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Doom Eternal

MINI EVENT: SLIME TIME

DOOM Eternal’s latest in-game event is green with envy…no, wait, that’s deadly noxious sludge. Crack out the hazmat suits, because iiiiiiit’s SLIME TIME.

Those familiar with our past mini-events like Castle Greyscale know the drill: earn XP to unlock gunktastic rewards such as the Toxic Blob Mancubus, Radioactive Revenant and Oozeville Archville from now until the events ends January 28.

For any new Slayers joining the fray in 2021 (excellent New Year’s resolution, by the way) here’s how you earn XP in DOOM Eternal: Conquer levels in the main Campaign and/or The Ancient Gods – Part One, complete BATTLEMODE matches and crush our weekly challenges. Now get out there and start slaying before SLIME TIME runs out!

Learn more about DOOM Eternal’s in-game events and unlocking rewards in our dev diary video. Don’t forget to join the Slayers Club if you haven’t already to start off your collection with the Zombie Slayer skin!

Vote for DOOM Eternal to win Steam Awards for: GOTY & Best Soundtrack

Hell threw hordes of demons and its mightiest warriors against you as they tried to destroy humanity. But you stood in their way, an unstoppable force that struck fear into the heart of evil.

Every day we’re excited to see players unleash their skill with the Slayer’s mighty arsenal and master DOOM Eternal’s intense push-forward combat - battling the forces of evil across dimensions and through Hell itself. So now’s the time that we’re reaching out to the community to vote for DOOM Eternal for the Steam Awards “Game of the Year” & "Best Soundtrack".

If you loved DOOM Eternal and the first expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part One, we can't wait until you get your hands on the second expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part Two coming in 2021.

DOOM Eternal Update 4.1 Patch Notes

Update 4.1 for DOOM Eternal and DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods – Part One is now live, bringing a ton of progression bug fixes to the Super Gore Nest Master Level, fixes the 99% pause on level load, and includes some general crash fixes.

Super Gore Nest Master Level Bug Fixes



  • Fixed an issue which resulted in the Golden Combat Shotgun not unlocking after completing all Super Gore Nest Master Level challenges
  • Fixed an issue in which players would sometimes be progression blocked after using the Yellow Key
  • Fixed an issue where a Spectre demon would not spawn under certain conditions, sometimes blocking progression
  • Fixed a rare bug in which an extended wave of fodder zombies would continue to spawn in the Star Mall
  • Fixed an issue where duplicate doors would sometimes appear after dying and reloading checkpoints, causing a progression blocker
  • Fixed an issue on PC where quitting to desktop while on Ultra Nightmare difficulty would erase the campaign save game used to play the Super Gore Nest Master Level
  • Fixed an issue where users could sometimes encounter a progression blocker when rushing into the encounter outside of the hospital
  • Fixed a bug in which players could encounter a progression blocker during the final encounter in the exterior totem arena where the Archvile could summon a demon that gets stuck on the ledge where the Slayer Key is located

The Ancient Gods – Part One Bug Fixes



  • Fixed a crash that would happen at the end of the Slayer tutorial for users who only own the standalone version

General Bug Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where all the UI text appeared bold
  • Fixed a bug that caused loading screens to remain at 99% complete for longer than expected

ICYMI - Update 4 Patch Notes



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DOOM Eternal Update 4 Patch Notes

Update 4 for DOOM Eternal and DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods – Part One is now live and features a free new Master Level and Master Level mode, as well as brand new content for live events like the Gift Wrap and Tear holiday themed event that kicks off on December 10th. Update 4 also includes improvements to max resolution while running in backwards compatibility mode on Xbox Series X and S, some key bug fixes and other improvements.

Free New Master Level - Super Gore Nest




  • An entirely new combat experience, built from the ground up, meant to challenge the player beyond anything seen in the base campaign
  • Environmental hazards and conditions keep the player on their toes and change the way they think about approaching combat
  • All new rewards like player icons, nameplates, and cosmetics all earnable though completing Super Gore Nest Master Level in different difficulties and modes

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Classic Mode


  • Start the Master Level with only the Combat Shotgun. You’ll need to find the rest of the weapons and mods throughout the level in order to fill out your arsenal and have a chance to survive!


Extra-Life Difficulty Added


  • We've added Extra-Life mode for those looking to hone their skills and take on a higher challenge as it's permadeth once you run out of Extra Lives. This is a great new option for those training for an Ultra Nightmare run. Time to go hunting for secrets!


Ultra Nightmare Difficulty Added


  • For the ultimate test of skill for those black belt Slayers, we've added Ultra Nightmare difficulty for this new Master Level. This means permadeath without the chance to gain Extra Lives.


GIFT WRAP AND TEAR Event Coming Soon!



Ho-Ho-Hold Onto Your Butts... Cause Update 4 brings some of the most magnificent merriment seen outside of the deepest depths of the North Pole itself. Feast your frosty eyes on a cornacopia of candy-striped cosmetic collectibles waiting for us all under the virtual in-game tree in our next free Event: Gift Wrap and Tear starting on December 10th. Really glory kills the bah-humbug right outta ya...

If this is your first ever event, Merry Youmas! We recommend you check out this article with a video message straight from from Hugo Claus and Marty Claus about how free in-game Events work!

Updates and Improvements


General


  • Added Quick Swap loading screen tip for BATTLEMODE and Campaign
  • Added a third Live Tile on the Main Menu  

Campaign


  • Added End of Level Event Preview functionality which allows players to learn more about the items on their current live event progression track 


Main Campaign Fixes



  • Fixed an issue introduced in Update 3 in which completed mission challenges displayed as 0%
  • Fixed an issue introduced in Updated 3 in which players could not access Master Levels from the kiosk in the Fortress of DOOM   
  • Fixed an issue in which backing out of a Party while playing the campaign on Ultra Nightmare difficulty caused the Party Tab in the Social menu to lose functionality

DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One Fixes



  • Fixed a crash after skipping the Facility Destruction cinematic after the Marauder fight in UAC Atlantica
  • Fixed an issue in which the player can remain swimming in the air after leaving the water in certain situations
  • Fixed an issue in which entering water immediately after a checkpoint save could generate a bad state if the player exited the game before reaching another checkpoint


New BATTLEMODE Updates



  • Fixed an issue where the Demon player's spawned-in Carcass' Seismic Furrows attack did not deal damage to the Slayer
  • Increased Slayer velocity when using the Super Shotgun Meathook mod

Before Update 4:

After Update 4:

BATTLEMODE Fixes



  • Fixed an issue where the player Archvile's fireballs may follow a canted trajectory when fired at an angle through the Flame Wall  
  • Fixed an issue where the milestones, "Extinction-Level Slayer" and "Aggressive Transfusion" did not track progress in BATTLEMODE   
  • Fixed an issue where resetting Demon controls to default only reset the Archvile controls  
  • Fixed an issue where the Slayer player nameplate would sometimes briefly linger on the demon player’s HUD after a teleport  
  • Fixed an issue on PC in BATTLEMODE where the playable Revenant’s self-damage was much lower than expected 

Known Issues



  • Issue: I’m a Windows Store/Windows GamePass customer and noticed that game invites from the Xbox Live app aren’t working. Is there anything I can do about this?
  • Resolution: This is a known issue that we are working with our partners on the Xbox team to resolve. Stay tuned for updates.
  • Issue: I’ve noticed that a community-created mod I’ve been playing no longer works after the latest update.
  • Resolution: DOOM Eternal doesn’t officially support community created mods. Community mods may not function as expected.
  • Users with NVIDIA GPU drivers from before 11/5/20 may experience more performance hitches or instability than previously
  • Workaround: If you have an NVIDIA GPU and are experiencing degraded performance or stability after installing Update 4, we highly recommend you update to the GeForce 457.03 drivers


Learn more about DOOM Eternal’s in-game events and unlocking rewards in our dev diary video. Don’t forget to join the Slayers Club if you haven’t already to start off your collection with the Zombie Slayer skin!

Nominate DOOM Eternal for Steam’s Outstanding Visual Style Award!

Hell threw hordes of demons and its mightiest warriors against you as they tried to destroy humanity. But you stood in their way, an unstoppable force that struck fear into the heart of evil.

Every day we’re excited to see players unleash their skill with the Slayer’s mighty arsenal and master DOOM Eternal’s intense push-forward combat - battling the forces of evil across dimensions and through Hell itself. So now’s the time that we’re reaching out to the community to nominate DOOM Eternal for the Steam Awards “Outstanding Visual Style.”

If you loved DOOM Eternal and the first expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part One, we can't wait until you get your hands on the second expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part Two coming in 2021.

Nominate DOOM Eternal for Steam’s Most Innovative Gameplay Award!

Hell threw hordes of demons and its mightiest warriors against you as they tried to destroy humanity. But you stood in their way, an unstoppable force that struck fear into the heart of evil.

Every day we’re excited to see players unleash their skill with the Slayer’s mighty arsenal and master DOOM Eternal’s intense push-forward combat - battling the forces of evil across dimensions and through Hell itself. So now’s the time that we’re reaching out to the community to nominate DOOM Eternal for the Steam Awards “Most Innovative Gameplay.”

If you loved DOOM Eternal and the first expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part One, we can't wait until you get your hands on the second expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part Two coming in 2021.

Nominate DOOM Eternal for Steam’s Game of the Year Award!

Hell threw hordes of demons and its mightiest warriors against you as they tried to destroy humanity. But you stood in their way, an unstoppable force that struck fear into the heart of evil.

Every day we’re excited to see players unleash their skill with the Slayer’s mighty arsenal and master DOOM Eternal’s intense push-forward combat - battling the forces of evil across dimensions and through Hell itself. So now’s the time that we’re reaching out to the community to nominate DOOM Eternal for the Steam Awards “Game of the Year.”

If you loved DOOM Eternal and the first expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part One, we can't wait until you get your hands on the second expansion, The Ancient Gods – Part Two coming in 2021.

DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One - Update 3.1

An update for DOOM Eternal is live! This release addresses some minor changes, listed below:

  • Fixed a crash when accessing the social menu if you have a very large friends list
  • Addressed issue with Makyr Drone health drops
  • The DOOG easter egg has been removed, but will live on in infamy… We were wondering how long it would take for someone to notice, and as always, we're impressed with the community's speed!

Known Issues


Issue: After Update 3 (released 10/20/20), some of my Mission Challenges show up as being zeroed out after replaying a mission from Mission Select on the Main Menu.
Resolution: This is a known issue. It only affects completed Mission Challenges as it is reflected in the UI. None of your actual progress has been lost. We will be fixing this in the next update.

DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One & Update 3 Release Notes

Experience a brand new set of missions in your eternal fight against evil. Unleash your vengeance and face your greatest test as you march back to the Maykr’s realm. Defeat powerful new threats, restore order to the heavens and unearth the corruption that has thrown the universe into chaos.
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New Features for The Ancient Gods - Part One for ALL platforms



Three New DOOM Eternal Campaign Maps (requires purchase of The Ancient Gods - Part One or the Year One Pass)

  • UAC Atlantica
  • Blood Swamps
  • The Holt


Maykr Slayer Master Collection
Behold the Maykr Slayer! This absolute unit is instantly unlocked upon purchase of The Ancient Gods - Part One or the Year One Pass and like all Master Collections, is loaded with progressibles like a slick podium, new podium animations, alternate skins, icons and player badges. For more info on how to progress through Master Collections click here.


New Support Runes Support Runes are a new Rune variant that have a unique slot. There are three Support Runes that you can find hidden in the world or are awarded after a Slayer Gate.

Desperate Punch - Blood Punch does double damage when your health is 75 or less

Take Back - When a demon causes an Extra Life to activate, it can be killed within a short time to gain the Extra Life back

Break Blast - Destroying a Weak Point generates a concussive blast


Exclusive Deluxe Slayer skins in each level
Exploration has never been more rewarding. If you can find and complete all of the Secret Encounters in each new level, you can unlock awesome new Slayer skins.

Deluxe Slayer Skins include:

  • Industrial Espionage
  • Wetland Warrior
  • Blood Slayer

New Milestones means New Rewards

The Ancient Gods - Part One has a whole new set of spicy milestone challenges, which when completed, grant cool gear like unique icons, player badges, menu backgrounds and even a gold plated Maykr Slayer skin for completing the new expansion campaign on Ultra Nightmare.

Known Issues



  • Issue: I'm a Steam customer who owns DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods – Part One or DOOM Eternal Year One Pass. When I click on the "Go Now" button to purchase the original DOOM Eternal, I'm taken to the Steam store home page. Is there anything I can do about this?
    Resolution: Searching for "DOOM Eternal" from the Steam store home page will present a purchase option for the game.
  • Issue: I have a large friends list and the game crashes when accessing the in-game Social menu or the Favorites tab. Is there anything I can do about this?
    Resolution: This is a known issue was introduced with the 10/20/20 update. Until this is fixed in a future update, reduce the size of your friends list to >40 or use your platform's native capabilities for game invites and related social features as workarounds for this issue.
  • Game may crash after skipping the Facility Destruction cinematic after the Marauder fight in UAC Atlantica. Do not skip this cutscene to avoid this issue. This will be fixed in a future update.
  • Entering water immediately after a checkpoint save can generate a bad state if the player exits the game before reaching another checkpoint. Avoid closing the game while in water if possible. The player’s weapons will disappear if the game is forcibly closed in this unusual situation.
  • In rare situations the player can remain swimming when getting out of the water. Walk back into and mantle out of the water to fix. Changing to the Classic weapon pose, entering and exiting the water and reverting to your previous weapon pose also fixes the issue.

DOOM Eternal: Update 3 Patch Notes



Update 3 is the free base game patch available now that accompanies the release of DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part 1.

General Updates


Text and Voice Chat Prohibition system

  • Players who are reported by others for toxic language in voice or text chat will be notified that they are blocked from using those features
  • Report toxic players here. Please provide screenshots and or videos when possible.

Automated crash dump generation

  • PC crashes dumps will automatically write to the following folder: C:\Users\username\Saved Games\id Software\DOOMEternal\Crash Dumps
  • Visit this link for crash report and dump file upload instructions

THANKSGIBBING Event Coming Soon!



