MAP22: Cold Shoulder (The Quinary Conundrum)

The Quinary Conundrum maps
Episode 1 01 02 03 04 05
Episode 2 06 07 08 09 10
Episode 3 11 12 13 14 15
Episode 4 16 17 18 19 20
Episode 5 MAP21: White Mountain MAP22: Cold Shoulder MAP23: Frigid Fortress MAP24: Sky Sanctuary MAP25: The White Crystal
Episode 6 26 27 28 29 30
Secret maps 31 32

This level occupies the map slot MAP22. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP22.

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MAP22: Cold Shoulder is the twenty-second map of The Quinary Conundrum. It was designed by Vortale and uses the music track "Voyage" by James Paddock (Jimmy). The par time defined in the DEHACKED lump is 7:00.

Walkthrough

Map of Cold Shoulder

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. Head northwest from the super shotgun cave, then jump southwest to another cave and south again to get energy cell packs and a megaarmor. (sector 842)
2. After taking the red lift in the central cave, head north to a dropoff point and use the west wall to find a zircon staff (megasphere on Hey, Not Too Rough or lower), boxes of rockets, and energy cell packs. (sector 845)
3. In the east cave, head to the southeast side and jump southwest into a cave with a large energy crystal and partial invisibility. (sector 847)

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	4:34.23	BFGandorf	2024-09-16	tqc22m43423.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on January 6, 2026.

Statistics

Map data

Things	717
Vertices	4974*
Linedefs	5693
Sidedefs	9681
Sectors	863

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 4974.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	10	14	15
Heavy weapon dude	4	9	11
Imp	47	46	46
Demon	1
Revenant	13	27	38
Cacodemon	5	6	6
Pain elemental	1	2	3
Hell knight	6	8	8
Arachnotron	2
Mancubus	4	5	5
Arch-vile	0	1	1
Cyberdemon	2
Suicide bomber	17
Cultist	4	7	7
Flesh spawn	20
Wendigo	5	13	13
Sorcerer	0	1	1
Demolisher	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma cannon	1
Piercing ruby	1
Zircon staff	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	20
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	12
Box of rockets	7
Energy cell	10
Energy cell pack	16
Small energy crystal	13
Large energy crystal	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	15
Medikit	10
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	63
Health bonus	52
Supercharge	1
Megasphere	1	0	0
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	2
Voodoo doll	2

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	13	17	18
Heavy weapon dude	4	9	11
Imp	54	53	53
Demon	1
Revenant	20	34	45
Cacodemon	9	10	10
Pain elemental	1	2	3
Hell knight	6	8	8
Arachnotron	4
Mancubus	4	5	5
Arch-vile	0	1	1
Cyberdemon	2
Suicide bomber	17
Cultist	6	9	9
Flesh spawn	20
Wendigo	5	13	13
Sorcerer	0	1	1
Demolisher	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma cannon	1
Piercing ruby	1
Zircon staff	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	52
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	42
Box of rockets	7
Energy cell	36
Energy cell pack	16
Small energy crystal	19
Large energy crystal	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	15
Medikit	10
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	63
Health bonus	52
Supercharge	1
Megasphere	1	0	0
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	2
Voodoo doll	2

External links

• The Quinary Conundrum demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive