WAD Author's DOOM Reference v1.0
by Jim Flynn
Thing
Types by Class and
Number
Legend
Header Description
Example:
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
3006 |
r |
Obs |
|
Fly |
LOST SOUL:
flying flaming skulls, they really bite |
Thg#
The type number of the Thing.
Ver
Version of DOOM needed to use this object.
-
no mark indicates all versions have this
object.
r
requires registered DOOM or DOOM 2.
2
requires DOOM 2.
Obs
[Obstacle] If Obs,
then the object can't be walked through or
under or jumped over.
Inv
[Inventory] May be
Wpn,
Amo,
Hlt(h),
Arm(or),
Key,
Item, or
blank for
ungettable.
Fly
If Fly, a
monster that flies; if
Hng, a
hanging ceiling decoration.
Description
Matt Fell's Thing description (from
The Unofficial DOOM Specs).
Thing Types by Class
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
-1 |
|
|
|
|
(Nothing) |
0 |
|
|
|
|
(Nothing) |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Player 1 Start (Player 1
Start needed on all levels) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Player 2 Start (Player
starts 2-4 are needed in co-operative mode) |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Player 3 Start |
4 |
|
|
|
|
Player 4 Start |
11 |
|
|
|
|
DeathMatch Start Position
(should have >=4/level) |
14 |
|
|
|
|
Teleport landing (where
players/monsters land and face) |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
3004 |
|
Obs |
|
|
TROOPER. Regular
pistol-shooting Zombieman |
84 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
WOLFENSTEIN
SS: guest appearance by Wolf3D Blue Guy |
9 |
|
Obs |
|
|
SARGEANT:
black armor, Shotgunners |
65 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
COMMANDO:
red armor, Chaingunners |
3001 |
|
Obs |
|
|
IMP:
brown, hurl fireballs |
3002 |
|
Obs |
|
|
DEMON:
pink, muscular bull-like chewers |
58 |
|
Obs |
|
|
SPECTRE:
invisible version of the DEMON |
3006 |
r |
Obs |
|
Fly |
LOST SOUL:
flying flaming skulls, they really bite |
3005 |
r |
Obs |
|
Fly |
CACODEMON:
red one-eyed floating heads. Behold... |
69 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
HELL KNIGHT:
grey-not-pink BARON, weaker |
3003 |
|
Obs |
|
|
BARON OF HELL:
cloven-hoofed minotaur Boss |
68 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
ARACHNOTRON:
baby SPIDER, shoots green plasma |
71 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Fly |
PAIN
ELEMENTAL: shoots LOST SOULS, deserves its
name |
66 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
REVENANT:
fast skeletal dude shoots homing missiles |
67 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
MANCUBUS:
big, slow brown guy shoots barrage of fire |
72 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
COMMANDER
KEEN: a guest appearance by Billy |
64 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
ARCH-VILE:
super-fire attack, resurrects the dead! |
7 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
SPIDER
MASTERMIND: giant walking brain boss |
16 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
CYBER-DEMON:
robo-boss, rocket launcher |
88 |
2 |
Obs |
|
|
BOSS BRAIN:
horrifying visage of the ultimate demon |
89 |
2 |
|
|
|
BOSS
SHOOTER: Shoots spinning skull-blocks |
87 |
2 |
|
|
|
SPAWN SPOT:
Where Todd McFarlane's guys appear |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
2005 |
|
|
Wpn |
|
Chainsaw |
2001 |
|
|
Wpn |
|
Shotgun |
82 |
2 |
|
Wpn |
|
Double-barreled shotgun |
2002 |
|
|
Wpn |
|
Chaingun, gatling gun,
mini-gun, whatever |
2003 |
|
|
Wpn |
|
Rocket launcher |
2004 |
r |
|
Wpn |
|
Plasma gun |
2006 |
r |
|
Wpn |
|
BFG9000 |
2007 |
|
|
Amo |
|
Ammo clip |
2008 |
|
|
Amo |
|
Shotgun shells |
2010 |
|
|
Amo |
|
A rocket |
2047 |
r |
|
Amo |
|
Cell charge |
2048 |
|
|
Amo |
|
Box of Ammo |
2049 |
|
|
Amo |
|
Box of Shells |
2046 |
|
|
Amo |
|
Box of rockets |
17 |
r |
|
Amo |
|
Cell charge pack |
8 |
|
|
Amo |
|
Backpack: doubles maximum
ammo capacities |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
2011 |
|
|
Hlt |
|
Stimpak |
2012 |
|
|
Hlt |
|
Medkit |
2018 |
|
|
Arm |
|
Green Armor 100% |
2019 |
|
|
Arm |
|
Blue Armor 100% |
2025 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Radiation Suit |
Design Notes |
Note that the Radiation Suit (2025)
was an ITEM in version 1.2, but it is not
an ITEM in version 1.666 on. |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
2014 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Health Potion +1% health |
2015 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Spirit Armor +1% armor |
83 |
2 |
|
Itm |
|
Megasphere: 200% health, 200% armor |
2013 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Soulsphere, Supercharge: +100% health |
2022 |
