MAP09: The Great Library (Legacy of Heroes)

Legacy of Heroes maps
MAP01: Horror at Dusk MAP02: At the Pillars of Hercules MAP03: Buried Village MAP04: The Perched Monastery MAP05: Lapis Exillis MAP06: Desolate Gardens MAP07: King of the Lost MAP08: Kythraessos MAP09: The Great Library MAP10: Hero of Gone Times

This level occupies the map slot MAP09. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP09.

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MAP09: The Great Library is the ninth map of Legacy of Heroes. It was designed by gaspe and uses the music track "Blood Red Shadows," originally composed by Aubrey Hodges for Doom 64.

Walkthrough

Map of The Great Library

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. From the start, head south down the steps until you get past the arch, then quickly run up the stairs and to the right. Go across the green block and wait for it to rise up, then press on its right side. Quickly ascend the steps and go to the balcony. Press on the indentation, then head back down. If you did it right, there should be a teleporter when you lower the green block again. Take it to reach a computer area map. (sector 1449)
2. Head north from the blue key area at the southwest part of the map, then east, and keep going east into the dark room. A switch is in the adjacent room. After you use it, go back to the southwest room and go east and head east from there to the big water room. Two blocks will have risen here. Cross over them to the east and head around to find a door. The teleporter behind the door will teleport you to the northeast part of the map. (sector 506)
3. Take the teleporter in Secret #2, then press on the side of the wall with the X on it directly behind you. This will briefly lower a block to the south. Run into the alcove to get a box of rockets and ten armor bonuses. (sector 1243)
4. From the room in Secret #3, head west through two doors, then descend the steps to the north and west. Take the lift at the west side and face east as it rises. There is a switch to the east, and it is possible to shoot this switch despite the bars blocking you as well as the brown pole also blocking the way. When you shoot the switch, a nearby lift lowers. Drop down to find armor bonuses and a soul sphere. (sector 1318)
5. At the western area of the map with blue bars, take the steps going north. Get past the bookshelves and climb the next set of steps you see. Press on the middle bookshelf and go through the teleporter. (sector 1005)
6. From Secret #5, walk backwards to reach a secret room. Press the switch at the northwest end, then quickly get on a lift at the southeast end. Go through the translucent wall to teleport to the ledge on the west side. The two brown poles in front of you have hidden switches at the bottom, the one nearest to you has a switch at the south end, and the furthest one has a switch at the north end. The switch at the nearest pole lowers the furthest pole and it reveals a hidden switch where you teleported. The switch at the furthest pole actually reveals a hidden switch behind the nearest pole. The hidden switch revealed by the nearest pole lowers that pole, while the switch behind that pole opens up a hidden room to the northeast. If you manage to get to that switch before it closes off, you can then make an angled jump to enter that room and get a BFG9000. (sector 508)

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	0:28.54	Aleksey Kamenev (4shockblast)	2019-03-22	lh09p028.zip	Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed
UV max	9:19.63	vdgg	2023-10-12	lh09-919.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist	0:28.54	Aleksey Kamenev (4shockblast)	2019-03-22	lh09p028.zip

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

Statistics

Map data

Things	630
Vertices	11057*
Linedefs	10681
Sidedefs	17474
Sectors	1601

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 8678.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Heavy weapon dude	10	11	11
Imp	38	39	40
Spectre	7	11	12
Revenant	27	34	36
Cacodemon	8	10	11
Pain elemental	1
Hell knight	20
Baron of Hell	5	7	7
Arachnotron	4
Mancubus	6
Arch-vile	7	7	8
Spiderdemon	4
Cyberdemon	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	4
Box of bullets	7
4 shotgun shells	18
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	21
Box of rockets	13
Energy cell	22
Energy cell pack	19	21	21
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	24
Medikit	12
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	134
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Invulnerability	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	64

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Heavy weapon dude	10	11	11
Imp	38	39	40
Spectre	7	11	12
Revenant	31	38	40
Cacodemon	8	10	11
Pain elemental	1
Hell knight	22
Baron of Hell	6	8	8
Arachnotron	4
Mancubus	6
Arch-vile	8	8	9
Spiderdemon	4
Cyberdemon	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	4
Box of bullets	7
4 shotgun shells	20
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	21
Box of rockets	18
Energy cell	22
Energy cell pack	23	25	25
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	24
Medikit	17
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	134
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Invulnerability	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	64

External links

• Legacy of Heroes demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive