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After collecting the four runes, the Ranger returns to the Hub Level and finds an opening on the floor. The hole leads to the Old One's lair.
Tropes related to the Old One itself are found in the game's characters sheet.
This episode provides examples of:
- Beneath the Earth: The episode is located underground.
- Cosmetic Award: The 2021 remaster offers the following achievements for this episode:
- Completing the game earns you "Indigestion".
- Completing the game in Nightmare mode earns you "Shub's Bud".
- Death Trap: The road to Shub-Niggurath includes hidden spikes and Spike Shooters levelled at the player's feet.
- Fire and Brimstone Hell: After traversing through the murky water at the beginning of the level, Shub's pit pretty much looks like a cliché of a scorching underground hell.
- Only Killable at Home: In order to finish Shub-Niggurath for good, you need to descend to her home location and Tele-Frag her.
- Tele-Frag: The only way to beat the final boss, Shub-Niggurath.
- A Winner Is You: After Shub-Niggurath explodes, the game and its developers just congratulate you and thank you for playing. And it's never explained what happens to your character after that note . Did he just stay on that platform surrounded by lava until he died of starvation?