r |
|
Itm |
|
Invulnerability |
2023 |
r |
|
Itm |
|
Berserk Strength and 100% health |
2024 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Invisibility |
2026 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Computer Map |
2045 |
|
|
Itm |
|
Light Amplification Goggles |
Design Notes
|
Invulnerability (2022)
and invisibility (2024) fail to respawn
in games played with the
-altdeath command line option. |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
5 |
|
|
Key |
|
Blue Keycard |
40 |
r |
|
Key |
|
Blue Skullkey |
13 |
|
|
Key |
|
Red Keycard |
38 |
r |
|
Key |
|
Red Skullkey |
6 |
|
|
Key |
|
Yellow Skullkey |
39 |
r |
|
Key |
|
Yellow Skullkey |
Design Notes |
Skullkeys and Keycards
of the same color are indistinguishable by the
game engine - only their appearance is
different. |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
2035 |
|
Obs |
|
|
Barrel - not an obstacle after blown up |
48 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Tall techno pillar |
30 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Tall green pillar |
32 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Tall red pillar |
31 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Short green pillar |
36 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Short green pillar with beating heart |
33 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Short red pillar |
37 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Short red pillar with skull |
47 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Stalagmite: small brown pointy stump |
43 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Burnt tree: gray tree |
54 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Large brown tree |
41 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Evil Eye: floating eye in symbol, over
candle |
42 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Floating Skull: flaming skull-rock |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
2028 |
|
|
Obs |
|
Floor lamp |
85 |
2 |
|
Obs |
|
Tall techno floor lamp |
86 |
2 |
|
Obs |
|
Short techno floor lamp |
34 |
2 |
|
Obs |
|
Candle |
35 |
|
|
Obs |
|
Candelabra |
44 |
|
|
Obs |
|
Tall blue firestick |
45 |
r |
|
Obs |
|
Tall green firestick |
46 |
|
|
Obs |
|
Tall red firestick |
55 |
r |
|
Obs |
|
Short blue firestick |
56 |
r |
|
Obs |
|
Short green firestick |
57 |
r |
|
Obs |
|
Short red firestick |
70 |
2 |
|
Obs |
|
Burning barrel |
Thg# |
Ver |
Obs |
Inv |
Fly |
Description |
2028 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Floor lamp |
49 |
r |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, twitching |
63 |
r |
|
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, twitching |
50 |
r |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, arms out |
59 |
r |
|
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, arms out |
52 |
r |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging pair of legs |
60 |
r |
|
|
Hng |
Hanging pair of legs |
51 |
r |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, 1-legged |
61 |
r |
|
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, 1-legged |
53 |
r |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging leg |
62 |
r |
|
|
Hng |
Hanging leg |
73 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, guts removed |
74 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging victim, guts and brain
removed |
75 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging torso, looking down |
76 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging torso, open skull |
77 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging torso, looking up |
78 |
2 |
Obs |
|
Hng |
Hanging torso, brain removed |
25 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Impaled human |
26 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Twitching impaled human |
27 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Skull on a pole |
28 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
5 skulls shish kebob |
29 |
r |
Obs |
|
|
Pile of skulls and candles |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Bloody mess (an exploded player) |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Bloody mess, this thing is exactly the same
as 10 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
Pool of blood and flesh |
79 |
2 |
|
|
|
Pool of blood |
80 |
2 |
|
|
|
Pool of blood |
81 |
2 |
|
|
|
Pool of brains |
15 |
|
|
|
|
Dead player |
18 |
|
|
|
|
Dead former human |
19 |
|
|
|
|
Dead former sergeant |
20 |
|
|
|
|
Dead imp |
21 |
|
|
|
|
Dead demon |
22 |
r |
|
|
|
Dead cacodemon |
23 |
r |
|
|
|
Dead lost soul, invisible (they blow up
when killed) |
|