E1M8: Cavern Base (The Joy of Mapping 4)

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The Joy of Mapping 4 maps
Ep.1: Last Resort
Ep.2: City of Dissidents

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 FINAL

Ep.3: The Verdant Reaches

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 FINAL

Ep.4: Frontier of Chaos

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 FINAL

This level occupies the map slot E1M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M8.
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E1M8: Cavern Base is the eighth map in episode Last Resort of The Joy of Mapping 4: Summer School. It was designed by TheMightyHeracross and uses the music track "Blood Jungle," originally composed by Jonathan El-Bizri for TNT: Evilution. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 2:00.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Cavern Base
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. Head south from the first field and into the cave. At the corner, open the east wall where the candle is to get rockets and a rocket launcher. (sector 145)
  2. In the cave south of the bridge area, go through the north waterfall to find a megaarmor and a berserk pack. (sector 223)
  3. After raising the bridge, go on it and jump to the island south of it. Go into the teleporter and head northwest to get a plasma gun. (sector 70)
  4. In the room north of the starting room, open the north wall to find a yellow key. (sector 410)

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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
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on February 24, 2023.

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 530
Vertices 4041*
Linedefs 3945
Sidedefs 7118
Sectors 488
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 3500.

Things[edit]

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

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