There were two official expansions released for Blood: Cryptic Passage, and Plasma Pak.Ĭryptic Passage was the first official expansion pack for Blood, developed by Sunstorm Interactive (the same devs would made/would go on to make other Build engine expansion pack classics such as Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach, Duke It Out in D.C., Redneck Rampage: Suckin' Grits on Route 66, and Shadow Warrior: Wanton Destruction), and was released on June 30, 1997.Ĭolloquially referred to by the Blood fanbase as the fifth episode of Blood (after the Dead Reckoning chapter of the original), this expansion has Caleb travelling to the Carpathian Mountains in order to retrieve a mysterious and powerful scroll that is said to be able to upset the balance in the otherworld however, he will not be getting this for free, as he must take it from the forces of the now-deceased Dreaming God, Tchernobog, and his still-loyal minions and forces.Ĭryptic Passage comes with one new (self-titled) episode, which is made up of ten single-player maps (9 normal and 1 secret), along with 4 BloodBath (multiplayer) maps. E4M8: Hall of the Epiphany (Boss Level).
The original Blood campaign is made up of 4 episodes, with each chapter containing either 8 (Episode 1 and Episode 3) or 9 (Episode 2 or Episode 4) levels:
