Beginner's Guide
Controls, the difference between objective levels and relic hunts, what to buy first and the habits that stop early runs from ending in the first thirty seconds.
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Lara Croft: Relic Run — Guides, Tips, Achievements & Secrets
Explore helpful Lara Croft: Relic Run guides, survival strategies, relic collection tips, combat advice, achievements and gameplay walkthroughs. Everything here is written to help you run further, find relics faster and beat the Jungle Temple, Desert Ruins and Mountain Pass.
120Campaign levels to clear
3Regions: jungle, desert, mountains
60Relics to collect and track
7Weapons to unlock and upgrade
Featured guides
Start with the guides players need most
Each guide answers a specific question: how to survive longer, how relic hunts work, which upgrades are worth your coins first, and how to deal with bosses such as the T-Rex and the Oni Demon.
Survival Tips
Learn practical movement techniques, avoid common running mistakes and improve your chances of surviving difficult obstacle sequences.
Read Guide →Relic Collection Guide
How clues fill the relic meter, why a death costs you your clues, and a checklist of all 60 relics with the level where each one is hunted.
Explore Relics →Combat Strategies
Combat sections are where many runs end. Learn to shoot projectiles first, use explosive barrels and keep a Medipack ready.
Read Strategy →Weapon Guide
Dual Pistols, Crossbow, Shotgun, Dual SMGs, Assault Rifle, Grenade Launcher and Minigun explained, with the situations each one handles best.
Read Guide →Upgrade Tips
Clue Booster, Coin Magnet, Powerups, Coin Trails, Ammo Cache and weapon levels. Here is the order that saves the most frustration.
Explore Tips →Achievements & Challenges
Every in-game achievement, from Athleticism to Oni The Strong Survive, with a plan for the grindy ones and the tricky one-run goals.
Browse Challenges →Advanced Running Tips
Wall-run inputs, reading trap patterns early, keeping a safe lane by default and handling the faster, denser sections late in a run.
Explore Tips →Quick tips
Six things that improve almost every run
Short, specific advice you can use on your next attempt. Each tip links to the full explanation.
In combat, shoot the incoming projectiles before the enemies. A bomb or boulder that reaches Lara costs health; an enemy that survives a second longer usually does not.
To wall-run from the middle lane, swipe twice toward the wall. If you are already in the outer lane on that side, one swipe is enough. Practise this early; wall runs are part of many routes.
On relic levels a death wipes the clues you collected. If the meter is almost full, a Resurrection Ankh is often worth more than starting over.
Upgrade the Clue Booster early. It makes the relic meter fill faster, which shortens every even-numbered level in the campaign.
Crates are rewards, not targets. Deal with incoming threats first, then shoot health crates when Lara is hurt and coin crates when the screen is calm.
When the Oni Demon's red bull's-eye appears, stop everything else and shoot its head. That is how you prevent the attack that freezes Lara in ice.
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Relics & collection
Relics are the heart of the campaign
Every even-numbered campaign level is a relic hunt. You collect Clues along the route until the meter in the top-left corner fills; then a Relic appears and picking it up completes the level. Each region holds 20 relics, and they unlock journal entries that tell Lara's search for her colleague Carter Bell.
- Clue Booster pickups and upgrades fill the meter faster
- Dying on a relic level loses the clues from that attempt
- The Bomber Pilot outfit line increases clue frequency
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Obstacles & survival
Most runs end on the same handful of mistakes
Swinging beams and pendulums, floor spikes, spike walls, rolling balls and sawblades all follow readable patterns. Obstacles get denser and faster the longer a run lasts, so habits matter more than reflexes.
- Look two obstacles ahead, not at Lara's feet
- Return to the middle lane after a dodge unless a route needs a side
- Swipe once, cleanly; double inputs cause most lane accidents
- Steel Toe Inserts shorten stumbles so you recover faster
Weapons & combat
Win the shooting sections, keep the run
During combat sections Lara keeps running on her own while you tap enemies and their projectiles. A health bar appears only here, and losing all of it ends the run just like hitting a trap.
Know your two weapons
The Dual Pistols are always equipped and never run out of ammo. Your secondary weapon hits harder but uses limited ammunition, which Extra Clips, ammo crates and the Area 51 outfit line help with.
Use the arena
Exploding barrels damage nearby enemies, health crates restore health and coin crates pay out coins. Shooting the right barrel at the right moment can clear a group at once.
Prepare for bosses
Long runs eventually bring a boss: the T-Rex in the Jungle Temple, the Manticore in the Desert Ruins and the Oni Demon in the Mountain Pass. Bring a strong secondary weapon and healing.
Walkthroughs
Three regions, forty levels each
Runs are generated from building blocks, so no guide can give you a fixed route. What a walkthrough can do is explain each region's traps, enemies, vehicle and boss, and how to prepare for them.
Achievements & challenges
Plan your achievements instead of grinding blindly
The game has global achievements that can be earned anywhere and a set for each region. Some, like Marathon, simply accumulate over time. Others, like Blind Luck or Mastersaurus Rex, need a deliberate plan within a single run.
One-run challenges
Athleticism, Jumper, Small Change and Pendumonium all reset when the run ends. Pick one per run and play around it.
Browse Challenges →Boss achievements
Every region has a defeat-the-boss achievement, one for ten defeats and one for two defeats in a single run, which needs real stamina.
Read Strategy →Track your progress
Use our achievement checklist to tick off what you have done. Progress is saved only in your own browser.
Open Tracker →
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FAQ
Common Lara Croft: Relic Run questions
Quick answers to the questions players ask most. The full FAQ covers many more topics.
What is Lara Croft: Relic Run?
It is a free-to-play mobile runner in which Lara Croft runs automatically while you swipe to jump, slide, change lanes and wall-run. Runs mix obstacle courses with shooting sections, vehicle rides and boss fights. The campaign has 120 levels across the Jungle Temple, Desert Ruins and Mountain Pass, and an endless mode is available for high scores.
Is this the official game website?
No. This is an independent fan site. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the game's developers, publishers or rights holders. For official support, use the support contact shown on the game's store page.
How can I survive longer?
Look further ahead, keep to the middle lane when no route requires a side, make single clean swipes and learn each trap's rhythm. In combat, shoot projectiles before enemies and use explosive barrels. The survival guide explains each habit in detail.
How do I collect relics?
On even-numbered campaign levels, pick up Clues until the meter fills. A Relic then appears on the route; run over it to complete the level. If Lara dies first, the clues from that attempt are lost unless you continue the run. See the relic guide.
What upgrades should I buy first?
Most players benefit from the Clue Booster first, because it speeds up every relic level, followed by a couple of Dual Pistol upgrades for combat and then Coin Magnet or Powerups to raise income. The upgrade priorities guide explains why.
Does my progress save to the cloud?
The game's Google Play listing states that Cloud Save is not a supported feature, and it points players to the publisher's FAQ and support for help transferring save files. Keep that in mind before you reset or replace your device.