MAP23: Plateau of the Beheaded (Judgment)

Judgment maps
Ep.1: Step into the Fire 01 02 03 04 05 06
Ep.2: Bringing Death in Kind 07 08 09 10 11
Ep.3: Mutant Techgnawlogy 12 13 14 15
Ep.4: Beholding Ancient Fears 16 17 18 19 20
Ep.5: On the Seared Surface MAP21: Entrancemperium MAP22: Watershed MAP23: Plateau of the Beheaded MAP24: Devil's Orchard MAP25: Flooded Archive
Ep.6: Aberrant Chroma-Death 26 27 28 29 30
Secret levels 31 32 33 34

This level occupies the map slot MAP23. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP23.

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MAP23: Plateau of the Beheaded is the twenty-third map of Judgment. It was designed by Blake Collins (Rayziik) and uses the music track "Pyrarinth," originally composed by James Paddock (Jimmy) for Plutonia 2. The par time is 8:00. In the Retrial edition this level received modest changes in both geometry and things population.

Walkthrough

Map of Plateau of the Beheaded (original)

Map of Plateau of the Beheaded (Retrial)

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. At the northeast end, head all the way north and use the switch at the northwest end to teleport to medikits, a backpack, an energy cell pack, and partial invisibility. (sector 319)
2. At the east end, get on the sludge and run west to telefrag the arachnotrons. (sector 338)

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	1:16.71	Napsalm	2022-03-02	judg-lmps.zip	Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed
UV max	5:10.97	Bdubzzz	2022-04-11	judg-lmps.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist	1:16.71	Napsalm	2022-03-02	judg-lmps.zip
NoMo	1:13.09	Daniel	2022-02-24	judg-lmps.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 15, 2022.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains thirteen spawn points:

1. facing north. (thing 1834)
2. facing north. (thing 1835)
3. facing north. (thing 1836)
4. facing south. (thing 1837)
5. facing south. (thing 1838)
6. facing south. (thing 1839)
7. facing west. (thing 1840)
8. facing west. (thing 1841)
9. facing east. (thing 1842)
10. facing east. (thing 1843)
11. facing south. (thing 1844)
12. facing north. (thing 1845)
13. facing east. (thing 1846)

Statistics

Map data

Original ed.:

Things	1866
Vertices	8895*
Linedefs	7773
Sidedefs	15042
Sectors	759

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 6880.

Retrial ed.:

Things	1888
Vertices	11204*
Linedefs	9644
Sidedefs	18938
Sectors	983

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 8594.

Things

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

Original ed.:

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	4
Shotgun guy	4
Demon	8	9	10
Spectre	2	2	3
Revenant	9	19	26
Cacodemon	1	2	2
Pain elemental	0	1	2
Hell knight	18	18	22
Arachnotron	2
Mancubus	2
Arch-vile	0	0	1
Cyberdemon	1
Dark imp	54	63	72
Wraith	2	4	4
Former marine	0	0	4
Fallen	5	6	7
Nightshade	4	6	8
Lord of heresy	0	4	4
Archon of Hell	2	2	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Minigun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	2	2	8
Box of shotgun shells	7	7	10
Rocket	8	28	48
Box of rockets	10
Energy cell	19	13	14
Energy cell pack	3
Rifle rounds	0	2	4
Box of rifle rounds	8	8	9
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	13	17	17
Medikit	21
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1	2	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	24
Health bonus	30
Supercharge	1
Megasphere	1	0	0
Backpack	3
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	40
Voodoo doll	24

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	4
Shotgun guy	4
Heavy weapon dude	4
Demon	14	15	16
Spectre	2	2	3
Revenant	12	22	29
Cacodemon	1	2	2
Pain elemental	4	5	6
Hell knight	39	39	43
Arachnotron	2
Mancubus	2
Arch-vile	3	3	4
Cyberdemon	1
Dark imp	102	111	120
Wraith	2	4	4
Former marine	0	0	4
Fallen	8	9	10
Nightshade	12	14	16
Azazel	2
Lord of heresy	2	6	6
Archon of Hell	4	4	6
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Minigun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	2	2	8
Box of shotgun shells	9	9	12
Rocket	8	28	48
Box of rockets	10
Energy cell	19	13	14
Energy cell pack	3
Rifle rounds	0	2	4
Box of rifle rounds	8	8	9
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	13	17	17
Medikit	21
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1	2	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	24
Health bonus	30
Supercharge	1
Megasphere	1	0	0
Backpack	3
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	40
Voodoo doll	24

Deathmatch
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	1
BFG9000	1
Minigun	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	4
Rocket	0	8	8
Box of rockets	4
Energy cell	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	0	4	4
Medikit	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Deathmatch start	13
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	40

Retrial ed.:

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	4
Shotgun guy	4
Demon	8	9	10
Spectre	2	2	3
Revenant	9	19	26
Cacodemon	1	2	2
Pain elemental	0	1	2
Hell knight	18	18	22
Arachnotron	2
Mancubus	2
Arch-vile	0	0	1
Cyberdemon	1
Former marine	0	0	4
Dark imp	62	69	80
Wraith	2	4	4
Nightshade	5	7	9
Fallen	5	6	7
Lord of heresy	0	4	4
Archon of Hell	2	2	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Minigun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	2	2	8
Box of shotgun shells	7	7	10
Rocket	8	28	48
Box of rockets	10
Energy cell	19	13	14
Energy cell pack	3
Rifle rounds	0	2	4
Box of rifle rounds	8	8	9
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	13	17	17
Medikit	21
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1	2	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	24
Health bonus	30
Supercharge	1
Megasphere	1	0	0
Backpack	3
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	44
Voodoo doll	6

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	4
Shotgun guy	4
Demon	14	15	16
Spectre	2	2	3
Revenant	12	22	29
Cacodemon	1	2	2
Pain elemental	2	3	4
Hell knight	37	37	41
Arachnotron	2
Mancubus	2
Arch-vile	2	2	3
Cyberdemon	1
Former marine	0	0	4
Dark imp	123	130	141
Wraith	2	4	4
Former brute (drops SSG)	1
Nightshade	14	16	18
Fallen	8	9	10
Azazel	2
Lord of heresy	2	6	6
Archon of Hell	4	4	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Minigun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	2	2	8
Box of shotgun shells	9	9	12
Rocket	8	28	48
Box of rockets	21
Energy cell	21	15	16
Energy cell pack	3
Rifle rounds	0	2	4
Box of rifle rounds	10	10	11
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	17	21	21
Medikit	21
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1	2	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	24
Health bonus	30
Supercharge	1
Megasphere	1	0	0
Backpack	3
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	44
Voodoo doll	6

Deathmatch
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	2
Rocket launcher	1
BFG9000	1
Minigun	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	4
Rocket	0	8	8
Box of rockets	4
Energy cell	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	0	4	4
Medikit	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Deathmatch start	13
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	44

External links

• Judgment demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Judgment: Retrial demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive