Resources
Resources in Deep Rock Galactic can be found across the caverns of Hoxxes IV. Most resources are some form of mineral, though there are various plants, manufactured objects, and even living creatures. Resources are vital to the gameplay of Deep Rock Galactic as they are required to complete missions, unlock upgrades, brew beers, obtain cosmetics, and get scrip.
Mission-Related
These resources are required to complete primary and/or secondary objectives. They are not added to your gathered resources at the end of a mission, unlike the crafting resources below.
Primary Objectives
These items are required in order to finish the current mission.
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Alien Eggs are mysterious, yellow eggs with pink, veiny ridges, found in walls similar to large resources such as Aquarq. They are marked by pulsating red/purple orbs and organic "tubes" on the wall. They must be found and deposited in order to complete the primary objective during Egg Hunt mission types. Depending on the length of the mission, the team will have to collect 4, 6 or 8 eggs in total to complete the primary objective. Alien eggs are always found embedded within dull, fleshy Organic Material and appear as yellowish spheroids on the Terrain Scanner. Sometimes, they may summon a Glyphid Praetorian, or a Swarm. A loud, presumably Pretorian roar will be emitted to all players when an egg is mined, rather followed by no related Mission Control lines, meaning a Pretorian summon, or a swarm line, meaning there is a swarm approaching. |
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Encountered solely in Point Extraction as the primary objective, Aquarq takes the form of large blue crystals embedded in the rock. It can be located via smaller blue crystal formations on the surface, as well as a faint blue glow if they're near the surface. They are often hard to spot in the Glacial Strata, due to the similar colour. They likely have the same model as the Jadiz, but textured differently. |
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Data Racks are data storage units obtained from rival tech during a Industrial Sabotage mission when the Caretaker is defeated and constitutes the primary objective's final completion criteria. It is a rack, filled with 5 Data Cells. |
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A dark cyan-blue mineral found in wall surface veins, Morkite is the primary Mining Expedition objective, and only appears during these missions. The party will typically have to mine between 200 and 400 Morkite, depending on mission length and complexity. Once the quota has been filled, the M.U.L.E. will enable the recall function. Loose Morkite takes a roughly cuboid shape. |
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Morkite Seeds are yellow-green colored gems that are the primary Deep Scan objective, and only appear during these missions. They are found inside Morkite Seed Clusters, exclusively inside Morkite Geodes. |
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Encountered solely in Salvage Operation, Mini-M.U.L.E. Legs are used to repair 2 or 3 broken Mini-M.U.L.E.s. Four of them will generate slightly embedded in the ground around a nearby broken Mini-M.U.L.E. Three are needed to repair a Mini-M.U.L.E. They cannot be deposited. |
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Encountered solely in Escort Duty, Oil Shale are used to refuel the Drilldozer. It has to be collected with the Fuel Canisters mining laser. It cannot be deposited. It is unknown whether it is a bug, but if you separate Oil Shale into the small chunks, they will have more value then if you were to use the Oil Extractor without this. Explosions and pickaxes work best for this. |
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Encountered in Escort Duty, Ommoran Heartstone Core is the primary objective to be collected when the Drilldozer cracks the Ommoran Heartstone. |
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Secondary Objectives
These are not mission-critical, but will give a credit and XP bonus if collected before the end of the mission. Bha Barnacles, Fester Fleas, and Glyphid Eggs do not require a mineral deposit, and instead the respective bug or resource must be destroyed.
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A fossil of an Ammonite that can be picked up from the wall. The secondary objective will usually require 10 of these to be collected. |
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Apoca Blooms are a secondary mission objective. They grow on the walls and floors of caves and tunnels, and must be collected to complete the secondary objective. Their petals are bioluminescent and can be seen in the darkness, making them easy to see at a distance. |
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Bha Barnacles are a passive Creature secondary mission objective. They grow on the ceilings of caves and tunnels, and must be killed to complete the secondary objective. Their exposed lower beak glows yellow and can be seen in the darkness, making them easy to see at a distance. |
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Boolo Caps are a secondary mission objective. They grow on the walls and floors of caves and tunnels, and must be collected to complete the secondary objective. Their purple caps are bioluminescent and can be seen in the darkness, making them easy to see at a distance. |
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A blue-tinted metallic mineral found in wall surface veins, Dystrum is a secondary objective resource exclusive to Point Extraction and On-site Refining missions. It is not as bright as other minerals when light shines on it, so you may have to make a few passes to find it all. |
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The Ebonut is a type of secondary objective which can appear in any mission type. The Dwarves can collect Ebonuts to be rewarded with a bonus payout of Credits and Experience upon level completion. |
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The Fester Flea is a passive Creature found on Hoxxes. It is only found in missions with the "Exterminate Fester Flea" secondary objective. The Dwarves can kill a set amount of Fester Fleas to be rewarded with a bonus payout of Credits and Experience upon mission completion. |
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Glyphid Eggs are small pale eggs that spawn swarmers when broken. They must be destroyed to complete their secondary objective. |
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The Gunk Seed is a type of secondary objective which can appear in any mission type or biome. The Dwarves can collect a set amount of Gunk Seeds to be rewarded with a bonus payout of Credits and Experience upon mission completion. |
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Found as dark blue-purple (almost black) formations within tunnels and caves, Hollomite is a secondary objective resource. The secondary objective will usually require 35 chunks to be deposited. |
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Crafting/Upgrades
These resources are not required for mission objectives, but are required to craft upgrades, beers and cosmetics.
Once deposited (or brought to the drop pod in your bag), these resources are permanently added to the inventory of every player on the mission when it is completed, a reduced amount of the total is awarded if the mission ends on a failure.
If a non-host player disconnects from a mission before it ends, no resources will be awarded to them. If another player joins during an ongoing mission, they will only be awarded the resources deposited after they have joined, any resources deposited beforehand will be subtracted from their total on mission end.
Minerals
Minerals are used for a variety of things, including: upgrading your gear, promoting your dwarves, forging weapon overclocks, and purchasing cosmetics. They are primarily acquired from mining ore deposits and gathering carriable objects dug from terrain with colored glowing specs.
Minerals can also be bought and sold for 
Credits at the Mineral Trade Terminal on the space rig after being unlocked in its respective Assignment.
Bismor
- Main article: Bismor
Bismor is found as large yellowish cubes with dark brown nodules dotting on each six faces. It is always located on the floor of caverns, making it an easy mineral to find and mine.
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Dense Biozone 
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Crystalline Caverns 
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Hollow Bough 
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Salt Pits 
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Croppa
- Main article: Croppa
Croppa is a pale green metallic ore adorned with small purple spikes. It is found in surface deposits much like Morkite and Gold, although it slightly juts out of the walls and may spawn higher up than other crafting minerals.
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Azure Weald 
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Fungus Bogs 
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Magma Core 
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Enor Pearl
- Main article: Enor Pearl
Enor Pearls are glowing white pearls available as large spheroids embedded into the terrain or loose tetrahedral pieces. They can be located by the clusters of smaller pearls on the surface nearby.
Loose Enor Pearl takes a roughly tetrahedral shape.
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Jadiz
- Main article: Jadiz
Jadiz is found as large green crystals embedded into the rock, and can be identified by the smaller green crystal clusters on the surface around it.
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Hollow Bough
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Magnite
- Main article: Magnite
Found as reddish mineral clusters with grey-black protrusions that look a little like metal bolts, Magnite is a rare crafting resource located in some of the most hostile regions of Hoxxes.
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Glacial Strata 
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Magma Core
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Umanite
- Main article: Umanite
Taking the form of bright green mineral clusters, Umanite is found jutting out of the floors of caverns and tunnels, much like Hollomite.
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Azure Weald
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Dense Biozone
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Phazyonite
- Main article: Phazyonite
Discovered in the shape of a shiny and thin spire with multiple protrusions, Phazyonite is rarely found on surfaces in all regions of Hoxxes.
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Radioactive Exclusion Zone
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Azure Weald
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Dense Biozone
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Glacial Strata
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Sandblasted Corridors
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Crystalline Caverns
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Hollow Bough
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Fungus Bogs
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Hops
Hops are used for crafting beers in the Abyss Bar. Each plant can appear with one to four branches with a product, with the exception of the Barley Bulb which always only has one bulb.
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Barley Bulb is an ingredient used to create Today's Special drinks or acquire Today's Special's Beer License in the Abyss Bar. |
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Malt Star is an ingredient used to create Craftable drinks or acquire Beer Licenses in the Abyss Bar. |
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Starch Nut is an ingredient used to create Craftable drinks or acquire Beer Licenses in the Abyss Bar. It is the most common beer ingredient. |
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Yeast Cone is an ingredient used to create Craftable drinks or acquire Beer Licenses in the Abyss Bar. It is fairly rare. |
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Other
These resources are not essential to mission completion, but are nevertheless important to gameplay. They do not carry over between missions, and are converted into gold and/or XP at the end of the mission (Except for Red Sugar).
Bonus Resources
These resources serve the sole purpose of being converted into gold and experience.
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A brilliant magenta mineral only available as massive chunks embedded into the terrain, Bittergem can be found by looking for clusters of magenta crystals on the surfaces nearby. Once extracted, the chunk can be deposited into the M.U.L.E. and will be worth a very healthy amount of credits at the end of the mission. It is quite rare, only spawning with a 1/21 chance. Upon mission completion, the Bittergem will award 1000 - 1500 credits. |
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A strange black Rubik's cube-esque object with pulsating white grooves. It is a very rare resource that is not listed on any biome, and its uses are currently unknown. This 'mineral' (though it might better be described as an artifact) can be located by the presence of bright gray and glowing spikes on the surrounding rock. These spikes seem to pulse with energy, though once the artifact has been removed from the deposit the spikes fade to dull, lifeless grey. When examined, the characters will comment on its bizarre nature and strange appearance. It has a 1/26 chance to appear. Upon mission completion, the error cube will award 2000 experience. |
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A lustrous metal found in wall surface veins and embedded into the terrain as massive chunks, Gold's primary function is to provide a boost to credits earned when extracted. |
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Compressed Gold are massive chunks of Gold that can be found embedded into the rock. Look for flakes of gold on the walls and floor to find them. Each chunk is worth 150-250 units of gold. Gold chunks have a 1/3 chance to spawn. |
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Tyrant Shards are massive chunks of plant material that drop from the Korlok Tyrant-Weed event. Upon defeating the mini-boss, the main bulb itself will drop 3 tyrant shards which provide 350 credits as well as 500 experience per shard. |
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Consumable Resources
These resources are used in missions.
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A bright red mineral found in wall surface veins, Nitra is used to call in resupply pods. It costs 80 Nitra per pod, and each resupply pod has four supply racks, each restoring 50% health and ammo to the user by default. Loose Nitra takes a roughly tetrahedral shape. |
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Red Sugar takes the form of bright red crystal and glowing formations scattered throughout the caves. It's vital to your survival, as Red Sugar is the only way to recover lost health besides calling for a Supply Pod (which costs Nitra) or using the Vampire perk. |
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Seasonal Resources
These are bonus seasonal resources that can be collected to earn Performance Points and 
Scrip in some cases.
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Data Cells are data storage units obtained from rival tech Prospector Data Deposit and Rival Communications Router or when a Prospector Drone is defeated. It rewards 500 credits, 1000 experience, and 1250 performance points. |
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Plaguehearts are cores of Rockpox that are from Meteor Impacts, Meteor Showers, and Rockpox Corruptor events. Multiple can be gained from each event, and they provide 250 experience and 300 performance points per Plagueheart. |
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Core Stones are purple gemstones that drop from the Core Stone Event. Upon defeating the Core Stone, the gem will be dropped which provides 350 credits as well as 500 credits, 1000 experience, and 1250 performance points. |
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Miscellaneous
These are not actually resources, but still serve similar functions.
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Cargo Crates can spawn randomly in missions. When combined with two batteries that spawn nearby, the Cargo Crate will spew out random minerals and reward the team with a new cosmetic. |
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Lost Packs can spawn randomly in missions, with a helmet appearing somewhere in the cave. When the helmet is activated, a small cave will appear on the Terrain Scanner. This cave is filled with random minerals and the Lost Pack itself that contains a new cosmetic. |
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Resource Bags are special containers left behind by any players who disconnect from a game. They contain any materials the player had collected but not yet deposited. |
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