All Doom: The Dark Ages Secret Collectibles Locations

Doom: The Dark Ages has many collectible items that provide various effects to your character. Most of them are in plain sight, while others are in much harder-to-reach areas. However, some of these collectibles are in secret areas that might not be marked or require certain actions to unlock. This guide will help players obtain all secret collectibles:
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All Doom: The Dark Ages Collectibles in Secret Areas
There are 22 chapters in Doom: The Dark Ages, but not all of them have hidden collectibles. About three of them won’t feature secret areas, so they won’t be included in this table guide. Here are the locations for all secret collectibles.
Chapter 1: Village of Khalim | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found behind a wooden barrier in the room after the Melee Combat tutorial. Use your shield to destroy the barricade. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #2 | Found near the plaza behind a gate that you’ll reach by following the trail to the left after the church. You can open the gate via the Blue Key that you’ll obtain from killing cultists |
Imp Toy |
Secret #3 |
Found inside a cave below the cliff behind the Shredder Weapon. Follow the ledge to get down to reach the area. |
Soldier Toy and resources |
Secret #4 |
Found in another cave near the one in Secret #3. Sprint Jump to reach the next area. |
Nightmare Combat Shotgun Skin |
Secret #5 |
Found near the giant crane after defeating the demons when you obtain the Rail Spike Shredder. Follow the path towards the cliffside. |
Purple Key |
Secret #6 |
Found near a Wall Scramble before heading towards the final objective |
Village of Khalim Codex |
Chapter 2: Hebeth | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found by jumping down the vent near the stacked boxes by the wall. The item is near the area where the demons initially spawned from. |
Imp Stalker Toy |
Secret #2 |
Found above the warded gate blocking the cultists, which you can reach via a climable wall. |
Gold Trail |
Secret #3 |
Found behind the metal doorway on the way to the Research Lab |
Gold Cache |
Secret #4 |
After Secret #3, there is another metal vent that you can charge into. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #5 |
Inside the vent, there is another secret that you can access by parrying the green projectiles from the blaster and going behind it. |
Gold Cache |
Secret #6 |
Found behind a blocked doorway after a major fight. |
Gold Cache |
Secret #7 |
Found inside a valve after breaking the metal lock and jumping into the hole. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #8 |
Found behind some meaty tendrils that you encounter on your path. |
Gold Chest |
Secret #9 |
Found through a vent that you find at the forked road before the teleporter. You can find the vent through a stack of metal boxes on the upper left side of the area. |
Weapon Skin |
Chapter 4: Sentinel Barracks | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found behind a wooden barricade in the area with a Mancubus and several Shield Soldiers. |
Hell Knight Toy |
Secret #2 |
Found below the Lost Souls area near the end of the chapter. It should be near multiple refugees. |
Nightmare Accelerator Skin |
Secret #3 |
Found behind a door switch in the hall where you fight multiple Hell Knights. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #4 |
Found at the lower left part of the Mancubus Leader area. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #5 |
Found behind a metal crate on the platform behind it. |
Gold Cache |
Secret #6 |
Found after jumping down the broken bridge and turning around. |
Gold Trail |
Chapter 5: The Holy City of Aratum | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found by dropping from a ledge near the bridge from Hell Carrier 1. |
Gold Trail and Gold Cache |
Secret #2 |
Found by jumping down the cliff after obtaining the Blue Keycard in Hell Carrier 1 |
Gold Cache |
Secret #3 | Found by breaking the breakable wall on the left after entering the second area of Hell Carrier 3 |
The Holy City of Aratum Codex |
Secret #4 |
Found in the next room after getting the Super Shotgun where there is a green button on the floor. Break the chandelier above it to keep it pressed. |
Ruby |
Secret #5 |
Found by following the bridge near the Secret #4 area in Hell Carrier 3 |
Gold Trail |
Secret #6 |
Found by breaking the breakable wall on left after entering the second area of Hell Carrier 3 |
Gold Cache |
Secret #7 |
Found below the area of the place where you find the Demonic Essence – Health. Make sure to use the Gold Trail. |
Gold Chest |
Secret #8 |
Found by dropping off the ledges in the main circular areas in one of the Secret Landing Spots during the second objective. |
Gold Trail |
Secret #9 |
Found by using the Red Keycard in the locked area above a Gold Trail in the Secret Landing Spot during the second objective. |
Ruby |
Chapter 6: Siege Part 1 | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found beside the waterfall floating on top of the bank nearby the area where you find an Artillery and Life Sigil. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #2 |
Found in a hidden nook in the mountain near one of the objectives, secured by a wooden barricade. |
Gold Cache |
Secret #3 |
Found behind a locked gate of a tower. You can reach by swimming through the chasm found through shallow waters and the banner hanging by a pole. |
Gold Chest |
Secret #4 |
Found behind a locked gate in the area near the portal. |
Gold Cache |
Secret #5 | Found behind a gate at the base of the mountain, where you find the Purple Key. |
Slayer Toy |
Secret #6 |
Found by traversing through a tiny valley nearby one of the Gore portals and finding a climbable wall in an area filled with demons. |
Ruby |
Secret #7 |
Found by jumping down the platform near Secret #6 and following the gold rail to a locked gate. |
Nightmare Impaler Skin |
Secret #8 |
Found behind a breakable wall marked by blue in the portal where you get Chainshot. |
Gold Cache |
Secret #9 |
Found by unlocking a gate with your Shield after using the portal near the Sentinel Shrines. |
Gold Chest |
Secret #10 |
Found by entering a cave by following a path near Secret #5 that takes you through broken wooden structures and beside the mountain. |
Ruby |
Secret #11 |
Found above the Gold Trail on the opposite ledge of the Kreed Makyr Codex. |
Gold Chest |
Chapter 7: Siege Part 2 | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found in a blue-marked door behind a breakable wall in the Mancubus room. |
Life Sigil |
Secret #2 | Found behind the blue-marked door on the left side of the curved hallway with the Mancubus. |
Gold Chest |
Secret #3 |
Found behind a blue-marked door on the second floor of the church area, which you can reach by jumping across a gap. |
Pinky Rider Toy |
Secret #4 | Found through a path after climbing two crates in the area with a crashed airplane |
Life Sigil |
Secret #5 |
Found behind a blue-marked door in the hallway with chairs. |
Gold Cache and Gold Trail |
Secret #6 |
Found after dropping into the courtyard after getting the Secret Key. Its through a door with a purple lock in the middle of the wall. |
Ruby |
Secret #7 |
Found after dropping into the courtyard after getting the Secret Key. Its through a door with a purple lock on the left end of the wall. |
Siege Part 2 Codex |
Secret #8 | Found through the path after climbing two crates in the area with a crashed airplane |
Ruby |
Secret #9 |
Found in the area with a fan with a grate after falling down the ship. You can pass through this obstacle after finding and destroying the Superheated Metal past the door up on the wall. |
Life Sigil |
Chapter 8: Abyssal Forest | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found above he area where you find the yellow key | Life Sigil |
Secret #2 |
Found beneath one of the Gold Trails near where you get a ruby. Head down the bottom of the path and swim forward until you reach a climbable wall to get the first reward. Afterward, go to the end of the route and use your blue jump booster to reach the next area and defeat the single enemy there to get the next one. |
Gold Trail and Ruby |
Secret #3 |
Found behind a wall with a blue seal that you can destroy with a shield charge |
Abyssal Forest Codex |
Secret #4 |
Found in a breakable wall that you can destroy with a shield charge |
Gold Cache |
Secret #5 |
Found on an elevated ledge that you can access by using shield throw |
Life Sigil |
Secret #6 |
Found across a chasm after you destroy the wall in the open area where you meet the Pinky Rider |
Gold Trails |
Secret #7 |
Found after finishing the Ghostbuster Mission Challenge |
Ruby |
Secret #8 | Found after destroying a wall and a barrier in the room with fire traps |
Witch Toy |
Secret #9 |
Found in a hole in the area where you meet the Pinky Rider |
Gold Cache |
Secret #10 |
Found across the mine entrance elevator |
Gold Trail |
Secret #11 |
Found on the wall on the left in the area where you obtain the Grenade Launcher |
Gold Cache |
Chapter 9: Ancestral Forge | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 | Found on the opposite side of the elevated platform area |
Third Wolf Statue |
Secret #2 |
Found behind a locked gate near the Ancestral Heart switch in the upper west enemy camp. You’ll have to defeat several enemies once you open the gate. |
Vagary Toy |
Secret #3 |
Found behind a breakable metal above the platforms |
Nightmare Super Shotgun Skin |
Secret #4 |
Found near the lowest west side of the Ancestral Heart |
Life Sigil |
Secret #5 |
Found in the area below Secret #4 by entering a downward path after you finish the gold trail |
Gold Cache |
Secret #6 |
Found near Secret #1 behind a locked gate |
Gold Cache |
Secret #7 |
Found on the opposite side of the elevated platforms area |
Gold Trail |
Secret #8 |
Found after exiting the breakable metal gate below the platform with the Lost Souls and Nightmare Imp Stalker |
Gold Trail |
Secret #9 |
Found by opening the gate behind a breakable wall below the Ancestral Forge |
Ruby |
Chapter 10: The Forsaken Plains | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found on a cliff before reaching the gate for the first objective |
Life Sigil |
Secret #2 |
Found in a passage beneath the Wraithstone between the two Hell Cannons |
Life Sigil |
Secret #3 |
Found to the left of the Secret Key Tower before jumping down |
Gold Cache |
Secret #4 |
Found in a broken building after taking the right path when you drop down from the Secret Key tower |
Life Sigil |
Secret #5 | Found to the right of the elevator, past the route with flame traps near the right Sentinel Shrine during the second objective |
Cyberdemon Toy |
Secret #6 | Found to the right of the elevator, past the route with flame traps near the right Sentinel Shrine during the second objective |
Ruby |
Secret #7 |
Found behind a gate with a green seal after taking a Secret Key |
Ruby |
Secret #8 |
Found behind a locked gate you reach via stairs on the left facing Atlan |
Prinze Ahzrak Codex |
Secret #9 |
Found on a cliff north of a Hell Cannon tower to the right of the Atlan after the first objective |
Demonic Essence: Skull Ammo |
Secret #10 |
Found en route to the objective marker after you climb and drop down behind the Atlan |
Gold Cache |
Chapter 11: Hellbreaker | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found on the opposite side after landing the Atlan at the start of the secondf objective |
Atlan Toy |
Chapter 12: Sentinel | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 | Found on the right of the path, straight from the vents after leaving the ducts |
Sentinel Command Station Codex |
Secret #2 | Found behind the locked gate left of you after dropping from the command room. You can open it using a hologram behind a breakable wall nearby. |
Chainshot Nightmare Skin, Gold Trail, Gold Cache |
Secret #3 |
Found right facing the turrets inside the vent near the first Sentinel Shrine |
Life Sigil |
Secret #4 |
Found by dropping down the broken floor after using the elevator and crossing the gap |
Gold Cache |
Secret #5 |
Found past the gap after opening the yellow gate |
Gold Chest |
Secret #6 |
Found in a vent after breaking the wall near the Yellow Keycard |
Life Sigil |
Secret #7 |
Found by following the vent after you break the breakable wall in the vertical shaft near the Yellow Keycard |
Secret Key |
Secret #8 | Found in a room guarded by an Agaddon Hunter past the area where you get the Secret Key |
Wraithstone |
Secret #9 |
Found behind a gate near the Sentinel Shrine |
Kreed Mykr Toy |
Chapter 14: Spire of Nerathul | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found by dropping down the ledge after beating the Komodo Champion |
Gold Cache |
Secret #2 | Found on the second floor after you destroy a breakable wall |
