Heretic

Walkthrough And Strategy Guide

by RambOrc

The Cathedral (E1M6)

 

At the start point, turn right and head up the stairs. Tag along the corridor and jump down at its end. Grab the Yellow Key.

If you need some weaponry, there's a Gauntlets behind a metal door, on the left of the Yellow Key. Also, a hidden room opens when you grab the Key, revealing some Undead Warriors - and a Tome of Power.

     
 

Don't concern yourself with the army of critters in the great hall, you better run and come back later on with heavier weaponry at your disposal. For now, just make for the Yellow Door.

Behind the Yellow Door, turn right and hit the wall switch. Turn around and run to the platform that lowered in one of the tombs. Ride it up, race along the corridor and grab the Crossbow. Now you stand a chance.

     
 

Be sure to collect the Crossbow bolts in the room and waste only Wand Crystals wherever possible. Once you cleared out the area more or less, make to the end of the hall opposite to the Yellow Door. Throw the wall switch and ride the platform up. Grab the Silver Shield, then open the door and drop down.

The lights go out and some monsters appear. Keep your eyes out for the Dragon Claw, it should be ahead of you on your left. After grabbing it, go up the stairs and walk along the ledge on the right side. Try the wall periodically for a secret door in the stained glass wall (your automap might offer some help here).

     
 

Behind the secret door, collect the Time Bombs and exit at either end; your only way is through the darkened room, either way. If you have the Gauntlets and a spare Tome of Power, prepare the Gauntlets, activate the Tome and take the left ledge now. There is no secret door but an illusionary wall, meaning you will suddenly stumble into a hidden alcove. Your best bet to survive now is to suck those attackers dry, healing yourself in the process. With any conventional weapon, you'll most probably be ripped apart at this close range before being able to finish off the Undead Warriors and Golems.

     
 

Drop down into the dark room for the last time, walk up the steps and exit through the door. The last part of the right-hand wall will open if pushed, walk up the stairs and drop down on the coffin. A floor section before you will drop, giving you access to a hidden tunnel. Prepare yourself for a lot of Golems, then dive in.

     
 

Emerging from the tunnel, you'll find yourself in a small graveyard. In the left-hand wall, there is an alcove. Open the door there and grab the Ring of Invulnerability. Get back to the graveyard and walk around the house until you see another alcove. Open its door, enter the teleport, grab the Morph Ovum, teleport back.

Enter the building in the middle of the graveyard. On your left, there is a lighter wall patch, push it to enter the room behind. Throw the switch in there, then enter the teleport. You'll be teleported onto the top of the coffin in the adjoining room. Once you step down, a 3rd room will be revealed, offering you the Green Key.

     
 

Time to get back to the main Cathedral complex. Fastest way is through the alcove where you found the Ring of Invulnerability.

Race up the stairs to the Green Door, open it, and turn right. Run along the long corridor. After the turn, you'll arrive on a ledge overlooking the main hall. Before jumping down, throw the switch on your left. Now you have access to the wall switch at the far end of the room, which in turn lowers the exit portal, leading to The Crypts.

     
 

Before you exit through the great portal which takes you to The Crypts, you should go back to the beginning of the map where you ran away from some lowly critters and show them who's the real master around these parts. When using the Wings of Wrath you found behind the Green Door, you can fly up to the stained glass windows in the first hall, revealing some more secrets.

     
 

In case you also want to see the secret level before proceeding to The Crypts, go back to the Green Door and tag along the corridor once again. Near to its end, there'll be a new opening on the left. Prepare yourself for the biggest Disciple onslaught this far, and enter. Walk down the stairs, turn right, then instead of walking down the next staircase, enter the corridor on the same level to find a switch. Ascend the stairs now, at the end turn left, smash the last Disciple and enter the teleport leading to The Graveyard.

 

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