rogue-core-chat

[violet mason]

gonna put it out by end of day tomorrow, that's our last day in office

[vast moss]

sounds cool

[daring hill]

we can finally be reclaimers

you'll live, for 30 years

[median sleet]

You should hide food all around the office so you have something to look forward to when you get back

[violet mason]

that's why i'm in the office this week. tucking a big salmon filet behind every radiator

[deep ledge]

i feel like this is a bad idea since some people could use the ability to download the game's files to their advantage, creating their own pirated versions of the game to put on sketchy websites

[violet mason]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2605790/view/514103843981624618

okie dev diary is up

[hollow bear]

The fish head is amazing

[tacit urchin]

Oh damn, it's already tomorrow?

How time flies

[hollow bear]

Also " Gorgon in Rogue Core!"

[median sleet]

Okay before we get into this one: The ‘Gorgon’ class you see below ||got cut because it|| was||n’t|| fun to play. ||No,|| we’re ||not|| planning on bringing it back. I repeat:|| No|| Gorgon in Rogue Core. Please ||do not|| run off and tell everyone “Gorgon in Rogue Core” because it’s ||not|| happening!

[deep skiff]

Gorgon design looked cool

[vast moss]

@violet mason since it got cut, out of curiosity what was the gorgons ability that made it unfun to play as?

[deep skiff]

As far as i know his main ability was to go invisible.

[vast moss]

that makes sense i guess

it does kinda sound lame

[tacit urchin]

Gordon is gone

[old swift]

gorgon doesnt need to hear this he is a highly trained reclaimer

[violet mason]

he would put enemies into 'stasis,' where they couldn't harm anyone but also couldn't take damage. it was like his ult was putting core spawn in time out. it slowed things down and we couldn't figure out a way to make it feel fun and/or cool

[vast moss]

fair

shame tho coz gorgon just sounds cool as a class name

[hollow bear]

Just turn Gorgon into the quippy bartender

[tall plume]

-# we can be bees

[olive narwhal]

They are gorgone permanently now

[vast moss]

its gorgover

[tall plume]

it's very cool to see the even earlier iterations of the ramrod, among other things

[tacit urchin]

I do really, and I mean REALLY, like the Gorgon's model in the dev diary. The overall menacing look, entirely masked head, and a piece of cloth drapped really give Gorgon one of the more outstanding looks. Reminded me slightly of Helghast

I'd be really happy to see that model used for any other reclaimer, or it's features, in the future

[tall plume]

same

I hope they reuse that concept as well because it looks dope

[olive narwhal]

Yeah the model is pretty great looking

[hollow bear]

Rumor has it Gongor is the next class

[vocal jewel]

gongor calls for aid

[deep skiff]

^This

We need more helmet variations that feel like they belong and MADE for the Reclaimers

While i do like the cadet cap it just doesn't fit well with them due to their Armor designs.

[inner granite]

Plot twistz Gorgon is final boss

Corrupted dwarf who caused the greyout

[deep skiff]

He's angry that he got cut so he is taking his revenge

[civic drift]

Make him an Easter egg

Have like a rare chance for a gorgons head to spawn somewhere

Like the special mushroom in fungus

[iron jolt]

They need to bring back Gorgon

[gloomy sinew]

Rogue Core yesterday

Also I haven't been caught up on RC development lately uhmmm could someone pls summarize everything since the reveal of the chrono-sumthin guy ^^"

[tacit urchin]

Nah, read the diaries

Merry Crystals

[gloomy sinew]

Man I gotta read? 🥀

[tacit urchin]

Yeah, that's your Crysis gift

[tall plume]

check the pinned messages

[gloomy sinew]

Oh yeahhh the pinneds (o^-^)

[tacit urchin]

That's where they keep all the diaries at

Okay, latest ones

[tall plume]

yeah, I couldn't keep all of them pinned, it was taking too much space

you can do a quick search to find them all, though

[hexed steeple]

Please ghost ship needs more rogue core copies

[tacit urchin]

Why would they need more rogue core copies, they work at the rogue core factory

[hexed steeple]

Honestly, true

[frigid chasm]

Hey guys, how can I get access to the Rogue Core playtest?

[carmine zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-neat-part-you-dont-invincible-gif-27194608

Playtest is closed at the moment, but you can put in a request through the steam store page to maybe get in the next time it opens up

[simple cloak]

If you find Karl you get into the play test

[neat acorn]

but I already found Karl

he was the friends we made along the way :)

[solemn mountain]

Hi guys when is RC coming out again

[median sleet]

ea Q2

[solemn mountain]

Not bad I guess

[blissful fog]

Sorry to bother, but they mentioned something about the game having achievements? I think it would be great to have something just like DRG Survivor, very specific ones for weapons, classes and etc instead of the DRG ones. Gives more replay value for those who like to hunt achievements.

And for those who not care, anything works!

[hollow bear]

I'm sure it'll have achievements. As many as Bjorn and Co can stomach putting in

[blissful fog]

Rock & amen!

[teal mica]

We've already done the 69 achievements with DRG.

RC needs 420 achievements.

[inner granite]

I want achievement "mine 100000000000m^3 of stone" that drops after only 300

To troll achievement hunters

[raven dragon]

imagine an april fools update, it adds 420 achievements, that are super easy. and everytime you get one it forces you into a cutscene

they also stack if you get multiple at once

[visual latch]

Playing immediately of course, mid-run if it has to

[raven dragon]

yep

itd be sick seeing people doing the hardest possible missions with no achievements earned and winning

[tardy vortex]

whens the next beta?

[tacit urchin]

No clue

Devs are or will be soon taking a winter break, so definitely no Alpha 6 in January

[tardy vortex]

wack

[raven dragon]

rogue core seems to have alot of issues with microphone input

like half my games ppl cant even hear it

[cobalt coral]

avoiding "pick up your first mineral" like the plague lol

[raven dragon]

lmao

a loot bug gets killed by a homing bolt

launching expenite directly at someone

run over

[cobalt coral]

every factor is at play...

[verbal pine]

The gsg Devs are quite good at achievements imo, so I'm sure they'll cook something good up

[simple cloak]

To this day I am still missing the silicate harvester achievement to 100% the game

[dapper sun]

You basically have to form a group specifically for that one. Even then, it's hard to get people to listen and stay on the harvester.

[amber pecan]

When does it come out

[tacit urchin]

Q2 2026

[civic drift]

So basically between March and June

[remote veldt]

Been waiting so long praying for a early access are they doing any more that we know of?

[tacit urchin]

Probably will judging by how far Q2 is, but nothing in January since they're taking a break

[pastel stratus]

Hi, I haven't been on the server or played DRG for a while but is Rogue Core a new project? Is DRG not going to have anymore seasons?

[hollow bear]

Drg has a new season coming Q1 2026

Check the pins for more info on Rogue Core.

[inner granite]

Until we get EA for RC, DRG is put on hold*
Then, back to normal (they won't be super big tho)

*GSG outsourced S6 to friendly studio temporary

[civic drift]

A studio that they've worked together with in the past, and apparently are like 15 minutes away

So it's not like they're handed this over without any consideration

[teal jay]

I can't seem to continue into the playtest

I got to what seems to be the main room and there's nothing I can do it's saying security override alpha required

ohhhh I'm guessing the window to play was small

[small totem]

Alpha is for grenades, the guns should be accessible

Also security overrides are given by the objectives shown on the mission terminal

[tacit urchin]

The window to play isn't limited, you just probably couldn't find the exit out of the equipment room or it was blocked by geometry.

There should be a weapon crate in the centre of that room with guns and equipment.

The security override is specifically for grenades, which are locked until you do a task on the mission selection screen.

[teal jay]

gotcha yeah I went everywhere on the map to try to interact with anything and I couldn't

weird I can try again

I got through the equipment room to the open room where I got to actually shoot the monsters but I couldn't leave that room

[tacit urchin]

Each level except the last one has an elevator that you need to activate to leave the level, there is a glowing cable which always leads to it

Once you do activate it you'll have to stand near it until the elevator reaches you

[teal jay]

I think I maybe didn't even get far enough to see an elevator

I got to shoot my gun in the very first room, I followed the cable to a center point of a big crystal on a platform and that's when I got the alpha override message

[tacit urchin]

Uh, are you okay with spoilers or should I keep it to a minimum?

Or rather technicalities

[teal jay]

I don't mind about spoilers

[tacit urchin]

All levels are sectioned into 3 big rooms

Elevators spawn in 2 and 3

And, about the last level. Instead of an elevator a rift will spawn, you'll have to "touch the orbs" on the 3 pillars to activate it

After being done, a droppod will appear and retrieve you

[tacit urchin]

Oh, and about alpha overrides. That crystal is an event, you'll get a reward for completing it, BUT you need override level Alpha to start any

Alpha override is easy to get as it's basically the first reward you get

[teal jay]

So that crystal kept sending waves at me

until it put a red icon in the top left screen

is that the thing you're talking about

[tacit urchin]

Oh, that's a mini rift then

They appear when the wave is about to start

[teal jay]

Ok gotcha, do I have to clear the wave to move on??

[tacit urchin]

They look like black pills with effects around them

[teal jay]

I thought it said something about unending waves

or something of that sort

[tacit urchin]

Not really, it's advised but not required

[tacit urchin]

There's also a timer, once that reaches zero corespawn tentacles will start appearing and an endless wave will appear

They're nasty

You can still escape past this point by activating the elevator though

[teal jay]

Ok, I'll give it a shot when I have some more free time I think I may have just missed over what I needed to do

ty

[tacit urchin]

No problem

[onyx wigeon]

ok hear me out
slicer can change the sword to a pile bunker

[daring hill]

unfortunately they have said they will never add new melee options

they want rogue core to be mostly gun focused

[inner granite]

No chainsaw pickaxe? ):

[native monolith]

Hopefully they’ll still add some wacky “gun”s

Like a tech bow and arrow or stuff like that

[hard frigate]

Chickaxe wehn :(

[onyx wigeon]

aw

[mild bison]

the system specs required for rogue core won't entirely be different from DRG, right?

[raven dragon]

might be less even?

depending on any improvements they made

drg levels are pretty big

and rogue core is split up until multiple loading sections

[tacit stream]

hey did everyone's progression get reset?

and settings and stuff?

[visual latch]

I believe progress is reset each playtest yeah

People have discussed this some previously, might find more answers if you search around in this channel

[hearty phoenix]

Miners! I was wondering if stacking level one and level two abilities works? like deadeye 1 (10% crit dmg) and deadeye 2 (15% crit dmg) equals 25%? Or maybe 16.5%?

[tall plume]

it works

should be additive

[hearty phoenix]

oh heck

[cunning locust]

figured it out ;p

[unique junco]

pwease

[tacit urchin]

They're different and higher.

[fast crescent]

:0

[thin siren]

How many fps and screen resolution?

[inner granite]

2 SPF and 3x4

[summer tiger]

It is stackable and will be stackable. The behaviour is intended. The values however will change, they haven't balanced them yet.

[teal mica]

Ping me if you find yourself wanting to play. I can hop in a lobby with you and walk you through it.

[prisma elm]

i want this gameeeeee

i’m tired of playing tf2

[fast crescent]

is it normal that i just stand near open window in Omega's bar
and suddenly music started playing? just really suddenly
and i'm solo on ship 💀

[inner granite]

Ghosts

[simple cloak]

That’s me

[inner granite]

It is called Ghost Ship for a reason

[simple cloak]

Playing in spirit

Cause I don’t have the game

[tall plume]

did you start the music before ?

[fast crescent]

uhh actually yes

[tall plume]

there's a bug in the ramrod atm where it will start the music on its own if you've started it yourself at least once

[frigid path]

Omega: I thought a little music might help you get back to work

[tall plume]

at first I thought it was an OMEGA thing

after testing it some more, turns out it wasn't 😔

[frigid path]

Cause of Aarons stream shenanigans?

[tacit urchin]

"I made a thing, reclaimers. I believe it's called an origami" - OMEGA

[inner granite]

It shouls be now a feature

[summer tiger]

<@&296918282403840000>

[pastel pivot]

With the addition of women into the DRG Canon I can finally be the lesbian dwarf I was born to be .

[lost hedge]

Kind of starting to feel like this isn’t going to be as good as DRG. All I’m going off of is YouTube vids though lol

[modest condor]

well it is supposed to be different. And more importantly what is there so far is PRE early access even, I feel like a fair comparison can only be made in late early access or when 1.0 is really out

[pastel pivot]

I'm very hopeful .

I think it looks great .

But it also happens to be that I have very low standards .

So who knows

[oak pond]

Is the game full launched going to be around Q1 of 2026

[tall plume]

no

[oak pond]

Dang

[tall plume]

• "All I’m going off of is YouTube vids though" => then you should be careful about making assumptions before you've played it yourself
• it's in Alpha testing. DRG is a fully complete game, and has been for almost 6 years now (2020 for the 1.0 release)
• DRG also was barebone when it came out. You should check it out to give you an idea of how empty it was, I don't think you realise how much different it was

[tall plume]

Q2 2026 is the release date of the Early Access

full 1.0 launch doesn't have a date atm

it's far in the future

[fast crescent]

uh
question
where i can send screenshot of Rogue Core™? i just had funny issue during play

[tall plume]

join the testing channel through the ingame discord button in the menu

you can post them in here

[pastel pivot]

I wonder if we'll be able to tame the corespawn when the game goes live like Steve .

What would we name them .

[inner granite]

Jerry The Corespawn

Or Corek

[marble stump]

unironically
also just call em Steve

[grave adder]

I just learned of this playtest. Is the probability that I would be able to try/give feedback on this beautiful game pretty low?

[carmine zenith]

It's nonexistent at the moment since the playtest is closed.

[grave adder]

oof

thank you

[carmine zenith]

It'll reopen later most likely so you can still put in for it, but right now nobody is getting in.

[grave adder]

appreciate ya

[pastel pivot]

I kinda like Jerry .

They feel like a Benedict type .

[flat atlas]

Hey all, I've been trying to find the rogue core patch notes to no avail, can anyone point me in the right way

[verbal pine]

If you own the game It should be #changelist-alpha

[verbal pine]

And if it's not in your discord, when opening rogue core there should be a thing to grant you access to the rogue core section of the server

Hope that helps :)

[flat atlas]

perfect, cheers

[serene ginkgo]

Hello reclaimers! is anyone know maybe.. what is maximum level of clearance? we stuck at level 8, level 9 and X is playable ?

[daring hill]

level 9, X is placeholder and non-achievable

[serene ginkgo]

Thank you!

[daring hill]

You could probably save edit yourself enough intel to unlock it, but I doubt it does anything

probably crashes the game, even

[broken flame]

I wonder if they would add a goomba stomp weapon, they didn't seem SUPER interested in melee weapons

[tacit urchin]

The chances of a gooma stomp weapon are pretty much zero, but a similar upgrade is already present in the game

[modest condor]

"plumber" character class when?

[broken flame]

If only, it'd be pretty fun to say the least

[novel maple]

has anyone gotten around to posting the soundtrack from the game anywhere yet?

[daring hill]

Not allowed

[tacit urchin]

Posting soundtracks from the Alpha isn't allowed

And one person that did had them removed

[daring hill]

I won't be surprised if they ask Drilling In The Name Of to take his own video down

Which is just showing full entire songs from the game with visuals from the ramrod

[novel maple]

Oh, sorry about that, I think I missed that being mentioned

[tacit urchin]

I don't think it was mentioned outside of the alpha channels actually

[novel maple]

Guess I'll just use the one from the present in the main game for the time being, hope that's fair game?

[fresh lily]

i still got v1 of the game and im telling you it still fun while being barebone af

[pale bridge]

This game is bangin so far, do i talk about bugs here or in the other channel?

[summer tiger]

other channels

[hollow bear]

https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/1366343433442295828

or #bug-discussion-alpha specifically

[pale bridge]

Dont have acess

[tacit urchin]

You can get it by pressing the link account button in the main menu before playing the game

[pale bridge]

Ah okay thabks!

[dreamy steppe]

Is their any way for me to request one of my friends gets her alpha key in the next wave?

[raven wharf]

Yes, have them request it on steam like everyone else.

Otherwise no.

[broken flame]

Lol, what a back handed answer, made me laugh like hell

[rare glacier]

so when will the open beta begin

[inner granite]

When you shout to the mirror in the middle of the night "Rock and Stone!" 3 times

[median sleet]

early access in q2

[coarse topaz]

nice

my friend got in and doesn't even play games anymore

but i am still awaiting my invite

anyone with an invite able to comment if the game is good or not?

[nova basin]

just a question, is the developers from DRG (funday games) tied to the making of DRG: roguecore?

or is it a completey different dev team

[cobalt ridge]

Drg is made by gsg, drg survivor is made by funday
Gsg is also making rogue core

I dont recall anything about funday being implicated in rogue core

[nova basin]

alrighty

thanks

[inner granite]

DRG was developed by Ghost Ship Games and published by Coffee Stain Publishing, however curriently other studio (forgot the name) is making S6. It isn't pernament change, just temporary

DRG:S (both pc and mobile) was made by funday, but relased by Ghost Ship Publishing

DRG:RC is fully developed and published by Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship Publishing also published multiple other games from smaller studios

It is really awsome to see how they grew up from basically one game

From small studio to publisher and developer with multiple games to their name

[daring hill]

where did they say it was temporary? afaik, Invisible Walls is working on DRG for the forseeable forture

ghost ship isn't moving back to DRG the instant rogue core hits early access, because otherwise why even bring invisible walls on in the first place?

