MAP01: Cultist's Lair (Ascension)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.

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MAP01: Cultist's Lair is the first map of Ascension. It was designed by BigMemka and Shadowman, and uses the music track "".

Walkthrough

Map of Cultist's Lair

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. After leaving the first building, head all the way to the east to the bushes. Crouch and go through them to a cave with a quartz flask. (sector 592)
2. North of the creek, enter the northeast cave and then head to the area with the bed and the bag of money. Use the red banner, then head west and jump the gap to the opening gate. This area has a flechette, a pipe of confusion, and bags of money. (sector 1958)

Bugs

A mask of invisibility (Thing 2872) and a street lantern (thing 3361) have no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so they do not actually appear in the level.

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on August 15, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	3379
Vertices	12470
Linedefs	16214
Sidedefs	29192
Sectors	3839

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5
Wasp	4	4	8	10	10
Hornet	0	0	1	2	2
Wolf	3	3	6	10	10
Fire imp	4	4	6	7	7
Young carnivorous weed	2
Undead corpse	2
Reanimated undead corpse	6	6	8	10	10
Bartolomeo	1
Cultist apprentice	5	5	7	7	7
Cultist adept	6	6	8	9	9
Rogue	0	0	1	2	2
Wight	4
Assassin	1
Plague fiend	1	1	2	2	2
Bloated butcher	6	6	7	8	8
Undead noble	2	2	2	3	3
Undead lord	3	3	4	4	4
Shadow beast	2
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5
Light crossbow	1
Wood staff	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5
Crossbow bolt stack	8
Crossbow stunning bolt stack	2
Crossbow explosive bolt stack	4
Crossbow explosive bolt quiver	1
Crossbow thunder bolt stack	2
Blue mana	1
Green mana	1
Shell stack	11
Shell box	1
Skull staff charge	2
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5
Crystal vial	20
Ring mail	1
Leather armor	1
Items	1	2	3	4	5
Quartz flask	5
Mystic urn	1
Flechette	3
Apple	2
Piece of cheese	1
Flask of holy water	8
Pipe of confusion	1
Shocking grasp scroll	1
Small bag with money	1
Medium bag with money	4
Large bag with money	3
Very large bag with money	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5
Teleport landing	6
Voodoo doll	3