E3M8: D'Sparil's Keep (Heretic + Hexen)
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| Heretic re-release maps |
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| The City of the Damned |
| Hell's Maw |
| The Ossuary |
| The Stagnant Demesne |
| Fate's Path (deathmatch only levels) |
| This level has an original version |
E3M8: D'Sparil's Keep is the eighth and final map of episode The Dome of D'Sparil in the enhanced Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders re-release, included with Heretic + Hexen. It uses the music track "Atcoty" by Kevin Schilder.
Contents
Walkthrough[edit]
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Essentials[edit]
Drop into the star-shaped pit in front of you and collect all the items inside it, including a Wings of Wrath, then use the Wings to fly out of the pit and go to the teleporter in the south-east corner. Enter the teleporter to go to a small room with a dragon claw and one or two disciples of D'Sparil, then enter another teleporter in front of you to return to the starting room, where the pit has risen and the north-west teleporter is now open. Enter the second teleporter and quickly kill the nitrogolems in front of you, collect the Gauntlets of the Necromancer then enter the next teleporter to return to the starting room where the south-west teleporter is now open. Enter the south-west teleporter to go to a room with two or three ophidians, kill them then press both switches on the north and south walls to reveal an iron lich guarding a hellstaff and another teleporter. Use the teleporter to return to the starting room and enter the north-east teleporter to go to D'Sparil's arena.
You begin on the trident at the north end of the arena, which holds a Tome of Power, an enchanted shield and a phoenix rod. D'Sparil and his serpent mount begin the battle at the south end of the arena; the serpent breathes fireballs that can be avoided by sidestepping. Fire all your weapons and artifacts into D'Sparil to kill his serpent mount, but save the hellstaff for now as you will want to use its homing projectiles against the sorcerer himself. Once the serpent is dead, D'Sparil will rise from the ground and continue the fight—he can fire powerful lightning bolts and summon disciples, and can teleport to the red squares around the arena, so stay on the move as much as possible.
Once D'Sparil is dead a switch will open at the north end of the arena. Press the switch to raise stairs at the south end, climb up them and enter the large teleporter at the top to end the episode.
Other points of interest[edit]
Secrets[edit]
- In the starting room, open the wall with a vent next to the north-east teleporter to reveal a Tome of Power, a Bag of Holding, a Chaos Device, and one or two quartz flasks. (sector 6)
- A Wings of Wrath can be found in the south-west corner of the arena, beneath the building with the exit teleporter. Use the Wings to fly up to the gold banner at the south-west end of the exit building, then open it to find a Ring of Invincibility and a teleporter to the top of the trident in the arena. (sector 13)
- Still using the Wings, fly to the gold banner at the south-east end of the exit building, then open it to find a mystic urn and a teleporter leading back to the starting point. (sector 3)
Bugs[edit]
Demo files[edit]
Comparison of versions[edit]
Room design[edit]
- Extra details, such as lawns, were added to the arena.
Texture changes[edit]
- A greater variety of mosaic textures were used in the starting room and the surrounding chambers.
- The entire arena was retextured with tiled floors, gray castle walls, mosaic murals, and lawns.
- Comparison of maps
E3M8 (original)
E3M8 (Heretic + Hexen)
Areas / screenshots[edit]
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 |
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The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on August 10, 2025.
Deathmatch[edit]
Player spawns[edit]
This level contains five spawn points:
- facing north. (thing 0)
- facing south. (thing 15)
- facing south. (thing 16)
- facing south-east. (thing 18)
- facing west. (thing 21)
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 297 |
| Vertices | 941* |
| Linedefs | 972 |
| Sidedefs | 1562 |
| Sectors | 152 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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