MAP06: The Mines of Death (The Darkening)

The Darkening maps
MAP01: Scary MAP02: Bloody Hell MAP03: Entropia MAP04: Relentless MAP05: Hand of Doom MAP06: The Mines of Death MAP07: Dead Simple II MAP08: Discordia MAP09: Military Complex MAP10: Under Earth MAP11: Stone Tyrant

This level occupies the map slot MAP06. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP06.

MAP06: The Mines of Death is the sixth map of The Darkening. It was designed by Nick Baker (NiGHTMARE) and uses a music track by David Shaw (Tolwyn) from MAP16: The Canyons (The Talosian Incident).

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Walkthrough

Map of The Mines of Death

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

Official

There are no official secrets on this map.

Non-official

There is an L-shaped hallway leading to the exit door. In the hallway, past the bend of the L, a section of the south wall can be opened. Inside is an enemy and a computer area map. Once you press the button for the elevator, the side wall of the box with the megasphere falls off and it can be obtained.

Areas / screenshots

• 

  The location of the unofficial secret.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	0:45.29	kvothesixstring	2023-10-18	dk06-45.zip
NM speed	3:03.80	Jim Leonard (Xit Vono)	2011-01-29	dn06-303.zip
UV max	1:49.46	Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531)	2023-03-13	dk06-149.zip
UV -fast	2:38.71	Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531)	2023-03-13	dk06f238.zip
UV -respawn	1:46.57	Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531)	2023-03-13	dk06r146.zip
UV Tyson
UV pacifist
NoMo	0:24.80	kvothesixstring	2023-10-18	dk06o24.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on November 2, 2023.

Statistics

Map data

Things	172
Vertices	921*
Linedefs	976
Sidedefs	1468
Sectors	152

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 766.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	4	4
Shotgun guy	5	10	10
Heavy weapon dude	3	4	8
Imp	12	22	30
Lost soul	2	4	6
Demon	4
Spectre	4	4	6
Revenant	1	1	2
Pain elemental	1
Hell knight	1	1	0
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Mancubus	1
Arch-vile	0	0	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	1	2	2
Box of bullets	1	3	3
4 shotgun shells	4	7	7
Box of shotgun shells	0	2	2
Rocket	3
Box of rockets	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	3	7	7
Medikit	1	4	4
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	1
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	11

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	4	4
Shotgun guy	5	10	10
Heavy weapon dude	3	4	8
Imp	12	22	30
Lost soul	2	4	6
Demon	4
Spectre	4	4	6
Revenant	1	1	2
Pain elemental	1
Hell knight	1	1	0
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Mancubus	1
Arch-vile	0	0	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	1	2	2
Box of bullets	1	3	3
4 shotgun shells	4	7	7
Box of shotgun shells	0	2	2
Rocket	3
Box of rockets	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	3	7	7
Medikit	1	4	4
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	1
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	11

External links

• The Darkening demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive