E1M8: At the Heart of it All (Dawn of the Dead)

Dawn of the Dead maps
E1M1: Warp Station E1M2: The Reactor E1M3: Space Port E1M4: Atmospheric Processor E1M6: Fortress of Hate E1M7: Death Awaits E1M8: At the Heart of it All E1M9: Hunted Down

This level occupies the map slot E1M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M8.

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E1M8: At the Heart of it All is the eighth and final map of Dawn of the Dead. It was designed by Jan Van der Veken.

Walkthrough

Map of At the Heart of it All

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. Open the blue door, then head up and around to the next door. Open it, then open the wall with slime on it to get a plasma gun, energy cells, and a medikit. (sector 89)

Bugs

1. If the player doesn't kill the first baron of Hell, they can potentially become stuck in the final area as the wall will not lower when they kill the barons there.

Areas / screenshots

• 

  Barons infighting

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max	1:55.34	Maëllig Desmottes (Ch0wW)	2022-09-08	DODEAD-E1M8_Ch0wW_UVMAX-155.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on September 21, 2022.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains four spawn points:

1. facing north. (thing 4)
2. facing north. (thing 5)
3. facing north. (thing 6)
4. facing north. (thing 7)

Statistics

Map data

Things	193
Vertices	628*
Linedefs	695
Sidedefs	1015
Sectors	145

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 565.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	5	6
Shotgun guy	1	9	15
Imp	5	9	11
Lost soul	2	4	6
Demon	2	4	4
Spectre	2	9	14
Cacodemon	0	1	3
Baron of Hell	3
Cyberdemon	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	7
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	9
Box of shotgun shells	2
Box of rockets	1
Energy cell	12
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	6
Medikit	9
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	8
Teleport landing	5

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	5	6
Shotgun guy	1	9	15
Imp	5	9	11
Lost soul	2	4	6
Demon	2	4	4
Spectre	2	9	14
Cacodemon	0	1	3
Baron of Hell	3
Cyberdemon	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	7
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	9
Box of shotgun shells	2
Box of rockets	1
Energy cell	12
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	6
Medikit	9
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	4
Exploding barrel	8
Teleport landing	5

External links

• Dawn of the Dead demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive