MAP25: Bloodfalls (Doom II)

Doom II maps 21-30
MAP21: Nirvana MAP22: The Catacombs MAP23: Barrels o' Fun MAP24: The Chasm MAP25: Bloodfalls MAP26: The Abandoned Mines MAP27: Monster Condo MAP28: The Spirit World MAP29: The Living End MAP30: Icon of Sin
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (21 - 30) Secret maps: 31 32
This level has a console version.

This level occupies the map slot MAP25. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP25.

MAP25: Bloodfalls is the twenty-fifth map of Doom II. It is the only map in Doom II designed by Shawn Green, and uses the music track "Adrian's Asleep". The par time is 2:30.

Walkthrough

Map of Bloodfalls

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Essentials

From the starting area, walk eastward, dropping into the shaft ahead of you. Continue forward (the blood below you is harmful) out into the large round courtyard. Walk around the blood "fountain" and lower the gray wall, actually an elevator, proceeding into the cave behind it. Continue to the end of the cave and go through the teleporter.

In the next area, pick up the blue skull key in front of you and snipe at the enemies below to clear your path. When you are done, drop into the blood and climb the stairs from the top platform. From here, you can run along the platforms to the north to get a megasphere if you wish. Either way, go through the door to the south, down the stairs, and into the teleporter.

Back in the starting area, drop down the shaft ahead of you once again. Lower the gray wall in the courtyard again, but ride it back up this time. Continue along the ledge to the blue door in the south. Kill all the enemies in the next room, then continue down the stairs to the lift. Ride it up and proceed along the path to the next lift. Once inside the green marble area, get the items in the watery alcoves to the left and right if you wish, then lower the wall ahead (another lift). You will now find yourself in a dark outdoor area with seven columns surrounding a square structure. Find the switch on one of these columns to lower the wall of the square structure. Step into the teleporter beneath the floating cube of water inside to exit the level.

Secrets

Official

1. After getting the blue key, drop down into the pit of blood and walk up the stairs and through the door at the top. About halfway down the stairs behind this door is a green-paneled wall on the left. (sector 22) Behind it are two energy cell packs and 4 shotgun shells. Alternative way: At the starting room of the level, drop down via the north bloodfall, avoiding the teleporter, and cross the square blood pit. You will be in the first hall, and the aforementioned green-paneled wall is just east from you.
2. After riding the lift behind the blue door, turn left and continue to hug the left wall until you reach a solid (undecorated) grey wall. Open it to find a BFG9000 on Hurt Me Plenty skill level or lower; the secret is empty on Ultra-Violence and Nightmare, but it still counts. (sector 101)

Non-official

• At the starting room of the level, drop down via the east bloodfall and avoid the teleporter. The bloodfall to your right (south from you on the automap) is a false wall and you can pass through it. It hides enemies (you will hear them awaken as you pass the false bloodfall), as well as three barrels which can be used to dispose of the enemies more easily. At the end of the hidden passage is a chaingun and a megaarmor (or armor on Ultra-Violence and Nightmare).
• The blood "fountain" can be lowered as a lift, where a BFG9000 appears on multiplayer.

Bugs

The following things have no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so they do not actually appear in the level:

• a multiplayer rocket launcher (Thing 63) behind secret #1,
• a box of shotgun shells (113) on the walkway surrounding the eastern courtyard,
• a pool of blood (121) in the same courtyard,
• three medikits (183, 184 and 185) around the fountain in the courtyard,
• a BFG9000 (186) next to the same fountain.

Areas / screenshots

• 

  Level exit. The water-tiled ceiling visually extends towards where walls would be expected.

Speedrunning

Current Compet-n records

The Compet-n records for the map are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	00:43	Adam Hegyi	2000-08-28	lv25-043.zip
NM speed	00:52	Drew DeVore (stx-Vile)	2003-05-11	nm25-052.zip
UV max	01:29	Anders Johnsen	2003-01-10	lv25-129.zip
NM100S	00:58	Adam Williamson	2000-01-17	ns25-058.zip
UV -fast	01:45	Henning Skogstø	2000-02-19	fa25-145.zip
UV -respawn	01:30	Radek Pecka	2003-01-13	re25-130.zip
UV Tyson	12:13	Jim Leonard (Xit Vono)	2002-07-30	ty251213.zip
UV pacifist	00:46	Jaromir Cihak (Jacih)	2000-07-24	pa25-046.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 5, 2020.

Current DSDA records

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	0:41.89	Pleymo	2020-10-09	lv25-041.zip
NM speed	0:49.69	Drew DeVore (stx-Vile)	2023-02-21	nm25-049.zip
UV max	1:22.26	Looper	2019-08-28	lv25-122.zip
NM 100S	0:56.40	Teedre	2023-07-16	lv25ns56.zip
UV -fast	1:26.91	Looper	2019-08-29	lv25f126.zip
UV -respawn	1:19.06	Looper	2019-08-28	lv25r119.zip
UV Tyson	6:14.77	j4rio	2020-03-22	lv25t614.zip
UV pacifist	0:43.60	Pleymo	2020-09-20	lv25p043.zip
NoMo	0:37.94	Looper	2021-02-28	no253794.zip
NoMo 100S	0:50.43	xX_Lol6_Xx	2022-02-22	lv25os050.zip
Stroller	1:39.94	megasphere308	2022-07-24	lv25str139.zip
Collector	0:44.91	hokis	2010-03-30	lv25col044.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 24, 2023.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains six spawn points:

1. facing south. (thing 227)
2. facing south-east. (thing 228)
3. facing north-west. (thing 229)
4. facing north-west. (thing 230)
5. facing west. (thing 234)
6. facing north-west. (thing 235)

Statistics

Map data

Things	276
Vertices	697*
Linedefs	762
Sidedefs	1079
Sectors	147

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 613.

Things

This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	16	17
Shotgun guy	19	34	35
Heavy weapon dude	0	6	10
Imp	18	24	24
Lost soul	2	4	4
Spectre	1	3	6
Revenant	0	1	1
Pain elemental	3
Hell knight	0	1	2
Arachnotron	0	0	1
Arch-vile	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	0	1	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1	1	0
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	4
4 shotgun shells	16	23	23
Box of shotgun shells	5
Energy cell	6
Energy cell pack	2	4	4
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	16
Medikit	4
Armor	0	0	1
Megaarmor	1	1	0
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Megasphere	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	10
Teleport landing	3

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	16	17
Shotgun guy	19	34	35
Heavy weapon dude	0	6	10
Imp	18	24	24
Lost soul	2	4	4
Spectre	1	3	6
Revenant	0	1	1
Pain elemental	3
Hell knight	0	1	2
Arachnotron	0	1	2
Mancubus	0	2	2
Arch-vile	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	0	1	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	2	2	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	4
4 shotgun shells	16	23	23
Box of shotgun shells	5
Energy cell	6
Energy cell pack	4	6	6
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	16
Medikit	4
Armor	0	0	1
Megaarmor	1	1	0
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Megasphere	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	6
Exploding barrel	10
Teleport landing	3

Trivia

The official French name of this level is Les Chutes de sang.

External links

• MAP25 demos from the Compet-n database: UV speed • NM speed • UV max • NM100S • UV -fast • UV -respawn • UV Tyson • UV pacifist
• MAP25 demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Top-down perspective view of all Doom II levels by Ian Albert