Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core - Enemies, Difficulty, and Damage Guide

Rogue Core is tuned around faster, more punishing fights than standard Deep Rock Galactic. Prioritize enemies that grab, disrupt, spawn additional threats, or create area denial before cleaning up basic melee pressure.

This enemy reference works best alongside the beginner guide for survival habits, the Reclaimers and class abilities guide for control tools, and the weapons and equipment guide when you want to compare damage sources against specific threats.

Enemy Roster

Enemy	Size	Role	Behavior	Health	Damage	Speed	Weakpoint	Attacks	Tip
Boomtick	Small		Disruptive	1	5	8		Volatile Burst (Area)	Find and kill the nest to stop the Boomticks.
Bruiser	Medium	Normal		5	8	5	Face	Left Jab (Melee); Uppercut (Melee)	The Bruiser is tough but has no armor
Cave Leech		Critical		3	5			Tentacle Snatch (Move)
Clamorhead	Large	Normal		9	9	3	Maw	Bite (Melee)	Clamorheads expose their vulnerable maw when screaming.
Crawler	Medium	Normal	Disruptive	4	6	9	Face	Slash (Melee)	Crawlers are relentless in their pursuit, and difficult to outrun.; Stun, freeze and slow effects severely hamper the threat Crawlers pose
Creeper	Medium	Normal		2	5	5	Head	Gouge (Melee)	Although Creepers are usually easily dispatched, they can grow to become formidably dangerous in different ways as you venture deeper.; Creepers can rapidly close in by leaping from far away. Watch your back
D.R.G Surveyor Drone	Small	Critical	Specials	5		10	Thrusters		Once engaged it will start fleeing; Destroy it’s thrusters to slow it down
Edgestalker	Medium	Critical	Disruptive	6	7	10	Head	Wyrd Barrage (Ranged)	Edgestalkers are evasive skirmishers. Trying to engage them in close combat is folly.
Fulgor Vomitor		Normal	Stationary	3	4		Head	Barf (Melee)
Gotoorak	Large	Critical	Boss	10	6	3	Head	Wyrd Barrage (Ranged)
Molaktula	Large	Critical	Boss	10	6	2	Head	Stomp (Area); Anti-Grav Stomp (Area); Tentacle Swipe (Melee); Retalliation (Ranged)	Keep an eye on your surroundings. The Molaktula constructs can be dangerous if not kept in check.
Rafkan Thrasher	Medium	Normal	Disruptive	4	6	9	Sides	Gore Dive (Melee)
Ramok	Large	Critical	Boss	7	6	3	Head	Wyrd Barrage (Ranged)
Reaperworm	Large	Normal	Stationary	10	10	10	Head	Ensnare (Grab)	Reaperworms can be pushed back with suppressive fire.; Deal enough damage to a Reaperworm to stun it momentarily.; Reaperworms are invincible and persist while Core Spawn saturation is critical.
Scorcher	Medium	Normal		5	5	7	Mouth	Spit fire (Ranged)
Slammer	Large	Normal		4	4	10	Flesh	Slam (Melee)
Swarmer				1	2	6		Bite (Melee)
Vanguard	Medium	Normal		7	5	7	Face	Gouge (Melee)	Vanguards have no armor on their flanks and rear.

Difficulty Scaling

Enemy damage, resistance, and count can list multiple values because some difficulty entries scale across mission depth or encounter state.

As difficulty rises, resource greed gets riskier. Check the biomes and resources guide before overcommitting to a side route, and use the upgrades and unlocks guide to weigh defensive upgrades against pure damage rolls.

