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Level 43: The Inmost Dens
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Level 43: The Inmost Dens

Complete walkthrough for Doom (1993) Level 43, "The Inmost Dens". Find the Red Key, Blue Key, and exit switch with step-by-step instructions and enemy placements.

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Complete walkthrough for Doom (1993) Level 43, "The Inmost Dens". Find the Red Key, Blue Key, and exit switch with step-by-step instructions and enemy placements.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start the level, turn right, and head down the staircase. Kill Heavy Weapon Dudes on pillars.
  2. 2
    Continue down the path, ignoring the Red Door to your right. Kill Shotgun Guys.
  3. 3
    Enter the first door on your right; it will open another door. Go through both.
  4. 4
    Turn right, follow the path, and head up the staircase on your left. Kill Shotgun Guys and Imps.
  5. 5
    At the top, open and go through the door. Kill Imps and collect Stimpacks.
  6. 6
    Back up from the window across from the door and RUN through it to reach a platform.
  7. 7
    Go through the opening ahead. Turn left and proceed to the end of the hall, killing Shotgun Guys and Heavy Weapon Dudes.
  8. 8
    At the end of the hall, turn left, grab the Plasma Gun and Red Key.
  9. 9
    Go back through the opening you used to enter the hallway.
  10. 10
    Head straight and RUN across the gap to return to the walkway.
  11. 11
    Follow the walkway to the door leading back into the room. Go through it.
  12. 12
    Enter the next door. Go through it.
  13. 13
    Turn left and follow the path to the Red Door. Open it and go through.
  14. 14
    Hit the switch in front of you. Red Bars to your left will lower. Go through the door past the lowered bars.
  15. 15
    Enter the next room. Kill Zombiemen and Shotgun Guys with rockets. Collect their ammo and Shotguns.
  16. 16
    Open and go through the door at the other end of the room.
  17. 17
    Kill Imps and Heavy Weapon Dudes, then collect their Chainguns. Pick up the Blue Key. Leave the room.
  18. 18
    Go through the door across from you.
  19. 19
    Go through the door across from you again.
  20. 20
    Turn right and follow the path until you see a door on your right. Enter it.
  21. 21
    Turn right, follow the path, and head up the staircase on your left.
  22. 22
    At the top, open and go through the door.
  23. 23
    RUN through the window across from you to land on the pathway.
  24. 24
    Go through the opening across from you.
  25. 25
    In the hall where the Red Key was, go right until you hit a wall, killing Shotgun Guys and Heavy Weapon Dudes.
  26. 26
    At the end of this hall, turn left. Kill the Shotgun Guy on the lift, then lower it, get on, and ride to the top.
  27. 27
    Go through the opening next to you. Follow the hall, killing Shotgun Guys and Spectres.
  28. 28
    Go through the opening on your right.
  29. 29
    Open and go through the Blue Door. Kill the Heavy Weapon Dudes.
  30. 30
    At the other end of the room is a window. Back up and RUN through it to the platform across.
  31. 31
    Open the door in front of you and go through it.
  32. 32
    Hit the exit switch.

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