MAP25: Vile Arterium (NOVA: The Birth)

NOVA: The Birth maps 21-30
MAP21: Beta Base MAP22: Broken Confluence Point MAP23: Immaterium MAP24: Ring of Gyges MAP25: Vile Arterium MAP26: Hell's Playground MAP27: Sensorium MAP28: The Seventh Circle MAP29: Extorta Nova MAP30: Megiddo
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (21 - 30) Secret maps: 31 32

This level occupies the map slot MAP25. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP25.

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MAP25: Vile Arterium is the twenty-fifth map of NOVA: The Birth. It was designed by Cyriak Harris (mouldy), Michael Jurich (Death Egg) and Darryl Steffen (dobu gabu maru), and uses the music track "Rebellion in Dreamland," by Gamma Ray, arranged for MIDI.

Walkthrough

Map of Vile Arterium

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Secrets

1. The large skull at the eastern end of the map holds a megasphere. To lower the bars to the megasphere, head to the ledge behind the large skull, where an arch-vile (revenant on Hey, Not Too Rough or lower) will guard a terminal. Press this terminal to lower the bars to the megasphere. (sector 1082)
2. In the middle of the map where the chaingun is, a lift lowers to your left revealing revenants. Behind them, press the bloody wall to find an energy cell pack. You may have to lower the lift again to get the secret after getting rid of the revenants. (sector 1290)
3. The room with the three arachnotrons has several routes of travel. Take the northeastern one, looking at the marble faces as you go across the blood. One of the marble walls lacks a face. Press on it to find a computer area map. (sector 1326)

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
				.zip

Statistics

Map data

Things	910
Vertices	7932*
Linedefs	8282
Sidedefs	13553
Sectors	1330

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 6606.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	22	17	16
Shotgun guy	18	19	20
Heavy weapon dude	4	7	10
Imp	42	53	69
Lost soul	9	12	14
Demon	21	19	14
Spectre	4	6	6
Revenant	21	31	44
Cacodemon	17	20	19
Pain elemental	1	1	3
Hell knight	11	14	15
Baron of Hell	1	1	7
Arachnotron	3	3	8
Mancubus	16	23	26
Arch-vile	2	4	4
Cyberdemon	1	2	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	2	1	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	2	2	3
BFG9000	1	1	0
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	7
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	60	64	82
Box of shotgun shells	6
Rocket	113	139	155
Box of rockets	10	12	14
Energy cell	23	27	27
Energy cell pack	7
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	52	50	40
Medikit	16	15	13
Armor	2	3	3
Megaarmor	2	1	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	13

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	22	17	16
Shotgun guy	18	19	20
Heavy weapon dude	4	7	10
Imp	42	53	69
Lost soul	9	12	14
Demon	21	19	14
Spectre	4	6	6
Revenant	21	31	44
Cacodemon	17	20	19
Pain elemental	1	1	3
Hell knight	11	14	15
Baron of Hell	1	1	7
Arachnotron	3	3	8
Mancubus	16	23	26
Arch-vile	2	4	4
Cyberdemon	1	2	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	2
Chaingun	3	2	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	4	4	5
BFG9000	2	2	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	7
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	60	64	82
Box of shotgun shells	6
Rocket	113	139	155
Box of rockets	10	12	14
Energy cell	23	27	27
Energy cell pack	7
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	52	50	40
Medikit	16	15	13
Armor	2	3	3
Megaarmor	2	1	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	3
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	7
Teleport landing	13

External links

• NOVA: The Birth demos at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive