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The 1996 Tomb Raider has 15 levels in four regions, Peru (4), Greece (5), Egypt (3) and Atlantis (3), plus the Lara's Home training level, with 45 secrets counted from Stella's per-level figures. Unfinished Business adds 4 more levels.
The 1996 Tomb Raider has 15 levels plus a training level, played in a fixed order across four regions: Peru (levels 1 to 4), Greece (5 to 9), Egypt (10 to 12) and Atlantis (13 to 15), with Lara's Home as an optional tutorial started from the main menu. Each region ends with a piece of The Scion or the fight over it. Adding Stella's counts level by level gives 45 secrets in the main game, between 1 and 5 per level; Stella gives no total of her own, and neither does Crystal Dynamics. The 1998 expansion Unfinished Business adds 4 levels and 10 more secrets, counted the same way. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis keeps the four regions but has not published its own level list as of Nov 2, 2026. The clip is Josh Strife Plays on the 1996 PlayStation version.
Quick facts
| Main levels | 15 |
| Training level | Lara's Home (Croft Manor) |
| Regions | Peru, Greece, Egypt, Atlantis |
| Secrets, main game | 45 (our sum of Stella's per-level counts) |
| Expansion | Unfinished Business, 4 levels, 10 secrets (our sum) |
| Level select | None in 1996; Challenge Mode in Remastered since Mar 12, 2026 |
| Legacy of Atlantis level list | Not published as of Nov 2, 2026 |
Sources: Stella's Tomb Raider Site: Tomb Raider Remastered Game Info and Walkthrough and her level pages; Stella's Unfinished Business page; Challenge Mode patch, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 12, 2026.
Every level in order
| # | Level | Region | Secrets | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training | Lara's Home | England | 0 | Lara's own voice teaching the moves in Croft Manor |
| 1 | Caves | Peru | 3 | Wolves, bats, the first bear, dart traps |
| 2 | City of Vilcabamba | Peru | 3 | The Silver Key and the Gold Idol |
| 3 | The Lost Valley | Peru | 5 | The T. rex, raptors, three cogs, the shotgun |
| 4 | Tomb of Qualopec | Peru | 3 | The first rolling boulder, the first Scion piece, Larson |
| 5 | St. Francis' Folly | Greece | 4 | The Neptune, Atlas, Thor and Damocles rooms |
| 6 | Colosseum | Greece | 3 | The arena, Pierre, the magnums in a secret |
| 7 | Palace Midas | Greece | 3 | Lead bars turned to gold on Midas' hand |
| 8 | Cistern | Greece | 3 | Flooding and draining the water, 5 keys |
| 9 | Tomb of Tihocan | Greece | 2 | The centaurs, Pierre's death, the second Scion piece |
| 10 | City of Khamoon | Egypt | 3 | The sphinx, panthers and mummies, 2 Sapphire Keys |
| 11 | Obelisk of Khamoon | Egypt | 3 | Four artifacts, four bridges, the series' first linked levels |
| 12 | Sanctuary of the Scion | Egypt | 1 | The great sphinx, the Uzis, Larson again, the third piece |
| 13 | Natla's Mines | Atlantis | 3 | Lara loses her guns; three fuses; Natla's henchmen |
| 14 | Atlantis | Atlantis | 3 | Walls of flesh, mutants, Lara's doppelganger |
| 15 | The Great Pyramid | Atlantis | 3 | The Torso, Natla, the ending |
Sources: Stella's Tomb Raider Site, level pages 1 to 15 (secret counts for the Remastered version); Tomb Raider (1996) Top 5 Levels, Crystal Dynamics, Feb 26, 2024; Top 5 Bosses, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 20, 2024.
Level names follow Stella's Remastered list. Stella and Crystal Dynamics write some with and without "The" in different places ("Lost Valley" and "The Lost Valley," "Cistern" and "The Cistern"); this viki uses one form for each.
How the levels fit the story
Peru. Jacqueline Natla hires Lara to find the lost city of Vilcabamba and the Scion. She crosses the mountains in Caves, finds the city, stops a waterfall in the Lost Valley and takes Qualopec's piece, where Larson ambushes her and "reveals more than he should".
Greece. A 1573 prayer book Lara finds at Natla Technologies points to Tihocan's tomb under St. Francis' Folly. Four levels of rooms, arenas and water follow before the tomb, where Pierre DuPont dies and the second piece is taken.
Egypt. Natla's piece was hidden in the City of Khamoon. Two levels in the city and its obelisk, which link to each other, lead to the Sanctuary of the Scion, where Lara beats Larson again and takes the last piece.
Atlantis. Natla's mines hide the entrance to the Great Pyramid, half covered by the mountain. Inside, Lara must reach the top of the pyramid and destroy the Scion so Natla can never use it, then defeats her and escapes the exploding pyramid.
