Doom The Dark Ages Chapter 16: The Kar'Thul Marshes Collectible Locations

The Kar’ Thul Marshes is the 16th chapter in Doom: The Dark Ages and contains 13 collectible locations & 188 Gold & 2 mission challenges. This walkthrough will guide you to all The Kar’ Thul Marshes collectibles in Doom The Dark Ages. If you missed anything you can get it via chapter select. Everything needed for 100% completion is included.

• Gold: 188
• Ruby: 1
• Wraithstone: 1
• Demonic Essence – Health: 1
• Demonic Essence – Ammo: 1
• Secrets: 5
• Codex Entries: 1
• Collectible Toys: 1
• Challenges: 2

Mission Challenge #1 – Hunter: Destroy all of the wolf statues in the swamps. (Reverent – Super Shotgun skin reward)

You need to destroy those wolves for the Wraithstone anyway, they will be listed in the guide.

Mission Challenge #2 – Roundup: Kill 20 or more demons with a single BFC shot. (100 Gold)

BTC is the crossbow you unlocked 2 chapters ago. Press / to equip it. The blast has a huge radius. Kill 20+ enemies in a single hit. This is best done during the red combat encounters.

All collectibles in this mission are listed in chronological order.

Secret #1 + 8 Gold (8/188) + Codex Entry #1 (The Witch)

From the start of the mission, go right and jump onto the little platform, turn left and look through the wall, and throw your shield onto the blue eye.

This will open up the gate near the first enemy spawn point.

7 Gold (15/188)

After grabbing the previous collectibles, go back to the place where you threw the shield into the secret area. This time jump onto the other side and immediately turn left and go up the little hill. This leads to 7 gold.

Secret #2 + 50 Gold (65/188)

Now go to the far right of the map, enter the area through the gate, and move forward. Once you have walked a full circle, turn around and move forward to find the secret area.

20 Gold (85/188)

After the second secret, just get out of the area via the portal and move forward, to the right, you will see a little wall you can climb with the 4 gold in sight, which leads to a closed gate.

Instead of going there, take the left side, and you will see two stacks of gold above you.

Throw your shield into the blue eye and go back to the little wall and the 4 pieces of gold. The gate is now open, and you can pick up the two 8x stacks of gold.

Challenge: Roundup (20 Kills with single BFC shot) + Demonic Essence – Ammo #1

From the previous pickup, jump down the ledge and move forward, pass the closed gate on the right, and go up the little hill to your right to the red encounter. You will come across a leader who will protect one of the main objectives. You must defeat him to get the Demonic Essence and the relic for the main objective.

5 Gold (90/188)

After you pick up the Demonic Essence and the relic fragment, turn left and move forward, but stick to the right side. You will reach a bridge out of black strings, you will see the gold on the ground.

8 Gold (98/188)

After you pick up the previous gold, jump down to the area with enemies, you can see the stack of gold on the other side on the ground.

5 Gold (103/188)

After you pick up the previous gold, turn left to enter the area with a round podium in the middle. Turn right here and climb up a little wall and you will see 5 pieces of gold in front of a closed gate.

Wolf Statue #1 + 6 Gold (109/188)

After you pick up the previous gold, shield-bast through the gate, move forward, pass the Sentinel Shrine, and go straight forward. You will reach a glowing wolf statue and an armor pickup. Destroy the wolf statue by throwing your shield at it. This is needed for the chapter’s challenge and to get the Wraithstone later. Drop down behind the wolf statue to find the 6 pieces of gold.

Secret #3 + Ruby #1

Once you pick up the previous gold, turn around and you will find an entrance to a hidden area.

Inside, you will be teleported to a room with a closed gate on the other side and a pool in the middle, jump into it, and dive to the bottom, and you will fall onto a platform. From here, throw your shield behind the closed gate.

Now jump down from the platform, but not into the pool again. Now, line up with the pedestal and throw your shield through.

Now jump into the pool and dive down to fall on the platform again, now you can reach the secret area and the ruby.

Collectible Toy #1 (Battle Knight)

After you leave the secret area, follow the path and climb the wall on the right. There you find a pressure plate on the floor, stand on it to open a gate across from you with a red chain. Throw your shield at the red chain.

Now the door to the toy opens in the area below you.

8 Gold (117/188) + Wolf Statue #2

From the previous collectible, turn around and move straight forward, and you will find the gold.

5 Gold (122/188)

From the wolf, turn around and climb up the wall, turn left and move forward, and you will see the gold pieces.

Secret #4 + 3 Gold (125/188) + Wolf Statue #3

From the last Gold move forward and drop down into the cave. There is 3 more gold on the right, and the path on the right leads to another wolf statue. We will return here later for the Wraithstone after getting all Wolf Statues.

Demonic Essence – Armor #1

Go to the main objective near you and you will see the next leader, defeating him will give you the essence.

8 Gold (133/188)

After picking the relic piece, turn around and move forward, stick to the left side, and take the path to the left. Halfway on the path, you will see the gold on the right side.

Wolf Statue #4

From the Gold, turn around and you will see 5 blue life pickups. Behind that, on the left side, you will see another wolf for the Wraithstone. It’s on the cliff off the side of the path.

5 Gold (138/188)

From the wolf, turn around and follow the path for 5 pieces of gold in front of a big gate.

Secret #5 + 50 Gold (188/188)

In front of the previous gold, enter the big gate. You will reach a rotating room. To rotate the room, you have to throw your shield into the blue eye in front of the room. To proceed, rotate the room until the water area is on the right side and a single block is in the middle of the room.

Jump onto the block and rotate the room one more time, but you need to stay on the block while it rotates. Once that’s done, throw your shield onto the green statue and jump to the secret area with  , pick up the gold now.

Wolf Statue #5

Now exit the secret area through the portal and move straight forward to find the last wolf. Destroy it.

Wraithstone #1

Now go back to the middle of the map where you picked up Secret #4 + 3 Gold (125/188) + Wolf Statue #3, now go down the path and you will see the Wraithstone in the middle and 5 wolf statues.

That’s 100% of the collectibles you can find in The Kar’ Thul Marshes of Doom: The Dark Ages.

For all other Chapters, check out the complete Doom: The Dark Ages Collectibles Guide.