Hall of Seasons - Brother Obscura - All Pickups

After climbing up the ceiling of the dome in the previous section, Lara arrives in the boss chamber at the top of the hall. Save the game in a new slot before entering the room or immediately after the cutscene. You'll probably want to play the next section twice: once for the achievement/trophy and once for all pickups. Also, make sure to read the new Notebook entry for the "Memento Mori" achievement/trophy.

The main walkthrough includes an overview of the boss fight mechanics. If you want "Ghost in a Nutshell," follow this achievement/trophy guide instead. Here we'll take it a little more slowly and get every pickup.

When the cutscene ends, immediately crouch and crawl backwards off the low step. As long as she stays low, Lara is (mostly) safe from the ghost. She may take a little damage if she's crouching rather than crawling, but it should be minimal.

Now go for the pickups. You'll find a large health pack, 2 boxes of V-Packer shells, and the V-PACKER SHOTGUN (or more shells if you already have the gun) (11-14) along the edge of the room behind Lara, when she's facing the "Ecce veritas" inscription...

...and 2 more boxes of shells (15-16) on the other side of the room.

It takes time to crawl around the room picking up items, it's fairly safe.

When you have everything, figure out which of the standing statues has the blue light. Crawl toward it but don't get too close or the painting will move to a different statue.

NOTE: If the painting hasn't moved yet, it should be in the position shown above, diagonally across from the exit. If it has migrated to one of the statues farther from the exit, I'd recommend chasing it until it moves to one of the statues closer to the door. That will make your escape a little easier.

Once you're in position, save the game and draw the shotgun or other weapon. (If necessary stand up briefly to do this, then immediately crouch again.)

Lara's aim won't be as good, but she'll lose little or no health if you stay low. Blast away. Then, when he moves past you...

...turn on the spot and continue firing. The remastered game graciously gives us a boss health bar.

When the ghost's health is depleted, he'll be weakened for a few seconds. Notice his red glow disappears briefly.

He may still fly toward you, but he can't do any damage, and the painting should stay where it is. Immediately holster your gun (otherwise Lara continues to aim at the ghost) and run toward the statue with the blue light. Notice the boss health bar quickly refilling as you go. When it's full, he revives, and you're back to square one.

So as soon as you see the Hand icon, press Action to grab the FIRST OBSCURA PAINTING (17).

If Lara won't take it, try approaching the statue slightly off center and grab the painting from the side.

Then crouch again so the revived ghost can't hurt you. When you take the painting, the exit (same as the entrance) opens. Just crawl through.

The ghost will continues to harass you...

...but once you reach the stairs, you can stand up and run away.

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