Deep Rock Galactic News

Time to lather up with Gamer Sunscreen, slap on your coolest pair of sunglasses and make a mad dash to the nearest coastline. Why? Because the Space Beach Party 2025 is now live in Deep Rock Galactic!

New hats, old hats, fun in the sun, and unpaid overtime await you! Hop in and check it out now – the event will run until Thursday, August 14th at 13:00 CEST.

We’ve got more details in the preview post, but here’s the quick run-down:

• Snag the all-new Swim Instructor celebratory hat by completing a simple and completely safe work assignment.
  
• Pick up all previous summer hats in case you missed out in years past!
  
• Search for lost inflatable pool toys while down in the caves to earn yourself a delectable Double Performance Pass Point Bonus.
  
• Soak up the summery decor in the Space Rig! And do not, under any circumstances, put the sand by the Abyss Bar in your mouth.
  

Have fun, and remember to reapply sunscreen every five minutes!

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

In space, there are no vacations. But when you work for a company like Deep Rock Galactic, the work is so fulfilling that you nearly forget you were even wondering why the contract didn’t say anything about time off in the first place.

Speaking of terrific mandatory work events, it’s almost time for the Space Beach Party seasonal event in Deep Rock Galactic! The party starts Thursday, July 31st at 13:00 CEST and runs for two weeks.

Here’s what’s coming:
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[h2]The hat you have to work for[/h2]

The best hats must be earned by the sweat of your own brow. Then you can put it on and absorb more brow sweat while you continue working, because that Bismor’s not gonna mine itself.

This Space Beach Party, you can earn the new Swim Instructor hat! Just complete the associated assignment in the Mission Terminal and it’s all yours.

[h2]Summery hats from years past[/h2]

In case you are a new employee at Deep Rock Galactic, or you avoided your work responsibilities last summer, you’ve got old editions of Space Beach Party hats to collect.

Management has gracefully dug up some surplus stock for you to collect. Not for free, of course. Just one work assignment, and all previous Space Beach Party hats will be permanently added to your inventory.

[h2]Another pool floaty fiasco[/h2]

Every other interplanetary courier firm was off on vacation, so the Deep Rock Galactic corporation was once again forced to enlist the services of Longbeard Freight to manage a priceless shipment of inflatable pool toys.

Unfortunately, in what many are already calling “the bummer of the summer,” those bunglers at Longbeard have once again crashed their freighter and lost the entire load of pool floaties throughout the caves of Hoxxes.

We need your help. During each mission, we’ll need you to locate and deposit a lost pool floaty toy. If you can help, Management will reward you and your whole team with a Double Performance Pass Point Bonus.

[h2]Sensational Space Rig decorations[/h2]

Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Space Beach Party without festive decorations. When the event starts, you’ll find the Space Rig fully decked out with tropical palm leaves, beach inflatables, water balloons and paper luau lanterns. We’ve even created a miniature beach at the Abyss Bar by dumping a mixture of sand and boron on the dance floor! Employees are encouraged to not stand on this mixture for more than 90 seconds.


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The 2025 Space Beach Party starts on July 31st at 13:00 CEST. SPF 50+ recommended.

See you soon!

Cowabunga,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

[p][/p][h3]Hello Miners,[/h3][p]
We have hopefully fixed the issue where mods would be disabled after reloading the game. In addition we also added a Refresh button to the modding menu, that should help resolve various issues when there are issues connecting between the game and mod.io.

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

[/p][h3] — PATCH NOTES —[/h3][p]- Fixes issues where some had mods disable when reloading the game, forcing them to enable their mods everytime they started the game
[/p][p] KNOWN ISSUE: When refreshing on the modding menu, it will say mods have been disabled due to a crash. This is just an UI issue with the prompt, as mods are still loaded[/p]

There's a term in tabletop gaming: "beer and pretzels." It's an epithet you'll find tacked on to any game best played with unserious intentions and inebriants aplenty. I've described Deep Rock Galactic to friends as a "beer and pretzels" sort of horde shooter, so I don't know why it never occurred to me that one of the best co-op games on Steam would also make a great party-friendly board game. It absolutely did from the looks of it, and three expansions are now inbound after publisher MOOD's Kickstarter for the addons secured full funding in all of five minutes...
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Just a quick bulletin from the board game front: MOOD Publishing is releasing a new set of expansions to Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game!

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New depths, new horrors, and new rivals are coming to the tabletop edition, which is getting three new expansion packs this summer. You can expect new gameplay depth and replayability, plus a whole new range of miniatures – including more original creatures unique to the tabletop universe.

Here are the three new expansions in a nutshell:

• Rival Incursion: The Rivals have made their way to the tabletop. Face off against Patrol Bots and Burst Turrets as you fight the Rival scourge, and take on the dreaded Caretaker in a board game boss fight.
  
• Horrors of Hoxxes: Four familiar DRG biomes make their way to the board game, bringing their own environmental hazards and unfriendly wildlife – including the Dreadnought Arbalest and Lacerator twins.
  
• The Shockwyrm: This mini expansion introduces an original creature, a formidable burrowing worm that attacks at close range with stunning electrical jabs. Stay on your guard, and don’t leave the insulated gloves at home.
  

MOOD's Kickstarter for this project has just gone live today. If you’re interested, you can check out (and back) the project here.

That’s all for now -- we’ll be back in a few weeks to kick off the 2025 Space Beach Party. Stay tuned. Rock and Stone!

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew