E2M8: Hellgate (Doom: Damnation)

Doom: Damnation maps
Knee-Deep in the Dead M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
The Shores of Hell E2M1: Deimos Satellite E2M2: Sector 0 E2M3: Warehouse E2M4: Deimos Base E2M5: The Temple E2M6: Volcano E2M7: The Legion E2M8: Hellgate E2M9: Chaos Fissure
Inferno M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Thy Flesh Consumed M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9

This level occupies the map slot E2M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M8.

E2M8: Hellgate is the eighth and final map in the second episode of Doom: Damnation. It was designed by Ofisil and uses the music track "Conquerors". The par time defined in the DEHACKED lump is 3:00.

Walkthrough

Map of Hellgate

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

As the level starts you will see a water pool with eight platforms, holding a total of twelve barons of Hell along with a shotgun, a chaingun, a chainsaw, a rocket launcher, a backpack, a berserk pack, a supercharge and a megaarmor. Press the satyr switches on the marble columns to lower the platforms and collect the items, then press the unlit gargoyle switch in the middle of the pool to lower a platform with an invulnerability.

Pressing the gargoyle switch will also lower the outer walls of the arena, revealing cyberdemons to the north - one on easy skill levels, two on medium, or three on hard; a large number of lost souls, imps, demons and barons will also start teleporting in, so stay on the move. Once all the cyberdemons are killed, the level will end automatically.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on this map.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

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
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on April 3, 2022.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains eight spawn points:

1. facing north-west. (thing 1)
2. facing north-east. (thing 160)
3. facing north-east. (thing 161)
4. facing north-west. (thing 162)
5. facing south-east. (thing 163)
6. facing south-west. (thing 164)
7. facing south-east. (thing 165)
8. facing south-west. (thing 166)

Statistics

Map data

Things	204
Vertices	283*
Linedefs	300
Sidedefs	536
Sectors	63

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 246.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	28	32	38
Lost soul	28	32	38
Demon	22	24	28
Cacodemon	4	6	9
Baron of Hell	17
Cyberdemon	1	2	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	3
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	3
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	3
Box of rockets	1
Energy cell	3
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	6
Medikit	9
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	0	0	1
Backpack	4
Berserk	1
Invulnerability	1
Partial invisibility	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	28	32	38
Lost soul	28	32	38
Demon	22	24	28
Cacodemon	4	6	9
Baron of Hell	17
Cyberdemon	1	2	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	3
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	3
Plasma gun	3
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	3
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	3
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	3
Box of rockets	1
Energy cell	3
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	6
Medikit	9
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	0	0	1
Backpack	4
Berserk	5
Invulnerability	1
Partial invisibility	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	8
Teleport landing	1

See also

• Dead Simple clone

External links

• Doom: Damnation demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive