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DREDGE Merchandise Available Now!

Players have been asking for a long time for a keepsake of their time in DREDGE... just beware what you pull up from the depths!

Today we’re excited to announce not only our very special partnership with the incredible team
at Fangamer, geniuses behind some of gaming’s most impressive apparel and accessories, but
also the launch of our own Developer Collection on dredge.store.

Available Now from Fangamer

The Shattered Collector T-shirt has so many layers of details for those familiar with the story of
DREDGE. Get yours quick before the Black Salt Games team gets them all!

There are plenty of fish in the sea but none quite as perfect as the Voltaic Grouper to inspire a
glow-in-the-dark pin.

And coming soon a Fisherman’s Map desk mat for easy reference and did anyone say they
wanted a plushie? Head over to Fangamer to see what they have instore for you...

Developer Collection launches

Over the last two years there’s been a lot of designs created by the incredible DREDGE Art Lead
Alex Ritchie, we are happy to finally offer them to our players who asked about them along with a
couple of additional designs we thought you might enjoy.

From towels and t-shirts to posters and patches we have a number of items that might suit your
purpose for a DREDGE keepsake, browse the full catalog to see what we have available now.

As if Dredge couldn't get any better, there's some slick new DLC

As a Scottish person, I'm relatively accustomed to seeing oil rigs. They're dotted across the north of Scotland, looming eerily in the distance, often drenched in sea mist and framed by gray skies. Most recently, we saw Still Wakes the Deep transform one of our rigs into a twisted, nightmare-infested hellhole, and Dredge is looking to follow in its footsteps. The fishing game's latest DLC, The Iron Rig, drops today, and I'm far too excited about it.

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DREDGE: The Iron Rig - Available Now!

Hey Anglers,

We’ve just released update 1.5.1 for DREDGE. The majority of this update is focused on the addition of our new DLC, The Iron Rig, but it also contains fixes and tweaks for all players! Check out the brand new trailer for the DLC below, then read on for the (spoiler-free) patch notes.

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Patch Notes:

[h2]For owners of The Iron Rig:[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]
The Iron Rig paid DLC - a new constructable destination visitable at any time in your playthrough, with new:

Fish
Pursuits
Equipment
Achievements
Enhanced Abilities
Consumable items
...and more!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2561450/DREDGE__The_Iron_Rig/
[h2]For all players:[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]

Added some new apparitions that can rarely be seen through the fog.
Added the ability to select which Crab Pot & Bait type is being deployed.
Added a custom background when using a late-game ability to harvest fish.
Added a custom background to most shore caches.
Added a new shipwreck to Stellar Basin
Added Polish language.
Added new themes for the title screen. These are unlocked by owning their respective DLC, and can be selected via a new setting in the “General” section.
- The "Complete Edition" theme requires The Pale Reach, The Iron Rig, and Blackstone Key DLCs.

[h3]Adjustments[/h3]

Increased the size of Storage from 72 to 99 cells.
Increased the maximum number of map markers from 50 to 100.
Reduced maximum panic-reducing effect of lights by 10%
Made the Game Over screen look nicer.
Moved a small number of fishing and dredging spots around.
Added a paint bucket icon to The Painter in Little Marrow.
Infection can now spread even if your inventory is open.
- Infection can now [REDACTED]
When new abilities are unlocked, they’re now highlighted on the radial ability wheel until selected.
Your Net tab can now be viewed at some additional locations to facilitate [REDACTED].
Added new names to the credits.
The UI now completely disappears during cutscenes in The Iron Rig and The Pale Reach.
Changing the language now changes which primary font is used.
- Added a new Russian font
Numerous performance tweaks and optimizations.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

Fixed a longstanding issue/exploit where saving and reloading caused all fishing and dredging spots to repopulate. Sorry!
Fixed a longstanding issue where research parts never appeared in crab pots. You're welcome!
Fixed an issue where, in extremely rare cases, if a save file failed to load, the game would overwrite it with a new save.
When a [REDACTED] causes a fish to land on your deck, it now counts towards your catch count in the encyclopedia, and will show the "new species" banner if it's a new discovery.
Adjusted the position of the panic tutorial slightly to not overlap the panic eye animation so much.
Trawl nets no longer function during the final cutscene, which prevents "new species discovered!" banners from popping up over the climax of the game.
Ravens will no longer spawn if the player is currently right next to a dock.
Random events will no longer spawn while the player is locked in dialogue with the photographer in The Pale Reach.
The light on the Fort in Stellar Basin is now visible from further away.
The "Perfect Packing" achievement wasn't unlocking in some scenarios.
The "debt repayment" bar at Greater Marrow wasn't respecting custom colour choices.
Placing map markers should always play a SFX now.
The creaking traps in Twisted Strand are no longer audible from halfway across the map.
Fixed an issue where text could get stuck on screen if it was very short, and Text Speed was set to Fast. Mostly affected Korean and Chinese languages.
When playing with a cursor, you can no longer click on the Cargo tab while using the Spyglass.
Quest grids that require players to make a decision about whether to pick up or leave an item no longer show a (non-functional) "Return to town" prompt.
Players can no longer pick up an item from some quest grids and then interact with dialogs with the item still on their cursor.
Removed a couple of bushes that were floating in the sky above Twisted Strand. Apologies to the folks who thought this was us hinting at a secret zone in the clouds!
Adjusted a few pieces of terrain to prevent the hull of your boat from clipping through.
The Travelling Merchant's bunting has been re-added.
Rain no longer looks weird when climbing the steps to the Ancient Lighthouse.
The Photographer's camera case is no longer able to be discarded via the temporary storage tray beneath the fishing minigame.
Hundreds of text and localization fixes.

Dredge: The Iron Rig review: A solid reason to reel yourself back into spooky fishing

Dredge, as both me and at least two of my coworkers have written before, is good fun. Its latest bit of DLC, The Iron Rig, is buy and large more of that same kind of fun, but I can’t help but feel that, at least from a narrative perspective, it had the potential to offer a bit more than it does.

As you’ve probably gleaned from the name, the central premise of the Iron Rig is that an oil rig has popped up to the north of the game’s established islands. So, as you did with the ice-filled Pale Reach, it’s your job to head to this new landmark and see if it has a need for the finest aquatic life and abominations in the land.

When you arrive, you’ll learn from the rig’s foreman that, as is the tradition, something mysterious is afoot. The ships dispatched by the Ironhaven corporation which owns the rig to bring the supplies its workers need to get it properly set up and drilling have sunk, and no one has the foggiest why. Thus begins one of the two central gameplay loops of the DLC - you head out, dredge up some crates belonging to the corporation, and bring them back to the rig to, on this occasion, unlock it as a home base.

The Dredge The Iron Rig DLC has announced a new release date during the Future Games Show after it was delayed by developer Black Salt Games last year, and you don't have long to wait for the Lovecraftian fishing game's next expansion at all. Taking us to some sort of oil rig run by the mysterious Ironhaven corporation, it's time to get fishing once again.