Arachnotron Toy |
Secret #3 |
Found below the ledge after you break a wall by shooting a glowing red orb |
Gold Chest |
Secret #4 | Found on a walkway, you can access via a jump pad |
Ruby |
Secret #5 |
Found via a long stone bridge where you’ll get ambushed by a Komodo Champion |
Gold Cache |
Secret #6 | Found near one of the Gold Caches through a nearby tunnel on the opposite end |
Ruby |
Secret #7 | Found via a spiral pathway that goes up |
Life Sigil |
Secret #8 |
Found below the Cyberdemon after you reach the Sentinel Shrine |
Gold Trail |
Secret #9 | Found on an elevated area, you can reach it by jumping off a ledge |
Revenant Toy |
Secret #10 |
Found after defeating the stationary demon for Serrat |
Wraithstone |
Secret #11 |
Found in the area where you get the Grenade Launcher and Wraithstone |
Weapon Skin |
Chapter 15: City of Ry’uul | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found after using a lift that you can access by charging through a wooden barrier below the platform before the first shield charge ring |
Gold Trail |
Secret #2 |
Found on a platform near the main portal after you use a purple device near Secret #1 |
Ruby |
Secret #3 |
Found after defeating Tentacles on a platform to the left before the second green ring |
Life Sigil and Gold Trail |
Secret #4 | Found on a higher platform in the area where you first meet an Acolyte |
Gold Chest |
Secret #5 |
Found below the area where you first encounter an Acolyte |
Gold Trail |
Secret #6 |
Found past a water route filled with crushing traps that you open up by shield throwing an energy node |
Gold Trail and Ruby |
Secret #7 |
Found after swimming through the fireball path near the area with the purple device |
Gold Trail |
Secret #8 |
Found on a narrow platform near an Armored Mancubus and a Whiplash |
Gold Chest |
Secret #9 |
Found by going down a platform and using a green ring after defeating the Mancubus Leader and destroying the Gore Nest |
Demonic Essence – Armor |
Secret #10 | Found behind a wooden barrier near the end of the chapter, right before you use the Cosmic Eye |
Agaddon Hunter Toy |
Chapter 16: The Kar’Thul Marshes | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found by finishing two puzzle mechanics after entering a portal near a Gold Trail |
Ruby |
Secret #2 |
Found after destroying all Wolf Statues near a Gold Trail |
Wraithstone |
Secret #3 |
Found in a rotating room puzzle in front of one of the Gold Trails |
Gold Chest |
Secret #4 |
Found during the first objective in the same place as one of the Gold Cache |
The Witch Codex |
Secret #5 | Found in a tunnel behind a black and green gate near the area with both a Gold Trail and a Gold Cache |
Gold Chest |
Chapter 17: Temple of Lomarith | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found via a Shield Recall Jump in the beach starting area |
Ruby |
Secret #2 |
Found floating in the middle of the pathway through the waterlogged sunken ship |
Temple of Lomarith Codex |
Secret #3 |
Found inside a cave near the broken ship past the first Sentinel Shrine |
Life Sigil |
Secret #4 |
Found behind a blue barricade in an alcove hidden near the area where you fight the first Leader |
Gold Chest |
Secret #5 |
Found in the same area as Secret #3 |
Gold Trail |
Secret #6 | Found down a chasm that you can access via a portal at the base at the far side of the temple |
Secret Area |
Secret #7 |
Found in a nearby alcove in the base of the temple near the Sentinel Shrine |
Gold Chest |
Secret #8 | Found in a maze via a ship near the entrance to the temple |
Wraithstone |
Secret #9 |
Found behind a locked gate near a Sentinel Shrine on the far side of the temple |
Ruby |
Chapter 18: Belly of the Beast | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 | Found in a secret area, you access it by destroying a green organ after defeating the Acolyte Leader |
Gold Chest |
Secret #2 | Found by using shield recall, jump to the statue after you destroy the first green organ |
Gold Trail |
Secret #3 |
Found on the opposite side of a higher platform that you access by shield throwing an energy node |
Ruby |
Secret #4 |
Found on a green statue after destroying the second green organ |
Gold Chest |
Secret #5 | Found by following the Gold Trail, you spawn after shield throwing the energy node above the biting traps once you destroy the third green organ |
