MAP03: Virgil's Lead (Master Levels)
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Virgil's Lead is a map that is part of the Master Levels for Doom II. It was designed by John Anderson (Dr. Sleep), and is contained in the file VIRGIL.WAD.
This level was later ported to PlayStation Final Doom as MAP02: Virgil.
In the version for Doom + Doom II, this level uses the music track "Suspense".
Contents
Walkthrough[edit]
Essentials[edit]
Collecting keys[edit]
In the starting area, pick up the shotgun, go down the stairs and head right and lower a wall with a baron texture. Open the door. You will find yourself in a marble hall with columns. There, go upstairs and open the door in the north of the hall. In the open crossroads area, go straight and enter the door. Inside, head to the left, enter the door, turn around the corner and open a wall to the east. Press the switch, return to the entrance prior to this area. Grab the yellow key and open the second door in the east (though it is not visually indicated, it requires the yellow key). Inside the hallway that is similar to that western one, open the south door. Press the skull switch in the east of the next room which is full of Hell knights. The switch opens the door leading to the blue key area. Return to the outside crossroads area via the door and go to the opened door in the southwest. You will find yourself in an area resembling the starting one. Grab the blue key here. Again, as you did in the beginning of the level, lower a wall with the baron artwork, this time in the west of the room. Return to the outside crossroads area, open the western door requiring the blue key (also not indicated). You are in a small room now. Approach the bars in the north of the round corridor to lower them and access the central room. There are four walls each with a button to lower them on the outside. Lower them, grab the red key, wait until these bars rise, then press the western switch (that looks already lit) to unlock the door in the west of the circular corridor. Press any button except the western one to get out. Enter the aforementioned door.
Exit[edit]
Get to the other side of the (harmless) blood pool, lower either lift in the southwest or northwest. Open the demonic door requiring the red key (again not indicated). Inside, approach the green flamesticks. A pillar will start rising from the floor. Use the button on this pillar. This button will temporarily lower the bars locking the exit teleporter that is situated right behind you. Jump over to the teleport pad to finish the level.
Other points of interest[edit]
Secrets[edit]
- In the northeast hallway, north of the round eastern room, open a section of the west wall with a distinctive texture. Press the switch to lower a lift leading to a small closet with an imp and a megasphere. (sector 192) There is also another switch; pressing it will lower a platform in the northern room, holding a box of bullets and partial invisibility.
Bugs[edit]
In the final west area, the lifts leading up have invisible triggers in front of them (linedefs 896, 945) blocking use attempts on the lifts unless the player gets closer than seems necessary.
Demo files[edit]
Areas / screenshots[edit]
The starting room with the underground door
A marble hall next to the start.
Found the super shotgun
A shotgun guy in an unreachable alcove.
Trying to make friends with a cacodemon.
Used a lift to overlook the previous yard.
Ready to kill a zombieman.
Now the yellow skull key is accessible.
A Hell knight guards the computer area map.
Enter inside the center of the circled hall.
Killing the arch-vile to get the guarded skull key.
The final area appears less difficult at first.
The same place underneath.
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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| UV speed | |||||
| NM speed | |||||
| UV max | 2:53.14 | Phoenyx | 2022-05-21 | lead_253.zip | |
| NM 100S | 0:57.03 | Jean-Charles Dorne (JCD) | 2021-07-10 | virns057.zip | |
| UV -fast | |||||
| UV -respawn | |||||
| UV Tyson | |||||
| UV pacifist |
The data was last verified in its entirety on January 15, 2023.
Deathmatch[edit]
Player spawns[edit]
This level contains four spawn points:
- facing east. (thing 64)
- facing west. (thing 65)
- facing east. (thing 66)
- facing west. (thing 67)
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 199 |
| Vertices | 1023* |
| Linedefs | 1128 |
| Sidedefs | 1680 |
| Sectors | 236 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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