DOOM: The Dark Ages | Active Tunables

Explanation:

Like with DOOM Eternal, we will be updating DOOM: The Dark Ages with occasional balance tweaks as needed based on feedback and observation. Sometimes we make these adjustments in a patch and will provide release notes right here on Slayers Club. We also have a system that allows us to push value updates to existing game data without the need for a patch - we call these “Tunables”. We cannot fix more complex systemic, content or code-related bugs with Tunables - those changes require a patch. This article will be updated with only active Tunables. If you notice a previously listed tunable is no longer listed below, it has most likely been rolled into an official patch and will be included in those release notes as a (*PT) “Previous Tunable”

Update from 10/23/25

Atlan

• Adjusted brink of death behavior on all difficulties so that there is more of a chance to fight back from a near-death situation
• Slightly increased the amount of health received from killing Titan enemies

Prince Ahzrak

• Reduced acceleration of the projectiles spawned after his Super Dive Bomb attack
• Reduced base damage of his Spear Throw so that it does not break the Shield in a single shot on 2.0x damage scalar or lower

The Old One

• Slightly increased the amount of health received by the player when performing a Glory Strike
• Reduced the damage scaling on the Gravity Well Explosion across all damage slider values above 1.0x

Cacodemon

• Slightly reduced speed of Lightning Wall projectiles

Cosmic Baron

• Reduced damage of Guillotine Projectile attack so that the player's shield doesn't break instantly on block
• Fixed a bug where additional damage was sometimes being applied to the player or shield when hit by a Cosmic Baron's Guillotine Projectile

Update from 9/4/25

• Fixed an issue in where Titan gore collision would disrupt projectiles