Fate's Path

Fate's Path is the name of the collection of three deathmatch levels for Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders expansion. Of the three maps, only E6M3 appeared in the original release of the game, where its slot was E4M1.

The episode and level names given are originally fan made but were officially adopted in the 2025 Heretic + Hexen remaster. The three levels can only be accessed via a warp parameter or cheat code in the original game, but in Heretic + Hexen they can also be reached via the level select menu. The versions in the enhanced re-release are identical to the original maps.

If played in single player mode, there will be monsters, weapons and other items throughout the levels. The two first have exits and can be completed.

Fate's Path reuses the grey sky from the first episode. The level songs are from E3M2–E3M4 and they have the corresponding order.

Levels

Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders episodes
City of the Damned Hell's Maw The Dome of D'Sparil The Ossuary The Stagnant Demesne Fate's Path (deathmatch only levels)

• E6M1: Raven's Lair
• E6M2: The Water Shrine
• E6M3: American's Legacy (has no exit)

Speedrunning

Current records

The DSDA records for this episode are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
NM speed episode	00:48	Jean-Charles Dorne (JCD)	2021-09-20	h6ns048.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 28, 2022.

External links

• Fate's Path episode runs at the Doom Speed Demo Archive