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[[File:Shadowsphere.png|thumb|Shadowsphere found in [[E1M3: The Gatehouse (Heretic)|E1M3: The Gatehouse]].]]
 
The '''Shadowsphere''' is an [[artifact]] in [[Heretic]]. It looks like an ethereal green sphere with a face. Activating the Shadowsphere gives the player the Heretic [[Ghosts (Heretic)|ghost]] attribute for 60 seconds, becoming translucent and gaining immunity to non-magical attacks (such as the [[Firemace]]'s attacks). It also decreases the likelihood of idle monsters noticing the player, and causes their aim to become erratic.
 
The '''Shadowsphere''' is an [[artifact]] in [[Heretic]]. It looks like an ethereal green sphere with a face. Activating the Shadowsphere gives the player the Heretic [[Ghosts (Heretic)|ghost]] attribute for 60 seconds, becoming translucent and gaining immunity to non-magical attacks (such as the [[Firemace]]'s attacks). It also decreases the likelihood of idle monsters noticing the player, and causes their aim to become erratic.
  
===Strategies===
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This item is included in the [[Intermission screen|items percentage]] displayed at the end of each level.
* The Shadowsphere will make the player invulnerable to the axes thrown by [[Undead Warrior]]s, so it is particularly useful when facing them. Note that the Undead Warrior's [[melee]] axe will still cause damage.
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==Strategies==
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* The Shadowsphere will make the player invulnerable to the axes thrown by [[Undead warrior]]s, so it is particularly useful when facing them. Note that the Undead warrior's [[melee]] axe will still cause damage.
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* [[Iron Lich|Iron liches]] are also good enemies to use a Shadowsphere against.  It prevents their tornado attacks from homing in and also grants a little extra protection from direct hits by the ice clusterbombs.
  
 
==Data==
 
==Data==
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| [[Sprite]]||INVS
 
| [[Sprite]]||INVS
 
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|-
| Class||[[Item]]<br>Pickup
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| [[Thing_types|Class]]||[[Item]]<br/>Pickup
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|}
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== Appearance statistics ==
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In the [[IWAD]]s the shadowsphere is first encountered on these maps per [[Skill level#Heretic skill levels|skill level]]:
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{{col-begin}}
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{{col-break|width=50%}}
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{| {{prettytable}}
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!colspan="4"|Single-player
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|-
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!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
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|-
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|''[[City of the Damned]]''||[[E1M2: The Dungeons]]||E1M2: The Dungeons||E1M2: The Dungeons
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|-
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|''[[Hell's Maw]]''||[[E2M1: The Crater]]||E2M1: The Crater||E2M1: The Crater
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|-
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|''[[The Dome of D'Sparil]]''||[[E3M1: The Storehouse]]||E3M1: The Storehouse||E3M1: The Storehouse
 
|-
 
|-
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|''[[The Ossuary]]''||[[E4M1: Catafalque]]||E4M1: Catafalque||E4M1: Catafalque
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|-
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|''[[The Stagnant Demesne]]''||[[E5M1: Ochre Cliffs]]||E5M1: Ochre Cliffs||E5M1: Ochre Cliffs
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|-
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|''[[Fate's Path]]''||[[E6M1: Raven's Lair]]||E6M1: Raven's Lair||E6M1: Raven's Lair
 
