MAP16: Dregs of a Bitter Cup (NOVA III)

MAP16: Dregs of a Bitter Cup is the sixteenth map of NOVA III. It was designed by Ryan Anderson (obake) and uses the music track "Mental Hospital," composed by NatureWorld1986.

Secrets

 * 1) At the southernmost part of the map, use the switch behind the yellow door to reveal the cave. An arachnotron comes from the south end. Go here, then turn right and along the ledge to a switch, which lowers a rock containing a box of rockets. (sector 237)
 * 2) At the yellow key, look southwest and shoot the right of the two skulls. This will open up a compartment to the west of the skull, which contains a soul sphere. (sector 729)
 * 3) Head to the hall north of the rocket launcher and use the wall with the gargoyle faces for a lift. Ride it up and inch on the south edge to the other room. There are four gargoyle faces here. Use the rightmost one to trigger a lift to the south. Ride it up to get a berserk pack. (sector 1015)

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 April 3, 2022.

Player spawns
This level contains ten spawn points:
 * 1) facing east. (thing 258)
 * 2) facing north-west. (thing 314)
 * 3) facing south. (thing 315)
 * 4) facing north. (thing 316)
 * 5) facing west. (thing 317)
 * 6) facing south. (thing 318)
 * 7) facing north-west. (thing 319)
 * 8) facing south. (thing 320)
 * 9) facing north. (thing 321)
 * 10) facing east. (thing 330)

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

Inspiration and development
Obake cited his interest in cemeteries and genealogy as the main drive of the map. Dregs of a Bitter Cup was based on old graveyard and mausoleum designs, which compared to modern cemeteries are inconvenient to navigate in real life. Markers often denoted the wealth of the buried. The more ornate the headstone or coffin, the wealthier, with the destitute only having simple crosses, or no markers at all.

Trivia
The title Dregs of a Bitter Cup is scriptural.