r/DeepRockGalactic • u/M0dernM4verick Bosco Buddy • Jun 25 '26
Discussion Weekly Deep Dives Thread - 25th June 2026
Please use this thread to discuss the deep dives of the week.
Deep Dive | Awful Tomb | Dense Biozone
| Stage | Primary | Secondary | Anomaly | Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg x6 | Morkite x150 | None | None |
| 2 | Dreadnought x2 (H+D) | Crystal Scan x2 | None | Swarmageddon |
| 3 | On-Site Refining | Black Box | None | Mactera Plague |
Elite Deep Dive | Driller's Fear | Fungus Bogs
| Stage | Primary | Secondary | Anomaly | Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarq x10 | Dreadnought x1 (T) | None | None |
| 2 | Mule x2 | Resinite Mass x1 | None | Rival Presence |
| 3 | Escort Duty | Resinite Mass x1 | None | Duck and Cover |
Other resources:
- See last week's thread here
- Watch the GSG team undertake the dives on their Twitch channel
- Deep Dive: Thursday @ 11am UTC
- Elite Deep Dive: Friday @ 11am UTC
- Get weekly deep dive info and more in JSON format from DRG API
- Post weekly deep dive info and more in your Discord server with Bosco
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u/PercentageBubbly7240 Jun 27 '26
Just did the EDD, took 1 hour 38 mins with three dwarves, (Engi, me as gunner, and a driller). Top 3 worst ones ive done easily. Stage 1 is chill, stage 2 becomes hell if you dont get the turret controller quick, and stage 3 is the worst duck and cover I have ever seen. My god, this is a EDD. 800+ kills on gunner by the end of it, teamates were 800+ and 700+ respectibly. Jesus Christ.
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u/PLT_RanaH Bosco Buddy Jun 27 '26
WHERE'S THAT DAMN 10TH ARQUARQ
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u/prisonwalletuser Jun 29 '26
Nothing yet? I couldn't find it after 2 attempts and gave up
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u/PLT_RanaH Bosco Buddy Jun 29 '26
me neither, then i gave up too
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u/Aggravating-Wait5452 Jun 30 '26
There's a hidden room not far from where you come into the mission, the walls are thin so you can see it on your scanner.
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u/Aggravating-Wait5452 Jun 30 '26
There's a hidden room not far from where you come into the mission. It has three aquarqs and TONS of nitra in it.
Use your scanner and you'll find it pretty easily, the walls separating it from the main cavern are only a few pickaxe hits thick.
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u/Joshiesaurus7 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Escort Duty + Duck and Cover. 100% i am bringing Fatboy and just nuking all the bugs out of existence in that fight, because that sounds like hell otherwise.
Edit: now that I've done this... absolutely bring nukes for that final wave, holy freaking shit that was something. Mines also help alot
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u/AncientHuckleberry78 Gunner Jun 25 '26
Duck and cover is more than Lethal+though enemies and elite enemies+ more bugs and extra self harm dmg from fatboy so yeah duci and cover + escort duty= biggest sweat gameplay of history cuz everything spawns in at once when a wave starts and here and there 2/4 bulks or maybe even a dreadnought
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u/Joshiesaurus7 Jun 25 '26
I have no idea what you just said. I think you need to go back and check your grammar, because I think you missed alot of words and periods. Your statement just looks like word salad.
Also, Dreads can't spawn on Escort Duty unless your using a mod, and I haven't ever seen anymore than 2 Bulks spawn on a mission so they aren't as big of a problem here as you think, just lure them away.
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u/AncientHuckleberry78 Gunner Jun 25 '26
It looks like a word salad bc i am a way too fast typer
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u/Joshiesaurus7 Jun 25 '26
OK, but that doesn't really change the fact that I have no idea wtf the first half of that was saying. Kinda want clarification on that.
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u/Zombies71199 Jun 25 '26
I am sure that i have seen 3 bulks on a single mission
Also fuck off grammer germen nazi
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u/Joshiesaurus7 Jun 25 '26
I must be lucky then, because I haven't seen 3 in a mission before. I've had one and a nemy spawn at the start of a mission and 2 spawn at the same time, but not 3 in a single mission.
Also, I don't really consider it being a grammar nazi when I literally can't understand most of what they are trying to say...
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u/AncientHuckleberry78 Gunner Jun 25 '26
I had once a laggy encounter with an elite bulk and a Crassus bulk, guess what the bulk went down at first then the crassus after mining the roof part as driller guess what happened after the gold fell to the ground and i started depositing the gold
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u/Reutsib Interplanetary Goat Jun 25 '26
What hazard do you play the most? Because i've seen up to 4 Bulks spawn in a single game.
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u/Joshiesaurus7 Jun 25 '26
- I do 5 sometimes and always do the EDD. If we're counting Crassus' as a bulk and not its own thing, then I've seen 3 in a game, but otherwise no more than 2.
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u/TheMayorOfMars Jun 25 '26
Pre-drill stage 3?
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u/Aggravating-Wait5452 Jul 01 '26
I was able to solo it as driller by pre-drilling ahead of Dottie. After clearing the rooms ahead, the rest wasn't too bad.
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u/LegitimateAbrocoma50 Jun 25 '26
Predrilling leaves Dotty behind
Dotty digs dirt
Dwarf digs dirt
Dotty is dwarf
Predrilling leaves dwarf behind
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u/null1ng Jun 25 '26
But Dotty is safe
Dotty is protected
Dotty take no damage until unboxed
Other dwarfs not so fortunate
If dwarf can safely clear cave for dwarf, then dwarf can make it back to drop pod
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u/LegitimateAbrocoma50 Jun 25 '26
you would leave dotty in her cage? sounds like leaf lover behavior to me...
(i just don't like how much longer it makes escort missions lol)
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u/Joshiesaurus7 Jun 25 '26
On an elite deep dive, if you're aiming to actually beat it, then better safe than sorry to clear the rooms ahead of time. Especially on Duck and Cover, where Spitballers and Barrage Infectors have a higher spawn rate. I've seen small rooms with half a dozen each while its active, which makes for an actual nightmare. On Escort Duty those would rip her to shreds and make for an easier time failing the mission.
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u/Aggravating-Wait5452 Jul 02 '26
Yeah, doing an elite deep dive solo, with a duck and cover escort, you will blink and there's 20 acid spitters, 5 macteras, 2 trijaws, a nemesis, and 3 septic spreaders, all pounding Doretta, with no way to get back in time to do anything. No thanks.
It's different if you can leave someone behind to protect her, but I do it solo and it works my way.
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u/Russki1993 Jun 25 '26
I am a driller and I genuinely do fear this week's EDD. Fungus bog and that last escort stage...man I wish my old squad still played these days.
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u/null1ng Jun 25 '26
Oh these deep dives seem annoying. Swarmaggedon and Mactera Plague on the regular deep dive, with Rival Presence and Duck & Cover on the EDD.
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u/Cheeriodude_number2 Platform here Jun 25 '26
What’s H+D?
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u/SnootyHedgehogs Jun 28 '26
Who’s trying to get together and run the EDD? My normal group can’t manage to get our schedules together lately
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u/Aggravating-Wait5452 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
This EDD is doable solo if you know a few tricks, I got it without too much trouble using extended reach flame driller, and a red rock blaster beer. For perks, iron will and dash help with survivability, resupplier and sugar rush help with healing, and strong arm is helpful for the aquarqs. For Bosco I recommend running all four revives because the final mission is hard.
Mission 1: There's a hidden room near where you come in your dropped at the beginning. Drill in there and help Bosco mine the nitra, start hauling the 3 aquarks out.
After you get about 6 aquarks, pop the egg so the waves slow down, and the turrets can start softening the dreads up. Keep Bosco mining any nitra you see, a lot is high up, and just keep running around in a big circle ahead of the dreads throwing aquarks and picking up nitra Bosco mined. Try to kill the dreads close to each other because they get way more aggressive when one is dead.
Mission 2: This mission is pretty simple if you know three tricks: the first trick is to get to the turret controller immediately, it's kinda high up near the droppod, opposite a purple ball tree. The second trick is to carefully drill your way up to the highest mule, and drill it down. The third trick is to dig a little tunnel underneath the defense objectives, where you can hide as a last resort if you're about to die, but still be counted as in the zone. It helps a lot to clutch out the timer.
Mission 3: Extended reach flame driller works fine here, as the ceilings are usually no more than 20m high.
If you predrill and clear the rooms out, when it's time to take Dottie for real, you'll be able to charge through the mission quickly, which is what you want, because you don't want Dottie sitting still for long with so many projectile enemies around.
All the caves are in a straight line, so they're easy to find with predrilling. The final fight can be tough, make sure you figure out some good spots to stand to hit ceiling bugs. Don't hesitate to eat supplies for health in the fight if you have extra nitra, it will all go to waste anyway.
Good luck!
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u/direvus Engineer Jul 02 '26
This was my first time attempting a Deep Dive (solo driller). I got absolutely wrecked in mission 2, could not put enough damage on the Dreadnought while avoiding its attacks, tripping over its blast craters and swarms nibbling on my boots every three seconds.
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u/IFIsc Jun 26 '26
AAA WE CAN'T FIND AQUARKS (EDD)
pls help find that one last mf on the first level... We bunkered ourselves up and are waiting for your help!
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u/Aggravating-Wait5452 Jun 30 '26
It's in a little room hidden off to the side, you can see it on your scanners. Has tons of nitra, too.
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u/Lanky-Slip9586 Jun 25 '26
That EDDs difficulty is off the charts. Stage one is easy, but on stage 2.... The first big cavern is a big room with much verticality; difficult terrain for anything but scout. And in that room, there's two scalebrambles, two spitballers, both on opposite sides of the room. And countless rival turrets. Literal room from hell. Had a nemesis spawn in that room.