Harbor of Souls

Doom: The Dark Ages missions
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Harbor of Souls is the nineteenth level of Doom: The Dark Ages. After absorbing Commander Thira’s power, Prince Ahzrak returns to Argent D'Nur. Meanwhile, the Doom Slayer, who has been imprisoned in the Cosmic Realm, frees himself by detonating the tether in his suit, but falls into a pit of acid and dies, only to awaken in Hell as a zombie.

The Berserk powerup is introduced in this level. It uses the music tracks "Sentinel Barracks" as ambience, and "Battle on the Blackened Tide" as combat music.

"Ahzrak, after besting the Slayer, transforms himself using Thira’s power"

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Lore

Located in the first layer of Hell, the Harbor of Souls channels the damned to their eternal torment. While some lost souls wander in the halls of despair, the rest are herded on to the river barge to be delivered to their destined layer of Hell.

Summary

A detailed walkthrough is available for this level.

Objectives

Return to the mortal plane

Steal the barge

Reach the helm

Challenges

The first challenge awards a ruby, while the second and third challenges award 50 gold each.

Berserker

Kill 75 demons while under the influence of Berserk

Dragon Hoard

Smash open three gold chests

Executioner

Perform an execution on 25 demons

Collectibles

• Two Codex entries
• One toy

Secrets

• After acquiring the red skull, proceed through the red key gate in the ruins and follow the path down to two statues holding braziers. Behind the furthest statue on the lower platform is a secret lever which spawns a soulsphere on the platform just above. Approaching it will cause three cyberdemons to spawn.

Areas / screenshots

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  The starting room

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  Looking towards the barge

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  The entrance to the halls of despair. The blue skull is visible to the right.

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  The lift room

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  The skull rock

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  The ruins leading to the red skull, which is visible at the top

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  The main deck of the barge

Trivia

• During the opening cutscene, the first words from Doom (2016) are spoken by King Novik: "They are rage, brutal, without mercy. But you...you will be worse. Rip and tear, until it is done." The start of the level, where the Slayer breaks free of the skeletal hands restraining him, is also reminiscent of the opening in that game.
• The Harbor of Souls is based on the River Styx from Greek mythology; the Hell priest guarding the barge represents Charon, who ferries the souls of the dead. The association of this myth with Hell is an element from Dante's Inferno.
• Despite the ambience track being named after the fourth level, this track is only featured in this level. Sentinel Barracks itself it uses "Holy City" as an ambience track, the same as The Holy City of Aratum.
• If the heads-up display is made to show the Slayer’s face in this level (either default or classic), it will display his zombified visage. The default HUD setting will show his decomposing face in a sickly green color instead of the HUD’s usual blue, and the classic HUD setting will show the classic Doomguy face heavily edited to make him look undead.
• A zombie Doom Slayer was previously seen as a cosmetic skin in Doom Eternal, awarded to dedicated members of the Slayers Club.