Mode	Environmental Damage	Enemy Damage	Enemy Resistance	Enemy Count	Wave Interval	Friendly Fire	Revive Health
Depth 1	1	1.5; 1.6; 1.7; 1.8	1; 1; 1.15; 1.3	0.35; 0.35; 0.525; 0.7	255-330 (weight 1)	0,25	0,22
Depth 2	1	1.8; 1.93; 2.02; 2.16	1; 1; 1.15; 1.3	0.42; 0.42; 0.64; 0.85	210-255 (weight 1)	0,25	0,22
Depth 3	1	2.65; 2.85; 3; 3.2	1; 1; 1.15; 1.3	0.5; 0.5; 0.75; 1	185-230 (weight 1)	0,25	0,22
Depth 4	2	3.55; 3.8; 4; 4.25	1; 1; 1.15; 1.3	0.55; 0.55; 0.82; 1.1	165-210 (weight 1)	0,25	0,22
Time Attack	1	2.65; 2.85; 3; 3.2	1; 1; 1.2; 1.3	0.5; 0.5; 0.7; 1	185-230 (weight 1)	0,7	0,22
Time Attack Elite	2	3.55; 3.8; 4; 4.25	1; 1; 1.2; 1.3	0.5; 0.5; 0.7; 1	165-210 (weight 1)	0,7	0,22
Tutorial		0.7; 0.8; 0.9; 1	0.65; 0.75; 0.9; 1	0.25; 0.35; 0.65; 0.8	300-450 (weight 8)	0,02	0,5

Damage Reference

Use this table to compare the listed damage sources, damage types, critical behavior, radius, and friendly-fire modifiers.

