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Steam News15 December 20256mo ago

Patch 3: Mid-game saves and more!

Features Mid-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.

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Full Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor update

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What changed

6 fixes7 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Store
  • Performance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
  • Fixes
changedFeaturesMid-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.
changedImprovements & FixesOptimized bullet trail rendering. This reduces the CPU load in bullet-heavy scenarios
addedImprovements & FixesWe introduced additional levels to some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu, depicted with an extra ring in the screenshot below
changedImprovements & FixesWe rearranged some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu
fixedImprovements & FixesSmart equip just became a whole lot smarter (rarity now counts for 15 gear levels and upgrades count for 5)
fixedImprovements & FixesFixed an issue where the upgrade UI got stuck on screen if multiple overlays appeared almost simultaneously
Weapon balance M1000: Base potency5680Weapon balance M1000: Base potency increased, buffBase Potency2440SBase Potency increased, buffBase Potency2024Base Potency increased, buff1 knockback power Base damage20251 knockback power Base damage increased, buff

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor changes

changedMid-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.
changedOptimized bullet trail rendering. This reduces the CPU load in bullet-heavy scenarios
addedWe introduced additional levels to some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu, depicted with an extra ring in the screenshot below
changedWe rearranged some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu
fixedSmart equip just became a whole lot smarter (rarity now counts for 15 gear levels and upgrades count for 5)

Features

  • Mid-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 & Fixes

  • Optimized bullet trail rendering. This reduces the CPU load in bullet-heavy scenarios

  • We introduced additional levels to some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu, depicted with an extra ring in the screenshot below

  • We rearranged some of the upgrades in the upgrade menu

  • Smart 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 multiple overlays appeared almost simultaneously

  • Fixed an issue where the "complete a stage while activating B0b-33 no more than 2 times" mission goal was not completing.

  • Fixed an issue where the alien threat level milestone was not triggering correctly.

  • Fixed an issue where the ‘elite on spawned’ quirk was not working properly.

  • Fixed an issue with beam count gear not interacting with beam count upgrades

  • QoLAdded rich deposits communication to biome selection
  • QoLAdded stat deltas when comparing gear on the gear screen
  • QoLAdded new character portraits that match class mod and DLC skins on the end screen and in class mod masteries
  • QoLAdded a tooltip to smart equip

Balance changes

  • Huge changes in drop chance and rarity

    • Gear drop chance increased by ~40%

    • Gear inventory limit increased from 102 to 150

    • Chances to find higher rarity gear increase massively (now it caps out at ~15% chance to find legendary gear, where it was ~4-5% before)

  • Gear balance:

    • Hex Keychain

      • Legendary quirk buffed: The drop pod waits for an additional 15 sec (was 10 sec)

      • Quirk buffed: + beam count for 90 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 45)

      • Quirk buffed: + drone count for 75 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 45)

      • Quirk buffed: + turret count for 75 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 45)

    • Hunters Harness

      • Legendary quirk buffed: 10% chance to spawn a Golden Lootbug (was 5%)

      • Quirk buffed: Heal on Elite killed (10, 15, 15 --> 12, 15, 18)

    • Treasure Tracker

      • Legendary quirk buffed: +50 Max HP when a Huuli Hoarder is killed (was 42)

    • Company Breastplate

      • Legendary quirk buffed: + 12.5% Armor (was 10%)

      • Quirk buffed: +15, +20, +25 --> +20, +25, +30 Max HP for every weapon above level 9 (level requirement was 12)

      • Quirk buffed: +2.5%, +5%, +7.5% -> +5%, +7.5%, +10% Max HP

    • Miners Flash Belt:

      • Quirk buffed: +5%, +7.5%, +10% → +10%, +15%, +20% movement speed for 10 sec when a loot bug is killed

    • Custom Grip

      • Legendary quirk buffed: + 12.5% Armor (was 10%)

    • Reinforced Plating

      • Legendary quirk buffed: +20 Life Regen for 90 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 45 sec)

    • Trusty Canteen

      • Legendary quirk buffed

        +15% reload speed for 15 seconds when a loot bug is killed (was 12% reload speed and 12 seconds).

        Max stacks also buffed

        1 → 3

    • Sturdy Hammer

      • Quirk buffed: + mining speed for 25 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 15)

      • Quirk buffed: + damage for every weapon above level 9 (level requirement was 12)

      • Legendary Quirk buffed: +15% damage for 15 seconds when a loot bug is killed (was 10%)

    • Weighted Thumb Scale

      • Legendary quirk buffed: Gain 10% gold interest when entering the drop pod (was 5%)

    • Nitra Aid Blender

      • Legendary quirk buffed: Gain 10% nitra interest when entering the drop pod (was 5%)

    • Huuli Hide Vest

      • Quirk buffed: Heal on supply pod landing (10, 15, 20 -> 15, 20, 25)

    • Dwarf Tape

      • Quirk buffed: +5, +8, +10 → +6, +9, +12 armor for every weapon above level 9 (level requirement was 12)

    • Boom Blend

      • Quirk buffed: + explosive radius for every weapon below level 9 (level requirement was 6)

    • Reinforced Plating

      • Quirk buffed: +armor for 90 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 40)

    • Tactical Foregrip

      • Quirk buffed: +damage for 90 sec when leaving the drop pod (was 45)

  • Overclock balance

    • OC Explosive Reload:

      • +25% reload speed

    • OC Big Game Hunter:

      • +10 → +20% Crit Chance

      • +10 → +20 Crit Damage

    • OC Knuckle Grip:

      • -40% → -25% Reload Speed

    • OC Stun Sweeper Disposable Tech:

      • Explosion damage modifier 200% → 250%

      • Explosion size 5 → 6

    • OC Siesmic Repulsor Extra Capacity:

      • +15% damage

    • OC LMG Turret Extra Capacity:

      • +10% damage

    • UOC LMG Turret Extra Capacity:

      • +10% damage

      • +3 → +4 Turret counts

    • OC Krakatoa Extra Capacity:

      • +10% Weapon Range

    • UOC Krakatoa Extra Capacity:

      • +10% Weapon Range

    • OC Mini Pellets:

      • Removed the 10% damage modifier

    • OC Bigger Tanks:

      • +10% Weapon range

    • OC Subata and Zhukov Bigger Mag:

      • Removed -10% reload speed

      • +50% Piercing

    • OC Subata Akimbo:

      • +15% → +25% Fire Rate

      • +15% → +25% Potency

    • OC Focused Lens:

      • +100% damage

    • OC Impact Punch:

      • +45% → +60% Damage

    • OC Warthog Plasma Coating:

      • -15% Fire Rate

    • OC Warthog Battery Bullets:

      • +10% damage

    • OC Akimbo removed from PGL

    • OC EM discharge:

      • 400% damage modifier added

    • UOC PGL Bigger Mags

      • Added: +100% Clip size, +100% Fire rate

    • UOC Hallucinogenic:

      • +25% Reload speed

      • +25 Explosive radius

  • Weapon balance

    • M1000:

      • Base potency 56 → 80

    • Bulldog:

      • Base Potency 24 → 40

    • Stun Sweeper:

      • Base Potency 20 → 24

    • Lead Storm Minigun:

      • Added 0.1 knockback power

      • Base damage 20 → 25

    • Hi-Volt Thunderbird:

      • Drone count 2 → 3

      • Base damage 24 → 26

    • Deepcore PGL:

      • Base Fire Rate 0,4/s → 0,8/s

      • Base Damage 135 → 140

      • Base explosive radius 3 → 3,2

    • CRSPR Flamethrower:

      • Base Damage 32 - 40

    • High Explosive Grenade:

      • Added mining damage to the base grenade

      • Base Damage 175 → 190

    • Stubby Voltaic SMG:

      • Base Damage 30 → 35

      • Base potency 14 → 16

Source

Steam News / 15 December 2025

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