Where to find Nightmare weapon skins in Doom: The Dark Age

Nightmare skins are a type of weapon skin in Doom: The Dark Ages. By equipping them, you can customize your guns to look as cool as the killing sprees you perform with them — but you do have to find these skins first. Skins can be easily equipped in Doom: The Dark Ages by accessing […]

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Where to find Nightmare weapon skins in Doom: The Dark Age

Nightmare skins are a type of weapon skin in Doom: The Dark Ages. By equipping them, you can customize your guns to look as cool as the killing sprees you perform with them — but you do have to find these skins first.

Skins can be easily equipped in Doom: The Dark Ages by accessing the dossier and selecting the gun in your arsenal. Just press the command to open the skin selection screen and get one you enjoy the most. Nightmare skins are located on the map and indicated by the symbol of a brush. While it’s not tough to pinpoint their locations, reaching those locations is the true challenge.

In this in-progress Doom: The Dark Ages guide, we’ll go over all Nightmare skins we’ve found so far.

How to get all the Nightmare skins in Doom: The Dark Age

A screen showing the basic version of the Pulverizer, one of the guns you get in Doom: The Dark Ages. It has a skull in a compartment where the bones are crushed to be used as ammo.

Nightmare skins encompasses the weapon skins obtainable during the levels of the game as collectibles. Every weapon in the game has a corresponding Nightmare skin. While skins don’t add effect to your guns, making them stronger or better, they make them look cool. That’s all you probably need.

Below, we’ll show you where to find all Nightmare skins we’ve found so far.

Combat Shotgun (Village of Khalim)

The Nightmare skin for the Combat Shotgun, which has some details in red and brown in Doom: The Dark Ages

The first skin you get in the game is the Nightmare Combat Shotgun and it is located in the Village of Khalim, in the segment of the level after you have opened the gate using the blue key. A map of the Village of Khalim level showing the location of the Nightmare skin for the Combat Shotgun in Doom: The Dark Ages.

You will need to clear the area by killing the enemies and closing the hell gates. After killing the initial group of enemies, go left while facing the giant statue and enter the first entrance. There is a giant statue holding a sword in the middle of the screen, a pink arrow pointing left, direction which you must follow to find the Combat Shotgun Nightmare skin in Doom: The Dark Ages.

There will be more enemies for you to face here. Clear the area and follow the only path accessible now. When you get into the corridor, the entrances will become blocked by a red wall. The only way to open them is to kill all the demons inside — as expected. A screenshot where there is a gate to your left. An arrow indicates you must turn to your right at this location to find the edge from which you must jumpt to reach the room where the Nightmare Skin for the Combat Shotgun is located.

When you get out of the corridor, you will be facing a portal. Turn right here and approach the edge. From there, you can see an entrance to the room where the skin is located. An imagem showing an entrance in a cliff. Inside, you can find the Combat Shotgun Nightmare skin in Doom: The Dark Ages.

To reach it, you need to take some distance, run and press the jump button right as you approach the edge of the cliff.

Shredder (Hebeth)

The Shredder Nightmare skin in Doom: The Dark Ages. This is a machine gun-like weapon with details and sigils in red. Most parts are painted in dark gray and light gray.

The Shredder’s Nightmare skin is in the second level in the game, Hebeth. Make sure to progress in the main mission until you’re in the segment named “Defend Hebeth.” Map of Hebeth showing the location of the skin for the Shredder gun in Doom: The Dark Ages.

You eventually get inside a facility where you can see the brush symbol in a short corridor on a higher level on the map. By following the initial corridor, you reach a point where you must use the Shield Recall Jump to cross to the other side. A screenshot showing a segment of a wall with yellow marks which you can climb beside a shrine with emitting a green light.

On the other side, you will find a Sentinel Shrine. Climb the wall beside it and reach the next section. Look to your left to find a few boxes and an opened hatch above them. Since it has the yellow marks, it means you can climb it. A screenshot showing an opened hatch from where you can reach the room where the Nightmare skin for the Shredder gun is located in Doom: The Dark Ages.

Use the boxes to reach the hatch and enter a pathway in the upper level. Follow the trail of gold and it will lead you to an opening. Use it to access the room where the Shredder Nightmare skin is located!

Accelerator (Sentinel Barracks)

A pistol in hues of gray and a few details in red. You see a sphere of glass in the body of the pistol, which is where plasma appears when you use it in Doom: The Dark Ages.

Finding the Accelerator’s Nightmare skin is pretty simple. Once you have unlocked Chapter 4 “Sentinel Barracks,” you should progress in the “Get to the Aratum” mission. Eventually, you will reach a square surrounded by some buildings with a tree in the center. Imagem showing part of Chapter 4 in Doom: The Dark Ages. There is an icon of a brush surrounded by a pink circle indicating where the Nightmare skin is located.

From the path you came, look to the right side of the square and you will see the tallest building in the area. It has two large towers and an opening between them. The skin icon is already appearing on your map by the time you get near the building. A Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot showing part of a building with a statue on one of its toweres. A pink arrow indicates to follow the path to the left.

Now, facing the building, go left and climb the stairs. They take ill to a group of survivors who are hiding. Behind them, the Nightmare skin is waiting for you. A screenshot of Doom: The Dark Ages showing the perspective of the player facing a glowing sphere with a question mark inside.

Pulverizer (The Holy City of Aratum)

The Pulverizer’s Nightmsare skin comes with details in red, while the rest of the gun is covered with a dark sober gray. You can see skulls in a slot waiting to be smashed and be used as the ammo of this gun.

Pulverizer already has an interesting look, but if you want to pump it up, be sure to get its Nightmare Skin. You can find it in Chapter 5 “The Holy City of Aratum” right at the beginning of the mission. A map showing the central are of the Holy City of Aratum where you can find the Pulverizer’s Nightmare skin.

Get your dragon and fly to the center of the city. Then, descend to reach the lowest part of it where you will see a large circular structure surrounded by three pillars. There are two Titans protecting the place, so be sure to kill them. Otherwise, the landing spot won’t appear for you. A map of the lower area in the Holy City of Aratum in Doom: The Dark Ages. A pink arrow points out to the entrance you need to find to reach the skin for the Pulverizer.

Once you set foot in the central area, start by going to where there is a single enemy and a button on the ground. Now, jump from the edge next to the button to access the lower segment of the map. A montage showing two images. The first is the entrance to a corridor which will take you to where the Pulverizor’s Nightmare Skin is located. The second is the a glowing sphere with a question mark inside of it in front of a locked gate.

Turn left, enter a long corridor and keep following it to find the Pulverizer’s Nightmare skin.

Impaler (Siege – Part 1)

The Impaler’s Nightmare skin. Following the general idea of this group of skins, this one has details in red. The spikes it shoots are also in red. The rest of the weapons is gray.

The Nightmare skin for the Impaler is found in Chapter 6 “Siege – Part 1”, which has a massive map and you can get lost pretty quickly. But before you can start thinking about heading to where the skin is located, you need to grab the Purple Key. A screenshot of Doom: The Dark Ages showing the location where you can find the Purple Key in Chapter 6.

Start your way from the initial gate and head forward. Be careful since there are lots of enemies. It won’t take long for you to see the large flying Purple Key indicating where they actual key is located. Just clear the area and grab it. A Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot showing the flowing icon of a Purple Key in Chapter 6.

Now, go back to the main gate and, while facing the battlefield, go to the left side of the map, following the arrows indicated on our map. You will reach an area with a small segment of the wall with yellow marks. Climb it and follow the small corridor. A Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot showing the map of Chapter 6 Siege Part 1. There are three arrows showing the path to where the Nightmare skin in this chapter is hidden.

You will find an immense box in the center of the next room. Turn left to find a Purple Door. Since you already have the key, it will automatically unlock and you can go grab the Impaler’s Nightmare skin. Two images showing the entrace to which you must climb to reach the room where you get access to where the Impaler’s Nightmare skin is located in Doom: The Dark Ages.