Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal

Developers
	id Software
	Panic Button
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 7
Release dates
Windows	March 20, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	88
OpenCritic	89
IGDB	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS
Themes	Horror, Sci-fi
Series	Doom

⤏ Go to series page
Doom (1993)	1993
Doom II: Hell on Earth	1994
Final Doom	1996
DRL (unofficial game)	2002
Doom 3	2004
Doom 64 EX (unofficial port)	2008
Doom 3: BFG Edition	2012
Doom (2016)	2016
Doom VFR	2017
Doom I Enhanced	2020
Doom II Enhanced	2020
Doom Eternal	2020
Doom 64	2020

Doom Eternal is a FPS sci-fi game made by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is a sequel to Doom (2016) which continues the time line of the classic Doom series, and uses the newer Id Tech 7 engine.

The game was released on Steam and Bethesda.net on March 20, 2020. On the release day it was discovered that Bethesda.net copies of the game shipped with a DRM-free version of the game executable, which was subsequently removed the same day by id Software.

On May 14, 2020 Update 1 for the game added empowered demons, echelon levelling and introduced the Denuvo Anti-Cheat protection to scan and report cheaters within the battlemode multiplayer game mode. The introduced anti-cheat solution drew criticism because of its use of a kernel mode driver and introducing issues with the Proton compatibility layer for Linux players. On May 20, 2020 id Software announced they were developing an update to remove the anti-cheat protection, which released on May 27, 2020.

Doom Eternal's creative director announced that the game would not contain microtransactions on January 27, 2020. However on March 10, 2020, details of new cosmetics were released as content tied with Twitch Prime subscriptions.

On June 29, 2021 Update 6 for the game added ray traced reflections and DLSS. Many skins can be earned in-game through XP unlocks. Some skins were released as content tied with a Twitch Prime subscription until July 2020.

Mod tools have been discussed by the developer but have never been officially announced. A small modding community exists on Nexus Mods. Doom and Doom II are playable within Doom Eternal, but the WAD files are also included in the game files, and can be played externally using Doom source ports.

General information

Official fan club

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		No disc included. Deluxe Edition and Collector's Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition The Ancient Gods - Part One and The Ancient Gods - Part Two also available.
		Deluxe Edition, The Ancient Gods - Part One and The Ancient Gods - Part Two also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition, The Ancient Gods - Part One The Ancient Gods - Part Two and Year One Pass also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Deluxe Edition, The Ancient Gods - Part One, The Ancient Gods - Part Two and Year One Pass also available. Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Deluxe Edition, The Ancient Gods - Part One, The Ancient Gods - Part Two, and Year One Pass also available.
Bethesda.net (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition, The Ancient Gods - Part One The Ancient Gods - Part Two and Year One Pass were also available.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on September 5, 2023.

Bethesda.net account requirement can be bypassed. See Skip Bethesda.net account check

The Bethesda.net release is no longer available as the Bethesda.net Launcher has been retired. Users who owned games in their Bethesda.net Library are able to transfer their games to their Steam account for free, even now after the launcher has been officially retired.

Version differences

All editions contain access to Battle Mode.

Standard Edition contains only the base game.

The Ancient Gods - Part One and The Ancient Gods - Part Two include that specific story expansion respectively. It does not require the base game to play.

Year One Pass includes both story expansions. It does not require the base game to play.

Deluxe Edition includes the base game, Year One Pass, Demonic Slayer Skin, and Classic Weapon Sound Pack.

Collector's Edition includes the Deluxe Edition, a wearable DOOM Slayer Helmet replica, playable cassette tape and download codes for lossless digital copies of Mick Gordon’s DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal original soundtracks, DOOM Lore Book, as well as one “The Gift of Argent Power” 11” x 17” Lithograph.

Pre-orders received the Rip and Tear Pack DLC and Doom 64 for free.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Sponsored	Cosmetic microtransactions offered as a sponsored deal requiring a Twitch subscription. These were later made available for purchase through the DOOMicorn Master Collection Cosmetic Pack and Mullet Slayer Master Collection Cosmetic Pack.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Year One Pass	Season pass; access to two future campaign add-ons. Can be purchased standalone without needing to own the base game.
The Ancient Gods - Part One	Story expansion. Can be purchased standalone without needing to own the base game.
The Ancient Gods - Part Two	Story expansion. Can be purchased standalone without needing to own the base game.
Rip and Tear Pack	Pre-order bonus. Includes the DOOT Revenant skin, Cultist Base Master Level, "Throw-back" Shotgun Weapon Skin.
Demonic Slayer Skin	Only included with Deluxe Edition
Classic Weapon Sound Pack	Only included with Deluxe Edition

Microtransactions

Type

Notes

Cosmetic

Several cosmetic microtransactions (Doomicorn skin etc.) were offered as a sponsored deal requiring a Twitch subscription. These were later made available for purchase through the DOOMicorn Master Collection Cosmetic Pack and Mullet Slayer Master Collection Cosmetic Pack. Additionally, seven cosmetic packs are available for purchase, containing content that was obtainable during DOOM Eternal’s seven in-game Series Events.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument

Rename file
Go to <path-to-game>\base\video\boot_sequence\. Delete or rename Boot_Sequence.bk2 to something else.

Skip Bethesda.net account check

Block the executable in outbound firewall rules

Apart from skipping the skip Bethesda account creation/login, this will also disable any online content. Start 'Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security. Select Outbound Rules On the right hand side under Actions, select "New Rule.." Rule type should be 'Program Click Next. Program path should be <path-to-game>\DOOMEternalx64vk.exe Click Next. Action should be Block the connection. Click Next two times and then click on Finish.

Game data

Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOMEternal\base\DOOMEternalConfig.cfg %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOMEternal\base\DOOMEternalConfig.local
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/782330/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOMEternal\base\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.DOOMEternal-PC_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\782330\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/782330/pfx/

Saves have unique platform/account identifiers embedded. To transfer save files (between different launcher versions or within same platform) 3-rd party tools like DOOMSaveManager can be used.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Also syncs in-game settings for graphics and other aspects of the game with the cloud.
Xbox Cloud		Cloud saves are enabled, but the store page does not reflect this.

Video

Video settings.

UI settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Stretched. See the related community plugins for Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen			32:9 is working as of v6.66. Older versions were limited to 21:9, with 32:9 requiring the related community plugins for Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		From 90 to 120. Doesn't scale the weapon FOV; see Field of view (FOV) to fix.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Switches to exclusive fullscreen mode when the window is at the screen resolution and in focus - most likely to allow for better frame pacing.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		No sample rates specified. "Ultra-Nightmare" is equivalent to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TSSAA enabled by default. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for a consolecommand to disable this.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.3
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Adaptive and triple buffering.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 1000 FPS. Monitor refresh rate resets to the value which was set during Windows sign-in.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced reflections added in Update 6.
Color blind mode		Protanopia, tritanopia, and deuteranopia with adjustable strength, contrast and brightness.

Field of view (FOV)

Scale the camera and weapon FOV

Install Cheat Engine. Download cheat table made by gradius12. Double-click the .CT file in order to open it. Click the PC icon in Cheat Engine in order to select the game process. Keep the list. Activate Unrestrict Console Commands/CVars by checking the box. Go back to the game and press ~. Type in g_fov 90 where 90 scales the camera FOV (90=default). Type in hands_fovscale 1 where 1 scales the FOV for gun models by a float value (0=default).

Use Weapon FOV mod[citation needed]

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TSSAA using console command
Open console by pressing ~. Type in r_antialiasing 0 to disable anti-aliasing. Notes: This solution has to be repeated at the start of each session.

Disable TSSAA by editing config file (permanent)
Navigate to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOMEternal\base Open DOOMEternalConfig.cfg with text editor. At the end of the file add a line r_antialiasing "0".

Input

Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse acceleration or mouse smoothing present by default. See Mouse smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity		Horizontal and vertical sensitivity can be adjusted.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Predefined layouts and user-defined remapping.
Controller sensitivity		Horizontal and vertical sensitivity can be adjusted.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		See Steam Input.

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  Slayer bindings.

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  Archvile bindings.

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  Marauder bindings.

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  Pain elemental bindings.

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  Revenant bindings.

Mouse smoothing

Enable and adjust mouse smoothing
Open console by pressing ~. Type in m_smoothing 1 to enable mouse smoothing. Type in m_smooth X, where X is an integer number of samples used for mouse smoothing. Notes: Look smoothing option under Controller settings has no effect on mouse input.

