E1M8: The Grand Chapel (Faith Renewed)

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Heretic: Faith Renewed maps
This level occupies the map slot E1M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M8.

E1M8: The Grand Chapel is the eighth and final map of Faith Renewed, the new Heretic episode in Heretic + Hexen. It was designed by Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser) and uses the music track "Atcoty" by Kevin Schilder.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of The Grand Chapel
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]

Take the enchanted shield in front of you then open the mural behind it to find weapons and ammo along with a mystic urn and Ring of Invincibility. Press the switch at the north end of the room to open a teleporter, enter it then press another switch in front of you to go up to the main arena, where you will face D'Sparil along with various other monsters, including one or two maulotaurs on bringest them oneth skill level or higher. D'Sparil can teleport to the corners and the center of the arena; make killing him a priority as all the other monsters will die along with him. After killing D'Sparil, go through the wall that opens at the north end, then press the switch at the north end of the next room to lower the exit teleporter behind you.

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Press the southernmost column on the north-west side of the arena to lower a Wings of Wrath. (sector 31)

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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
SM speed
SM max
BP speed
BP max
NM speed
NM 100S
Tyson
Pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on August 11, 2025.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains eight spawn points:

  1. facing east. (thing 332)
  2. facing south. (thing 333)
  3. facing west. (thing 334)
  4. facing north. (thing 335)
  5. facing north-east. (thing 336)
  6. facing north-west. (thing 337)
  7. facing south-west. (thing 338)
  8. facing south-east. (thing 339)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 357
Vertices 1801*
Linedefs 1852
Sidedefs 3048
Sectors 141

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1516.

Things[edit]

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

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