[inner granite]

I belive i saw it somewhere

But i might dreamed it out...?

Or earlier, devs saying they aren't abandoning drg

[muted sphinx]

I mean
Even if Invisible Walls is working on DRG until Rogue Core is done, they’re like a 5 minute walk from the GSG offices
They said it themselves, they’re good buddies so it’s not like they’re outsourcing the game to some faceless group overseas

Basically that GSG is giving them pointers and Invisible Walls is making it is how I see it

[median sleet]

Before IW got brought on I think the plan was for GSG to make S6 once RC was in ea and go back to RC after S6. But now I don't think we know what the plan is after IW finishes S6 and GSG gets RC to ea

[daring hill]

Why wouldn't it be just IW continuing to work on DRG, and GSG continuing to work on Rogue Core? I see no reason to not do that

If Season 6 is some like, overwhelming failure or whatever? Sure, it'd probably make sense to swap over

[pale bridge]

Is it a bug or normal that if you get frozen mid retcon-ing that you stay frozen after it ends?

[raven dragon]

theres a couple things like that

getting grabbed also doesnt revert you, from tendrils or cave leech

ive been grabbed by cave leech at full hp in retcon ability, it kills me and it still has me and kills me again

[astral stag]

anyone know how to get access to rogue core? I requested access on steam months ago and i havent got anything, not even an email saying it was declined.

[long breach]

You’re not guaranteed to get access to rogue core. The request on steam is just to put you on the very large and growing list of people who are interested in trying the game. So youre not going to get any notifs and whatnot until you win the rng lottery of getting let into the play tests on the next build. To which a play test is not in progress right now so no new invites are sent out. Just wait and see if you get lucky once the next test comes around with a new build

[astral stag]

k thanks

[ebon sonnet]

does anyone know when the next playtest for Rogue Core is going to happen?

[tacit urchin]

Nope

[merry elm]

Willing to bet there won't be another one before the game leaves closed beta (whenever that would be)

Maybe only one more

[ebon sonnet]

dang

[tacit urchin]

Q2 of this year is far, also why did people start saying beta?

It's closed alpha to early access

[verbal pine]

Belpha

[hasty plume]

servers r empty :(

[west hedge]

rogue core is in 2 days trust

[simple cloak]

9 minutes

[muted sphinx]

Rogue Core RIGHT NOW!!! RIGHT NOW LOOK OUTSIDE ITS OUT THERE RIGJT NOW!!! ROGUE CORE IMMEDIATELY!!!

[rare glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/good-movies-rule-gmr-avengers-end-game-movie-don't-give-me-hope-hawkeye-gif-9699367132154830787

[merry elm]

This is slowly turning into a silksong situation

[inner granite]

silk rock posting

[summer tiger]

Can't blame people, the server closed by the end of the year. We are now waiting for the new playtest to happen. It will take time as GSG went on vacation for Yule and New Year

There are still people playing in the evenings in Europe

[deft turtle]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-out-gif-17194481350298501482

[weak geode]

Lore question, is Rogue Core set during the events of DRG, just deeper within Hoxxes IV?

[tall plume]

pretty much

[weak geode]

Thanks, all sources I'd had the attention span for were quite conflicting

[muted sphinx]

Rogue Core’s place chronologically isn’t really clear, you can kind of just put it wherever but it does happen during DRG, way way deeper down

It being a covert operation under wraps explains why the DRG dwarves never hear about it beyond occasional scuffles with Core Stones and the Crawlers, for all intents and purposes it’s happening parallel/slightly later than DRG

[median sleet]

It's probably later since we can't see the Ramrod from the spacerig yet

[tall plume]

S5 is meant to be an introduction to Rogue Core, we know that already

but beyond this, both are happening at the same time

[muted sphinx]

Yeah basically that

[daring hill]

i'm pretty sure the core stones are being used to pinpoint good locations for facilities, or at least justify their existence

so rogue core absolutely takes place after Season 5

The only upload of the Season 5 voicelines doesn't have MCs core stone voicelines. Of course it doesn't.

wait no nevermind its here

Job done team. This thing will be instrumental in our deep site research.
Why the hell would he say this if Season 5 and Rogue Core are happening at the exact same time?

Considering bureaucracy and how relatively well established the facilities are in Rogue Core, I'd say it takes place 6 months to a year after Season 5

Maybe even longer, when you consider these facilities are all over the place and are, *again, *so established

[muted sphinx]

yeah
I imagine the latter half of Season 6 will be when Rogue Core starts to "happen" so to speak

as in the Core gets grumpy and they have to send in The Reclaimers

[merry elm]

S5 is all about drg (the company) looking for ways to increase their profits from hoxxes by looking for more valuable resources to collect from it. Coincidentally, core stones also started popping up out of no where, which probably made some higher-ups ask the question "what if there's more valuables to discover if we go deeper?" Leading to the discovery of expenite. And since it's found way deeper (and is probably more valuable than morkite, especially now that we have morkite seeds) mining facilities were established to function as at least a semi-permanent solution to get large amounts of it in large shipments rather than the classic "get in, grab the goods, get out" approach we're used to

So it's possible that rogue core happens mid season 5 (at least the facilities are being established during this time) and perhaps contributes to the events leading up to season 6

At least that's my theory

[tall plume]

Season 5 is an introduction to Rogu ecore, so it happens before its events, that's not a theory as this has been confirmed by the devs.

[merry elm]

Yeah, but the question is when are the facilities we fight to reclaim were built and when do the operations to reclaim them start on the timeline?

Didn't they say that the ossuary depths was discovered because of the expanded operations across the planet?

[daring hill]

Note that Season 6 has nothing to do with Rogue Core, nor or the core stones

The events of Season 6 are instead a consequence of Deep Scan missions unearthing a new biome, and the fossils for the new mission

[teal mica]

Interesting theory.

[daring hill]

not a theory

they explicitly said that

But recent Deep Scan operations have revealed blind spots on our planetary profile. Our picture of Hoxxes IV was incomplete – and we’ve discovered a biome that precisely matches those early descriptions of the boneyard.

The scans themselves revealed the new biomes, while the usage of the drillevator revealed the new mission

[teal mica]

Ooh. Where is this from?

[daring hill]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/548430/view/595165466141392971?l=english

[teal mica]

Somehow I just never read that. Thanks!

[jaunty sparrow]

rogue core tomorrow

trust

[lean fog]

Which perks should I get?

[summer tiger]

Ability cooldown 2,3,4 for every class, Healthy 4, Armour 4, Weakpoint Damage 4, and according to needs, AOE 4, Damage 4, Duration 4 and Friendly Fire 4

[soft bane]

Only now started playing rogue core. What do y'all think of it so far?

[tall plume]

For an alpha, I'd say it has a solid foundation

can't wait to see how it'll evolve from there

there's much potential

[soft bane]

I adore roguelikes so the potential here is real

[olive narwhal]

They made warthog capable of funny things so its solid so far

[soft bane]

Are you still able to play with other right now or has support ended for coop?

[tacit urchin]

You can, it never closed

[soft bane]

Oh neat

[fierce rock]

when's the next playtest/early access? I cant remember

[tacit urchin]

Nobody knows

Early access is Q2 though

[teal mica]

There might not be another before early access release.

If there is, there has been no hint of when it might come.

[native monolith]

1 nanosecond after relics of hoxxes releases

[tacit urchin]

Alpha 6's existance was kinda hinted at, funnily enough it was hinted in a message, I think, directed towards you

[gilded heron]

Is there a way to get into a playtest for rogue core? Just found out about it and it looks so cool!!

[tall plume]

store page => request access => pray you get lucky on the next wave

[gilded heron]

Many thanks my good dwarf. Rock and stone ✊🏻

[teal mica]

Shh...

(Er... where?)

[tacit urchin]

Hold on

Sent it

[gilded heron]

I requested, wish me luck XD

[teal mica]

Ah. Forgot about that.

I retract my statement. I'm a leaf lover and there was in fact mention of an alpha 6 coming.

[tall plume]

good luck

[gilded heron]

[thin siren]

When is the next wave?

[tacit urchin]

Nobody knows. There's no date, approximate or not

[teal mica]

I'd chuckle if the next wave comes on January 29th.

[gilded heron]

Can anyone explain where quarters end and start?

[long breach]

Divide the year into 4

And you have some 3 month intervals

[tacit urchin]

Basically the typical 3 months of whatever season but offset by 1

[summer tiger]

The calendar for GSG is as follows:

• this week or next on Thursday we gonna get announcement for Chinese New Year Event in DRG
• on 29th we get S6 for DRG
• on 28th of February there's going to be an anniversary event for DRG with probable streams in style of "On the horizon" so we probably gonna get a preview of what's to come to Rogue Core

So I'd assume the next playtest will be somewhere in March, preferably mid

Maybe, but that's a bit of a strech, we gonna get last playtest before the EA and then it will release in either may or june

[fluid jacinth]

can someone who took part in the playtests say around how long an average run was?

[tall plume]

between 35 and 50min, depending on run length and players skill

[fluid jacinth]

thank you Ser Pounce

[agile solar]

anyone down for a Rogue Core mission?

eu

[swift chasm]

35 to 50 min? sounds normal for any drg mission for me

[agile solar]

low difficulty solo took ~45, medium solo can take 60
each mission is more like a deep dive, with harder diff closer to elite deepdive
coordinated team can do much faster though

[swift chasm]

curious how good the gunplay is, mainly the ones exclusive to rogue core. any favorites are welcomed

[agile solar]

they have few unique options. they are cool. today I played with https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Rogue_Core:Charge_Blaster
this is like Armscoil in standard DRG, but single target and a primary instead of secondary
I was able to stack critchance/weapoint damage and charged up shots took up to 2k headshots of boss damage, could be even higher I don't recall

in general weapons balance seems to be off comparing to DRG
right now single target/weakpoint feel much better than shotguns/AOE
like among heavy weapons (think gunner's selection and not scouts) only Minigun was good, but Grenade launcher, Hurricane Rockets, Breach Cutter all felt very mid

keep in mind i played only solo. but so far weakpoint>armorbreaking/AOE

maybe enemy design (creepers jumping around, attacking from diff angles) favor single target, not AOE

[tacit urchin]

Decker SMG is lovely

Yeah, you kinda have to, in a way, fight the gun itself when shooting due to the recoil, but man does it feel good

[teal mica]

Cadna is my favorite item/gun/equipment/thing in the entirety of the DRG IP.

[summer tiger]

It's pretty much the same as in DRG but you just have different weapons. Some of them have extra recoil such as autonannon and mini gun but nothing to worry about.

[summer tiger]

Same here, Cadna Field Projector is the best weapon in the game hands down. Second best would be charge blaster and zhukovs with embedded detonators

[iron marten]

boys, the flu is getting to me, I don't think I have much left. I need... that... rogue core invite... before it's too late

[violet mason]

access denied. but cool Alice in Chains pfp

[obsidian kelp]

dont go into the light!

[white shell]

get a few levels of embedded detonators and things go boom. I love them.

[agile solar]

anyone beaten Gatekeeper B in Rogue Core?

when it exposes rift stone, the stone is protected by some sort of forcefield and I can't pick it up. Unlike regular gatekeeper boss

[olive narwhal]

Gotta bait it to run into it

[agile solar]

wat?

[olive narwhal]

It has a charge attack

[agile solar]

omg
well this is super annoying

[tough fulcrum]

Devs are playing rogue core

[summer tiger]

Yeah, he has to ram the crystal. The vortex rock attack doesn't damage it, so you have to wait for it to charge. As for the other issues, dealing electric damage stops his AI so he won't attack and projectiles deal no damage to him so RIP hurricane, pgl and Drak builds. It will be fixed (hopefully) in the next playtest

[frail glade]

This year, on the game awards 2026, I want to see Rogue Core has the best indie game of the year

[signal token]

so few ppl playing....

[hollow bear]

It'll ramp back up next patch

[frail glade]

I would gladly play rogue core but i didnt got access to it

[white shell]

Yes - not a lot of incentive to test when most of the bugs / features of A5 have been discovered, and there will be a lot of changes and a progress reset for A6 with frest new bugs to find and features to test 🙂

[merry elm]

Do you pick weapons as part of your loadout before starting a game or do you get random weapons each run?

[olive narwhal]

Random

[white shell]

In the first room (in A5, at least) you get a selectable weapon, traversal tool, and grenade once they are unlocked.

[languid zephyr]

Rogue core is fun, it is a rogue like.

[solar mesa]

hey, does anyone know if the newest rogue core playtest allows the same +1 player as I've seen in posts on stream? My friend is trying to invite me and cant find the invite button

[olive narwhal]

That stopped being available after wave 1

[proud veldt]

How do i play?

[tall plume]

do you have access to the alpha ?

[proud veldt]

I requested yesterday on steam

[tall plume]

then you'll have to get lucky on the next wave of invite

[tacit urchin]

Get selected out of the dozen other people during the next invite wave

[marble cargo]

I thought rogue core beta was dropping with season 6 of drg? Or was that changes

[tall plume]

early access is coming in Q2 2026

[marble cargo]

Goated, I've been a little out the loop so I appreciate you

[civic drift]

I'm sorry, only a dozen?

[tall plume]

they're joking, it's usually at least a couple thousand people brought in

[civic drift]

Actually?

My luck must be abysmal then

[tall plume]

you're one person among tens and tens of thousands, the statistical chances are against you

it is on the top 50 list of the most wishlisted games on Steam, after all

[civic drift]

That high eh?

[tall plume]

(probably lower than 50 but I don't recall the exact place)

[tall plume]

yup

[civic drift]

That's incredible regardless

Now let's see if I can convince my friends to play this when it comes out

Explain to me how a friend who loves helldivers doesn't find drg fun 🤷‍♂️

[tall plume]

dunno, you'll have to ask them what they feel different and don't like about it

mind you, Rogue Core is gonna be a different experience since it's a roguelite

it's more akin to playing Risk of Rain 2, Roboquest or Gunfire Reborn

[civic drift]

I'm aware of that, still

Anyways I'm excited to play it

Regardless if friends are willing to join in

[signal token]

what about joining a group already in a run? that going to be a thing later on?

[tall plume]

partially

[civic drift]

Will there be a deep dive equivalent in rogue core?

Ik it won't really work to follow that exact style (obviously)

Since rogue core itself is basically a deep dive where u get stronger as time goes on

But I am curious if there will be like a big challenge like in drg

[tall plume]

no

the base runs already are the equivalent to that

as for challenge runs, it's not impossible we'll see something akin to that later in development

[signal token]

ok Im punching the punching bag at the bar...I think you guys are onto something here, it could be a mini game of sorts, where you challenge and fight other dwarves...is there a game out there that does something like that already?

[civic drift]

A pvp arena?

[signal token]

nah more like a feature that adds a barfight

while wating for more people to join or while listening to music, I mea there is dancing already in

add fighting too

Im just getting at the punching back right left right left right left...and Im kinda digging it

a blocking feature and some dodging move would be neat

[tall plume]

I doubt we'll be seeing this in the ramrod

Omega wouldn't permit it

[signal token]

dont trust omega...he is up to something...

[civic drift]

So you wanna just, die on hoxxes?

[signal token]

for rock and stone!

[paper dirge]

54 right now yeah

[rocky garden]

No joke, one of my new professors this semester is named Dr. Stonerock

[plain veldt]

As someone who hasn't been able to get into the RC alphas, do we have any info on Omega? I get the vibe he's either some sort of hacked Rival tech or something based on that, at least.

[daring hill]

no, but he has a "Core" room on the ship that has yet to be added

It's mentioned in flavor text on some terminals, and exists on the ramrod. though obviously unfinished and not accesible

[hearty phoenix]

hes a bar tender and only wipes the counter

[oak gulch]

I want my sludge pump in rogue core already

[livid moss]

hey, uh

is the mobile version only a demo with no way to buy the full version...?

[olive narwhal]

Your thinking of DRG survivor which has its own server

[remote tundra]

wrong game, but the mobile app for drg survivor does let you get the full game

[livid moss]

oh, oops.

[inner granite]

Mobile version of Rogue Core?
Hmmmm

[orchid patio]

Opps

[raven wharf]

Someone got scammed

[fallen canyon]

Or they did confuse it with survivor

[inner granite]

Aww, no free nitro?

Or was it Half Life 4

[finite sluice]

free 50$ for your steam account

You just have to follow my absolutly not suspicious link and give me your inf... Your steam name ofc

[tacit urchin]

Incredible!

[finite sluice]

made me thinking about the wave of "Is that your steam account ? I unfortunaly report it by mistake, follow this link to counter the report !"
I almost fell in one of those first time-

[summer tiger]

He's an annoyed AI who's even harsher than MC so that's that. Egotistical baffoon but grows on you

He always watches you, he'll serve you beer and will scold you for dancing. The only thing devs need to allow us is to get into the core room

[plain veldt]

He serves you beer too??? Incredible LOL

[summer tiger]

He will, so far he's only sitting by the bar. But in future sure

[white shell]

That just reminds me how thirsty those reclaimers are

[agile solar]

anyone up for a rogue core run?

any1 knows what are conditions to join other ppl mid match?
only 1st stage?

[old swift]

there is no latejoining

[dark ginkgo]

I'm sure it's been asked plenty of times, but do we know when waves of betas are handed out? I applied on steam basically as soon as I know, but I've not been let in yet.

[tall plume]

we don't

[dark ginkgo]

Ah, what a shame. Thank you though.

[summer tiger]

Only if you get disconnected from the said match you can join back. Otherwise it's impossible

[summer tiger]

I'd wait until anniversary event. Last Playtest started a month ago and with Holidays in the way they probably haven't had any work done in the meantime. Anniversary is just 6 weeks away and maybe then we will get a "Over the horizon" style stream and new content to test out.

[white shell]

Not yet.... 🤔

[broken flame]

I swear I might be thinking of a different game, but was the price for this gonna be a bit higher?

[tall plume]

we have had 0 indication on the price it might come out at

I'm personally expecting something like 15-20€ at early access release, with a final price of 30-40€ when it hits 1.0

but these are just my personal assumptions

[broken flame]

I would assume the same tbh, but that also means I was thinking of something else and I'll never remember what it was

Thankya thankya

[tall plume]

no problem

[polar bone]

is it frowned upon ask for a friend to get access?

[carmine zenith]

no, but it's also not going to happen

[polar bone]

yeah i assumed as much, had to ask tho

[neat wing]

One day I’ll get in

[raven wharf]

As will most people. Although it’ll cost a one time cash bribe.

[inner granite]

Do you accept firstborns?

[arctic robin]

I second this

[raven wharf]

Only if they can be redeemed for a steam gift card in the $20-$40 range.

[hollow breach]

" Wishlist Rogue Core and contact a local Reclaimers recruiting station today."
OMEGA really out here lying on the store page smh

[worn pawn]

I dont follow Rogue Core a lot

Who's Omega?

[hollow breach]

not sure i havent been able to play yet 😂

[mossy ruin]

the AI equivalent of mission control

[worn pawn]

Did Management cheap out on mission control

Did they replace MC with Grok

[mossy ruin]

indeed
since normal comms wouldn't work in the blackout zones, they keep a piece of grok on themselves

[tall plume]

they didn't replace anyone, Reclaimers are under a different management

MC is still working on Spacerig 17 for the most part

[summer tiger]

No, OMEGA is more efficient and more calculative than MC. He would't be able to figure out both miners and reclaimers at the same time.

[worn pawn]

Ohhhhhh

I see i see

[civic drift]

I do wonder how they discovered omegas voice, ik he's voiced by one of the (correct me if I'm wrong) game developers, as we've heard in the little ditbits of content about it.
I'm just wondering how it was found

Did it happen one drunken evening
Was there a company wide voice Talent show

[inner granite]

I belive it is Araon?
But could be wrong

[tropic marlin]

twice, ive played and is barely anyone for mission. this is ridiculous how few even got invited

[tacit urchin]

It is Aaron, the person writing... about everything?

[tacit urchin]

Alpha 5 has concluded and most people have started to go about their lives

It's not ridiculous at all

[tropic marlin]

i played last month when it was and there was still barely anyone. so yes it is

[tacit urchin]

There were a lot of lobbies when Alpha 5 started, so no clue

[summer tiger]

For the 9 days the Playtest 5 was going there were plenty of lobbies around

What's more important is the feedback players post in the specific channels

That's what matters

[tropic marlin]

6 days in the player count was down by 75% so no there really weren't that many

[summer tiger]

maybe you played at wrong hours?

I always could find an full lobby

[hearty phoenix]

i been playing solo becuse it seems like no one is on

[raven wharf]

Because the collection of feedback for the previous playtest is closed.

There's not really a point to burning out on an unfinished product especially when your save progress will be reset (not to mention that the existing build is already out of date).

[jade storm]

Cant wait to do the proactive defensive self damage build with retcon i need this game to come out

[mint barn]

looking from videos/streams/etc, there is a lot of QoL improvements in Rogue Core. (e.g. bigger radar map, nvidia framegen, game just runs smoother in general, damage tracker on hit, etc). do somebody know are they gonna backported to main game (DRG) eventually and when?

[teal mica]

It actually runs worse than DRG.

The hard part about backporting to DRG is this:

DRG was made in Unreal Engine 4. Any further work on DRG is and will also be done in UE4.

RC is being made in Unreal Engine 5.

In short - One of the big things they had to do was transfer all the assets from DRG into UE5. You can't just build something (a model, a texture, a system, a setting) for RC (in UE5) and just open up DRG and copy paste it into DRG. It has to basically be rebuilt in UE4 for DRG, and vice versa. It's not impossible. It's just work. And the amount of work it takes often prevents 1 for 1 feature matching like that.

[mint barn]

ah

damn

didn't knew RG is on UE5

DRG on UE5 when

[mint barn]

It actually runs worse than DRG.
my friend told me that on his laptop (Legion 7i 2024 RTX4070) it runs smoother than DRG. idk, maybe because his copy is heavily modded ig

thanks for answering!!!

[summer tiger]

So far the bast recon strategy is leadburster spam with fast ability cooldown and best duration upgrades

But self damage upgrades would be interesting for sure

[olive narwhal]

The particles system got alot of attention for rogue core maybe thats why

[summer tiger]

Adding to it, RC has new character models with new faces and new geometry or what not so even this makes it really hard to port stuff from RC to DRG

[zealous gulch]

is a playtest running? or any way to play it when its so. I signed up for playtest at steam like 5 month ago idk but feel like I dont get in :3

[median sleet]

They send out invite waves with every new update. Playtest feedback is currently closed but people with access can still play

[zealous gulch]

Oki thank you. Hope the devs give me access haha :3
wink devs haha

[cold loom]

Hey Where do i send feedback for glitches through my playtest to ?

[tacit urchin]

Feedback and bug channels are closed for now since they've already got a bunch to go through

[summer tiger]

Gain access through game welcome screen, then you will be able to post in dedicated channels for RC playtests

[cold loom]

thank you. I just had this glitch where i had fell through the map on the start ship from under the drop pod and couldnt start my game and wanted to provide feedback for it

[tacit urchin]

By pressing escape and hovering over your character you should be able to press the respawn button

[cold loom]

thank you i just ended up Alt F4 my game and re opening

[pure lance]

will the devs do another round of playtests for Rogue Core anytime soon?

[tall plume]

unknown

[worn pawn]

Will beastmaster be in rogue core?

Can I steeve a corespawn

[tall plume]

no

[inner granite]

Can i corespawn a steeve

[raven wharf]

there are no glyphids

[simple tusk]

except for the detonator

[raven wharf]

Which is a special event (and modified to suit RC), not a standard wave enemy.

[simple tusk]

still a glyphid

[inner granite]

{insert iniemamocni meme}
Glyphid is a glyphid!

[summer tiger]

not yet, no plans on that

[zenith rock]

will my goat bosco be in rouge core

[simple tusk]

no

cooper only

[summer tiger]

there's abetter version- he's named Cooper

[zenith rock]

is there beer

[summer tiger]

yes

soon

[zenith rock]

10/10

i cant wait

[hearty phoenix]

when is thhe next wipe? and how do we find those thhings out?

[teal mica]

No one knows.

[hearty phoenix]

very cool!

[pure lance]

I hope they do another wave of play tests once S6 for Deep Rock comes out

[old swift]

not likely imo

and also would not be very smart since there is probably >90% overlap between rogue core playtest participants and drg players

i know i would not be picking rogue core playtest over s6

i would guess maybe a month after s6 launch since that lines up with the anniversary and a (probable) on the horizon stream

[obtuse dock]

Can someone remind me the name of Rogue Core's Bosco?

[tacit urchin]

Cooper

[obtuse dock]

Thanks!

[silent tartan]

Does anyone know why driller Main weapons are not in Rogue core?

[olive narwhal]

Related to the new element system iirc

[silent tartan]

Right

Driller weapons are always elemental

[slow loom]

I cannot wait to do some deadlifting in Rogue Core

[summer tiger]

Also they had some issues with stream weapons iirc but mostly the element system

[white shell]

Punishment for scout deaths

[raven wharf]

It's the way they integrate with the upgrade system. They basically have to be redesigned.

[austere ibex]

rogue core when?

[tacit urchin]

Q2 of this year

[past moat]

When did they announce it would be Q2?

[tacit urchin]

Last "On the Horizon" stream and steam blogs

[white shell]

Is that full release? Or EA release?

[tall plume]

I suggest to anyone who has questions to simply check the pinned messages and the steam news for Rogue Core

[broken flame]

The eternal battle of Discord. Getting people to read rules and pins

[jade storm]

i need to play this one cause i cant dual shotguns in reg drg ;-;

cant wait for ea

[modest condor]

it's early access release.
the recent tests were pre ea test stuff

[prisma delta]

EA release

[pseudo aurora]

Hi

[pure vessel]

Because they, like the Lok-1 and coil gun, etc. are unique in terms of code, and don't play well with our upgrade system.

So we have to wait until we have time to either re-make them or offer new weapons that fill the same role/fantasy/feel.

[royal axle]

coil gun becomes a rail gun instead

[vocal jewel]

ive definitely felt like driller primary style anti crowd weapons were lacking

A lot of runs felt like desperately trying to find an aoe solution

[summer tiger]

The humble cadna

[median sleet]

Ramrod is in DRG now (S6)

[summer tiger]

Kinda knew it will happen but still feels satisfying

[agile solar]

Anyone down for rogue core run on EU?

[astral jay]

i gotta say. i got drg a long time ago, season 4 i think. my friend introducedme to the game, then as i played, i found out about survivor and wasnt all the most interested. but when i heard about this new game a few days ago... i am PUMPED to eventually get to play. ive seen the videos of rogue core and this seems so gas bro. i already want to play so badly even if its in early access

[astral jay]

Have we any idea what price range it'll be when it releases? I'm going to guess somewhere around 20-30 USD?

[tall plume]

we don't, but I don't think it's wrong to assume anything between 15 to 40€

probably gonna be on the lower side of things for EA, with the price gradually ramping up with updates until its final price in 1.0

[vast moss]

what was drgs 1.0 price?

[tall plume]

30€

[vast moss]

ea price?

[tall plume]

15€ at the start of EA

[vast moss]

ok

[snow plume]

anyway to turn off the message at launch every time?

[hollow bear]

the video?

[snow plume]

the thank you trying out the alpha video

[hollow bear]

press left shift + right shift

[snow plume]

thank you!

[snow plume]

maaaaaaan i cant wait for when i can invite friends and more features

one failed run and im hooked

well i fell into the pit below the drop pod and i cant get out lol

[snow plume]

nvm the boss mechanic is anti-fun

just couldnt get close to the pit to throw that orb in cause the knock back and the 2 ft of throw distance

[agile solar]

if you time it between attacks it's fine. The antifun part for me is that it's rly hard to revive teammates during bossfights
never had a successful revive and clear after
once after my teammate died I skipped reviving and cleared the boss myself

[snow plume]

Everytime id grab the orb to throw it in it does the aoe, like I get it hard but thst just isn't fun when it stops attacking and just waits till I get close. 3 runs failed kinda don't wanna go again now

[agile solar]

anyone down for a game?

[summer tiger]

Don't worry, Gootorak is really easy if you know how to fought it. Try fighting whale for the first time

[olive narwhal]

I honestly found the whale easier

[summer tiger]

Or i should just say first boss is faster than whale. With certain loadouts you can absolutely melt it. With whale there is a lot of downtime when he needs to decide to charge

[olive narwhal]

The first boss shoving the stone out of the hole on me led to many more close calls than the whale did admittedly I haven't spent much time with the whale to form a greater opinion

[snow plume]

Its not that damaging part, its the shockwave pulse that throws you and the orb before you can even get close to the pit

[simple tusk]

gotoorak is currently very annoying due to spam attacks. and shark is just silly

[fickle turret]

Is gohst ship games gonna be featured in Copenhagen gaming week

[daring sigil]

Hello, today i found rogue core in my steam library after a month. I have a stupid question: how to invite friends to alpha?

[mossy ruin]

you can't

the feature didn't work properly, and was scrapped rather early

[daring sigil]

Ok

Sad

[astral jay]

does rogue core even have classes, or do you just play as like...whatever loadout you happen to roll, since you get to pick weapons and mobility tool?

[olive narwhal]

It does its the class abilities

[astral jay]

class abilities? like what?

[young vessel]

one guy has an energy sword, one guy has a fear emitter / stun bombs, one girl has an electric drone, one girl rewinds time

[astral jay]

hm..

[snow plume]

finally beat Gotoorak

im really hoping they add more things to mine and like the new biome at some point

also can someone explain Depth to me?

sorry for all the questions but are Skills a thing? i noticed there are hotkeys for Skills

[random sphinx]

Played the game for the first time in a long time

much better than I remember it being

Good work

[summer tiger]

The current abilities are as follows:

• Slicer: has a blade that deals huge damage and can cut through terrain, with certain upgrades you can send out a long range projectile and leave a trail of plasma (sam way as the breach cutter)
• Spotter: fires darts that make every enemy within it's range have a 100% crit chance (game can have double crits, triple crits, quad crits etc)
• Retcon: ability to "rewind" time. Basically it means that when you press the button the game saves your status and after 20 seconds or so despite you loosing health and ammo you get ewinded back to that position and state. So basically you deal "free" damage
• Guardian: sends out a barrage of stunning projectiles or creates an AoE of fear around him (it doesn't stop projectiles from hitting him)
• Falconeer: she has a falcon that flies around the cave an engages them with a burst of explosive and electric damage

[summer tiger]

Depth is the difficulty, lower you go the harder the game gets. It's like Hazard in DRG

[summer tiger]

Skill are a thing, you have a projectile barrier on slicer, rage on retcon, armour node on guardian, extra ammo and sonar on spotter and thunder dome on falconeer

[frail temple]

Any one has info about Rogue core being peer to peer like DRG or will it have its own servers to host games ?

[tacit urchin]

Peer to peer

[knotty grail]

@twin shale @south kiln @bitter hazel dms

[snow plume]

Huh strange it's just in the keybinds options there's like skills 1 - 4

[summer tiger]

mostly they are used as q+e or q+r

depending on a class

[snow plume]

Right that's what I thought lol. It just means I can use those keys for something else

there isnt a way to view the enemy database like in drg is there?

[summer tiger]

not yet but they have shown a working Miner's Manual int he new dev build so if there will be playtest 6 we will get to check it out

Otherwise we have to wait for Early Access

[snow plume]

ok, its just strange cause i have accessed it before but it was on a run and not in the ramrod

[pallid ruin]

Is Rouge core like a "completed" game?

[old swift]

not at all

early access is currently planned for q2 2026

[pallid ruin]

Ah

[simple loom]

Is there any Information/announcement about a exact Release Date?

[tacit urchin]

No

[inner granite]

We know that it will happen before year 2100

[simple loom]

https://tenor.com/view/galaxy-galaxy-brain-perndorfer-meme-uw-u-gif-26321098

[vapid ermine]

does rogue core have controller support?

also what does it take to become a playtester

[stiff plinth]

you need Karl’s Blessing

[vapid ermine]

hmm i see

[vapid ermine]

now what about this question

[tall plume]

not exactly, but it's playable

[tall plume]

request access and get lucky

[vapid ermine]

dang

i guess i could be one of the few to be a controller play tester

[sand idol]

Me too

😔

[earnest oyster]

I’m pretty sure, they’ll have it 100% controller playable upon launch 🤓

Speaking of “launch”

Do we have a official release date yet gents?

[inner granite]

No

Now stop asking, get back to mining

[jade storm]

Should have the steves left behind in missions be in rogue core just fighting all the core spawn alone

[tall plume]

Q2 2026

[earnest oyster]

Ohhh 😲

Not too bad

[earnest oyster]

Rock & Stone!

[pearl ravine]

Do we have any idea for the release date?

[tall plume]

read above

[pearl ravine]

Oh lol ty on mobile so I couldn’t see it unless I scrolled

[unique pike]

was there a playtest at some point? if so, what did anyone who played it think of it?

[tacit urchin]

We're on the playtest 5 right now

Playtest 4 was probably mi favourite one, since it was a pretty big leap

Overall it feels like a solid foundation, but there isn't much content to unlock for a roguelite, other than enhancements and nades + stationary turrets. Kinda like DRG in EA lol

[summer tiger]

Check the pins people

[raven dragon]

my thoughts as well. one of the biggest pools of items to choose from, equipment crates, are a much smaller boost compared to the other levels, and i think should be a reward for an event instead of a level choice tbh

Like choosing equipment crate only really happens on longer missions where youve already gotten the really good level options

[raven wharf]

https://tenor.com/view/reading-sign-cant-stop-me-no-one-can-stop-me-gif-13921932

[muted sphinx]

reading's for nerds, R&D and Mission Control. I'm a jock, not a geek!

[dull lake]

is there like

any semblance of a clue for when rogue core drops

[tall plume]

check the pinned messages

nvm actually, the info isn't in the pinned 🤔

Rogue Core is coming in Early Access in Q2 2026

[dull lake]

alright sounds good

[azure jewel]

Kind of a dumb question maybe, but should we expect more data resets for Rogue Core? I definitely expect one once paid early access comes out, but should we expect more after that point?

[old swift]

i wouldn't

DRG didn't afaik

[azure jewel]

Ahh i see! Was a little bummed about the last reset so just wanted to make sure before getting back into it 😭

[old swift]

meant to say for paid EA, i read the last part

they said another wipe is likely for playtest 6

[azure jewel]

Ah okay! Thank you so much

[summer tiger]

The major wipe happened only after PT3, after they expanded on many systems. Since PT4 I've been using the same save because it wasn't wiped, just moved to different location

[azure jewel]

When did pt3 happen again? I only got my invite in november! If i still have my save id be happy haha

[summer tiger]

Check r/roguecore there was a post about getting your old save back

[azure jewel]

awesome, thanks!

