Quake E4M2: Tower of Despair Walkthrough (All Secrets)
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When this level first begins you'll want to drop down the hole and shoot the stained glass mural on the wall to reveal a switch for Secret #1. Make sure you get Secret #2 while in the same area. After you're done with the two secrets follow the hallway to the end, you will find a dead end with a pit of fake water next to it.
Jumping down into the water will put you into a room with a Shambler. If you know this level inside and out you can land ontop of a walk way above the Shambler and use skilled acrobatics to jump around to reach the Pentagram of Protection. Alternatively, go down the hallway in this area and make the first right that you can. This will lead you to a switch and an elevator, the switch activates the elevator and the elevator takes you up to the Pentagram of Protection.
Now that you have the Pentagram, continue down that same hallway and grab the Quad Damage. Blast as many enemies as you can to get as much use out of the two bonuses we currently have, eventually you will come to a large room with a circular stained glass mural and a platform right in front of it. Grab Secret #4 first, after you get this secret fall off the cage in the direction of the Quad Damage power up. If you'd like to grab it now you can, other people save the Quad Damage for later.
Clear the enemies in this area and hit the switch to open up a small room with what appears to be Armor, Health and the Silver Key. These are actually just silhouettes though, when you try to grab any of the three objects you'll be teleported back to the area with the fake water from the start of the level. This time though, you'll be on whatever platform you chose in the previous room.
It's typically best to choose the Silver Key since that is most important. After collecting the key you can jump to the other nearby platforms to collect the health and armor. When you're done take the slipgate on the platform you got the Silver Key on and you'll be teleported back to the mural we started at in the room with Secrets #4 and #5.
This time you'll want to shoot the mural to open it and jump inside. Go up the elevator and you'll find a small room with a switch over top of a grate. Press the switch but don't allow yourself to fall down the grate, instead shoot the wall and fall down in that location for Secret #5.
Defeat the enemies below and then get as close as possible to the gate nearby where you fell down. When you get close to this gate it will close in front of you and you'll be able to jump through it. If you try and run through without letting it close, it'll one shot you.
In the next area you'll find some thin beams to run across with a pack of deadly enemies below you. To escape if you fall down, you'll need to hit a switch at the far end of the room, this will open a door that is right near where we found Secret #4 and the Quad Damage earlier. Some players will save this Quad Damage for this moment since it will make quick work of the Vore in the room.
To complete this level you'll need to avoid falling down into the room with the thin beams, jump across all of the beams and get to the slipgate portal here. Going through the portal will spit you out (quite literally) right in front of the exit door. The Silver Key is required to open the door to the exit.
Secret #1
Secret #1: The first secret is found at the start of the mission, shoot the stained glass mural on the wall in the first room and press the switch that is revealed. Doing this will lower the bars on the Double-Barreled Shotgun nearby and the ammo.
Secret #2
Secret #2: After you exit the first room of the dungeon go to the right immediately. Follow the hallway to a dead end and shoot the wall here to reveal a secret passage. Inside you will find a Ring of Shadows as well as the next secret area.
Secret #3
Secret #3: When you shoot open the entrance for Secret #2 you'll want to stand inside of the room until the door closes. To the right of the door there will be a small switch you can hit which will open up a new passage outside the room which has some armor and a slipgate. The slipgate will take you back to the main room on top of the ledges you couldn't reach before.
Secret #4
Secret #4: Keep progressing through the mission and you will reach another room with a circular stained glass mural on the wall. In front of it will be a platform and next to that will be a slim ledge/platform that you're able to jump to and walk on. You'll want to jump to these ledges and walk up them to reach a small alcove at the top of the room. Follow the tight hallway to an area that you can jump down to collect a +100 health box. Jump down here and you will get credit for the secret.
Secret #5
Secret #5: In the same room where we talked about the previous stained glass mural, you'll need to shoot the mural and jump into it. This will take you to a dark room with a switch; when you press the switch the grate below it will open and drop you down if you don't move quick enough. Avoid being dropped down through this hole and shoot the wall next to it. This will open up a new hole, you'll need to drop down this hole to get credit for this secret.
