E3M5: Dungeons of the Dark (Serenity)

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Serenity maps
E3M1: A Warm Welcome E3M2: Doom - The Movie E3M3: R You Lonesome? E3M4: All the Marbles E3M5: Dungeons of the Dark E3M6: I'm Here. I'm There. Stairs Are Everywhere E3M7: Big Time E3M8: Church of the Poisened Minds

This level occupies the map slot E3M5. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M5.

E3M5: Dungeons of the Dark is the fifth level of Serenity. It was designed by Bjorn Hermans and Holger Nathrath, and includes a custom music track.

Walkthrough

Map of Dungeons of the Dark

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 in this level but you can jump without the blue key in the rocket launcher room.

Bugs

In the blue key room, if you back off the platform at the top of the stairs as it rises, it will become impossible to finish the level without the noclip cheat, as there is no way to call it back down again.

Thing 122, a spectre, is placed in a space (sector 111) which is too small for it to fit in, and is thus immobilized.

Areas / screenshots

• 

  The cages

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  Jump from here

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  To here

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  The red key

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  The arch

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  The end

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  The hangmen

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  The yellow key

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  And the blue one

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	0:44.51	Neurometry	2017-12-30	ser5-044.zip
NM speed	2:09.17	Serge Marudov (Never_Again)	2012-11-19	serennm_na.zip
UV max	7:06.57	vdgg	2022-07-02	ser5-706.zip
UV -fast	12:14.57	Serge Marudov (Never_Again)	2001-11-26	seren_na.zip
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on August 2, 2022.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains five spawn points:

1. facing east. (thing 226)
2. facing east. (thing 227)
3. facing east. (thing 228)
4. facing east. (thing 229)
5. facing east. (thing 230)

Statistics

Map data

Things	231
Vertices	974*
Linedefs	1117
Sidedefs	1558
Sectors	247

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 871.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	18	17	17
Shotgun guy	14	32	32
Imp	12	32	32
Lost soul	0	22	35
Demon	2	9	12
Spectre	0	2	2
Cacodemon	0	0	6
Baron of Hell	0	2	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	2	6	5
4 shotgun shells	3
Box of shotgun shells	3	5	5
Box of rockets	1
Energy cell	0	1	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	4	11	15
Armor	1	1	0
Megaarmor	0	0	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Computer area map	0	0	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	7
Teleport landing	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	18	17	17
Shotgun guy	14	32	32
Imp	12	32	32
Lost soul	0	22	35
Demon	2	9	12
Spectre	0	2	2
Cacodemon	0	0	6
Baron of Hell	0	2	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	2	6	5
4 shotgun shells	3
Box of shotgun shells	3	5	5
Box of rockets	1
Energy cell	0	1	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	4	11	15
Armor	1	1	0
Megaarmor	0	0	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Computer area map	0	0	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	5
Exploding barrel	7
Teleport landing	1

Inspiration and development

An early version of this map appeared as E2M3 of the collection "Nathrath's Fab Four" (NATHRATH.WAD).

External links

• Serenity demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive