MAP17: Book Lords (Scythe)

Scythe maps
First Episode 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Second Episode MAP11: Sneak Peak MAP12: Walk in the Park MAP13: Subverted Base MAP14: Power Outage MAP15: Blood Bath MAP16: Burial Grounds MAP17: Book Lords MAP18: M/S Futura MAP19: 3000 AD MAP20: The Starport
Third Episode 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Secret maps 31 32

This level occupies the map slot MAP17. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP17.

MAP17: Book Lords is the seventeenth map of Scythe. It was designed by Erik Alm, and uses the music track "Horizon" from TNT: Evilution.

Walkthrough

Map of Book Lords

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.

Essentials

Head down the stairs and take the left door. Up the stairs is a small library with a gray pool. Going toward this pool reveals two revenants, an arch-vile, and the red skull key. Grabbing the key opens one of the bookshelves, going through there puts you back on the balcony where you started. Now enter the red door, it should be the nearest door you can reach. Behind this door is a roomful of imps on the left, some of which might teleport behind you. Go past them up the stairs and take a sharp right at the next room, going down the stairs to the yellow skull key. Look out for barons of Hell when you pick it up. Now hit the switch in this room to open a bookshelf, leading to a room near the balcony. There is a super shotgun here if you have not picked it up earlier. However, when you go through the bookshelf here, look out for revenants. Head back to the starting point and down the stairs again, this time through the yellow door. There is a sole arch-vile in this room, but make sure to press both switches to lower the bookshelves to get supplies and the blue skull key. Watch out when you return to find the blue door though, as several shelves are open with hordes of imps in them, plus an arch-vile appears on the fountain while other monsters show up on the lower floor. Behind the blue door is an arch-vile and a switch, which lowers the bars blocking the exit.

Secrets

1. Once you have the yellow key, take the yellow door to the right of the soul sphere pool and enter the room. Exit the room to find a step leading to the soul sphere. (sector 27)

Bugs

When the switch that lowers the bookshelf containing the blue key is pressed, it also opens up several monsters into the level. These monsters are the arch-vile on the center fountain, the imp hordes inside the shelves on the balcony level, and several teleporting demons, imps, and revenants on the lower floor. The latter enemies however only teleport in one spot. When one looks at this map in an editor, he or she will notice that there are several teleport destinations, however the monsters do not teleport there, as all the teleport closets had only one tag and that was for just one spot (tag 20).

Speedrunning

Current records

The Compet-n records for the map are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 4, 2020.

Statistics

Map data

Things	178
Vertices	1108*
Linedefs	1176
Sidedefs	1615
Sectors	181

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 993.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	49	62	65
Demon	4	5	5
Revenant	4	9	14
Hell knight	3	3	7
Baron of Hell	1	1	2
Arch-vile	2	4	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	25
Box of shotgun shells	5
Rocket	4
Box of rockets	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	1
Medikit	6
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	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	14

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	49	62	65
Demon	4	5	5
Revenant	4	9	14
Hell knight	3	3	7
Baron of Hell	1	1	2
Arch-vile	2	4	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	25
Box of shotgun shells	5
Rocket	4
Box of rockets	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	1
Medikit	6
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	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
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	14

External links

• MAP17 demos from the Compet-n database: UV speed • NM speed • UV max • NM100S • UV -fast • UV -respawn • UV Tyson • UV pacifist
• MAP17 demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive