Welcome to the Deep Rock Galactic Survivor achievements guide covering all 19 achievements in the base game at early access launch. Most of the achievements will unlock naturally while playing through the game. A few will take focusing on specific upgrades.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Wield the full arsenal of DRG, and take on hordes of aliens while mining for riches. At Early Access launch, the game consists of 3 biomes with randomly generated levels.
While playing the early build, the save data completely reset. After getting frustrated that I lost 10+ hours of progress and was down to my final achievement, I figured out how to get mostly there by fixing the save file. Beyond that, there are a few minor bugs which don’t distract too much from the experience. If you’re a fan of DRG or other auto-shooter games, like Vampire Survivors, you may enjoy this game.
Game Stats
- Difficulty: 4/10
- Time to Completion: 15-20 hours
- Does Difficulty Affect Achievements?: No. You can unlock all achievements by replaying the biomes on Hazard I.
- Missable Achievements: No.
- Buggy Achievements: No buggy achievements reported so far.
General Tips
- Prioritize Mining Speed upgrades during dives to help speed up escaping swarms.
- Collect as many special mineral nodes as you can on each dive. Then, use them to upgrade your base traits between runs.
- Don’t summon the resupply until the elite is unleashed. The drop pod will kill the elite if timed correctly on lower difficulty levels.
- Spend all Gold and Nitro before starting depth 5.
- Avoid picking up Nitro on depth 5 unless you have an artifact that uses it for boosted stats.
Links
- DRG Survivor Reset Save Workaround Guide
- Class Achievements
- Damage Achievements
- Resource Achievements
- Stat Achievements
Class Achievements
Run for the hills
Unlock the Scout
Automatic progression achievement. This will unlock when you reach the class selection screen to start your first mission.
Lock and load
Unlock the Gunner
Automatic progression achievement. The Gunner unlocks after reaching Player Rank 3.
Enjoy a relaxing stroll
Unlock the Engineer
Automatic progression achievement. The Gunner unlocks after reaching Player Rank 5.
Dig down deep
Unlock the Driller
Automatic progression achievement. The Gunner unlocks after reaching Player Rank 7.
Damage Achievements
A freeze is coming
Deal 250000 Cryo damage
This will unlock naturally during your playthrough. Early in the game, choose the Cryo Grenade as you level up, and the achievement should unlock quickly.
Hot, hot, hot!
Deal 250000 Fire damage
This will unlock naturally during your playthrough. After unlocking the Gunner, choose the Incendiary Grenade as you level up, and the achievement should unlock quickly.
Relish the pain
Deal over 1337 damage in one attack
Deal at least 1337 damage in a single attack. This is best done with a powerful, single-shot weapon like the Bulldog Heavy Revolver. During the dive, focus on direct damage, critical chance, and critical damage upgrades to the weapon as well as overall upgrades in those areas. It’s recommended you reroll if presented with upgrades that don’t directly help increase damage.
Consider using the Squint-EE5 (unlocked by hitting 75% overall critical chance) or the Nitragenic Powder (unlocked by collecting 2k Nitra) from supply drops to increase critical chance/damage. Gold-Tipped Bullets (unlocked by collecting 2k Gold) increases your damage and scales with the amount of gold carried.
Pillar of Society
Kill 15000 aliens while standing still
Defeat a total of 15k aliens while standing still. This will unlock naturally as you progress through the game. You can speed up the process by creating choke points and standing still while firing through the choke point. The Gunner’s Lead Storm Powered Minigun and the Engineer’s LMG Gun Platform turrets help.
No pain, no gain
Take 2000 damage during a dive
Dedicate a dive to getting hit and mitigating damage until you reach a total of 2k damage in a single run. Make sure you take upgrades and supplies (Red Sugar Cube and BLT Ration Pack) that increase your max health and health regen. As you explore each floor, look for red sugar deposits. Once found, intentionally get hit until you health drops by at least 50 points, then collect the sugar and move on. Before entering the drop pod at the end of a level, intentionally take more damage on the way back. Then, spend gold in the prep screen to heal yourself. Repeat the process until the achievement pops.
Resource Achievements
Gotta stay Nitrated
Collect 250 Nitra
Collect 250 Nitra as you explore the depths. This will unlock naturally while working on all other achievements.
Sprinkle of Nitra
Collect 2000 Nitra
Collect 2000 Nitra as you explore the depths. This will unlock naturally while working on all other achievements.
Get that Midas touch
Collect 250 Gold
Collect 250 Gold as you explore the depths. This will unlock naturally while working on all other achievements.
Au-fully rich
Collect 2000 Gold
Collect 2000 Gold as you explore the depths. This will unlock naturally while working on all other achievements.
Big spender
Spend 20000 Gold
Spend a total of 20k Gold on temporary upgrades throughout the game. Make sure you spend all the gold before depth 5 and spend any extra on rerolls while leveling up.
Stat Achievements
Delicious BLT
Reach 300 Max HP
Increase your max HP to 300 during a dive with a combination of permanent and temporary upgrades. The Red Sugar Cube also increases your max health if found in a supply drop.
Slick, like butter
Dodge 100 times during a run
Start a dive on Magma Core – Hazard I – Scout – Recon (subclass). The Recon subclass will give you a bonus +25% to dodge. During the run, periodically stand on lava. As you stand there, you will see the “Dodge” text float up in green. When presented with upgrades/artifacts, choose ones that will increase your max health, health regen, and dodge chance. After dodging a total of 100 times during the dive, the achievement will unlock.
It’s got electrolytes
Reach 50% move speed
Increase your move speed to 50% during a dive with a combination of permanent and temporary upgrades. This may require focusing purely on the Move Speed option when leveling up. Rerolling also helps if it is not presented on the list. While working on move speed, avoid any artifacts that reduce move speed in supply drops. Track progress in the Pause Screen.
Squint and squeeze the trigger
Reach 75% crit chance
Increase your overall critical chance to 75% during a dive with a combination of permanent and temporary upgrades. This may require focusing purely on the Crit Chance option when leveling up. Rerolling also helps if it is not presented on the list. Nitragenic Powder (unlocked by collecting 2k Nitra) also increases your critical chance if found in a supply drop. Track progress in the Pause Screen.
Swift guns for swift hands
Reach 75% reload speed
Increase your overall reload speed to 75% during a dive with a combination of permanent and temporary upgrades. This may require focusing purely on the Reload Speed option when leveling up. Rerolling also helps if it is not presented on the list. The Popup Tripod (unlocked by killing 15k aliens while standing still) also increases your reload speed if found in a supply drop. Track progress in the Pause Screen.
That’s it for the Deep Rock Galactic Survivor achievements guide. Please post any questions or comments below. Thanks.