Hub 2: Armory
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| Hexen: Beyond Heretic |
| Map name: MAP53
Cheat code: visit13 |
Armory is the secret map of Constable's Gate, the second hub in Deathkings of the Dark Citadel. It uses one of the following music tracks composed by Kevin Schilder: "Falcon" (default) or "Chapel 4" (played from the game CD). It can be opened and accessed from Treasury.
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Walkthrough[edit]
Essentials[edit]
The center of the map is a giant square full of cages, and many of the routes between them are blocked by steel barriers. At the edges of the square are stairs leading to the side areas, each of which has a challenge to defeat and one or more moon switches. Once all four sides are complete, the portal back to Treasury will open on the west side of the square, behind the starting point. Sides that have been completed will be marked by lit minotaur braziers.
Only one route through the cages can be open at a time; the barriers are controlled by a bank of three face switches that can be found at the bottom of each staircase. The left-hand switch will open a route between your current side and the side to your left (clockwise), the middle switch will open a route between your side and the side directly opposite, and the right-hand switch will open a route between your current side and the side to your right (anti-clockwise). A good way to proceed through the level is to always press the same switch on each side.
Pressing any of the face switches will cause monsters to spawn inside the cages if they are not already occupied. The first few times a switch is pressed, dark bishops will also spawn.
West side[edit]
You start on the west side, so you can complete this area before pressing any of the face switches. Head up the stairs to a room with one or more slaughtaurs, then open the metal door at the south end to enter a corridor where a single slaughtaur guards the moon switch. Pressing the corridor causes the walls in the corridor to start moving in sequence, and they will crush you if you get caught in them. It is safest to make your escape when the sequence is moving away from you.
South side[edit]
Go up the stairs to a room with multiple bishops, then go through the metal door at the north-east end to see a gray column next to an Icon of the Defender. Bump into the column to lower it, revealing another bishop, then head east through a wall that also lowers to enter a seemingly empty room; the moon switch is at the east end of the room, and pressing it will lower the north and south walls to reveal a pack of bishops.
East side[edit]
Go up the stairs to a room with some green chaos serpents, then open the metal door at the north end and follow a passage past more serpents until you get to a walkway that winds over a lethal pit. There are more serpents in the alcoves on either side of the room, so you can either move quickly to dodge their attacks but risk landing in the lava, or move slowly and kill the serpents; some of their alcoves also contain artifacts that require you to jump to them. Once you reach the end of the walkway, go round two more corners to find the moon switch. Using the Wings of Wrath found in the center of the square is recommended here.
North side[edit]
Go up the stairs to a room with some afrits, then enter the hallway at the south-west end to find a metal door that opens on to a square room with more afrits. There is a column in the middle of the room that sprays ripper projectiles in an anti-clockwise pattern, which you must dodge while pressing the three moon switches at the south, west and north sides. You can actually avoid the rippers by hugging certain corners of the room, and the rippers will probably destroy the afrits without you needing to waste mana on them.
Other points of interest[edit]
All of the weapons for each character class can be found somewhere in the level, and will spawn regardless of which class you play as. While you cannot use weapons meant for other classes, you can still pick them up for mana.
- Timon's Axe: North-east of the center of the square.
- Hammer of Retribution: At the top of the stairs on the west side.
- Quietus: Piece 1 is in the room with the ripper launcher, piece 2 is just before the crushing walls, and piece 3 is in the south-east corner of the moon switch room on the south side.
- Serpent staff: South-west of the center of the square.
- Firestorm: At the top of the stairs on the north side.
- Wraithverge: Piece 1 is by the moon switch on the west side, piece 2 is at the start of the lava room, and piece 3 is in the south-east corner of the moon switch room on the south side.
Mage:
- Frost shards: Near the face switches on the south side of the square.
- Arc of Death: At the top of the stairs on the east side.
- Bloodscourge: Piece 1 is by the moon switch on the west side, piece 2 is at the end of the lava room, and piece 3 is in the ripper room.
Areas / screenshots[edit]
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 |
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| Pacifist |
The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 3, 2021.
Deathmatch[edit]
Player spawns[edit]
This level contains eight spawn points:
- facing north. (thing 15)
- facing west. (thing 16)
- facing south. (thing 17)
- facing east. (thing 18)
- facing south-east. (thing 314)
- facing north-east. (thing 315)
- facing north-west. (thing 316)
- facing south-east. (thing 317)
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 611 |
| Vertices | 1175* |
| Linedefs | 1234 |
| Sidedefs | 1655 |
| Sectors | 168 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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