E2A10: Arcanum (The Adventures of Square)

The Adventures of Square maps
Ep. 1: Cornered by Circles TC A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 OS
Ep. 2: Galactic Lunacy E2A1: Port Jarlsburger E2A2: The Butterforge E2A3: Cheese Crater E2A4: In a Milky Way (exit to E2A11) E2A5: Wild Bleu Yonder E2A6: Geometric Engineering E2A7: The Cheddarcombs (exit to E2A12) E2A8: A Giant Leap for Shapekind E2A9: Queso Chasm E2A10: Arcanum (boss map) E2A11: Heart O' Hexas (secret map) E2A12: Great Pyramid of Gouda (secret map)
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This level occupies the map slot E2A10. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

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E2A10: Arcanum is the tenth and boss map in the Galactic Lunacy episode of The Adventures of Square. It was designed by James Paddock (Jimmy) and Xaser Acheron, the former of whom composed the level's primary music track, "Trianger". The boss fight features an additional music track, "Lollapalooza" by Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo) and Paddock.

Arcanum was featured in Doomworld's Top 100 Most Memorable Maps, placing 71st.

Walkthrough

Map of Arcanum

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

1. At the starting area, head to the west side and jump southwest where the candles are to find a fizz-o pop. (sector 489)
2. In the blue liquid near the previous secret, head southwest and get the alumoonium armor on the small platform. You may want to get the angel sphere from Secret #4 to get this secret in a safer way. (sector 145)
3. At the southwest side, go to the blue liquid and jump onto a platform with Circool-aid. (sector 243)
4. Head north from the previous secret and jump to a platform with an angel sphere. (sector 146)
5. At the starting area, make your way to the north entrance and head northwest of it to get a brick armor. (sector 3)
6. At the west side, head to the section just south of where the Hellshell launcher is and lower the west wall where the bubble grass is. Head north all the way, then east to get a happy sphere, goonades, and a backpack. (sector 2179)
7. At the switch at the northwest end, jump on the north railing, then northwest to another bridge. At the northernmost end of this bridge, you can get a fizz-o pop. (thing 400)
8. Head to the east section and go north of the Hellshell launcher. On this ledge, look southeast and start jumping on the blocks there, making sure not to fall into the void. Keep jumping southeast and then head south, on the east side of the room here. Head south and jump to a happy sphere in the next cave. (sector 3157)

Speedrunning

Current records

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 May 4, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	1626
Vertices	15388
Linedefs	19063
Sidedefs	33412
Sectors	3644

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Knife jerk	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Paint jerk	19	19	28	35	35	35	35	35
Oozi jerk	6	6	11	16	16	16	16	16
Ovolt	26	26	39	51	51	51	51	51
Airvolt	3	3	14	28	28	28	28	28
Spy eye	8	8	17	25	25	25	25	25
Cannon jerk	16	16	33	40	40	40	40	40
Revolt	8	8	13	16	16	16	16	16
Chatterbox	17	17	12	31	31	31	31	31
Rectangolier	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Spectra	5	5	13	19	19	19	19	19
Jetpack jerk	3	3	5	11	11	11	11	11
Dark spectra	9
Cylonder	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5
Eye screamer	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5
Strongman	4	4	10	12	12	12	12	12
Tritankle	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Color cube	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6
Mini destructinator	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Shadius	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Second paint gun	1
Defibrillator	1
Oozi	2
Two oozis	1
Shotbow	2
Quad cannon	2
Paintblaster	2
Hellshell launcher	3
Crescent-shaped scepter	3
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Goonades	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8
Clip of paint	29	29	29	34	34	34	34	34
Bucket of paint	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Clip of ooze	18
Beaker of ooze	11
Shotbolts	36	36	37	38	38	38	38	38
Quiver of shotbolts	11
Bag of marbles	16
Big marble	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Hamburger	35
Lemonade	31
Circool-aid	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Cardboard box armor	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wooden box armor	5
Brick armor	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alumoonium armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Soda	68
Piece of cake	33	33	39	39	39	39	39	39
Piece of pie	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Fizz-o pop	6
Happy sphere	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Silly sphere	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Angel sphere	1
Devil sphere	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hot sauce	1
Locationator	1
Envirosuit	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3
Envirosuit	5
Keys	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Star rune	1
Crescent rune	1
Diamond rune	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Teleport landing	11

Cooperative
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Knife jerk	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Paint jerk	19	19	28	35	35	35	35	35
Oozi jerk	6	6	11	16	16	16	16	16
Ovolt	26	26	39	51	51	51	51	51
Airvolt	3	3	14	28	28	28	28	28
Spy eye	8	8	17	25	25	25	25	25
Cannon jerk	16	16	33	40	40	40	40	40
Revolt	8	8	13	16	16	16	16	16
Chatterbox	17	17	12	31	31	31	31	31
Rectangolier	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Spectra	5	5	13	19	19	19	19	19
Jetpack jerk	3	3	5	11	11	11	11	11
Dark spectra	9
Cylonder	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5
Eye screamer	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5
Strongman	4	4	10	12	12	12	12	12
Tritankle	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Color cube	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6
Mini destructinator	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Shadius	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Second paint gun	1
Defibrillator	1
Oozi	2
Two oozis	1
Shotbow	2
Quad cannon	2
Paintblaster	2
Hellshell launcher	3
Crescent-shaped scepter	3
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Goonades	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8
Clip of paint	29	29	29	34	34	34	34	34
Bucket of paint	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Clip of ooze	18
Beaker of ooze	11
Shotbolts	36	36	37	38	38	38	38	38
Quiver of shotbolts	11
Bag of marbles	16
Big marble	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Hamburger	35
Lemonade	31
Circool-aid	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Cardboard box armor	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wooden box armor	5
Brick armor	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alumoonium armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Soda	68
Piece of cake	33	33	39	39	39	39	39	39
Piece of pie	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Fizz-o pop	6
Happy sphere	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3
Silly sphere	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Angel sphere	1
Devil sphere	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hot sauce	1
Locationator	1
Envirosuit	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3
Envirosuit	5
Keys	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Star rune	1
Crescent rune	1
Diamond rune	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	11