Recant

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Recant
The starting areaThe starting area
Author John Anderson
Port Vanilla Heretic
IWAD Heretic
Year 1995
Link Doomworld/idgames
This level occupies the map slot E1M1. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M1.
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Recant is a single-level PWAD for Heretic designed by John Anderson (Dr. Sleep) and released in 1995.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Recant
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.

Essentials[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. In the centre of the level is a dark corridor, which has a niche to the south containing a gargoyle and a claw orb. This niche has a secret door to the west leading to some greater runes and a hellstaff. (sector 97)
  2. Part-way along the dark corridor is a trigger line that opens up two rooms. One of these contains a pile of mace spheres, a shadowsphere, a quartz flask, a crystal vial, an undead warrior ghost, a sabreclaw, and a teleporter back to the area south of the start. (sector 123)

Bugs[edit]

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Speedrunning[edit]

Routes and tricks[edit]

Current records[edit]

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

Run Time Player Date File Notes
SM speed
SM max
BP speed
BP max
NM speed
NM 100S
Tyson
Pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 1, 2021.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains four spawn points:

  1. facing south. (thing 32)
  2. facing north. (thing 38)
  3. facing east. (thing 40)
  4. facing west. (thing 41)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 404
Vertices 1538*
Linedefs 1610
Sidedefs 2408
Sectors 372
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1249.

Things[edit]

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

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