The full story is on Tomb Raider (1996), Jacqueline Natla and Larson Conway.
How many secrets are in Tomb Raider 1?
45 in the 15 main levels, adding Stella's counts for the Remastered version level by level; there is no official total. Every level has at least one: Sanctuary of the Scion has only 1, the Uzis, and The Lost Valley has the most, 5. A chime plays when Lara finds one, the end-of-level statistics show found against total, and there is no reward for finding all of them. Secrets hold ammunition, medi packs and sometimes a weapon. The secret-by-secret list is on Secrets.
Unfinished Business
The four levels of Unfinished Business came out in March 1998 in a "Gold" re-release for Windows and the first Mac version, as two adventures: Shadow of the Cat sends Lara back to Khamoon for a tomb of Bastet, and Unfinished Business sends her back to Atlantis to destroy the mutants. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered brought them to consoles for the first time and puts the Atlantis pair first, as Stella says the developers intended.
| Remastered order | Classic order | Level | Secrets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Atlantean Stronghold | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | The Hive | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | Return to Egypt | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Temple of the Cat | 4 |
Source: Stella's Tomb Raider Site: Unfinished Business and its level pages.
Original, Remastered and the remakes
The 1996 levels play the same in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (Aspyr, Feb 14, 2024), which kept Core Design's code and adds new graphics, achievements, and a save-crystal-only New Game+. Its Challenge Mode patch on Mar 12, 2026 works as a level select when no modifiers are set. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) rebuilt the same journey with all-new content.
Which levels are in Legacy of Atlantis?
The remake keeps the 1996 game's four regions: Peru, Greece, Egypt and "a mysterious Mediterranean island shrouded in myth", its Atlantis. Amazon Game Studios has named these places as of Nov 2, 2026:
| Region | Named in official text | 1996 levels it matches |
|---|---|---|
| Peru | Mountain Caves, the City of Vilcabamba, the Lost Valley, the Tomb of Qualopec | Levels 1 to 4 |
| Greece | St. Francis' Folly and its four champions' chambers | Level 5 |
| Egypt | The city of Kamun, a temple to Anubis, the Osiris trial | Levels 10 to 12 (spelled Khamoon in 1996) |
| The island | Nothing shown yet | Levels 13 to 15 |
Sources: Reimagining Peru, Jun 22, 2026; Reimagining Greece, Sep 7, 2026; Reimagining Egypt, Sep 21, 2026, all Amazon Game Studios.
Its announcements call Peru the game's first level and Greece its second, which suggests one large level per region rather than the 1996 game's 15, and the developers say the spaces open into "semi-connected environments" instead of room after room. They also say all of the original 1996 secrets return, with many new ones. Whether a Croft Manor training level returns is not announced. See What's New in Legacy of Atlantis. The clip is IGN's Jun 2026 first preview, from a pre-release build.
Frequently asked questions
How many levels are in Tomb Raider 1? The 1996 Tomb Raider has 15 levels: 4 in Peru, 5 in Greece, 3 in Egypt and 3 in Atlantis, plus the optional Lara's Home training level.
What is the level order in Tomb Raider 1? Caves, City of Vilcabamba, The Lost Valley, Tomb of Qualopec, St. Francis' Folly, Colosseum, Palace Midas, Cistern, Tomb of Tihocan, City of Khamoon, Obelisk of Khamoon, Sanctuary of the Scion, Natla's Mines, Atlantis and The Great Pyramid.
What is the last level of Tomb Raider? The Great Pyramid, level 15, where Lara fights the Torso and Natla and escapes the pyramid.
How many secrets are in Tomb Raider 1? 45 in the main game, by our sum of Stella's per-level counts, and 10 more in Unfinished Business. There is no official total.
Can you choose a level in Tomb Raider 1? Not in the 1996 version. In Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Challenge Mode with no modifiers works as a level select since the Mar 12, 2026 patch.
How many levels does Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis have? Not published as of Nov 2, 2026. The makers describe Peru and Greece as the first and second levels and have named areas in Peru, Greece and Egypt.
