Powerup (Q1)

 

“	All power-ups except armor burn out after a while, so smoke 'em while you got 'em.	”
—Quake manual

Powerups or Power-ups are items that can be collected that are not Weapons or Ammo. A Powerup can grant the user an advantage over her or his threats. There are 16 Powerups in Quake.

Artifacts are what are most commonly thought of as Powerups. They last for a period of time before being depleted, they offer some ability the player would not otherwise have, and they are relatively uncommon or hidden in Secrets.

Armor is a protective resource that prevents the player from taking as much damage. Without said resource, the player will be more likely to die if hit too often.

Restorative Powerups are commonly referred to as "Health". They heal the player if needed or boost the player's health for a period of time in the case of the 100 Health.

Progressive Powerups refer to resources that need to be collected in order to progress through a level. The level cannot be generally completed unless said resource is acquired.

Types of Powerups

Artifacts

• Quad Damage
• Pentagram of Protection
• Ring of Shadows
• Biosuit

Armor

• Green Armor
• Yellow Armor
• Red Armor

Restorative

• 15 Health
• 25 Health
• 100 Health

Progressive

• Gold Key
• Silver Key
• Rune of Black Magic
• Rune of Earth Magic
• Rune of Elder Magic
• Rune of Hell Magic

Trivia

• Sandy Petersen once suggested that the player could pick up a Powerup that would allow them to fly for 15 seconds. This idea was quickly shot down, however, since the skybox was too low for it to be practical. Furthermore, the player could have used it to avoid numerous traps and puzzles. It would have also caused issues with Monster targeting. ^[1]

References

Quake
Characters		Ranger · Quake
Enemies		Death Knight · Enforcer · Fiend · Grunt · Knight · Ogre · Ogre Marksman · Rotfish · Rottweiler · Scrag · Shambler · Spawn · Vore · Zombie
Bosses		Chthon · Shub-Niggurath
Barriers and Hazards		Button · Door · Electric Terminal · Falling Spike · Guillotine · Lava · Laser Trap · Movable Wall · Nail Trap · Radioactive Container · Slime · Spiked Sphere · Teleporter · Unholy Altar · Water · Wind Tunnel
Level Exits		Arch · Exit Gate · Rune Gate · Slipgate
Powerups		15 Health · 25 Health · 100 Health · Armor(Green)(Yellow)(Red) · Biosuit · Key · Pentagram of Protection · Quad Damage · Ring of Shadows · Rune
Weapons		Axe · Shotgun · Double-Barreled Shotgun · Nailgun · Super Nailgun · Grenade Launcher · Rocket Launcher · Thunderbolt
Ammo		Backpack · Shells · Nails · Rockets · Cells
Source ports		GLQuake · GLQuakeWorld · QuakeWorld · VQuake · WinQuake
Other		Crate · Dopefish