The Approach

Catacomb 3D

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Level Warp Codes

• 1: The Approach
• 2: Nemesis's Keep
• 3: Ground Floor
• 4: Second Floor
• 5: Third Floor
• 6: Tower One
• 7: Tower Two
• 8: Secret Halls
• 9: Access Floor
• 10: The Dungeon
• 11: Lower Dungeon
• 12: Catacomb
• 13: Lower Reaches
• 14: The Warrens
• 15: Hidden Caverns
• 16: The Fens of Insanity
• 17: Chaos Corridors
• 18: The Labyrinth
• 19: Halls of Blood
• 20: Nemesis's Lair

The Approach is the first level (slot one) of Catacomb 3D (1991). It is set in the mossy brick pathways leading to a portal to Nemesis' keep.

Walkthrough

^{"In this map I just kill a few orcs and find two secrets: A hidden portal and a hidden cache of healing potions."
--kraileth}

The secret portal on this map can skip you all the way to level nine Access Floor, the main hub of the later stage of the game.

Messages

• Path to Keep
• Hidden Treasure Room
• Buried Healing Potions
• Keep Entrance

Enemies Present

• Orcs

Items Present

• Scroll
• Cure Potions
• Treasure Chests

Trivia

• This is the first taste id Software fans got of the endless texture mapped brick mazes that would become famous to players of Wolfenstein 3D (1992).
• This level, as well as The Fens of Insanity and The Labyrinth, set up the naming convention used in the Catacomb Adventure Series of starting levels with "The ".
• Rather than having a level like this to set the scene, the Catacomb Adventure Series all instead feature a denouement Passage to the Surface level.