Doom The Dark Ages- All Chapter One Secrets

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January 01, 1970

12:00 AM

Bethesda and ID Software changed a lot of their original recipe with this new entry in the legendary game series, but they kept what worked wonderfully in Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal: juicy secrets.

We'll be creating guides on finding all of these for each chapter, so keep an eye out. Here is how you can find all Chapter One secrets in Doom The Dark Ages, and what they are.

Doom The Dark Ages Chapter One

Being the first chapter in the game, this mostly serves as The Dark Ages' tutorial level. With that being said, it still comes with six secrets spread throughout the level, which can be easily missed.

The secrets are ordered based on when you bump into them, so you can directly find the ones you missed if you only missed a couple. We'll reveal what they are at the end of each heading in case you don't want to be spoiled.

First Secret

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Behind The Planks. Image credit: Bethesda Softworks. Screenshot captured by Blast.

The first secret you'll find in Doom The Dark Ages' chapter one is soon after receiving the Power Gauntlet. After receiving this melee weapon, you'll walk into a tutorial arena which will stay locked until you complete the two presented challenges.

Following this, you'll clear the burning build, which is where your objective will point you towards, but instead of immediately climbing the wall, you'll use your Shield Charge to break the wooden barrier to the left of the climbable wall.

Doing so will unlock access to the first Secret Area in Chapter one, rewarding you with a precious Life Sigil.

Second Secret

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The optional gate is between the two lamps. Image credit: Bethesda Softworks. Screenshot captured by Blast.

Progress further into the chapter, until you grab the blue key off of a mangled corpse inside a church. Shield Charge through the wooden planks on the left-side wall, and you'll be back at the area where the locked gate is.

Don't go through it yet, instead go left, towards the area through which you progressed to eventually make your way into the key. There is a small gate on the right-side wall that is also unlocked using the Blue Key. Open it, and you'll find a Toy figurine of an Imp.

Third Secret

There are three secrets in the area after the locked gate, so these are not necessarily ordered in the way you will find them. They're all in the same area, though, so it is easy to identify them. The third secret we bumped into was in the left section of this big open area.

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Jump into this opening. Image credit: Bethesda Softworks. Screenshot captured by Blast.

Clear the demon gate in the first platform, make your way through the tunnel towards the next weapon you unlock, the Shredder. Clear that platform too, and then turn back towards the one which had a demon gate. Jump off the ledge into the opening shown above and you'll find your first weapon skin in Doom The Dark Ages.

Fourth Secret

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The purple key is behind this wall. Image credit: Bethesda Softworks. Screenshot captured by Blast.

After getting the Third Secret, go back to the platform where you found the Shredder and you'll see another demon gate in the area above you. Make your way there, clear that gate too, and instead of progressing to the next one, go tot the left of the gate.

Walk by the structure on your left until you see a floating purple object, a secret key. With it on you, return to the center of the area, after the blue key gate, and you'll see a small gate with a purple lock. Approach it with the key and you'll open it, finding another Life Sigil inside.

Fifth Secret

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Drop here. Image credit: Bethesda Softworks. Screenshot captured by Blast.

Return for a third and final time to the platform where you go the Shredder. Face the path that led you up to the area where you found the purple key, but instead of going through it, go left, hugging the wall.

You'll notice that the ledge does not have a fence, look down and there is a platform where you can safely drop. Head into the cave on your right for another toy, this time representing a Soldier. Be careful as you'll be ambushed on your way back.

Sixth Secret

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Climbable wall. Image credit: Bethesda Softworks. Screenshot captured by Blast.

The sixth and final secret found in Doom The Dark Ages' chapter one is found in the beach, the last area of the chapter. Fight through the horde of demons and you'll unlock a path to the end of the chapter, identified by a symbol with a door.

Instead of going to the left, towards the objective, look to your right and you'll spot a climbable wall. Go up and to your right to find the final secret, a Codex page on the Village of Khalim.