All Doom The Dark Ages weapons and how to get them

Weapons in Doom The Dark Ages — (Image credit: Bethesda Softworks)

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All Slayer weapons
All melee weapons
All Shield Runes
All Atlan mech weapons

The full list of all weapons for Doom The Dark Ages covers 23 separate guns and armaments. Some of these are for the Atlan Robot, but the Slayer can carry 20 separate killing tools on him by the time the game is over, able to switch between them on the fly and slaughter whatever infernal or eldritch forces stand before him.

It's important to know that there's no weapon in the game that's optional or that you can miss out on: they're all placed before you at key moments in the story, and you have to pick them up to continue playing. In fact, some of them are tied into the plot themselves, special armaments that are designed to solve some problem that Doomguy has ahead of him.

Full Doom The Dark Ages weapons list

I've listed every weapon and gun in Doom The Dark Ages below, broken up by category and in the order that you unlock them:

All Slayer weapons

Doom The Dark Ages blocking hell knight attack with shield — (Image credit: Bethesda Softworks)

This is every gun in the core weapon wheel in Doom The Dark Ages, how you get them, and what they're for.

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Weapon	Unlocked in Chapter:	Suited For:
Combat Shotgun	1 (Default)	Close-quarters damage
Shredder	1	Mid-range rapid fire
Shield Saw	2	Clearing crowds, stunning enemies, and breaking armor
Accelerator	2	Rapid-fire damage and energy shield breaking
Pulverizer	4	Thinning large crowds of weak enemies
Impaler	4	Sniping and heavy precision damage
Cycler	5	Steady damage for breaking shields and armor
Super Shotgun	5	Massive damage at close-quarters
Chainshot	6	Chargeable single shot heavy damage
Grenade Launcher	8	Mid-power explosive damage
Rocket Launcher	10	Heavy duty explosive shots
Ravager	12	Focused stream of rapid fire
Ballistic Force Crossbow (BFC)	14	Massive explosive shots that ends battles

All melee weapons

Though Doom The Dark Ages has removed the game's glory kills, there are now three kinds of melee weapons that players can unlock.

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Weapon	Unlocked in Chapter:	Suited For:
Power Gauntlet	1	Frequent combos, light damage, causes ammo drops
Flail	6	Middling damage and use, causes armor drops
Dreadmace	15	Infrequent use, heavy damage, causes ammo drops

All Shield Runes

Shield Runes in Doom The Dark Ages are built-in upgrades for your shield. Only one can be active at a time, and they each trigger different effects when you parry ranged attacks.

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Rune	Unlocked in Chapter:	Ability
Ground Fissure	9	Cause a ground shockwave that stuns enemies
Holy Swarm	11	Fire homing daggers at the attacker
Auto Turret	12	Shoot a shoulder-mounted turret ahead of you
Heaven Splitter	14	Bring down a bolt of lightning that inflicts shock on the attacker and those around them

All Atlan mech weapons

There are three forms of combat for the Atlan mech that come up, but you don't get to keep them. Instead, you'll be dropped a specific weapon of the game's choice at certain story moments before they're later discarded, though some come up more than once.

Unarmed/Melee
- The default Atlan combat system. Landing hits and perfects dodges build up charge for more powerful attacks, such as stomps and palm strikes.
Minigun
- A continuous stream of fire. Perfect dodges temporarily empower this weapon.
Shotgun
- Heavy duty blasts for close range. Perfect dodges temporarily empower this weapon.

Want to know more about the Slayer's medieval adventures? We've got all the Doom The Dark Ages secret layovers in Chapter 5 here, so you know where to park your dragon, or find out our list of the top Doom The Dark Ages tips!