Foundry

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Doom (2016) missions
Mission 01: Rip & Tear Mission 02: Know Your Enemy Mission 03: Meltdown Mission 04: Beginning of the End Mission 05: Argent Tower Mission 06: Into the Fire Mission 07: Hell on Mars Mission 08: A Brighter Tomorrow Mission 09: Lazarus Mission 10: Titan's Realm Mission 11: The Crucible Mission 12: I Am VEGA Mission 13: The Well

The Foundry is a level in Doom (2016). It is an integrated steel mill and as such is filled with hazardous molten liquid metal. The Praetor suit does not offer sufficient protection from the heat if the player comes in contact with the metal, and so it must be avoided. The third mission, Meltdown, takes place here after VEGA alerts the Doom marine and Dr. Samuel Hayden that the demons have shut down the cooling turbines and could cause a catastrophic explosion to occur.

"With the satellite back online, the full scale and origin of the attack is revealed. Olivia Pierce, the Lazarus Project's lead scientist turned cult leader, attacked a Hell wave and released hundreds of demons from their holding cells in the Lazarus Laboratories. The devastation that followed has left the facility on the brink of complete destruction - the Foundry reactors are in critical meltdown. Samuel Hayden, a survivor and Head of the Mars facility has offered you his help if you need it. You don't. You just need ammo and a way to stop the meltdown before it tears the base apart."

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Mission 03: Meltdown

Objectives

Stop the Meltdown

Destroy the Gore Nests (4)

Challenges

Three Possessed, One Barrel

Kill three of the possessed with one explosive barrel.

Curb Stomp

Perform three "Death from Above" glory kills on Possessed soldiers (attack from above).

Quite the Collector

Find 2 collectibles.

Special items

Item	Amount
Argent cells	1
Combat support drones	1
Elite guards	3
Rune trials	None
Secrets	6

Collectibles

Picture	Name	Unlocks model	How to find
​	Prototypeguy	Plasma rifle
​	Vaultguy	Possessed engineer

Trivia

At QuakeCon 2016, producer Marty Stratton displayed a beta version of the level on a much earlier build of what was still considered id Tech 5, and mentioned that this level began as part of the original Doom 4 concept which was abandoned and rebooted. While undergoing massive revisions during the re-development of the game and being greatly expanded into its final, vastly non-linear layout in the process, this makes it one of the largest known surviving relics from the previous concept.