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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
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* [[Bag of Holding]]
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Revision as of 17:27, 3 August 2014

A backpack found in a secret area in E1M2: Nuclear Plant.

The backpack is a powerup that doubles the player's ammo-carrying capacity; after picking up a backpack, the player is able to carry up to 400 bullets, 100 shotgun shells, 100 rockets, and 600 energy cell units at once. When picked up, the backpack also gives the equivalent of the small ammo item for each type of ammunition: 10 bullets, 4 shotgun shells, a rocket, and 20 energy cell units (doubled on the "I'm Too Young To Die" and "Nightmare!" skill levels).

If the player picks up a subsequent backpack, only the extra ammunition is collected. A backpack can be picked up even when the player cannot carry any more ammo of any type.

The backpack's effect lasts until the end of the episode in Doom and until the end of the game in Doom II. If the player is killed, ammo capacity returns to normal upon respawn.

Using the cheat code idkfa or idfa to give the player all weapons and maximum ammunition does not give the player a backpack. The backpack is the only powerup which does not have a corresponding idbehold cheat code.

Backpacks are not included in the items percentage displayed at the end of each level.

Data

Thing attributes
Thing type 8 (decimal), 8 (hex)
Appears in Shareware Doom
Registered Doom
The Ultimate Doom
Doom II
Final Doom
Radius 20
Sprite BPAK
Class Item
Pickup

In classic Doom, backpacks are first encountered on these levels:

Game ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Ultimate Doom E1M2: Nuclear Plant E1M2: Nuclear Plant E1M2: Nuclear Plant
Doom II MAP03: The Gantlet MAP03: The Gantlet MAP03: The Gantlet
TNT: Evilution MAP02: Human BBQ MAP02: Human BBQ MAP02: Human BBQ
Plutonia MAP01: Congo MAP01: Congo MAP01: Congo

The IWADs contain the following numbers of backpacks:

Game ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Ultimate Doom 22 22 22
Doom II 28 28 28
TNT: Evilution 48 48 48
Plutonia 31 32 32

Doom 3

A backpack lies near its dead owner near the entrance to the Delta labs.

The backpack is present in Doom 3, but differs from its classic counterpart that it does not increase the player's carrying capacity. It may contain varying amounts of ammunition, as well as some quantities of health, armor and air supply. It is an uncommon item, being found in few levels, often in secret places.

When summoned by a cheat code, the backpack will give the player 12 pistol bullets, 8 shotgun shells, 30 machine gun rounds, 50 chaingun rounds, 5 grenades, 3 rockets, and 25 cells for the plasma gun – equivalents of the one "small" pickup for each weapon, much like its classic predecessor. This contradicts the comment in the definition file, which states that backpacks are "empty by default, so designer must choose amounts". For all backpacks placed in the game, however, the latter is true.

Notes

  • It is a misconception that the 10-bullet ammo is an exception to the small-pickup rule, as players are more familiar with the 5-bullet clips dropped by extremely common zombiemen. The clip item placed as fixed pickups in levels does indeed contain 10 bullets.

See also