Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| 1.1 Hotfix 1 | 2026-05-01 | Improvements & FixesDeepcore PGL: Cluster grenade performance issues fixedImproved Demolisher drop pod ramp gameplayFixed a milestone pop up issueDoubled the chance of honk and stoneBalance changesDemolisher handling buffed: Increased turning speedDemolisher Contractor buffed:Move speed: Moved from class mod to classArmor: +10% → +20%Base HP: 150 → 175Max HP: +10%Demolisher Gridrunner buffed:Move speed: moved from Class mod to classArmor: +10% → +15%Pickup Radius: +20% → +30%Base HP: 150 → 175Life Regen: +5Potency: +10% → +20%Demolisher Operator buffed:Move speed: moved from Class mod to classArmor: +10% → +20%Base HP: 150 → 175Life Regen: +5 |
| OUT NOW: HEAVY DUTY EXPANSION | 2026-04-30 | Hello Miners, It’s time to gear up. Today we’re launching Heavy Duty, a brand-new paid DLC packed with destructive firepower, frozen frontiers, and high-stakes missions. Alongside it, a free update rolls out to all players with endless mode, mastery rewards, tag system changes, and the usual slew of system improvements, bug fixes, and balance changes.Let’s break it down:HEAVY DUTY EXPANSION (DLC):NEW CLASS: THE DEMOLISHERBuilt for destruction. Engineered for overkill.For the first time in DRG history, we’re introducing a new class: The Demolisher.This new powerhouse class operates a fully weaponized industrial vehicle known as the Rockdozer, |
| Coming Soon: Endless Mode | 2026-04-24 | Alongside the upcoming paid expansion Heavy Duty, we are releasing a free game update packed with new systems, improvements, and ways to push your builds further than before. Here is a look at what is coming on April 30th.Endless ModeThe long-awaited Endless Mode is finally here.The first 10 stages of an Endless Dive are shorter, with increased enemy density. You will move through these early stages quickly while ramping up your power at a much faster pace than usual.Endless is a variant of Elimination, but with its own constraints. You can only carry up to 15 artifacts, so every choice matters. From stage 11 onward, the challenge shifts. Dif |
| Coming Soon: Glacial Strata | 2026-04-17 | Hello Miners,It’s time to unveil the third and final pillar of our upcoming Heavy Duty Expansion. You’ve already met the destructive force of the Demolisher class and dug into the chaos of the Egg Hunt mission. Now, we’re taking you somewhere colder and far more unpredictable.Welcome to Glacial Strata.A Biome Built for MomentumWith Glacial Strata, our focus shifted toward speed and explosive interactions. This is a biome where the environment is a hazard AND a tool. Movement is faster, encounters are more dynamic, and clever use of your surroundings can turn the tide of a swarm in seconds.This isn’t about slowing you down. It’s about letting |
| Coming Soon: Egg Hunt Mission | 2026-04-02 | Hello Miners,We’re cracking open something new for the upcoming Heavy Duty Expansion in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Say hello to the Egg Hunt mission!Veterans of Deep Rock Galactic might recognize the name… but don’t get too comfortable. This isn’t your standard bug egg scramble.A New Kind of Egg HuntIn the first stages of a dive, you’ll be gathering alien eggs scattered across the caves of Hoxxes, but instead of hauling them yourself, Bosco will help you carry them to the cargo pod. Your job? Stay alive and keep the operation running.Once the quota is met, you’ll get a short grace period. Think fast: Do you push your luck and collect extra |
| Coming Soon: Heavy Duty Expansion | 2026-03-12 | Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor – Heavy Duty ExpansionThe mines are about to get a whole lot louder.Introducing the Heavy Duty expansion for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. For the first time in the history of Deep Rock Galactic, we’re adding an entirely new playable class:NEW CLASS: DEMOLISHERBuilt for destruction. Engineered for overkill.This new powerhouse class operates a fully weaponized industrial vehicle known as the Rock Dozer, turning the battlefield into a demolition site. Crush the swarms beneath your wheels, leaving a trail of devastation. If the other dwarves fight the bugs…the Demolisher plows them down.DEMOLISHER CLASS MODSCustomize |
| The Ultimate champion is found! | 2026-02-18 | Though the going was tough, one athlete rose to the top Through the grueling gauntlets, one dwarf managed to not only survive, but thrive and bring home that most coveted trophy, the ultimate prize, the Ultimate Challenge Invitational belt. Farham, the returning champion, took home another victory! Although he was competing against Ohrye, a veteran with more than a thousand dives under his belt, Farham managed to make it all the way and even gather the Ommoran Heartstone for Management to secure the ultimate victory with 117,893 Employee score. An employee of the month, if ever there was one!And now we put the Ultimate challenge to you!Can yo |
| Don’t miss the 2026 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 |
| Meet Your Contestants for the 2026 Ultimate Survivor Invitationals | 2026-02-02 | Hello Miners, The hour of greatness approaches. We’re on the road to the historic final tournament of the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals, which will broadcast live next week on February 12th. But the action already begins this week! It’s time to reveal your contestants for this year’s tournament — and they’ll face their first challenge in just two days, as they compete in a live broadcast quarterfinal round in hopes of making it on to the finals. These quarterfinals will be live on our Twitch and Youtube channels this Wednesday, February 4th at 16:00 CET. This year’s contestants are: Bitz Farham Merkaba18 OHRy |
| The Greatest Esports Event in the World is Back | 2026-01-27 | Hello Miners, It’s time. Time for greatness. Time for unprecedented athleticism. Time for one dwarf to rise above the rest. THAT’S RIGHT: It’s time for a new champion to be forged in the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals 2026. It’s the biggest sporting event since the invention of the ball. On Thursday, February 12th at 15:45 CEST, the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Ultimate Challenge Invitationals broadcasts with a live audience at Copenhagen Gaming Week, and around the world on Twitch and Youtube. Mark your calendar to be part of the greatest sporting spectacle of this generation. Why are you guys doing this ag |
| Happy Holidays! | 2025-12-19 | Hello Miners,Happy holidays from all of us at Funday Games. Thank you for all your support this year - you're the reason we do what we do. We look forward to showing you what we have cooking for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor in 2026.Consider voting for us in the Steam Awards in the "Best Game on Steam Deck" category. V |
| Patch 3: Mid-game saves and more! | 2025-12-15 | FeaturesMid-game saving is here! The game will now autosave when you enter the shop. If you need to end the game before finishing a run, it will resume at the beginning of your last shop visit.Improvements & FixesOptimized bullet trail rendering. This reduces the CPU load in bullet-heavy scenariosWe introduced additional levels to some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu, depicted with an extra ring in the screenshot belowWe rearranged some of the upgrades in the upgrade menuSmart equip just became a whole lot smarter (rarity now counts for 15 gear levels and upgrades count for 5)Fixed an issue where the upgrade UI got stuck on screen if mult |
| What we’re working on! | 2025-11-12 | Hello Miners,We’ve got something exciting in the works for you! In this Development Log, we want to tell you about a much-requested feature the team is working on: Mid-run saving.So how does it work? When you quit the game, your progress will now start at the last shop you visited. That means no more losing a great run because your pet lootbug tripped over the power cable.This feature is also related to the much-anticipated Endless Mode (yes, still coming). Runs in this mode can take a lot longer, and your decisions will carry even more weight, so being able to safely pause or recover after a crash on a late stage will make the experience smo |
| 1.0 Patch 2 Hotfix 1 | 2025-10-20 | Improvements & FixesAchievement “Unreasonable uptime”: Fixed an issue where the achievement still required 60 seconds, even though it should be 30 seconds.Achievement “Undercooked”: Fixed an issue where you didn’t get the achievement if you salvaged the Overclock.Mission Goals: Fixed an issue where you had to complete 2 stages instead of just 1 while activating B0b-33 no more than 2 times. Also B0b-33 now only activates if there is fuel.Improved the design of achievements where you have to equip 6 pieces of gear of the same rarity. It now also counts higher rarity gear.Balance changesElimination gate 2 nerfed: Mandatory Pep Talk now gives +10 |
| We’re nominated for a Golden Joystick Award! | 2025-10-07 | BIG NEWS, miners!Management is thrilled to announce that Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has been nominated for Best Indie Game at the Golden Joystick Awards!We’re proud to see how far the game has come, and it’s all thanks to your continuous support.Cast your vote before October 31st and help us bring home the trophy. 🏆VOTE HERE 👉 https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/ROCK AND STONE! |
| Security hotfix | 2025-10-03 | Hello Miners! Today, we released a tiny security patch on Steam. Version 1.0.87p (same as the last version number) Unity Technologies have found a security flaw in their engine that affects Windows, and todays update has that flaw patched out. Unity says that they have no knowledge of anyone exploiting this issue, and no users have been at risk. For Deep Rock Galactic : Survivor - no one was ever at risk, since this is a single player game (unless you accidentally invited a hacker physically into your house with a USB stick). Unity and Microsoft have already updated Windows Defender, so without this patch, you might experience issues with bei |
| Patch 1.0.87p - Gate Rework! | 2025-10-01 | Hello Miners,As promised, we have just released an update addressing a ton of issues and bug reports we have received since the 1.0 launch. Thank you so much for your feedback, and please keep it coming! FeaturesNew Gate Missions Gate missions are now locked to specific biomes and come with nasty outbreak mutators. To boost morale, each dwarf will be given a mandatory pep talk and a shiny artifact to lug into the dive. Do the company proud!VFX Slider Explosions look awesome. Too awesome, in some circumstances. To address this, we've added a VFX slider that lets you tone down explosions (and other effects), making it easier to see glyphids on |
| Hotfix 1.0.62p | 2025-09-25 | Fixed an issue where controller input was too sensitive to long pressing, resulting in regular button push input registering as long presses, leading to player input feeling sluggish and unresponsive.Fixed the wording of a number of achievements to match the intended requirements to unlock them (we are still investigating some other achievement issues for a future patch) |
| Upcoming Patch(es) + Mobile Announce | 2025-09-23 | Hello Miners,First off, a huge THANK YOU for the warm reception, reactions, and feedback to the 1.0 launch of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor! Your support means the world to us, and we’ve been reading and discussing everything you’ve shared. Keep it coming! It helps us make the game even better, because we’re not done yet. Hotfix + Upcoming PatchWe’ve got a hotfix lined up for this week (hopefully tomorrow). This update fixes an annoying controller input issue where a tap wouldn’t register if a button was held down too long. Thank you for reporting this! Looking a bit further ahead, we’re preparing another patch targeted for the end of next wee |
| 1.0 OUT NOW! | 2025-09-17 | HELLO MINERS,The day is finally here - the 1.0 launch of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. If you’re a new player: Welcome! Most of the update notes probably won’t mean much to you yet, but this version of DRG:S is the most approachable it’s ever been. We’ve reworked the game’s flow with clearer goals, expanded mission variety, and a deeper progression system, refined through feedback from our Early Access community. The game remains challenging, built around the push and pull of mining for power while fighting to survive.If you find yourself stuck or facing issues, technical or gameplay ones, the fastest way to get help is by joining our Discord |