Deep Rock Galactic — patch notes and updates
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| Hoxxes Halloween 2026 is now live! | 2026-10-22 | Hello Miners,Hoxxes Halloween 2026 is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! The skulls are back in the caves and the Space Rig has once again been properly haunted. Management reminds you that ghosts are not a valid reason to miss a shift.Check out the previous update for all the details on what is going down, but here’s a recap:Time to bag up the boss! Complete the Halloween assignment to claim the new Straw Boss headgear.Did you miss last year's spooktacular? Complete the Last Year’s Horrors assignment to unlock all the previous Halloween hats.Get the skulls! Shoot down the flying skulls, deposit them, and earn a Double Performance Point Bonus.Th |
| Hoxxes Halloween 2026 - Preview | 2026-10-16 | Four brave dwarves with just a little sign of fright Went back into the caves to look for a fight They dug even deeper, and stumbled on bones And what they found made the air fill with groans They considered their findings quite concerning Because Hoxxes Halloween is returning Hello Miners, Time to dust off your ghosts and carve your pumpkins, because Hoxxes Halloween is back and ready to rock (and stone) your socks off! The spooky season launches Thursday 22nd October at 13:00 CET and runs until November 5th. Flying skulls, Double XP bonuses and a haunted Space Rig are just around the corner. We are of course also adding another very scary h |
| Season 07 confirmed — PLUS Season 08 and an Expansion DLC | 2026-09-29 | Hello Miners, We just announced on The Big Break Showcase that Season 07, Season 08, AND a new Expansion DLC are officially confirmed for Deep Rock Galactic. It’s been a long time in the making, and it means loads of new content coming to Deep Rock Galactic within the next year. You can see the brand-new 'Seasons Ahead' teaser here: We’ll get right into the details of all this right down below. SEASON 07: “CONTINGENCY PROTOCOL” SITUATION BRIEFING: APPROVED FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION The Company can confirm a recent surge of gravitational anomalies in and around Hoxxes IV, where geomagnetic poles seem to reverse within a concentrated area. Availa |
| Prepare yourself for THE BIG BREAK this Tuesday, Sep. 29th | 2026-09-25 | Hello Miners, Two things: First, ROCKTOBERFEST is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! Pull on your lederhosen and rejoice in two weeks of free hats and meat in your beer. Second: The BIG BREAK SHOWCASE is just around the corner, going live on Tuesday, September 29th at 19:00 CEST/10am PDT! And we’ll be there to share some big news for Deep Rock Galactic that we think you’ll enjoy. Click here to head to the Big Break premiere on YouTube. As if that wasn’t sweet enough, everyone tuning in live will have a shot at winning free games! There are gonna be giveaways of Coffee Stain titles throughout the premiere. Finally, we’d like to present the Offici |
| Rocktoberfest 2026 - Preview | 2026-09-17 | Hello Miners,We’re happy to announce that Rocktoberfest is back! The celebration kicks off on Thursday, September 24th at 13.00 CEST and runs for two weeks. Grab a pretzel, dust off the ol’ beer stein, and have a look at what delights await you.New celebratory headgearBeer should be loved in all shapes and colors and this year’s new hat celebrates exactly that. While Management wasn’t thrilled about this hat enabling the dwarves’ drinking habits, they had to admit that the hat design leaves both hands free to work. That’s optimal design. And Management can’t say no to that. Complete this year’s Rocktoberfest Assignment to get your fingers on |
| Big news for Deep Rock Galactic coming in The Big Break Showcase | 2026-09-16 | Hello Miners, Awfully quiet around here. Been a while since we’ve had some Deep Rock Galactic announcements. Time to do something about that. We’ll be part of Coffee Stain Publishing’s Big Break Showcase later this month, with some exciting stuff to share about good ol’ DRG. What stuff? We can’t say yet. That’s the whole point of the showcase. But what we can say is it will make you smile. Hell, you might even clap your hands with joy. Only time will tell. Deep Rock Galactic is joining loads of other cool games for The Big Break, which is set to be a relentless bombardment of new trailers, game announcements and updates. They even let us send |
| The 2026 Space Beach Party is now live! | 2026-08-06 | Hello Miners,It is time to don those sunglasses because the lanterns are shining and the party has started. Management considered temporarily shutting down the air-conditioning units to set the stage for this one, but then remembered they had never installed any.We hope you will enjoy the next two weeks of the traditional Space Beach Party. In case you missed the preview, you can hunt for another batch of lost floaties in the mines to earn a Double Performance Pass Point Bonus. Complete this year's work assignment to get your hands on the new Tactical Turtle hat in the Mission Terminal. Or, in case you failed to do so previously, get your han |
| PATCH NOTES - S06.05.02 | 2026-08-06 | Hello Miners, This small patch is to prepare for the Space Beach Party 2026 eventMay contain: Tactical Turtle HatWith Love, Invisible Walls and The Ghost Ship Crew — PATCH NOTES —Preparing for new ingame event |
| Space Beach Party 2026 - Preview | 2026-07-30 | Hello Miners,Those of you who are fresh back from the Magma Core might not notice, but summer is here, and it brought the heat. It also means the annual Space Beach Party is just around the corner! So we’re here to take a quick peek at what’s coming. This year’s event starts on Thursday, August 6th at 13.00 CEST and runs for two weeks.Because one can never have too many inflatablesWhy get extra vacation days for your hard work when you can get hats, you ask? We hear you. That’s why you can get your hands on the new Tactical Turtle hat by completing the assignment associated with this year's Space Beach Party from the Mission Terminal. Nicknam |
| Special Event: Do your part to support Operation Rogue Core! | 2026-05-06 | Hello Miners, We’ve got a critical situation on our hands. An enormous electromagnetic pulse has just erupted at the core of Hoxxes IV, sending ripples throughout the entire planet. It’s brought all our deep-level Expenite extraction operations offline — we’ve lost contact entirely. If that wasn’t bad enough, we’re seeing a spike in Core Stone encounters, and the lethal Core Spawn that come with them. Emergency Action Protocol ‘Minefall’ is in effect. It’s time for Operation ROGUE CORE. Management has dispatched an elite squad of Reclaimers to the depths of Hoxxes to breach and secure the mine sites that have gone offline. But while the Recla |
| The Great Egg Hunt 2026 is now live! | 2026-03-31 | Hello Miners,We're pleased to announce The Great Egg Hunt 2026 is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! The event will run until April 14, at 13.00 CEST, where the colleggtion of pastel-colored content hops back into the void of not-currently-active seasonal events. Curious to know what's included in this event? We've got you covered in the Preview Post, with a comprehensive overview of all the content (and other things happening in the DRG universe). In the meantime, for your convenience, here's a quick rundown:New hat! The Egg Procurement Specialist headwear is available to grab throughout the event, by completing the appropriately-named assignme |
| The Great Egg Hunt 2026 - Preview | 2026-03-24 | Hello Miners,Eggcelent news, your favorite egg-celebration is returning to your favorite workplace! That's right, The Great Egg Hunt returns to Deep Rock Galactic on Tuesday, March 31, 13.00 CEST, along with both work opportunities and additions to your fashion stash. It's time to get eggstatic, here's a preview what's coming in The Great Egg Hunt 2026.Force of RabbitPutting the hop in hops (and then using those hops to make beer)! Continuing the trend of animal-themed masks, we got the most eggstraordinary addition to your wardrobe this year. Complete The Great Egg Hunt 2026 to acquire the Egg Procurement Specialist headwear.Eggstra Work -> |
| 'Eight Years in Orbit' Anniversary Event is live now! | 2026-03-03 | Hello Miners,The Eight Years in Orbit seasonal event is now live in DRG! Grab a friend and a (decorative) bottle of bubbles, it's time to celebrate another year of successful mining operations! You can check out the full party invitation in the preview post, but here's the quick summary: Acquire the exclusive (and festive) Party Hat - Year 8 by completing the associated assignment. Earn Double Performance Point Bonus by collecting Year Eight Trophies throughout your missions.Enjoy free beer on tap at the Abyss Bar.Take in the atmosphere with the glamorous decorations aboard the Space Rig. The party goes on until Tuesday, March 17 a 13.00 CET. |
| PATCH NOTES - S06.04 | 2026-03-02 | Hello Miners, This patch contains a bunch of fixes to Pitjaws as well as rare problems that could happen when playing Heavy Extraction. With Love, The Ghost Ship Crew --- PATCH NOTES —Adjusted collision on lift pod to prevent players getting stuckAdded fallback to lift pod positioningMoved pit jaw relocation logic to level generation, reducing stutters in levels that have the enemyAdded a 2s grace period after relocation where the pit jaw won't target playersPrevent resinite mass from spawning in path of drop pod and prevent important level elements from spawning in path of resinite massPrevented lift pod from spawning near player spawnFix re |
| 'Eight Years in Orbit' anniversary event preview | 2026-02-24 | Hello Miners, We're nearing Eight Years in Orbit, which means it's time for another mandatory work social!.The past eight years have seen record profits for the Deep Rock Galactic Corporation, thanks in no small part to your hard work in the mines. We can only imagine what the earnings reports will look like years from now, when you’re nearing the end of your standard 30-year contracts. We like to think of this company as a family, and you are our valued, situationally expendable family members.In order to properly applaud and appreciate your efforts, we'll be hosting a Company Party! The 'Eight Years in Orbit' Party is going live next week o |
