wolfenstein
Barnacle Wilhelm
Animated Barnacle Wilhelm
Bio
HP 950/1050/1150/1300[1]
Points 5000
Wake WILHELMSIGHTSND
Death WILHELMDEATHSND
Weapon Chaingun
Rocket launcher
Spear of Destiny credits

Spear of Destiny credits

Barnacle "Bill" Wilhelm ("William", i.e., a play on "Barnacle Bill") is the second boss in Spear of Destiny level 10. He is the jailer of the dungeons of Castle Nuremberg. He has a receding blonde hairline and a slight moustache and is wearing a blue armored vest. His choice of weapons are the same as General Fettgesicht, a rocket launcher and chaingun combination.

Barnacle Wilhelm fires 1 missile and 4 bullets per volley. Upon defeat, he will talk before falling to the ground and dropping a gold key.

His speed is the only combative difference between him and General Fettgesicht. Dr. Quarkblitz is his equivalent in the mission packs.

Tactical Analysis

The same analysis can be used to defeat Wilhelm as was used to defeat Fettgesicht. However, there are two secret rooms in the area where you face Wilhelm. The access to one of these rooms gives a plentiful amount of life and ammunition, enough to scroll back and forth while fighting him.

Quotes

The following quotes are taken from the original manual of the DOS version published by FormGen:

"Ach so"[2]
"Oh, I see!"[2] File: "WILHELMSIGHTSND". Spoken upon seeing the player.
"Wenn schon!"[2]
"So what!"[2] File: "WILHELMDEATHSND". Spoken upon death.

"Id Software apologizes to German speaking people everywhere."[2]

Notes

Barnacle Wilhelm is the only boss to be featured in the credits not shown with his weapons.

Data

Attributes
Hit points 950 (skill 1),
1050 (skill 2),
1150 (skill 3),
1300 (skill 4)
Speed 2048
Pain No
Score 5000
Sprites & sounds
Sprite number 337-348
Alert sound WILHELMSIGHTSND
Death sound WILHELMDEATHSND
Ranged attack
Type Hitscan
Damage
Speed
Sound NAZIFIRESND
Ranged attack
Type Projectile
Damage
Speed 2000
Sprite number 307-314,
319-321 (explosion),
315-381 (trail)
Sound MISSILEFIRESND (firing)
MISSILEHITSND (impact)

References

  1. ↑ WOLFSRC/WL_ACT2.C from the Wolfenstein 3D source code on github.com, line 42
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Cloud, Kevin. Spear of Destiny Hint Book. FormGen Corporation, 1992. Page 36. Web. (Third-party scan)
Wolfenstein 3D era enemies
Wolfenstein 3D Guard · SS · Killer Dog · Mutant · Officer · Pac-Man Ghost · Fake Hitler
Other enemies Bat · Mutant Rat · Ghost
Wolfenstein 3D bosses Hans Grösse · Dr. Schabbs · Adolf Hitler · Otto Giftmacher · Gretel Grösse · General Fettgesicht · Staatmeister
Spear of Destiny bosses Trans Grösse · Barnacle Wilhelm · Übermutant · Death Knight · Angel of Death
Spear of Destiny mission pack bosses Submarine Willy · Professor Quarkblitz · The Axe · The Robot · Devil Incarnate