What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Doom: The Dark Ages

Chapter 12: Sentinel Command Station Secrets and Walkthrough

Add to Watchlist

☆ Doom: The Dark Ages is live now!
Collectibles | Secrets | Walkthrough
Resources | Codex | Toy
Trophies | Beginner's Guide | Enemies
Skins: Twitch Drops | Prince St. Pizza
★ FAQs: Co-op | DLC | Specs | Glory Kills

Sentinel Command Station Wallkthrough Guide

Chapter 12: Sentinel Command Station in Doom: the Dark Ages contains 9 secrets and 3 collectibles. Learn how to get all the secrets, gold, and collectibles, as well as how to complete the Mission Challenges in this Chapter 12 walkthrough guide.

◄ Previous Chapter Next Chapter ▶
Hellbreaker From Beyond

Sentinel Command Station Secrets and Collectibles

Sentinel Command Station Interactive Map

Interactive Map

Jump to a Collectible!
Toys 1
Skins 1
Codex 1
Life Sigils 2
Gold 177
Rubies 1
Wraithstone 1
Demonic Essence 1
Secrets 9

Sentinel Command Station Toys

Item How to Get
Kreed Maykr Toy
(Secret 9/9)
This toy is locked behind a gate near the Sentinel Shrine that needs the Secret Key to unlock. You'll find the Secret Key near the end of the chapter in a secret room close to the Yellow Keycard.

This can be found near the end of the final objective ▼.

Toy Locations

Sentinel Command Station Skins

Item How to Get
Chainshot Nightmare Skin
(Secret 2/9)
After dropping down to the command room, you'll notice a secret item behind a locked gate to your left. Find the breakable wall near the hologram at the center of the room to get to the path that leads to this collectible.

This can be found near the end of the first objective ▼.

How to Unlock All Skins

Sentinel Command Station Codex Entries

Item How to Get
Sentinel Command Station Codex
(Secret 1/9)
Right after leaving the vents at the start of the chapter, continue straight until you find an opening on the wall to your right. You'll find the codex in this hole in the wall.

This can be found near the start of the first objective ▼.

Codex Locations and Entries

Sentinel Command Station Life Sigils

Item How to Get
Life Sigil 1
(Secret 3/9)
After climbing and entering the vent near the first Sentinel Shrine, turn right instead of heading to the turrets shooting through the vents.

This can be found near the start of the second objective ▼.
Life Sigil 2
(Secret 6/9)
Access this vent from the hidden breakable wall in the vertical shaft near the Yellow Keycard.

This can be found near the start of the third objective ▼.

Sentinel Command Station Gold

Item How to Get
Gold Cache 1 Right before leaving the vents at the start of the chapter, turn around to find this Gold Cache behind you.

This can be found near the start of the first objective ▼.
Gold Trail 1 (x5) Right after exiting the vents at the start of the chapter, continue straight until you find an opening on the wall to your right. You'll find a Codex entry and a bunch of Gold in this hole in the wall.

This can be found near the start of the first objective ▼.
Gold Trail 2 (x14)
(Secret 2/9)
After dropping down to the command room, you'll notice a secret item behind a locked gate to your left. Find the breakable wall near the hologram at the center of the room. This opens up to a secret area with this Gold trail in it.

This can be found near the end of the first objective ▼.
Gold Cache 2
(Secret 2/9)
After finding the previous Gold Trail, you'll find this cache at the end of the same room on top of the flat train cart.

This can be found near the end of the first objective ▼.
Gold Trail 3 (x8) After activating the first lever in this room, it will open a path to the room with the Sentinel Shrine and this trail of Gold.

This can be found near the start of the second objective ▼.
Gold Trail 4 (x6) After climbing and entering the vent near the first Sentinel Shrine, turn right instead of heading to the turrets shooting through the vents.

This can be found near the start of the second objective ▼.
Gold Chest 1 After obtaining the Demonic Essence Health and clearing the next room full of zombies, this chest will be in the next room along with the lever that continues the chapter.

This can be found during the second objective ▼.
Gold Cache 3
(Secret 4/9)
After using the elevator and crossing the gap with the Mancubus on the other side, do not proceed to the next hallway yet. Instead, drop down the broken floor at the end to reach a secret area with a Ruby and a Gold cache.

This can be found near the end of the second objective ▼.
Gold Trail 5 and Cache 4 Found in the same room where the Yellow Keycard is.

This can be found at the start of the third objective ▼.
Gold Chest 2
(Secret 5/9)
Open the first locked yellow gate after obtaining the Yellow Keycard, then sprint through the gap without jumping to reach this secret area with a Gold chest. A jump pad is available at the bottom in case you missed the jump.

