Hub 3: Cloaca

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Map name: MAP58

Cheat code: visit18

Cloaca is one of the offshoot maps from Nave in the third hub of Deathkings of the Dark Citadel. It uses the music track "Crypt" by Kevin Schilder.

This level does not have to be completed to finish the hub, but is required if you want to access the hub's secret map.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Cloaca
Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets.

Essentials[edit]

This level is not required to reach the final level, Dark Citadel, but is needed to access the secret level Ice Hold. It contains the steel-in-bronze gear, which is needed along with the other gears to access the Liber Obscura and Daemon Codex, also found in this level.

Clock gear[edit]

You begin facing several stalkers that will immediately attack you, along with some ettins that start facing away from you and will be alerted when you fire your weapons. Note the star switch on the west wall that goes back to Nave, as well as the rusty bars to the north-west that have the Liber Obscura behind them. Head north from the start until you drop into a sludge pit with some stalker bosses, kill them then turn the valve wheel on the north wall to close the sluice gates, raising the sludge up to a teleporter on the east side. Enter the teleporter to travel to the neighboring corridor, then go round the corner to enter a room with more ettins and stalkers as well as afrits.

Enter another teleporter in the south-east corner to go to the south-east section of the map, then go straight forward past some ettins into a tunnel with a Banishment Device. Go into the next room to slay more ettins and afrits, take the steel-in-bronze gear in the middle of the room then enter the teleporter at the south end of the room to travel back to the first teleporter pad. A bar to your left has opened, revealing another teleporter that goes back to the starting point and the exit switch to Nave.

Books[edit]

After placing all four gears in Nave, return to Cloaca then go back to Nave, where you will be told that a barricade has opened in Cloaca. Return to this level, then immediately walk north-west to pick up the Liber Obscura. Now go through the level again until you enter the easternmost room, then go into the now-open tunnel at the east end to find the Daemon Codex in an alcove. With both books in hand, return to the starting point and use the star switch to go back to Nave.

Other points of interest[edit]

After using the first teleporter you will see another valve wheel in front of you. Turn it to lower the sludge in the pit again, and also open the metal door on the west side of the pit. Past this door are a couple of dart traps and a staircase that goes up to a group of afrits, who are guarding a Dark Servant and a portal to Chantry.

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
Sk4 speed
Sk4 max
Sk5 speed
Sk5 max
Tyson
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:

  1. facing north. (thing 103)
  2. facing south. (thing 104)
  3. facing west. (thing 105)
  4. facing north. (thing 106)
  5. facing south. (thing 107)
  6. facing west. (thing 108)
  7. facing south. (thing 109)
  8. facing west. (thing 110)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 352
Vertices 1544*
Linedefs 1516
Sidedefs 2379
Sectors 302
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1273.

Things[edit]

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