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"Gathering of the Gods" is the first level of the Jewel of the Nile expansion pack.
Plot[]
After activating both plasma generators, Sam is escorted back to headquarters by Wilson, but he is intercepted by HQ and given new orders. He informs Sam that the Time-Lock hadn't come online as HQ had hoped. Quinn tells Sam that they believe there is some kind of "fail-safe" mechanism that will enable Sam to turn on the Time-Lock. They don't exactly know what mechanism it is, but they do know it's on the island of Philae, or so it seems.
Hieroglyphic tablets[]
There are two tablets that can be found in this level.
- Inside the temple where the statue of Isis needs to be placed on its respective plinth after collecting the other statues. It reads: "When Nefertari gave Ramses his firstborn son Amunhirkopshef, the gods endowed the child with such strength and body and mind that no man has every enjoyed".
- Inside the tomb of Isis. It reads: "No matter what a father says, a mother will always love her son. The seal of your god shall guard the tomb of your doom".
Graffiti[]
- There is some translatable graffiti that can be found in this level.
- Opposite the ticket booth where the player gets the SOP38 Pistol. When translated, it reads: "Do not despair!".
- On one of the locked sheds behind where the Scrapjack spawns after picking up the Horus statue. When translated, it reads: "Do not flee!".
Walkthrough[]
To complete this mission, five statues must be placed on their appropriate pedestals. First collect the key from the opposite side of the map from the start, which will help open all the locked doors in this area. After the Isis statue, each statue is unlocked after the previous one is placed correctly. Ignore the cutscenes that show a statue on a pillar descending into the ground, as they are progress indicators.
- Statue of Isis - collect it from the underground chamber, and place it in the locked treasure room area above ground.
- Statue of Hathor - collect it from a building on the right side of the map, and place it in the same locked treasure room, in the small chamber in the back right side.
- Statue of Arensnuphis - collect it from the ruins to the left of the starting area and place it in the treasure room in the small chamber on the front left side.
- Statue of Horus - from the treasure room, make a right turn and then another right turn to find the statue. Grabbing the statue sets off an invisible wall trap and spawns many enemies. It goes on the small chamber on the front right side of the treasure room.
- Statue of Osiris - collect it from the ruins in the far left corner of the map, opposite from the start. It goes on the small chamber to the rear left side of the treasure room.
When all five statues are placed in the treasure room, the statue of Isis sinks and is replaced by the Seal of Isis. Take this to the far door in the underground chamber to complete the level.
Secrets[]
- At the starting area, near the staircase, there is a bunch of crates with planks behind them. Destroy them and proceed through the cavern to discover a spider cave, but watch out for a swarm of tiny Hatchling Antaresian Spiders. It may be beneficial to pick up secret #3 first beforehand.
- When you climb up the staircase from #1, you’ll see a building on your left and a building to your right with a shelter next to it. Go behind the building on the right, jump up on the crates and onto its roof. From its roof, jump on the shelter’s roof, and from there, sprint-jump to the roof of the building on the left to collect a secret Large Health.
- On the left side of the island, you will see a floating red buoy near the shore. Dive into the water below it to collect an XPML21 Rocket Launcher.
- Near the start, jump and climb on the wall, and then travel over it to collect a secret Extra Large Health.
- Still on the right side of the island, near the opposite side from the start and behind a temple, walk along the shoreline until you find some rocks. Approach the rocks to find a volleyball with a handprint on it to register the "Wilson secret".
- A bit before #5, there is a suspicious pile of rocks near one of the temples. Blast the rocks close to a bush with a rocket to reveal a secret cavern with electricity and Kleer skulls.
- On the right side of the island, you will see a smaller island to your east. Swim to and walk over it to find a secret cannon, go behind it and press the Use button to trigger a humorous cutscene.
- At the temple on the opposite side of the starting area in the island, look up to the fourth column (the one next to a broken section of the wall). There is some rocket ammo there. Use the Mutilator or the rocket launcher to bring down the column and collect the ammo.
Trivia[]
- There are two health pickups located in suspicious places around the map. Picking them up will trigger an impenetrable force field which spawns in some enemies. This also happens after picking up two of the statues.
- Oddly, the player only starts with no weapons (except for the Sirian Mutilator) this was intended for balancing purposes, as it would've been made too easy for the player if they already had all their weapons from the previous level.
- Wilson calling Sam "kemosabe" in the intro cutscene is a reference to the name that Tonto calls the Lone Ranger.
- Arensnuphis is misspelled in-game as "Arenshnupis".
- Two of the level's secrets are references to movies: