Hub 2: Shadow Wood

Shadow Wood is the second hub of Hexen. Its theme is wilderness.

The intermission text introducing this hub in the PC version is as follows:

Having passed the Seven Portals which sealed this realm, a vast domain of harsh wilderness stretches before you. Fire, ice, and steel have tested you, but greater challenges remain ahead. The dense tangle of forest surely hides hostile eyes, but what lies beyond will be worse.

Barren desert, dank swamps and musty caverns bar your way, but you cannot let anything keep you from your fate, even if you might come to wish that it would.

And beyond, flickering in the distance, the ever-shifting walls of the Hypostyle seem to mock your every effort.

Levels

Hexen hubs
Hub 1: Seven Portals Hub 2: Shadow Wood Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary Hub 4: Castle of Grief Hub 5: Necropolis

• Hub 2: Shadow Wood (map)
• Hub 2: Darkmere
• Hub 2: Caves of Circe
• Hub 2: Wastelands
• Hub 2: Hypostyle
• Hub 2: Sacred Grove - secret map

Speedrunning

Current records

The DSDA records for this episode are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
Sk4 speed hub 2	20:05	PVS	2020-10-28	se2f2005.zip	Fighter
Sk4 max hub 2	44:14	PVS	2020-10-30	me2f4414.zip	Fighter
Sk5 max hub 2	48:35	Doug Merrill (Opulent)	2014-08-14	fe2f4835.zip	Fighter

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

External links

• Shadow Wood hub runs at the Doom Speed Demo Archive