| Lunar Festival 2026 is now live! | 2026-02-17 | Hello Miners,Welcome to the Year of the Horse! Get ready to take the reins and ride into the mines, because Lunar Festival 2026 is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! You'll have the chance to grab a surprisingly well-fitting new horse mask, and get Double Performance Point Bonus for your Season 06 endeavors (or any other season of choice, as usual), and more! Gallop in and check it out now – the event will run until March 3rd 2026 at 13:00 CET. Check out the preview post for all the details! Here's a quick summary: Grab the new Staggering Stallion headpiece by completing a work assignment, that also rewards the golden Peerless Warrior tiara. Two |
| Patch Notes: HOTFIX S06.03.1 | 2026-02-12 | Hello Miners, A small hotfix to add missing names to missions and fix the season 6 checkbox not working on the server list With Love, The Ghost Ship Crew — PATCH NOTES —- Fixed season 6 checkbox in server browser, so that it now reloads the server list- Fixed missing names on season warning missions- Fixed bug causing the bone collector to be unaffected by the breach cutter |
| PATCH NOTES - S06.03 | 2026-02-11 | Hello Miners, This patch reintroduces the Pit Jaw Colony warning, as well as fixing the missing season challenge scrip, and a few other issues With Love, The Ghost Ship Crew --- PATCH NOTES —Added Pit Jaw Colony back as an additional season warning for season 6Updated season 6 assignments to include both season warningsFixed that Relic Raider Bosco was assigned the wrong paintjobIntroduced amber specks near resinite masses to make them slightly easier to findReduced verticality of average complexity Heavy Excavation cavesFixed resinite mass launch roar and screen shake effect not playing for clientsUpped the maximum scrip reward from the spec |
| Lunar Festival 2026 - Preview | 2026-02-10 | Hello Miners,"New year, new me", they say, and Management will approve, if "new me" is even more focused on the work done. Speaking of that, Management is pleased to see so many employees completing their new assignments in the Ossuary Depths!Anyway, a new year also brings a new Lunar Festival in Deep Rock Galactic, and this year, we're galloping into the Year of the Horse. This year's Lunar Festival goes live in DRG on Tuesday, February 17th at 13.00 CET, and it'll last until March 3rd, 13.00 CET. Here's what's included int he event, straight from the horse's mouth. Time to start horsing around!The Company has decided to reward the most stab |
| Don’t miss the DRG: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals this Thursday | 2026-02-09 | Hello Miners, In just a few short days, we will redefine the concept of sports. This happens, of course, at the grand finale of the 2026 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals. In front of a live audience at Copenhagen Gaming Week (and around the world via Twitch and Youtube), we’ll witness Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor at its absolute maximum difficulty, as contestants face a custom build tailor-made to be more punishing than anything we’ve ever seen. It will be, in no uncertain terms, the uncompromising pinnacle of athletic achievement, and a defining moment in sports entertainment. On Thursday, February 12th, our br |
| PATCH NOTES - S06.02 | 2026-02-04 | Hello Miners, This patch fixes the potential horde of Scrabs that could spawn, Fixes Pit Jaw grabbing dwarves through walls and a few other fixes With Love, The Ghost Ship Crew --- PATCH NOTES —Mission Made compressed gold give the same credits payout as regular goldMoved Heavy Extraction to 6th mission in intro assignment Sound Fixed sounds not playing for certain scrab animations (flying and ground attack)Fixed Cave Leech audio not following its head Scrabs Fixed the amount of how many of scrabs can spawn instead of it being unlimitedUpdated scrab spawn vfx to match most other enemies for improved performance PitJaws Increased spawn spread: |
| PATCH NOTES - S06.01 | 2026-01-30 | Hello Miners, Hello Miners, It is time for the first Patch of Season 6, it includes a bunch of smaller visual fixes, changes the xp reward of Ossium Crystals, fixed assignment missions sometimes not rolling the needed warning and thinned out the scrab population a bit, to allow higher hazard games to not turn into madness. With Love, The Ghost Ship Crew --- PATCH NOTES —Visuals Fixed skinning issue for Gunner relic raiderAnimation polish on the arm wave danceUpdated the image for the season 6 title screenFixed a scrab clipping through some resinite in the spacerigRelic raider firstperson mesh and uv update Mission Reduced visibility of liftpo |
| Season 06: 'Relics of Hoxxes' is NOW LIVE! | 2026-01-29 | Hello Miners, Welcome to SEASON 06 - RELICS OF HOXXES! New discoveries on Hoxxes require your urgent attention. You’re delving into a brand new planetary region, pursuing new riches, and facing off those who might stand in the Company’s way. Season 06 is live right this minute here on Steam, and it’ll come to consoles in about two weeks. As always, this small delay is because of console-specific certification processes. Let’s take a look at the new season! Technical note: Steam's video embedding feature is still uncooperative for some people, it seems. If you don't see a clickable video right below this text, there should be a small hyperlink |
