MAP09: Hard Core (The Darkening Episode 2)

MAP09: Hard Core is the ninth map of The Darkening Episode 2. It was designed by Jan Van der Veken, Ola Björling (citrus) and Anthony Soto (Swedish Fish), and uses the music track "The Wicked Tree" by Peter Tomaselli (Kniggit).

Secrets

 * 1) In the crate room just before the giant vats, run across the caution stripes above the steps and through the southern vent to get a chainsaw. (sector 62)
 * 2) Near the red key, there should be an open, western alcove with shotgun shells and two stimpacks. (sector 128)
 * 3) After opening the blue door, open the green wall near the crates for a soul sphere and armor bonuses. (sector 229)
 * 4) In the shaft to the far north of the map, there is a dead marine in a square. Look out for the crusher here, and open the wall behind the corpse for a partial invisibility. (sector 539)
 * 5) In the big room with Secret #3, go onto the ledge with computer panels and clamber onto the highest crate. From there, jump southeast onto the ridge overlooking the ground below, and then onto the crates there for a BFG9000. (sector 573)
 * 6) In the room with the switch that opens the vent leading outside to the nukage-filled area, press the backside switch here to open the other vent, leading to a radiation suit. (sector 575)

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

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 13, 2021.

Player spawns
This level contains four spawn points:
 * 1) facing east. (thing 372)
 * 2) facing west. (thing 373)
 * 3) facing south-east. (thing 374)
 * 4) facing south-west. (thing 375)

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