MAP04 (Dystopia 3)

MAP04 is the fourth map of Dystopia 3. It was designed by Anthony "Adelusion" Czerwonka and uses the music track "Lunar Outpost" level theme (d_cent06) from  OST.

Essentials
Starting Area

You begin in a small room. Grab the shotgun, box of shells and box of bullets, then head out the door to the north. This leads into a large room with multiple inescapable deep pits and a motley of cannon fodder - zombiemen, shotgun guys, imps and lost souls. On Ultra-Violence and above, you also need to be careful of two chaingunners, one on either side of the door you used to enter this large room.

Head north and around the tech wall. On Ultra-Violence and above, you have a chaingunner to take out. You will enter an area with a raised C-shaped walkway, some imps and a central structure blocked by a switch panel. As you approach the switch panel, a pillar on either side of the central structure will lower, revealing two cacodemons. Dispose of them and flip the switch.

Backtrack to the previous large room. The pit in the southeast corner has been raised, revealing up to four imps and a demon (Ultra-Violence and above only). The metal structure in the middle of the room has also disappeared, revealing two triangular blocks with a switch. These are part of a set of four switches required to unblock the central structure in the room in the north, of which two are still in the floor. Dispose of the enemies, then proceed to flip the switch on the southeast block (the northwest switch does not need to flipped unless going for 100% kills). This opens a small alcove with a switch in the southeast of the room. Shoot the switch in the alcove (approaching the alcove shuts it, and you have to flip the switch on the southeast block to open it again).

This raises the northwest pit (revealing up to four imps and a demon) and causes the northeast triangular switch block to rise up. Dispose of the enemies and flip this switch to cause the southwest switch block (and the northeast pit, again with up to four imps and a demon) to rise up. Flip the switch on the southwest switch block to unblock the central structure in the area to the north.

Head north to the area with the C-shaped walkway, and step into the central structure. It is a platform that lowers you to the lower part of this area. Watch for up to four demons, then go through the door ahead.

Blue Key

You are now in a semi-outdoor set of grey halls. As you step into it, you will find yourself harassed from all directions by various of former humans, as well as a number of lost souls. Your task is to head west to the western of two octagonal areas, then open the door in the south of this area. This next area must be taken slowly, or you will be caught in a deadly crossfire. There are zombiemen and shotgun guys on the floor, up to three imps in a cage ahead and a chaingunner or two on a raised platform to the right. There are also three barrels to the left of the door, positioned for the chaingunner on the platform to shoot and blow up when you enter, with three more further into the room. A suggested course of action is as follows:


 * Peek in and blow up the barrels.
 * Clear any enemies on the floor.
 * Move in and deal with the chaingunner on the platform. Watch for one more in the stairway next to the platform (not on Hey, not too rough and below).
 * Clear out the cage with imps.
 * Head further into the "warehouse" area ahead.

In the "warehouse", your opposition mainly consists of former humans and lost souls. These hitscan enemies can be very dangerous in this open room, so head forward carefully. Make your way to the southwest section of the "warehouse", drop into the lowered part of the room and grab the blue key from its pedestal.

Yellow Key

You now need to backtrack all the way back to the large room north of the starting room. (To lower the central structure in the room with the C-shaped walkway, look for the tiny button panels in its northern pillars.) You will see two blue doors, one in the northwest and one in the southwest of the room. Head through either blue door to enter a "control room" overlooking the "warehouse" area. This room has two invisible tripwires, one running northwest and one running southwest. Crossing either one activates a trap in the north or south of the room respectively. Each contains a shotgun guy, a cacodemon and a mancubus (Ultra-Violence and above only). To release a minimum of enemies:


 * Enter the "control room" through either door.
 * Use the northern computer panel only (You don't need to activate the southern one unless going for 100% kills)
 * Kill the enemies from the corresponding trap. Be careful not to activate the other tripwire.
 * Leave through the door you entered the "control room" through.

Head back to the "warehouse". One of the pits in the floor in the east of the room will have risen up, revealing up to two cacodemons and two shotgun guys. Pick up the yellow key they were guarding.

Red Key and Exit

Leave the "warehouse" through the northeast to return to the area with the imp cage and chaingunner platform. Head up the stairs next to the chaingunner platform to access a narrow corridor. Watch for shotgun guys firing from the window to the left. Head to the end of the corridor and open the metal door flanked by yellow stripes. This gives you access to the chaingunner platform. Flip the switch on the north wall, then drop off the chaingunner platform.

Next, leave via the door in the north to return to the semi-outdoor grey halls. Head all the way east to a large room with a central pedestal containing the red key. As you approach the red key, the floor at the entrance to this large room raises up, blocking escape. Up to six cacodemons will begin teleporting in, with an extra two cacodemons and two shotgun guys teleporting near the door leading to the "warehouse" area. Flip the tiny switch on the north side of the red key pedestal to lower the raised floor, then make your way to the west. With a good standoff established, dealing with these enemies should be much easier.

Return to the "warehouse" area. Open the red door in the southeast. Up to three demons will attack. Kill them, head down the stairs and press use on the exit door to end the level.

Secrets

 * 1) In the northwest of the big room with crates, there is an alcove with a switch (and a chaingunner). Flip the switch and quickly head east to find that one of the grey crates has temporarily lowered, revealing a hidden passageway behind it. Follow the passageway around to an otherwise inaccessible room with a megaarmor, a box of rockets, a box of shells and a box of bullets. (sector 158)

Bugs

 * It is possible to skip most of the initial switch puzzle by clicking in the air where the southwest switch block would be.
 * The mancubi in the "control room" traps (things 41 and 42) are stuck in the wall.

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

The data was last verified in its entirety on August 1, 2022.

Player spawns
This level contains six spawn points:
 * 1) facing east. (thing 53)
 * 2) facing north-east. (thing 239)
 * 3) facing south-west. (thing 240)
 * 4) facing west. (thing 241)
 * 5) facing east. (thing 242)
 * 6) facing south-east. (thing 243)

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