MAP16: Stairway to Heaven (Crate Expectations)

Crate Expectations maps
Ep.1: Cosmic Chaos 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Ep.2: Blue Skies and Dead Doomguys MAP12: Guess how many barrels? MAP13: Sleep Paralysis MAP14: Sticky Insulation MAP15: Drawing Conclusions MAP16: Stairway to Heaven MAP17: Plunge MAP18: U can skip all this MAP19: Cognitive Load MAP20: Go to Jail
Ep.3: Time for Red 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Secret maps 31 32
Bonus maps 33 34 35

This level occupies the map slot MAP16. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP16.

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MAP16: Stairway to Heaven is the sixteenth map of Crate Expectations. It was designed by Clippy Clippington and uses a MIDI rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin as its music track.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Stairway to Heaven

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[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

1-138. All of the steps on the stairway count as a secret. (sectors 0-137)

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
UV speed
NM speed
UV max	6:00.94	lirui1001	2024-05-09	ce16-600.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on May 19, 2025.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains twelve spawn points:

facing south. (thing 1016)
facing north-west. (thing 1017)
facing north. (thing 1018)
facing north. (thing 1019)
facing south. (thing 1020)
facing north-east. (thing 1021)
facing south-east. (thing 1022)
facing south-west. (thing 1023)
facing north-west. (thing 1024)
facing east. (thing 1025)
facing north. (thing 1026)
facing north-west. (thing 1027)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things	1216
Vertices	7042*
Linedefs	6140
Sidedefs	11680
Sectors	781

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 5639.

Things[edit]

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	5	8	23
Shotgun guy	6	7	11
Heavy weapon dude	5	8	11
Imp	38	85	144
Lost soul	1	1	16
Demon	7	22	36
Spectre	0	2	5
Revenant	4	8	12
Cacodemon	6	10	16
Pain elemental	1
Hell knight	17	18	18
Arachnotron	0	1	3
Mancubus	4	7	11
Arch-vile	1	2	3
Cyberdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	34
Box of bullets	14
4 shotgun shells	34
Box of shotgun shells	9
Rocket	197
Energy cell	30
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	69
Megaarmor	7	7	8
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	93
Megasphere	7
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Radiation shielding suit	9
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	168
Teleport landing	53

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	5	8	23
Shotgun guy	6	7	11
Heavy weapon dude	5	8	11
Imp	38	85	144
Lost soul	1	1	16
Demon	7	22	36
Spectre	0	2	5
Revenant	4	8	12
Cacodemon	9	15	23
Pain elemental	1
Hell knight	17	18	18
Arachnotron	0	1	3
Mancubus	4	7	11
Arch-vile	1	2	3
Cyberdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	34
Box of bullets	14
4 shotgun shells	34
Box of shotgun shells	9
Rocket	197
Energy cell	30
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	69
Megaarmor	7	7	8
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	93
Megasphere	7
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Radiation shielding suit	9
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
Deathmatch start	12
Exploding barrel	168
Teleport landing	53

Technical information[edit]

Inspiration and development[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Sources[edit]

External links[edit]

Crate Expectations demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive