
VersionsĪeons of Death had different versions through the years. This WAD was "awarded" Worst Wad at the 17th Annual Cacowards. The latest version is 6.06.1, a major overhaul of the mod's mechanics including a new weapon, enemy, toggleable themes, extras, and directors.

It also introduces a difficult which causes monsters to spawn anywhere, where the player is not looking.

The members of each class group vary in starting max HP, default movement speed, jump height, voice samples, and SFX.Ħ.02 includes many new weapons and monsters. Each group had an unique set of starting weapons as well as a unique HUD. There were six class groups (Arcanum, Crawl, Cult, EDF, The Cabal, and UAC), with three characters in each group. The old version (5.29.1) had implementation of classes. Monsters might also drop weapons, ammo, health, or items such as bottles of medicine, artifacts, or runes which can also be stored in the inventory for later use. This guarantees that it will never be the same game twice. Also, in place of a shotgun, a shotgun from Doom 3 or the Arc of Death from Hexen might appear.

For example, in place of an imp, a snake imp, or a kilmaat, or a catharsi, or one of several others might appear. The mod uses a randomization code which causes any monster or weapon in a certain class to spawn a random monster or weapon respectively. Æons of Death is a massive compilation WAD that brings together monsters, weapons, and items from numerous games, such as Heretic, Hexen, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Half-Life, Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Shadow Warrior and others.