| The Season 06 Narrated Trailer is here! | 2026-01-15 | Hello Miners, Just two weeks until we breach the Ossuary Depths for all the perils and profits of Season 06. “Relics of Hoxxes” goes live on Steam on Thursday, January 29th (and coming to consoles around two weeks after), bringing a new biome, new mission, new enemies, loads of rewards, and more to the work site. But don’t just take it from us – here’s Mission Control to walk you through everything in the official Season 06 Narrated Trailer. The full write-up is right down below. Technical note: Steam's video embedding feature is still uncooperative for some people, it seems. If you don't see a clickable video right below this text, there sho |
| Season 06: “Relics of Hoxxes” is coming to Steam on January 29th | 2026-01-09 | Hello Miners, We hope everyone’s having a mineral-rich start to 2026. What a number! And you know what else ends in 6? Season 06. Speaking of which, we’ve got news. We’re here to share the official Season 06 key art and reveal the release date, though some of you keen-eyed miners already figured it out from the cluess we teased earlier this week. Congratulations! And now, drum roll: Season 06: RELICS OF HOXXES is coming to Steam in just a few weeks, on January 29th, 2026. It’ll hit consoles about 2 weeks after that. In Season 06, we’re digging into the ancient past, down among the dusty bones of the new Ossuary Depths biome. But we’re not goi |
| Yuletide 2025 is now live! | 2025-12-18 | Hello Miners,Time to put on your warm and cozy outfits and take in the holiday spirits, because Yuletide 2025 is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! A new hat, returning missions for for collectibles and more! Hop in and check it out now – the event will run until January 6th 2026 at 13:00 CET. We’ve got more details in the preview post, but here’s a short overview:Grab the new Tomten hat by completing a work assignment that has nothing to do with traffic safety.Pick up all the previous Yuletide hats that you may have missed out on during former events!For those who haven't yet completed the Yuletide Elf Hunt assignment, you get another chance to |
| Yuletide 2025 - Preview | 2025-12-11 | Hello Miners, 'Tis the season to be jolly. So jolly that you may even want to head into the caves right away! If there’s a season we love nearly as much as Season 06, it’s Yuletide! It's the season for festive winter outfits, regardless if you're going on an epic digging adventure with your fellow dwarves or heading straight to the Abyss Bar to get hammered (or both). Your favorite galactic mining company is ready with instructions for how to celebrate the season in style and what to do if you spot an elf, all while diligently completing the work assignments you've been issued by Management. Yuletide starts on Thursday, December 18th at 13:00 |
| DRG Season 06 confirmed – and it’s coming in a few months | 2025-11-13 | Hello Miners, We just wrapped up another On the Horizon livestream to make some big announcements about Deep Rock Galactic and Rogue Core! And we're putting this article out to give you a tidy summary of everything we covered. Here are the three big headlines: Deep Rock Galactic Season 06 is coming. Sooner than you’d think, too. We’re aiming for a release in Q1 of 2026. Rogue Core’s Early Access release is pushed to Q2 2026. We need more time to make it the game we want it to be. It’ll come out after DRG Season 06. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is now out on mobile. It just launched yesterday on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. You can watch |
| Reminder: Tune in to 'On the Horizon' this Thursday for some big DRG news | 2025-11-11 | Hello Miners, Just a quick reminder that we’re only two days from our big On the Horizon livestream! And we'd love for you to join us. We’ve got some news about Deep Rock Galactic and Rogue Core that we think you’ll be interested in. We were going to post a detailed agenda like we usually do, but we couldn’t figure out a way to share more specifics that didn’t end up spoiling the announcements we’ve got planned. Also we ran out of time. So, as the old adage goes, “F*** it, we’ll do it live!” We’ve set up a video premiere on YouTube, so you can join in advance and catch the stream right when it starts. Steam won't let us embed a premiere-style |
| Hoxxes Halloween 2025 is now live! | 2025-10-30 | Hello Miners,Hoxxes Halloween 2025 is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! We shared more details in the Halloween Preview Post, but here's a brief overview of what to expect:New Hat: Dawn of the SpawnDouble Performance XP All the previous Halloween HatsSpookily Decorated Space Rig Hoxxes Halloween 2025 will run until Thursday, November 13th at 13.00 CET. We are also hosting an On the Horizon stream again this year on November 13th, from 17.00 CET on both Twitch and Youtube. Don't miss it! Rock and Stone to the bone! With Love, -The Spooky Ghost Ship Crew |