MAP19: Badlands South (Ashes: Afterglow)

Ashes: Afterglow maps
Introduction 10 11
The City 12 13 14 15 16
Interlude INT1: Leaving Michonne MAP17: Escape from Atlanta MAP18: The Rink MAP19: Badlands South MAP20: Disarray
The Badlands 21 INT3 22 23 24 25 26
Finale 27 28

This level occupies the map slot MAP19. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP19.

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MAP19: Badlands South (also called Up Shit Creek in the intro text) is the ninth map of Ashes: Afterglow. It was designed by Vostyok and uses the music track "Up Shit Creek" by John Weekley (PRIMEVAL).

Walkthrough

Map of Badlands South

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. In the area with cranes, get to the easternmost crane and use the switch to lift a container, which reveals an open container to the south. Enter to get a jackhammer and some junk. (sector 976)
2. Head to the north end of the central train and open the yellow car with the Cabal Co. logo to find a sawed-off shotgun and shotgun shells. (sector 2472)
3. In the building east of Desperado, use the register and quickly enter the west room. Find a button on the south wall and use it before it closes to lower the safe in the room. Head down and you will find Larry's Meat Store. (sector 4122)
4. Head south of Dom's Donuts Drive-in and get on top of the bus south of it. Jump into the open room to get painkillers, a brute stim, some junk, and a .45 revolver. (sector 4608)
5. In the room with the machine pistol and pump-action shotgun, climb the steps to the east. Head to the south end and climb the crates. Head west into the vent and up a ladder, and you will soon reach a room with an ammo bag. (sector 2088)
6. After leaving the pain elemental stage area, head to the west side of it where you will see two crates. Behind them is a switch. After pressing it, head to the door it opens behind the crates to find the legendary armor. (sector 2063)

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on July 11, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	731
Vertices	21987
Linedefs	27528
Sidedefs	48987
Sectors	5677

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Vulture thug	6	8	9	11	11	11	11	11
Vulture outlaw	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9
Vulture raider	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Pitfiend	20	20	32	47	47	47	47	47
Savage cannibal	34	34	50	58	58	60	60	60
Manslayer cannibal	4	5	7	11	11	11	11	11
Cannibal overseer	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11
Cannibal master	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Jackhammer	1
.45 revolver	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Pump-action shotgun	1
Sawed-off shotgun	3
Machine pistol	1
Master blaster	1
Pipebomb	5
Junker musket	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Box of heavy bullets	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Box of light bullets	5
Shotgun shells	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Box of shells	2
Fuel canister	1
Slugs	2
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Painkillers	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
First-aid kit	3
Leather armor	1
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Armor scraps	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	20
Food tin	24
Junk tools	5
Junk spares	10
Junk gear	5
Junk nuts	5
Junk cable	7
Junk pipe	5
Legendary armor	1
Backpack	1
BRUTE stim	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Voodoo doll	2
Explosive cylinder	5
Fire extinguisher	7

Inspiration and development

The town section originally formed an optional "ghost town" section of MAP21, but it was decided later that this was superfluous and made the hub more confusing. It was moved to MAP19 and converted into a combat scenario to give the map more structure and variety.

A "lost" town map, Junction, would have appeared after this map, which would have tied maps 18-20 together into a unified hub to match the other two main hubs. Junction is mentioned by name by multiple NPCs and there were already planned quests and characters in the original design documents. However, it had only been given a basic layout before the idea was cut due to time constraints and the number of added resources required, as well as unnecessarily bloating an already hefty episode. The existing resources as of 2022 are planned for use in a future expansion.