Quake / Characters
Quake characters, factions and unit roles
Identify the people, opponents and playable roles in Quake, with their functions and relationships in compact tables.
Edition covered
The original 1996 Quake campaign with four episodes and the final Shub-Niggurath encounter. Pictures come from the 2021 enhanced-release publisher gallery and include later expansion environments. Mission packs, Dimension episodes and altered remaster Nightmare rules are outside the gameplay reference.
9 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.
Characters and roles
Threat reference
Quick notes
- Recognize the attack before closing distance. Ogres arc grenades, Fiends leap and Vores launch tracking projectiles.
- Give Shamblers usable cover. A Shambler threatens at range with lightning and at close distance with melee.
- Finish Zombies with the right damage. Ordinary attacks can knock a Zombie down without permanently removing it.
- Treat boss arenas as mechanisms. Chthon and Shub-Niggurath are not ordinary high-health monsters.
Useful tip
Chthon and Shub-Niggurath are not ordinary high-health monsters. Their solutions involve arena controls and teleport timing, described in the boss guide.
References
| Reference | Website |
|---|---|
| Quake publisher listing | store.steampowered.com |
| id Software Quake manual, archived transcription | manualzz.com |
| id Software Quake source release | github.com |
| Original final-boss walkthrough | quakeone.com |