E1M9: Creeping Death (Fava Beans)

Fava Beans maps
E1M1: Gaspra Armory E1M2: Hangar 18 E1M3: Impalement Station E1M4: Triton Lunar Base E1M5: Charon's Lab E1M6: Shadows of Darkness E1M7: Titan's Anomaly E1M8: Orion Outpost E1M9: Creeping Death

This level occupies the map slot E1M9. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M9.

E1M9: Creeping Death is the secret map of Fava Beans and is accessed from E1M3: Impalement Station. It was designed by Sean Birkel.

Walkthrough

Map of Creeping Death

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

There are no keys in this level. The level is extremely short if optional areas are omitted. In the starting room, open the door and proceed into the main open area. In this area, proceed ahead and to the left of the central building. Open the silver door. Dispatch the monsters and ascend the stairs. Flip the switch ahead of you, which ends the level.

Other points of interest

In the northern outside area, reach the opposite alcove under the red lamps to lower a pillar nearby to give access to a shotgun. This is not very useful, as there are plenty of shotgun guys around that can drop shotguns, and there is no radiation suit to protect you from the nukage you have to run across.

In the southern outside area, a small building can be found in the center. Find the stairs leading below ground and lower a silver UAC lift. The lift will lead you to the room within this building. Take the rocket launcher, some ammo and health.

Secrets

1. In the exit room, interact with the computer panel to open it. (sector 29) You will find three items: one box of rockets, an armor bonus and a soulsphere.
2. There is a hidden lift in secret #1. To temporarily lower it, walk up the staircase leading to the exit room, then visit secret #1 and enter the aforementioned lift. (sector 31) This will raise you to a passageway with some bonuses. Go to the end of it and open a metallic door. Continue on to a ledge where you will find some health, armor, a box of shells and a plasma gun.
3. On the ledge of secret #2, face the southern wall and interact to open it (sector 38) and reveal a dark room. Press the switch here to activate a lift leading down to a lower room. Press another switch to lower a hidden lift. Step on it and take a chainsaw.
4. Walk to the entrance of the nukage area at the north end of the map. Look to the west and find a noticeably dark brown section of wall. Interact to open it. Take the invulnerability sphere. (sector 55)
5. Stay on the lift where you collected the invulnerability sphere in secret #4. Wait until it raises and walk into the small alcove at the top. This is tagged as a secret but is empty except when playing deathmatch. For deathmatch a BFG9000 can be collected here. Otherwise, it is empty. There is a switch in the alcove for activating the lift again in order to leave. (sector 56)

Bugs

A hard-difficulty spectre (thing 58) is stuck in the stairs leading down to the entrance of the central structure in the southern outside area.

Areas / screenshots

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  The E1M9-like nukage pool to the north

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  The centre of the map

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  Secret 1 - Computer panel at the exit

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  Secret 2 - Hidden lift in secret #1

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  Secret 3 - Mismatched wall on secret #2 ledge

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  Secret 4 - Invulnerability sphere near nukage lake

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  Secret 5 - Empty alcove at top of secret #4 lift

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	0:04.43	El Juancho	2022-08-27	f1b9p443.zip	Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed	0:04.66	scuffed	2022-03-12	f1a9n-004.zip
UV max	0:36.29	Orii	2026-02-06	f1m9m036.zip
NM 100S	0:21.97	scuffed	2022-03-12	f1a9s-021.zip
UV -fast	0:39.94	OldManDan	2022-09-29	f1b9f039.zip
UV -respawn
UV Tyson	1:20.26	Kyle McAwesome	2023-09-29	f1b9t120.zip
UV pacifist	0:04.43	El Juancho	2022-08-27	f1b9p443.zip
NoMo	0:04.34	paymentplan	2024-09-01	f1b9o004.zip
Stroller	0:07.94	Bredd	2025-07-14	f1b9str794.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on February 23, 2026.

Deathmatch

• One of the deathmatch starts is on the tallest column above the nukage. The middle column has a BFG9000 upon it. In order to get it, a player on the tallest column must jump to it.
• Do not hurry to step out of lift mentioned in secret #3. Wait until it rises to obtain a megaarmor.

Player spawns

This level contains six spawn points:

1. facing east. (thing 0)
2. facing south. (thing 1)
3. facing north. (thing 2)
4. facing north. (thing 3)
5. facing south. (thing 12)
6. facing south. (thing 13)

Statistics

Map data

Things	75
Vertices	271*
Linedefs	314
Sidedefs	453
Sectors	67

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 247.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	2
Shotgun guy	4
Imp	8	10	12
Lost soul	0	0	1
Demon	0	1	1
Spectre	0	0	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	2
Box of shotgun shells	2
Box of rockets	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	5
Health bonus	12
Supercharge	1
Invulnerability	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	2
Shotgun guy	4
Imp	8	10	12
Lost soul	0	0	1
Demon	0	1	1
Spectre	0	0	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	2
Box of shotgun shells	2
Box of rockets	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	5
Health bonus	12
Supercharge	1
Invulnerability	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	6

Trivia

• Creeping Death was named after a Metallica song of the same name.

External links

• Fava Beans demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive