Doom (2016) is the first major installment of the franchise released between 2004 and 2016. Originally announced as Doom 4, the game underwent multiple overhauls before being released as simply Doom. With this title, the classic was modernized, and unlike other games that try to capture the original spark, Doom knocked it out of the park. The game was received well by critics and players regarding its phenomenal single-player experience, but unfortunately, its multiplayer was somewhat tacked on.
DOOM Premise
©Key art of Doom 2016. – License
Doom is a first-person shooter known for its fast movement and aggressive combat style. The game takes place on Mars in the year 2149. Players take on the role of Doom Slayer, also known as Doom Guy. As expected, their role is to repel every demon in sight after a portal allows them to overrun a Union Aerospace Corporation Facility.
DOOM Main Characters
- Doom Slayer
- Samuel Hayden
- Olivia Pierce
- VEGA
Other Titles In The Series
- Doom (1993)
- Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994)
- Doom 64 (1997)
- Doom 3 (2004)
- Doom RPG (2005)
- Doom II RPG (2009)
- Doom (2016)
- Doom Eternal (2020)
- Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (2005)
- Doom 3: BFG Edition (2012)
- Doom (2019)
- Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods (2020)
- Doom: The Dark Ages (2025)
Doom Cheats
Note: This refers to the 2016 game by iD Software, not to be confused with the 1993 game Doom by id Software.
Cheat Codes
While playing the game, press the tilde (~) key to display the console window. Then, type one of the following codes at the console window and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function. This will mark you as a “Cheater” and disable online game play. Enter the code again to disable it. To play again without the cheat flag, restart the game, then start a new game or load a non-cheat saved game file.
| Result | Cheat Code |
| God mode | God |
All classic Doom level locations
Go to the indicated location in each mission and pull the switch to activate a classic Doom level nearby.
Hidden Demon Destruction mini-game
In the “Lazarus Labs” mission, reach the room with the DOOM character’s crypt in it. On the left side of the room is a screen you can interact with to play the Demon Destruction mini-game. The game is similar to Bejeweled and Candy Crush, but with a demon theme. You can complete the “Time Well Spent” challenge on that mission by playing it.
Hidden Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 mini-game
In Mission 8: Advanced Research Complex, proceed to the following location. Then, open the airlock on the door straight ahead. When the door opens, enter the room and jump on the containers directly ahead to find the Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 mini-game hidden behind them.
All Rune Trials
There are a total of 12 Rune Trials. Complete all of them to get “The Circle Is Complete” achievement. Each Rune Trial unlocks a rune that can be used in the campaign. The runes activate gameplay bonuses such as more ammo drops, enemies dropping armor on a glory kill, etc. You can level up runes by using them to increase their effect. You must max out all of them to get the “IDDQD” achievement.
Defeating the Cyberdemon
The Cyberdemon is the first boss in the game. You fight him at the end of Mission 9 (Lazarus Labs). The fight is relatively easy. In the first phase, he mostly fires rockets, which you can easily dodge by running in circles around him. When he uses the laser beam, do a double jump to the side. A great weapon to take him down quickly is the Heavy Assault Rifle with the Micro Missiles Mod. The missiles inflict a lot of damage quickly. When his health is depleted, he will respawn again with a full health bar. He will now be throwing some projectiles at you. Do one jump (not a double jump) to dodge them. There is also a checkpoint at the start of the second phase. When the second phase begins, immediately use the BFG to remove a significant amount of his health. Then, use the Heavy Assault Rifle or Plasma Rifle to kill him while dodging the projectiles.
Defeating the Hell Guards
The Hell Guards are the second Boss in the game. You fight them at the end of Mission 11: Necropolis. The fight consists of two phases. In the first phase, you fight only one of the Hell Guards. He has a shield, and you can only damage him when the shield is down. Use a weapon that deals a lot of damage with each hit. The Gauss Cannon with Precision Bolt mod is recommended. Try to get headshots while using it. When he jumps at you, there will be some fire on the ground — so make sure you jump when he does to evade the attack. All attacks the Hell Guards do can be evaded by double jumping (in both phases of the fight). In the second phase, there are two Hell Guards, but they do not use shields — so you can kill them very quickly. When the second phase starts, use the BFG on the two enemies. This will significantly impact their health. The Heavy Assault Rifle with Micro Missiles mod deals significant damage. It also causes the enemies to drop health and ammo. Simply run around them in big circles and shoot rockets at them to quickly kill them.
Defeating Spider Mastermind
Spider Mastermind is the final Boss in the game. You fight her at the end of Mission 13: Argent D’Nur. This Boss has a lot of health. Ensure you enter this fight with full ammo for the BFG. There are two more ammo pick-ups in the Boss fight area. Shoot the Boss with the BFG in the brain. This will stun her. Quickly switch to your most powerful weapon and shoot the brain. While she is stunned by the BFG, you have a few seconds to deal massive damage. With a total of 5 BFG hits in the face and some weapon attacks, you can take away over half her health in a minute. The chaingun with the Mobile Turret mod works very well for shooting the Boss while stunned. It deals the most damage. For the rest of the fight, you can use the Gauss Rifle with the Precision Bolt mod. Just make sure you always aim at the brain. Hitting the legs does not inflict much damage. The Boss uses the following attacks, and they can be countered in the indicated ways:
Electric Floor AOE attack: It will electrify the entire room. You must climb a pillar to stay safe. It deals a lot of damage if you do not get to safety.
Lasers: Evade by crouching/jumping.
Melee: Only used when the Boss comes close to you. Keep your distance on higher difficulties. On easy, this does not matter much.
Plasma Rifle: It will shoot at you. It is easy to evade by walking around the Boss in big circles or double jumping to the side when she shoots at you.
Note: There is no checkpoint during the final Boss fight.
Happy Birthday, Easter Egg
During the “Titan’s Realm” mission, you will reach a cavern area with lots of enemies and a yellow booster platform at the back. Walk up the stairs to your right and follow the wall along the second floor to the end. There is a hidden room behind a crack in the wall that you can jump up to reach. Although it looks like it is too small to get through the crack, you can enter the wall to find a skeleton with a party hat on and a “Happy Birthday!” balloon and cake next to him.
Dopefish reference
The Dopefish can be found as the logo on boxes of ramen noodles from “Dopechan Noodles,” which are available in various areas.
Fallout series reference
At the start of the game in the Prologue, where you wake up and leave the area he was kept in, look at the bottom of the security door. You can see that a Mixom Manufacturing sticker has partially slid down, revealing that it was covering a Vault-Tec logo.
Skyrim reference
In Mission 6, search the area near where you first encounter the Baron of Hell in the Kadingir Sanctum to find a cave with a hidden lever and a skeleton. The skeleton is wearing a Dovahkiin horned helmet and was shot in the knee with an arrow.
Terminator reference
Jump into lava in the “Foundry” mission to sink to your death while giving the thumbs up.
Easy “A Toe Into Madness” achievement
To get the “A Toe Into Madness” achievement, you must complete the first mission on the Ultra-Nightmare difficulty. This is a hardcore mode without checkpoints. If you die, you respawn at the very beginning of the mission. On this difficulty, you die in 3-4 hits and gain very little health and armor from pick-ups. The best strategy is to bait the enemy. Try to let them come to you one by one and stay as far back as possible. Use the alternate fire on the pistol to zoom in. A charged shot with the gun can kill some enemies in one hit. The smallest enemies are easily defeated with melee attacks. This will drop more health than shooting them and save ammo.
Additionally, be sure to purchase the “Explosive Shot” mod for the shotgun at the field drone. It lets you fire a grenade that kills most enemies on a direct hit. It also has excellent range and splash damage.
Easy “Argent Fiend” achievement
Progress in the single-player campaign until you reach the final Boss. If you still have not fully upgraded health, armor, and ammo capacity, quit and replay the missions to get the collectables. Then, complete the campaign once you have fully upgraded health, armor, and ammo capacity to get the “Argent Fiend” achievement.
Steam achievements
Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding achievement. To view your achievements and stats in Steam, select “Community”, “My profile”, “View all my games”, then the game, and view stats.
E1M1: Complete the first mission of the campaign.
Knee-Deep in the Dead: Complete the campaign on I’m Too Young to Die, Hurt Me Plenty, Ultra Violence, or Nightmare.
