DRG Survivor First Dive: Weapon Levels, Mining, Supply Pods and Extraction

Start with Classic Scout and practise moving around enemies

Scout and its Classic class MOD are available from the start. Classic begins with Deepcore GK2. Let the automatic weapon work while you concentrate on moving around the pack and creating a way through nearby terrain. You are playing the single-player auto-shooter Survivor; the multiplayer game’s manual firing and supply-pod economy are different systems.

Choose the available low Hazard Elimination dive and read its objective. Before mining a wall, look beyond the deposit: is there open ground or a dead end? A shorter path is useful only if you can finish digging before the enemies close in.

Dwarf levels and weapon levels are different

Experience increases the dwarf’s level and produces upgrade choices. A weapon-specific card improves the pictured weapon and advances its weapon level, usually by one. General or shared-tag improvements can help combat without advancing that individual weapon’s level.

Focus upgrades on one main weapon

For a learning run, use Deepcore GK2 as the first weapon-level target rather than spreading every weapon-specific card across all the guns. Aim for its next overclock breakpoint while still taking survival or route improvements when those solve the immediate problem. This is an editorial priority, not a compulsory build.

Compare damage, fire rate and reload with what you see. If enemies remain in range through a long reload, reload speed may address the gap. If the gun fires continuously but the pack survives, damage or coverage may be missing. Read an overclock’s drawback before accepting a larger bonus.

Do not repeat the old separate “reach weapon level 12 to unlock overclocks permanently” grind. Official 1.0 documentation already describes overclocks as available on first use. You still have to reach the individual weapon’s in-dive breakpoint.

Choose what to mine and leave yourself an exit

Gold and Nitra serve different shopping needs. Do not dig every vein on the assumption that both pay for the same upgrade. Position the enemy pack away from the deposit, then mine while there is space. If enemies close the route, leave the vein and restore distance.

Open the Supply Pod by clearing the whole marked area

A Supply Pod offers an artifact during the stage. Clear the terrain inside its marked landing radius. Resource veins and crystals in that radius also need mining even when they lack the pickaxe overlay. Leaving one of those objects is a useful first check when the event will not advance.

Complete the marked event while keeping room to move. If enemies occupy the area, lure them elsewhere, then finish the required mining or waiting. Take a useful artifact from the offered selection; do not assume a particular rare artifact will appear on your first dive.

When the Drop Pod arrives, stop optional mining

The Supply Pod and Drop Pod are different: one gives an artifact; the other is your exit. Complete the Elimination stage’s objective, then follow the extraction indicator and the displayed countdown. Other mission types and equipment can change timings, so this guide does not promise the same fixed timer in every dive.

1. As the objective nears completion, leave yourself open ground and avoid entering a deep dead end.
2. When extraction is available, check the direction and remaining time immediately.
3. Take an open route or a short, finishable tunnel. Abandon optional ore and distant experience if they delay arrival.
4. Enter the Drop Pod before the countdown expires. Confirm that the stage ends instead of stopping nearby.

Use the shop to address the previous stage’s problems

Spend Nitra on a relevant weapon upgrade, especially near a breakpoint. Use Gold for useful general improvements or healing when the current HP makes the next stage unsafe. Rerolling is optional: compare the displayed cost with the improvement you can still afford.

If you repeatedly die while mining, look at movement, mining speed and route choice rather than only adding damage. If you survive but cannot finish the objective, check weapon levels and whether the chosen upgrades affect the weapons you carry. Record that cause before starting another attempt.

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