3. Master Leep

Your guide to Level 3: Master Leep's Temple in Shadow Warrior Classic. Find walkthroughs, secrets, and tips to navigate Lo Wang's journey to warn his master.

Alright, let's dive into Level 3: Master Leep's Temple. This is where Lo Wang needs to reach his master, Master Leep, to warn him about Zilla's impending attack. It's a pretty straightforward mission objective, but the temple itself has some tricky bits and hidden goodies. ### Walkthrough As for the main path, the video walkthrough linked should give you a good lay of the land. I'll focus on helping you find those hidden secrets that make this level even more rewarding. ### Secrets 1. Sticky Bombs and the Uzi: Right after you hit that gong and enter the first room, look for a switch. This opens up a rotating carousel. Grab a sticky bomb and toss it into the area marked 'Master Leep's Throne'. This reveals an upper area. If you're quick after hitting the switch, you can jump up there to find a Rocket Launcher. It's a bit of a timing challenge, but worth it! 2. Master Leep's Daughters' Picture: In the next room, the one with the guy hanging from a rope, check the crates. There's a picture of Master Leep's daughters above them. Push on it, and you'll find a medkit tucked away inside. 3. Waterfall Secret: After swimming through that clear water to the courtyard, look up at the waterfall you just came from. Jump onto the platform above it and into the small pool feeding it. Dive down, and you'll find some grenade shells and a fortune cookie. 4. Turbine Switch: In the same courtyard area, there's a turbine underwater. You'll see a switch behind bars. You can hit this with a ranged weapon. Doing so opens a secret door behind the double doors that need the bronze key. You'll need to be fast to get through this door before it closes – it's on the right side as you enter. Inside, you'll snag a Nuke power-up for your Rocket Launcher. 5. Lava Pool Switch: After you hop onto the rotating statue in the lava pool (behind the silver key door), look for a switch on the wall to the southwest. There's also a small platform northwest of you. Jump to that platform, turn around, and shoot the switch with a ranged weapon. A secret area opens up north of your current platform, containing another Nuclear Warhead. 6. The Rabbit's Path: This one's a bit whimsical. When you jump across from the rotating statue to the southeast and shoot the barrels to go up, you'll see a white rabbit. Follow it! It'll lead you to a pool of water. Dive in, and you'll find a rabbit breeding ground above the water. Head north from there. You'll find Jackie Chan's casket with a fortune cookie, a riot gun, and a teleporter to previously visited areas on the right. To the left, there's a grenade launcher and another teleporter leading to Master Leep. Just remember Master Leep's words: "Rabbit is Gentle, Rabbit is Humble, Follow the Rabbit." 7. Gears Secret: After you disable the gears in the area where the ceiling lowers, jump into the opening where the gears were. There's a fortune cookie waiting for you. 8. Final Secret: Once you solve the raised step puzzle, go back to the area where the ceiling lowered. You'll see a new opening with some sticky bombs. Climb the ladder there. You'll find night vision goggles, a medkit, and a Kevlar Armor Vest. You can also jump to a small platform nearby to grab a Grenade Launcher. ### Notes * Crushing Ceiling Puzzle: After the crushing ceiling trap, you'll enter a room with water before a lava wall. There are six buttons. You need to open all segments of the lava flow to proceed. The solution is: press the second and third buttons on the left, and the second button on the right. ### Trivia * Master Leep's daughters are found in interesting spots: one by his 'throne' (a toilet, actually), another showering in the waterfall, and the last crying over Master Leep himself. * This level's file name is 'shrine', and it was part of the original shareware release. It also contributes two retro secrets to the 2013 Shadow Warrior game.