E3M6: Mt. Erebus (Doom)

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This level occupies the map slot E3M6. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M6.

E3M6: Mt. Erebus is the sixth map of Inferno in Doom. It features a secret exit to E3M9: Warrens (and see the trivia).

Overview

Strategy

Walkthrough

Map of E3M6

Secrets

  1. Go inside the brown vine-covered building. Inside are two teleporters. Take the one on the right, and you'll be taken to a ledge with a plasma rifle on it.
  2. Enter the green marble building. There are two candles on the floor against opposite walls here. Open the wall behind the candle on the right for a bulk cell.
  3. From secret 2, open the wall behind the other candle and take the teleport. Once you're through, drop onto the platform ahead of you to get the chainsaw.
  4. Warning: this secret contains the secret exit switch and is inescapable, so only enter it once you are ready to exit the level. Pick up one of the invulnerability spheres from this level and make your way back through the teleporter from secret 2. This time, inch along the platform you arrive on to your right and around a corner. You'll see a blue box in the water below. Position yourself directly across from this box and face the red brick wall. Fire your rocket launcher at the wall and run backwards simultaneously, and you should be fired into the box, the invulnerability sphere absorbing all damage you would have taken. It's possible to straferun or jump (in some source ports) into the box, but the rocket jump is the intended (and easiest) method.

Speedrunning

Routes and tricks

Records

The Compet-N records for the map are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed 00:06 Adam Hegyi 1998-10-05 e3m6-006.zip
NM speed 00:06 Steffen "Rini" Udluft 1999-02-18 n3m6-006.zip
UV max 02:58 Radek Pecka 2001-02-01 e3m6-258.zip
NM100S 00:19 Adam Hegyi 1999-06-20 n3s6-019.zip
UV -fast 02:59 Radek Pecka 2001-09-19 f3m6-259.zip
UV -respawn 02:07 Radek Pecka 2000-11-23 r3m6-207.zip
UV Tyson 04:07 Radek Pecka 2001-07-15 t3m6-407.zip
UV pacifist 00:06 Adam Hegyi 1998-10-05 e3m6-006.zip

Trivia

According to John Romero, "The only way you are supposed to reach the secret switch [inside the blue box at the north end of the map] was by (1) getting the invincibility, (2) blasting a rocket into the wall so you would fly backwards into the box. We found out early on that it was possible to flip the switch from outside, so Sandy made the walls thicker." (See Doom Level History.) In fact, it is still possible to activate the switch from just outside of the walls, and also to straferun-jump into the box. See Access the secret exit on level E3M6 for details.

Statistics

Map data

Things 335
Vertices 691
Linedefs 687
Sidedefs 949
Sectors 125

Things

Monsters ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Sergeants 12 16 18
Spectres 1 2 4
Imps 27 34 36
Demons 3 5 6
Barons of Hell 0 0 1
Troopers 2 7 7
Cacodemons 6 12 22
Lost Souls 9 22 32
Powerups ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Backpacks 1 1 1
Stim packs 23 23 24
Medikits 7 7 7
Soul spheres 2 2 2
Health bonuses 9 9 9
Armor bonuses 9 9 9
Green armors 2 2 2
Blue armors 1 1 1
Invulnerabilities 2 2 2
Berserks 1 1 1
Radiation suits 5 5 5
Automaps 1 1 1
Weapons ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Shotguns 1 1 1
Chainguns 1 1 1
Rocket launchers 1 1 1
Plasma guns 1 1 1
Chainsaws 1 1 1
Ammunition ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Bulk Cells 2 2 2
Ammo clips 2 2 2
Shells 4 4 6
Rockets 3 3 3
Rocket boxes 2 2 2
Ammo boxes 3 3 3
Shell boxes 6 6 6
Keys ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Blue skulls 1 1 1

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