MAP34: Plant Ops (Doom 64)

Doom 64: The Lost Levels
MAP34: Plant Ops MAP35: Evil Sacrifice MAP36: Cold Grounds MAP37: Wretched Vats MAP38: Thy Glory MAP39: Final Judgement MAP40: Panic (Fun level)
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This level occupies the map slot MAP34. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP34.

MAP34: Plant Ops is the thirty-fourth map in the 2020 re-release of Doom 64 and the first map of its new The Lost Levels episode. This map takes place on a distant, abandoned UAC base on the surface of Sedna. It was designed by Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser) and uses the music track "Collision Course".

Walkthrough

Map of Plant Ops

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

Essentials

Upon starting the map, head into the room in front of you. There you will encounter the first troopers. Take them out and a switch will rise that raises the bars blocking the teleporters just outside the room. Walk through the rightmost one and you will find yourself in a corridor accompanied by imps and more troopers. There's a lift across the hall, leading to a channel of nukage and several lost souls and a demon just before another lift. Once you take that elevator, press the switch by the teleporter and then escape, as you won't have the ammo to deal with the monsters through the window yet.

Walking through the teleporter will bring you back to the hall and you'll see that pressing the switch lowered the bars that were previously blocking off the next room. Beware, as when you get near the entrance, some nightmare imps and demons will appear ready to attack. When they are dealt with, do yourself a favor and press a switch by the monitors before entering the next room, since it will reveal some much needed ammo.

Grab the chaingun in the next room and prepare for a big battle, because opening the door will spawn in a Hell knight along with the other demons seen earlier. Dispatch all enemies and head up the nearby lift, and do the same for the others on the second floor. After that, look behind the pillar, near the caged nightmare imps, to see the red key. When collecting it, several cacodemons will spawn above the nukage pit.

Open the red door to see another demon and Hell knight, and a switch just beyond a crusher. When heading towards it, more nightmare imps will spawn. Pressing the switch opens a door on the other side of the room, revealing another Hell knight waiting for you, and a teleporter to take you back to the starting area. There you will find many sergeants have entered the battle just beyond the red door leading to the blue key. When passing a certain line, a cacodemon and some imps will appear behind the bars.

After obtaining the blue key, take the opposite teleporter to see a rocket launcher at the center of the room, which was raised before by a platform if you already entered this area. Be careful, as getting the rocket launcher will lower several platforms that unleash more troopers on you. Opening the blue door, head through the hallway and take down the sergeants and caged imps, and soon you will find the yellow key in a room filled with more enemies ready to ambush. Once you take care of them, get the key and get out of there.

When you open the yellow door, grab the radiation shielding suit, as there is more nukage in this area. Crossing certain lines will cause more demons to join the fight, including more cacodemons and the first baron of Hell of the expansion. Taking these demons out is necessary, since some stairs are raised when they are all defeated. Once the stairs raise, the teleporter will take you to a small room with a switch. Leaving this room shows you the bridge that was raised to the door leading to the exit.

Other points of interest

After heading through the right teleporter, there is a room by the lift that has a green armor.

Just before getting the red key, it is possible to get the super shotgun that lies on the yet-to-be-raised bridge, as it can come in handy for the rest of the map.

Secrets

1. After taking the western teleporter at the start, to the right down the stairs where the security armor is you can press on the computer panel behind the armor to find six armor bonuses. (sector 273)
2. Immediately after crossing the blue door, press the wall behind the lamp on your left for nine more armor bonuses. (sector 201)
3. In the room with the yellow keycard, press the central wall to the south to reveal a hidden path and one more wall at the end of it leading to a supercharge. (sector 172)
4. See secret #3 (sector 173)
5. See secret #3 (sector 210)

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Statistics

Map data

Things	383
Vertices	2725*
Linedefs	2440
Sidedefs	3497
Sectors	347

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1899.

Things

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

Monsters	1-2	3	4
Zombieman	15	12	12
Shotgun guy	8	24	28
Imp	18	20	21
Nightmare imp	17	24	28
Lost soul	3	8	10
Demon	6	8	8
Cacodemon	7	8	12
Hell knight	1	9	9
Baron of Hell	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4
Clip	18
Box of bullets	6
4 shotgun shells	10
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	7
Box of rockets	8
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4
Stimpack	9
Medikit	4
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4
Armor bonus	28
Health bonus	33
Supercharge	1
Berserk	1
Radiation shielding suit	1
Keys	1-2	3	4
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4
Teleport landing	8