Quake

Quake

35 Achievements

1,000

2-3h

PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Log in or Register to track Quake achievements progress.
The House of Doom

The House of Doom

Find the secret exit in Dimension of the Past.

15

0.48%

How to unlock the The House of Doom achievement in Quake - Definitive Guide

EDIT: Seems to be broken at the moment from the most recent update (Dec 6 2021) FIXED!!!

I think there are two secret levels, but the first and only one I found so far is on e5m6.

PC PLAYERS:
1. go to new game
2. select single player and Dimension of the Past
3. Hit the ~ key and enter "map e5m6"
4. turn on "god" and "noclip"
5. Go down and forwards just a little and you will see the main exist right there. Nearly at the start of the of level, but under the floor. The secret exit is RIGHT NEXT to the main exist, pivoted 90 degrees. You want to take that exist, the smaller one that is facing the west and the achievement will pop once you go through (you need to turn noclip off)
113
19

20 Aug 2021 07:46

83 Comments
The level is e5m6. If you type in e3m6 the game crashes and gives an error message saying that doesn't exist.
0
0
By good Super man on 20 Aug 2021 09:11
Great catch. Sorry about that.
I have updated it. Must have been a typo. I have been typing these guides all day and the e's and 3's are making my head spin.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 20 Aug 2021 09:20
no problem I just finished the full 1,000. Glad these guides are getting made instead of having to go through a lot of old youtube videos and quake fandom pages to find what I need.
0
0
By good Super man on 20 Aug 2021 09:28
I found how to get to the other secret level(The forgotten castle) it Isn't tied to an achievement like the other one(House of Doom) though
0
0
By Legendkilla X on 20 Aug 2021 17:22
So you are saying of the two secret entrances only this one will pop the achievement?
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 21 Aug 2021 00:09
I went through the wrong portal.

You go down and straight and have the wrong exit in front of you. The secret exit is to the right of it. Not west.
0
0
By Throni360 on 21 Aug 2021 11:44
Easy ;) thumb up
0
0
By Legend#5793 on 22 Aug 2021 02:10
Yeah, this episode is 5 years old. I can confirm, the first secret level that can be found in E5M3, The Dark Days, which leads to The Forgotten Castle doesn't unlock this.

The exit you want to use for this achievement is the one with the med pack in front of it.
0
0
By Thief000 on 22 Aug 2021 07:05
didn't work for me. I've found the secret exit but achievement didn't pop up :(
0
0
By ZeRainMakeR on 04 Dec 2021 23:58
Quake seems to be buggy for a lot of people. I had two that took a couple tries to pop.
Just work on another achievement, and come back and try this one again.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 05 Dec 2021 00:17
Look on the right side of the page. a bunch of people won achievement on the 30th of November and on, dec 3rd, and today.

do you have an xbox? Maybe try to at least load your game on there and then come back to the PC. Or try to unlock on the box version.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 05 Dec 2021 07:53
didn't work for me. I've found the secret exit but achievement didn't pop up :(
0
0
By ZeRainMakeR on 05 Dec 2021 12:33
Yeah I see those recent unlocks, which is why I don't understand whats wrong on my end.

Tried it on Xbox this morning and nothing. Did it through level select on there running through the level as normal, not sure if that matters or not. Have a quick save right in front of the exit.

I'd appreciate it if someone who unlocked it can tell me if that line shows up in the command menu saying the achievement name and number.
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 05 Dec 2021 13:47
Just tried the cloud version with a legit run through of the level and no luck there either. It won't unlock for me on other accounts either, whether console or PC. The alt account got the secret area achievement upon finding the secret exit too.

I'm really stumped here. The achievement clearly isn't broken for everyone, yet I can't get it to work across multiple installs on different hardware with different accounts.
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 05 Dec 2021 14:40
Same issue as the above, it’s the Only achievement I’m struggling with, just not unlocking for me. Only tried on PC currently. Done it around 15 times, tried re-installing, trying clearing all saves on Xbox and PC, made sure I did sv_cheats 0 BEFORE getting the 'secret run found' prompt or entering portal after fresh save clear...nothing.

