Exit Doom II level Tricks and Traps (original) (raw)

To successfully exit Doom II level Tricks and Traps:

One way to exit this level is simply to walk or run across the pedestals to the exit door, before the pedestals drop into the acid. (Contrary to the belief of many frustrated players, it's possible to do this... just not very easy. ;)

Fortunately there is an alternative:

Find the 8-sided "octagon room" where you first arrived on this level. Open the red-keyed door (on the west side of this octagonal room), and look into the room of pedestals beyond it. Check around to make sure there are no monsters that can shoot/claw/bump into you at an inconvenient time. If possible, you may wish to save your game at this point.

Now switch to Automap mode. On the Automap, you should see that red-keyed doorway to the west of the arrow-shaped player icon. The first few pedestals beyond this doorway should be represented as squares on the Automap.

There is an invisible tripwire, running north-south, which bisects that empty space between the doorway and the first pedestal.

You may want to zoom in your Automap for the next maneuver: Slowly and carefully inch your way westward until the exact center of the player icon (the player character's axis of rotation) just barely crosses that invisible tripwire. At the instant this happens, quickly back up, away from the pedestal, to step back into the octagon room.

Switch back to first-person view, and go through the door on the north side of the octagon room. Look left/west, and you should see a teleporter booth. (This booth is opened by crossing that tripwire. If the booth is not there, you will have to go back to the pedestal and try again.) Don't confuse this booth with one that may or may not be open on the east wall (to your right) as you walk into this room.

This left-side teleporter will transport you directly into the tiny exit chamber. Be alert for one or more monsters that may already be in the chamber...

PC Doom II players can download demos of this level, which show methods for accessing the exit, by clicking here.

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