MAP06: Acheron's Needle (Syringe)

Syringe maps
MAP01: The Well MAP02: Hell Spoke MAP03: The Undergrowth MAP04: Banana Export MAP05: Blast Off! MAP06: Acheron's Needle

This level occupies the map slot MAP06. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP06.

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MAP06: Acheron's Needle is the sixth map of Syringe. It was designed by Xaser Acheron and Michael Fraize (Marcaek), and uses the music track "Recycle" by Maxime Tondreau (Psychedelic Eyeball). The par time defined in MAPINFO is 15:00.

Contents

WalkthroughEdit

Map of Acheron's Needle

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.

EssentialsEdit

Other points of interestEdit

SecretsEdit

1. Head southeast from the start to find a pool with a soul sphere in the middle. To get the soul sphere, head west and press on the triangular block with an evil eye. Run back to where the soul sphere is and go to the waterfall at the east end. When it rises, go through it and use the switch, which will lower the soul sphere. (sector 868)
2. At the northernmost end of the main area, run south up the steps with candles to the sides and jump the gap. Cross the bridges to the teleporter, but head behind it instead to get a berserk pack. (sector 874)

BugsEdit

A revenant (thing 313) is flagged on all skill levels, but the teleport destination (thing 316) is only flagged on hard, so this monster cannot teleport to the southern stairs in the crusher area, preventing 100% kills if you are playing on Hurt me plenty or lower skill levels.

Demo filesEdit

SpeedrunningEdit

Routes and tricksEdit

Current recordsEdit

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	2:54.17	FSF	2023-06-26	sy06p254.zip	Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast	16:53.29	BiZ	2022-06-06	sy06f1653.zip
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist	2:54.17	FSF	2023-06-26	sy06p254.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 10, 2023.

StatisticsEdit

Map dataEdit

Things	752
Vertices	5835*
Linedefs	5871
Sidedefs	9401
Sectors	1009

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 4667.

ThingsEdit

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Heavy weapon dude	2
Imp	91	85	89
Lost soul	5	5	8
Demon	4	4	0
Spectre	0	0	4
Revenant	10	23	35
Cacodemon	10
Pain elemental	0	0	2
Hell knight	12	4	5
Baron of Hell	3	3	5
Mancubus	1	8	11
Arch-vile	7	7	8
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	3	2	2
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	3	2	2
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	9
Box of bullets	7
4 shotgun shells	29
Box of shotgun shells	11
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	16
Energy cell	5	5	9
Energy cell pack	9	9	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	45
Medikit	25	25	23
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	33
Health bonus	41
Supercharge	2	1	1
Megasphere	2	2	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Invulnerability	1	0	0
Partial invisibility	1	1	0
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	37	37	38

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Heavy weapon dude	2
Imp	91	85	89
Lost soul	5	5	8
Demon	4	4	0
Spectre	0	0	4
Revenant	18	31	43
Cacodemon	10
Pain elemental	3	3	5
Hell knight	15	7	10
Baron of Hell	4	4	6
Mancubus	1	8	11
Arch-vile	16	17	18
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	6
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	3	2	2
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	3	2	2
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	9
Box of bullets	7
4 shotgun shells	29
Box of shotgun shells	11
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	16
Energy cell	5	5	9
Energy cell pack	10	10	6
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	45
Medikit	25	25	23
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	33
Health bonus	41
Supercharge	2	1	1
Megasphere	2	2	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Invulnerability	1	0	0
Partial invisibility	1	1	0
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	37	37	38

External linksEdit

• Syringe demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive