Rabid Transit is the sixth level of Shrapnel City in Duke Nukem 3D.
Secrets
Secret 1: Lunar Apocalypse poster
Open the Lunar Apocalypse poster for a chaingun cannon.
Secret 2: Holoduke beside the magazine vendor
Jump on top of the leftmost red porn magazine vendor to open a secret holoduke cache.
Secret 3: Compartment along the train tracks
Pay attention here. When the subway car first comes, let the first one pass, and the second one come to the station. Ride the last car once it comes so you won't risk getting killed when you jump off. After you see the lit Devastator (DN3D) compartment, immediately jump off. ( There is a large crack on the wall next to the small door for the weapon) Throw a pipe bomb to the right of the compartment, and blow up the section of the wall for a secret. Do this quickly before you get plastered by the next subway train.
Secret 4: No loitering
Past the blue keycard door, open the "No Loitering" sign to find some much needed RPG ammo.
Secret 5: Alien Base
After making it past the tough ambush by the battlelords, open the wall left of the drinking fountain to access a rather creepy secret. Inside the secret, use the control panel to open a side room.
Secret 6: Behind the bookshelf
In the bookshelf area near the end of the level, find the crack in the wall near the right bookshelf and blow it up for a shortcut back to a level and some items. From the edge of the new opening, jump on top of the bookshelf and walk forward. The next bookshelf will partially sink into the floor, revealing a secret area.
The following hidden compartments are not counted as secrets:
- Operate the cash register to open a secret bookshelf area containing night vision goggles.
- Operate the snacks vending machine at the train station at the beginning of the level: you immediately get a pipe bomb, but you can also rotate the inside of the machine with the use key to get an atomic health.
Map
Walkthrough
See Also: Written/Pictorial Walkthrough by 3D Realms
Duke Nukem 3D 100% Walkthrough- Rabid Transit (E3L6) -All Secrets-
Easter eggs
- Visa and MasterCard stickers can be found on the cash register at the beginning of the level.
- At the top of the stairs with the Battlelord Sentry and explosives, using the Night Vision Goggles will reveal the words, "Telltale footprints", written on the wall.
Development history
See Also: Duke Nukem 3D prototypes
As confirmed by Richard "TerminX" Gobeille, Rabid Transit was directly iterated from L5 in LameDuke. It was later reassigned from Allen Blum to Richard "Levelord" Gray. (See L5 for more information.)
There is footage from a May 9, 1995 iteration of this map.
May 9, 1995 Prototype - L5 in Duke Nukem 3D
Sector chronology
Sector chronology in v1.3d. Bright blue=oldest; bright red=newest. Oldest sectors in ascending order include: lights inside the blue keycard-locked train platform (sector 0), mailbox, revolving doors, train cars.
Trivia
- Even without a keycard, you can open the locked doors beside the blue keycard panel by kicking them. This is because any door that has both a wall tag and a texture with "DOORTILE" in its name will automatically open when kicked.