This can be found at the start of the third objective ▼.
Gold Cache 5
There's a breakable wall below the very first yellow door you unlock, which leads to a secret area including this Gold cache.

This can be found near the start of the third objective ▼.

All Gold Locations

Sentinel Command Station Rubies

Item How to Get
Ruby
(Secret 4/9)
After using the elevator up and crossing the gap with the Mancubus on the other side, do not proceed to the next hallway yet. Instead, drop down the broken floor at the end to reach a secret area with this Ruby and a Gold cache.

This can be found near the end of the second objective ▼.

All Ruby Locations

Sentinel Command Station Wraithstone

Item How to Get
Wraithstone
(Secret 8/9)
Guarded by a Agaddon Hunter inside a room right across where the Secret Key is. The Secret Key is required to open this room.

This can be found near the start of the third objective ▼.

All Wraithstone Locations

Sentinel Command Station Demonic Essence

Item How to Get
Demonic Essence: Health 1 Obtained by slaying the Pinky Rider after getting the Ravager weapon. This essence is not missable as it's part of the main mission.

This can be found during the second objective ▼.

All Demonic Essence Locations

Sentinel Command Station Walkthrough

Main Objectives
1 Find a Way Back to Serrat
Collectibles:
Gold Cache 1
Gold Trail 1Secret 1/9
Sentinel Command Station CodexSecret 1/9
Chainshot Nightmare SkinSecret 2/9
Gold Trail 2Secret 2/9
Gold Cache 2Secret 2/9
2 Find the Hangar Key Card
Collectibles:
Gold Trail 3
Gold Trail 4
Life Sigil 1Secret 3/9
Ravager Weapon
Demonic Essence Health
Gold Chest 1
RubySecret 4/9
Gold Cache 3Secret 4/9
3 Open Hangar
Collectibles:
Gold Trail 5 and Cache 4
Gold Chest 2Secret 5/9
Gold Cache 5
Life Sigil 2Secret 6/9
Secret KeySecret 7/9
WraithstoneSecret 8/9
Shield Rune
Kreed Maykr ToySecret 9/9

1. Find a Way Back to Serrat

1
Interact with the consoles on two gates and wait for the nearby vent to open.
2
Go through the vent, but before leaving it, turn around to find a Gold cache.
Collectibles: Gold Cache 1
3
After leaving the vents, you should find more collectibles in a hole on the wall. Afterwards, find your way to the command center.
Collectibles: Gold Trail 1Secret 1/9, Sentinel Command Station CodexSecret 1/9
4
Drop down to the command center and search for a breakable wall near the hologram for another secret area before leaving this room and dropping down to the main objective.
Collectibles: Chainshot Nightmare SkinSecret 2/9, Gold Trail 2Secret 2/9, Gold Cache 2Secret 2/9

2. Find the Hangar Key Card

1
Drop down to the center of the mission area from the command center room and clear the area of all the demons.
2
Pass through the hole in the wall and turn on the lever to unlock the room with the Sentinel Shrine. Turn on the lever in that room to unlock the nearby vents.
Collectibles: Gold Trail 3
3
Climb up the wall and into the vent. Before proceeding to where the turrets are, collect the Gold and Life Sigil on the opposite side first.
Collectibles: Gold Trail 4, Life Sigil 1Secret 3/9
4
Drop down the vent and obtain the new Ravager weapon from the weapon drop. Use this, or any weapon of your choice, to clear the next room and defeat the Leader.
Collectibles: Ravager Weapon, Demonic Essence Health
5
Find the lever that opens the path back to the central room. Don't forget to grab the nearby gold before continuing to the newly unlocked elevator.
Collectibles: Gold Chest 1
6
Use the elevator in the newly unlocked room beside the central room.
7
After reaching the upper section of the Command Station, use your shield to cross the gap where the Mancubus is. Upon reaching this corridor, do not continue to the next room yet, instead, go down the broken floor to get to a secret area and grab a Ruby.

You can use Shield Charge on the large square object to find your way back out.
Collectibles: RubySecret 4/9, Gold Cache 3Secret 4/9
8
Clear the hallway full of empowered enemies and an enemy Enforcer. You'll find the Yellow Keycard and some Gold in the room after eliminating the Enforcer and its horde.
Collectibles: Gold Trail 5 and Cache 4, Yellow Keycard

3. Open the Hangar

1
There are 4 Secret Areas surrounding the Yellow Keycard room. To get the first one, open the Yellow Keycard gate to unlock a vertical shaft that goes back to the lower section of the Command Station. The secret room will be just across the newly unlocked gate. You can sprint through the gap without jumping to reach the Secret Area and break the Gold chest in the room.
Collectibles: Gold Chest 2Secret 5/9
2
The next hidden area is behind a breakable wall directly across the Secret Area and below the newly unlocked Yellow Keycard gate. From the Gold chest secret area, use Shield Charge to pass through the breakable wall and get a cache of Gold.
Collectibles: Gold Cache 5
3
Find the Life Sigil Secret in these vents and head towards the room where the Secret Key is. Be careful of the incoming ambush!
Collectibles: Life Sigil 2Secret 6/9
4
Grab the Secret Key and use it to unlock the room across the hall corridor. This room will have a Wraithstone inside but requires you to kill the Agaddon Hunter that spawns in the middle of this cramped room.
Collectibles: Secret KeySecret 7/9, WraithstoneSecret 8/9
5
Continue where you left off from the main mission and go down the vertical shaft after the room where you get the Yellow Keycard. Interact with the fountain found in the room at the bottom to obtain the Auto Turret Shield Rune.
Collectibles: Shield Rune
6
Continue back to the central room and prepare for another ambush. After clearing the central room of enemies, get back to the area where the Sentinel Shrine is and use the Secret Key to open the locked door and obtain the Kreed Maykr Toy.
Collectibles: Kreed Maykr Toy
7
Use the Yellow Keycard to open the hangar and complete the chapter.

Secret Key Location

You'll find the Chapter 12 Secret Key in a Secret Area near where you get the Yellow Keycard. To get there, find and break through the hidden breakable wall in the vertical shaft near where you get the Yellow Keycard. The hidden vent will lead to the secret area where the Secret Key is. Stay sharp, however, as you'll get ambushed right after entering this secret room.

The Secret Key counts as the 7th Secret out of 9 in this Chapter and can be found during the third objective ▲.

Yellow Keycard Location

You'll find the Yellow Keycard as part of the chapter's main objectives. Eventually, you'll unlock the elevator that takes you to the upper section of the chapter, then you'll have to clear a hallway full of empowered Soldiers with an Enforcer enemy at the end. The Yellow Keycard will be on a corpse in the room after the Enforcer enemy.

Sentinel Command Station Mission Challenges

Challenge Details and Reward
Punching Bag Strike a Battleknight with a melee attack 10 times
Reward: 50 Gold
Wait For It Kill 10 demons with explosive barrels
Reward: 1 Ruby
Skeleton Key Open 2 Secret Doors
Reward: 50 Gold

Punching Bag

Sentinel Command Station - Punching Bag Challenge

Battleknights are axe-wielding, heavily armored variants of Hell Knights. You’ll encounter several throughout this chapter, so be sure to land melee attacks on them whenever possible. Parrying will help recharge your melee gauge, making it easier to land the required hits.

Wait For It

Sentinel Command Station - Wait For It Challenge

After acquiring the Ravager and defeating the Leader in the following room, you’ll enter a room filled with over a dozen Zombies and several explosive barrels. Fire at one of the barrels to wipe out the group and complete this challenge easily.

This encounter happens between steps 4 and 5 in the Find the Hangar Key Card section of the walkthrough.

Skeleton Key

Secret Door Location How to Reach
Wraithstone Secret Door Found in the hallway after obtaining the Secret Key.
Kreed Maykr Toy Secret Door This toy is locked behind a gate near the Sentinel Shrine that needs the Secret Key to unlock.

This chapter contains two Secret Doors, both of which require the Secret Key. One is just beyond where you find the key, while the other is near the Sentinel Shrine.

The Secret Key itself is hidden behind a breakable wall within the vertical shaft located close to where you obtain the Yellow Keycard.

Chapter 12 Secret Key Location

Doom: The Dark Ages Related Guides

Doom the Dark Ages Campaign Walkthrough

Full Walkthrough and List of Chapters

List of All Chapters
1. Village of Khalim 2. Hebeth
3. Barrier Core 4. Sentinel Barracks
5. Holy City of Aratum 6. Siege - Part 1
7. Siege - Part 2 8. Abyssal Forest
9. Ancestral Forge 10. The Forsaken Plains
11. Hellbreaker 12. Sentinel Command Station
13. From Beyond 14. Spire of Nerathul
15. City of Ry'uul 16. The Kar'Thul Marshes
17. Temple of Lomarith 18. Belly of the Beast
19. Harbor of Souls 20. Resurrection
21. The Final Battle 22. Reckoning

Author

    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved

    Guide Index