
Occurrence	Tomb Raider III Jungle Temple Ruins River Ganges
Enemy Type	Regular Enemy
Classification	Animals, Primates
Distinctiveness	Friendly only in the level Jungle, unless Lara hurts them

The Baboons are enemies in Tomb Raider III.

Occurrence

• Tomb Raider III
  • India Section
    • Jungle
    • Temple Ruins
    • River Ganges

Strategy

The Baboons are harmless in the first level (Jungle), as long as you don't hurt any of them. One of the first monkeys encountered actually helps Lara as it steals a medipack from Lara's sight forcing her to chase it. The monkey leads Lara to the first lever hidden behind jungle plants.

From the second level (Temple Ruins) on they are aggressive and you have to kill them. This is probably because at the end of the first level one of them steals a key Lara needs to finish the level and never puts it back down, forcing her to kill it. (Although sometimes Lara can pick the key up before the baboon grabs it and finish the level without having to kill it, the programmers probably went with the more likely option that the player had to kill it, enticing the remaining monkeys to attack her.)

Gallery

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  Baboon (TR3)

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  Baboon with key (TR3 Remastered)