E1M3: Earth (Elements)

Elements maps
E1M1: Air E1M2: Water E1M3: Earth E1M4: Fire E1M9: Undivine

This level occupies the map slot E1M3. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M3.

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E1M3: Earth is the third map of Elements. It was designed by Neal Ziring.

Walkthrough

Map of Earth

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Secrets

1. At the eastern end of the room with the large lava pit with the plasma rifle in the centre are two exploding barrels (only one is present in hard skill). These barrels mark a secret door leading to two radiation shielding suits (three in multiplayer). (sector 43)
2. From the red key room there is a lava trench heading north towards a teleporter. Just before the teleporter is an area with 4 shotgun shells, a radiation shielding suit, two medikits, an armor and an energy cell pack. (sector 112)
3. After going through the yellow door heading towards the exit, just before the next door is a secret door on the south wall (marked with a metal texture) leading to a room with a rocket launcher, a megaarmor (two on multiplayer), and 1-3 stimpacks. (sector 17)
4. From the large room in the south of the level, there is a dark path leading down some stairs towards a room with two pillars and a partial invisibility. En route are two exploding barrels (only one on easy skill), which mark a secret door leading to a room with two armor bonuses, a box of rockets (easy and medium skills only), some health, a baron of Hell, and a switch. The switch lowers one of the pillars in the aforementioned room, revealing a teleporter. (sector 133)
5. The teleporter in #4 takes you to a room with a plasma rifle (two in multiplayer), a medikit, some energy cells, a light amplification visor (two in multiplayer, both easy skill only), and a switch. This switch lowers a triangular section of floor in the south-east of the large room in the south of the level. (sector 86)
6. The triangular floor lowered by the switch in #5 leads, via a large crushing ceiling to a room with several monsters and a teleporter. (sector 13)
7. The teleporter in #6 takes you to a room north of #6 with more monsters and two tall green firesticks. These mark a door leading to the secret exit. (sector 45)

Bugs

The door leading to the room with the large walkway over the lava (just before the normal exit) has red key textures surrounding it but does not actually require the red key to open.

In the south of the level is a table surrounded by four health bonuses. The nearby wall linedefs (664, 665, and 666) are assigned Action 23 - S1 Floor Lower to Lowest Floor. However, they have Tag 0, meaning that if pushed, most of the sectors on the level will be affected, making the level virtually unplayable.

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
				.zip

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains four spawn points:

1. facing east. (thing 12)
2. facing east. (thing 13)
3. facing north. (thing 14)
4. facing north. (thing 15)

Statistics

Map data

Things	345
Vertices	1260*
Linedefs	1326
Sidedefs	1922
Sectors	265

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1082.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	13	18	22
Shotgun guy	13	19	17
Imp	18	31	37
Lost soul	2
Demon	15	20	25
Spectre	0	1	6
Cacodemon	3	6	6
Baron of Hell	4	6	10
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	2	1	0
Box of bullets	2	2	1
4 shotgun shells	8	8	7
Box of shotgun shells	4	4	3
Rocket	4	4	3
Box of rockets	4	4	3
Energy cell	2
Energy cell pack	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	13	11	10
Medikit	9	8	6
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	5	5	4
Health bonus	14	9	8
Backpack	1
Light amplification visor	1	0	0
Partial invisibility	1
Radiation shielding suit	4	4	3
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red skull key	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	3	4	3
Teleport landing	5

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	13	18	22
Shotgun guy	20	27	24
Imp	20	35	43
Lost soul	2
Demon	16	21	26
Spectre	1	2	7
Cacodemon	3	6	7
Baron of Hell	4	7	12
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	3
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	2	1	0
Box of bullets	2	2	1
4 shotgun shells	10	10	9
Box of shotgun shells	4	4	3
Rocket	5	5	4
Box of rockets	4	4	3
Energy cell	2
Energy cell pack	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	14	12	10
Medikit	10	9	6
Armor	2
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	5	5	4
Health bonus	14	9	8
Backpack	2	2	1
Light amplification visor	2	0	0
Partial invisibility	2	2	1
Radiation shielding suit	5	5	4
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red skull key	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	4
Exploding barrel	3	4	3
Teleport landing	5

External links

• Elements demos (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive