DREDGE News

Update on DLC

Hey Anglers,

We have an announcement to make, and yes, it's about a delay – but please hear us out.

A few months ago, we were thrilled to share with you our release plans for the first DLC for DREDGE, ‘The Iron Rig.’ Originally, we planned to spend a few months crafting this exciting addition and release it in Q4 this year. However, as we progressed, we were faced with the reality that, given the time of the year, we'd need more lead time to coordinate our marketing and make the launch as exciting as it could be.

We were genuinely disheartened because we knew had made a commitment to all our dedicated players, but we firmly believed there was only one path forward and that was to delay ‘The Iron Rig’ until next year while still delivering an exciting DLC to our players in 2023.

So, we've been hard at work crafting some additional content and we can't wait to share more details with you soon, including when it will be available and how much it will cost. We understand that this isn't what we had originally promised but we hope you understand. Your support means the world to us.

Thank you for being an essential part of the DREDGE community and please stay tuned for more info soon!

All the best from the team at Black Salt Games.

DREDGE Update: v1.3.0

Hey Anglers,

We’ve just released our third update for DREDGE, which introduces a new character - The Painter! Those looking for a spoiler free experience can go and visit him in Little Marrow now. For the rest of you, check out our trailer and patch notes below.

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[h2]Patch Notes:[/h2]
[h3]Features[/h3]

Added Boat Customization
- After you’ve acquired your dredge crane as part of the main story, a new character will set up shop at Little Marrow - The Painter! He’ll be able to make adjustments to your boat’s appearance.
- The Painter starts with some basic options available, but you’ll be able to discover additional paint ingredients and flag designs.
Added crab aberrations (craberrations).
Added a new filter to the Encyclopedia to display Crabs.
Added a number of new shipwrecks around the world.

[h3]Adjustments[/h3]

Equipment tooltips now display the previously hidden “Aberration Catch Bonus” statistic.
- Slightly buffed some of these values on some rods.
Rebalanced crab pots slightly.
- All crab pots provide some aberration catch bonus, with higher tier / special pots offering a larger bonus.
- Mouth of The Deep catch rate and duration reduced to make progressing the crab pot tech tree more meaningful.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

Fixed an issue where in very rare cases, the game would take longer than expected to save. Losing power during this time would cause save files (and in some cases, backup save files) to become corrupt.
Added a new font which should handle Japanese characters better and prevent them from falling back to use Chinese characters in some scenarios.
Fixed an issue where clicking on the boat upgrade purchase button too quickly could cause the screen to get stuck.
Fixed an issue where some areas of the sea floor reported that they were 100m+ deep when they clearly were not.
Fixed an issue where some achievements would not trigger immediately if the last thing they required was for you to catch a crab.
Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on the map screen if it was switched to another screen while a marker was being placed.
Fixed some small animation issues.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/

DREDGE Nominated at the Horror Game Awards!

[h3]We are pleased to announce we're up for FOUR awards in this years Horror Game Awards hosted by Feardemic, and you can vote for us right now![/h3]

💀Horror Game of the Year
💀Best Indie Horror
💀Best Game Design
💀Best Art Direction

Voting ends 3rd August 📅

https://www.horrorgameawards.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/

One of 2023's best indie games is now on sale

Dredge is not just any fishing game, no. It's an incredibly eerie yet atmospheric Lovecraftian experience that thrusts you into the role of a fisher exploring some seriously mysterious depths. The indie game stands as one of this year's best releases, thanks to its unique gameplay and creepy setting. If you have not yet played Dredge, then this is the perfect time to grab it as it is discounted during a limited Fanatical sale along with other great Team17 games.

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Fishing horror Dredge now has a photo mode and passive mode

Creepy trawler adventure Dredge's second major update is out now, and it adds a photo mode and new wildlife events to snap. It also adds a passive mode, if what you really want is to experience its story and fishing without the trouble of its terrors from the murky depths.