New Events are on the Horizon! Update 3 brings support for more in-game events such as our upcoming THANKSGIBBING event, featuring awesome unlockables we think you'll gobble-gobble up like the Cultist Slayer Master Collection!

New BATTLEMODE Updates



  • Players can now invite other players through platform interfaces
  • Removed Ballista Destroyer Blade Mod and Plasma Rifle Microwave Mod from the Slayer’s inventory in BATTLEMODE 
  • Optimized loot drops (ammo/health) for better network performance 
  • Additional performance optimizations to improve network latency 

BATTLEMODE Fixes



  • Fixed an issue causing the Super Shotgun to do more damage to a Demon player's armored ability than intended
  • Fixed an issue preventing Demonic Onslaught from increasing the Marauder’s shotgun damage
  • Fixed a bug that caused Sticky Bombs to unreliably attach and explode to enemies in some cases
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause Shield Soldiers to spawn with their shields detached
  • Fixed a movement bug that caused Carcass and Cacodemon attacks to move the Slayer in the wrong direction
  • Fixed a bug where the Demon Player HUD only displayed the first two digits of the cooldown timer for instant resurrect and team heal
  • Fixed an issue where Cacodemons sometimes failed to drop health when killed
  • Fixed an Arachnotron issue resulting in the Arachnotron’s turret occasionally failing to destroy when shot with the Precision Bolt, Sticky Bomb or Ballista
  • Fixed animations in 1st person for when Demon players execute a ledge grab immediately after taking damage
  • Fixed a bug causing demon players to not receive their 4th round upgrade until the next round in some situations
  • Fixed an issue where the Slayer’s speed in BATTLEMODE increased based on framerate
  • Fixed a bug causing Lock-on rockets to not properly display damage feedback for demon players
  • Fixed aim assist for Marauders to not be affected by framerate
  • Fixed Revenant dash to not be affected by framerate
  • Fixed an issue where weapon tracers would appear to pass through the Archvile’s flame wall
  • Fixed Slayer’s weapon remaining in place when being killed mid-weapon swap
  • Fixed an audio issue that could cause a metallic sound to loop indefinitely during matches on Torment

Known Issues - Campaign



  • Master Levels are not accessible via the Fortress of DOOM terminal. Until a fix is implemented, you can access Master Levels from the Main Menu/Campaign/Master Level interface.
  • In rare cases, you may encounter player camera issues when reloading a checkpoint from the Pause Menu. Until a fix is implemented, you will need to reload a save or restart the level to resolve this issue.
  • Backing out of a Party while playing the campaign on Ultra Nightmare difficulty causes the Party Tab in the Social menu to lose functionality. Until a fix is implemented, exiting, and reloading the campaign at a different difficulty will resolve the issue.
  • Reloading a checkpoint or exiting to the Main Menu shortly after unlocking Fast Travel for any level may result in Fast Travel becoming unavailable. Until a fix is implemented, avoid using Fast Travel until you have completed a level entirely.

Known Issues - BATTLEMODE



  • The "Extinction Level Slayer” and “Aggressive Transfusion” Milestones can only be completed in Campaign. This will be fixed in an upcoming update.
  • Resetting customized Demon controls to Default only resets the Archvile controls. Until a fix is implemented, you’ll need to manually reset custom controls for all other Demons.
  • In very rare circumstances, when loading into BATTLEMODE matches users will spawn outside the gameplay arena. Restart the game to resolve this issue.
  • Kicking a player from a BATTLEMODE match and then disconnecting can result in the player’s podium being replaced by the podium of the player who was kicked. Exit the lobby to resolve this issue.
  • In rare circumstances, BATTLEMODE parties can end up in a bad state, presenting party members with repeating error messages. This issue can be resolved by recreating the party.
  • After a matchmaking failure, BATTLEMODE menu options can appear as inaccessible in certain circumstances. Restart the title to regain access to all menu options.

HALLOWEEN 2020



As the season of the macabre approaches, the time has come for DOOM Eternal’s spine-tingling, Hell-razing spookacular: HALLOWEEN 2020! And like any good event this time of year, our guests are coming in costume!



Until October 29, you can earn cosmetics to ring in All Hallow’s Eve such the bone-chilling Halloween Slayer, the presumably venomous Black Widow Mancubus, devilishly devious Webenant Revenant and the, uh, just seriously intimidating Cultist Marauder!

No tricks to earning these treats, folks! Just earn XP by completing campaign levels, playing BATTLEMODE and accomplishing weekly challenges to get your mitts on these goodies. Don’t let these terror-ific collectibles pass you by – log into DOOM Eternal today and start slaying!

Learn more about DOOM Eternal’s in-game events and unlocking rewards in our dev diary video. Don’t forget to join the Slayers Club if you haven’t already to start off your collection with the Zombie Slayer skin!