E1M4: Dark Carnival

## Dark Carnival

**Dark Carnival** is the fourth level of the first episode (The Way of All Flesh) in Blood.

## Secrets

There are 12 secrets in this level.

1. From your starting position, instead of dropping down onto the ground where tons of enemies await, hop to the other train car and crouch through the flames ***(Dynamite Bundles, Body Armor, Box of Shells)***
2. When you reach the rope bridge to the ticket booth, dive into the water, and swim under the carnival to your right. Surface to find the secret stash; be SUPER wary of any hitscanners that fell into the water, as they are infinitely more dangerous to deal with underwater, and they do not drown like other enemies do ***(Flare Pistol, Sawed-Off, Tommy Gun, Guns Akimbo)***
3. At the shooting gallery just past the ticket-taker, shoot or blow up the targets to win a prize; you can accomplish this really quickly by using Dynamite ***(Life Seed)***
4. Opposite the "Rotten Candy" wagon is a fence. Jump off the mime's head to get over it, or, alternatively, use the Boots of Jumping you can obtain from the top of the aforementioned wagon ***(Beast Vision)***
5. At the "Kick the Head" game, kick three zombie heads into the mouth to win your prize. This secret can be finicky for many reasons: A) It is VERY hard to control how hard/far Caleb kicks the Zombie heads, B) Zombie heads will squish with too many kick attempts, and C) Even when getting the three heads in, it may still take the game a while to register the win and open the secret wall inside the mouth. It might be ideal to roll the Zombies' heads gently towards the mouth before attempting to kick them in. Also note that ANY Zombie head will work for this secret, not just the ones that are already lined up inside the game booth ***(Death Mask)***
6. At another shooting gallery booth, shoot the Cultist, then the bottles to win your prize ***(Cloak of Invisibility)***
7. Just to the left of the aforementioned shooting gallery is another high fence; use the Boots of Jumping to clear it, or, if they ran out of... magic(?), you can alternatively reach this secret via a shelf in the upstairs window, but this is very tricky ***(Tommy Gun Drum Mag)***
8. Inside the "Freak Show" exhibit, blow up the bars on the cell that has the bent bars and hit the hanging zombie to open up a wall panel directly behind you ***(Guns Akimbo)***
9. Inside Jo-Jo's Arena, go behind the pool full of snakes to find a warning sign; use it to open up a portion of wall behind you ***(Box of Flares x2, Box of Shells, special guest cameo)***
10. Eventually, you will make your way inside the ticket booth from the beginning of the carnival. Inside here is a stack of boxes against the back wall; use the middle one ***(Box of Flares, Doctor's Bag)***
11. Near the "Test Your Strength" game is a storage room, that you open from the Ticket Booth via a switch. Go in here and find a stack of boxes with scratch marks on them. Use it to lower them ***(Life Seed)***
12. When you reach the destroyed bridge near the level's end, you will see a faraway wall with a crack in it. Blow it up and make your way over there by jumping from pylon to pylon. These jumps are VERY finicky, so this may take you a few attempts. Once you get to the other side, go through the hole in the wall and go all the way to the end of the path to find your secret items as well as a stone slab. Upon this slab are three symbols that match the types of keys you find in this game: Dagger, Eye, Fire, Moon, Skull, and Spider. From left to right, change the symbols to "Dagger", "Eye", and "Moon"; doing so will display the message "You're going to the secret level" on the screen; get ready, because it is an absolute doozy; the items you find inside this secret should give you a hint as to that ***(Life Seed, Super Armor)***