MAP28: The Spirit World (Doom II)

This level occupies the map slot MAP28. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP28.

Template:Doom II 21-30 MAP28: The Spirit World is the twenty-eighth map of Doom II. It was designed by Sandy Petersen and uses the music track "Getting Too Tense".

Strategy

Map of MAP28

Walkthrough

At the start go towards the west opening and follow the hall down towards a large room with some isolated lava (A). In the east wall of the room you will see a small opening, big enough to go through it. Follow the narrow path towards a huge room with Spiders (B). Go towards the south side and run. Near the yellow door (C), go to the south and climb the stairs to a room with pillars and a chair (D).Walk on the chair and back up to a platform that had lowered. Hit the north switch (E) and get the yellow key behind a door.

Return to the lava area and go through the yellow door (F) and return to the small pathway you can in before. At the end, lower the small lift and run through the large room. At the end, ride the lift up (G) and return to the start of the level.

Enter the yellow door and grab the red key (H). Immediately return to the large room with the small lava lakes. This time go to the southwest corner of the room and pass the fake wall (I). You will be in small room with a pillar at the center (J). Shoot the west wall and go through the newly open door. Open the red door (K) and exit but watch out for the Arch-Viles beside the door (L).

Secrets

1. In the room with five pillars at the northern end of the level, there are three alcoves that open. The east wall of the northern alcove (containing a mancubus) opens(M), revealing a secret alcove containing another mancubus and a berserk pack...
2. The north wall of the eastern alcove (containing some revenants and imps) opens(N), revealing a secret alcove containing a revenant and several backpacks...
3. And the east wall of the southern alcove (containing several lost souls) opens(O), revealing a soul sphere.
4. In the "throne room" at the south end of the map (P), step onto the "throne" to lower the circular platform (Q) in the center of the room.
5. While on the circular platform from secret #4, hit the skull switch on the north wall (R) to lower a wall behind the throne (as well as the four pillars). Take the teleporter behind the throne (S) to reach the powerups (T) at the far side of the room.
6. In the "ribbed" hall containing the yellow skull key, there are a pair of "fake" walls (U). The first is in the corner of the L-shaped hall. The arachnotron inside should give it away (it's also visible on the automap). Walk through the wall to get a plasma rifle (V).
7. The second fake wall (W) is about halfway through the north-south running leg of the corridor, on the eastern wall. Inside are several zombies and commandos.

Bugs

• In version 1.666, there were only two Deathmatch start spots, making this level unplayable in deathmatch mode.
• The exit room contains three pits with a Hell Knight and two Revenants, which will all rise when you obtain the megasphere. However, the Revenants are not present on Hey, Not Too Rough or lower, meaning that on that skill level, it is possible to fall into the empty pits, and become unable to escape, unless the noclip cheat is used.

Speedrunning

Records

The Compet-N records for the map are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	00:40	Marijo "Sedlo" Sedlic	2003-02-01	Template:Competnftp
NM speed	00:45	Henning Skogsto	1999-05-01	Template:Competnftp
UV max	03:04	Radek Pecka	2002-03-19	Template:Competnftp
NM100S	01:19	Henning Skogsto	1999-07-10	Template:Competnftp
UV -fast	03:33	Henning Skogsto	1998-09-24	Template:Competnftp
UV -respawn	02:18	Radek Pecka	2002-03-02	Template:Competnftp
UV Tyson	08:38	Henning Skogsto	1999-05-09	Template:Competnftp
UV pacifist	00:45	Radek Pecka	2004-01-02	Template:Competnftp

Statistics

Map data

Things	266
Vertices	749
Linedefs	745
Sidedefs	1057
Sectors	116

Things

Monsters	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Spider Masterminds	1	2	2
Sergeants	0	5	5
Spectres	0	9	17
Imps	8	19	24
Demons	1	4	6
Troopers	3	3	3
Cacodemons	0	1	1
Lost Souls	2	5	12
Arch-Viles	2	3	4
Chaingunners	1	3	6
Revenants	3	10	17
Mancubi	0	1	2
Arachnotrons	3	8	12
Hell Knights	3	6	7
Powerups	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Backpacks	4	4	4
Stim packs	14	14	14
Medikits	7	7	7
Soul spheres	1	1	1
Health bonuses	8	13	13
Armor bonuses	3	3	3
Green armors	1	1	1
Invulnerabilities	5	5	5
Berserks	1	1	1
Megasphere	2	2	2
Weapons	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Chainguns	1	1	1
Rocket launchers	1	1	1
Plasma guns	1	1	1
Chainsaws	1	1	1
BFG 9000s	1	1	1
Super shotguns	1	1	1
Ammunition	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Bulk Cells	7	7	7
Ammo clips	7	8	8
Shells	6	7	7
Rockets	4	4	4
Rocket boxes	2	3	3
Energy cells	3	3	3
Ammo boxes	4	6	6
Shell boxes	3	5	5
Keys	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Red skulls	1	1	1
Yellow skulls	1	1	1
Barrels	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Exploding barrels	1	1	1

External links

• MAP28 demos from the Compet-n database
• Top-down perspective view of Level 28: The Spirit World, by Ian Albert (4.29 MB JPG file)