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Easter eggs and other special secrets in Quake

Nightmare Skill Teleporter

Enter the fourth episode way, hop into the water but immediately backtrack so you sink down right beside on the wall next to the start area. You will drop onto a wooden ledge.

Walk on it to the left where a corridor awaits. You will see the message "This passage selects NIGHTMARE skill!" At its end a teleporter portal labeled "nightmare" lets you select the nightmare skill by walking through it.

The Dopefish in the Well of Wishes

The most prominent easter egg in Quake is the hidden Dopefish. You can find it on the third map of the second episode the Crypt of Decay. You can directly load that map by entering "map e2m3" in the console.

To exit this hidden area swim into the short corridor on the left. The front wall will open to let you enter another (normal) secret with a yellow armor and mega health to resume the level.

A hint to the hidden area in which the Dopefish hides is given on the start map right before the hidden nightmare teleporter. See above for how to find that. When you go up the stairs in the hidden corridor there is some flaming wall decoration in front of you. Shoot it or hit it with the axe to see the message: "The Well of Wishes awaits in the Crypt of Decay!"