Fear is the Key

Fear is the Key
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Author	Rex Claussen
Port	Limit-removing
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2005
Link	Doomworld/idgames

This level occupies the map slot MAP13. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP13.

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Fear is the Key is a single-level PWAD for Doom II using a limit-removing source port. It was designed by Rex Claussen and was released on July 6, 2005.

Walkthrough

Map of Fear is the Key

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.

Secrets

1. At the northeast building, go to the switch that lowers the chaingun, then enter the building again to deal with a cacodemon. Lower the wall north of the cacodemon to find armor bonuses. (sector 83)
2. In the first building at the north end (not counting the starting building), go to the southwest end and run east all the way, then head west through a open door to get a blur artifact. (sector 186)

Demo files

The release includes a separate demo file, fear_key.lmp, by the author. It requires Doom II with the ZDoom v2.0.48-2.0.96 source port to be viewed and runs for 23:51.74 (50111 tics), showing off the level on Ultra-Violence.

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	4:07.03	Donatas Tamonis (Donce)	2005-09-14	fkey-407.zip
NM speed
UV max	13:19.20	Donatas Tamonis (Donce)	2005-09-13	fkey1319.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on February 5, 2024.

Statistics

Map data

Things	535
Vertices	6856*
Linedefs	6118
Sidedefs	9678
Sectors	413

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 5190.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	42	4	5
Shotgun guy	6	12	11
Heavy weapon dude	0	0	2
Imp	37	84	107
Lost soul	10	8	8
Demon	19	20	23
Spectre	4	9	11
Revenant	1	2	8
Cacodemon	6	9	10
Pain elemental	2
Hell knight	9	14	8
Baron of Hell	3	5	6
Arachnotron	5	7	7
Mancubus	6	8	11
Arch-vile	0	1	2
Spiderdemon	1
Cyberdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1	0	0
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	3	5	5
4 shotgun shells	14	16	16
Box of shotgun shells	14
Box of rockets	10	10	11
Energy cell	2
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	5
Medikit	23	22	22
Armor	5	4	4
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	21
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Invulnerability	1	0	0
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	13	14	17

External links

• Fear is the Key at Doomworld/idgames
• Fear is the Key at the Doom Speed Demo Archive