MAP30: Fire and Ice (Scythe)

MAP30: Fire and Ice is the final map of Scythe. It was designed by Erik Alm and uses the music track "You Suck!" from Rise of the Triad.

Secrets

 * 1) (sector 233)
 * 2) (sector 247)
 * 3) (sector 284)
 * 4) (sector 381)
 * 5) (sector 399)

Routes and tricks
Basically this map can be finished with just a pistol, however note that it is an extremely difficult route. And do not shoot at all until you get the yellow key.

At the start, just go down and press the switch on the left and lower the door which will reveal a cyberdemon. Go around and go straight up the stairs ahead, avoid the cyberdemon on top and jump off and go into the small building. Press the switch right next to the megasphere, and go outside. Avoiding revenants, go up the stairs that look exactly like the ones at the start. This time, jump off the ledge and go where all the mancubi are, and go into the small building again. Try to get the barons collected in one side, or they will block you. Get the key, but don't jump off, just turn around. Go to the room behind the stairway (not at the start) and follow the stairs. Avoid Hell knights and the arch-vile, go straight and open the yellow door. Press the switch, get back out, and while the yellow pillar is lowering just keep running into it. Once you are able to climb it, go straight up and climb blue and red ones and fall down to see the Romero's head. Go around it and kill with the pistol.

A trick makes it possible to skip most of the map; out of the three colored barriers that block the way to the Romero's head, only the first, yellow one need be opened. It is possible to both climb the three barriers like stairs by running over the yellow barrier while it's lowering, or to perform an arch-vile jump past the two latter barriers once the yellow one is opened. Therefore two of the keys are unnecessary.

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

Last updated on November 27, 2013.

Miscellaneous demos
Last updated on November 27, 2013.

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