Fear Castle or fear castle is a Single Player and Multiplayer level in Quake. There is no in-game name for this level, the name comes from documentation included with the file.
Quick Level Completion
- Proceed forward and go through the Door to enter the castle.
- Head through either doorway, then ascend the staircase.
- Turn around, then shoot the Button above the fireplace.
- Head around the staircase, then drop through the hole to the basement level.
- Swim to the upper right corner to press a Button.
- Turn left and head to the corner, then turn around to surface on the platform above.
- Proceed forward, then turn left into the doorway to exit the level.
Walkthrough
Fear Castle
Proceed forward onto the drawbridge to collect the Double-Barrelled Shotgun. Continue forward to the entryway of the castle straight ahead to collect two 25 Health, one on each side of the main Door. Ignore the entry Door, instead turning left and dropping into the Water. Proceed forward to the platform straight ahead to collect the Nails, then turn around and return to the Water. Collect the Nails beside the pillar to your left, to the left of this is a doorway leading into the castle. Ignore this and instead continue crossing the room while killing 2 Rotfish. Collect the Quad Damage in the upper right corner, then swim back to climb onto the platform across from the Nails platform. Turn left to look down the platform, then kill the Zombie before heading down the platform to collect the 100 Health and Shells. Drop to the Water to your left to reach an Elevator, then turn left at the top. You are now back at the entrance to the castle beside the drawbridge, head to the doorway leading into the castle.
Turn right into the doorway, then head to the end to go through a Door. Straight ahead is a Quake symbol, turn left to kill a Knight. Head through the doorway to your right while turning right, then kill the Ogre on top of the staircase. Collect the Shells on the near side, the Quad Damage beside the fireplace in the middle of the room, and the 25 Health on the far side. Head up the staircase while turning left, you will be facing an id Software logo. Turn around to kill a Knight on the upper balcony. Shoot the Button on top of the fireplace, this will result in the message "drop in" being displayed. Head around the back side of the staircase to collect the Green Armor, 100 Health, and Nails. To your left is a hole leading to the basement of the castle, this was a Door that was opened up when you shot the Button; ignore this as it just provides a shortcut.
To the left and right are two wings of the castle, both closed off with Doors. Go through the right Door to kill a Knight, then turn left to kill a Rottweiler. Turn right once more to collect the Shells on the opposite side of the room, then turn right once more to go through the doorway while collecting the Ring of Shadows between you and the doorway and the Rockets just past the doorway. You are now in one of the two spiral staircases of the castle, ascend to the top of this one and go through the doorway to collect the Nailgun. You are now on the balcony overlooking the room you were just in, head to your left to collect the Green Armor while killing the Ogre on the far side of the room. Follow the balcony to your right to collect the Rockets, Rocket Launcher, and two 25 Health. Turn left, then go through the Door to reach the balcony overlooking the id Software room. Collect the 25 Health beside you, then continue forward to collect the Grenade Launcher. Go through the Door on the far side to kill the Fiend. You are now on the balcony overlooking the wing you have not been to yet, look to your left to kill the Knight on the floor below. Cross to the far side of the balcony to collect the Super Nailgun. Look into the lower floor once more to kill another Knight on the side opposite the first, then turn around and go through the nearby doorway. Collect the 25 Health at the top of the spiral staircase, then head to the middle floor to kill the Rottweiler. Go through the doorway leading to the lower floor of the wing you have yet to enter, then collect the Nailgun from the middle of the room and the Shells from the upper left corner.
Ignore the Door in this room as it just leads back to the main hub, instead heading back to the staircase you were just at and descending to the bottom floor. Collect the Nails at the base of the stairs, then turn left to kill a Scrag. Continue forward to collect the Shells under the stairs, then turn around to kill another Scrag. Continue forward to the wall, then turn left to kill a Knight. Cross the corridor to collect the 25 Health, then turn right and go through the doorway. Kill the Scrag on the platform to your right, you are now in a basement filled with a lot of Water. Drop into the Water of this section to kill a Rotfish, to your left is the doorway leading back to the Water under the drawbridge. Swim to the far side to climb on a platform opposite the side you started on. Turn around while ignoring the doorway in front of you, then jump to the ruined pillar to your right to collect the Red Armor. Go through the doorway you just ignored to collect the 100 Health, then turn left to kill the Knight. Turn right to head down the corridor, then turn left at the end to kill another Knight. This is the spiral staircase you didn't use to descend to the basement, collect the Nails to your left before heading back to the ruined pillar room.
Jump to the platform to your left, then turn left to go through the doorway and collect the Grenade Launcher. Above you is the hole from the id Software room, it would drop you into the Water straight ahead. Shoot the Zombie to your left and Zombie to your right, then jump to the left side of the platform ahead to collect the Rockets. Turn right, then cross the platform to collect the Super Nailgun. To your left is the Door to exit the level, but it is currently locked, touching it will result in the message "take a dip". Turn around, then drop into the Water near the upper right corner to collect the 100 Health. Turn around, then kill the 2 Rotfish to your right. Continue to the upper right corner of the room to press a yellow Button, this will cause the message "exit door opened above" to be displayed. Return to the exit Door, then go through it to exit the level.
Enemies
| Type | Count | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | Normal | Hard/Nightmare | ||
| Rotfish | 5 (10) | 5 (10) | 5 (10) | The vanilla engine counts each Rotfish as 2 enemies. |
| Rottweiler | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Zombie | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Knight | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Scrag | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Ogre | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fiend | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 24 (29) | 24 (29) | 24 (29) | |
Glitches
- This level was intended to play the Parallel Dimensions track, as well as have the level name "fear castle". This is not displayed in-game due to it being part of a second worldspawn entity. Due to the way Quake editors work, this means the second worldspawn will often confuse and crash various level editors.
Deathmatch
Spawn Locations
- Nails platform of moat.
- Doorway across from castle entrance, Single Player start.
- Upper floor of id Software hub room.
- Beside hub room, Shells side.
- Door entrance to the castle.
- 100 Health in basement, near spiral staircase.
- Rockets spiral staircase.
- Rocket Launcher on second floor.
- Nailgun room on first floor.
- Basement spiral staircase section, opposite 100 Health side.
- Exit Door platform.
| N/A | Custom Levels | Fear Castle |