Challenges return as a gameplay mechanic in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. They are small challenging tasks Lara must perform to gain extra experience points.
- Whistle in the Dark
- Knock down 5 death whistle carvings.
- Found in Cozumel.
- Flower Picker
- Collect 5 plants from the canopy.
- Found in Peruvian Jungle.
- Ruffled Feathers
- Hit 4 oropendola nests.
- Found in Peruvian Jungle.
- Bullseye
- Hit every target with a ball. (4)
- Found in Croft Manor.
- Bottom Feeder
- Harvest 5 aquatic plants.
- Found in Kuwaq Yaku.
- Crude Awakenings
- Detonate 5 oil barrels.
- Found in Kuwaq Yaku
- Nam Deus
- Destroy 5 sacrilegious jungle totems.
- Found in Kuwaq Yaku
- Changing the Weather
- Rope-pull 5 frog totems.
- Found in The Hidden City
- Dropping Decimals
- Grapple attach to 3 hanging quipus.
- Found in The Hidden City
- Dunkin' Bones
- Knock 3 skeletons off their poles into the river.
- Found in The Hidden City
- High Diving
- Jump off all of the High Dives. (4)
- Found in The Hidden City.
- Keep Calm and Carrion
- Gather 3 condor feathers from bird's nests.
- Found in The Hidden City
- Speak of the Dead
- Uncover the secrets of 4 ancient crypts in Paititi.
- Found in The Hidden City
- Respected
- Rope-pull 5 effigies down.
- Found in Cenote
- Sunken Treasure
- Pry open 5 underwater treasure chests.
- Found in Cenote
- Raise the Flags
- Cut the release pulley to raise 5 flags around the mission.
- Found in Mission of San Juan