E4M9: Fear (Doom)
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E4M9: Fear is the secret map of Thy Flesh Consumed in Doom and can be accessed from E4M2: Perfect Hatred. It was designed by Tim Willits and uses the music track "Hiding the Secrets". In the Doom Classic port, it has a par time of 3:00.
Contents
Walkthrough[edit]
Essentials[edit]
You begin in the courtyard in the center of the map. Open the door ahead and take the shotgun from the dead marine, then go through another door in front of you. In the next room, there are two satyr switches located to the east and west; pressing one or both of them will lower the metal blocks near the starting point. Go back there and enter the northern corridor, then go to the east end and face south to see a narrow ledge, which you can walk along to reach the yellow skull key.
With the yellow key, go back to the corridor and open the north-east or north-west doors. Follow the hallway round to its north end to find two exit doors, then enter either door and flip the switch behind them to end the level.
Secrets[edit]
- Once in the large circular room in the south, go through the door to the west and continue right up the stairs. After passing through the next door, turn around and open the differently textured wall just left of it. Inside is a berserk pack. (sector 53)
- Open the wall directly across from the exit switch to get a backpack. (sector 234)
Bugs[edit]
There are 25 uncategorized anomalies in this level's REJECT table.
It is possible to get stuck without being able to die or exit the level by straferunning or rocket jumping into the pool of water next to the chaingun.
Areas / screenshots[edit]
Starting area.
You start off surrounded by enemies.
Go past the first door for a starting weapon.
Now you can fight back!
Watch out for lost souls
Optional wooden hall.
There's a teleporter at the back to take you to the opposite side of the map.
This catwalk leads to the yellow skull key.
One of the corridors that leads to the exit.
The northern outdoors area.
Exit doors in the north.
Speedrunning[edit]
Routes and tricks[edit]
Current Compet-n records[edit]
The Compet-n records for the map are:
| Run | Time | Player | Date | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV speed | 00:08 | Hi Jango | 2006-01-19 | u4m9-008.zip | |
| NM speed | 00:09 | Thomas Pilger (Panter) | 1999-06-04 | n4m9-009.zip | |
| UV max | 02:19 | Radek Pecka | 2003-03-11 | u4m9-219.zip | |
| NM100S | 00:20 | Adam Hegyi | 1999-08-13 | n4s9-020.zip | |
| UV -fast | 02:19 | Chris Ratcliff (Ryback) | 2015-11-09 | f4m9-219.zip | |
| UV -respawn | 01:59 | Radek Pecka | 2001-12-08 | r4m9-159.zip | |
| UV Tyson | 03:49 | Radek Pecka | 2002-12-05 | t4m9-349.zip | |
| UV pacifist | 00:08 | Hi Jango | 2006-01-19 | u4m9-008.zip |
The data was last verified in its entirety on July 6, 2020.
Current DSDA records[edit]
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:
| Run | Time | Player | Date | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV speed | 0:08.29 | deeperjungle | 2022-08-17 | e4m9uv0829.zip | Cross-listed from Pacifist |
| NM speed | 0:08.71 | Percy T | 2020-11-28 | e4m9n871.zip | |
| UV max | 2:01.80 | Teedre | 2022-11-30 | e4m9-201.zip | |
| NM 100S | 0:18.91 | Brian Martin | 2021-05-28 | n4s9-018.zip | |
| UV -fast | 2:19.77 | Chris Ratcliff (Ryback) | 2015-11-09 | f4m9-219.zip | |
| UV -respawn | 1:48.71 | Blake Collins (Rayziik) | 2023-04-20 | e4m9r148.zip | |
| UV Tyson | 3:49.09 | Radek Pecka | 2002-12-05 | t4m9-349.zip | |
| UV pacifist | 0:08.29 | deeperjungle | 2022-08-17 | e4m9uv0829.zip | |
| NoMo | 0:08.40 | Percy T | 2020-09-28 | e4m9nomo840.zip | |
| NoMo 100S | 0:16.69 | Percy T | 2020-10-21 | e4m9os1669.zip | |
| Stroller | 0:20.51 | Pleymo | 2021-02-13 | e4m9str020.zip |
The data was last verified in its entirety on April 26, 2023.
Deathmatch[edit]
Player spawns[edit]
This level contains six spawn points:
- facing south. (thing 22)
- facing north. (thing 23)
- facing north. (thing 24)
- facing west. (thing 25)
- facing east. (thing 26)
- facing south. (thing 136)
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 247 |
| Vertices | 1565* |
| Linedefs | 1644 |
| Sidedefs | 2417 |
| Sectors | 248 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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Notes[edit]
In multiplayer games it is possible to get stuck in the cage located at the centre of the southern egg-shaped area. This is because the switch to lower the cage walls is blocked by a short green pillar decoration that only appears in multiplayer. The only way for the stuck player to get out of the cage is to die and respawn elsewhere or if another player lowers the cage walls from outside of the cage.
Trivia[edit]
- This is the only map of episode 4 not to be named after a biblical verse, though "fear" does appear as a word in the Bible a full 528 times.
- A screenshot from this level is used in the first level of Doom 3 in the Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 arcade game; it appears again in Demon Destruction in Doom (2016).
External links[edit]
- E4M9 demos from the Compet-n database: UV speed • NM speed • UV max • NM100S • UV -fast • UV -respawn • UV Tyson • UV pacifist
- E4M9 demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
