E1M5: Blistering Catacombs (Realm of Parthoris)

E1M5: Blistering Catacombs is the fifth map of Realm of Parthoris. It was designed by Jeff King (Egregor) and uses the music track "The Occultist," by Tristan Clark (Eris Falling).

Secrets

 * 1) In the area with the columns at the north end of the map, use the switch at the west end to lower the wall to the north. The next switch here opens two closets with Iron Liches. Inside the left closet is a switch. Use that one, then go to the east side of the area with the columns, overlooking the lava cavern. Hop across the rock that has risen to the northeast platform, which counts as the secret. The switch here raises another rock so you can get a Tome of Power to the southeast. (sector 42)
 * 2) From the green key platform, drop off to the east to get a Morph Ovum. (sector 164)
 * 3) Enter the room west of the big water pool, then head south to the next room. Go to the northeast corner and press on the vertebrae on the wall to reveal a switch that lowers the nearby red block. Take it down, then use the next lift to go up and get a Hellstaff and Lesser Runes. (sector 513)
 * 4) Open the yellow door west of the large lava area, then take the first door you see. In this library, use the southwest corner. This is supposed to reveal a switch which will lower the bookshelf on the north wall, revealing a passage to a Tome of Power. However, the switch does not actually get revealed. The sector you lower is sector 528, which has a ceiling of -32, while the sector with the switch is sector 527, which has a floor of -32. Since you lower the wall by pressing it, there is no way to actually trigger the switch behind the wall without cheating. (sector 520)
 * 5) Use the green key to open the door to the tower in the center of the lava area. On the west wall are two bookshelves, use the one closest to the door. This will lower a Quartz Flask as well as another bookshelf on the eastern wall with an Inferno Orb. (sector 551)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

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