UPDATE: Yep, think this has completely bugged on me. Tried it at as per solution, at different difficulties, and semi-properly on PC (used cheats, but went through the level properly otherwise- collecting keys, getting block to move, ensuring sv_cheats 0 [off] was set before 'hidden rune gate' prompt and/or exiting through secret door) and nothing either. Last achievement and at a loss regarding what to do now. Even cleared all my saves, and that hasn't helped either.

May try legit on Xbox...if I'm good enough. Otherwise, this one will be stuck at 98% for me.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 05 Dec 2021 23:31
Same here, only achievement that isn’t popping for me, I am on pc
0
0
By scmipaka on 06 Dec 2021 00:47
Don't bother doing it on console, I just did it fully legit on Xbox and nothing. Started as a new game and did the whole episode up to map 6.

In the menu, if you click on news it states that an Update 2 was released that added horde mode. I did some googling and this was released on Dec 3. I think this update broke the achievement. We need to start hounding Bethesda to fix this.
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 06 Dec 2021 01:59
This checks out, agree this is likely unobtainable. I'm in the UK, and I can see the last person to unlock this on TA unlocked it on Dec 4th (Canada). Although 1 day ahead, if you think about it, I'm going to be 5-8 hours ahead of the US/Canada time-zone wise, so the unlock was likely Dec 3 in-line with the update and just happened to fall after relative 0:00 UK time, so appears for me as Dec 4. Please check if it is Dec 3 for you if you're North American. Still, seems to much of a co-incidence right now, as I started the game today and every other achievement unlocked perfectly fine in 2 sessions.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 06 Dec 2021 02:02
Ticket issued. Annoyingly, they are telling me to re-file as feedback, which isn't an option for the Quake product as it is for other game products on https://help.bethesda.net
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 06 Dec 2021 09:32
As I was the last person to unlock this.

I noticed that it would not unlock on my Xbox on Saturday (Dec 4). After trying multiple times, it would not unlock.

I was able to do it through Win10, which was not updated (update is in the list on the MS Store). Of course, once I update the Win10 version, I’ll have no idea if the issue is there as I already unlocked it.

I would suggest people hold off on updating Win10 version. No idea if this will affect other achievements.
0
0
By Canucklehead X on 06 Dec 2021 16:48
"They said everything from, sign in/out again, check that you’re connected to the Internet and make sure you’re meeting the criteria for the achievement"

That is really frustrating.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 07 Dec 2021 00:02
this is a first party game so I would hope that they fix it
0
0
By Stormborn64 on 10 Dec 2021 17:49
Sucks that its the only one left for me.
0
0
By MuscularTea on 11 Dec 2021 16:04
Theres a flag marking it as discontinued? That means it will never be available?
0
0
By TyroneRundaGang on 11 Dec 2021 21:18
Discontinued means it was available and is not anymore, there can be a number of reasons for that including broken by an update. It doesn't mean it will never be available again.

