E3M9: Barrens (The Ultimate NMD)

The Ultimate NMD maps
Anomaly Zero M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Hell's Door M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Abandon Hope E3M1: Atrium E3M2: Submystic E3M3: Bag of Bones E3M4: Primary Suffering E3M5: Pain Summit E3M6: Modestly Priced Monster Living Units E3M7: Malebolge E3M8: Brains! E3M9: Barrens

This level occupies the map slot E3M9. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M9.

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E3M9: Barrens is the ninth and secret map in episode Abandon Hope of The Ultimate NMD. It was designed by Fiend.

Walkthrough

Map of Barrens

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. Climb up to the northwest side, then take the left path of health and armor bonuses going south until a wall next to you lowers. Open the south wall in this compartment to get the BFG9000. (sector 83)
2. At the northwest end of the map, enter the lava at the east side and enter the south corridor to find a medikit, boxes of rockets, and a rocket launcher. (sector 85)
3. In the red brick area, get on the raised platform and head to the south wall. Press on the nearby switch to unlock the south wall and enter the teleporter to get a chainsaw. (sector 108)
4. Shoot the wall across from Secret #3 and jump there to find a soul sphere. (sector 112)

Areas / screenshots

• 

  Starting area

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  Killing the second cyberdemon and revealing the exit

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  Intermission

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	4:21.49	Vladimir Monakhov (skepticist)	2009-05-04	nmdulmps.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist
NoMo	0:28.80	paymentplan	2017-03-28	nmdu_nomo.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on June 2, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	183
Vertices	671*
Linedefs	701
Sidedefs	989
Sectors	146

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 555.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	6	10	10
Imp	21	30	38
Lost soul	2	4	4
Demon	2	2	3
Spectre	1	3	5
Cacodemon	3	5	5
Baron of Hell	6	4	4
Cyberdemon	1	2	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	3
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	5
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	2
Box of rockets	15
Energy cell	5
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	5	3	3
Medikit	11
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	11
Health bonus	9
Supercharge	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	4

External links

• The Ultimate NMD demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive