DRG Survivor Walkthrough: From a First Dive to Base-Game Progression

This chart supports base-game progression decisions. Separate in-dive weapon upgrades from mission goals, sector gates and persistent ranks, Gear and Masteries. A measured fifty-to-one-hundred-hour completion estimate for every class is unverified.

Version 1.0 gives Elimination and Escort Duty separate five-sector tracks. Rather than the old fixed Stage 1–15 plus Final chart, use the selected mission and its stage display.

Start with Classic Scout and Deepcore GK2. Move while the automatic weapon fires, creating safe routes to experience, ore and the mission objective. Do not import the multiplayer DRG game’s manual firing and ammunition economy as identical systems.

Choose an available low-Hazard Elimination and read what completes its objective. Mining every deposit is not the success condition; prioritize a route that can reach extraction.

1. Draw enemies away, collect experience and compare GK2-specific cards. When weapon level 6 is near, focusing the main weapon is one editorial choice over spreading upgrades.
2. Additional weapons appear at dwarf levels 5/15/25. Cover missing firing lanes with offered candidates rather than insisting on locked weapons or a specific order.
3. Clear every piece of terrain inside the Supply Pod’s circle, including ore and crystals, then confirm landing and reward selection.
4. Leave deep dead ends as the objective approaches completion. Read the Drop Pod direction and displayed countdown, enter the pod rather than merely stopping nearby, and confirm the stage ends.
5. Use the shop to address the previous stage’s shortage: heal when health is unsafe, consider a Nitra weapon upgrade near a main-gun breakpoint, and compare rerolls only while keeping enough for useful purchases.

MODs at Class Ranks 9 and 18 require separate progression. Heavy Gunner, Sharp Shooter, Demolitionist and Strong Armed are not freely available on a first run.

The old fixed chart paying 2/4/6/8 Biome Points is not used as current evidence. Version 1.0 progression completes mission goals, opens a gate and advances to another sector. Five environments and five sectors are separate counts.

Equip Gear in the between-dive menu and compare setups for each Class MOD. The six categories—Armor, Weapon Mod, Canister, Gadget, Tool and Chip—are separate from weapon slots and artifacts.

Concrete comparisons include Company Breastplate’s health conditions, Hunters Harness variant triggers and Strange Mixture’s meta-resource Potency. Preview or Patch 3 values do not guarantee identical performance across every current item.

Anomalies were introduced in Early Access Update 03 rather than first appearing in 1.0. These are examples from the introduction, not a list of every current value and unlock. Check Mastery progression and the current selection screen.

Patch 1.0.87p also records enabling B0b-33 in Vanilla, Bloody Learner, Hardcore and Company Man. Historical descriptions alone do not establish every current mode-specific rule.

Do not use the old claim that hundreds of clears across all Hazards are required for the basic Mastery power reward. Read 1.1 additional rewards separately from 1.0 power rewards.

1. In a first Classic Scout run, give Deepcore GK2 one clear target: weapon level 6. Prioritize recovery or movement over the breakpoint when survival requires it.
2. Do not cross the centre of a pack just because experience is visible. Draw enemies outward, then loop back to collect safely.
3. Before mining a vein, check whether there is open ground beyond it. If a short escape tunnel is not possible, restore distance instead of forcing the dig.
4. Separate Gold and Nitra uses. Compare weapon-specific upgrades paid with Nitra against general improvements, healing and rerolls paid with Gold, keeping enough for the next useful purchase.
5. Clear all terrain within a Supply Pod’s radius, including ore and crystals. Resources without a pickaxe overlay must also be removed from the landing area.
6. Read artifact triggers and drawbacks. For Turbo Encabulator, consider Mining Speed as well as overclock count; for MoCap, compare the missing-health condition against survival.
7. Regular additional weapon slots use dwarf levels 5/15/25; overclocks use individual weapon levels 6/12/18. Distinguish shared-tag cards from weapon-specific cards.
8. The Drop Pod is extraction; the Supply Pod offers an artifact. Once extraction appears, read its direction and remaining time, prioritizing arrival over optional ore.
9. After returning, check Gear and milestones. Separate useful pieces from duplicates rather than selling everything solely because it is lower rarity.
10. Address one failure cause on the next attempt: routes when surrounded during mining, weapon level and applicable tags when the objective survives, or countdown awareness when extraction fails.