STR31: Black Gold (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold maps 31-35
STR31: Black Gold STR32: Snake Corridors STR33: Antlion Nebula STR34: Three Ways to Die STR35: The Final Stand MAP99: Intermission
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 (31 - 35, 99) Secret maps: 50 52 54 56

This level occupies the map slot STR31. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR31: Black Gold is the thirty-first map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) and uses the music track "Oceanos" by Chris Huelsbeck, from Tunnel B1.

This level uses the "Core" mode, where the objective is to prevent monsters destroying a computer core.

Walkthrough

Map of Black Gold

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

The core is in front of players one to five as the level starts, along with a shotgun, super shotgun, two backpacks and four boxes of shotgun shells. The four item pads can be found near the core, and additional ammo and health pads can be found in the two wide passages leading to the core. There are two teleporters in the north-west and south-east corners of the level that have a chaingun, rocket launcher and ammo next to them; use the teleporters to quickly return to the core building.

Monsters will spawn from two gray rock areas in the north-east corner of the level; the north group will head west to enter the core building by its north entrance, while the south group will head south to enter the core building by its east entrance. The spawn points will remain the same for the entire level.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	32 imps Eight Hell knights Four arachnotrons	-	-
2	35 catharsi Seven barons of Hell Three hectebi	Six boxes of rockets Two shotgun shells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Rocket launcher	Two stimpacks Medikit Armor
3	20 shadows Ten mancubi Four fusion spiders	Eight boxes of rockets Two gas packs Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Energy cell pack Flamethrower	Two stimpacks Medikit
4	Ten arachnotrons Six fusion spiders Spiderdemon	Ten box of rockets Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Energy cell pack Gas canister Plasma gun	Three stimpacks Medikit Armor
5	18 enhanced cacodemons 18 cacodemons Pain elemental	11 box of rockets Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Energy cell pack Gas canister	Four stimpacks Medikit
6	30 mancubi 15 arachnotrons Four hectebi	12 box of rockets Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Energy cell pack Gas canister	Four stimpacks Medikit Armor
7	22 knights Spiderdemon Cyberdemon	13 box of rockets Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Energy cell pack Gas canister BFG9000	Five stimpacks Medikit Partial invisibility
8	18 catharsi Eight hectebi Six fusion spiders	14 box of rockets Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Energy cell pack Gas canister	Three medikits Two stimpacks Megaarmor
9	Ten barons Three spiderdemons Demolisher	15 box of rockets Two energy cell packs Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Gas canister Pyrocannon	Three medikits Two stimpacks
10	25 enhanced cacodemons Two pain elementals Hades elemental	15 box of rockets Two energy cell packs Two shotgun shells Two energy cells Box of bullets Box of shotgun shells Gas pack Gas canister	Three stimpacks Three medikits Megaarmor

Completing this level will award 3,000 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	390
Vertices	10347*
Linedefs	14386
Sidedefs	25820
Sectors	3491

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 10347.

Things

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

Single-player
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	5
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	8
Box of rockets	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Backpack	3
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	11
Power core	1

Cooperative
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	5
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	8
Box of rockets	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Backpack	3
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	11
Power core	1