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Level 13: Dark Citadel
Doom 64

Level 13: Dark Citadel

Complete walkthrough for Doom 64's Level 13, Dark Citadel. Find all switches, keys, and the exit with step-by-step instructions and enemy locations.

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Complete walkthrough for Doom 64's Level 13, Dark Citadel. Find all switches, keys, and the exit with step-by-step instructions and enemy locations.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the start, go left, then straight until a wall. Turn right and follow the left wall to an opening.
  2. 2
    Enter, kill Spectres and Hell Knights. Find and hit the switch on one of the pillars.
  3. 3
    Return to the level's starting room. Facing the opening you came from, turn around and follow the right wall to an opening.
  4. 4
    Go through, follow the left wall to another opening, then go through. Follow the right wall to a third opening and go through.
  5. 5
    The floor will lower. Follow the right wall, killing any Barons of Hell, to an opening.
  6. 6
    Go through, hit the switch on the pedestal, and leave the room.
  7. 7
    Back in the main area, get the Blue Key in the center (watch for darts from pillars).
  8. 8
    Go to the northwest lift, ride it to the top.
  9. 9
    Go through the opening ahead. Enter the middle window and drop down.
  10. 10
    Turn right, follow the right wall to Blue Bars. Open them and go through.
  11. 11
    Hit the switch in front of you, then leave the small room.
  12. 12
    Turn left, follow the left wall to a switch. Hit it, and the lift to your left will lower. Ride it to the top.
  13. 13
    Go through the opening across from you. Turn right and go all the way right until you hit a wall. Then go all the way left until you hit another wall.
  14. 14
    Look for a switch hanging by the ceiling and hit it. The floor will lower.
  15. 15
    Go through the opening. Navigate the bookshelf mazes, killing Shotgun Guys, to the opening at the other end.
  16. 16
    Head down the stairs. Find and hit the switch within the bookshelf maze.
  17. 17
    Leave this room and head back up the stairs. Navigate the maze to the opening in the north part of this room.
  18. 18
    Go through. Navigate the maze to the opening in the west part of this room.
  19. 19
    Go through. Enter the opening to your right. Follow the hall to a switch. Hit it.
  20. 20
    The wall will lower like a lift. Ride it to the top. Follow the hall to the Red Key and pick it up.
  21. 21
    Go to the window and drop down. Turn right, follow the right wall to a switch.
  22. 22
    Hit the switch. The wall to your left will lower. Ride it to the top.
  23. 23
    Go straight to the Red Door. Open it and go through.
  24. 24
    Get the Yellow Key in the middle of the room.
  25. 25
    Open the door at the other end of the room. Kill the Baron of Hell and hit the exit switch.

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