In Doom: The Dark Ages, Skins are cosmetic items that alter the appearance of the Doom Slayer's weapons or armor, offering no gameplay advantages. They are collectibles often found in Secret Areas, hidden paths, or as rewards for completing specific challenges or levels.
Types of Weapon Skins
- Default - The standard appearance of each weapon, available from the moment you unlock the weapon during the campaign.
- Nightmare - A collectible skin marked by a paintbrush icon on the game's map. These skins emphasize exploration and are often hidden in challenging or hard-to-reach areas.
- Reverent - A unique cosmetic skin earned by completing specific mission challenges in various chapters.
- Conqueror - A prestigious gold-themed skin that signifies mastery of a weapon. Requires fully upgrading a weapon with all available upgrades and then completing the weapon's specific mastery challenge.
Weapon Mastery Challenges
- Combat Shotgun - Barrel Stuffer - Hit demons with every pellet from Combat Shotgun shots x 150.
- Super Shotgun - Super Barrel Stuffer - Hit demons with every pellet from Super Shotgun shots x50.
- Shredder - Burster - Cause secondary Pincushion or Ricochet damage to demons with the Rail Spike Shredder x100.
- Impaler - Acupuncture - Regenerate your melee charges with the Lobotomy bonus head shots from the Rail Spike Impaler x100.
- Accelerator - Redline - Cause Overload or Heatblast damage to demons with the Plasma Rifle Accelerator x1000.
- Cycler - Thermal Runaway - Cause Overloaded or Lightning Arc damage to demons with the Plasma Rifle Cycler x500.
- Pulverizer - Hunter - Cause Charged damage to demons with the Skullcrusher Pulverizer x250.
- Ravager - Gatherer - Gather Skullcrusher ammo by damaging demons with the Supplier equipped Ravager x100.
- Chainshot - Reverberation - Cause explosive Cosmic Breach damage to demons with fully charged Chainshot Reaver impacts x100.
- Grenade Launcher - Clusterfun - Cause secondary Fragment and Cataclysm damage to demons with the Grenade Launcher cluster grenades x100.
- Rocket Launcher - Engore - Heal yourself with the Cannibalism upgrade from close range blasts of the Rocket Launcher x50.
Slayer Skins
In Doom: The Dark Ages, there are eleven unlockable Slayer skins. Three of them are earned by completing the game on specific difficulty settings. One is a pre-order bonus and another one is available with the Premium Edition. Six are tied to collaborations and special purchases.
- Nightmare - Beat the campaign on any difficulty.
- Reverent - Beat the campaign on Pandemonium difficulty.
- Conqueror - Beat the campaign on Ultra-Nightmare difficulty.
- Void - Preorder Doom: The Dark Ages.
- Divinity - Purchase the Premium Edition of Doom: The Dark Ages.
- Guardian - Doom The Dark Ages Twitch drops (May 12, 2025 - June 2, 2025).
- Butcher - Bethesda free in-game bundle.
- Verdant - NVIDIA GeForce Reward.
- Executioner - Purchase the Doom The Dark Ages Limited Edition Xbox controller.
- Legionary - Purchase the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 Doom Edition bundle.
- Ranger - Purchase pizza from Prince Street Pizza.
Atlan Skins
- Reverent - Beat the campaign on Pandemonium difficulty.
- Nightmare - Beat the campaign on Ultra-Nightmare difficulty.
- Divinity - Purchase the Premium Edition of Doom: The Dark Ages.
Dragon Skins
- Reverent - Beat the campaign on Pandemonium difficulty.
- Nightmare - Beat the campaign on Ultra-Nightmare difficulty.
- Divinity - Purchase the Premium Edition of Doom: The Dark Ages.
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All known locations on the map - Hebeth
All known locations on the map - Sentinel Barracks
All known locations on the map - The Holy City of Aratum
All known locations on the map - Siege - Part 1
All known locations on the map - Siege - Part 2
It's a reward for completing the "Exterminator" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Ancestral Forge
It's a reward for completing the "Seven Secrets" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - The Forsaken Plains
It's a reward for completing the "Exterminator" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Sentinel Command Station
All known locations on the map - From Beyond
It's a reward for completing the "Veteran Pursuer" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Spire of Nerathul
All known locations on the map - City of Ry'uul
It's a reward for completing the "Face Cracker" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - The Kar'Thul Marshes
It's a reward for completing the "Hunter" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Temple of Lomarith
It's a reward for completing the "Water Logged" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Belly of the Beast
It's a reward for completing the "Toe-To-Toe" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Resurrection
It's a reward for completing the "Extreme Prejudice" mission challenge.
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All known locations on the map - Reckoning
It's a reward for completing the "Death Clock" mission challenge.
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Combat Shotgun: Nightmare
