E2M8: Tower of Babel (Doom)

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This level occupies the map slot E2M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M8.

E2M8: Tower of Babel is the final map of The Shores of Hell in Doom. It features a boss battle with the Cyberdemon. This level was named after a tower to the heavens that God destroyed in the Bible. It was designed by Sandy Petersen and it uses the music track "Nobody Told Me About id".

Strategy

Map of E2M8

Walkthrough

You start the level in a small octagonal room. Pick up the combat armor here before you do anything else. There is a short pillar in the center of this room with a switch on each of it four sides. Pressing one causes the stairs in front of it to raise. Press all four switches. Walk up any of the four sets of stairs until the wall with the crucified Baron of Hell ahead of you opens, but do not walk through yet. Open the three remaining Baron-walls in this manner as well -- this allows you to re-enter the starting area if you need to. Once they've all been opened, exit to the huge outdoor area. There are a number of Lost Souls outside; you might want to destroy them so they don't get in your way later, but it isn't necessary. Walk around the building until you find the Cyberdemon -- or he finds you. Use the pillars for protection if you need to. The four rooms inside the main building contain rockets and occasionally soul spheres if you need them. Don't be afraid to waste ammo, because this is the last level of the episode anyway. As there is no BFG9000 in the Shores of Hell, and you have plenty of rockets available, your battle with the Cyberdemon will probably be a rocket-rocket fight. Shoot at it until it dies. Mastering circlestrafing will greatly increase your effectiveness. Once the Cyberdemon dies, the level, and episode, ends.

Secrets

There are no official secrets in this level.

Areas / screenshots

Speedrunning

Routes and tricks

Records

The Compet-N records for the map are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed
NM speed 00:30 Laszlo Vecsei 2002-02-07 n2m8-030.zip
UV max 00:31 Laszlo Vecsei 2000-10-25 e2m8-031.zip
NM100S
UV -fast 00:31 Laszlo Vecsei 2000-10-27 f2m8-031.zip
UV -respawn 00:42 Thomas "GoDfAtHeR" Zajic 1996-10-20 r2m8-042.zip
UV Tyson 28:10 Xit Vono 2002-03-23 t2m82810.zip
UV pacifist

Statistics

Map data

Things 66
Vertices 216
Linedefs 218
Sidedefs 278
Sectors 27

Things

Monsters ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Cyberdemons 1 1 1
Lost Souls 0 4 20
Powerups ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Soul spheres 2 2 2
Blue armors 1 1 1
Weapons ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Rocket launchers 1 1 1
Ammunition ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Rocket boxes 30 30 30

Trivia

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