RUINS: Griffin Gatehouse (Hexen: Veil of Darkness)

Hexen: Veil of Darkness maps
SWAMP: Stinksump Swamp FOREST: Forest of Gloom ICETOMB: Lair of the Ice Queen CASTLE: Bloodwind Castle DUNGEON: Lower Chambers RUINS: Griffin Gatehouse SPIDER: Abandoned Mine MACHINE: Hidden Machinations

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RUINS: Griffin Gatehouse is the sixth map of Hexen: Veil of Darkness. It was designed by Captain Toenail and uses the music track "Fubas" by Kevin Schilder, from Hexen.

Walkthrough

Map of Griffin Gatehouse

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets.

Secrets

1. Inside the room overlooking the entrance, just inside the room with a mirror puzzle is a switch on the right side of the door frame. This will lower a staircase in the mirror room down to an hidden area full of items and enemies. (sector 675)
2. Inside the first secret area, destroy the crates at the bottom of the room to find a switch on the wall that opens a second chamber full of items and enemies. Before entering, climb up the ladder in the first room and find a second switch hidden on the left wall frame. This will lower a gate inside the second room and allow you to collect the segment of Bloodscourge. (sector 809)
3. After flooding the bottom of the tower, swim up towards the ceiling to find a opening in one of the pipes. Inside are dragonskin bracers. (sector 796)
4. When you get to the area with the islands floating over a huge chasm, follow the path around to the left behind the ramp down. At the end of the path, there is a wall with a misaligned texture that will open into a room with a Porkalator, a quartz flask and a Mystic Ambit Incant. (sector 921)

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
Sk4 speed
Sk4 max
Sk5 speed
Sk5 max
Tyson
Pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 16, 2023.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains eight spawn points:

1. facing south. (thing 1666)
2. facing south. (thing 1667)
3. facing south. (thing 1668)
4. facing south. (thing 1669)
5. facing south. (thing 1670)
6. facing south. (thing 1671)
7. facing south. (thing 1672)
8. facing south. (thing 1673)

Statistics

Map data

Things	1953
Vertices	5852
Linedefs	7174
Sidedefs	11536
Sectors	1428

Things

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

Cleric single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Afrit	25
Stalker boss	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Dark bishop	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7
Ettin	29
Centaur	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Brown chaos serpent	20	20	20	26	26	26	26	26
Slaughtaur	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Giant spider	7
Piranha	12
Harpy	9
Serpent guard	21
Warlock	2
Magman	6
Butcher	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Ettin chariot	2
Durgan Anvilcrusher	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Serpent staff	1
Firestorm	2
Wraithverge (cross)	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue mana	28
Green mana	17
Combined mana	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Crystal vial	59
Falcon shield	1
Mesh armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Boots of Speed	1
Disc of Repulsion	5
Dragonskin bracers	2
Fléchette	11
Krater of Might	2
Mystic Ambit Incant	2
Mystic urn	1
Porkalator	2
Quartz flask	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6
Torch	4
Horn of Heroes	1
Talisman of the Depths	1
Repulsor charge	4
Keys & Puzzle items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Clock gear (bronze)	1
Lockpick	4
Ornate chest key	1
Gold key	1
Frost mask	1
Troll doll (green)	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Glitter bridge	71
Pot (tall)	9
Pot (medium)	11
Pot (short)	15
Sitting corpse	3
Spike down	43
Teleport landing	15
Teleport smoke	3
Small crate	1
Large crate	40
Small wooden chest	7

Fighter single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Afrit	25
Stalker boss	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Dark bishop	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7
Ettin	29	29	29	39	39	39	39	39
Centaur	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Brown chaos serpent	20	20	20	26	26	26	26	26
Slaughtaur	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Giant spider	7
Piranha	12
Harpy	9
Serpent guard	21
Warlock	2
Magman	6
Butcher	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Ettin chariot	2
Durgan Anvilcrusher	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Timon's Axe	1
Hammer of Retribution	2
Quietus (cross)	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue mana	28
Green mana	17
Combined mana	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Crystal vial	59
Falcon shield	1
Mesh armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Boots of Speed	1
Disc of Repulsion	5
Dragonskin bracers	2
Fléchette	11
Krater of Might	1
Mystic Ambit Incant	2
Mystic urn	1
Porkalator	2
Quartz flask	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6
Torch	4
Horn of Heroes	1
Talisman of the Depths	1
Repulsor charge	4
Keys & Puzzle items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Clock gear (bronze)	1
Lockpick	4
Ornate chest key	1
Gold key	1
Frost mask	1
Troll doll (green)	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Glitter bridge	71
Pot (tall)	9
Pot (medium)	11
Pot (short)	15
Sitting corpse	3
Spike down	43
Teleport landing	15
Teleport smoke	3
Small crate	1
Large crate	40
Small wooden chest	7

Mage single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Afrit	25	25	25	33	33	33	33	33
Stalker boss	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Dark bishop	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7
Ettin	29
Centaur	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Brown chaos serpent	20	20	20	26	26	26	26	26
Slaughtaur	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Giant spider	7
Piranha	12
Harpy	9
Serpent guard	21
Warlock	2
Magman	6
Butcher	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Ettin chariot	2
Durgan Anvilcrusher	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Frost shards	1
Arc of Death	2
Bloodscourge (stub)	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue mana	28
Green mana	17
Combined mana	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Crystal vial	59
Falcon shield	1
Mesh armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Boots of Speed	1
Disc of Repulsion	5
Dragonskin bracers	2
Fléchette	11
Krater of Might	1
Mystic Ambit Incant	2
Mystic urn	1
Porkalator	2
Quartz flask	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6
Torch	4
Horn of Heroes	1
Talisman of the Depths	1
Repulsor charge	4
Keys & Puzzle items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Clock gear (bronze)	1
Lockpick	4
Ornate chest key	1
Gold key	1
Frost mask	1
Troll doll (green)	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Glitter bridge	71
Pot (tall)	9
Pot (medium)	11
Pot (short)	15
Sitting corpse	3
Spike down	43
Teleport landing	15
Teleport smoke	3
Small crate	1
Large crate	40
Small wooden chest	7

Cooperative
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Afrit	25	25	25	33	33	33	33	33
Stalker boss	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Dark bishop	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7
Ettin	29	29	29	39	39	39	39	39
Centaur	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Brown chaos serpent	20	20	20	26	26	26	26	26
Slaughtaur	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Giant spider	7
Piranha	12
Harpy	9
Serpent guard	21
Warlock	2
Magman	6
Butcher	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Ettin chariot	2
Durgan Anvilcrusher	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Timon's Axe	1
Hammer of Retribution	2
Quietus (cross)	1
Serpent staff	1
Firestorm	2
Wraithverge (cross)	1
Frost shards	1
Arc of Death	2
Bloodscourge (stub)	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue mana	28
Green mana	17
Combined mana	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Crystal vial	59
Falcon shield	1
Mesh armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Boots of Speed	1
Disc of Repulsion	5
Dragonskin bracers	2
Fléchette	11
Krater of Might	2
Mystic Ambit Incant	2
Mystic urn	1
Porkalator	2
Quartz flask	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6
Torch	4
Horn of Heroes	1
Talisman of the Depths	1
Repulsor charge	4
Keys & Puzzle items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Clock gear (bronze)	1
Lockpick	4
Ornate chest key	1
Gold key	1
Frost mask	1
Troll doll (green)	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Cooperative start	8
Glitter bridge	71
Pot (tall)	9
Pot (medium)	11
Pot (short)	15
Sitting corpse	3
Spike down	43
Teleport landing	15
Teleport smoke	3
Small crate	1
Large crate	40
Small wooden chest	7

Deathmatch
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Afrit	25	25	25	33	33	33	33	33
Stalker boss	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Dark bishop	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7
Ettin	29	29	29	39	39	39	39	39
Centaur	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Brown chaos serpent	20	20	20	26	26	26	26	26
Slaughtaur	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Giant spider	7
Piranha	12
Harpy	9
Serpent guard	21
Warlock	2
Magman	6
Butcher	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Ettin chariot	2
Durgan Anvilcrusher	1
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Timon's Axe	1
Hammer of Retribution	2
Quietus (cross)	1
Serpent staff	1
Firestorm	2
Wraithverge (cross)	1
Frost shards	1
Arc of Death	2
Bloodscourge (stub)	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue mana	28
Green mana	17
Combined mana	8
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Crystal vial	59
Falcon shield	1
Mesh armor	2
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Boots of Speed	1
Disc of Repulsion	5
Dragonskin bracers	2
Fléchette	11
Krater of Might	2
Mystic Ambit Incant	2
Mystic urn	1
Porkalator	2
Quartz flask	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6
Torch	4
Horn of Heroes	1
Talisman of the Depths	1
Repulsor charge	4
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Deathmatch start	8
Glitter bridge	71
Pot (tall)	9
Pot (medium)	11
Pot (short)	15
Sitting corpse	3
Spike down	43
Teleport landing	15
Teleport smoke	3
Small crate	1
Large crate	40
Small wooden chest	7