In this guide I'll be going over how to get all the Star Coins and Secret Exits in Golden Souls. There are 3 Star Coins in each of the main levels and 1 Secret Exit in each section of the mansion.

(Edit 28th Jan, 2025): I've added maps with the Star Coins and Secret Exits Marked on it, as well as visual directions. Red line are the path you walk, Blue dots are buttons and other interactions, purple lines show where teleport take you, yellow line show where your suppose to shoot.

Here's where you can download the game. Load it in with doom 2 and enjoy:
https://batandy.itch.io/goldensouls


Here's a link to a video version of this guide in case you need it:
https://youtu.be/Ah26-nGLCms

Map:




Star Coin 1:
Naturally the first level's Star Coins are easy, the first one you just have to jump to it from the small ledge that leads to the window.




Star Coin 2:
Inside the main building you might notice that there's a small hole in the wall covered with vines and a series of small pillars with imps on them. You can get on top of them by running onto them from a platform across from them (or by jumping across to them but I find running to work better), after doing so you move across them to the one closest to the hole in the wall. To get in the hole and to the Star Coin inside it, all you have to do is crouch and run into it.




Star Coin 3:
The final Star Coin is located in a secret room inside the left hedge-wall. Just look for the arrow made of red flowers.




Secret Exit:
In the last outside area you can see a small outcrop with a tree on it, while standing on this you can jump onto the tree and then you can jump onto the cliff overlooking the area.

Now that you're here you'll probably notice a tunnel on the other side, you can reach it by moving in between the trees. After you go into the tunnel you'll find a painting like the one you used to enter the level, this one will take you to a hidden part of the mansion with a Secret Level.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
Right after picking up the AK-47, you might notice a Rainbow Water Fall. You can swim up it and find some coins, but more importantly you can dive down to the water below and find a Star Coin near the bottom.




Star Coin 2:
Now you'll have to go through a few volleys of bullet bills to get one of the red coins, but if you can push even further and jump behind the cannons you can get a Star Coin.




Star Coin 3:
This one is hovering overhead in a cave on the side of a cliff, this is where you find one of the red coins. You might have already found this one, but you can't reach it from down there, you'll have to jump to it from above.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
The first Star Coin is super easy to grab, it's literally right there so all you need to do is platform over there.




Star Coin 2:
The second Star Coin is on the pirate ship's mast, you can't miss it. You'll have to jump to it from on top of the captain's quarters to reach it.




Star Coin 3:
In the underwater tunnels you'll notice that after you grab the Red Coin, you might notice that there's more tunnels these will lead you to the final Star Coin.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
Most of this level's Star Coins are out in the open. The first one is floating over a lava pit right in the middle of a hallway. I recommend jumping to it from the moving platform as it lowers into the lava, so once you grab the coin and fall into the lava you can then quickly go back to the platform as it rises out of the lava.




Star Coin 2:
Near the end of the first area you'll see a bunch of crushers. Run through them, it'll be funny!




Star Coin 3:
Outside you'll find a pit that you have to platform around, but before that Could I interest you into jumping into that not-so-deadly pit? You'll find the final Star Coin as well as a teleporter taking you back up.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
Inside the pyramid there will be a room full of pillars, after walking through the room the pillars will open.

After they open turn around and head back to the previous room, you'll see that a hidden compartment has opened with a Star Coin inside.




Star Coin 2:
You'll come across a pool of quicksand leading under a wall. Dive into the quicksand and quickly go under the wall and grab the Star Coin there.




Star Coin 3:
Near the end of the level you might notice a hole in the wall with a Star Coin above you and out of reach. You can get there by going through a secret tunnel hidden in that room, the tunnel is mark with a different brick pattern. Run through it and grab the Star Coin.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
Go upstairs and to the room with a piano and play "Hiding the Secrets" by Bobby Prince on it. After doing so a wall will move reviling a Star Coin.




Star Coin 2:
At the end of the library right before you open the short-cut to the piano room you'll see a book shelve with an out of place book.

Pull on that book and run all the way back to the library and you'll see that it opened a secret room with a Star Coin in it. Keep in mind that it only opens for a short time and you can't go back the way you came to get to the library.