[summer tiger]

Or it was removed

I can't find it

There it is

Knew it was somewhere @azure jewel

[azure jewel]

Aaa awesome, thank you so much!

It worked! Thanks for your help!!

[agile solar]

anyone up for Rogue Core run?

[manic sleet]

any more news about how to get into a playtest? or still just click the button in steam and hope?

[tall plume]

yeah

still just click the button in steam and hope

[tidal crane]

To anyone who has played rogue core I was wondering how many OC's are currently in the latest version? I saw salvo module on the hurricane

[summer tiger]

Salvo module and embeded detonators on zhukovs were seen but i think there will be a lot less of that stuff in-game

I suppose we will see only those OCs that drastically change how the gun feels, so at best mortar rounds, microconductor addon, tranq rounds, turret em discharge, explosive reload, minelayer, cluster charge, spinning death etc.

Rest of the OCs are just stat buffs that are already in the game

[quick junco]

Hey all - anyone struggling to stream the game on discord? It just says stream paused

[teal mica]

I know I've seen Return to Sender as well

[inner granite]

Discord pauses your stream if you unfocus game

To save on bandwidth when not needed

[mellow ravine]

yes i also had same issue, and I WAS tabbed in.

[thorny island]

Restarting discord usually helps

[tight yacht]

Do you think it's worth buying rogue core after the release?

[white shell]

Depends on how much you like to Rock and Stone.

[ripe wigeon]

Any news on if there will be another round of testing

[tall plume]

no

[ripe wigeon]

I just wanna play 😭

[inner granite]

no

[jade storm]

God i wish theyd keep the overclock for the stubby with the electro platforms and hopefully fatboy

Maybe make it a right click to drop the lightning circle

Oh lol thats microconductor i assume if it gets added it will be designed in a vacuum for use with just the stubby

Or are specific weapon combos encouraged?

[shadow hazel]

idk what that means. but i like a good roguelite/roguelike.... does this check the boxes?

[long breach]

You dont get overclocks like how DRG does it though? Tho im assuming youre just referring to having the function in a found weapon?

I havent played in quite a while tbh, but i dont think specific weapon combos are encouraged considering what you can find is all rng.

Im not sure about weapon synergies actually, maybe someone else has found some?

[agile solar]

anyone up for a Rogue Core run?

[summer tiger]

I was talking about specific weapon upgrades that you can get from workshop

[long breach]

Workshop? The work bench you find on each stage?

[tall plume]

ye

[long breach]

Do you get upgrades that can somewhat equate to getting an overclock in drg in terms of stats?

Some give you elemental stuff tho i think?

[tall plume]

you do, on certain weapons

like embedded detonators

[long breach]

I really havent played in a while 😂 🙈

[rugged hazel]

do they still give out access?

[broken flame]

In waves

[muted sphinx]

Mhm
Hasn’t been one in a bit tho, and since Early access for rogue core is happening in a few months I believe, I doubt we’ll see another one
Maybe one more? But again doubtful

[wheat pewter]

no idea honestly

[wheat pewter]

I'd guess one more playtest maybe? cause they plan to launch in Q2 so it's still months away from that

[white shell]

They said they haven't decided if one more playtest or straight to EA (on a stream)

[white shell]

Yes, its is. Lots left to bake but if you like the early access cycle, roguelikes, and DRG you will like this game.

cya bo

[fallow geyser]

Never played rogue core, but I know it has female dwarves. I gotta know, do they have beards?

[tall plume]

they can if you choose to

they got beard cosmetics

[fallow geyser]

Nice

[rare glacier]

so when does rogue core come out entirely

[mossy ruin]

entirely as in 1.0? no one knows, probably the devs don't know either
EA is scheduled for Q2 this year

[velvet sequoia]

Is rogue core going to have much long term progression at launch? Or is it just going to be those upgrades to your character?

[brittle willow]

Even thought its planned to come out some point this year, are they still letting new people into the alpha?

[teal mica]

Unknown.

[teal mica]

Unknown.

[summer tiger]

The only difference between male and female is that body and voice are different from male dwarves. Rest stays the same

[gaunt bronze]

Random question, do the reclaimers mention Karl?

[tacit urchin]

Yes

[gaunt bronze]

Dope

[candid maple]

Hello. Rogue core won't be on consoles, correct?

[signal token]

the reclaimers also dream of being miners, they think it must be a relaxing job apparently...

[raven wharf]

Not for early access.

[austere charm]

how to activate storage engine?

[inner granite]

Compared to doom guy shit they have to do, yes

[teal mica]

Storage Engine?

[austere charm]

mini quest on mission where you need to drag some barrels to platform, i thought you need to somehow activate broken storage engine for it to work

tuns out dragging some barrels is enough

[summer tiger]

You mean the expenite storage, you need weight. The game spawns barrels nearby but you can also use other players and enemies to meet requirements. Each of the elements is worth 9% weight so in total you need 11 elements.

[austere charm]

ikr

[opal smelt]

is there any meta progression in this game?

[summer tiger]

Enchancements can be called "meta" progression

They work akin to perks in DRG, extra armour, extra health, ability cooldows, area effecs and duration etc

You unlock them through a skill tree, each of the perks has 4 levels each giving you better stats

[summer tiger]

You can equip 8 enchancements total, they can stack

So you can have 4 tiers of the same enchancement equipped

[cunning crown]

wish friends invites still worked, i would be "testing" 1000 times more

[native monolith]

Meta progression is something they’re less focused on developing right now iirc

But also it’s a roguelike

[wise crag]

Honestly I'd like more stuff like the different access tiers, would be cool to have new missions or even new objectives open up for extra stuff in each run

Like an overcharge sprinkler without needing an event to use, just being there the whole time

[vast moss]

is there gonna be a dev diary this month

[summer tiger]

We shall see

[inner granite]

When if i close my eyes

[summer tiger]

What new missions?

[dull lake]

cant wait for rogue core

[hardy mica]

slicer is wylder, spotter is ironeye, falconer is revenant, guardian is raider, and retcon is duchess

[pure lance]

Yeah. Same. Friend of mine got access to the playtest, sadly I didn’t. Really hoping we get one last wave in

And even if we don’t, the game is still on track to be ready for Early Access in Q2. (Which is anytime during April, May or June)

[muted sphinx]

you know, shoutout to my goat Rafkan Rammer for ||getting an upgrade to boss status, proud of my boy||

[tall plume]

he had that promotion a while ago, actually

it just wasn't time for him to show up before

[muted sphinx]

really! that's nice
I only learned about it because of sniss's video, haven't seen much about the game so that was my first big window into the new stuff

I remember seeing him when they were first showing off the enemies for rogue core and he became one of my favorites, glad he got a promotion and it'll be nice to see how they refine his fight going forward since I know he was a recent addition

[tall plume]

yeah I was hoping it'd be around to

[forest rain]

is it me or omega sounds like it has the same voice actor as mission control? (what if its an ai based on mission control)

also it would be cool if we get to see the ship from rogue core from rig 17 once it comes out in early access in vice versa

[hollow bear]

Aaron voices Omega

Robert voices Mission Control

[forest rain]

didnt know their names but i knew that mission control is also the game's art lead

[tacit urchin]

You're in luck

You already can in both

[forest rain]

i brought it up because you see rig 17 from rogue core ship

[forest rain]

WAIT WHERE IS IT?

[tacit urchin]

In new season, like uh, 4 days

[forest rain]

sweet

also will the new bone scarab biome be available in rogue core as well like later?

[tacit urchin]

I remember somebody asking that question on the last deck stream

Don't remember the answer though

I think it was like: not for now, but later on?

[forest rain]

Rogue core is one of those spinoff games that visually looks more refined than the original

Im only saying that because dwarves there have more facial animations and the hub looks kinda cooler but that's probably to showcase that drg is an industrial workplace when rogue core is the military

Coop pve player eating well

[summer tiger]

They said they are not sure if we gonna see the same biomes in RC as in DRG. That's where the games might veer off a little but we'll see what future brings.

[forest rain]

I assume rogue core takes place even deeper inside hoxxes so we fight corespawn there that was introduced as a teaser in s5, so i think we shouldn't expect much glyphids there?

[summer tiger]

no, everything revolves around corespawn, rafkans, krizzok, fulgor and possibly other families

[forest rain]

And we got green nitra there?

