MAP09: Hard Core (The Darkening Episode 2)

MAP09: Hard Core is the ninth map of The Darkening Episode 2. It was designed by Jan Van der Veken, Ola Björling (citrus) and Anthony Soto (Swedish Fish), and uses the music track "The Wicked Tree" by Peter Tomaselli (Kniggit).

Secrets

 * 1) In the crate room just before the giant vats, run across the caution stripes above the steps and through the southern vent to get a chainsaw. (sector 62)
 * 2) Near the red key, there should be an open, western alcove with shotgun shells and two stimpacks. (sector 128)
 * 3) After opening the blue door, open the green part of the northern wall near the crates east of the blue door to find a soul sphere and armor bonuses. (sector 229)
 * 4) In the same, big room with Secret #3, go onto the ledge with computer panels to the north, and using nearby boxes, climb onto the highest one. From there, jump southeast onto the ridge overlooking the ground below, and then jump down on the crates there. The one with a BFG9000 on it counts as a secret. (sector 573)
 * 5) In the room located closer to the western part of a map, with the switch that opens the vent leading outside to the nukage-filled area, press another switch behind the first one to open another vent that is closer to the south, leading to a radiation suit and a mega armor. (sector 575)
 * 6) In the shaft to the far north of the map, there is a dead marine in a square. Look out for the crusher here, and open the wall behind the corpse for a partial invisibility. (sector 539)

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

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 13, 2021.

Player spawns
This level contains four spawn points:
 * 1) facing east. (thing 372)
 * 2) facing west. (thing 373)
 * 3) facing south-east. (thing 374)
 * 4) facing south-west. (thing 375)

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