MAP15: Empress (Earthless)

Earthless maps
Contact: Lost 01 02 03 04 05
The Hanged Gardens 06 07 08 09 10
Realm of the Weeping MAP11: Painways MAP12: Tabernacle MAP13: Deeptown MAP14: Endmost Sin MAP15: Empress
The Mad Moon 16 17 18 19 20
Endurance of Decay 21 22 23 24 25
Last Throes 26 27 28 29 30
Secret maps 31 32

This level occupies the map slot MAP15. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP15.

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MAP15: Empress is the fifteenth map of Earthless. It was designed by James Paddock (Jimmy) and uses the music track "Facing the Spider" by Robert Prince, from Doom. The par time defined in ZMAPINFO is 1:00.

Walkthrough

Map of Empress

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. The invulnerability is accessed by going up and around the edge of the western staircase and pressing the hidden skull switch to lower the wall. (sector 30)
2. To get the secret exit, reveal the arch-vile at the normal exit and perform an arch-vile jump over the east wall. Follow the armor bonuses to the secret exit. (sector 169)

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed (normal exit)
UV speed (secret exit)
NM speed (normal exit)
NM speed (secret exit)
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist (normal exit)
UV pacifist (secret exit)

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on July 1, 2025.

Statistics

Map data

Things	318
Vertices	825*
Linedefs	942
Sidedefs	1397
Sectors	190

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 737.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	11	19	21
Revenant	1	2	4
Cacodemon	0	0	4
Hell knight	2	2	4
Mancubus	0	0	1
Arch-vile	1
Spiderdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1	0	0
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1	0	0
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	2
Box of bullets	4
4 shotgun shells	9
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	2	0	0
Box of rockets	1	0	0
Energy cell	5	2	2
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	9
Medikit	11
Armor	1	2	2
Megaarmor	1	0	0
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	10
Health bonus	10
Supercharge	0	1	1
Invulnerability	2	1	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	4
Death exit	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	11	19	21
Revenant	1	2	4
Cacodemon	0	0	4
Hell knight	2	2	4
Mancubus	0	0	1
Arch-vile	1
Spiderdemon	1	2	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	2
Rocket launcher	1	0	0
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1	0	0
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	2
Box of bullets	4
4 shotgun shells	9
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	2	0	0
Box of rockets	1	0	0
Energy cell	5	2	2
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	9
Medikit	11
Armor	1	2	2
Megaarmor	1	0	0
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	10
Health bonus	10
Supercharge	0	1	1
Invulnerability	2	1	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	4
Death exit	1

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