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Mars City: Intro 1 2 3 Alpha Labs: 1 2 3 4 Enpro Communications: 1 2 Monorail/Recycling: 1 2 3 Delta Labs: 1 2a 2b 3 4 Hell Delta Complex Central Processing: 1 2 Excavation: 1 2 3 End
Map name: game/caverns2

Caverns - Area 2: Artifact Excavation is the twenty-sixth level of Doom 3. Features an ancient Martian temple. The Vagary makes another appearance at the end, and may come in a pair.

Summary

Spoiler Warning: Plot details follow.

Arriving at Sub Station 3, the marine steps off the lift and is almost immediately attacked by an arch-vile and two Hell knights. Despite being locked in close quarters, he manages to defeat Betruger's minions. He then battles his way through a swarm of wraiths to reach the ancient ruins themselves at Main Excavation.

After finding the keycard to Storage Room 11, the marine can backtrack to Sub Station 3 and gain access to a storage room containing lots of supplies (though he triggers an ambush in the process). He then returns to the Main Excavation chamber, where he encounters another arch-vile. After killing the demon and its minions, he heads through the various ancient chambers. Here he sees the glyphs on the walls that were mentioned on Pierce Roger's video disk, as well as the strange levitating egg-shaped artifacts also mentioned in Roger's report.

Soon, he arrives in a chamber called the Room of the Stars. On the ceiling is the map of the solar system spoken of in Richard Davis' PDA. Betruger unleashes more demons including Hell knights on the marine. After defeating these demons, the marine moves to the gallery, where he does battle with two vagaries and a swarm of trites. He then gains access to the Excavation Transfer lift which will take him to the final level of the game.

Spoilers end here.

Characters

Malcolm Betruger (voice only)

Enemies

Weapons/Items

Shotguns
Machine Guns
Grenades
Medkits
Armor Shards
Security Armor
Shells
Clips
Ammo Belts
Plasma Cells
Rockets
BFG Cell
Storage Room Key Card
Adrenaline

Video disks

Tablets

Gallery

Starting room.
Dig junction.
Main excavation (with lights turned on).
Tunnel in main excavation.
Junction.
Levitation site.
Room of Stars.
The gallery.
The final door.
Exit lift.

External links

Walkthrough video by WoopzillaWalkthrough on YouTube. Veteran difficulty; part of a full game run.

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-Arriving at Sub Station 3, the marine steps off the lift and is almost immediately attacked by an arch-vile and two Hell knights. Despite being locked in close quarters, he manages to defeat the Betruger's minions. He then battles his way through a swarm of wraiths to reach the ancient ruins themselves at Main Excavation.
+Arriving at Sub Station 3, the marine steps off the lift and is almost immediately attacked by an arch-vile and two Hell knights. Despite being locked in close quarters, he manages to defeat Betruger's minions. He then battles his way through a swarm of wraiths to reach the ancient ruins themselves at Main Excavation.
 After finding the keycard to Storage Room 11, the marine can backtrack to Sub Station 3 and gain access to a storage room containing lots of supplies (though he triggers an ambush in the process). He then returns to the Main Excavation chamber, where he encounters another arch-vile. After killing the demon and its minions, he heads through the various ancient chambers. Here he sees the glyphs on the walls that were mentioned on Pierce Roger's video disk, as well as the strange levitating egg-shaped artifacts also mentioned in Roger's report.