DOOM 64

DOOM 64

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100% Achievements the Natural/Hard Way
By Cdr Knob Cat
How to get all the achievements by playing through the game, rather than just using level passwords.
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Introduction
To get all the achievements in one play-through, you have to play on the Watch Me Die skill level. Alternatively, play the game on any skill level and later you can skip to the level No Escape (map 24) using the Features menu and finish it to get the achievement Escape Artist.

There are:
  • 29 story maps (including 4 secret levels)
  • 6 Lost Level maps
  • 3 "fun" maps
Note: Features Menu
Through this menu you can enable cheat options and skip to levels. Skipping to levels doesn't disable Steam achievements, but enabling cheat options does (or so it warns; I didn't test this).

To activate the Features menu:
  • Enter a level password in the main menu at least once. However, I think the menu will only be temporary if you do this, meaning it will disappear if you exit the game. (Perhaps someone could confirm this and leave a comment.)
  • Finish the first secret level (map 32: "Hectic") on any skill level by exit through the teleporter that needs all three keys to be accessed. This will unlock the menu permanently.

Once activated, access it while in a level by pressing escape and selecting it from the menu options.

Simplest Way to Finish Hectic

Because of a technical issue in the game, if you grab the soulsphere it will not spawn the monsters in the level. You can't grab it directly though - you have move toward it slowly so that you pick it up without moving on its platform, which will lower and trap you. (You can do the same with the green armour.) Once you've got it, just grab the three keys and exit the level.
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Locate the secret level 'Hectic'



This involves blowing up all the barrels in the first level in order to open a secret teleport.

Check out this guide for details: Fandom - Doom Wiki: MAP32: Hectic (Doom 64)[doom.fandom.com] (see Secrets, point 4).
Secret Sleuth

Discover a secret area



There are plenty in the first level and you'll have to find some of them in order to get to the secret level called "Hectic" (see above).

The easiest to find in the first level is one with a green armour:

(1) From where you start, go straight into the passage, turn left at the bend and open the first door on the left.
(2) Go up the stairs on the left as you open the door, along the long platform and on to the short one.
(3) Press "open" on the metal grid and step into the room to grab the green armour and get the secret.


Persistence is the Key

Acquire all 3 Demon Key Artifacts in the main campaign



You have to play the three secret levels to get these artifacts. A big benefit of getting them is they improve the Unmaker and make it much more powerful. The secret maps can be found on these levels:
  • MAP04: Holding Area
  • MAP12: Altar Of Pain
  • MAP18: Spawned Fear

Check out these guides for details:
My Cause is Just, My Will is Strong

Find the BFG9000



Found on map 10 ("The Bleeding").
Unholy Firepower

Find the Unmaker



Found on map 12 ("Altar Of Pain").
Rip and Tear!

Kill a Cyberdemon



The first one you meet is on map 17 ("Watch Your Step"), but you can also find some in the fun levels.
Mother May I?

Defeat the Mother of All Demons on The Absolution


Just play through to the end. The Mother is very easy if you pick up the invulnerability sphere and use the Unmaker with all three demon artifacts.
Escape Artist

Finish 'No Escape' on Watch Me Die skill level



If you start and finish the game on the Watch Me Die skill level, you'll get this. Otherwise, I think it's reasonable to use the level password or Features menu to skip to this level (replaying the entire game just for this level will be tedious).
Walk the Path

Finish the Lost Levels mission




Finish the main story to be able to access the Lost Levels under New Game in the main menu, or use the Features menu to access them for the first time and after that you'll find them under New Game.

You only need to complete the map Final Judgement to get the achievement.

(Thanks to CakeWut for the info on finishing the main story.)
(Thanks to NoodlePunk for mentioning that you just need to finish Final Judgement.)
That was Fun

Finish a 'Fun' Level



There are four levels (the fourth, Panic, is right at the end of the list, after the Lost Levels). Access them from the Features menu. "Fun" is an ironic description.
33 Comments
Papu49 25 Mar @ 4:07pm 
Excuse me, how to acces to the "fun" levels?
Cdr Knob Cat  [author] 15 Feb, 2022 @ 10:32pm 
NoodlePunk: thanks for the info. I've updated the guide.
Cdr Knob Cat  [author] 15 Feb, 2022 @ 10:30pm 
I have just under 16 hours of game time, so it's not that long. For Persistence is the Key, you need to collect 3 Demon Key Artifacts, which means playing maps 4 to 18. Otherwise, yes, you can just jump to the maps you need via the Features menu.
Royale 11 Feb, 2022 @ 11:31am 
Looks like a game I'd like to complete. How long will it take? 30+ maps sounds like it's taking a while. Did I read it correctly that I don't even need to complete the game and can just use the featured menu and go to the maps I need?
Thanks.
NoodlePunk 28 Aug, 2021 @ 5:57pm 
For the achievo Walk The Path the only level you need to beat is Final Judgement. It's a bit brutal.
Cdr Knob Cat  [author] 4 Jul, 2021 @ 3:30pm 
I haven't tested it, but I'm almost certain it only works if you get them all in one save game. Access to the first secret level is in level 4, so load that and play from there.
Qamok 4 Jul, 2021 @ 1:42pm 
Hi i have a question about "Persistence is the Key" . I am at level 6, but have save from beginning every level. If i start level 1 from save file, found secret level, finish it with finding "Demon Key" on go back to save file when i left, did i get improve to Unmaker and achievements? Or it's only works when playing from start to finish?
Cdr Knob Cat  [author] 18 Jan, 2021 @ 8:45am 
You're welcome! Glad you found it useful.

It's definitely possible to get the soul sphere (not sure about the armour). See this video . I managed to do it after a few deaths. :DLskull:
Cdr Knob Cat  [author] 14 Jan, 2021 @ 4:20am 
See the section "Note: Features Menu".
[JC]Westenra 13 Jan, 2021 @ 12:16pm 
Where is the "features" menu?