Sources
- Tomb Raider Remastered Game Info and Walkthrough, Stella's Tomb Raider Site, read Nov 2, 2026
- Level pages Caves to The Great Pyramid, Stella's Tomb Raider Site, read Nov 2, 2026
- Tomb Raider Unfinished Business Info and Walkthrough, Stella's Tomb Raider Site, read Nov 2, 2026
- Tomb Raider (1996) Top 5 Levels, Crystal Dynamics, Feb 26, 2024
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Top 5 Bosses, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 20, 2024
- Tomb Raider Remastered Lore: Natla Technologies, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 2, 2024
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Challenge Mode Patch Is Live, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 12, 2026
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, Steam, read Nov 2, 2026
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis launches Feb 12, 2027 on PS5, PlayStation Blog (Michael Lovan), Jun 2, 2026
- Reimagining Peru, Amazon Game Studios, Jun 22, 2026
- Reimagining Greece, Amazon Game Studios, Sep 7, 2026
- Reimagining Egypt, Amazon Game Studios, Sep 21, 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 1-3 Remastered - Before You Buy, gameranx, Feb 14, 2024 (video)
- Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered - PlayStation/Xbox/PC/Steam Deck/Switch - Digital Foundry Tech Review, Digital Foundry, Feb 13, 2024 (video)
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - The First Preview, IGN, Jun 11, 2026 (video)
Moments
Was it Good? - Tomb Raider 1
Josh Strife Plays
- The 1996 Tomb Raider has 15 levels plus a training level, played in a fixed order across four regions: Peru (levels 1…
- Peru. Jacqueline Natla hires Lara to find the lost city of Vilcabamba and the Scion. She crosses the mountains in…
- Greece. A 1573 prayer book Lara finds at Natla Technologies points to Tihocan's tomb under St. Francis' Folly. Four…
- Egypt. Natla's piece was hidden in the City of Khamoon. Two levels in the city and its obelisk, which link to each…
- Atlantis. Natla's mines hide the entrance to the Great Pyramid, half covered by the mountain. Inside, Lara must reach…
History of Tomb Raider (1996 - 2018)
Nick930
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered - Before You Buy
gameranx
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered - PlayStation/Xbox/PC/Steam Deck/Switch - Digital Foundry Tech Review
Digital Foundry
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - The First Preview
IGN
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AtlantisAtlantis is the lost civilization behind Tomb Raider's story and the last region of the 1996 game, played in three levels: Natla's Mines, Atlantis and The Great Pyramid. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis calls it a mysterious Mediterranean island and has not shown it as of Nov 2, 2026.
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Atlantis LevelAtlantis is level 14 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, a living city of flesh, lava and mutant hatcheries inside Natla's pyramid, where Lara beats her own fleshy doppelganger by luring it into lava and takes the Scion. It has 3 secrets, by Stella's count for the Remastered version.
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CisternThe Cistern is level 8 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, a flooded underground reservoir in Greece where Lara raises and lowers the water with one switch to reach 5 keys (2 Rusty, 2 Silver, 1 Gold), with 3 secrets. It ends with a fall into the Tomb of Tihocan.
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City of VilcabambaCity of Vilcabamba is level 2 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, a lost Inca village in Peru where Lara finds the Silver Key and the Gold Idol to open the exit gate, with 3 secrets. Legacy of Atlantis keeps the City of Vilcabamba and expands its Atlantean story.
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ColosseumColosseum is level 6 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, a ruined arena in Greece full of lions, gorillas and crocodiles, where Lara finds the magnums in a secret and the Rusty Key that opens the way out. It has 3 secrets; Legacy of Atlantis has not shown it as of Nov 2, 2026.
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Natla's MinesNatla's Mines is level 13 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, where Lara starts with no weapons and wins them back from three of Natla's henchmen, the Cowboy, the Skater Boy and a bald man with a shotgun, before opening the Atlantean pyramid. It has 3 secrets, by Stella's count for the Remastered version.
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Obelisk of KhamoonObelisk of Khamoon is level 11 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, where Lara lowers four bridges around an obelisk and collects the Eye of Horus, the Ankh, the Scarab and the Seal of Anubis. It has 3 secrets, by Stella's count for the Remastered version.
See also
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Tomb Raider (1996)Tomb Raider (1996) is the first Tomb Raider game, made by Core Design in Derby and published by Eidos Interactive in late 1996 on Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC. Lara Croft hunts the Scion across 15 levels in Peru, Greece, Egypt and Atlantis; it sold over 7 million copies.
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Lara's HomeLara'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.
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The ScionThe Scion is the Atlantean artifact Lara Croft hunts in Tomb Raider, split into three pieces found in the Tomb of Qualopec, the Tomb of Tihocan and the Sanctuary of the Scion. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis builds its story around the same hunt.
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Unfinished BusinessUnfinished Business is the four-level expansion to the 1996 Tomb Raider, first released in the 1998 Gold edition for Windows and Mac, which sends Lara back to Egypt and Atlantis. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered includes it and plays it in a different order from the classic release.
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CavesCaves is level 1 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, a snowy Peruvian cave system with wolves, bats, a bear, dart traps and 3 secrets, all small or large medi packs. Legacy of Atlantis remakes it as Mountain Caves, opening on snow and an ice slide.