Doom/E3M1: Hell Keep

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You begin the level staring at a pillow with an eye in the center. Press it to raise the pit you are in to ground level. There will be 3 Imps who will notice you. Ignore them and run toward the building, striking the switch to the left of the door. There are also two boxes of bullets you can acquire. The door will open to expose 2 Cacodemons ("Cacos"). Run back to avoid being shot at by either the Cacos or the Imps, to draw the Cacos out of the building, and allow them to get between each other, this will keep them busy fighting each other so that you can run into the building.

You will find a 25% health pak here if you took any shots from the Imps or the Cacos.

You have two choices at this point, you can run forward along the runway over the lava pit, which gives you access to a shotgun, or you can go to your right and continue on to the rest of the level, skipping the next paragraph.

If you continue forward, you must keep moving fast, because as soon as you step on the runway it begins to sink into the lava; if you do not reach the end, you will have to go around and may die from burns before you can reach it. At the end of the runway is a hidden exit, where the invisible room has 3 Imps and a case of shotgun shells that you'll end up automatically taking. You'll need to kill the imps (using the shotgun), then exit to the side. At this point you will be at the same place as if you had not taken the forward option. Turn to your left to continue, but be careful that neither any surviving Imps or Cacos are in this area; if they are you may have to kill them or may do so if you want to maintain a 100% kill rate.

You will come upon a door that opens to a courtyard where there are 4 IMPs and 2 Cacos. I recommend you run for the next door on the right, and if you want to go after them, do so later. The reason for this is if you are fast enough, the Imps will not follow you and the Cacos can't (they're too big).

Entering this door leads to a tight corridor and four Demons. You will need to kill them to get through the corridor. Once you kill them, then you can go back and take on the Cacos and Imps that were in the main corridor, but you'll have a better environment since only the Imps can come after you; the Cacos can't get through the door, and you can step to the side out of the range of their fire attacks.

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