Star Coin 3:
In the cemetery you'll find a crypt with a Red Coin in it. Going around the back of the crypt you'll find a Star Coin.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
The first Star Coin is right out in the open for you, all you have to do is use a note block to jump up to it.




Star Coin 2:
The second Star Coin you'll probably notice on the side of the maze.

And how you get to it is simple, all you do is go around the edge of the maze. And that'll lead you straight to the Star Coin.




Star Coin 3:
At the end of the level there's a fake all you can walk through. So just walk through it and collect the Star Coin. I couldn't find anything hinting at this wall being special so just check all the walls there.




Secret Exit:
In front of the area full of note blocks you might also notice a small path leading around it, this path is opened by a switch later on in the level although I don't know which. Following this path will bring you to another painting that you can go through to access a hidden part of the mansion with a Secret Level in it.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
After hitting the switch on the balcony you might notice a hole in the fence.

Dropping off the balcony will land you on a roof where you can hop across to the roof with the Star Coin on it.




Star Coin 2:
Near the end of the level you'll find a switch next to a gate hitting this switch lower the gate but also lower a red brick pillar reviling a Star Coin in the area where you got the Semi-Auto Shotgun.




Star Coin 3:
Right before the boss arena you'll be in a fenced in hallway, look to your right and you'll notice a platform with a switch and a Star Coin. Look for Flesh-Eye-Switch, shoot it and you'll be teleported there and you can collect the final Star Coin.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
The Star Coins is this level are easy enough to get, for the first one just look for a naturally occurring staircase on the other side of the canyon than the one you start on, this will lead you right to the Star Coin.




Star Coin 2:
The second Star Coin is right out in the open for you, the only problem is getting to it. Just jump onto the fence and then jump to the Star Coin.




Star Coin 3:
The final Star Coin you've probably noticed before, head to the bridge near the end of the level and jump down to one of the stone pillars leading to it.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
After going through the first building turn around go around the side of it to find the first Star Coin.




Star Coin 2:
In the cave go down the path way to your right and look into the pit, you'll a teleporter there. Just jump down onto it and you'll arrive at a bonus area with the Star Coin.




Star Coin 3:
Near the end of the level you'll be back in the jungle and you might notice something yellow and shiny hidden in between the trees, it's a Star Coin, go get it!




Secret Exit:
Now at some point in the level you caused a massive cliff at the beginning to lower reviling a pathway. This pathway leads to a painting which will take you to yet another hidden area within the mansion that contains yet another Secret Level.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
The first Star Coin is to the right of the start of the level, the only problem being all the mines around it, just jump into the Star Coin from above or below with out touching any of the mines and you should still have (most) of your limbs intact.




Star Coin 2:
The second Star Coin is poorly hidden, just look around the corners of the buildings and you'll find it. Watch Out For Revenants!




Star Coin 3:
In one of the buildings (the one with the massive lava pit) there will be a wall with a blue panel on it that you can open. The panel will open to reveal a tunnel leading to the final Star Coin.

Map:




Star Coin 1:
The first Star Coin is found on top of a wall of an old temple, you'll need to climb on to the walls near the entrance and loop around to the wall with the Star Coin.




Star Coin 2:
For this one you'll need to find to switches in the maze. Both are hidden behind flowers, the first one is easy to spot.

The second one you can find by looping around the edge of the island the maze is on.

After hitting these two switches you'll notice that a giant pillar has lowered outside the maze and has a teleporter on it this leads to the Golden Air-ship it's filled with coins and at the very end around the cabin you'll find the second Star Coin.




Star Coin 3:
The final Star Coin is harder to find, but simpler to get. Just look for an island with two cliffs with a bunch of imps in between.

And if you go around one of the cliffs you'll find a wall you can walk through. Look for the wall without grass on top and walk through to grab the final Star Coin.

So now you know how to get every Star Coin, but this isn't the end.
Just outside of the mansion you'll see a few gates with emblems of Star Coins on them, these lead to Special Levels. Luckily for me these have no Star Coins in them.

So have fun, good luck, and RIP AND TEAR like Carmack intended!




Here's a link to my Golden Souls 2 guide: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2978873313


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