STR05: Twilight (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold maps 01-10
STR01: Introduction STR02: Too Young to Defend STR03: Swamp STR04: Asteroid STR05: Twilight STR06: Downtown STR07: Sandstorm STR08: Tropical Paradox STR09: Volcanic Installation STR10: Skyfire Research
(01 - 10) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 99 Secret maps: 50 52 54 56

This level occupies the map slot STR05. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR05: Twilight is the fifth map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) and uses the music track "Charon" by Chris Huelsbeck, from Tunnel B1.

This level uses the "Deadline" mode, where the objective is to prevent any monsters crossing the deadline.

Walkthrough

Map of Twilight

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

You start facing a building that contains the deadline, as well as the weapon, ammo and health pads; the powerup pad is in a smaller building behind you. The buildings are on a tall peak surrounded by a rectangular pit; falling into the pit is not harmful and there are teleporters on the west, north-east and south-east sides that will put you back on the peak.

This level mainly uses flying enemies; be prepared to drop into the pit to chase demons that have flown out of range, but do not spend too long there as unattended demons can reach the deadline very quickly. Pay attention to lost souls if they get close to the deadline, as when they charge at you they can end up flying straight through the deadline, ending the mission.

Monsters will initially spawn in the north-west corner and head towards the center of the level. From wave three monsters will also spawn in the south-west corner (heading east and north around the building), and from wave five monsters will also spawn from the east. From wave seven, paths will rise connecting the spawn points with the peak and you will have to contend with ground enemies as well.

A shotgun and shells can be found in the center of the level.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	Two cacodemons	Three clips Box of bullets	Four stimpacks
2	Three cacodemons Two lost souls	Two shotgun shells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Shotgun	Four stimpacks Armor
3	Two cacodemons Two lost souls Pain elemental	Two clips Two boxes of shotgun shells Box of bullets Chaingun	Five stimpacks
4	Four cacodemons Four lost souls Pain elemental	Two boxes of shotgun shells Two shotgun shells Two clips Two rockets Box of bullets Super shotgun	Five stimpacks
5	Eight enhanced cacodemons	Three boxes of shotgun shells Two boxes of bullets Two rockets	Six stimpacks Backpack
6	Four enhanced cacodemons Four cacodemons Two lost souls	Four boxes of shotgun shells Four rockets Three boxes of bullets Rocket launcher	Six stimpacks Armor
7	Eight imps Four cacodemons Two enhanced cacodemons	Four boxes of shotgun shells Four rockets Three boxes of bullets Two shotgun shells	Two medikits Two stimpacks
8	10 imps Four cacodemons Pain elemental	Four boxes of shotgun shells Three clips Three rockets Box of rockets Energy cell Landmines	Two medikits Two stimpacks
9	Four enhanced cacodemons Four cacodemons Four demons	Four boxes of shotgun shells Three rockets Two clips Two energy cells Box of rockets Mines Plasma gun	Three stimpacks Two medikits
10	Four barons of Hell Four enhanced cacodemons Four imps Pain elemental	Six boxes of rockets Four boxes of shotgun shells Two rockets Energy cell pack	Three stimpacks Two medikits Megaarmor

Completing this level will award 400 bonus credits.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on this map.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

Current records

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

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

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on February 21, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	90
Vertices	2342*
Linedefs	2711
Sidedefs	4893
Sectors	498

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 2342.

Things

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

Single-player
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	1
Box of shotgun shells	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	11

Cooperative
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	1
Box of shotgun shells	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	11