Spike Pit

Spike Pit

Occurrence	Tomb Raider Tomb Raider Legend Tomb Raider Underworld Rise of the Tomb Raider Temple of Osiris Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Obstacle Type	Spikes
Related Objects	Common Spike Trap
Strategy	Jump across the pit.

The Spike Pit, also Spear Pit, is a variation of the Common Spike Trap found throughout the Tomb Raider Games and first occurring in the original Tomb Raider. In contrast to the common spike trap this trap consists of a pit containing Floor Spikes, making it fundamentally different from a player's point of view.

Occurrence

Tomb Raider

The first occurrence of this trap is in the original Tomb Raider.

Tomb of Qualopec

Inside the Tomb of Qualopec level, Lara comes across a section of Collapsible Floor with a spike pit beneath.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend

In Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend, in the level Bolivia - Tiwanaku, Lara enters a temple where the floor vanishes under her feet, to avoid the spike pit below she needs to throw the grapple to a hook on the ceiling.

Tomb Raider: Underworld

In Tomb Raider: Underworld several spike pits line the paths through the Mexican Jungle. Lara has to use the ramps to jump over them with her bike.

Rise of the Tomb Raider

In Rise of the Tomb Raider Lara encounters spike pits hidden beneath a Crumbling Floor. This kind of trap consists of a rather large area of floor with cracks between the individual stones. As soon as Lara steps onto this area, the stones begin to crumble and soon will drop away. If Lara does not jump immediately away from the crumbling floor tiles she will fall into the spears beneath and get impaled. When the Skill Bright Eyes, from the Survivor Upgrades tree is equipped, Lara can easily spot these traps, using Survival Instincts.

The Prophet's Tomb

The first time these are found are inside The Prophet's Tomb, at the Northwest Border of Syria.

Endurance Mode

Spike Pits combined with collapsible floor are also commonly found inside Crypts in the Endurance Mode.

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Tomb of the Timekeeper

After using the first Timebomb in the Tomb of the Timekeeper, the second level, Lara comes upon a spikepit she has to overcome by using the grapple.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Ollanta, the Potter crypt

Upon entering the cave containing the crypt of Ollanta, the Potter Lara will come upon some loose floor tiles with a spear pit underneath. A second, larger one can be found behind a Weak Wall on the way into the inner sanctum. Here Lara has to use the grapple to overcome the trench.