DM-Peak

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The Peak Monastery
Author	Juan Pancho 'XceptOne' Eekels
Music	"Razorback (Unreal Mix)" by Peter Hajba
Game	Unreal Tournament
Gametype	Deathmatch
Platform	PC
Arena info
Player count	6-8
Arena type	Open

DM-Peak is a Deathmatch map from Unreal Tournament.

Map description

The map takes place at a castle sitting at the top of a mountain, surrounded by narrow wooden walkways and with few spaces to maneuver. Its areas of interest are: Outside, Upper room, Main room, Lower room, Pit room, Lower hall, and Window hall.

Outside, as its name implies, is the outer part of the castle. It comprises the walkways surrounding the castle and the courtyard. This courtyard is a medium-sized area with three towers (northwest, southwest, and southeast) each holding an item of interest. This courtyard is connected with the Window Hall.

The upper room is the highest room in the map. Located at the uppermost end of the walkways, it is a square room with no place for cover.

The main room is a large ledge spanning most of the area's length, connected to the lower level with a staircase. It is also the central hub of sorts of the level, as most of the action takes place here and in the adjacent halls.

The lower room is another small room located at the lowest point of the level. It has two wooden ramps and a wooden ledge, with an exit leading to a balcony where the Ripper is located.

The pit room is another square room, next to the halls and the main and lower rooms, with the pit sitting in the very center. This pit has a small ledge with a goodie (the Shield Belt) located on it. Anyone who falls in this pit is in for a certain death.

The lower hall is a hall connecting the Main, Pit, and Lower rooms.

Finally, the window hall connects the main room with the courtyard by way of the upper level, and the courtyard and main room with the upper room by way of a pair of lifts.

Overall, it is a highly dangerous map due to greatly cramped interiors and bottomless exteriors, not to mention tough competition. One wrong step or a stray splash damage will leave you falling toward the void.

Weapons and pickups

Weapons

Weapon	Count	Location
Bio Rifle	W: 1 A: 2	Weapon: 1x Courtyard, southeast tower. Ammo: 2x Near the weapon.
Shock Rifle	W: 1 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Pit Room, near the pit. Ammo: 3x Near the weapon. 1x Lower balcony overlooking the Courtyard.
Pulse Gun	W: 1 A: 1	Weapon: 1x Courtyard, southwest tower. Ammo: 1x Near the weapon.
Ripper	W: 1 A: 3	Weapon: 1x Balcony overlooking the abyss. Ammo: 2x Lower room, in a deadend near one of the ramps. 1x Lower balcony overlooking the Courtyard.
Minigun	W: 1 A: 2	Weapon: 1x Outside, wooden walkways, beside-below entrance to second lift to Upper room. Ammo: 1x Near the weapon. 1x Outside, lower wooden walkway, just below the one where the weapon is.
Flak Cannon	W: 1 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Main room, below the ledge. Ammo: 2x Near the Main room weapon. 1x Lower balcony overlooking the Courtyard. 1x Lower room, S-shaped passage to outside area.
Rocket Launcher	W: 1 A: 2	Weapon: 1x East entrance to Upper room. Ammo: 1x Upper room. 1x Lower balcony overlooking the Courtyard.

Pickups

Pickup	Count	Location
Health
Health Pack	5	2x Upper room, one near each entrance. 1x Outside, wooden walkway, between the Northwest and Southwest towers. 1x Lower room, end of S-shaped passage to Outside. 1x Top of the castle, near the Amplifier.
Big Keg O' Health	1	1x Courtyard, northwest tower.
Armor
Thigh Pads	1	1x On the catwalk underneath the Rocket Launcher.
Body Armor	1	1x Upper room, near Rocket Launcher entrance.
Shield Belt	1	1x Pit room, sitting on the ledge.
Powerups
Damage Amplifier	1	1x Top of the tower.
Other
Jump Boots	1	1x Outside, wooden ledge below the Minigun.

Walkthrough

PC (Retail/GOTY)

Peak
UT PC Deathmatch LadderMission 14 (PC)16 (GOTY)
Previous	DM-Conveyor
Next	DOM-Tutorial
Walkthrough info
Gametype	Deathmatch
Rivals	Vanessa, Dovienya, Leeb, Drimacus
Frag Limit	30

"Originally built by the Nipi monks on Nepal to escape moral degradation, this serene and beautiful place once called for meditation; until Liandri acquired it for perfect tournament conditions."

– Mission description

The bots flood the middle like it is going out of style. Just load up on splash damage weapons and spam it like there is no tomorrow. Just to make it even easier to survive, the Shield Belt is right there too!

Winning this match nets you the Deathmatch Championship.

