E2M7 (Back to Basics)

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This level occupies the map slot E2M7. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M7.
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E2M7 is the seventh map of Back to Basics. It was designed by Esa Repo (Espi).

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of E2M7
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. When you go east through the first hall with shotgun guys, you will hear something opening. Look south through the cages and shoot the lion switch, then go back to the door you came from to discover steps leading down to a room with a megaarmor. (sector 50)
  2. After taking the large lift down, head east to an area with skulls on the floors and wall, then go to the southern wall and lower it to find a berserk pack (not on Hey, Not Too Rough or lower). (sector 136)
  3. Head south from that hall and open the door. Go down the steps and find the wall in the southeastern corner with slime on it. Press on it and take the steps down to a blur artifact. (sector 280)
  4. Go down two more sets of steps and head south where you can to a plasma gun. Press the lit gargoyle switch here to find a secret room with energy cells. (sector 268)
  5. After going through the Hellgrowth at the northwestern part of the map, enter the red building and open the door. Head east and press on the red pillar with the skull on it, then backtrack to the west and find a switch that lowers a BFG9000. (sector 534)
  6. A blue-floored room at the northeastern part of the map has three terminals. Press the western one (it has a symbol in front of it on the floor), then head northeast to get a soul sphere. (sector 823)

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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 9:28.26 vdgg 2022-10-31 b2b7-928.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist
NoMo 4:29.17 Mark Anders 2007-12-27 b2bnmlmps.zip
NoMo 100S 3:09.00 Bdubzzz 2021-09-23 b2b7os309.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on November 6, 2022.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains seven spawn points:

  1. facing south-east. (thing 500)
  2. facing south. (thing 501)
  3. facing south. (thing 502)
  4. facing north. (thing 503)
  5. facing north-west. (thing 504)
  6. facing west. (thing 505)
  7. facing north-east. (thing 506)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 507
Vertices 4910*
Linedefs 5251
Sidedefs 8029
Sectors 1017
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 4104.

Things[edit]

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

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