STR25: Eye of the Storm (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold maps 21-30
STR21: Overmind STR22: Locus of Pestilence STR23: Bipolar Bunker STR24: Aurora Emitter STR25: Eye of the Storm STR26: Deepspace 12 STR27: Cyclone STR28: Terrorforming STR29: Emerald Skies STR30: Convulsion of Nature
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (21 - 30) 31 32 33 34 35 99 Secret maps: 50 52 54 56

This level occupies the map slot STR25. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR25: Eye of the Storm is the twenty-fifth map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) and uses the music track "Orpheus" by Chris Huelsbeck, from Tunnel B1.

This level uses the "Overmind" mode, where the objective is to kill a single large enemy before it destroys all the level's computer cores.

Walkthrough

Map of Eye of the Storm

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

Similar to STR21: Overmind, this level requires you to slay a single Overmind before it destroys seven computer cores placed throughout the level. The Overmind will start at the south-west corner of the level and head north, following the canyon in a clockwise direction; smaller monsters will spawn from five points around the canyon marked by magma pools.

Players will start inside and around a building near the middle of the level, which contains all the item pads and connects with different areas of the canyon so you can quickly resupply before returning to the Overmind. There are also two smaller structures on the east side of a canyon, each of which contains an ammo and a health pad as well as a one-way teleporter that will return you to the main building.

A shotgun and two stacks of shotgun shells are placed in front of player one as the level starts; a second shotgun can be found on the upper level of the main building next to player five. An armor pickup can be found on the north side of the canyon, near the third core.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	20 imps Ten shotgun guys Ten demons	Four boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of rockets Box of bullets	Eight stimpacks Two medikits Backpack
2	30 imps 16 shotgun guys 12 hellions	Six boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of rockets Three boxes of bullets Super shotgun	Eight stimpacks Two medikits Backpack
3	14 catharsi Eight spectres Eight blood demons	Six boxes of shotgun shells Six boxes of rockets Three boxes of bullets Two clips Energy cell pack Rocket launcher	Eight stimpacks Two medikits Megaarmor
4	18 catharsi 16 hellions 12 dune warriors	Eight boxes of rockets Six boxes of shotgun shells Three boxes of bullets Two clips Energy cell pack Shotgun shells Homing rocket launcher	Eight stimpacks Two medikits Backpack
5	30 suicide bombers Eight zombie tanks Six Hell knights	Ten boxes of rockets Seven boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Energy cell pack Chaingun	Eight stimpacks Three medikits Supercharge
6	Eight knights Four barons of Hell Four bruiser demons	Ten boxes of rockets Eight boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Two clips Two energy cells Energy cell pack Shotgun shells Flamethrower	Nine stimpacks Three medikits Megaarmor
7	12 cacodemons 12 enhanced cacodemons Two Hades elemental	Ten boxes of rockets Nine boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Two clips Two energy cells Energy cell pack	Four stimpacks Four medikits Supercharge
8	Eight barons Six cybruisers	Ten boxes of rockets Nine boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Four clips Two energy cells Energy cell pack Railgun	12 stimpacks Four medikits Megasphere
9	40 suicide bombers Ten knights Five cyberdemons	Nine boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Four clips	11 stimpacks Four medikits Time freeze *
10	Five arch-viles Five diabloists	Ten boxes of rockets Nine boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Four clips Two energy cell packs Devastator	12 stimpacks Five medikits
* Only one time freeze powerup will spawn, regardless of the number of players

Completing this level will award 2,400 bonus credits.

Other points of interest

Leave the main building by the south doors. From here you can head south and west down a passage to find a super shield powerup, or head south-east across a stream then north to find a portable super medikit.

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	820
Vertices	10110*
Linedefs	12683
Sidedefs	22849
Sectors	2694

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 10110.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Overmind	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	8
Energy cell	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Super shield	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Portable super medikit	1
Portable medikit	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	13
Overmind core	7

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Overmind	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	8
Energy cell	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Super shield	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Portable super medikit	1
Portable medikit	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	13
Overmind core	7