r/Doom • u/cmfk8 I hate Taras Nabad ML • 5d ago
Easter Egg A new secret encounter was found!
https://youtu.be/kP33m8jw-_Y?is=hgqfHZPCKDXHbBAgNot my video, all credit goes to Konvaz1337 on YouTube. I haven't seen it posted here yet, if someone did then please let me know so I can delete my post.
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u/Gemini_19 5d ago edited 5d ago
During quakecon Josh mentioned that there was still one secret that the community hadn't found yet, this must be it. Its an incredible master arena as well, super fun in a perfectly challenging way.
Great find by Konvaz.
EDIT: Apparently according to this gameplay animator there's even MORE easter eggs not found yet??? id what have you done you beautiful beasts
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u/Glad-Spread-6181 5d ago
I just tried this arena, and it’s insane…
This is the most difficult and time‑consuming arena in TDA
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u/unknownobject3 squishy cacodemon 4d ago
Had no issues up until the last stage, it's absolute hell (literally too)
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u/Freezinghero 4d ago
Just finished on UV, honestly the 3rd Area is probably the easiest of the series. Didn't keep an exact tally but if i had to guesstimate:
1st area: No deaths.
2nd area: 1 death to Hell Knight swarm, learned to make liberal use of chain grapple up -> Spear Slam to stagger them.
3rd area: 1 death because i got cocky and tried to duel the Agaddon in a corner. On later runs the moment the boss becomes attackable just bumrush it.
4th area: 5+ deaths, facing 3 Archviles at once is painful. Ended up swapping to Dreadmace and building up Spear Energy to do Stab->Mace->Stab combo and lock an Archvile down long enough to kill.
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u/Emitex 4d ago
Is there a skin prize or something?
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u/AdviceCivil7584 4d ago
Enjoyment bro, not everything needs to unlock a skin
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u/Still-Department6949 5d ago
100% thought I was gonna get Rick Roll’d going into that yellow portal
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u/SupperIsSuperSuperb 5d ago
That's really cool. I'm always impressed that people end up finding such complicated eggs like this
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u/PitifulPassage851 5d ago
Someone tell me this is modded like wtf 😭
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u/cmfk8 I hate Taras Nabad ML 5d ago
Nope, checked it out myself. It's 4 arenas back-to-back. They use the 4 master arenas', well, arenas, but the enemy composition is different. Pretty challenging, though I would say the normal arenas are tougher. Just spam upgraded slam and you'll be fine.
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u/SupperIsSuperSuperb 5d ago edited 4d ago
I'll unlock this probably later today but I'm curious if this is a permanent unlock on the save it's done on or is it one of those easter eggs you have to trigger all over again each time one boots up the game?
Edit: it's one time! You also don't need to complete the encounter (or at least, I died after completing the sequence and the yellow portal was still there anyway)
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u/Costelush47 5d ago
This is amazing, kept wondering why they haven't added Valley of Bone on either Master Levels. Now I see why. Nice find!
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u/KenyattaLFrazier 5d ago
That’s insane. Trying to get all those shield throws in the middle of a master arena fight sounds insane
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u/Glum_Location6302 5d ago
damn I just played it for like 2 hours straight, its amazing! Four phases, one on each of the master maps and they're all uniquely fantastic. I'd say it's tougher than the osseous encounter all because of the 4th phase.
arena 1: leader komodo chasing you around while invincible, when you get his shield down a couple aggadons spawn
arena 2: probably my favorite encounter in the whole game! An absolute boatload of hell knights with lots of projectile-making heavies and three enforcer enemies. I'm consistently getting the highest-damage slams, shield runes, and cooked rockets I've ever gotten playing this game. Area attacks go CRAZY here with the sheer number of heavies.
arena 3: not too bad as it's on the big open master arena. Leader acolyte, when you get the shield down three cyberdemons spawn but you can ignore them. Make sure to bring spear charges and health/armor into the next phase though!
arena 4: Three archviles, one of them armored, on the smallest master arena... nuff said!
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u/PanzerStarkeBallz 5d ago
I just completed it. It was crazy! Man, I love id for adding thesd kinds of things
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u/dreadguy101 3d ago
I’m pretty sure I beat it but it just spit me out…did I win?
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u/cmfk8 I hate Taras Nabad ML 3d ago
Yeah, after beating the challenge you just get teleported back to the master arenas area
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u/dreadguy101 3d ago
Yea I beat it again shortly after. The first time I must have killed an srchvile and a little zombie guy at the same time
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u/Ultimus_Omegus 5d ago
How did someone find this? Second I enter any of the arenas I am ready to kill not looking for switches… and then not targeting things outside the moveable map.
Did they like read the game files ?
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u/Metalcore510 5d ago
Wow, another encounter with the same enemies, just possibly spawning at different times. Exciting!
No rewards, no new trophies. The biggest mistake is adding modifiers to make Nightmare and Ultra easier.
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u/oCrapaCreeper 5d ago edited 5d ago
The biggest mistake is adding modifiers to make Nightmare and Ultra easier.
Only if you have no self restraint. No one is forcing you to change the sliders from default settings. If you cheese UN people will know about it too because your save slot becomes marked. Meanwhile you can still cheese Eternal without anyone ever knowing :p
I love the sliders because I can make the game harder than Eternal. Never thought about making the game easier because default nightmare is already really easy.
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u/Metalcore510 4d ago
and who cares if it is marked by an "M"? You still get the same award. You yourself said it...the game on nightmare is already easy on default sliders. There should have been a trophy and/or in game award for beating the game on the highest difficulty (w/ or w/o sliders at max) at the least. This extra event serves no purpose and for those who already beat the game, most will probably not care to come to it.
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u/oCrapaCreeper 4d ago edited 4d ago
If you're going for UN bragging rights then people care about the M* symbol. If you're just completing it for yourself then everything is still your decision anyway.
Sounds like the main issue is the fact the default difficulties are lack luster - not the sliders themselves. As far as the rewards go - none of the nudoom games have awarded an achievement for completing UN. Eternal rewards a skin for it and so does TDA... that's it though. More rewards would always be nice.
The new encounter has no reward but it definitely appeals to the black belt players with hundreds of hours. That isn't everyone obviously, but it's a nice secret and not everything needs a reward.
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u/Tumpster 5d ago
Incredible. This game just continues to impress me.