MAP17: Steeple of Knives (BTSX-E2)

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

MAP17: Steeple of Knives is the seventeenth level of the second episode of Back to Saturn X. It was designed by Xaser Acheron, and uses the music track "Ominus" composed by him. In the official add-on version, this level's name is Nine Suggestions on How to Get the Man Out of the Box. The map takes place in the three-pronged tower visible at the end of MAP16: Tower in the Fountain of Sparks III; it is preceded by a death exit to force the player to begin from pistol start. In this short level the player must activate the three switches in the tower's three prongs, facing different hordes depending on the order in which he presses the switches, then wait for the exit to reveal itself.

Walkthrough

Map of Steeple of Knives

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

The tower has three prongs: red, yellow and green. At the end of each is a switch which releases a number of monsters into the tower's main area (but also reveals a new weapon). After you press the switch, step onto it to teleport back to the hall.

The monsters released by the switches and the items revealed are as follows:

• Red: mancubi, super shotgun
• Yellow: pain elementals, rocket launcher
• Green: arch-viles, plasma rifle
• Two switches, including red: heavy weapon dudes
• Two switches, including yellow: revenants
• Two switches, including green: Hell knights
• All switches: cyberdemon, supercharge

Once all three switches are pressed, step onto the purple liquid pool in the middle. The three skull panels to the north, south-east and south-west (hidden behind barriers) will begin to open; once they finish rising, step through any of the passages to reach the exit.

Secrets

There are no secrets in this map.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

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
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on February 21, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	119
Vertices	2198*
Linedefs	2242
Sidedefs	3498
Sectors	255

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1738.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Heavy weapon dude	10	14	18
Revenant	4	8	10
Pain elemental	2	3	4
Hell knight	4	6	8
Mancubus	2	3	3
Arch-vile	2	3	3
Cyberdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	6
Box of bullets	3
4 shotgun shells	4
Box of shotgun shells	2	3	3
Rocket	0	2	2
Box of rockets	7	8	8
Energy cell	5	8	8
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	6
Medikit	5
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	3

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Heavy weapon dude	10	14	18
Revenant	4	8	10
Pain elemental	2	3	4
Hell knight	4	6	8
Mancubus	2	3	3
Arch-vile	2	3	3
Cyberdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	6
Box of bullets	3
4 shotgun shells	4
Box of shotgun shells	2	3	3
Rocket	0	2	2
Box of rockets	7	8	8
Energy cell	5	8	8
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	6
Medikit	5
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Berserk	4
Partial invisibility	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	3

Trivia

• In the official add-on version, this level's name is long enough to wrap around the screen in the automap screen.