Cultist Base

Doom Eternal missions
Hell on Earth Exultia Cultist Base Doom Hunter Base Super Gore Nest ARC Complex Mars Core Sentinel Prime Taras Nabad Nekravol Nekravol - Part II Urdak Final Sin Fortress of Doom (hub)
The Ancient Gods, Part One
UAC Atlantica Facility The Blood Swamps The Holt ARC Carrier (hub)
The Ancient Gods, Part Two
The World Spear Reclaimed Earth Immora The Dark Lord

The Cultist Base is the third level of Doom Eternal. The Doom Slayer must hunt down the second of the three Hell priests, Deag Ranak.

The mecha zombie, mancubus, shield soldier, whiplash and cueball enemies are introduced in this level (along with the prowler via a Slayer Gate encounter), as well as the rocket launcher and super shotgun weapons. It uses the music tracks "Cultist Base", "Infiltrate the Cult", "A Cultist Prayer", "Revenant Possession", "Sinister", and "Super Shotgun Reunion".

"With the Celestial Locator now in your possession, you are able to pinpoint the locations of the remaining Hell Priests. Deag Ranak, leader of the UAC division responsible for Earth's invasion, has been located at the remote Cultist arctic base. Infiltrate the encampment and neutralize Ranak."

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Lore

This remote base in the Arctic tundra is run by UAC cultists and controlled absolutely by Deag Ranak. Built over an ancient Argenta settlement, it was designed to be both a Gothic monument to the ancient architecture and a state-of-the-art science facility.

Summary

A detailed walkthrough is available for this level.

Objectives

Infiltrate the Cultist Base

Obtain your super shotgun

Eliminate Deag Ranak

Take the train to the Terrordome

Challenges

Pull the Crystal

Acquire a Sentinel crystal

Armored Rain

Ignite four demons in a single blast of the flame belch

Master of Turrets

Destroy an arachnotron's turret.

Collectibles

Collectible	Count
Albums	1
Cheat codes	1
Codex pages	1
Empyrean key	1
Modbots	1
Praetor suit points	5
Runes	1
Sentinel batteries	3
Sentinel crystals	1
Slayer key	1
Toys	2

Master Level

A Master Level version of this stage was included with the Rip and Tear Pack, originally available as a pre-order bonus for Doom Eternal. It makes the following changes:

• The number and variety of enemies is greatly increased, significantly raising the level's difficulty. Enemies normally found later in the campaign are included.
• Challenges, secret encounters, collectibles and the Demonic Corruption meter are not present.
• The automap station is not present; the entire map is revealed from the start.
• The Slayer Gate is present, but cannot be opened as the Slayer Key is removed.

Areas / screenshots

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  Station of Inquisition

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  The Basilica of Adjuration, with Deag Ranak's hologram in the center.

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  The dopefish on a hidden altar.

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  The crucified Agaddon Hunter.

Trivia

A cleaning robot turning toward the player.

• This is the first level to feature cleaning robots, an environmental piece that returns in many subsequent levels.
• The cultist ship known as Blood Harvester, which can be seen at the beginning of the level, was planned during development as a playable level taking place in space with zero gravity, but was scrapped because it "wasn't fun".