MAP08: The Pit (Caverns of Darkness)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP08. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP08.

MAP08: The Pit is the eighth map of Caverns of Darkness. It was designed by Christopher Lutz and uses the music track "Into Sandy's City" by Robert Prince.

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Contents

WalkthroughEdit

Map of The Pit

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. Enter the southwest building and take the door into the hall. Head all the way west and use the terminal, then go back east. Go through the broken wall to the south to collect energy cells and a BFG9000. (sector 770)
2. Lower the wall east of the blue key to find shotgun shells and a soul sphere. (sector 993)

BugsEdit

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
NM speed
UV max	07:05	vdgg	2010-04-28	cv08-705.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 13, 2021.

DeathmatchEdit

Player spawnsEdit

This level contains four spawn points:

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

StatisticsEdit

Map dataEdit

Things	543
Vertices	11376*
Linedefs	10299
Sidedefs	18215
Sectors	1000

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 8577.

ThingsEdit

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	5	9	10
Shotgun guy	5	11	13
Heavy weapon dude	5	7	8
Imp	8	12	23
Lost soul	3	2	2
Spectre	2
Revenant	2	4	8
Cacodemon	2	3	3
Pain elemental	0	0	1
Hell knight	1	2	3
Arch-vile	1
Cyberdemon	1
Commander Keen	2
Cyberdemon (BFG when low health)	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	13
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	16
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	2
Box of rockets	8
Energy cell	13
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	9	11	10
Medikit	9	8	8
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1	0	0
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	153
Teleport landing	8
Voodoo doll	3

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	5	9	10
Shotgun guy	5	11	13
Heavy weapon dude	5	7	8
Imp	8	12	23
Lost soul	3	2	2
Spectre	2
Revenant	2	4	8
Cacodemon	2	3	3
Pain elemental	0	0	1
Hell knight	1	2	3
Arch-vile	1
Cyberdemon	1
Commander Keen	2
Cyberdemon (BFG when low health)	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	13
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	16
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	2
Box of rockets	8
Energy cell	13
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	9	11	10
Medikit	9	8	8
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1	0	0
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	4
Exploding barrel	153
Teleport landing	8
Voodoo doll	3

External linksEdit

• Caverns of Darkness demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive