MAP04: Rocket Fantasy (Ludicrium)

Ludicrium maps
MAP01: Bloodbath! MAP02: Do Not Panic MAP03: Gravity Sucks MAP04: Rocket Fantasy MAP05: Chain Reaction MAP06: Doom Doom Baby

This level occupies the map slot MAP04. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP04.

MAP04: Rocket Fantasy is the fourth map of Ludicrium. It was designed by Seongbae Park (antares031) and uses the music track "Stage 05 (Raspujin)" from the game The Day 3: Dragon Force by Mirinae Software, sequenced to MIDI.

Walkthrough

Map of Rocket Fantasy

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.

Essentials

You start the level on a rocket launcher, a megasphere and plenty of ammo. Ahead of you is a horde of thousands of imps - while they are much faster than normal, they are not only harmless, but also transparent, so you can walk through them. Simply rocket them down (taking care to avoid splash damage from being too close to the explosion). Once you have dealt with them, go to the corners of the map. There you will find many pinkies, equally harmless and transparent as the imps (though significantly slower). Kill them, then repeat this process for the other three corners to obtain the three keys and another megasphere.

From here, go back into the center building, and open one of the blue key doors. This will open all the doors at once, behind which are a few arch-viles. These are also harmless, and can be killed with one rocket - however, by reviving the imps, they can result in you accidentally hurting yourself with splash damage, so you should deal with them quickly to not get overwhelmed. Once you have killed the enemies, open one of the red doors to reveal four "normal" arch-viles - they have their normal health, and their attacks WILL hurt you. Finally, once they are dead, you can open the yellow doors to reveal the exit.

Secrets

1. The four sectors where the exit switches are count as a secret. (sector 57)

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 April 18, 2023.

Statistics

Map data

Things	5372
Vertices	2477*
Linedefs	2568
Sidedefs	4228
Sectors	63

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 2012.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Arch-vile	4
Weak imp	2196
Weak demon	2340
Harmless arch-vile	16
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of rockets	184
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Megasphere	6
Backpack	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1

External links

• Ludicrium demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive