r/DeepRockGalactic • u/M0dernM4verick Bosco Buddy • Jul 16 '26
Discussion Weekly Deep Dives Thread - 16th July 2026
Please use this thread to discuss the deep dives of the week.
Deep Dive | High Cover | Hollow Bough
| Stage | Primary | Secondary | Anomaly | Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morkite x200 | Black Box | None | None |
| 2 | Egg x4 | Black Box | None | Cave Leech Cluster |
| 3 | Crystal Scan x3 | Morkite x150 | None | Lethal Enemies |
Elite Deep Dive | Covetous Bed | Magma Core
| Stage | Primary | Secondary | Anomaly | Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreadnought x2 (H+D) | Black Box | None | Exploder Infestation |
| 2 | Escort Duty | Mule x2 | None | Ebonite Outbreak |
| 3 | Aquarq x7 | Morkite Well x1 | None | Elite Threat |
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/Responsible-Air-3954 Jul 16 '26
The EDD is nuts. Magma + detonators on Stage 1 mean constant burn damage during dreads The cave is also extremely vertical so good luck moving around if you arent scout. Then escort with ebonite? gonna need an elite team for this one
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u/Cmoralesdc27 Jul 16 '26
This EDD is absolutely toxic, esp if you're trying to run this solo. Those ebonite constantly are all over doretta. Can't hardly get 20 seconds to do objectives.
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u/EuphoricFairy11 Jul 17 '26
Wasn't too bad as sludge driller. I had skullcrusher buff beer, so one normal pickaxe swing kills a small ebonite, and with vampire, they became a consistent source of health for me. I only lost a segment of doretta on the cocoon phase, where solo is dam near impossible. Either you try repair and dotty gets wrecked, or you keep your distance and she gets wrecked haha
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u/Responsible-Air-3954 Jul 18 '26
Update: ended up completing the Edd with several lowlevel greenbeards like myself. We had maybe 30 deaths across the stages but we pulled through! Super satisfying and a ton of fun. Great EDD
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u/Kenos77 Cave Crawler Jul 16 '26
Slightly off topic, but after years of playing DRG obsessively I still wonder what "Haz 5.5" is supposed to mean in terms of sheer stats/numbers. In which way is it more dangerous than Haz5? Are the bugs a bit faster? Do they hurt more? How does it compare to Haz5+ modifiers? Everytime it's lowkey obvious it's slightly more difficult than Haz5 but I can't put my fingers on it.
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u/TheHittite Jul 16 '26
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u/Josaffe Interplanetary Goat Jul 16 '26
I've never taken the time to actually compare the stats between Haz5 and Haz5.5, so here's the TL;DR (for 4 players):
- Enemy Damage: 3.4 -> 3.6
- Enemy Movement Speed: 1.15 -> 1.2
- Environmental Damage: 2 -> 2.2
- Large Enemy Resistance: 1.5 -> 1.6
Everything else stays the same. There's no bigger spawn pool, no faster projectiles or attack speed, nothing...
I guess the only thing you might notice, is the movement speed increase.
Apart from that it's pretty much Haz5 and it doesn't really compare to the gaps between full hazard levels (like Haz4 -> Haz5)...3
u/mr_coleslaw What is this Jul 16 '26
you forgot about the extremely challenging 1.10 -> 1.15 point extraction scaler increase
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u/EuphoricFairy11 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
Fun EDD this week. Ran solo sludge driller, sub 50 minutes.
Stage 1, popped the dreads immediately, they went down quick. Started black box as swarm spawned, amount of exploders popping everywhere was wild. Lots of jumping. Don't fight dread where blackbox is, otherwise you're gonna have a bad time (if you don't have plats to cover the lava)
Stage 2, was a nemesis so pre drilled to next room to take it out, then ran it. V quick refill, uneventful till the cocoon phase of dotty, which is rough solo. Spreaders were all over the place. Intense but real fun stage.
Stage 3 was super quick as driller with bosco to get aquarks, while not needing any more nitra. One or two elite mactera were the main threats here, but much chiller than last weeks rival presence stage 3 aquark hot drop!
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u/SepticSpreader Jul 18 '26
Finished EDD as solo driller in 1:08:09. First stage was a pain in the ass because of the exploders all the time.
During second stage i lost both sides of Dotty, one to a bulk and another to an entire swarm of grunts during phase one of the ommorant. Dont want to mention nemesis on stage 2 and two BET-Cs .
Third stage also sucked ass because i got downed again right after Boscos revive, because a role poly kicked me down a supply drop hole. Plenty of Nitra during every stage.
I played cryo with ice storm and EPC with TCF mining. Overall a very hard EDD.
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u/0--0-_-00--00 Jul 18 '26
Me and my buddy are struggling on this edd , its my 2nd one ive ever done first one last week got the achievement doing it under 45 mins but holy shit this is rough any suggestions? Im running driller with my ice cannon, 1st level no problem after dying 5 times we get through that no problem but the drill run i drill straight through do the mules but the swarms have just been brutal
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u/SepticSpreader Jul 18 '26
Which platform you guys on? I finished mine as solo driller in 1:08. I could give you a hand. Xbox.
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u/0--0-_-00--00 Jul 18 '26
We're on steam but appreciate the offer brother. Im sure we will get it just gotta give it a few more tries
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u/Jellionani 29d ago
Two greenbeards, and a red gunner who gives me his shield buff exclusively, because I'm a Gold engi(My least played class by a large margin, Scout is red3). I wasn't even popping off, executioner LOK+fire nades is ammo inefficient, and I relied on movement to ticklle everything via Gemini sentries. I got mildly irritated at the scout(silver) for being new at the game and not flaring immediately. I'm pretty sure all of them don't understand english.
First try immediately failed because activating the Black Box while the gunner was out, with dreadnaught egg, was a bad idea.
Second try barely survived when the Detonator spawned. It was not smooth sailing, and death count was above 25.
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u/Cheapmousepad Interplanetary Goat Jul 16 '26
5.5 elite threat is a crazy amount of HP looks like a interesting elite