Into the Spider's Nest

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Into the Spider's Nest
General information
Location	Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
Date	May 21, 2113
Objective	Find and rescue Professor Stein from the museum. Navigate through the museum's basement. Defeat the Adult Arachnoid. Escape from the museum.
Game information
Par time	15 minutes
Secrets	9
Previous level	Summer in Cairo
Next level	Broken Wings

 

"Looks like I missed the party."

―Sam, upon discovering Bravo Team's remains in the boiler room

"Into the Spider's Nest" is the second level of Serious Sam 3: BFE and Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE.

Plot

Sam has entered the ruins of the Egyptian Museum to rescue Professor Stein, a scientist with crucial information regarding the Time-Lock. Quinn informs Sam that the professor refuses to upload the data until unless he is rescued. Stone finds the museum overrun with alien spiders, and rushes to get to the professor before either one are killed.

Hieroglyphic tablets

There are five tablets that can be found in this level.

1. In the basement after exiting the boiler room and before ascending the steps. When translated, it reads: "The gods have perished. And men built great temples on their graves. Only the Oracle has remained".
2. Located on the first floor next to an archway before entering the room where the player first encounters a Juvenile Antaresian Spider. When translated, it reads: "The Oracle said: Build me the tabernacle and I shall give you the power to wield the arrow."
3. In the same room as secret #3, before the player encounters a Beheaded Kamikaze in the hallway. When translated, it reads: "And by the words of the Oracle, Khufu built the tabernacle. And the Oracle saw the work of Khufu and it was content".
4. Next to the pill bottle by the steps that lead down to the basement. When translated, it reads: "And thus, Khufu took possession of the property of Horus which belonged to Osiris. And gave oath to protect it forever".
5. Hidden in a corner in the basement as the player turns left after entering the archway which begins a cutscene. When translated, it reads: "As the Oracle dwelled within the gods, the throne in the Boat of Millions of Years was empty".

Graffiti

There is no graffiti to be found in this level.

Secrets

1. In the boiler room at the start, between the second and third big machines is a clip of shells.
2. When you exit the boiler room, look to the left. Behind two boxes are some cobwebs hiding a passage blocked off with planks. Break the boxes and planks with the Sledgehammer and collect the clip of assault rifle bullets.
3. In the hallway that leads to the stairwell, heading towards the stairs, there is a room with half-closed shutter just before the stairwell to the left, it has a translatable plaque on the ground. Behind the column on the back right is a clip of shells.
4. On the second floor just after the stairs, there is a door with a "no entry" sign beside it. You can walk straight through the door by going around the sign on the right, which will show a "secret room found!" message. In the next room is a Double Barrel Coach Gun.
5. On the balcony in a side room on the second floor, the third room on the rear wall has a shelf. Break the shelf with the sledgehammer. Behind it is a switch; push it and a "secret door unlocked!" message shows up. Now head out the door to the balcony in the main hall and jump over the railing to run along the lip on the wall, then around to the other balcony. The third shutter will be slightly open. Crawl under it and the message "speedrun secret found!" is shown, and a huge chunk of the level is skipped. In the Serious Sam Fusion version of the game, you can simply walk through the door.
6. On the balcony in the main hall across from the left side, on the way to the partially open shutter (secret #5), there is a Large Health.
7. Down in the basement, when you come across the Gnaar jumpscare, there is a small sphinx statue just next to where the Gnaar spawned. Look behind it to see a switch. Press the switch to move the statue and collect some hidden electricity.
8. Just after you see a Cloned Soldier, head right into the passage he came from. There is a shelf with a box on top. Break the shelf with the sledgehammer and head into "a spooky hall", where a scene with a ghost Rodriguez plays. After the scene ends, you can collect the XL2 Lasergun.
9. Back in the museum before you drop down, at the point you drop down there are bricks on the left you can scale, then jump over to the left to get to the second floor. Run around to the other room on the right and pick up the armor vest.

Related achievements

Serious Sam 3: BFE

	Wanted Dead or Alive 10
	Rescue professor Stein. So to say.

Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE

	Wanted Dead or Alive
	Rescue professor Stein. So to say.

Serious Sam Fusion

	Wanted Dead or Alive
	Rescue professor Stein. So to say.

Trivia

• Sam hums the Spider Man theme song after spotting the first spider in the main atrium.
• In the main atrium, one of the intact statues on the right can be climbed. This allows the player to backtrack from where they normally take the speedrun secret, and press the button.
• The boss battle can be skipped by climbing the wall just before the arena, and walking along the second floor to the level exit.