Excalibur

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Excalibur
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Author Stefan Maes
Port Vanilla Doom
IWAD Doom
Year 1995
Link Doomworld/idgames
This level occupies the map slot E2M1. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M1.
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Excalibur is a single-level PWAD for Doom that was released in April 1995. It was designed by Stefan Maes.

In October 1995, the level was one of the inspirations for the launch of the Army of Darkness TC project, and a modified version was subsequently included as E3M6: In The Deal.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Excalibur
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[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Head south from the start and to the southeast corner. Shoot the wall of skulls to find a chaingun, a stimpack, a box of shotgun shells, and a backpack. (sector 369)
  2. In the starting area, drop into the southwest hole and get a green armor and health bonuses, a soul sphere, a shotgun, and shotgun shells. (sector 434)
  3. In the courtyard, climb the curved steps and hug the outer wall of the building going west and south. At the end, use the east wall. Afterwards, get the yellow key, then head to the southwest part of the castle. Open the northeast wall to get energy cell packs, a BFG9000, an energy cell, a soul sphere, a megaarmor, and a backpack. (sector 533)

Bugs[edit]

Demo files[edit]

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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
UV speed
NM speed 1:04.86 Napsalm 2023-05-24 xcalib11n10486.zip
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson 14:50.57 Serge Marudov (Never_Again) 2009-11-16 xcalib11t_na.zip
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on May 27, 2023.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains seven spawn points:

  1. facing east. (thing 24)
  2. facing east. (thing 119)
  3. facing west. (thing 121)
  4. facing west. (thing 123)
  5. facing west. (thing 589)
  6. facing west. (thing 591)
  7. facing west. (thing 593)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 618
Vertices 2533*
Linedefs 2716
Sidedefs 4038
Sectors 643
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 2018.

Things[edit]

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

Technical information[edit]

Inspiration and development[edit]

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