|}
 
|}
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{{col-break}}
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{| {{prettytable}}
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!colspan="4"|Multiplayer
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|-
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!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
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|-
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|''City of the Damned''||E1M2: The Dungeons||E1M2: The Dungeons||E1M2: The Dungeons
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|-
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|''Hell's Maw''||E2M1: The Crater||E2M1: The Crater||E2M1: The Crater
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|-
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|''The Dome of D'Sparil''||E3M1: The Storehouse||E3M1: The Storehouse||E3M1: The Storehouse
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|-
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|''The Ossuary''||E4M1: Catafalque||E4M1: Catafalque||E4M1: Catafalque
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|-
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|''The Stagnant Demesne''||E5M1: Ochre Cliffs||E5M1: Ochre Cliffs||E5M1: Ochre Cliffs
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|-
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|''Fate's Path''||E6M1: Raven's Lair||E6M1: Raven's Lair||E6M1: Raven's Lair
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|}
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{{col-end}}
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The IWADs contain the following numbers of shadowspheres per skill level:
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{{col-begin}}
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{{col-break|width=50%}}
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{| {{prettytable|style=text-align: center;}}
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!colspan="4"|Single-player
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|-
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!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''[[City of the Damned]]''||''8''||''8''||''8''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''[[Hell's Maw]]''||''10''||''10''||''9''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''[[The Dome of D'Sparil]]''||''10''||''10''||''10''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|[[Heretic|Heretic (registered)]]||28||28||27
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''[[The Ossuary]]''||''10''||''10''||''10''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''[[The Stagnant Demesne]]''||''9''||''9''||''9''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''[[Fate's Path]]''||''4''||''4''||''4''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|[[Shadow of the Serpent Riders]]||51||51||50
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|}
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{{col-break}}
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{| {{prettytable|style=text-align: center;}}
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!colspan="4"|Multiplayer
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|-
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!Game / ''Episode''!!1-2!!3!!4-5
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''City of the Damned''||''8''||''8''||''8''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''Hell's Maw''||''14''||''14''||''13''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''The Dome of D'Sparil''||''14''||''14''||''14''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|Heretic (registered)||36||36||35
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''The Ossuary''||''10''||''10''||''10''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''The Stagnant Demesne''||''10''||''10''||''10''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|''Fate's Path''||''5''||''5''||''5''
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|-
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|style="text-align: left;"|Shadow of the Serpent Riders||61||61||60
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|}
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{{col-end}}
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==Bugs==
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Due to a bug involving an out-of-bounds array read, [[firemace]] spawn spots on the unnamed [[E6M3 (Heretic)|E4M1]] in the first v1.0 release of the registered Heretic will spawn shadowspheres at any spot where a firemace did not randomly spawn. This is caused by reading the first entry of one of the game's internal [[Heretic ambient sounds|ambient sound sequences]], which happens to have the value "5", as if though it were an {{c|mobjtype_t}} enumeration value. All other episodes spawn deliberately chosen enemies, not power-up items, when executing this routine. This behavior was removed from later versions of the game.
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== See also ==
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* [[Partial invisibility]]
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* [[Shadow armor]]
  
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{{Heretic items}}
 
[[Category:Heretic artifacts]]
 
[[Category:Heretic artifacts]]

Revision as of 12:33, 16 December 2018

Shadowsphere found in E1M3: The Gatehouse.

The Shadowsphere is an artifact in Heretic. It looks like an ethereal green sphere with a face. Activating the Shadowsphere gives the player the Heretic ghost attribute for 60 seconds, becoming translucent and gaining immunity to non-magical attacks (such as the Firemace's attacks). It also decreases the likelihood of idle monsters noticing the player, and causes their aim to become erratic.

This item is included in the items percentage displayed at the end of each level.

Strategies

  • The Shadowsphere will make the player invulnerable to the axes thrown by Undead warriors, so it is particularly useful when facing them. Note that the Undead warrior's melee axe will still cause damage.
  • Iron liches are also good enemies to use a Shadowsphere against. It prevents their tornado attacks from homing in and also grants a little extra protection from direct hits by the ice clusterbombs.

Data

Shadowsphere data
Thing type 75 (decimal), 4B (hex)
Appears in Shareware Heretic
Registered Heretic
Radius 20
Height 16
Sprite INVS
Class Item
Pickup

Appearance statistics

In the IWADs the shadowsphere is first encountered on these maps per skill level:

The IWADs contain the following numbers of shadowspheres per skill level:

Bugs

Due to a bug involving an out-of-bounds array read, firemace spawn spots on the unnamed E4M1 in the first v1.0 release of the registered Heretic will spawn shadowspheres at any spot where a firemace did not randomly spawn. This is caused by reading the first entry of one of the game's internal ambient sound sequences, which happens to have the value "5", as if though it were an mobjtype_t enumeration value. All other episodes spawn deliberately chosen enemies, not power-up items, when executing this routine. This behavior was removed from later versions of the game.

See also