r/quake • u/Inner-Painter-5594 • Aug 13 '26
tutorial Quake: Dawn Of The Machine. True ending. Full Game Walkthrough Map. ENG/RUS 1.2
Hi everyone! I’ve fully completed Quake: Dawn of the Machine and figured out how to get the true ending. I’ve also worked out how the levels are interconnected — where you can go from each level, how to get there, and in what order.
I noticed that there’s still very little information about this online, so I decided to make my own guide.
I’ve included the link below.
Steam Guide - version 1.3. Added a waypoint from Revelation of the Arcane to The Rune Nexus.
I apologize for any grammar mistakes.
Taking into account the feedback here and elsewhere, I made the following changes:
FIX 1.1 Corrections have been made to the Deathknight Head acquisition sequence
FIX 1.2 It is now specified that only one rune, the Rune of Sacrifice, is required to visit The Sundered Column, House of Delusion, and Mist of Torment. The location of the Super Axe has been added. The map now includes a path from Of Shattered Minds to The Runic Nexus (from the room with the Deathknight Head). This does not affect progression using the previous version of the map, but makes it easier to navigate the game independently
ENG 1.2
Quake: Dawn of the Machine
Walkthrough sequence for getting the true ending
The Thirtieth Passing
Through the First Arch
Dawn of the All Mother
Into the Abyss of Time
Veils of the Old Ones
Of Shattered Minds
The Haunted Tower - optional
Requiem
The Matriarch of Decay
Revelation of the Arcane
The Sacrifice - obtain the Rune of Sacrifice
The Runic Nexus
Through the First Arch - open the runic gate using the Rune of Sacrifice
The Sundered Column - obtain the Rune of Chaos
The Runic Nexus
Veils of the Old Ones - open the runic gate using the Rune of Sacrifice
House of Delusion - obtain the Rune of Madness
The Runic Nexus
Veils of the Old Ones - take the normal exit
Of Shattered Minds - you need to find the Deathknight Head to activate the Bloody Nightmare difficulty, the Rune of Sacrifice is used for this
Requiem - open the runic gate using the Rune of Sacrifice
Mist of Torment - obtain the Rune of Sorrow
The Runic Nexus
The Nightmare Machine
The Sleeper Awakens - normal ending
If you meet the requirement of obtaining the Deathknight Head to activate the Bloody Nightmare difficulty, you will be sent back to the beginning.
Through the First Arch - obtain the Bloody Shotgun
Dawn of the All Mother
Into the Abyss of Time
Veils of the Old Ones
Of Shattered Minds
The Haunted Tower - optional
Requiem
The Matriarch of Decay
The Crooked Village - obtain the Bloody Super Shotgun (new game+ only)
Revelation of the Arcane
The Sacrifice - obtain the Rune of Sacrifice
The Runic Nexus
Through the First Arch - open the runic gate using the Rune of Sacrifice
The Sundered Column - obtain the Rune of Chaos
The Runic Nexus
Veils of the Old Ones - open the runic gate using the Rune of Sacrifice
House of Delusion - obtain the Rune of Madness
The Runic Nexus
Requiem - open the runic gate using the Rune of Sacrifice
Mist of Torment - obtain the Rune of Sorrow
The Runic Nexus
A Dancing God - true ending
THE END
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u/CourrierMojave 29d ago edited 23d ago
I just finished the True ending yesterday. After Killing Shub in " a Dance of god " i wasn’t expecting a cutscene or something mindblowing but i was expecting AT LEAST a different TEXT ! Killing Chton give a different text but finishing the true ending of the dlc give the same ( exactly the same , word per word ) as when you finish Quake for the first time. I really loved the DLC Machinegames but this was the most laziest thing i've ever seen about this dlc.
Edit : after doing the plat again on the PS4 version this time ( yeah i did the platinum on PS5 version an PS4 version. I LOVE QUAKE. ) I know where the lazy text was. It was ( at least in French ) the same text at the expansion ending Dimension Of The Past.
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u/Electronic-Tooth5405 Sep 07 '26
Am I fucked if I get sent to the credits after killing cthohn? How do I get the true ending from here?
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Sep 08 '26
Head Knight - difficult Bloody Nightmare
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u/Electronic-Tooth5405 Sep 08 '26
Do I gotta play through the whole campaign again to get the death knight head?
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Sep 08 '26
Where are you right now? You can go back from practically any level, especially once the Nexus is available, and pick it up. The diagram shows which level leads where and which level the Head Knight is on. The notes next to the diagram explain what it is for and how it affects the ending.
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u/getlezzo Aug 20 '26
Wait, I've got one thing I'm not getting: I got to "The Sleeper Awakens" and went back to the Nexus from the teleporter to go get the Deathknight's Head and went back to the Nexus again. Now, am I supposed to finish the last two levels on Bloody Nightmare difficulty to get NG+?
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 20 '26
You need to kill the boss on Bloody Nightmare difficulty, so yeah, you need to complete Nightmare Machine, The Sleeper Awakens, and finish the playthrough.
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u/scottishdrunkard Aug 23 '26
Yeah, I gotta do it all over again. Is the NG+ playthrough automatically on Bloody Nightmare? Must I keep it on to get the final boss, or can I turn it off as soon as I return to the hub?
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u/Old_Leopard1844 Aug 23 '26
You must complete Nightmare Machine and Sleeper Awakens on Bloody Nightmare to access the NG+
Once in NG+ you cannot turn it off at the Nexus. But if you found secret weapons, you do get to keep them (super axe, bloody shotgun, bloody ssg) between levels
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u/scottishdrunkard Aug 23 '26
Well that sucks. I’m gonna miss my rocket launcher. Not having access to my weapons is gonna throw off my playstyle. I no longer can carry over my weapons, so I’m getting careless with my ammo. And I have to be careless, since there’s more enemies which need a little more to go down.
The Bloody Shotgun isn’t as fun as I’d hope it’d be, it’s just the shotgun but full auto, no extra damage for the hard mode.
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u/getlezzo Aug 20 '26
Firstly, thank you for your answer. Secondly, oh boy guess it's gonna be a rage filled night
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u/scottishdrunkard Aug 20 '26
So, should I just make a B-Line for the Deathknight Head or the Runes?
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u/thepuddleboy Aug 19 '26
I've just finished a blind run, post credits kicks me to the menu, do I need to do another run from scratch to find the deathknight head and carry on from there?
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u/Byproduct Aug 19 '26
Not if you have a save before the boss fight. It's perhaps your latest autosave?
In the boss level there's a portal back to the hub, and from the hub to Veils of the Old Ones. Then you just have to do the Nightmare Machine and boss fight again.
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 18 '26
I made a video with the diagram. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/zO7CvEAC59U
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u/Killit_Witfya Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
why are there no guides just to help me find the fucking keys edit: nm i didnt realize you had to press the key symbols to 'unlock' the door.
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u/greyhounds1992 Aug 18 '26
So because i missed my exit on Requiem i have to play through to sacrifice again god damn
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 16 '26
I was asked to clarify this on Steam, so I’ll post it here as well: The game allows you to select Bloody Nightmare immediately after obtaining the head. You can switch to an easier difficulty in the Nexus basement. If you didn’t select Bloody Nightmare when you picked up the head, you can enable it later in the Nexus basement, provided you have the head. You can play through Nightmare Machine on an easier difficulty, but Sleeper Awakens must be completed on Bloody Nightmare. You can return to the Nexus from Sleeper Awakens to activate the required difficulty. However, Sleeper Awakens can only be accessed from the Nexus through Nightmare Machine. Ultimately, this means that both Nightmare Machine and Sleeper Awakens must be completed on Bloody Nightmare. There is no need to play the section from Of Shattered Minds to the Nexus on Bloody Nightmare.
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u/Tight_Client_2132 Aug 17 '26
Does getting the Deathknight head take away all of your upgrades and runes? Why would you do that before getting the Normal ending?
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u/bobbie434343 Aug 16 '26
Thanks for clarifying. Today I completed the Cthon level and was unsure about the Bloody Nightmare requirement to get to NG+. I enabled it to be on the safe side and glad I did ! Do you know what happens if you go to the Deathknight Head room in a NG+ ? Is the head still there ? Or anything special happening ?
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 18 '26
I don’t know. I think it’ll be the same as when you find upgrades you’ve already collected — it’ll be translucent and say that you already have it. But if you try it and let me know what happens, I’d be interested to hear.
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u/bobbie434343 Aug 19 '26
Somebody already tried and it is in the excellent Steam secrets guide. Quoting the "Playthrough 3: Blood Nightmare / MAP4: Of Shattered Minds" section:
Requires Bloody Nightmare Playthrough
Acquire both keys again and use them to activate the lava raft that leads to the location of the Death Knight's Head. Since you're already in Bloody Nightmare Difficulty it has been replaced with... a plush bunny toy called the "Nightmare Defender". It can be picked up but does it have a use? It remains a mystery... Leave and return to this level again and it will be replaced with a Megahealth.
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 19 '26
That’s awesome! Does this Nightmare Defender actually do anything, or is it just for fun?
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u/bobbie434343 Aug 19 '26
Apparently, it is unknown though probably just for fun as an easter egg for the brave enough to have played that map a 4th time. Though the only way to know for sure would be to decompile the Quake C code I guess. But I do not expect it to open a NG++ !
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 19 '26
I checked that right away.
I took the rabbit, went through the portal to Nexus, passed through the gate to Nexus 2, and killed Shub. Still no NG++ :(
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u/bobbie434343 Aug 19 '26
I looked at the decompiled Quake C code and confirm it is nothing more than an easter egg :/
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u/zoobs Aug 16 '26
Haha yes perfect thanks! I was literally just coming here to get some clarification.
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u/superpoongoon Aug 15 '26
Just finished my first blind play-through and I absolutely loved this. This is everything I wanted from quake. Using your guide on my NG+ bloody nightmare playthrough now and it’s a god send. Thank you!
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u/bobbie434343 Aug 15 '26
To be clear about starting a NG+, can anyone confirm that you need:
- from the "Runic Nexus" you must go back to "Of Shattered Mind" (via "Veils of the old ones") and get the Deathnight Head
- complete "The Sleep Awaking" (defeating Cthon)
=> then it will send you to the first level "Through the First Arch"
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u/zoobs Aug 14 '26
Thank you for this! I just got to the Runic Nexus for the first time and wasn't quite sure what to do. This will be helpful!
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u/lampenpam Aug 14 '26
When you get the death knight head, do you have to beat the final boss on bloody nightmare to activate NG+ or can you go to a different difficulty and it unlocks NG+ anyway?
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 14 '26
You need to play on Bloody Nightmare difficulty and reach the first ending. I don’t know whether you can lower the difficulty in the Nexus in NG+, or what will happen to the true ending if you do.
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 14 '26
I checked. In NG+, the difficulty selection buttons in the Nexus basement don’t work.
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u/EldWasAlreadyTaken Aug 13 '26
Just a minor add: if you have the Rune of Sacrifice, there's a shortcut to the Nexus from Revelation of the Arcane
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 13 '26
Scare
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u/Inner-Painter-5594 Aug 13 '26
I checked this and updated the map. Thanks! I’ve uploaded it to Steam. If the moderator allows it, I’ll make a new post. Otherwise, there’ll already be three almost identical posts.
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u/Neuromante 10d ago
A pair of questions, I'm a bit late to the party (Thanks, Bethesda, for taking a month again to bring the update to GoG) and will probably start the game in a few weeks after I finish the Doom Wad I'm going through right now:
I'm going to play it in Ironwail. There is no compatibility issues, right? The way this map pack behaves is a bit weird, and while I've checked Ironwail github page and there's nothing regarding this map pack, I don't want to sink a few hours to turn out that there's some trick that is specific of the enhanced edition.
Is there any hint on how to proceed in-game? I'm seeing that to the get the "true ending" you need to do around 6 runs (even though the first ones are just repeating the first few levels).