I got on Id on Twitter on this with a link to the thread.
0
0
By Hybridchld on 11 Dec 2021 22:21
I put this game off for so long. Literally started to complete it when the supposed update broke it...
0
0
By TyroneRundaGang on 12 Dec 2021 20:53
It seems someone has unlocked this yesterday...
0
0
By Tei Tenga on 13 Dec 2021 15:29
I am on xbox one x, I try every day but it still does not unlock...
0
0
By Yoback44 on 13 Dec 2021 22:09
@Tei Tenga I think if someone happens to not update the game, they can still unlock this on PC. For anyone who starts it from now, or has already updated, nothing you can do. Xbox obviously nothing you can do, either. I started this after December 4th, so I was out of luck from the start. Reached out to that person to see if they did anything, but its likely they just got lucky and didn't update Quake.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 13 Dec 2021 22:21
@NoHeroes94 ... Gotcha bud... that may be the case exactly.
0
0
By Tei Tenga on 14 Dec 2021 02:48
@NoHeroes94 ... I will try this again later tonight at a family gathering (early Christmas party/get-together). My cousin is bringing his laptop which he states he never even used after we played together before Thanksgiving. Hoping this is the case...
0
0
By Tei Tenga on 19 Dec 2021 16:00
I can’t remember if I have automatic updates turned on. I’ll check this evening and see. Maybe I’ll be able to confirm as well.
0
0
By Trombonafide on 20 Dec 2021 00:42
Night didn't go according to plan, unable to verify at this time, will try another time when the opportunity comes back up.
0
0
By Tei Tenga on 20 Dec 2021 03:53
I can confirm that this indeed does not work. Tried it tonight and no dice.
0
0
By Derek1337 on 20 Dec 2021 04:53
Same here. No luck.
0
0
By Trombonafide on 20 Dec 2021 04:55
same, only 1 i need as well, just have to hope they eventually get around to fixing it.
0
0
By xubidoo on 20 Dec 2021 19:31
Still wanna know why the recent winner got it and hasnt been flagged
0
0
By Ruiner138 on 22 Dec 2021 21:16
It has been flagged, and they probably got it by not updating their game. Maybe they have it offline or set not to autoupdate.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 22 Dec 2021 22:30
Probably been tried but what about clearing cache, playing offline, earning it, then reconnecting and updating? Just spitballin really, this has me seriously irritated lol.
0
0
By Ruiner138 on 25 Dec 2021 11:24
Sad that this is broken. Hopefully they fix it soon.
0
0
By Xtowers on 31 Dec 2021 21:47
1/06/22

Still broken lol
0
0
By on 06 Jan 2022 05:11
After all the quicksaves and quickloads and grenades to to face, this is the achievement that's gonna trip me up. Boo.
0
0
By CaptainJesus101 on 11 Jan 2022 13:35
Perhaps I don't understand the differences between "discontinued" and "partly discontinued", but shouldn't this be flagged as "partly discontinued"?

For instance, I currently have version 1.0.4125.0 installed on my Xbox from back on 30 August 2021. Couldn't I unlock this while offline (to avoid the update)? Thanks for any clarification.

For comparison, my PC has version 1.0.4831.0 installed. For some reason games are still updated even though I have auto-update disabled. :(
0
0
By ElusiveEagle on 15 Jan 2022 09:23
To the surprise of no one, no news from Bethesda.

Can confirm (less surprisingly) same issue on PlayStation 4/5.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 21 Jan 2022 08:54
How often do they update this game? It was an update last month that broke the achievement, so they’re still supporting the game in some capacity.
0
0
By Burty Jr on 22 Jan 2022 22:26
@GR34TD3STR0Y3R most of the Wolfenstien games have issues on PC and Machine games is terrible at addressing them. But this is done by Id, the same studio that does Doom, who have a much better track record of giving games long term support and fixes issues like this.
0
0
By Hybridchld on 23 Jan 2022 06:29
I’m pretty sure it was original game done by id (and original expansions done by companies whose names I don’t remember), anniversary expansions done by MachineGames, and remaster by Nightdive. I don’t know Nightdive’s track record with these things, so who knows what’ll happen. Hopefully it’ll be fixed, have a save ready for it.
0
0
By ChiflaGoodluck on 23 Jan 2022 08:28
Bethesda were tone deaf in a recent tweet. Tried the ticket route a couple of times and nothing. As said above, genuine scepticism this will ever be fixed.

https://twitter.com/noheroes94/status/1486664244724600832?s=...
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 28 Jan 2022 21:13
I am genuinely amazed that they keep on selling a broken game that cannot be completed and yet nobody even mentions that fact in the reviews (I'd rather expect a review bombing right after the update) anywhere. Especially since the fix seems to be really easy, as people on some of the platforms (e.g. Steam) found a workaround days after the update. My guess would be they'll update this after taking it down from gamepass, so the people that want to have it completed have to buy it :/
0
0
By MarszalekSteven on 30 Jan 2022 11:43
console output error on PC:

Player satisfied conditions for achievement 'ACH_FIND_SECRET'

kexSocialAchievementsSDK::Unlock: Achievement "22" unlock was not successful: Unknown Error (0x80190130)
0
0
By WookieStick on 01 Feb 2022 17:17
Well, luckily I haven't started this yet, so it looks like I won't be. Damn worthless developers.
0
0
By on 04 Feb 2022 06:00
Patch 1.06 didn't fix it. 2 months and counting...
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 10 Feb 2022 16:25
We need to make some noise so this can be fixed next patch. They seem to do one every 2 months (Update 1 in week 1 of Oct, Update 2 in week 1 of Dec, Update 3 in mid Feb.)
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 10 Feb 2022 20:44
From the devs on the official Quake discord. This will be fixed next update!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/9076847613828342....png
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 13 Feb 2022 17:25
Great news! Thanks for the update.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 13 Feb 2022 23:53
Great news! thanks FalcoN
0
0
By RayffeSilva on 14 Feb 2022 03:01
That's great news! clap
0
0
By LeXXuz on 18 Feb 2022 22:29
Wait for it 😬✌🏻
0
0
By xxST90xx on 01 Mar 2022 16:15
Nearly 3 months now...glad the patch is confirmed, hope it's soon.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 03 Mar 2022 16:09
Still not fixed?!
0
0
By Happy Dog CPH on 19 Mar 2022 04:00
Any day now hopefully...
0
0
By Baby Sheamus on 19 Mar 2022 14:09
Yawn.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 31 Mar 2022 10:41
sub
0
0
By NBA Kirkland on 02 Apr 2022 22:53
Is this achievement broken on console only, or both console and PC?
0
0
By Mi Genti on 03 Apr 2022 00:31
Broken on every platform.
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 04 Apr 2022 15:12
roll
0
0
By on 05 Apr 2022 23:23
So much for that incoming fix...
0
0
By Zombieboy664 on 05 Apr 2022 23:57
I know that a fix is likely, and thanks to those who've spoken with Bethesda, but man 4 months is not good enough when Indies are patching unobtainables in a week. Zero excuse past a month for me.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 13 Apr 2022 06:51
I got the notification that the console had an update, but did not see anything on the Windows side of things... so I did a reboot on my PC and it was there. FINALLY have this game completed.
0
0
By Tei Tenga on 20 Apr 2022 16:49
Confirmed, finally fixed! I was able to load a save I had right before the secret door, very quick pop.
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 20 Apr 2022 17:37
Same here, loaded up the save walked through and done. Finally.
0
0
By Hybridchld on 20 Apr 2022 19:43
Happily confirming it is fixed for me, as well.
0
0
By Xtowers on 20 Apr 2022 21:16
Just gonna put it out here now so no-one wastes a bit of time, have already done a flag submission to remove the Discontinued flag and replace it with its normal flags. Nice to see you can finally complete "Quake" again.
0
0
By ChiflaGoodluck on 20 Apr 2022 21:18
It seems last update broke all the achievements at least on PC version.
When I met the condition to unlock an achievement I get this :

kexSocialAchievementsGDK::Unlock: Achievement « 22 » unlock was not successful: Unknow Error (0x80190130)

Edit : Seems the achievement unlocked after a few minutes, after doing this mission... I don't know when since I did not get a notification but kind of ~buggy imo
0
0
By Talhynor on 21 Apr 2022 02:56
If you are looking at the main exit and consider that to be north, turn 90 degrees to your left, or to the east, for the secret exist.
0
0
By HolyHalfDead on 19 Nov 2023 19:03
The new update is live on Steam. We'll probably get it soon on Xbox/Windows Store too. Hopefully this achievement is fixed.

https://steamdb.info/app/2310/depots/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2310/discussions/0/3267933887...

Edit:
And here's the official comm:

https://bethesda.net/en/article/6T3szIl3glXb4fNcC9FCYx/quake...

Fixed a bug in which the House of Doom achievement was not unlocking when finding the secret level in Dimension of the Past

clap
0
0
By HugeMetalFan on 20 Apr 2022 16:21
Maybe I got turned around when flying around. I tried to confirm my the orientation. Thanks for the clarification.
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 21 Aug 2021 12:27
It's the right one if you're coming from the starting position and the left one if you're standing on the path after turning off noclip. That should be clear enough for anyone reading the comments figuring out which gate to go through.
0
0
By Throni360 on 21 Aug 2021 13:02
I've tried this at least 50 times now and it refuses to pop. I've restarted my PC and reinstalled the game multiple times.

