E3M4: The Gatehouse (The Joy of Mapping 4)

The Joy of Mapping 4 maps
Ep.1: Last Resort M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 FINAL
Ep.2: City of Dissidents M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 FINAL
Ep.3: The Verdant Reaches E3M1: Infernal Outback E3M2: Ill Church E3M3: Citadel of Pain E3M4: The Gatehouse E3M5: The Unbroken Pathway E3M6: Cathedral of Rot E3M7: If They Move, Shoot 'Em! E3M8: The Bonevault E3FINAL: Vinelord
Ep.4: Frontier of Chaos M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 FINAL

This level occupies the map slot E3M4. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M4.

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E3M4: The Gatehouse is the fourth map in episode The Verdant Reaches of The Joy of Mapping 4: Summer School. It was designed by Benjogami and uses the music track "Sinister," originally composed by Robert Prince for Doom. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 3:30.

Walkthrough

Map of The Gatehouse

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. Enter the nukage and head to the east side under the vines. Open the east wall and follow this path getting rockets and a soul sphere. (sector 176)
2. At the end of Secret #1, you need to use a rocket jump to jump to the west cave (using the rocket launcher that is at the south end). Make it into the cave to find a megaarmor, boxes of rockets and another rocket launcher. (sector 186)

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 February 24, 2023.

Statistics

Map data

Things	332
Vertices	1831*
Linedefs	1675
Sidedefs	2779
Sectors	211

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1485.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	15	12	12
Heavy weapon dude	3	3	4
Imp	59	59	57
Demon	6	6	8
Spectre	12
Revenant	12	14	18
Cacodemon	15
Pain elemental	0	0	1
Hell knight	5
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Mancubus	1	1	2
Arch-vile	3	3	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	9
4 shotgun shells	11	11	13
Box of shotgun shells	3
Rocket	33	33	42
Box of rockets	13
Energy cell	3
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	16	21	18
Medikit	14	9	7
Armor	1	2	2
Megaarmor	2	1	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	8
Teleport landing	1
Voodoo doll	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	15	12	12
Heavy weapon dude	3	3	4
Imp	59	59	57
Demon	6	6	8
Spectre	12
Revenant	12	14	18
Cacodemon	15
Pain elemental	0	0	1
Hell knight	5
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Mancubus	1	1	2
Arch-vile	3	3	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	9
4 shotgun shells	11	11	13
Box of shotgun shells	3
Rocket	33	33	42
Box of rockets	13
Energy cell	3
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	16	21	18
Medikit	14	9	7
Armor	1	2	2
Megaarmor	2	1	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	8
Teleport landing	1
Voodoo doll	1