Key Tools & Equipment

Learn how Lara Croft obtains her essential Climbing Axe and Pry Axe in Tomb Raider (2013). These tools help scale terrain and overcome obstacles.

Beyond her weapons, Lara acquires several essential tools that are crucial for exploration, puzzle-solving, and accessing new areas. These tools are often unlocked as part of the main story progression.

1. Climbing Axe (Pry Axe)

• Acquisition: Early game, found in the Coastal Forest.
• Functionality: Used for scaling specific rock faces and ice walls. Also functions as a melee weapon and a prying tool.
• Upgrades: The 'Pry Axe' upgrade allows Lara to open locked doors and crates, revealing hidden paths and Salvage. This is a crucial upgrade for exploration.

2. Rope Ascender

• Acquisition: Mid-game, found in the Shipwreck Beach area.
• Functionality: Allows Lara to pull down heavy objects, create ziplines, and tear open reinforced doors. Essential for many environmental puzzles and opening new paths.
• Upgrades: None directly, but its acquisition opens up many new areas.

3. Torch

• Acquisition: Early game, crafted in the initial cave escape.
• Functionality: Provides light in dark areas and can be used to burn cloth barriers or ignite flammable objects.
• Upgrades: None.

4. Radio

• Acquisition: Early game, found in the Coastal Forest.
• Functionality: Used for communication with other survivors. Primarily a story item.
• Upgrades: None.

These tools are not just for combat; they are integral to the game's exploration and puzzle mechanics. The acquisition of the Pry Axe and Rope Ascender, in particular, often opens up significant portions of previously inaccessible areas, encouraging backtracking to find missed collectibles and optional tombs.