I noticed that in the command menu whenever the unlock conditions are met for an achievement, there's a line that reads "Player satisfied conditions for achievement 'ACHIEVEMENT NAME'. This line shows up even if the achievement has been unlocked already.

For example, finding a secret area produces the line "Player satisfied conditions for achievement 'ACH_FIND_SECRET'. You can trigger this by landing in front of the exit for this achievement since that counts as a secret area, might have to walk around the health pack to trigger it.

But when I exit through the secret exit, there's no line for this achievement. It's as if the code is not checking for the conditions of this unlock.

Anyone unlock this on PC recently? Or can someone load up their game and just meet the conditions for this achievement and tell me if the correct line shows up? I've tried everything I can think of.
0
0
By IXI FalcoN on 05 Dec 2021 06:37
After explaining that there is a group of us on true achievements having the same problem, trying for hours and no one unlocking the achievement since the update. I got a response from Bethesda, today and it was a little disappointing. They said everything from, sign in/out again, check that you’re connected to the Internet and make sure you’re meeting the criteria for the achievement… felt a little belittling, anyways. I responded with saying, all of those are not the problem as I got 34 of the 35 achievements before and after the bug the same day and asked if the message for the devs to investigate “update 2” bugging “The House of Doom” achievement could be passed on. We will await a response…
0
0
By scmipaka on 06 Dec 2021 20:36
What l received from Bethesda

"I understand you're experiencing issues with an achievement in Quake. Please understand that we at Bethesda Customer Support are not able to grant achievements to your account. The only piece of troubleshooting we can recommend is that you attempt to complete the achievement again to see if it will unlock for you.

I've gone ahead and passed your feedback along to the development team manually. They will look into your ticket and hopefully resolve the issue in a future update to the game. Please note that you will not receive a response from the development team."

Had another advisor randomly advise me they’ve also passed it on, so fingers crossed they’ll notice with any luck.
0
0
By NoHeroes94 on 07 Dec 2021 14:30
"Discontinued" the requirements are no longer possible or the achievement will not unlock. "Partly Discontinued" means that some of the requirements can not be met but others can.

So for example Darksiders II has an achievement for sending a gift to another player, the servers to do that though have been shut down so the achievement is marked "Discontinued". It also has another achievement for getting all the other achievements in the game.

If you got the gifting one before the server was shut down you can get the one for getting all the others so it is marked "Partly Discontinued"

This has a single requirement that is no longer possible so it is marked as "Discontinued"
0
0
By Hybridchld on 15 Jan 2022 14:21
So, I won't be surprised if this NEVER gets fixed. I just started playing Wolfenstein II again (I played on Steam the first time). I started the DLC and the game crashed. Deja Vu?! Sure enough, I google it, and there is a game crashing bug in the first DLC that happens to THOUSANDS of players. You simply can not play the first episode, AMD, Nvidia. Its been an issue since 2017, its 2022 and the game-breaking bug was NEVER addressed.

Here is a steam forum talking about the bug with posts dating 4 years all the way up to 2021, and I had the bug two days ago.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/612880/discussions/0/25494658...
0
0
By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 21 Jan 2022 11:11
View all 83 comments Show less comments
The secret exit for Dimension of the Past is found in E5M6: The Underworld. This is a written guide + images to find the secret exit, a video clip is also provided at the bottom if you prefer.

Please note there is another secret exit/level in this episode that appears earlier in E5M3. It will not unlock this achievement.

After going through the gold key door you will eventually make your way to a button that overlooks the main hallway of this map. Pressing it will open a ramp straight ahead and reveal some enemies.



Defeat them and head to where they were to find a new lava passage. A platform will eventually show up allowing you to cross the lava; be wary as a wall will open up and reveal more enemies.



The platform will turn another corner and bring you to the regular level exit, ignore it. Keep riding the platform around the corner to find a spot to jump off with the secret exit.



35
0

05 Sep 2021 13:28

For those that don't have a PC. This unlocks on E5M6: The Underworld. As soon as you reach the end ride the platform past the main exit to a platform with a health box. That's where the secret exit is.
15
1

29 Aug 2021 02:31