Doom: The Dark Ages Guide | How To Use Sentinel Shrine

Here's how to use the Sentinel Shrine in Doom: The Dark Ages.

Game Guide by Ornstein on May 26, 2025

In this guide, you'll learn precisely how to locate and use the shrine to upgrade your weapons and abilities, ensuring you're fully equipped for the challenges ahead. Following these easy steps will help you get the most out of your guns and unlock powerful upgrades that will make every battle easier to handle.

Locating the Sentinel Shrine

After securing the gold required for the mission, you'll find yourself in a cavernous area filled with ancient runes and weathered statues. Watch out for a round platform with bright lines on it. That's the Sentinel Shrine.

As you get closer, the runic symbols on the shrine will flash slightly to let you know it's ready to be used. Ascend the shrine until you're on the platform in the middle of it.

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Activating the Shrine

Once you're in position, press B to awaken the shrine's latent power. Right away, you'll see a menu that lists the upgrade choices you have. As ethereal energy builds up around you, the air will hum. This means that your link to the shrine has been made. Before you choose, take a moment to look over the available changes.

Choosing Your Upgrade

In the upgrade menu, you'll see a list of weapons and abilities eligible for enhancement. If you want to make your Shredder gun stronger, for example, go to the Shredder icon.

At the bottom of each icon is a short description of what it does to help, such as adding more damage, a faster cooldown, or more elemental effects. Spend some time reading these to make sure you pick the right improvement for the way you play.

Applying the Upgrade

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Once you've chosen the improvement you want, click on the icon that goes with it to confirm your choice. The shrine will shine brightly as it sends energy from other worlds to your gear.

You'll see a progress bar fill up, and when it does, a burst of light will show that the update is done. Your chosen tool or skill will be much stronger at this point, giving you a real advantage in battle.

Unlocking Subsequent Enhancements

When you improve one piece of gear, you often get access to the next level of improvement. After you've applied for the first upgrade, the menu will refresh to show you more choices.

The following changes usually make things even better, like adding new ability modifiers or raising the damage multiplier. Continue this process—select, apply, and unlock—to fully ascend each piece of your arsenal to its ultimate form.

Tips for Effective Shrine Use

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You don't need to improve everything at once. Choose your favorite weapons first, and change your loadout based on the tasks that are coming up.

For example, if you know you'll be fighting a lot of enemies that move quickly, you should buy delay reductions to keep your crowd-control skills ready. Instead, if you're getting ready to fight a boss, focus on doing more hard damage to shorten the fight and lower your risk.

Final Notes

By learning how the Sentinel Shrine works, you can make sure that all of your weapons are ready to do their best. The shrine's upgrades are necessary to overcome the challenges that lie ahead, whether you're improving the Shredder's power or getting access to more advanced modifiers.

Head back into the fray confident in the knowledge that your gear has never been stronger — and may your journey through Doom: The Dark Ages be ever more victorious.

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