Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Maps & Locations Guide: Every Area Covered

Q: Is this the same as Deep Rock Galactic?

No. Deep Rock Galactic is a four player first person co-op shooter from Ghost Ship Games. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a single player top down auto shooter built by Funday Games and published by Ghost Ship Publishing, where weapons fire automatically and you control movement and mining only. They share the setting, the classes and the weapon names.

Q: What classes are in Deep Rock Galactic Survivor?

Scout, Gunner, Engineer and Driller are the four base classes, each with three Class Mods that set your starting weapon and specialisation. The Demolisher is a fifth class added by the paid Heavy Duty Expansion on 30 April 2026, riding the Rockdozer and bringing 11 new weapons that other classes can also reach through the tag system.

Q: What biomes are there?

Crystalline Caverns, Magma Core, Hollow Bough, Salt Pits and Azure Weald in the base game, with Glacial Strata added by the Heavy Duty Expansion. Enemy difficulty rises with the biome, from no modifier in Crystalline Caverns to 15 percent extra health and damage in Salt Pits, and Biome Points from biome goals open the more hazardous ones.

Q: How do overclocks work?

Weapons level up during a dive from the upgrade cards you pick. A balanced overclock can be chosen at weapon level 6 and again at 12, and a single Unstable overclock at level 18. Balanced options are modest trades, while Unstable ones are extreme, which is why pushing one weapon to 18 usually beats levelling several to 12.

Q: How long is a dive?

Five stages. Stages one to four each involve surviving, collecting the Supply Drop and killing the Elite before taking the Drop Pod deeper. Stage five contains a Supply Drop, three Eggs that hatch into Elites, and the Dreadnought, which hits considerably harder than anything before it.

Complete Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor maps and locations guide. Every area with difficulty, rewards, progression order, and what to do in each zone.

EarlyGuides Editorial Team

Researched and editorially reviewed. Updated August 12, 2026.

This is not the co-op shooter. Funday Games built Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor as a top down single player auto shooter under Ghost Ship Publishing, entering Early Access on 14 February 2024 and reaching 1.0 on 17 September 2025. You still play a dwarf on Hoxxes, still mine Nitra and Gold and still get pulled out by a Drop Pod, but nobody aims: your weapons fire on their own while you drive the dwarf around the cave and dig through terrain. A dive is five stages, each with a Supply Drop and an Elite, and stage five ends with a Dreadnought. The Heavy Duty Expansion of 30 April 2026 added the Demolisher, a fifth class riding a weaponised bulldozer.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor features distinct areas with increasing difficulty. This guide covers every major location in progression order: what to do, what to get, and when to move on. For the step-by-step path, see our walkthrough.

Area Progression Order

Order	Location	Difficulty	Key Rewards	Recommended Build
1	Crystalline Caverns	Hazard 1 to 5, default enemy difficulty	Biome Points, baseline Class Mod unlocks, safe hazard level practice	Gunner
2	Magma Core	Hazard 1 to 5, enemies at 5 percent extra health and damage	Biome Points, Nitra focused goals, environmental damage practice	Gunner
3	Hollow Bough	Hazard 1 to 5, enemies at 10 percent extra health and damage	Biome Points, vine mining goals, the best test of whether your escape routes are planned	Scout
4	Salt Pits	Hazard 1 to 5, enemies at 15 percent extra health and damage	Biome Points, fast mining terrain, stalactite triggered crowd damage	Scout
5	Azure Weald	Hazard 1 to 5, periodic spawn waves	Biome Points, healing crystals, jump pad terrain destruction	Scout

Crystalline Caverns: Starting Area

The Jewel of Hoxxes and the standard biome, purple terrain studded with crystal formations and no enemy stat penalty at all. It carries five hazard levels with goals covering weapon upgrades and resource collection, which makes it the place to learn a new class before taking it anywhere harder.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Hazard 1 to 5, default enemy difficulty
Key Rewards	Biome Points, baseline Class Mod unlocks, safe hazard level practice
Recommended Build	Gunner
Key Equipment	"Lead Storm" Powered Minigun

What to Do Here

Learn the basics of Auto firing weapons and manual mining. This is where you practice without heavy punishment.
Collect starting resources and your first equipment upgrade.
Clear all main content before moving to Magma Core.
If you're struggling, read our beginner's guide.

Magma Core: Early Game

Dark rock and lava, with angry glyphids, lava vents and exploding plants as hazards. Enemies here carry 5 percent extra health and damage, and the hazard goals push you to trigger the explosive plants deliberately and to collect Nitra rather than avoiding the terrain.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Hazard 1 to 5, enemies at 5 percent extra health and damage
Key Rewards	Biome Points, Nitra focused goals, environmental damage practice
Recommended Build	Gunner
Key Equipment	"Lead Storm" Powered Minigun

What to Do Here

Focus on mastering Five stage dives and Supply Drops. It's critical from this point on.
Farm for "Lead Storm" Powered Minigun if you don't have it yet.
Complete all objectives for maximum rewards.
Prepare for the difficulty spike in Hollow Bough.

Hollow Bough: Mid Game

A maze of regrowing vines and thorns where the terrain fights back. Brown vines regrow after you mine them and red vines damage you on contact, so routes you dug a minute ago close behind you. Enemies carry 10 percent extra health and damage.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Hazard 1 to 5, enemies at 10 percent extra health and damage
Key Rewards	Biome Points, vine mining goals, the best test of whether your escape routes are planned
Recommended Build	Scout
Key Equipment	"Lead Storm" Powered Minigun

What to Do Here

This is the main skill check. Bring an optimized build.
Deepcore GK2 becomes accessible here. Prioritize getting it.
Master Overclocks at weapon levels 6, 12 and 18 for the boss encounters.
Check our boss guide if you get stuck.

Salt Pits: Late Game

White rock that mines easily except along the dark grey strips, plus unstable stalactites and Q'ronar enemies. Mining the crystal clusters triggers falling stalactites, which is a hazard you control the timing of. Enemies carry 15 percent extra health and damage.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Hazard 1 to 5, enemies at 15 percent extra health and damage
Key Rewards	Biome Points, fast mining terrain, stalactite triggered crowd damage
Recommended Build	Scout
Key Equipment	Deepcore GK2

What to Do Here

Full build optimization is expected by this point.
Deepcore GK2 should be your primary, fully upgraded.
Meta Upgrades, Milestones and Gear mastery starts mattering here.
Farm resources for the push into Azure Weald.

Azure Weald: Endgame

A bioluminescent wet biome with trees, jump pads that destroy terrain and healing crystals in place of the usual Red Sugar. Enemies arrive in periodic spawn patterns rather than as a steady trickle, which changes the rhythm of a dive more than any stat modifier would.

Attribute	Detail
Difficulty	Hazard 1 to 5, periodic spawn waves
Key Rewards	Biome Points, healing crystals, jump pad terrain destruction
Recommended Build	Scout
Key Equipment	Deepcore GK2

What to Do Here

This is endgame. Best-in-slot gear and a perfected build are mandatory.
See our boss guide for endgame fight strategies.
The reward loop: clear content → upgrade → push harder content.
Experiment with Demolisher for variety once you've mastered the meta.

Exploration Tips

Clear areas in order: Crystalline Caverns → Magma Core → Hollow Bough → Salt Pits → Azure Weald. Skipping areas means missing resources you'll need later.
Check every corner: Hidden caches and secrets are often in non-obvious locations.
Match your equipment: Some areas favor different equipment types.
Read the walkthrough: Our walkthrough provides exact progression milestones for each area.
Don't rush: Clearing an area fully gives more resources than speedrunning two areas.

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