Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has officially launched into version 1.0, marking the end of Early Access and the beginning of a full release. This update introduces Escort Duty, a mission where players must protect and refuel the Drilldozer B0b-33 as it smashes through rock and enemies toward an Ommoran Heartstone. The new mission requires unique strategies, emphasizing swarm control, objective defense, and careful pacing.
The update also brings major progression changes with the addition of gear, offering new passive bonuses, quirks, and upgrade paths. Save slots, class mod skins, over 300 achievements, and Twitch integration further expand the experience. Alongside these systems, the developers have rebalanced hazard levels, improved mission flow, and refined progression to make 1.0 the most complete and challenging version of the game yet.
Full Patch Notes
- New Mission: Escort Duty
- Escort and defend Drilldozer B0b-33 as it drills toward the Ommoran Heartstone.
- Requires constant refueling with Oil Shale.
- Introduces new mechanics, such as hacking down Beamers and managing swarm pressure.
- Mission Roadmap
- New progression built around mission sectors and gates.
- Advancing to higher sectors increases hazard levels and adds unique mutators.
- Gear System
- Gear drops provide passive bonuses and progression.
- Six types: Armor, Weapon Mods, Canisters, Gadgets, Tools, Chips.
- Four rarities (Uncommon to Legendary), scalable and upgradable.
- Gear replaces some raw stats from meta upgrades.
- Save Slots & Difficulty Rebalance
- Save slots allow keeping Early Access progress while starting fresh.
- Hazard levels rebalanced for meaningful late-game challenges.
- Class Mod Skins
- Unique appearances for different class mods.
- Skins automatically unlocked when acquiring a class.
- Achievements
- 300 total achievements across endurance, progression, and quirky tasks.
- Includes 28 community-suggested challenges.
- Twitch Integration
- Chat can influence weapons, loot crates, mutators, level-ups, and more.
- Automatic Bug Bonk
- Dwarves now automatically bonk nearby small bugs with pickaxes.
- Shop Reset
- Meta upgrade shop reset with cheaper but slightly weaker upgrades.
- Balance Adjustments
- Rebalanced artifacts, overclocks, and select weapons with minor buffs.
- Temporarily Removed Mode
- Vanilla mode temporarily removed and will return in a future patch.
- Early Access Contributions
- Added two new biomes: Salt Pits and Azure Weald.
- Introduced new enemies, bosses, artifacts, and overclocks.
- Streamlined progression by removing Morkite Reactor Cores.
- Improved mastery, overclocks, and boss fight rewards.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a shoot ’em up video game developed by Funday Games. It is a top-down spin-off of Deep Rock Galactic, inspired by Vampire Survivors. Players control a solo dwarf tasked with mining ore, battling swarms, and defeating bosses to progress and strengthen weapons.
The game was first released in Early Access on Windows on February 14, 2024. The full release is scheduled for September 17, 2025, on Windows and Xbox Series X/S.
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