STR54: Fortress of Damnation (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold secret maps
STR50: Duke it Out STR52: City of Silence - Apocalypse STR54: Fortress of Damnation STR56: Phobos Anomaly
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This level occupies the map slot STR54. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR54: Fortress of Damnation is the third secret map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) and uses the music track "Cerberus" by Chris Huelsbeck, from Tunnel B1.

This level uses the "Goals" mode, where the objective is to prevent monsters destroying a series of targets.

Walkthrough

Map of Fortress of Damnation

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 bridge leading to a small castle; monsters will initially spawn from a portal inside this castle. After wave three two more spawn points will appear at the south-west and south-east corners of the castle keep, and after wave six another two spawn points will activate at the north-east and north-west corners of the keep.

The monsters have two objectives to destroy in this level - first the landing area on the east side of the level, then the mission control by the start point. To reach the landing area the monsters must cross the bridge leading from the castle, then head east and south across a second bridge; this gives you plenty of opportunity to push them back and place obstacles in their path. Some marines will appear on the bridge and near the mission control at the start of the level; they will not last long but can kill some monsters for you.

Health, weapon and ammo pads can be found by the start point, while the powerup pad and a second ammo pad can be found by the landing area. Make sure to grab the shotgun, super shotgun and rocket launcher in front of you as the level starts, a chaingun by the keep entrance, and a plasma gun by the tower at the landing area.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	20 demons 10 blood demons 10 suicide bombers	Shotgun	Eight stimpacks
2	20 imps 20 spectres Five Hell knights	Five boxes of rockets Three boxes of bullets Three rockets Two clips Two shotgun shells Box of shotgun shells	Nine stimpacks Three medikits
3	6 barons of Hell Five mancubi Five arachnotrons	Five boxes of rockets Three boxes of bullets Two boxes of shotgun shells Shotgun	Nine stimpacks Four medikits Armor
4	15 shadows 10 enhanced cacodemons 10 hectebi	Seven boxes of rockets Five boxes of bullets Four shotgun shells Two boxes of shotgun shells Two rockets Clip Railgun	Ten stimpacks Six medikits
5	30 imps 20 blood demons 10 nightmare demons	Eight boxes of rockets Four boxes of bullets Four rockets Three boxes of shotgun shells Two clips Mines Gas canister Landmines	11 stimpacks Eight medikits Backpack
6	30 demons 12 knights Eight barons	Eight boxes of rockets Seven boxes of bullets Four boxes of shotgun shells Four rockets Two shotgun shells Pyrocannon	Eight medikits Seven stimpacks Time freezer
7	16 hellions 10 wickeds Two arch-viles	Seventeen boxes of rockets Seven boxes of bullets Six boxes of shells Three gas canisters Three rockets Gas pack Autoshotgun	Nine medikits Eight stimpacks
8	20 Hades spheres 15 catharsi Two Hades elementals	Nine boxes of rockets Eight boxes of bullets Seven boxes of shells Three rockets BFG9000	10 medikits Nine stimpacks Megasphere
9	10 arachnotrons Five cybruisers Two spiderdemons	Sixteen boxes of rockets Eight boxes of bullets Eight boxes of shotgun shells Gas pack Gas canister Homing rocket launcher	Ten stimpacks Eight medikits Quad damage
10	10 spectres 10 barons Eight bruiserdemons	Nine boxes of rockets Eight boxes of bullets Seven boxes of shotgun shells Three rockets Two gas packs Mines Flamethrower	12 stimpacks Four medikits Megaarmor

Completing this level will award 1,500 bonus credits.

Secrets

1. At the keep entrance, climb the east staircase and follow the castle wall round to its south side. Look at the castle to see a broken bridge leading to a supercharge, which can be reached by jumping. (sector 538)

Speedrunning

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
NM 100S
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	322
Vertices	3910*
Linedefs	4714
Sidedefs	8600
Sectors	1053

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 3910.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun marine	3
Chaingun marine	6
Rocket launcher marine	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	6
Box of shotgun shells	6
Rocket	13
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	18
Medikit	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Health bonus	18
Supercharge	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	10
Red goal	2

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun marine	3
Chaingun marine	6
Rocket launcher marine	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	6
Box of shotgun shells	8
Rocket	13
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	18
Medikit	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Health bonus	18
Supercharge	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	10
Red goal	2