MAP12: The Rack (Legacy of Rust)
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MAP12: The Rack is the fifth map in the Counterfeit Eden episode of Legacy of Rust. It was designed by Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser) and uses the music track "Disgusto!" by Xaser Acheron.
Contents
Walkthrough[edit]
Essentials[edit]
Go down the steps to confront some imps and ghouls, then open the north-west door and press the skull switch behind it to lower the bars on the east side of the room. Destroy one or more banshees that are released, then press a second switch behind the bars to raise some stairs in the south-west corner and release more banshees. Climb the stairs you just raised to enter a marble hall, then go to the north end to find a super shotgun and press the skull switch here to go down to a wooden crossroads. Drop into the blood below the crossroads, then go to the north-east corner and climb the stairs here to find a mancubus guarding another skull switch, which will raise some steps on the other side of the wall. Run through the window near the top of the stairs to reach a platform with a berserk pack, return to the crossroads from here then take the east path and open the door ahead to find the steps you just raised.
In the next room, go through the door on the west side and follow a ledge round to a blue skull button, which will lower stairs in the previous room and allow you to reach the door at the bottom. Go through this door to enter a square hall, noting the demons that are released behind you, then go down to the lower level and press the lion switch in front of the central block to lower it, revealing revenants, ghouls and teleporting banshees defending a gargoyle switch. Press the gargoyle switch to open a door behind you revealing more revenants and ghouls, then go through and head to the center of the next room where you will find a vassago guarding an incinerator. Take the weapon to open a wall behind you and reveal a skull switch, press this switch then go back to the hall where more monsters have been released on the top level. Go to the now-open satyr switch in the south-west corner of the hall and press it to lower a lift that goes up to the blue skull key.
Drop into the blood below then climb back up to the southern hall, where a couple of banshees have been released, then open the blue doors on the west side to face some imps and ghouls. Continue west until you drop into a columned hall, deal with some spectres then go to the north end of the hall to find a gargoyle switch in front of some bars. Press the switch to open the marble walls behind you and reveal a room with various monsters, then climb the steps in this room to reveal two vassagos guarding a lion switch. Press this switch to open the bars you saw earlier, then go through them to enter a cavern - the red skull key can be found in the south-east corner, and you will find a supercharge at the north end that will help you deal with the cacodemons and ghouls that teleport outside.
Drop into the blood outside, then climb the stairs on the west side to reach a room with a red door. Go through the door and head down the steps to a skull switch, which will raise a lift directly ahead and allow you to reach the platform above it. Go back outside and ride the lift up, press the skull switch on the platform to lower the pillar behind it, then step across to the next platform and press the gargoyle switch here to raise stairs on the first platform, which you can run up to reach another door. Go through the door, which will be sealed off by a barrier, and press the gargoyle switch in the middle of the room to lower the bars behind it, revealing (on Hurt Me Plenty skill level or higher) a cyberdemon guarding another switch. Press the skull switch to unseal the doors, then go through the south-east door and press the skull switch behind it to open a closet on the west side of the room with revenants and ghouls. Press the switch inside this closet to open a second closet on the east side of the room with revenants and vassagos, then press another switch inside that closet to open the large door at the north end of the room.
Kill the revenants and imps waiting behind the large door, then go through to a marble hall (bars will rise behind you) and kill some waiting demons and cacodemons along with a vassago/mancubus. Enter the room at the north end of the hall to trigger an ambush by knights and revenants, then enter the blood trenches on either side of the hall and press the two skull switches at the end of each trench to open the bars around the yellow skull key. Taking the yellow key will teleport you back to the crossroads, where you can now open the door at the north end to find the exit portal.
Other points of interest[edit]
Secrets[edit]
- In the hall at the south end of the map, look at the column in front of the blue doors to see satyrs on its western face. Press this face to lower a lift on the block in the middle of the hall, letting you climb on top of it and collect the backpack at the opposite end. (sector 109)
- At the crossroads, run to the south-east platform and step through either of the fire walls here to enter the metal block. Press the satyr switch hidden inside it to lower a nearby wall for five seconds, then run back to the crossroads and go south to collect a megasphere before the wall closes. (sector 353)
- Taking the blue key opens a metal block in the southern hall containing banshees. Get on top of the block using the lift from secret #1, then enter the block to find a computer area map. (sector 140)
- In the south-western hall with the metal columns, open the hanging baron corpse on the east wall to find a megaarmor. (sector 334)
- After going through the red door, enter the room to the east then press the impaled corpse opposite the skull switch to lower it for a few seconds. Run back to the neighboring room and go through the openings in the west wall to find a gargoyle switch, which will open a compartment to the north with a calamity blade and four fuel tanks. (sector 432)
- In the room above the exit portal, open the eastern closet then go inside it and open the wall behind the hanging leg to reveal a baron and a supercharge. (sector 703)
Bugs[edit]
Demo files[edit]
Areas / screenshots[edit]
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 pacifist |
The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on August 11, 2024.
Statistics[edit]
Map data[edit]
| Things | 1262 |
| Vertices | 5878* |
| Linedefs | 6252 |
| Sidedefs | 9333 |
| Sectors | 705 |
Things[edit]
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:
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