STR31: Black Gold (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

STR31: Black Gold is the thirty-first map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) and uses a custom music track.

This level uses the "Core" mode, where the objective is to prevent monsters destroying a computer core.

Essentials
The core is in front of players one to five as the level starts, along with a shotgun, super shotgun, two backpacks and four boxes of shotgun shells. The four item pads can be found near the core, and additional ammo and health pads can be found in the two wide passages leading to the core. There are two teleporters in the north-west and south-east corners of the level that have a chaingun, rocket launcher and ammo next to them; use the teleporters to quickly return to the core building.

Monsters will spawn from two gray rock areas in the north-east corner of the level; the north group will head west to enter the core building by its north entrance, while the south group will head south to enter the core building by its east entrance. The spawn points will remain the same for the entire level.

Completing this level will award 3,000 bonus credits.

Secrets
There are no official secrets on this map.

Speedrunning
As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

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 February 21, 2022.

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