STR34: Three Ways to Die (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 STR34. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR34: Three Ways to Die is the thirty-fourth map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) 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 Three Ways to Die

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

In this level you need to avoid going outside whenever possible as your health will gradually drain away. There are three buildings in this level - all players start in building one (the south building) which contains a set of item pads, building two (the middle building) contains another set of item pads, and building three (the west building) contains the core. Use the numbered teleporters in each building to move between them safely.

Monsters will initially spawn from a cavern in the south-east corner and head west through building one, then follow a looping path until they return to building one and head north to building two; after passing through building two the monsters will follow another loop until they head west through building two to the core (there are floor arrows in buildings one and two to assist you). From wave six monsters will also start spawning from a raised area in the middle of the level, proceeding straight to building two.

No extra weapons or ammo are provided at the start of this level; consider using a random weapon powerup to give yourself something stronger than the pistol. If you cannot kill monsters on their first pass through each building, wait for them to loop round and kill them on their second pass. Be careful when teleporting between the buildings in later waves, as you risk teleporting straight into a room full of aggressive monsters.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	32 zombiemen 32 suicide bombers 24 shotgun guys Eight chaingunners Eight rocket zombies	-	-
2	Ten demons Ten spectres Four blood demons Four nightmare demons	Five boxes of bullets Four boxes of shotgun shells Autoshotgun	Two stimpacks Supercharge
3	16 lost souls Ten cacodemons Eight enhanced cacodemons Eight Hades spheres Hades elemental	Five boxes of bullets Four boxes of shotgun shells Three shotgun shells Two rockets Chaingun	Three stimpacks Armor
4	16 arachnotrons 12 fusion spiders Ten mancubi Eight hectebi	Five boxes of bullets Five boxes of shotgun shells Four rockets Energy cell Shotgun shells Super shotgun	Four stimpacks Radiation shielding suit
5	24 Hell knights 16 barons of Hell Four cybruisers Three bruiser demons Two pyrodemons	Six boxes of shotgun shells Five boxes of bullets Three rockets Box of rockets Energy cell Rocket launcher	Five stimpacks Medikit Backpack
6	56 shadows 24 phase imps 24 nightmare demons Two terminators	Six boxes of shotgun shells Five boxes of bullets Two boxes of rockets Two energy cells Two shotgun shells Two rockets Plasma gun	Six stimpacks Medikit Backpack
7	32 imps 30 hellions 20 wickeds 16 catharsi Four arch-viles	Seven boxes of shotgun shells Five boxes of bullets Three boxes of rockets Two energy cells Rocket Shotgun shells Homing rocket launcher	Six stimpacks Two medikits Radiation suit
8	30 dune warriors Ten arachnotrons Ten hectebi	Eight boxes of shotgun shells Six boxes of bullets Six boxes of rockets Four energy cells Two rockets Rocket launcher	Seven stimpacks Two medikits Megasphere
9	96 suicide bombers 96 Hades spheres Four Hades elementals	12 boxes of rockets Ten boxes of bullets Eight boxes of bullets Four rockets Three energy cells Energy cell pack Plasma gun	Seven stimpacks Three medikits Quad damage
10	Six cyberdemons *	25 boxes of rockets 15 boxes of shotgun shells Eight boxes of bullets Three energy cell packs Three rockets Energy cell Homing rocket launcher	Eight stimpacks Three medikits Megaarmor Radiation suit
* Six cyberdemons will always spawn, regardless of skill level or number of players

Completing this level will award 3,300 bonus credits.

Other points of interest

Head due north from building two until you reach a small structure - there is a green access disk sitting here next to a marine corpse. The disk can be used in the main hub to unlock STR56: Phobos Anomaly.

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	405
Vertices	6581*
Linedefs	8355
Sidedefs	15697
Sectors	2122

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 6581.

Things

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

Single-player
Other characters	1-2	3	4-5
Disco sitting marine	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Green access disk	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	13
Power core	1

Cooperative
Other characters	1-2	3	4-5
Disco sitting marine	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Green access disk	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	13
Power core	1