E4M8: Temple Guardian (Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes)

DtWiD: The Lost Episodes maps
Knee-Deep in the Dead M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
The Shores of Hell M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Inferno M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Thy Flesh Consumed E4M1: Bridge to Nowhere E4M2: Demonic Halls E4M3: Despair E4M4: Phlegethon E4M5: Diabolico E4M6: The Mourning Halls E4M7: Babel's Gate E4M8: Temple Guardian E4M9: Bean Oversight
Base Instinct M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M0
The Final Gate M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9

This level occupies the map slot E4M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E4M8.

E4M8: Temple Guardian is the eighth and final map of episode Thy Flesh Consumed in Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes. It was designed by Taedium.

Walkthrough

Map of Temple Guardian

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.

Essentials

As the level starts you will see a cyberdemon teleport away. Press all the switches in the starting hall to lower the columns and get a rocket launcher, a backpack and many rockets, then enter the teleporter at the north end of the hall to go to a bridge. Cross the bridge to enter a marble building, then go straight forward up the steps to a blood pool and press the skull switch on the north wall; this will bring in the cyberdemon you saw earlier, along with a second cyberdemon that appears on the lower level. Kill both cyberdemons and press four more switches that open on the west and east walls of the upper level, then climb up the steps that appear at the north end of the building to reach a pair of metal bars. Once the bars have lowered, open the door behind them and go straight forward to the exit teleporter.

Secrets

1. Head on the west side of the big building and go north to find a medikit and a supercharge. (sector 60)
2. Head on the east side of the big building and go north to find a medikit. (sector 105)

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 December 7, 2021.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains six spawn points:

1. facing north-west. (thing 63)
2. facing south. (thing 64)
3. facing south. (thing 65)
4. facing south. (thing 66)
5. facing north. (thing 67)
6. facing north. (thing 68)

Statistics

Map data

Things	136
Vertices	655*
Linedefs	726
Sidedefs	1135
Sectors	114

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 563.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Lost soul	6
Baron of Hell	0	2	2
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket	6
Box of rockets	28
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	6
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	6

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Lost soul	20
Baron of Hell	2	4	4
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	1
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	6
Box of rockets	36
Energy cell	4
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	6
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	5
Backpack	7
Invulnerability	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	6
Teleport landing	6

External links

• Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive