MAP21: Nirvana (Doom II)

This level occupies the map slot MAP21. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP21.

Template:Doom II 21-30 MAP21: Nirvana is the twenty-first map of Doom II, named after the Nirvana, the Buddhist version of Christianism's Heaven, that ends the whole reincarnation cycle in Earth. It was designed by Sandy Petersen and uses the music track "Countdown To Death". Coincidentally, Kurt Cobain, the leader of popular rock band Nirvana, died by committing suicide with a shotgun blast the same year Doom II was released, and since a double-barrel shotgun is found at the first sector, it may be somewhat of an homage of that event.

Strategy

Map of MAP21

Walkthrough

Pick up the health bonuses and medikits in the starting area (A) and kill the imps in front of you. Take the teleporter on the right. On the other side, continue along the path either way, killing spectres and shotgun guys along the way. Once you approach the teleporter at the end, the wall will open, releasing two pairs of revenants. Flip the switch to lower the wall, then step through the second teleporter (B).

In the next area, flip all four switches on the triangular platform (C). This raises a staircase in front of you. The nearest step actually acts as a lift, so lower it and step on. Once it has risen again, you can jump onto the triangular platform (D) to retrieve the rocket launcher. Afterwards, climb the stairs and continue down towards a horde of imps and mancubi as well as two teleporters. Take the one on the right.

In the next area, press the use key on any of the four walls to lower them, unleashing an ambush of imps around you. Crossing into their territory causes the next four walls two lower, revealing a further two pain elementals. After all the enemies are dead, pick up the yellow skull key (E) and go through the teleporter. To get the megasphere in the room you just came from, flip the switch closest to the teleporter and go through again. Run into the megasphere's corner before it rises again. Once you have obtained the megasphere, flip the other switch to open a shortcut back to the starting area. This time take the teleporter on the left (F).

Open the yellow walls in the next area. From here, follow the ledge around to the end, then drop down onto the imps' platform and flip the switch. This lowers the chaingunners' platform across the way, where you can pick up the red key (G). Grab the nearby radiation suit and head back out into the main slime pit with the brown platforms. The blue key rests on the northwestern-most platform (H). Lower the platform just southeast of this as you would a lift, ride it up and drop onto the blue key platform. Once you've obtained all 3 keys, head back to the southeast corner of the pit and lower the platform there (I). Ride it back up to the ledge, make your way through the red and blue barriers, then exit.

Secrets

There are no official secrets in this level.

Bugs

In the room you teleport to after fighting the Revenants, occasionally if you switch all four switches too fast it can result in some of them not working, leaving the player permanantly stuck in the first area of the map. This can result in extreme frustration, and the frustration can lead to broken consoles in my case.

Speedrunning

Routes and tricks

You do not need the blue key to finish this level, as there is enough space to fit through the gap between the blue doors.

Records

The Compet-N records for the map are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	00:17	Vincent Catalaá	2001-11-21	Template:Competnftp
NM speed	00:27	Jakub "method_man" Razak	2003-06-27	Template:Competnftp
UV max	02:19	Anders Johnsen	2003-01-17	Template:Competnftp
NM100S
UV -fast	02:44	Vincent Catalaá	2000-01-30	Template:Competnftp
UV -respawn	02:15	Henning Skogsto	2000-04-05	Template:Competnftp
UV Tyson	09:50	Daniel "Demonlord" Lindgren	1997-06-18	Template:Competnftp
UV pacifist	00:28	Kim "N.C." Lundqvist	2003-11-16	Template:Competnftp

Statistics

Map data

Things	217
Vertices	396
Linedefs	327
Sidedefs	538
Sectors	61

Things

Monsters	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Sergeants	7	14	19
Spectres	0	0	3
Imps	24	55	76
Pain Elementals	0	1	2
Chaingunners	3	8	11
Revenants	1	2	4
Mancubi	0	1	3
Hell Knights	0	3	6
Powerups	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Backpacks	1	1	1
Medikits	20	20	20
Health bonuses	16	16	16
Invulnerabilities	1	1	1
Radiation suits	4	4	4
Megasphere	1	1	1
Weapons	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Rocket launchers	1	1	1
Super shotguns	1	1	1
Ammunition	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Rockets	6	6	6
Rocket boxes	1	1	1
Shell boxes	4	4	4
Keys	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Red skulls	1	1	1
Yellow skulls	1	1	1
Blue skulls	1	1	1
Barrels	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Exploding barrels	6	6	6

External links

• MAP21 demos from the Compet-n database
• Top-down perspective view of all Doom II levels by Ian Albert