MAP08: Ice Cavern (Whitemare)

MAP08: Ice Cavern is the eighth map of Whitemare. It was designed by Nil and uses the music track "Blackrock Prison theme" from .

Secrets

 * 1) Get to the ice floor with the single medikit, then head behind it at the north end. Climb up the rocks to the southwest to get shotgun shells. (sector 275)
 * 2) At the east side, climb the steps south of the destroyed castle and jump off to the area just before the trees. Jump south to a small ledge and enter the dark cave. At the end, open the door to get a berserk pack, looking out for the trap that springs. You can get a box of ammo and a medikit in the north room. (sector 1214)
 * 3) At the east side, climb the steps south of the destroyed castle and jump west across a platform to the iceberg across from there. You can find a box of ammo and shotgun shells. (sector 1112)
 * 4) After getting the red key, return to the main cavern and note the monster alcoves on the south wall. Head into the second one, then head southeast further into the cave to find either a plasma gun (Hey, Not Too Rough or lower), a super shotgun (Hurt Me Plenty), or partial invisibility and ammo clips (Ultra-Violence or higher). (sector 1474)
 * 5) Head to the burning barrel and wood at the north end of the ice cavern and head south and southeast from there, hugging the east wall as you head down. As the path curves east, hug the north wall and make your way into a small cave with a super shotgun (Hey, Not Too Rough or lower) or a box of shotgun shells (higher skill levels). (sector 673)
 * 6) In the same area as Secret #5, jump southwest to the lit area and head north to get a chainsaw and a medikit. (sector 639)
 * 7) At the west end of the destroyed castle at the east end, hug the west rock wall and get onto a smaller ledge to the south. Follow it into a cave to get to a room with a backpack, a soul sphere, and an ammo clip. (sector 502)
 * 8) At the north entrance of the destroyed castle, head through, then run east all the way to the northeast corner. Maneuver up there to get a stimpack and health bonuses. (sector 1350)
 * 9) After you get the blue key, get to the north end outside the destroyed castle and head east and south from there, jumping to a ledge at the east end. Enter the cave and open the blue door to find a secret portal. Use the switch behind the portal before entering it. (sector 1237)
 * 10) When you teleport from Secret #9, head northeast, then north to a blue door with bars in front of it. Look at the northeast alcove. The southeast part of it has a hidden switch which opens the bars. You can then open the blue door to find rockets, shotgun shells, and depending on your skill level, a soul sphere, a megaarmor, or boxes of shotgun shells. (sector 775)
 * 11) In Secret #10, head to the northeast corner and look at the left alcove. Use the skull on the left side, then get into the nearby crypt and onto a lift for a secret. (sector 799)
 * 12) Stay on the lift where Secret #11 is and when it rises up, get the stimpack to the south. (sector 826)
 * 13) Take the same lift down and head east and north to three doors. Open the middle door to open them all, then enter the east room. Lower the north wall in this room to find boxes of rockets. (sector 823)
 * 14) The switch in Secret #9 will open some bars in the northwest part of the cavern, which has the same symbol as the one in front of the switch in Secret #9. Follow the path behind the symbol there to get outside to a house with a super shotgun (Ultra-Violence or higher), shotgun shells, and medikits. (sector 1524)
 * 15) This secret is the southwest door in Secret #14, but it requires you to head to the north end of the ice cavern first. Here, you must use each of the "seasons" in a specific order. Start with winter at the east side (the central rock points to it), then spring which is at the west side, then summer which is to the north, and finally autumn to the south. After you do this, head to Secret #14 and the door will be open to the southwest, with a backpack and a medikit available. Note that if you use any of the "seasons" out of this order, this secret and Secrets #19 and #20 will become permanently inaccessible. (sector 1471)
 * 16) In the town at the west end, head to the northwest and head southwest through the area between the wooden fences. To the south is a box of shotgun shells. (sector 1408)
 * 17) In the barn at the northwest end of town, head to the northeast side and look at the support at the to the south for a hidden switch. Use it, then run west into the hole to a teleporter. This leads to ammo clips, shotgun shells, and a switch that opens Secret #19. (sector 38)
 * 18) In the big hall at the northeast song, head into the east fireplace and get through the fire to the other side (you may need to wiggle to get through it) to get a megasphere (soul sphere on Ultra-Violence or higher) and a teleporter back to the town. (sector 1425)
 * 19) Use the switch at Secret #17, then head to Secret #15 and head west to get to the alternate exit. (sector 1266)
 * 20) Head northeast in Secret #19 to get a plasma gun, an energy cell, and an energy cell pack. (sector 1264)

Bugs
Three sets of 4 shotgun shells (Things 462, 463 and 464) outside the fortress in the east have no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so they do not actually appear in the level.

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.

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