E3M1: A Warm Welcome (Serenity)
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E3M1: A Warm Welcome is the first level of Serenity. It was designed by Björn Hermans and Holger Nathrath, and uses a MIDI rendition of "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago as its music track.
Contents
Walkthrough[edit]
Essentials[edit]
Kill a shotgun guy to your left (on Ultra-Violence (UV) and Nightmare (NM) skill levels) then open the door ahead to see a trail of health bonuses running through a white stone yard. The white stone inflicts 20% damage when you stand on it, so kill the waiting monsters then carefully follow the health bonuses to a staircase on the west side and go down it to find some zombiemen and imps guarding another door. Go through the door to enter a hall overlooked by more zombies and imps, then enter the hallway at the south end and go round the corner to a T-junction. Approach the door at the south end and kill any enemies that are released behind you, then open that door to see more of the same enemies guarding a nukage pit, then enter the pit to get the yellow keycard.
Take the stimpack in the north end of the pit to raise the floor so you can climb out, then return to the T-junction and open the northern door to find a lift. Ride the lift up and kill any enemies that have teleported in, then go through the yellow door at the north end and push through some more enemies to another door. Go through and follow the steps up to a dark room, which holds some lost souls, then step over the top part of the letter S that lights up on the floor to finish the level.
Other points of interest[edit]
Secrets[edit]
- Directly behind you at the start of the level is a dark patch on the wall. Open it to find a box of bullets, a box of shotgun shells (on Hurt Me Plenty or higher), and a radiation shielding suit. (sector 60)
Bugs[edit]
On UV and NM, a demon (thing 262) and a spectre (thing 267) overlap one another; thus, they are immobilized and unable to teleport into the level. As a result, only 98% kills is possible.
Demo files[edit]
Areas / screenshots[edit]
The start
The lit part causes 20% damage
The cages
The yellow key alcove
The end
Speedrunning[edit]
Routes and tricks[edit]
Current records[edit]
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:
| Run | Time | Player | Date | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV speed | 0:48.89 | Neurometry | 2017-12-29 | ser1-048.zip | |
| NM speed | |||||
| UV max | 3:28.31 | Pseudonaut | 2024-07-24 | ser1m328.zip | |
| NM 100S | 3:09.26 | Serge Marudov (Never_Again) | 2012-11-19 | serennm_na.zip | |
| UV -fast | 4:27.57 | Serge Marudov (Never_Again) | 2002-10-29 | seren_na2.zip | |
| UV -respawn | |||||
| UV Tyson | |||||
| UV pacifist | |||||
| NoMo | 0:47.77 | NuruTheDoomer | 2024-12-31 | ser1o-47.zip |
The data was last verified in its entirety on May 8, 2025.
Deathmatch[edit]
Player spawns[edit]
This level contains four spawn points:
- facing west. (thing 93)
- facing west. (thing 94)
- facing west. (thing 95)
- facing west. (thing 96)
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 270 |
| Vertices | 458* |
| Linedefs | 501 |
| Sidedefs | 738 |
| Sectors | 94 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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