E2M8: The Hive (The Beginning of the End (part 1))

The Beginning of the End (part 1) maps
Episode 1 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Episode 2 E2M1: Welcome Home E2M2: Stairway To Hell E2M3: Outpost Of The Forgotten E2M4: Grave Danger E2M5: Total Insanity E2M6: Bonus E2M7: The Madhouse E2M8: The Hive E2M9: Doomed

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

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E2M8: The Hive is the eighth and final map in the second episode of The Beginning of the End (part 1). It was designed by Emil Brundage (NaturalTvventy) and uses a MIDI rendition of the music track "Enter Sandman" by Metallica.

Walkthrough

Map of The Hive

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

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	1:10.83	Andrey Boldt (Hitherto)	2022-11-18	e2n8-110.zip
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 4, 2022.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains five spawn points:

1. facing south. (thing 99)
2. facing south. (thing 189)
3. facing east. (thing 190)
4. facing north. (thing 191)
5. facing west. (thing 192)

Statistics

Map data

Things	218
Vertices	363*
Linedefs	296
Sidedefs	463
Sectors	33

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 277.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Lost soul	40
Cacodemon	0	24	32
Spiderdemon	0	1	1
Cyberdemon	2	3	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	1
Box of shotgun shells	1
Box of rockets	86
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	5	1	1
Backpack	4
Invulnerability	2	0	0
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Lost soul	40
Cacodemon	0	24	32
Spiderdemon	0	1	1
Cyberdemon	6	7	8
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	1
Box of shotgun shells	1
Box of rockets	86
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Megaarmor	10
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	8	4	4
Backpack	4
Invulnerability	7	5	5
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	5
Teleport landing	1

External links

• The Beginning of the End (part 1) demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive