The Catacombs are the third level of Dominion of Darkness. The level is entirely indoors and takes place in a large lava-filled cavern, a castle built entirely underground, and a series of flooded catacomb tunnels. In order to finish the level, the player will have to enter a large coffin.
Quick Level Completion
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Walkthrough
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Differences from Easy to Normal
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Differences from Normal to Hard/Nightmare
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Secrets
| Secrets | ||
|---|---|---|
| (#1) |  |
In the first cavern after crossing the bridge and before jumping above the lava, if you look at the walls you will see some stones sticking out and forming stairs, go up to collect the Cells. |
| (#2) |  |
In the fortress you will come across a corridor with a grate on the ceiling and a large door. The torch located at the end is a switch, jump under it to move it and reveal a hidden door with a Teleporter leading to a secret chamber containing the Super Nailgun. |
| (#3) |  |
After going down the spiral staircase, you reach a small room with the Gold Door at your left, shoot the glowing cross in front of you and a 100 Health will fall from the ceiling. |
| (#4) |  |
As you pass the first set of stairs after the room containing Mjolnir, some bricks will pop out of the wall on your right. Climb them and follow the path to collect the Empathy Shield. |
Enemies
| Type | Count | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | Normal | Hard/Nightmare | ||
| Horn of Conjuring Monster | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zombie | 11 | 15 | 11 (16) | 5 Zombies are added on Hard/Nightmare skill levels in the enhanced version only. |
| Knight | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scrag | 4 | 9 | 7 | |
| Gremlin | 13 | 36 | 43 | |
| Ogre | 9 | 13 | 10 | |
| Spike Mine | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Death Knight | 2 | 12 | 15 | |
| Fiend | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Vore | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| Shambler | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Total | 49 | 100 | 123 (128) | |
Glitches
- There is a Shambler that spawns inside the court of the castle that will not spawn in unless you collect the large Box of Rockets to the right of the castle, on the edge of the lava moat. It is unsure if this is technically a glitch, or if this the way it is intended to work, as this same mechanic is present in certain other maps (example, E4M5: Hell's Atrium, with the box of Cells that must be collected for the stained-glass windows containing 2 Zombies and a Spawn to open). If you touch the Box of Rockets, but do not pick them up, the Shambler will not spawn.
- This level is known for occasionally not displaying the Silver Key or refuse to spawn the 2 Vores upon grabbing the Silver Key, resulting in the level becoming softlocked and therefore impossible to continue. While this glitch is mostly famous among the DarkPlaces community, this glitch also happens on any other engines, as well as on vanilla. Seems to have been fixed completely in the 2021 Remaster, but this has yet to be officially confirmed one way or the other.
Deathmatch
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Video
Quake 1 Scourge Of Armagon - Episode 2 (Dominion Of Darkness) - Map 3 (The Catacombs) P1
The Walkthrough of Dominion Of Darkness Part One.
Quake 1 Scourge Of Armagon - Episode 2 (Dominion Of Darkness) - Map 3 (The Catacombs) P2
The Walkthrough of Dominion Of Darkness Part Two.
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