A Toe into Madness: Complete The UAC on Ultra-Nightmare.
Up Close and Personal: Kill 50 enemies using the Chainsaw.
Specialist: Earn the Mastery for a weapon mod.
IDKFA: Earn the Masteries for all weapon mods.
Hot Swapper: Acquire all weapon mods.
Historian: Find all Data Logs.
Timing is Everything: Use explosive barrels to kill 100 enemies.
Every Nook and Cranny: Find all Collectibles.
Argent Overload: Fully upgrade Health, Armor, or Ammo capacity.
Argent Fiend: Fully upgrade Health, Armor, and Ammo capacity on a single campaign run.
A Gift from Beyond: Earn a Rune.
The Circle is Complete: Earn all Runes.
Tinkering: Fully upgrade a Praetor Suit category.
Overclocked: Fully upgrade all Praetor Suit categories on a single campaign run.
Thorough Shopper: Complete all Challenges for a single mission.
Butcher: Perform 200 Glory Kills.
Rip and Tear: Glory Kill all common enemy types in the campaign.
Juicin’ it Up: Kill 150 enemies while using Power Ups.
Momentum Shift: Upgrade a Rune.
IDDQD: Upgrade all Runes.
What Else Ya Got?: Complete all Mission Challenges.
IPXSETUP.EXE: Win a Multiplayer match.
Combat Tested, Doomguy Approved: Reach Level 5 in Multiplayer.
Shareware: Create and publish a SnapMap.
No Rest for the Living: Play 5 published SnapMaps.
Entryway: Complete the SnapMap Basic and Advanced Tutorials.
Shoot it Until it Dies: Defeat the Cyberdemon.
Outnumbered? No Problem: Defeat the Hell Guards.
Who’s Next?: Defeat the Spider Mastermind.
Into the Unknown: Warp to Hell.
An Old Friend: Acquire the BFG.
The following achievements require the “Unto The Evil” bonus downloadable content:
Computing with Style: Play a Multiplayer Match with a piece of Robotic Armor equipped.
Marked for Death: Kill 10 enemies with the EMG Mark V Pistol in Multiplayer.
Motion in the Explosion: Kill 5 enemies with the Kinetic Mine in Multiplayer.
Sitting Duck: Use a taunt from the Unto the Evil Content Pack during a Multiplayer Match.
Tenderizing the Crops: Kill 10 enemies with the Harvester demon in Multiplayer.
All collectible locations
Search the indicated locations to find all Secrets, Collectibles (Dolls), Data Logs, Elite Guards (Praetor Upgrades), Argent Cells, Field Drones, and Rune Trials. Find all collectibles to get the following 13 achievements/trophies:
Specialist [Bronze / 20G]
IDKFA [Gold / 50G]
Hot Swapper [Silver / 30G]
Historian [Bronze / 25G]
Every Nook and Cranny [Silver / 30G]
Argent Overload [Bronze / 15G]
Argent Fiend [Silver / 30G]
A Gift from Beyond [Bronze / 15G]
The Circle Is Complete [Silver / 30G]
Tinkering [Silver / 15G]
Overclocked [Gold / 50G]
Momentum Shift [Bronze / 25G]
IDDQD [Gold / 100G]
You can obtain all collectibles through chapter select at any time. For the “Argent Fiend” and “Overclocked” achievements/trophies, you must find all Argent Cells and Elite Guards during one campaign playthrough. Thus, make sure not to miss any of them during a campaign playthrough. All collectibles (except for Dolls and Data Logs) allow you to upgrade your gear. This makes them an important part of the game. The Praetor Upgrade (called “Full View”) reveals the collectible locations on the map (except for Secrets). Some are still hard to find because they require the use of switches that are not labeled. The secrets give you weapon upgrade points. You do not need every single secret to fully upgrade everything. It is fine if you miss a few of them. As soon as you obtain a collectible, it will instantly be saved, and you can exit the mission without having to reach the next checkpoint. You do not have to collect it again when you die. In Chapter Select, you can view how many collectibles you have found on each mission. The Data Logs are tracked separately in the “Codex” menu of the pause screen (they are not tracked in chapter select).