Temple of Doom – Story Level 5: Mola Rampage

LEVEL ENTRANCE: Beating the 4th Story Level unlocks the Maharajah, who carries vials of Black Sleep. Approach the Thuggee in the tower to the left of the wooden bridge. Hold the Attack button and use the direction keys or stick to aim at the Thuggee. Release the Attack button to throw the vial, just as you would when shooting or throwing a spear. Then quickly press Free Tag to take control of him. Use the Thuggee to pull the lever in the tower to raise a wooden platform below. Switch back to one of your other characters and hop up onto the platform. Then approach Mola Ram to start the next level. (Refer to the Hub Maps and Story Level Intro for screenshots.)

Clearing with Rampaging Kali Statue

The goal of this level is to defeat Mola Ram by destroying the giant animated Kali statue he's riding.

At the start of the fight, while things are still fairly calm, run around the edge of the clearing, jumping into the air to avoid the statue's ground-pound attacks and gathering studs, including several purple studs sitting out in the open. Once you've picked up all the studs, and hopefully unlocked "True Adventurer" in the process, you can concentrate on bringing Kali down.

Switch to Short Round if you aren't already controlling him. Pick up one of the water bottles lying on the ground. Aim and throw the bottle at the statue's foot with the flames pouring out. The water should extinguish the fire and cool the statue's foot, causing it to stick to the ground temporarily. Quickly crawl through the opening in the statue's foot, just as you would a regular hatch.

A short cut scene shows Short Round climbing to the top of the statue. When he emerges on its head next to Mola Ram, hit the Thuggee high priest to knock him off his perch. Then hop down and quickly switch to Indy. Without Mola controlling it, the Kali statue kneels down for a few moments, revealing an orange ring where one of its right arms meets its body (i.e., the left side from your point of view). Use Indy's whip to pull the ring and destroy one of the statue's arms. Mola Ram then jumps back onto the statue and the fight continues.

Repeat the same tactics again: Throw a water bottle at the flaming foot, have Short Round crawl inside, and then punch Mola Ram to knock him off the statue's head. Switch to Indy and when the statue kneels down once more, use the whip to pull the orange ring on the statue's other side, yanking off another of its arms.

Mola Ram jumps back onto the statue's head and continues to attack. Try to avoid the statue's pounding attacks and the lava now gushing out of its sides. If you jump when the statue pounds the ground, the shock wave will not do as much damage.

Repeat this process twice more (four times in all) to remove the statue's remaining arms.

When all of the statue's arms are gone and Mola Ram takes control of it again, the statue starts breathing fire. It's not easy to avoid the flames, but try to stay out of the way if possible. When it pauses between breaths, quickly throw a water bottle at its flaming foot and crawl through, like you did before. Smack Mola off the statue's head one last time. Then switch to Indy as the statue bends over, revealing another orange ring on the top of its head. Use the whip to pull the ring, just as you did the other four. When the ring is removed, lava pours out of the statue's head and it is defeated. The final cut scene of this story then begins.

When you finish this level, you'll unlock the Last Crusade playset. You can then open it and start to explore or return to the Temple of Doom hub to play the Treasure and Bonus Levels.