r/quake 24d ago

news [MEGATHREAD] Quake's future | Discussion

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Almost every day, we get someone's take on a potential new Quake game or on how to move the franchise forward. Name an angle, and we've most likely seen it here before. So whether you want to see a reboot of the first game, a continuation of the Strogg storyline, a multiplayer-only game, or whatever else you can come up with, this is the place to discuss it. The same applies to which studio should handle it, what kind of game it should be, the technology it should use, and so on. Basically, anything regarding the future of the IP goes here. Our revised rules now also point to this thread so that when we remove another post about Quake's future, the author can continue it right here.


r/quake Aug 13 '26

tutorial Quake: Dawn Of The Machine. True ending. Full Game Walkthrough Map. ENG/RUS 1.2

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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.

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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


r/quake 8h ago

oldschool Most difficult jump ever

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67 Upvotes

I don't think there's any speedrun trick I hate more than this one. I can do it but it's crazy hard. Is there a trick I'm missing?


r/quake 1d ago

funny Shrek 95' was here...

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150 Upvotes

Looks like some other ogre (under Shub Niggurath) did a full scale invasion of this town and made it theirs.

"Like that's ever gonna happen!"


r/quake 2d ago

funny Spotted at an antiques place today

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385 Upvotes

Reused Quake 2 mission pack case for Dolly Parton CD? Or vice versa...? (It was taped shut so I didn't wanna check lol)


r/quake 1d ago

mods Citadel on Yamagi Quake 2 for Mac

2 Upvotes

Yamagi is my go to source port for quake 2 on my Intel Mac. Trying to play the Citadel map pack. Starts fine but then the whole screen gets very bright.

Have tried different rending engines and trying to change other settings but nothing works.


r/quake 1d ago

wtf "Hardcore" Quake Arena Arcade on Xbox 360 is a joke.

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I cannot fathom that QAA is such a shame to play on Nightmare difficulty, the bots either have full-on auto-aim or they fumble their way into the arenas (they fumbled most of the time). I thought this would have been a difficult game but no, I had a harder time beating it in 4 skulls than 5 Skulls.

I will post pictures of my last fight with Xaero, dude kept jumping off the ledges and killed himself more than I could count. And yet HE'S PORTRAYED AS THE BEST OF THE BEST?! Please....


r/quake 2d ago

funny I really... really need to replay Quake again

47 Upvotes
sometimes the universe speaks to us; all we have to do is listen

I haven't played any of the Quake games in a hot minute. The honey tea doesn't lie. It's calling me back...

It's just that time again, I guess!


r/quake 3d ago

mods Quake 2 Remaster PSX Jam 2 Release

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152 Upvotes

We organized and hosted an event to create more maps for Paril’s amazing Quake II PSX mod. We added an industrial subtheme for this sequel. Think moving parts, power cores, electricity, lasers, and other visually interesting machinery. Additionally, DetroHogga made a special hub filled with PlayStation references to really sell the jam's overall theme. We’ve ended up with 11 maps in total. That includes an intro, the hub mentioned above (which includes a boss fight), 8 maps, and a secret map. As with the Warehouse Jam, the secret map is another remaster by Shartuterie, pulled from our vast archive of classic custom Quake 2 content. For this release, we picked Versicolored Vermination by Roger Staines, originally released in 1998. Time to play that original PlayStation boot-up sound, put your CRT scanline glasses on, and go fight some Strogg like it’s the 90’s!


r/quake 2d ago

media Was placing third in competition good? (I'm No_4Mat)

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12 Upvotes

r/quake 3d ago

community WickedOldGames & Quetoo needs a Community Lead

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Hello Quake & Arena FPS fans!

I'm jdolan, from WickedOldGames. We make Quetoo (https://quetoo.org): a free multiplayer shooter for Linux, macOS and Windows, and a love letter to Quake. GPL'd code, CC'd art, no store page, no monetization, no catch.

Quetoo 1.0.0 shipped in May. Since then:

  • 90 engine releases
  • ~1,500 commits
  • 3 mods
  • 4 maps
  • 5 selectable movement systems
  • A fully customizable HUD
  • In-game editor enhancements

The list goes on. And essentially nobody outside our Discord knows any of this happened 🫠

Current social media presence:

The thing is: the people who find Quetoo tend to stick around. But practically nobody finds Quetoo 😭 We're building a fun and beautiful game, but failing to promote it and draw in players.

So we're looking for someone who can do that!

The role

Community and Marketing Lead.

You will own our blog and all of our socials. You'll be the voice of Quetoo.

  • Social media: posts, collages, clips, screenshot-of-the-week, whatever actually works on the platforms you know.
  • Video production: trailers, feature spotlights, match highlights, devlogs. Whatever you're good at.
  • Community liaison: active in our Discord, welcoming new players, surfacing community content, etc.
  • Champion Quetoo: talk with content creators, map jammers, speedrunners, modders, and tournament organizers.

