E1M1: Port Pavera (HYMN)

E1M1: Port Pavera is the first map of HYMN. It was designed by Walker Wright (Pavera).

Essentials
Head straight forwards towards a pedestal holding the yellow key; there are golems to your left and right, along with nitrogolems on bringest them oneth (BTO) skill level or higher. Go south-west into a room with a silver door (which leads to the exit), then east to an outdoor ledge with a Dragon Claw. Drop into the water and kill some waiting gargoyles, then press the switch in the north-east corner to lower a black block behind you. Follow the water south and west past some ophidians (and sabreclaws on BTO or higher) to another switch and press it, then enter the teleporter that lowers in front of you to return to the silver door room. The west walls have lowered, revealing a new area with multiple ophidians - press the switch at the west end of this area, which will lower the yellow key pedestal so you can go back and collect it.

Go back to where you found the Dragon Claw and open the large door here to reach another ledge, holding nitrogolems and a Morph Ovum. There is another switch in the south-west corner - press it to lower a pillar holding the green key on a stone bridge behind you, then return to the starting point and head east into the neighboring room, which contains an Ethereal Crossbow. Press the switch in the north-east corner to lower two lifts, ride either lift up to the floor above then head south along the bridge to collect the green key. Now go back to the yellow key door and pass through it, then go west through a green key door and fight past some ophidians (and sabreclaws on BTO or higher) to a switch that will open the silver door you saw earlier. Go back round to that door and pass through it, then step on the blue teleporter in front of you to finish the level.

Other points of interest
After using the lifts in the north-east room, press the switch in the south-west corner to open a wooden door behind you. Behind this door are Gauntlets of the Necromancer and a Quiver of Ethereal Arrows, as well as Timebombs of the Ancients on thou art a smite-meister and black plague possesses thee, Quartz Flasks on BTO or lower and an Energy Orb on thou needeth a wet-nurse or yellowbellies-r-us.

Secrets

 * 1) Head south from the start, then west to the wall; part of it is recessed and does not have a wooden cross on it. Press that part to reveal a Tome of Power. (sector 112)
 * 2) Head north from where the green key is and press on a stone wall on your left to reveal a switch. This will raise some steps in the water south-west of the green key. Head there and go over the wall to get a Bag of Holding. Follow the Claw Orbs north to Ethereal Arrows and a Phoenix Rod. There are also Flame Orbs, a Shadowsphere, Quartz Flasks, Crystal Vials and an Enchanted Shield here. (sector 355)

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: