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Lara's Home is the optional training level of the 1996 Tomb Raider, set in Croft Manor, where Lara's own voice teaches jumping, swan dives, ledge grabs, shimmying and swimming in her music room, hall, ballroom gym and pool. It has no enemies and no secrets.
Lara's Home is the training level of the 1996 Tomb Raider: an optional tour of Croft Manor, started from the Polaroid photo on the main menu, in which Lara herself speaks the instructions for jumps and flips, swan dives, vaulting, running jumps, ledge grabs, shimmying, safety drops and swimming. There are no enemies, weapons or secrets, and it does not lead into Caves: it ends when Lara climbs out of her pool. GameSpot's 1996 review summed it up as Lara taking players through her house, into her gym, and tutoring them. The clip is Josh Strife Plays on the 1996 PlayStation version.
Quick facts
| Level | Training, before level 1 |
| Started from | The Polaroid photo on the main menu |
| Place | Croft Manor, Surrey, England |
| Rooms | Music room, main hall, ballroom gym, alcove, swimming pool |
| Enemies, secrets | None |
| Remastered achievements | 3 |
| In Legacy of Atlantis | Not announced as of Nov 2, 2026 |
Sources: Stella's Tomb Raider Site: Training Level: Lara's Home; Wisdom Wednesday - Croft Manor Training Course, Crystal Dynamics, Jul 3, 2024.
What it teaches, room by room
In the 1996 game Lara cannot go outside: the tour starts in her library, and Lara, barefoot and in gym clothes, talks straight to the player. The rooms, in Stella's order:
| Room | Lesson |
|---|---|
| Music room | Jump alone goes straight up; Jump with a direction flips Lara forward, back or sideways |
| Main hall | A swan dive from the railing onto a crate, and a vault onto a short crate |
| Ballroom, ramp 1 | Look around with the Look control |
| Ballroom, ramps 2 and 4 | Running jumps, grabbing ledges with Action |
| Ballroom, ramp 3 | A hop back before a running jump, to get the full distance |
| Ballroom, ramp 5 | Ledge grabs, shimmying sideways, and the safety drop, which lowers Lara from a ledge |
| Alcove past ramp 3 | A treasure chest (look, but no need to open it) |
| Swimming pool | Jump with a direction swims underwater; the air meter shows top left, and Lara drowns when it runs out |
Source: Stella's Tomb Raider Site: Training Level: Lara's Home.
The ballroom, which Lara has turned into her gym, is built on the same grid as every level: Lara stands three-quarters of a block high, can jump up and grab a block and a half, and can make a run-and-grab jump over four blocks. The controls themselves are on Controls and Movement.
How does Lara's Home end?
Climb out of the pool at its south edge, below the Venus de Milo statue, with Action and forward. That ends the level. There is no butler in the 1996 game, so no one pulls Lara out if she drowns in the pool.
Original and Remastered
In the original, swimming sideways on the surface uses the separate sidestep buttons. In Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Lara side-strokes by holding Walk and pressing left or right, and modern controls can be switched on at any time. The Remastered version adds 3 achievements here: "Welcome to My Home!" for finishing every exercise, "Only the Brave Deserve The Fair" for a swan dive, and "Feast Your Eyes on This!" for walking up to the treasure chest. Stella notes that the climb out of the pool may need repeating before "Welcome to My Home!" registers. Aspyr's Mar 12, 2024 patch fixed cropped paintings in Lara's Home.
Croft Manor in later games
The manor grew with the series. In Tomb Raider 2 the ballroom was emptied and the grounds became playable, with an assault course for timed runs, a hedge maze with a timed switch, and a cellar holding treasures from her first adventure; Lara speaks only to correct a missed jump. Tomb Raider 3 combined an upgraded indoor gym, for sprinting and monkey bars, with the outdoor course, where Lara can use her pistols for the first time at home, Winston tests his bullet-deflecting tray, and a puzzle unlocks a quad bike racetrack. The Remastered collection has an achievement for locking Winston in the freezer.
Lara's Home in Legacy of Atlantis
Whether Croft Manor appears in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is not announced as of Nov 2, 2026. The remake's in-world fiction places Lara in London between regions, and it is not known whether that is playable. See What's New in Legacy of Atlantis.
Frequently asked questions
How do you start the training level in Tomb Raider? Choose the Polaroid photo on the main menu of the 1996 Tomb Raider. It opens Lara's Home, separate from the main game.
How do you finish Lara's Home in Tomb Raider? Climb out of the swimming pool at its south edge, below the Venus de Milo statue. That ends the training level.
Is there a butler in Tomb Raider 1? No. The 1996 Tomb Raider's Croft Manor has no butler; Winston appears in later games, such as Tomb Raider 3.
Does Lara's Home have secrets in Tomb Raider? No. It has no secrets and no enemies; the treasure chest in the alcove only earns an achievement in the Remastered version.
Is Croft Manor in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis? Not announced as of Nov 2, 2026.
Sources
- Training Level: Lara's Home, Stella's Tomb Raider Site, read Nov 2, 2026
- Wisdom Wednesday - Croft Manor Training Course, Crystal Dynamics, Jul 3, 2024
- Tomb Raider Review, GameSpot (Hugh Sterbakov), Dec 9, 1996
- Patch Notes for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 12, 2024
- Everything you Need to Know about Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Crystal Dynamics, Feb 8, 2024
- Astonishing Travels: Greece, Amazon Game Studios, Sep 17, 2026
- Was it Good? - Tomb Raider 1, Josh Strife Plays, Jan 22, 2022 (video)
- History of Tomb Raider (1996 - 2018), Nick930, Sep 7, 2018 (video)
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?, Nintendo Life, Feb 15, 2024 (video)
Moments
Was it Good? - Tomb Raider 1
Josh Strife Plays
History of Tomb Raider (1996 - 2018)
Nick930
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?
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See also
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Controls and MovementThe 1996 Tomb Raider uses tank controls on a grid of blocks: Up runs forward, Left and Right turn Lara in place, and jumps cover set distances. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered adds modern controls, and Legacy of Atlantis replaces the grid with sprinting, a grapple and Survivor-style climbing.
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