Verdant Citadel

Verdant Citadel is a single-level PK3 for Doom II using the GZDoom source port that was released in May 2019. It was designed by Dennis Meuwissen (Exl) and uses the music track "City of Ruins" and "Titan" by KhydroDjent. Verdant Citadel won one of the Cacowards in 2019.

Secrets

 * 1) Head west from the area that has four key pedestals, then south. At the end of the ledge, head west again, and press on the wall at the end to get a medikit, an ammo clip, and shotgun shells. (sector 516)
 * 2) From the previous secret, drop off the ledge to the east and run to the east side over the water. Look to the north to find a ledge with armor bonuses in front of it, then find the rock near the west side of this ledge. Use it to head onto the ledge, then go to the east end of the ledge and use the wall there. You will find a berserk pack and a backpack. (sector 4248)
 * 3) Now go into the water and head south, then southwest, onto solid ground and behind a tree to get a box of rockets. (sector 3875)
 * 4) Look south from the purple key and run to the wall with the satyr face on it. Press it to find a soul sphere. (sector 3854)
 * 5) Head west from the purple key area and head clockwise, as if you are going towards the red key room. Press on the satyr face you see to open the walls behind it to find stimpacks and energy cells. (sector 3908)
 * 6) From the previous secret, go north a bit, then backtrack to find two demons. Use the wall behind them to get two ammo clips and a medikit. (sector 1050)
 * 7) At the red key area, walk counter-clockwise until you reach the southwest exit, then press on the lion face just to the west of that exit, which will lower it. Go back clockwise to the northwest end to find a medikit inside a column. (sector 5402)
 * 8) From the previous secret, go further clockwise to the northeast end and enter the open column to find a backpack. (sector 4163)
 * 9) From the west exit of the red key area (mentioned in Secret #7), head south into the room, then press on the northwest wall near the wooden barrels. This secret area has energy cells and a box of rockets. (sector 2363)
 * 10) From the west exit of the red key area (mentioned in Secret #7), head south a bit and then clockwise again. Head past the metal wall with the lion face and press on the next one that lacks a face, which will lower a wall further ahead. You will find an energy cell and a backpack. (sector 4169)
 * 11) Jump into the water from the previous secret and head west, then press the lion switch you find, which opens the gate to the dark area beyond where a demon is. The initial area the demon comes from is Secret #11 and contains energy cells, but walking north gives an additional secret with a backpack. (sector 3868)
 * 12) See Secret #11. (sector 3867)
 * 13) In the water mentioned in the previous secrets, head eastward and southeastward until you drop to more water below. In the round area that follows, walk towards the east wall with slime on it, but go a bit west from there and press on the wall to lower it and reveal a medikit and energy cells. (sector 1260)
 * 14) In the western courtyard (southwest of the red key area), the west ledge seems inaccessible, but there are breaks in the ledge you can go up. When you do, head all the way south to get a box of ammo and a box of shotgun shells. (sector 1271)
 * 15) In the western courtyard (southwest of the red key area), the west ledge seems inaccessible, but there are breaks in the ledge you can go up. When you do, head north near the barrel and vases and press the switch, then head to the southeast end of the courtyard where you can get the red armor and a shortcut to the blue key area. (sector 2597)
 * 16) At the southeast end of the citadel, drop into the well and head west. When you can, turn north, then press on the two switches on the wall. The wall between them will reveal a backpack and a medikit. (sector 1726)
 * 17) Head south from the previous secret and a wall to your left that contains a stimpack will lower. Get on this wall and press on the one behind it to open a secret passage with ammo clips, shotgun shells, a box of rockets, and energy cells. (sector 1088)
 * 18) When you reach the large lift at the north end of the map, press the first switch to ride down. As it is going down, hug the left wall until you go through the hole to reach an area with a cacodemon, a backpack, and an energy cell pack. If you failed at getting the secret, continue to progress until the lift reaches the bottom of the pit with the exit to the north. From the central lift, you can use another one at the southeast corner that leads you east of the area that has four key pedestals. (sector 4393)

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

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 6, 2021.

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