E5M4: Crosswinds Village (Shadowcaster)
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E5M4: Crosswinds Village is the fourth map of Shadowcaster. It was designed by Stephen Clark (The Ultimate DooMer) and uses the music track "Marek" by Kevin Schilder, from Heretic.
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Walkthrough[edit]
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Essentials[edit]
As its name suggests, wind blows in various directions throughout the village, which will affect movement and weapons fire for both you and the monsters. There are also deep ravines on either side of the village, which are inescapable if you fall into them unless you have Wings of Wrath or a Chaos Device.
Go north into the village then open the door to the store, the south-eastern wooden building, to see Gauntlets of the Necromancer and a switch directly ahead – there are monsters waiting behind the shelves on either side so go forward slowly to lure them out. After pressing the switch, go north to the Sorcerer’s Head tavern and open the northern door to face some undead warriors, press the switch on the south wall then go south-west to the hostel and enter it to find a hellstaff along with voodoo dolls and various monsters, including an iron lich on hard skill levels. Press the switch by the entrance door then go north to the village hall and enter it to face sabreclaws, weredragons, disciples of D'Sparil and another voodoo doll. Press the switch in the north-east corner of the hall then return to the tavern and open the eastern door to press a final switch behind the bar. Go back to the hostel and climb the steps that have risen by the west wall, then open the door in the north-east corner of the upper level to find the red key.
Go back outside and deal with the sabreclaws approaching from the north, then go behind the village hall to find a set of steps by the north wall. Climb the steps and open the red door at the top, then follow the hallway east and south past some fire gargoyles to get the green key. Go back outside and destroy any liches that have appeared, then go to the stone building in the south-east corner of the village and open the green door here to find another guarding the "test of air". Save the game then step on to the narrow catwalk, which has a strong easterly wind blowing on it, then follow the catwalk to get four Chaos Devices and two Wings of Wrath. Activate the Wings to avoid the disciples that are released, then fly to the north and south sides of the eastern ravine to find four blue switches that must all be pressed to open the blue key area. Now fly to the western ravine and enter the cave on the south side marked "Pod Gauntlet", which contains a large number of pods and pod generators. Wait for the pods to explode then run through the gauntlet to the building at the south end where you can get the blue key.
Get back to the village by flying or using a Chaos Device, deal with the maulotaur that has teleported in then go behind the bunker to find a blue door. Go through the door and follow the path to an exit door to finish the level.
Other points of interest[edit]
The bottom level of the bunker contains a phoenix rod, which is guarded by a lich. Going there will release a group of sabreclaws at the south end of the level.
Secrets[edit]
- In the village hall, head to the north-west corner of the ground floor and open the west wall to get Time Bombs of the Ancients and greater runes. (sector 309)
- In the bunker, head to the bottom floor. Here, look up at the west side and shoot at the switch. Leave the room and go to the top of the bunker, opening the door there to get Time Bombs. (sector 260)
- Open the red door and head east in the hall. Open the corner here to find a map scroll and greater runes. (sector 264)
- In the hostel, enter the room with the Tome of Power. Afterwards, go back to the starting point and enter the north cave to find another Tome of Power, greater runes, a Time Bomb, and a Morph Ovum. (sector 265)
- Using a Wings of Wrath, head north-west of the village and into a cave with a door. Open it to get a shadowsphere, Chaos Device, Ring of Invincibility, large ammo pickups, and a Time Bomb. (sector 78)
- There are two low walls in the pod gauntlet. Press the switch on the south-east corner of the southern wall, then run into the blue key building and go through the opening in the west wall before it closes. Follow the stairs down to a mystic urn and a Tome of Power. (sector 286)
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Demo files[edit]
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Speedrunning[edit]
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Current records[edit]
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:
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The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on January 18, 2024.
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 614 |
| Vertices | 3158* |
| Linedefs | 2657 |
| Sidedefs | 4089 |
| Sectors | 407 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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