Steam Input

Doom Eternal supports Steam Input with Dualshock 4, Switch Pro Controller and Steam Controller.

Provides additional remapping and ability to utilize unused features like gyroscope.

Right Trigger clicks on elements highlighted by cursor, instead of acting as expected. The gameplay and the map are not affected.

If Steam Controller is turned off during gameplay, and then turned on back, it refuses to send gamepad inputs. It can be bypassed by restarting the game or making a keyboard-only configuration. Dualshock 4 is not affected.

When gamepad is active, weapon wheel accepts gamepad input only. Configurations with simultaneous input (e.g. right trackpad of Steam Controller acts like a mouse) require mode shifting.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, sound effects and voice volume can be adjusted separately.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Background and font size can be adjusted.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan translation.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		3	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game crashes on launch when using AMD Ryzen CPU or Nvidia GPU

Update Chipset driver for CPU

Update BIOS

Game crashes before loading to menu

Update GPU drivers

If using two AMD GPUs, plug both monitors into the primary GPU

Skip intros videos while using compatiblity mode
Go to <path-to-game>\base\video\boot_sequence\. Delete or rename Boot_Sequence.bk2 to something else. Create a shortcut to DOOMEternalx64vk.exe and open its properties. Go to compatibility tab and run compatibility troubleshooter. Try recommended settings (Windows 8 compatibility mode) and test the program.

Game loads to a black screen when launching in full-screen mode

Update GPU drivers

Add DOOMEternalx64vk.exe to exceptions in your antivirus software (including Windows Defender!).

Disable one of GPUs if running SLI configuration

If using Occulus VR goggles, unplug them

Some areas of the screen are obscured by large numbers of black particles

Disable Depth of Field

Various performance issues

The widely reported performance issues caused by the Steam Overlay and Steam in-game FPS-counter were fixed in the Steam Client update from the 29th of April 2020.

Update GPU drivers

Instead of using any other form of in-game Vsync, use in-game triple buffering Vsync instead
V-sync in combination with asynchronous-compute (in game: "present from compute") can lower the framerate. Issue observed on AMD-GPU, unknown if this issue also occurs on Nvidia hardware.

Disable Vsync entirely

Game language can't be changed unless you use a launcher or change Windows language settings.

Use the +sys_langPlatform "en" command line argument[citation needed]

Sped-up/distorted audio

Setting your audio card to play at a sample rate higher than 48000 Hz will speed up the audio and/or cause crackling/distortion. Higher sample rates will result in faster speeds.^{[citation needed]}

Set audio sample rate to 48000 Hz[citation needed]

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Doom Eternal VR and Vk3DVision

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Vulkan	1.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video	2020.11
Multiplayer	Bethesda.net

Mods

Original TAG1

Restores TAG1 spawns to how they were before Update 5.0.

AI restoration

Restores enemy AI mostly to how it was before Update 5.0.

Can be applied for separately for individual enemies or all enemies affected by these changes at once.

Decensor Doom and Doom II

Doom Eternal includes censored WADs of Doom (PSN edition) and Doom II (Bethesda.net edition), similar to the Doom 3: BFG Edition versions.^{[citation needed]}

Add the original wad files manually.[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\base\classicwads. Copy the original DOOM.WAD and DOOM2.WAD files into the folder and overwrite when prompted.

Skip launcher GPU warnings

Edit launcher config

Disabling these warnings isn't recommended as these warnings are there for a reason. It is generally advised to first follow the advice in the warnings! Ignoring these warnings can lead to in-game bugs, the game not starting etc. Open <path-to-game>\launcherData\launcher.cfg in a text editor. Switch rgl_showAMDStartupWarning parameter to 0. Switch rgl_showIntelStartupWarning parameter to 0. Switch rgl_showNvidiaStartupWarning parameter to 0. Save the file.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 10	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 3.1 GHz	Intel Core i7-6700K AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti/GTX 1060/GTX 1650 AMD Radeon R9 280/R9 290/RX 470 3-4 GB (Nvidia) / 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970/1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 4-6 GB (Nvidia) / 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

The minimum requirements are for 1080p at 60 FPS with Low quality settings. The recommended requirements are for 1080p at 60 FPS with High quality settings.