LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures/Free the Slaves

'''Indy, Willie and Short Round escape the temple only to find themselves in some Thuggee-patrolled mines. The village's children are being forced to mine for the sacred stones the Thuggees are seeking, ones similar to the stones Indy took from the altar. While facing off against a Thuggee guard, Short Round is kidnapped. Indy and Willie must now save him, as well as to free the other young miners.'''


 * True Adventurer: 65,000 studs
 * Characters Obtained: Willie (Ceremony)
 * Unlocked Characters in Library: Slave Child, Thuggee Slave Driver
 * Artifact: Dinosaur Fossil
 * Mailbox: Character Treasure

The entrance to the mines
The path further down the mines is blocked, so you need to find a way to break through the blockade. Go left and use Willie to jump up the ledge, then build a handrail out of the blocks on the ledge so that Indy can join her. There, take the orange box nearby and place it on one of the green spots near the minecart. Have Indy pull the lever at the back with his whip to cause a platform to rise up, then have Willie jump to the platform and to the higher ledge behind it. Carry the orange box there to the other green spot and place it there. Use the blocks from both boxes to make a mechanism that will push the minecart down the tracks, making it smash into the blockade around the corner.

While the path it clear, you still have to get to it safely. There is a large pool of lava that causes instant death if you fall in, and the tracks are too thin for you to walk across. Instead, jump to the rope and use it to swing to the wooden platform. From there, jump to the handrails and then to the ground on the other side. Countless Thuggees will appear and attack you. Quickly go through the hole made by the minecart so that you don't have to fight.

Freeing the first slave
As you go right, you will be attacked by two Thuggees armed with crossbows, so quickly defeat them before exploring the room. The way forward is blocked by a door, and you don't have Short Round with you to crawl into the chute nearby and pull the lever, which presumably unlocks the door. Fortunately, the slave child locked in the cage nearby is short enough to crawl through, so free him by lowering the cage using the crank to the right of it. Sure enough, the child will crawl through and pull the lever for you, opening the door. Slaves will always repay your kindness after freeing them, so you help yourself progress by helping them too.

Deeper in the mines
Once again, your way forward is blocked, but this time there is a much more complicated process to clearing it. You must first transport a part across the lava pit to the other side to place it in a machine through a clever method. First, have Indy swing across the lava pit to the alcove at the back. Pick up the part there and place it on the green platform nearby. Turn the crank to transport it across the lava pit and to the opposite side. Swing back and relocate the machine part roughly on the green spot on the ground. Now you must move the part across some wooden platforms. As Indy, jump to the first wooden platform, then use your whip to pull the part to you. Put the part down and jump to the platform, then repeat the process several times until you reach the other side. Now you can finally put the part in the blue machine.

The machine, though complete, still requires some repairs. You can get a wrench by destroying the barrel north of the area, which will make the machine operational and activate the elevator nearby. Now, destroy one of the barrels to the right to get a shovel, and use it to dig up a key. Put the key in the crank, and turn it until the wooden platform nearby is level with the ground. Now, have Indy ride the elevator up to the walkway, then swing to the other side. Free the slave here, who will crawl through the chute and pull the lever to open up the door. A ton of Thuggees will appear, so be ready to defeat them all. Go through the door to the following room. Take the dynamite from the green box, then throw it at the metal debris blocking the hole to clear it. Go through it to continue down the mines.