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The 2025 Lunar Festival is live!



[h2]Hello Miners,[/h2]

The Lunar Festival 2025 is here! You can boot up Deep Rock Galactic right this absolute minute and dig into it. We’ve got the full event details in the preview post, but in a nutshell, here’s what’s coming:
  • Brand new snake hats
  • Brand new old hats
  • Double XP for those who dare
  • Firecrackers and festivities aboard the Space Rig
Slither on in and snake it up! This year’s Lunar Festival runs until Thursday, February 13th at 13:00 CET.

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Oh, and in other news: the Closed Alpha playtest for GUNTOUCHABLES is live now! It’s a co-op doomsday shooter coming out via Ghost Ship Publishing.

If you’d like to give that a go, you can learn more right here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2543510/view/501689772772687893?l=english

Sending an enormous hug to all of you!

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

Lunar Festival 2025 Preview



[h2]Hello Miners,[/h2]

According to the lunar calendar, a new year is nearly upon us! If you ask Management, though, you should quit worrying about what the moon is doing, and focus on your own work in the mines.

However, as tradition dictates, it’s nearly time for another Lunar Festival in Deep Rock Galactic! We’re just about ready to get the Year of the Snake off to a slithering start.

This year’s Lunar Festival goes live on Thursday, January 30th at 13:00 CET, and it’ll run until February 13th.

Let’s take a look at what’s in store:

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[h3]There’s a snake on my head![/h3]

To motivate our workforce during these celebrations, Management has seen fit to commission yet another piece of festive headgear. Starting next week, all employees will have the opportunity to earn The Serpentine Special – simply complete the Lunar Festival 2025 assignment, and you’ll unlock this slithery specimen for all classes.



[h3]Snag the hats from previous Lunar Festivals[/h3]

During an asbestos recycling operation on one of our orbital storage facilities, we stumbled across an old cache of hats from previous Lunar Festival events. While interplanetary hazmat protocols dictate we incinerate these hats, Management has generously decided to offer them up to our employees instead!

To collect all these old hats in one fell swoop, just complete the Last Year's Blessings assignment and we’ll add them all to your inventory. And if you notice any chest pains while wearing these hats, keep it to yourself.

[h3]Snakes in a Cave[/h3]

It started as a route transport job for Longbeard Freight. But a shipment of rare venomous snakes got loose from the cargo hold and attacked the pilot, tragically causing the vessel to crash on Hoxxes with a loss of all crew and passengers.

Even more tragic, though, is that the doomed freighter was also carrying a load of antique Golden Serpent statues that Management had ordered. Now these statues are scattered through the caves of Hoxxes – and to make matters worse, our insurance policy doesn’t cover snake-based accidents.

We need your help. Dig up and deposit a Golden Serpent statue during your mission, and Management will reward your whole team with a Double Performance Point Bonus. Everyone wins.

[h3]Firecrackers are back on the menu[/h3]

We’ve got the Space Rig looking dazzling with festive banners, lovely paper lanterns, and a fresh shipment of Space Persimmons. And much to the chagrin of Management, complementary firecrackers will make a return during the Festival.

Management initially decided to stop with the firecrackers due to employees’ reckless conduct last year. However, a large shipment of mining explosives turned out to be too unstable to use in subsurface operations, so we decided to turn lemons into lemonade. Try not to use them near the windows.

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[h3]Join the GUNTOUCHABLES Closed Alpha playtest [/h3]

Oh, on another note – GUNTOUCHABLES, which is coming out via Ghost Ship Publishing, is holding a Closed Alpha Playtest next week. If you’re interested, we’d like to invite you to sign up! You can do so on their Steam store page.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2543510/view/501689139151765525?l=english

That’s all for now! Let us know in the comments if you think Steeve would wear one pair of jeans with 8 legs, or four pairs of regular jeans.

With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew

Yuletide 2024 is live!



[h2]Hello Miners,[/h2]

The headline says it all: the Yuletide seasonal event is now live in Deep Rock Galactic! Grab them pickaxes and hop down in the mines to show those Glyphids the true meaning of Yuletide.

You can read all the event details in the preview post – but in a nutshell, Yuletide is all about:
  • Cool hats
  • Shooting elves
  • Working hard
We’re running this event until January 7th at 13:00 CET, so you’ve got a nice bit of time to collect all your Yuletide goodies.

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The Ghost Ship gang is going AFK for the holidays, so we'd just like to wish everyone a very happy Yuletide season. Hope you get lots of time to share with friends and family, give or get some cool gifts, maybe eat a tasty treat or two. Don't forget to make time to play DRG, too.

Thanks for yet another fun year together in the mines -- we'll see you in 2025. All the best until then.

Rock and Stone to the bone!

With much cozy holiday love,
- The Ghost Ship Crew

PATCH NOTES - S05.07


[h3]Hello Miners,[/h3]

Althought the patch was last week, naughty elf's made this post disappear, it is now here! This patch adds a few seasonal events, fixes a number of bugs and we updated the DRG universe tab to also include the Merch Store and Mug Kickstarter.

With Love,
The Ghost Ship Crew

[h3]--- PATCH NOTES —[/h3]
- Fixed Scout Grappling Hook Occasionally Fails to Pull the Scout ( https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5632787018/issues/13 )
- Fixed Crawlers using too many particles when walking
- Fixed that terrain could block the players from connecting nodes to the power station in Industrial Sabotage
- Fixed selecting the incorrect previously equipped item when pipeline building
- Fixed Gunner shield frequently fails to provide buffs to players ( https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5632787018/issues/57 )
- Fixed a bunch of typo’s
- Fixed Crash when approaching Core Stone retrieval pod, with some objects ( https://app.betahub.io/projects/pr-5632787018/issues/134 )




Yuletide 2024 preview



[h2]Hello Miners,[/h2]

The holidays are nearly here!

We mean that in a figurative sense, of course. Management would like to clarify that the term "holiday" should not be in any way associated with paid time off. Here at Deep Rock Galactic, we like to think of holidays as a sort of special flavor that motivates our employees to work even harder. And it's almost time for the year's coziest, most motivating holiday: Yuletide!

The Yuletide 2024 seasonal event starts on Thursday, December 19th at 13:00 CET. It'll run until January 7th 2025, which is a little longer than standard seasonal events, so you’ve got some extra time to gather up all your Yuletide goodies.

Let’s give the present a little shake and guess what’s inside.

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[h3]Your yearly Yuletide gift from Management[/h3]
It’s been a terrific year for the company, so we’ve decided to give each and every employee your own special Yuletide gift. At long last, we’ve invested in better equipment! We’ve requisitioned some advanced, highly functional safety gear for all of you: the Gift Wrapped hat!


This sturdy cardboard helmet should protect you from the consequences of at least one workplace accident. That’s a huge improvement in the company safety record, statistically speaking.

Of course, a gift is best when you can appreciate its worth. That’s why you’ve got to work for it! You can unlock the Gift Wrapped helmet via the Yearly Performance Bonus assignment, which will also grant you extra Performance Points, crafting resources, credits and a couple infused Matrix Cores.
Don’t say we never did anything for you!


[h3]Open season on Yuletide Elves[/h3]
It seems that we’re dealing with another seasonal infestation of Yuletide Elves. If left to run wild through the caves of Hoxxes, they’re liable to get caught and ground up in our mining equipment, and that’d have an unacceptable consequence for our productivity. To prevent that, we’re tasking you with a simple solution: Bag ‘em and tag ‘em.

Shoot the Elves on sight, deposit the body in the M.U.L.E., and Management will grant you (and your team) a Double Mission Performance Point Bonus.


[h3]Collect all the hats of Yuletide past[/h3]
Just like always, you’ll be able to snag the whole run of old Yuletide hats, all in one fell swoop. They’re a bit dusty, but if you’re willing to sweat for ‘em, they’re yours.

Complete the Fashion of Yuletide Past assignment to unlock all the Yuletide cosmetics from past years’ celebrations.



[h3]A few extra goodies under the tree[/h3]
But wait, there’s more! Complete the Yuletide Elf Hunt assignment, and you’ll unlock the following:
  • Pickaxe set: ‘Chillaxe’
  • Bosco framework: ‘Yuletide Special’
  • Elf suit armor + headwear*
This assignment will only appear for you if you haven’t already completed it and collected the rewards a previous year.

*Last year, Management documented a significant number of friendly fire incidents connected to wearing this elf costume. We reiterate once again that all injuries sustained while wearing this outfit are the employee’s individual responsibility.



[h3]Deck the Halls With Balls of Gunk Seed[/h3]
To complete the Yuletide experience, Management has once again decorated the Space Rig for the holidays. Your break time is still unpaid, but now it’s much more festive! You can look forward to holiday garlands, delicate ornaments, cheery Yuletide music, colorful lights, and all the rest! We plugged the holiday lights into the same outlet we use for the life support systems in the Med Bay, so don’t go fiddling with it.

Management would like to underline that these decorations are provided on the assumption that all employees will respect the No Snowball Throwing policy while aboard the Space Rig. You’re here to work, not to feel Yuletide joy.


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Yuletide 2024 begins on Thursday, December 19th at 13:00 CET and it’ll run until Tuesday, January 7th at 13:00 CET.

Bundle up, Miners!
With love,
-The Ghost Ship Crew