Gold Trail |
Secret #6 | Found in a pit after you finish a gauntlet challenge, once you destroy the third green organ |
Gold Trail |
Chapter 19: Harbor of Souls | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 | Found on top of a wall after jumping across a ledge |
Gold Trail |
Secret #2 |
Found in an area with enemies that you access by opening up a wall near the end path of one of the Gold Trails |
Life Sigil |
Secret #3 |
Found behind a gate that you can open by shield throwing a mechanism after using the elevator in the room |
Ruby |
Secret #4 |
Found on a ledge near a jump boost |
Gold Cache |
Secret #5 |
Found behind a blue gate after obtaining the Blue Skull Key |
Gold Trail |
Secret #6 |
Found behind the giant skull via the blue jump booster |
Life Sigil |
Secret #7 |
Found after using the elevator that you activate by shield throwing the blue mechanism |
Wraithstone |
Secret #8 |
Found above a ledge after using an elevator |
Gold Trail |
Secret #9 |
Found on top of a ledge after shield throwing a mechanism |
Gold Cache |
Secret #10 |
Found below a ledge that you access after breaking a wall with Shield charge |
Gold Cache |
Chapter 20: Resurrection | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found behind a cannon past a broken wall along the path on the opposite side of a Gold Trail |
Gold Trail |
Secret #2 |
Found after destroying all Wolf Statues near a Gold Trail during the second objective |
Wraithstone |
Secret #3 |
Found in a narrow path near a Gold Cache during the second objective |
Life Sigil |
Secret #4 | Found behind a yellow gate below a cliff in the area, you get the Yellow Secret Key |
Cosmic Baron Toy |
Secret #5 |
Found behind a gate in an area filled with enemies on the way to the third Siege Tower |
Maykyr Drone Toy |
Secret #6 | Found underwater, which you reach by following a path on the right side of one of the Gold Caches |
Gold Trail |
Secret #7 | Found behind a door that needs a Blue Key, below a platform where you get a Gold Chest during the second objective |
Gold Trail |
Secret #8 |
Found behind a breakable wall down in a cave near one of the Gold Trail |
Gold Caches |
Secret #9 | Found behind a breakable wall after heading down a path, once you obtain a Gold Chest after defeating enemies |
Gold Cache |
Secret #10 | Found behind a door that needs the Secret Blye Key near one of the Gold Trails during the second objective |
Ruby |
Secret #11 | Found behind a locked structure that requires the Secret Yellow Key after you climb up the wall near one of the Gold Caches |
Gold Chest |
Secret #12 |
Found on the opposite side of the Serrat during the second objective |
Commander Valen Codex |
Chapter 22: Reckoning | ||
Secret | Location | Reward |
Secret #1 |
Found in a little cave near the hill where you initially dropped off |
Life Sigil |
Secret #2 |
Found by using a jump pad in a room with a chasm in the area before you open the gate to the next location |
Gold Chest |
Secret #3 | Found in the same area as Secret #2, but you’ll have to walk on an organic bridge attached to chains to reach a hole containing the reward |
Ruby |
Secret #4 |
Found behind a blue stone barrier in an area you access after you unlock a gate by shield throwing its mechanism |
Gold Chest |
Secret #5 |
Found after destroying a blue barrier that hides a mechanism that will drop a climbable wall |
Gold Chest |
Secret #6 | Found near the area where you find both a Gold Trail and a Life Sigil. It’s behind a gate after you climb a footbridge. |
Ruby |
Secret #7 |
Found in an area near the Marok Codex along the base of the hill. You can get this after obtaining the Purple Key that lets you return to previous areas. |
Ruby |
Secret #8 |
Found behind a locked gate near a Sentinel Shrine |
Life Sigil |
Secret #9 |
Found behind another gate near the path where you picked up the Blue Skull |
Gold Chest |
Secret #10 |
Found around the corner in the area where you picked up the Blue Skull |
Wraithstone |
Secret #11 |
Found on a slope in the courtyard near the area where you picked up the Blue Skull |
Gold Cache |
Note: These are just the collectibles that are considered hidden or are in secret areas. There are many other collectibles in plain sight or given as rewards.