Burial Ground

Burial Ground
The starting area
Author	Ken Phipps
Port	Vanilla Heretic
IWAD	Heretic
Year	2000
Link	Doomworld/idgames

This level occupies the map slot E1M6. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M6.

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Burial Ground is a single-level PWAD for Heretic, designed by Ken Phipps and uploaded to the /idgames archive in May 2000. The level takes place around a massive burial ground, stone fortresses, and crypts. It is themed around stone textures with nightly ambience, with the majority of the level taking place in outdoors areas. It includes new graphics and custom textures.

Walkthrough

Map of Burial Ground

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.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on 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
SM speed (normal exit)
SM speed (secret exit)	3:40.11	Andrew Wood (Catoptromancy)	2023-05-22	bu-340.zip
SM max
BP speed (normal exit)
BP speed (secret exit)
BP max
NM speed (normal exit)
NM speed (secret exit)
Tyson
Pacifist (normal exit)
Pacifist (secret exit)

The data was last verified in its entirety on May 27, 2023.

Statistics

Map data

Things	380
Vertices	2949*
Linedefs	2656
Sidedefs	3923
Sectors	342

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 2308.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Gargoyle	28	30	30
Fire gargoyle	10	15	18
Golem	25	31	31
Golem ghost	5
Nitrogolem	3	4	4
Nitrogolem ghost	13	14	15
Disciple	7	8	9
Undead warrior	9	17	20
Undead warrior ghost	1
Weredragon	8	13	17
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Gauntlets of the Necromancer	1
Ethereal crossbow	2
Dragon claw	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Wand crystal	15
Crystal geode	2
Ethereal arrows	42
Quiver of ethereal arrows	9
Claw orb	10
Energy orb	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Crystal vial	12
Enchanted shield	2
Silver shield	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Bag of Holding	1
Morph Ovum	2
Mystic urn	1
Quartz flask	6
Shadowsphere	1
Time Bomb of the Ancients	7
Tome of Power	2
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue key	1
Green key	1
Yellow key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Key gizmo (blue)	2
Key gizmo (green)	2
Key gizmo (yellow)	2
Teleport landing	1
Ambient sounds	1-2	3	4-5
Bells	1
Drops	1
Heart beat	1
Laughter	1
Magic	1
Scream	1
Slow footsteps	1
Squish	1
Wind	3

External links

• Burial Ground at Doomworld/idgames
• Burial Ground at the Doom Speed Demo Archive