Quake E4M6: The Pain Maze Walkthrough (All Secrets)
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When this mission begins my advice is to grab the Quad Damage then the Ring of Shadows and use your Thunderbolt to eliminate all of the Fiends, Spawns and Vore in the adjacent rooms. You get tons of Cells ammo on this level so you should consume some now.
Once you're done taking out the enemies grab Secret #1 since that will take you directly to the room with the Silver Key. In the room with the key you'll want to shoot the Unholy Altar a few times to defile it; the altar is the red box with skulls around it. Defiling it will spawn some Vore enemies for you to deal with. After obtaining the Silver Key exit this room via the elevator - return to the main room from the start of the mission and this time go the opposite direction.
The walls and floor will look like sewers in this direction, the walls are a dark green and the floor is either blocks or vine-like tile. After the first small room in this section you will find some bars that block the route; on the other side of these bars you'll find a red wall that pushes you into a pit below with 8 Spawn enemies. My advice is to launch grenades into this pit to take out as many Spawn enemies as you can before you allow the wall to push you down into the pit.
After you get pushed into the pit you'll want to press all of the buttons on the pillars to activate an elevator. Grab the Gold Key from the elevator and ride it up back to the entrance room. Now that you got both keys you'll want to dive into the pit of water near the entrance room (pictured below) and grab Secret #2.
The water tunnel will lead you to a large room with a small island in the middle surrounded by water. Grab Secret #3 before doing anything in this room, once you have that climb onto land and use the Gold Key to unlock the elevator. Do some parkour to reach the Quad Damage then quickly parkour over to the Silver Key gate and unlock it.
Swim through the short water tunnel and you'll find yourself in the "party room". Grab the Ring of Shadows as quick as you can and start blasting away at everything in your way. I recommend using the Thunderbolt for this part since you probably are overflowing with ammo. Thunderbolt is also very powerful and you need a powerful weapon for the party room.
Why is it called the party room I hear you asking? Because the moment you enter the room and start shooting - a party begins! Clear all the Fiends, Spawns, Death Knights and Vores from the party room then exit via the path on the second floor. You'll be lead to a button, step on it and you'll activate the elevator in this room closest to the Rocket Launcher.
Use the elevator to grab the Rocket Launcher and then step through the portal next to it. This will put us at the highest point possible in this room; from this location you can jump to Secret #4 and the hallway that leads to the exit. You'll have to swim through a little bit more water after which you'll surface in another chapel like room. Grab the Quad Damage in here, go to town on the enemies and then follow the only path forward to complete the mission.
Secret #1
Secret #1: The first secret of this level is right at the start of the mission. Press the button that you find on a pillar in the first room of the dungeon and you will open a portion of the wall nearby; ride the elevator up and you'll get credit for this secret. This secret lets you easily reach the defiled altar which is part of the progression we need to complete the mission.
Secret #2
Secret #2: When you are swimming through the water on your way to the room with the Gold & Silver Key locks you can find this secret by surfacing midway through the tunnel. After you jump into the water you'll deal with some fishies, right after that the tunnel curves down and there is a spot of air above it, surface here for the secret. Be warned though, there is a Spawn enemy here! You'll find a Biosuit, Thunderbolt and ammo/health here.
Secret #3
Secret #3: You'll find the very next secret in the room where you use the Gold and Silver Keys. The button you stand on that consumes the Gold Key is ontop of a small island surrounded by water. One side of this island has a wall that looks suspiciously darker than the other walls around it. Shoot the wall to reveal a secret with a Pentagram of Protection inside (and other goodies).
Secret #4
Secret #4: The final secret is in the same room as Secret #3; there is a platform in this room with a suit of red armor sitting ontop of it. Jump to this platform from the very top beam in the room and you will unlock this secret.
