How can i access the Additional Challenge Tombs?!?

[Crimson Jupiter]

I might just be stupid, but i have no idea how to access the Additional DLC Tombs like The Forge. I have completed the main game with new game+ and i did not encounter the NPCs that start the new Tomb Quests. I looked up a guide where they should be and they are just not there. In the main menu i see a shopping cart next to the Tomb Names, but i cannot buy them because they should already be included in the Definitive Edition which is the one i have. I don't remember if i did them on my first playthrough because it was a long time ago. What am i missing?

[vram1974]

You should be able to find them in your main game. You don't encounter NPCs I don't think, you just stumble on the tombs: https://www.powerpyx.com/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-all-challenge-tombs-walkthrough-locations-solutions/

[Crimson Jupiter]

Thank you for the reply, but i am asking about the additional DLC Challenge Tombs! The guide you linked is about the Challange Tombs that came with the base game. For the DLC Tombs you need to talk to NPCs (that don't exist in the base game). I think that Square or Valve messed up when they upgraded the base game to the Definitive Edition and the DLCs were lost.

[Basan™]

Originally posted by Crimson Jupiter:

Thank you for the reply, but i am asking about the additional DLC Challenge Tombs! The guide you linked is about the Challange Tombs that came with the base game. For the DLC Tombs you need to talk to NPCs (that don't exist in the base game). I think that Square or Valve messed up when they upgraded the base game to the Definitive Edition and the DLCs were lost.

Only if it happened upon your end. Not even once those malfunctioned for me upon my more than 600h playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider (SotTR) with and without mods'.

If you can't see the NPC's symbols marked upon your map that contain an extra Sun's Eclipse right next to the side quest's NPC regular symbol, then simply turn all the map's icons back on.
For example, right after you've finished your main quest upon San Juan and return to Paititi 2 new DLC NPC quest's appear upon San Juan, one from Jonah and the other from Abby. Although this later one is only available after you've beaten the SotTR's main boss upon it's battling arena area.

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Although for the time being I strongly don't advise you to to try playing a straight from scratch using the currently buggier than heck Tomb Raider Eclise mod.

[Crimson Jupiter]

First Question: Did you buy the game as Definitive Edition? If so, then it's no suprise everything works for you. I did buy it as base game, which was then upgraded afterwards.

Also, i never switched off any icons. This is what (part of) my map in paititi looks like:

http://www.twingtwang.de/temp/paititi_map_1.jpg
http://www.twingtwang.de/temp/paititi_map_2.jpg

Where are these icons supposed to be? Also i checked guides that tell me what NPCs to look for and where they are (with pictures). For Example the two people in front of the pink hut in kuwaq yaku and they are not there:

http://www.twingtwang.de/temp/abby.jpg

[badiamasabni]

Lara looks like she's got the GodSlayer (Serpents Heart DLC) slung across her back - maybe you have done them, after all. Check your weapons, do you have it? Or the outfit that Q'Orianka wears (the final DLC, can't remember their names).

[Crimson Jupiter]

What is "GodSlayer" supposed to be? A bow? What she is wearing on the screenshot is called "Atlatl Bow". I don't have anything called "GodSlayer".

[badiamasabni]

Yes, the GodSlayer is a green bow (spoiler alert!). The bow in the image looks a bit green, so I just thought.
https://okheshivartr.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cdc3d-13.jpg

[Basan™]

And an exmple of an icon from a Mission Giver NPC from the DLC's can be seen here.

Originally posted by Crimson Jupiter:

What is "GodSlayer" supposed to be? A bow? What she is wearing on the screenshot is called "Atlatl Bow". I don't have anything called "GodSlayer".

For that you'll have to do an upper Paititi side quest that is rescueing Hakan[tombraiders.net] and then completing it in order to be able to get the GodSlayer lime green looking and fire damage doing Bow.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3432467659

And when uploading images to a site, please use another one like for instance Steam's "Screeshots" (just like I did), because that simple http site was messing with my Anti-Virus because that program of mine no longer trusts sites that aren't at least https (hyper text typing protocol secure). And thanks in advance for that small attention.

[Crimson Jupiter]

I got a response from Steam support. I would have to buy the Definitive Edition bundle from the bundle store page:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/12231/Shadow_of_the_Tomb_Raider_Definitive_Edition/

The Definitive Edition Upgrade can not be bought seperately anymore. I'm not sure i'll buy it. Seems somewhat pricey.

Just to be clear where my confusion came from: My game is called the Definitive Edition, because the publisher asked Valve to rename all Editions of the game this way, but then not upgraded the base game. It was just a name change.

[badiamasabni]

Originally posted by Crimson Jupiter:

The Definitive Edition Upgrade can not be bought separately anymore. I'm not sure i'll buy it. Seems somewhat pricey.

I got mine for less than £17, Shadow, Rise, Osiris, with all the extras. Put it on your wishlist, and subscribe to the news letter so you'll be informed of the sale.

[Crimson Jupiter]

I just bought it :D

[vram1974]

Originally posted by Crimson Jupiter:

I just bought it :D

I hope you looked at both "bundles" on Steam because when I bought it last week I noticed that the Definitive Edition bundle was $55 but the Definitive Survivor Trilogy, which had the Shadow game and all DLC plus the other modern games, was on sale for about $30 less.

[Ayahuasca]

I got all 3 of the newer ones for under 20$ on a sale with all DLC included ......It goes on sale often too