• Vanessa
• Dovienya
• Leeb
• Drimacus

Vanessa's Unreal Tournament character card
	Character data: Name: Vanessa Race: Human Classification: Psychotic Bot data: Accuracy:  0.00 Combat Style:  1.00 Alertness:  0.00 Tend. to camp:  0.00 Strafing ability:  0.00 Loves to jump? No Preferred weapon: Flak Cannon "Vanessa's psychosis has proven her savior, ripping through ranks of warriors and fighters to get to this point in the ladder."

Dovienya's Unreal Tournament character card
	Character data: Name: Dovienya Race: Human Classification: Veteran Soldier Bot data: Accuracy:  0.00 Combat Style:  0.00 Alertness:  0.00 Tend. to camp:  0.00 Strafing ability:  0.00 Loves to jump? No Preferred weapon: Rocket Launcher "Dovienya's field expertise has guided her aim true. Now she has those same sights set on you."

Leeb's Unreal Tournament character card
	Character data: Name: Leeb Race: Necris Classification: Necris Phayder Bot data: Accuracy:  0.30 Combat Style:  (-0.30) Alertness:  0.00 Tend. to camp:  0.00 Strafing ability:  0.00 Loves to jump? No Preferred weapon: Shock Rifle "Liandri suspects Leeb to be behind Phayder operations in the Sol sector. Believed to be responsible for over 543 politically motivated killings. Terminate with extreme prejudice."

Drimacus's Unreal Tournament character card
	Character data: Name: Drimacus Race: Human Classification: Warrior Bot data: Accuracy:  0.00 Combat Style:  0.00 Alertness:  0.00 Tend. to camp:  0.00 Strafing ability:  0.00 Loves to jump? No Preferred weapon: None. "Unlike many other Tournament fighters, Drimacus has earned his position by ascending the lower ladders; fighting his way to the top of the amateur leagues. He is a very experienced and capable warrior."

Tips and tricks

• Look for opportunities to knock players off the catwalks. The Shock Rifle works well for this, but so does dropping down some Bio Rifle sludge (when players step on the substance, the resulting explosion knocks them clear off the catwalks).
  • Make great use of the Shock Rifle outdoors, as it sends enemies flying off of these areas with ease.
• The indoor area tends to get saturated with dead bodies nearby the Shield Belt, which is another great place to fall. Follow them into this room and wait for them to cross the narrow beam. Fire any weapon, and you'll surely knock them into the abyss.
• This map can be owned by one person with the Pulse Gun and the UDamage.
• The Flak Cannon will likely be another weapon of choice, especially inside the monastery where the halls are tight, and the room to move around is quite low. Sit at the top of the Flak stairs and chuck Flak balls down, as this is a heavy bottleneck as well as a spawn point.
• Try not to dodge around on the precarious walkways, and in fact avoiding them altogether might be a good plan, owing to the regularity with which you can get shot into oblivion. Or just jump stupidly off by yourself.
• A good camping spot is at the Southeast tower (the Bio Rifle one): stay here and fire goop out into the courtyard. You can also keep an eye on the Big Keg O' Health from this place.

Trivia

• The map was considered for the console versions, but was ultimately scrapped.
• The beta version had a player count of 8.

Easter eggs

Main article: Easter eggs

• The map has a hidden Level Entry Text: "Watch your step!! It's a long way down!!"

External links and references

• "Proto:Unreal Tournament (PC, 1999)/Version 222/Deathmatch Levels/DM-Peak". The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved Oct 24, 2024.

See also

Unreal Tournament Deathmatch maps

DM-Barricade • DM-Codex • DM-Conveyor • DM-Curse][ • DM-Deck16][ • DM-Fetid • DM-Fractal • DM-Gothic • DM-Grinder • DM-HyperBlast • DM-KGalleon • DM-Liandri • DM-Morbias][ • DM-Morpheus • DM-Oblivion • DM-Peak • DM-Phobos • DM-Pressure • DM-Pyramid • DM-Stalwart • DM-StalwartXL • DM-Tempest • DM-Turbine • DM-Tutorial • DM-Zeto Epic Bonus Pack maps: DM-Agony • DM-ArcaneTemple • DM-Cybrosis][ • DM-HealPod][ • DM-Malevolence • DM-Mojo][ • DM-Shrapnel][ Inoxx Bonus Pack maps: DM-Crane • DM-SpaceNoxx Bonus Pack 4 (Christmas) maps: DM-Bishop • DM-Closer • DM-Grit-TOURNEY • DM-Viridian-TOURNEY Semi-official maps: DM-Gen][ Pre-order bonuses: DM-Chronos (BestBuy GOTY)