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Level 17: Hell Keep
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Level 17: Hell Keep

Detailed walkthrough for Level 17: Hell Keep in Doom. Find the Red Key, Blue Key, Yellow Key, and exit switch with step-by-step instructions and tips.

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Detailed walkthrough for Level 17: Hell Keep in Doom. Find the Red Key, Blue Key, Yellow Key, and exit switch with step-by-step instructions and tips.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start the level, kill the Imp, open the door ahead, and proceed.
  2. 2
    Kill the Cacodemon, open the door to your left, and go through.
  3. 3
    Open the door to your left again and enter. Kill the Imps to your left and right, then head straight.
  4. 4
    Pick up the Box of Shotgun Shells and go up the stairs to your right.
  5. 5
    At the top, go through the opening to your right, hit the switch, and return through the opening.
  6. 6
    Head right to grab the Red Key.
  7. 7
    Turn around, go back through the opening to your left, and drop down to the floor below.
  8. 8
    Head left and leave the room. Open the door in front of you and go through.
  9. 9
    Head down the stairs to the right.
  10. 10
    Before entering the Red Door, turn right and destroy the barrels, as you will teleport there.
  11. 11
    Go back, open the Red Door, and enter. Walk forward to reveal a teleporter and step into it.
  12. 12
    You will be teleported to where the barrels were. Head left and follow the hallway to the Blue Key. Grab it and drop back down to the floor below.
  13. 13
    Head straight and go through the opening to your left.
  14. 14
    Head up the stairs. At the top, head left, then turn right to reach the Blue Door.
  15. 15
    Open the Blue Door and enter. Kill the Imps in front of you.
  16. 16
    Get the Yellow Key at the other end of the room.
  17. 17
    Turn around; doors will open revealing Imps and Cacodemons. Kill them all.
  18. 18
    Go through the opening to the right of the Blue Door. Hit the switch in front of you; a door to the left will open. Go through it.
  19. 19
    You are back at the level's starting point. Open the Yellow Door at the other end of the room.
  20. 20
    Before entering the Yellow Door, pick up the Plasma Gun and Energy Cell Pack to your right.
  21. 21
    Enter the Yellow Door and hit the exit switch.

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