[summer tiger]

The only creatures that come back from DRG are expenite lootbugs an leeches

[summer tiger]

NO nitra, you ressuply from the ammo boxes

Given that the caves are a bit barren in terms of mineral diversity, only expenite is present, I think that devs will introduce more minerals to broaden up the "endgame" and customisation

[forest rain]

Expenite, i like fictional element names like this, gotta keep looking for unobtanium,mcgaffinite,abundanite, obamium, bloodbornium,copium and even terrarium

Sorry im just typing shi, either way im looking forward to rogue core

[summer tiger]

I'm all for fictional elements being present in rogue core with some references to other media as with unobtanium

[forest rain]

And mcgaffinite

[inner granite]

rockstonium

[vestal patio]

Engineerium

[inner granite]

No, that's too unstable

[weak geode]

They put a particle of that in each Fatboy grenade, even the bravest in R&D tremble at the mention of it

[dawn fulcrum]

how do i get the "Rogue Core alpha testing" role? (I have been granted access to the closed alpha testing)

[mossy ruin]

then there should be a button to join those discord channels as you launch the game

[dawn fulcrum]

ok thanks for the info

[honest spear]

I haven't played any rogue core since I haven't gotten into the closed alpha but I have a big question/request based on what I've seen. When the game comes out of early access in full, is it planned for the game to have an atleast slightly different visual style from drg at earlier levels of hoxes?

[summer tiger]

The starting biomes are going to be the same as in DRG but deeper you go the change into the Core biome gets more visible

[honest spear]

Thank you I understand.

I'm excited to see how the games differ and how rogue core may continue to have new experiences and ideas to offer

[coarse basalt]

You forgot stalinium of warthunder/world of tanks fame

[forest rain]

Wasn't it called gavnorium?

[forest rain]

Not it was gavnarium

[spice osprey]

Anyone with access wanna play a round about 18:00 GMT? Just installed it and haven't played yet., thought it might be good to get some help

[teal mica]

Restart the game, and dont skip through the start screens. One of them will give you a link to give you access to the RC alpha channels here in the discord.

[spice osprey]

alr, thanks

[teal mica]

There is an lfg channel there. (You can also ask here.)

Bu there are still folks hosting and posting invites in the lfg, though the fpace has slowed a lot until we get either the next alpha or early access release.

[spice osprey]

i see

[spice osprey]

Where is the link that will give me access to the rouge core LFG?

oh wait, found it

[cobalt nest]

cant wait for the rogue core

cant wait to deposit resources to flying mule

[tight wedge]

does anyone know when this game is coming out?

[tall plume]

https://tenor.com/view/check-the-pins-kowalski-penguin-gif-20219688

[tight wedge]

Thank you haha

i’m looking for like an approx date if you’re able to share

[tall plume]

that's the approximative date

[tight wedge]

that’s a 3 month window

[tall plume]

indeed

[zenith rock]

can we blow up elves

[tacit urchin]

Sure

Not in-game though

[rare glacier]

how much will rogue core be

[raven wharf]

No price has been announced. Expect a price likely around $30+-10

[meager cape]

Damn leaf lovers

I'd join you in blowing them up

[zenith rock]

still cheaper than a AAA title but we'll see if its worth it

[raven wharf]

It’s releasing into early access. By definition it will be unfinished. Don’t want an unfinished product, you don’t have to buy it.

[velvet veldt]

$25 for EA $35 for full release

[jaunty sparrow]

will they add mission control from space rig 17 as the 6th class

[vestal patio]

Is Slicer's helmet still in the game?

[tall plume]

I believe so, yes

[spiral finch]

can you pet repd?

[tacit urchin]

No, but she will rock and stone

[violet mason]

yabba dabba dev diary time. blammo

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2605790/view/526492547790405730

[hollow bear]

Toilet update!!!!!!?

[tacit urchin]

:o

[harsh rune]

if the reclaimers from deep rock rogue core are the elite of the elite veterans, shouldnt they start as greybeards instead of greenbeards?

[tacit urchin]

That toilet is looking awfully like a blender

[hollow bear]

Gotta get it nice and fine for the sludge pump

[long breach]

Needing to do a work out mini game before you can get beer is hilarious to me 😂

But hopefully it actually works and doesnt get annoying?

[hollow bear]

I wonder if they mocapped Aaron and Mark's workouts

Those boys are sturdy

[mossy ruin]

the gym update

[teal mica]

Can you imagine? Just pooping, scrolling on your phone, checking the latest galaxy-tok video of a dwarf maiden trying out the latest cosmetics. You finally flush, step out, and...... "What the hell happened out here?"

[steep sphinx]

Hi. Sorry to disturb, is there a way right now to access the game, or will we have to wait for later ?

[visual latch]

Not if you haven't been picked for one of the playtest waves, no

Still, early access is set to release by june

[tall plume]

never heard about macerators ?

[shadow hazel]

when does this open up to actual early access?

[tacit urchin]

Q2

[shadow hazel]

thanks

[rugged hornet]

hello ... DRG ❤️

[dapper sun]

Hi!

[main hinge]

Man I’m sad I didnt get picked for RC alpha
But I’m gonna pick up the early access asap!

[tight wedge]

@quartz kernel 💀

[quartz kernel]

reaction_skull.png

[jaunty sparrow]

new playtest?

i cant read that im a gunner main

they should make weight lifting into a real life thing

[quartz kernel]

most gunner coded thing said ever ^^^

It AIN'T A GUN unless it weighs at least 100 POUNDS.

[languid ridge]

Is there a separate discord for rogue core matchmaking?

[hollow bear]

https://discord.com/channels/257785731072786435/1366347563845947453

[dire marlin]

WHEN UPDATE

[dire marlin]

are keys on that discord

[tall plume]

there is no separate discord for RC, nor random keys laying around

[rugged hornet]

no keys be gone XD

just privilege and unprivileged

jk

like that film Elysium

[woven briar]

Is alpha over now?

[tacit urchin]

No

[main hinge]

Didnt they say that the last key wave was going to be the last one?

[tacit urchin]

Read the new blog

It's pinned

[abstract belfry]

Just making sure so I don’t pick them up and feel immense regret-
Upgrades that relate to your guns mag/clip ammo have absolutely zero effect on heat-meter weapons such as the Drak, correct?

[tacit urchin]

I believe so? I think minigun has the workbench upgrade that says it increases its clip size despite it increasing the overall ammo

[abstract belfry]

Oh, so it increases max ammo? Interesting. I was assuming it wouldn’t do anything for weapons that don’t have a set-in-stone mag size.

Oh and one other thing I want to put down before I forget-
I forget the name, but regarding the legendary perk that regenerates 1 armor/second when near a teammate feels like a free win most of the time.
It unfortunately could probably use a slight nerf.
-a couple possibilities I thought of:
• it functions the same way as it does now as long as someone has armor. It shouldn’t be able to give armor when all dwarven parties involved had 0 armor. If someone has armor, then it can still allow an armorless dwarf to generate armor.
• The armor regeneration speed could have ramp-up based on time since taking damage.

I know it’s a PvE game and nerfing strong options isn’t desirable. But when there’s perks designed around having armor, it seems like this legendary perk enables careless play because there’s always someone nearby that can restore all of your armor after you go in and get slammed by a bruiser. There’s already armor resupply chests separate from the ammo+armor resupply pods, I think “teammate must have at least 1 armor in order to regenerate armor” is a reasonable requirement for that perk.

[tacit urchin]

Doesn't work on Drak

[tacit urchin]

It's an epic upgrade also btw

[abstract belfry]

Wait, wrong chat. i forgot I have channel access

[tacit urchin]

Also, yeah lol

[abstract belfry]

Thank

[upper haven]

Anyone got a clear screenshot of Cooper?

[fluid radish]

i saw there was an update a bit ago. is there an extraction sequence yet?

[old swift]

kind of

a drop pod unceremoniously drops in the boss room like 20 meters away from the rift gate

[jaunty sparrow]

i would love to have retcons ctrl z undo button

[astral inlet]

any chances this game is coming out this year?

heard about a few closed alphas and nothing since

[inner granite]

Pinsssssssssssss

[vast moss]

games coming out in the second quarter this year as early access

[astral inlet]

pins vs announcements.....

[misty nymph]

Is rogue core gonna be an update for drg or is it gonna be a separate game?

[raven wharf]

Pinned messages

[pine skiff]

That toilet image at the end of the devlog confirms what we knew all along

The reclaimers eat rock and stone for breakfast

[prisma delta]

playtest 6 will be out chill.

[summer tiger]

The toilet is also an coop experience

[velvet veldt]

anyone know the lore as to why glyphids dont exist outside of the bulk thats in containment in this game? like are they scared away by the corespawn or is it just too deep

[tacit urchin]

Corespawns and the greyout

Also, bulk is something DRG brought in, mutated and kept under containment field so that's why it's still there

[inner granite]

Probably pressure and temperature

And maybe even exponite itself is harmful for then

[velvet veldt]

mabye not temperature since the bugs can handle magma core pretty fine, i assume they dont like "the core" biome (what is it called again?)

[still kernel]

yo