Deep Rock Galactic has announced Season 6: Relics of Hoxxes, launching January 29. Learn more about the new Ossiran enemies and the DLC coming with the update.
Deep Rock Galactic Reveals Season 6: Relics of Hoxxes
Season 6 Launches January 29 on PC
Deep Rock Galactic has announced Season 6: Relics of Hoxxes, a free major update launching January 29 on PC via Steam, with consoles receiving the update on February 12. In a narrative video posted to Ghost Ship Games’ official YouTube channel, the season explores Hoxxes IV’s ancient history, as tectonic shifts unearth fossilized Resinite Masses and awaken the Ossirans, a new bug family lurking within bone-filled caverns.
This co-op first-person shooter puts players in control of space dwarves tasked with mining resources on the hostile planet Hoxxes IV. Teams fight swarms of alien bugs, extract minerals, call in supplies, and escape collapsing caves—all in chaotic, destructible environments. Seasons provide free updates every few months, adding new biomes, mission types, enemies, events, and balance changes. Each includes a Performance Pass, a free 100-level progression system: earn "scrip" currency from missions, challenges, and seasonal activities to unlock cosmetics.
New Enemies and Mission Type Introduced in Season 6
The season introduces the Ossuary Depths, a new biome of quiet, dusty catacombs filled with massive fossilized bones and Ossiran hives. A mutator called Ossiran Colony Warning allows these bugs to appear in other biomes, too. New enemies from the Ossiran family include:
● Ossiran Scrab: A small flying swarmer with an armored shell that opens mid-flight to reveal an abdomen weak point for targeted shots.
● Ossiran Pit Jaw: A burrowing ambush enemy that grabs players who wander too close. If not dealt with quickly, it burrows away to relocate elsewhere.
● Ossiran Bone Collector: A skittish, non-aggressive mob that gathers bones and Ossium, fleeing through the terrain when threatened.
Heavy Extraction is the new mission type, available in all biomes. Players locate and excavate large Resinite Mass deposits, attach four Lift Thrusters from supply pods, secure the area, and launch the relics to orbit—building on familiar extraction objectives with added steps and voice lines.
The Ossium Raid event activates when chasing a Bone Collector: follow it underground, fight defending Ossirans, and loot crystallized Ossium caches for rewards that help progress the Performance Pass.
New Cosmetics and Relic Raiders DLC Arrive With Season 6
The free Performance Pass advances through Ossium collection, Heavy Extraction completions, Raids, and other challenges. Rewards include hats, facial hair, victory poses, dances, pickaxe parts, paint jobs, and the Diesel Driven Weapon Framework with an antique, industrial look. An optional premium track offers additional cosmetics only.
The Relic Raiders DLC launches alongside the season as a paid pack: armor sets, frameworks, and paint jobs themed around combat archaeologists for all classes, weapons, pickaxes, and Bosco.
The Experimental branch is live on PC (opt-in via Steam) for testing the near-final version, and full patch notes will arrive closer to launch.
Sources:
Deep Rock Galactic - Season 6 Narrative Trailer
Deep Rock Galactic: Season 6 First Look
