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DOOM: The Dark Ages
DOOM: The Dark Ages
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Sep 4, 2025 · 11mo ago

Update 2.1 Hotfix 1

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Update 2.1 Hotfix 1 focuses on stability, quality-of-life improvements for loadouts, and significant balance reverts for enemies and weapons, alongside various encounter tweaks across multiple maps.

Buffs9

  • Slayer
    • Equipped guns, upgrades, melee weapons, and shield runes now persist across checkpoints and mission transitions.Added
    • Shield Charge:Shield Charge AOE now causes health to drop from killed enemies, improving sustain during aggressive play.Added
    • Players are now restored to a minimum of 75 health upon checkpoint reload (excluding Pandemonium and Ultra Nightmare).75 HP
  • Super ShotgunReload:Players can now interrupt the reload animation to perform a melee attack or block/parry.Added
  • CacodemonReverted the health buff applied in Update 2, making them easier to kill again.BuffedReverted
  • Mancubus
    • Reverted health and armor buffs from Update 2.BuffedReverted
    • Flamethrower:Reverted damage increases to the flamethrower.BuffedReverted
    • Fireball:Reverted changes to fireball speed and size.BuffedReverted
  • RipatoriumAdded ammo and health pickups to Ripatorium arenas to improve survivability.Added

Bug fixes3

  • Vagary
    • Execution:Fixed an issue where the base Vagary would not die when executed while dazed.
    • Fixed an issue where Vagary did not falter from Dreadmace damage after certain upgrades.
  • GeneralFixed crashes during combat with high enemy counts and long sessions (8h+) on consoles.

Other changes1

  • GeneralAdded 'Energy Shield' popup to the Pause Menu tutorial list.

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Patch history

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  1. Update 4 Hotfix 2Jul 29, 2026 · 3w

    Update 4 Hotfix 2 focuses on balancing the Skullcrusher Ravager and Tormentor, fixing critical save-breaking bugs in Osseus, and resolving various clipping and UI issues.

    +21
  2. Update 4 Hotfix 1Jul 14, 2026 · 1mo

    Hotfix 1 for Update 4 addresses critical progression blockers in Hell's Core and Osseus, fixes Chain Spear input bugs, and improves game stability.

  3. Update 2.2Oct 15, 2025 · 10mo

    Update 2.2 focuses on handheld optimizations, Steam Deck verification, extensive bug fixes, and combat tuning to prevent enemy respawns during boss fights.

    +31
  4. Update 2.1Aug 18, 2025 · 12mo

    Minor update addressing resolution scaling jitter and VRS setting application.

  5. June 2025 PC Update HotfixJun 23, 2025 · 14mo

    June 2025 PC Update Hotfix updates recommended driver messaging in the game launcher.

  6. Update 1 Hotfix Release NotesJun 12, 2025 · 14mo

    Update 1 Hotfix addresses visual graininess/blurriness and acknowledges an ongoing investigation into a PS5 achievement bug.

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