DOOM: The Dark Ages Adds Slaughter Mode on November 16

DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations will add Slaughter Mode on November 16, introducing an endless combat challenge built around escalating, randomized encounters, bosses and arenas.

According to Bethesda’s official Slaughter Mode announcement, the update is included at no additional cost for owners of the Revelations DLC, the DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition or the Premium Upgrade.

How Slaughter Mode works

Each run sends players through unpredictable rounds drawn from different enemy encounters, boss fights and arenas. The challenge becomes more difficult as a run continues, and the randomized structure means two attempts are not intended to play out identically.

Completing rounds awards Skulls. Those Skulls unlock Slaughter Mode-only Slayer skins, weapon skins that can be used in other modes and profile icons. Players can also unlock tracks from Andrew Hulshult’s IDKFA soundtrack for use in Slaughter Mode and the Ripatorium.

Secure your Skulls or risk them for a multiplier

Round Checkpoints create the mode’s central risk-and-reward decision. Players can Secure the Skulls they have collected, protecting them if the run ends, or choose Risk It to increase their Skull Multiplier.

The higher multiplier creates an opportunity to earn more Skulls, but dying while Risk It is active forfeits every unsecured Skull from that run. Each completed checkpoint also unlocks a later starting point, allowing future attempts to begin deeper into the challenge.

Weekly challenges and long-term rewards

Weekly challenges provide additional opportunities to earn rewards and improve personal scores. Together with checkpoint starting points and unlockable cosmetics, they give the endless mode progression beyond a single high-score attempt.

Slaughter Mode arrives November 16. It is not a free update for every base-game owner: access requires Revelations, the Premium Edition or the Premium Upgrade.

Will you secure your Skulls at each checkpoint or risk them for a larger multiplier?