Walkthrough of Hexen

Those of you who want an introduction to Hexen should look at the Hexen FAQ maintained by Arne Michaelsen. You may also want to see Raven's page for the background story, hardware and software requirements, etc..

NOTE: This walkthrough concentrates mainly on the puzzle side of the game. So, with the exception of boss monsters and some tricky places, the presence of monsters is mostly omitted in the directions; you are expected to be able to deal with them yourself.

A text version for this walkthrough is now available, for those of you who have been waiting for it! The HTML was converted by David Madsen. Special thanks to him for doing this conversion for me! Feel free to mail me or David Madsen any comments, suggestions, etc., on this text version. Please note that the text version may not be as up-to-date as the HTML version, because I usually put up the HTML version before it's converted. So if there are any discrepancies the HTML is more reliable. Sorry for any confusion.

Corrections/updates since the last version (dated 5 Dec 95):

• I've received a message from Raven's Game Design Manager, Michael Raymond-Judy, saying that the shortcut in Episode 4 has been corrected. So it was an unintentional slip by the level designers, apparently. This short-cut will be removed in due time.
• Included a little short-cut in Level 1, for the Mage only. You don't really need to get the silver key... another slip by the level designers?
• As usual, made those endless minor polishings here and there, etc.. Thanks to all those who took the trouble to mail me about errors, omissions, and tips.

Episode 1: Seven Portals

• Winnowing Hall
• Seven portals: solving the puzzle
• The secret level: Bright Crucible

Episode 2: Shadow Wood

• Synopsis of the puzzle
• Solving the puzzle
  • Getting the Keys
  • Finding the puzzle switches
  • The Hypostyle
• The secret level: Sacred Grove

Episode 3: Heresiarch's Seminary

• Synopsis of the puzzle
• The planets
• The three chapels
• The fourth (secret) chapel: Deathwind Chapel

Episode 4: Castle of Grief

• Synopsis of the puzzle
• The Clock
• The puzzle of the Gibbet
• The secret level: Desolate Garden

Episode 5: Necropolis

• Synopsis of the puzzle
• The (almost secret) level: Vivarium
• Tomb of Zedek
• Tomb of Menelkir
• Tomb of Traductus

Epilogue: Dark Crucible

Segments of your Fourth Weapon

1. The first segment of the fourth weapon is at the end of the Seven Portals (Episode 1), in front of the portal that leads to Episode 2.
2. The second segment is in one of the rooms in the Hypostyle (end of Episode 2).
3. The last segment is in the room full of pitchers in the Heresiarch's Seminary (Episode 3).

Credits:

Special thanks to David Madsen for converting this walkthrough to text for me.

And of course, credits go to Raven Software and ID Software for making the game itself.