ONS-Aridoom

Aridoom
Author	Sidney 'Clawfist' Rauchberger
Music	No music
Game	Unreal Tournament 2004
Gametype	Onslaught
Comes with	UT2004 XP Bonus Maps
Platform	PC
Arena info
Player count	8-12
Arena type	Open

"The road ends here. Only the jutting spires of age old mesas guard you from the elements... and in this case the elements are tank shells."

– Map description

Aridoom is an Onslaught map from Unreal Tournament 2004. It's part of the XP Bonus Maps addon.

Map description

Keyguide by KurlonT.

Default link setup.

Aridoom takes us to a small barren desert. The architecture is steampunk-inspired, with lots of bare steel and concrete with a bit of a desolated look. Large rock-formations shape the terrain and the routes across the sandy map. A large defunct road splits the map into 2 sections and, along with the large construction, serves as the map's main landmark.

The node layout is rather simple, with only 3 nodes in a single line between the 2 powercores. Furthermore, Aridoom has only a few valuable pickups and no flying vehicles (even though the map does have flyingpathnodes: Actors used to make bots fly vehicles along certain paths).

Link Setups

• Default: A straight line that goes Red Base - Red Prime Node - Center Node - Blue Prime Node - Blue Base

Weapons and pickups

Weapons

Weapon	Count	Location
Grenade Launcher	W: 2 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Red base, at the upper level ledge facing the Tunnel. 1x Blue base, at the upper level ledge facing the Tunnel. Ammo: 2x Near the Red Base weapon. 2x Near the Blue Base weapon.
AVRiL	W: 6 A: 10	Weapon: 2x Central Area, at the southwest and northeast barricades. 1x Red Base, upper level ledge facing the Northeast base. 1x Blue Base, upper level ledge facing the Southwest Base. 1x Southwest base, inside. 1x Northeast base, inside. Ammo: 2x Near the Red Base weapon. 2x Near the Blue Base weapon. 1x Near the Southwest barricade weapon. 1x Near the Northeast barricade weapon. 2x Near the Northeast Base weapon. 2x Near the Southwest Base weapon.
Lightning Gun	W: 2 A: 4	Weapon: 1x Northeast base, at the barricade. 1x Southwest base, at the barricade. Ammo: 2x Near the Northeast base weapon. 2x Near the Southwest base weapon.
Redeemer	W: 1	Weapon: 1x Central Area, above a ledge over the Power Node.
Weapon Locker	W: 10	Weapon: [See below]

Weapon Lockers

Items	Count	Location
	2	1x Red Base, lower level. 1x Blue Base, lower level.
	2	1x Red Base, upper level. 1x Blue Base, upper level.
	2	2x Northeast base.
	2	2x Central Node area.
	2	1x Southwest base. 1x Northeast base.

Pickups

Pickup	Count	Location
Health Vial	10	-
Health Pack	12	-
Shield Pack	4	1x Northeast base, inside. 1x Southwest base, inside. 1x Red Base, upper level, near the Power Core. 1x Blue Base, upper level, near the Power Core.
Double Damage	2	1x Blue Base. 1x Red Base.

Vehicles

Vehicle	Count	Location
Manta	4	1x Northeast base, outside. 1x Southwest base, outside. 1x Blue Base. 1x Red Base.
Scorpion	7	1x Northeast base, outside. 1x Southwest base, outside. 3x Central area. 1x Blue Base. 1x Red Base.
Hellbender	2	1x Blue Base. 1x Red Base.
Goliath	5	1x Northeast base, inside. 1x Southwest base, inside. 1x Central Area. 1x Red Base, near teleporting pad. 1x Blue Base, near teleporting pad.
Energy Turret	14	2x Northeast base, one at each extreme of the base. 2x Southwest base, one at each extreme of the base. 1x Red Base, upper level ledge looking at the Northeast base. 1x Red Base, upper level ledge looking at the Tunnel. 1x Red Base, upper level ledge near the Power Core. 1x Red Base, at the top of the tower. 1x Blue Base, upper level ledge looking at the Southwest base. 1x Blue Base, upper level ledge looking at the Tunnel. 1x Blue Base, upper level ledge near the Power Core. 1x Blue Base, at the top of the tower. 2x Central Area, at the southwest and northeast barricades.

Tips and tricks

• Use a Manta to reach the Redeemer.

Trivia

• The map is part of the "XP Bonus Maps" pack which also included ONS-Ascendancy. Both maps were included in the Editor's Choice Edition of UT2004, though they weren't added to Unreal Anthology (which included this version of the game) for some reason.

Author's Notes

"Small and fast paced Onslaught map, features 3 nodes, a dead on desert setting and intense bunker-battles."

– Sidney 'Clawfist' Rauchberger

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