Don't Panic!

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Don't Panic!
The starting areaThe starting area
Author Håkan Andersson
Port Vanilla Doom
IWAD Doom
Year 1994
Link Doomworld/idgames
This level occupies the map slot E1M1. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M1.
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Don't Panic! is a single-level PWAD for Doom that was released in April 1994. It was designed by Håkan Andersson (Zap).

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Don't Panic!
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[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. The opening room has a secret door on the south wall (marked with a Poison sign) leading to a shotgun, an imp, and a soul sphere. (sector 8)
  2. In the centre of the level is a teleporter to the east of which is an armor. There is a secret door here (to the east) leading to a room with several monsters and items, including a backpack, a chaingun, a computer area map, a megaarmor, and a soul sphere. (sector 64)
  3. In the series of rooms that spell out 'DON'T PANIC', there is a secret door north-east of the first N (where the apostrophe is), leading to a plasma rifle, and two energy cell packs. (sector 116)

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Speedrunning[edit]

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Current records[edit]

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed
NM speed 2:55.91 Serge Marudov (Never_Again) 2011-05-20 nopann255.zip
UV max 4:50.51 Serge Marudov (Never_Again) 2011-05-20 nopan-450.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on November 30, 2021.

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 229
Vertices 597*
Linedefs 591
Sidedefs 871
Sectors 138
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 495.

Things[edit]

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

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