W4: The Palace of Tears (Elementalism)

Elementalism maps
Hub
Realm of Earth E1 E2 E3 E4 E5
Realm of Water W1: A Watery Grave W2: The Sunken Temple W3: Roots of the Weeping Mountain W4: The Palace of Tears W5: The Fountainhead
Realm of Fire F1 F2 F3 F4 F5

This level occupies the map slot W4. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

This article about a map is a stub. Please help the Doom Wiki by adding to it.

W4: The Palace of Tears is the fourth map in the Realm of Water episode of Elementalism. It was designed by Clayton Sobrino (Clay) and Ben Mansell (Bauul), and uses the music track "The Spawn of Set" by Tom Jensen (HexenMapper). The par time defined in ZMAPINFO is 18:00.

Walkthrough

Map of The Palace of Tears

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.

Secrets

1. Leave the first temple and head behind it to find a berserk pack. (sector 263)
2. In the south area with blocks, swim all the way east and find an alcove to the north with energy cell packs (not on Hey, Not Too Rough or lower). (sector 2165)
3. In the south area with blocks, go to the elemental wand ammo and jump off to the west, then head north and east to get more elemental wand ammo. (thing 1849)
4. Head north from the hub and go to the bridge with blue torches. Go underneath the bridge to find elemental wand ammo. (thing 3561)
5. In the dark maze near the center of the temple, go to the northwest exit. Just before the exit, head west and get energy cell packs. (sector 5501)
6. In the oasis area, head to the east waterfall and climb up. Head south to get elemental wand ammo. (sector 4264)
7. In the same oasis area, swim to the left side, but stay in the water and dive in. Swim south and west, then north and up. Head southeast to get a BFG9000 and energy cell packs. (sector 5128)

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 August 20, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	4622
Vertices	26322
Linedefs	32488
Sidedefs	59991
Sectors	6789

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Imp	20	20	27	31	31	31	31	31
Demon	11	11	13	16	16	16	16	16
Hell knight	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Baron of Hell	1
Arachnotron	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Arch-vile	4	4	5	7	7	7	7	7
Cyberdemon	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Vulgar	25	25	28	30	30	30	30	30
Aracnorb	13	13	27	41	41	41	41	41
Deep One	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Box of bullets	38
4 shotgun shells	19
Box of shotgun shells	27
Rocket	2
Box of rockets	44
Energy cell	41
Energy cell pack	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18
Elemental Wand ammo	7
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Stimpack	2
Medikit	51	51	52	38	38	38	38	38
Armor	5
Megaarmor	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Armor bonus	292
Health bonus	67
Supercharge	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3
Megasphere	7	7	4	2	2	2	2	2
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Invulnerability	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keys	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Teleport landing	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6