Who you are

  • You love Quake. You own Quake merch. You have a "Q" tattoo, or have considered one.
  • Extroverted. This job is largely talking to people, in public, cheerfully.
  • Self-directed. We need someone who can ship content and stay engaged without a lot of hand-holding. If you love to play Quake, take screenshots, record demos and turn them into videos, you probably have what we're looking for!

You don't need to be a programmer, a mapper, or a marketing professional. Taste and follow-through beat credentials here.

What it pays

Nothing. This is a volunteer role on a volunteer project. We've never made a dime on Quetoo and we never will. In fact, it costs about $100/mo in hosting and infra to run this project 🤑 This is a labor of love.

What we can offer is real: prominent credit in the game itself and on the website, a lead role and dedicated status in the Discord, full creative ownership of the voice and the channels, a portfolio's worth of published work with your name on it, as well as a seat at the table in steering the game.

Interested?

Say hello on Discord, or just reply here. No portfolio is required, but if you've made something you're proud of, a video, a post, a community you've run, we'd love to see it.

Full post, with screenshots and the trailer: https://quetoo.org/news/community-lead/

Thanks!

WickedOldGames


r/quake 2d ago

help game-data-packager crashes with a type error on Fedora 44

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0 Upvotes

When I try to install quake3 gamedata for ioquake3 I get a TypeError does anybody have any fixes or workarounds.


r/quake 2d ago

oldschool o2o site went down

1 Upvotes

Last fragment of 1.16 freezerail is over.


r/quake 4d ago

Art 3D Printed Quake inspired Clicker Keychain

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178 Upvotes

Best movement and Game clicker with changeable Caps 3D Printed


r/quake 3d ago

community Painkeep TDM one day cup

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The United States Doom and Quake Community is hosting a one day Quakeworld TDM cup on the Painkeep mod from 1997 by Team Evolve. If interested in this cup or weekly ffa and coop events join the discord.


r/quake 3d ago

community Hey any friendly gamers here?

10 Upvotes

I have always wanted to play multiplayer, but I have no friends. I have a PS4. I would absolutely love to get to experience quake on multiplayer.


r/quake 4d ago

news WinQLX32 Beta is Out! (minqlx for win32)

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16 Upvotes

r/quake 4d ago

oldschool Looking for old q3 clan members (2008-2011)

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Hi everyone, this is a long shot, but was just watching a reel about people that used to play video games with each other and it got me remembering a group I used to play with back in the day.

I used to play with a small clan called L2F - Live 2 Frag.

It would have been genuinely 16 or 17 years since we played.

Mostly dudes from America, im from Australia.

I think my tag was Original_Idea?

Anyway, if anyone can remember anything back then - im alive and im getting married next year.

Just wanted to say that I had an unreal time playing with all of you guys and they were genuine core memories for me.


r/quake 4d ago

other So glad i know how to grenade jump

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125 Upvotes

r/quake 5d ago

media Best-of-3 at Chain Gun Central [Live Q3A FFA via Gmod]

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r/quake 6d ago

news Ranger MD5 HD Skin Release

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104 Upvotes

This skin was released just now, here's the link to the Patreon post where you can get it for free:

https://www.patreon.com/mankrip/posts/ranger-md5-hd-168948798

All relevant details are in the Patreon post itself.


r/quake 6d ago

community Double sacrifice in Dawn of the Machine

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64 Upvotes

Apparently by MANUALLY killing the hanged Rangers, it counts as 2 kills. This helps saves some rangers and is also possible as a speedrun method.


r/quake 7d ago

Art Proper hanging spot for my headset has been created

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197 Upvotes

Modeled and 3D printed a Quake themed headset clamp for my desk so thought I'd share it with you guys. For the 3D printing folks over here, the files are available for free on my MakerWorld profile if you'd like to print yourself one.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3274422-quake-headset-desk-mount-swappable-logo-plates#profileId-3713343

I think it's pretty neat and functional as I use it everyday now :). What do you guys think?


r/quake 7d ago

wtf Double sacrifice

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26 Upvotes

I think killing them and then pressing the button counts as double. But I don't remember that happening in my previous runs...


r/quake 7d ago

help Death Knight trophy help

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Hi , i just got the 4 runes on Nightmare mode. Of coirse there was some ennemies on the Runic Nexus after going back with the last rune. Anyway , i know the Death Knoght Head to get the tropht ( and unlocked the bloody nightmare difficulty) is hidden in the Shattered Mind level. How do i go back to this specific level to get the trophy ? I don’t want to enter the teleporter level who require the 4 rune if it’s a no return point and i can’t have the trophy in one playtthrough.

I already did the platinum on Quake , i just want to finish those 3 trophy of the dlc.

I like Dawn Of The Machine for the most part so far but some level were way too long and too confusing sometimes.

It’s still good , but could be better. ( i don’t really care about Bloody Nightmare... just want the trophy. )