STR19: Tarstone Fortress (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold maps 11-20
STR11: Tunnel STR12: Dangoo Desert STR13: Inferno STR14: Orbit STR15: Armageddon STR16: Frozen STR17: Slaughtered STR18: Delta Bunker STR19: Tarstone Fortress STR20: Dusk
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 (11 - 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 STR19. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR19: Tarstone Fortress is the nineteenth map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Björn Ostmann (Vader) and uses the music track "lax_here" by Damian Lee (Lexus Alyus).

This level uses the "Limit" mode, where the objective is to prevent too many monsters crossing the deadline.

Walkthrough

Map of Tarstone Fortress

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

All players start in a cross-shaped hall; the deadline is the red flesh-gate south of the start point, and you must not allow more than 50 monsters to pass through it. There are six item pads - one weapon, one powerup, two ammo and two health - in the central hall, and a second powerup pad in an outdoor area to the north. From here you can head south-west or south-east to find lifts leading up to chambers with another health and ammo pad.

Monsters will initially spawn from a dark room in the south-east corner of the level, then follow a passage up to the central hall before heading south-west to the deadline. From wave four monsters will also spawn from a cavern in the south-west corner of the level, following a tunnel north-east to the central hall.

The narrow passages corral monsters, making them easier to hit with landmines and the rocket launcher; however, they can make it harder to avoid incoming attacks, particularly from cyberdemons and bruiser demons.

A shotgun and a box of shotgun shells can be found north-east of the start point, while a chaingun and two boxes of bullets can be found in a crate south-west of the start point.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	20 imps Ten shadows Two spectres Two demons	-	-
2	24 imps 12 shadows Ten hellions Six spectres	Four boxes of bullets Four boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of rockets Super shotgun	Six stimpacks Four medikits Armor Backpack
3	16 Hell knights Ten lost souls Ten cacodemons Ten wickeds	Ten boxes of rockets Six boxes of bullets Five boxes of shotgun shells Rocket launcher	Six stimpacks Four medikits Supercharge
4	28 imps 20 demons Ten spectres Six barons of Hell	Ten boxes of rockets Eight boxes of bullets Five boxes of shotgun shells Two energy cells Landmines	Six stimpacks Five medikits Armor
5	14 wickeds 12 hellions 10 enhanced cacodemons Six shadows Five Hell warriors	12 boxes of rockets Ten boxes of bullets Seven boxes of shotgun shells Three energy cells Energy cell pack Plasma gun	Seven stimpacks Six medikits
6	20 imps 16 hellions Six knights Two bruiser demons	12 boxes of rockets Seven boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Three energy cell packs Two energy cells Homing rocket launcher	Eight stimpacks Seven medikits Backpack Megasphere
7	12 cacodemons Eight spectres Eight Hell warriors Two cyberdemons	14 boxes of rockets Eight boxes of shotgun shells Six energy cell packs Two boxes of bullets Two energy cells Plasma repeater	Nine stimpacks Nine medikits Megaarmor
8	30 hellions 30 imps 16 enhanced cacodemons Six bruiser demons	16 boxes of rockets Nine boxes of shotgun shells Seven energy cell packs Box of bullets Flamethrower	11 medikits Ten stimpacks Time freeze
9	40 hellions 30 knights Two arch-viles Two cyberdemons	18 boxes of rockets Eight energy cell packs Five boxes of shotgun shells Gas pack BFG9000	13 medikits 12 stimpacks Megaarmor
10	20 imps 18 cacodemons Eight Hell warriors Six bruiser demons	20 boxes of rockets Eight energy cell packs Five mines Four boxes of shotgun shells Two energy cells Two gas canisters Gas pack	15 medikits 14 stimpacks Megasphere

Completing this level will award 1,800 bonus credits.

Other points of interest

A rocket launcher can be found in a room above the central hall, overlooking the west spawn point. You can get there using the lift south-west of the outdoor area.

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	414
Vertices	8793*
Linedefs	12072
Sidedefs	21830
Sectors	3152

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 8793.

Things

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

Single-player
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	1
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	1
Energy cell	4
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	15

Cooperative
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	1
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	1
Energy cell	4
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	15