[02-04-15] Exit Symbols

Learn how Exit Symbols end levels in Duke Nukem 3D, including green symbols for secret levels.

Exit symbols are large circular shaped "radiation" symbols that are mounted on walls. Pressing the Use key on an exit symbol ends the level you are in. After activation, you are shown a statistics screen and then transported to the next level. The animation for hitting the exit symbol leaves you vulnerable for a moment, so you should consider killing most threats around you if you are at low health.

Green exit symbols signify entrances to secret levels. These are rare and are only in a few levels of the game. In a secret level, these symbols act as standard exit symbols and take you to the level that you would have gone to if you had hit the exit symbol in the previous level.

Note that not all levels require you to hit an exit symbol to pass the level. Some levels, like the Red Light District, end when you simply enter a certain room in the level. All levels with boss monsters end when the boss is killed. If there is more than one boss, it will end when the first boss is killed.