Source	Damage	Type	Method	Radius	Weakpoint Multiplier	Armor Penetration	Friendly Fire	Can Crit
BHB Blade	16	Typeless	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Rift Explosion	99999	TranferredDamage	Radial	4000	1	0	0	True
Core Tentacle Grab	10	TranferredDamage	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Oozing Arsenal	150	Poison	Radial	300	1	0	0	True
Explosive Barrel Poison	80	Poison	Radial	400	1	0	0,2	False
Lead Burster Needle Sprayer	20	Piercing	Direct	0	1	0	0,7	True
Swipe	560	Physical	Direct	0	1	1	0	True
Pickaxe Hit Special	240	Physical	Direct	100	1	0	0	True
Plasma Swoosh	150	Physical	Direct	0	1	1	0	True
Pickaxe Hit Special	120	Physical	Radial	150	1	0	0	True
Grenade Axe Full Damage	110	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	0,5	True
Grenade Axe Small Gits Damage	50	Physical	Direct	0	0	0	0	True
Teleport Explosion Bastion	28	Physical	Radial	800	1	0	0	True
Stabber Vine	25	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Grenade Axe Bounce Damage	25	Physical	Direct	0	0	0	0,5	True
Gotoorak Boss Melee	24	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	False
Quick Spin	20	Physical	Radial	700	1	0	1	True
Boss Rammer Charge	20	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Rising Spike Bastion	16	Physical	Radial	85	1	0	0	True
Clammorhead Melee	15	Physical	Radial	0	1	0	1	True
Drills	15	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Bruiser Melee Uppercut	14	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Bruiser Melee Jab	14	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Core Tentacle Melee	14	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Creeper Hero Melee	12	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Core Tentacle Ranged	10	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Crawler Melee	10	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Core Spawn Vanguard Melee	9	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Wammer Charge	7	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Shatterclaw Melee	6	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	0	True
Creeper Melee	6	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Stop Early Shockwave	5	Physical	Radial	300	1	0	1	True
Tornado Center	4	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Shatterclaw Swarmer Melee	4	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Shatterclaw Swarmer Jump Atttack	4	Physical	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Escort Objective Hammer	999999	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Charge Blaster	200	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,15	0	1	True
Hammercaster	90	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0,8	1	True
Revolver	70	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,5	0	1	True
M1000	70	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Flare	40	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,25	0	1	True
Hands Weapon	40	Kinetic	Radial	75	1	0	0	True
Battle Rifle	40	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Pistol BXE	30	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,5	0	1	True
Energy Shotgun Shot	30	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Magic Missile	30	Kinetic	Radial	140	1	0	0	True
Mag Blaster	30	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Grenade Sticky Blunt Damage	25	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Pistol	24	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,25	0	1	True
Burst Pistol	21	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Assault Rifle	16	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
M Icro Missile	16	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Twohanded SMG	16	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,25	0	1	True
Tentacle Attack Bastion	16	Kinetic	Direct	100	1	0	1	True
Devastator	15	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Ambient Blaster Projectile	15	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Sawed Off Shotgun	15	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	0,5	True
Dual M Ps	14	Kinetic	Direct	0	1,15	0	1	True
Auto Cannon	14	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Shatter Claw Drop	14	Kinetic	Radial	350	1	0	0	True
Machine Pistol One Handed	14	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Fix Turret	14	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	0,25	True
Gatling	13	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Sentry Gun	12	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	0,25	True
Combat Shotgun	11	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Gotoorak Boss Projectile Big Shot	10	Kinetic	Direct	600	1	0	1	True
Plasma Carbine Projectile	10	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Shatterclaw Butt Slam	10	Kinetic	Radial	350	1	0	0	True
SMG One Handed	9	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Friendly Shredders	8	Kinetic	Radial	180	1	0	1	True
Tornado Rock Projectile	8	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Gotoorak Boss Ring Shot Projectile	8	Kinetic	Radial	250	1	0	1	True
Bosco	6	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Concussive Rocket	5	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	0	True
Gotoorak Boss Projectile	4	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Gotoorak Boss Ring Shot Projectile	4	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Tornado Rock Projectile	4	Kinetic	Radial	125	1	0	1	True
Homing Shard Bastion	4	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Gotoorak Boss Projectile Big Shot	4	Kinetic	Radial	600	1	0	1	True
Edgestalker Projectile	2	Kinetic	Radial	100	1	0	1	True
Gotoorak Boss Projectile	2	Kinetic	Radial	150	1	0	1	True
Crit Dart Direct Hit	2	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Edgestalker Projectile	2	Kinetic	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Fulgor Vomitor Projectile	0	Kinetic	Radial	100	1	0	0	True
Grenade Incendiary	100	Heat	Radial	350	1	0	1	True
Plasma Carbine Overheat	60	Heat	Radial	500	1	0	0	True
Scorcher projectile	4	Heat	Radial	100	1	0	0,2	True
Volatile Combustion	80	Fire	Radial	600	1	0	0	True
Damage Cloud Flamable	65	Fire	Radial	200	1	0	0	True
Scorcher projectile	6	Fire	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Barrel Proximity	5	Fire	Direct	0	1	0	0	True
Det Pack Charge	375	Explosive	Radial	450	1	0	1	True
HE Grenade	280	Explosive	Radial	430	1	0	0,5	True
Sticky Small Explosion	260	Explosive	Radial	400	1	0	1	True
Explosive Barrel Shock	200	Explosive	Radial	500	1	0	0,2	False
Explosive Barrel	200	Explosive	Radial	350	1	0	0,2	False
Grenade Wall Saw	185	Explosive	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Sticky Small Explosion	180	Explosive	Direct	0	1	0	0,5	True
Cooper Rocket Frag	150	Explosive	Radial	250	1	0	0	True
Grenade Launcher Radial	130	Explosive	Radial	300	1	0	0,5	True
Grenade Bouncy Plasma	120	Explosive	Radial	350	1	0	0,5	True
Sticky Mine	110	Explosive	Radial	500	1	0	0,5	True
Grenade Launcher Radial	110	Explosive	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Grenade Cluster Fragment	80	Explosive	Radial	385	1	0	0,5	True
Grenade Axe Full Damage	80	Explosive	Radial	140	1	0	0,5	True
Explode On Kill	70	Explosive	Radial	150	1	0	0	True
Devastator	30	Explosive	Radial	250	1	0	0	True
Ambient Blaster Projectile	30	Explosive	Radial	200	1	0	0	True
Gotoorak Boss Slowsplosion	28	Explosive	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Sawed Off Shotgun Shockwave	20	Explosive	Radial	150	1	0	0	True
M Icro Missile	20	Explosive	Radial	140	1	0	0	True
Data Drone Rocket	15	Explosive	Radial	250	1	0	1	True
Auto Cannon	12	Explosive	Radial	140	1	0	0	True
Concussive Rocket	10	Explosive	Radial	150	1	0	0	True
Rammer Gravity Bomb	10	Explosive	Radial	300	1	0	1	False
Chain Lightning	50	Electric_ElementOnly	Radial	600	1	0	0	True
Linec Cutter	250	Electric	Direct	0	0	0	0	True
Shockblaster	128	Electric	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Field Projector	55	Electric	Direct	0	1,15	0	0	True
Boomerang Bouncy	35	Electric	Direct	0	1	0	1	True
Shock Drone Projectile	25	Electric	Radial	300	1	0	0	True
Wayward Spark	20	Electric	Radial	125	1	0	0	True
Grenade Lure	20	Electric	Radial	250	1	0	1	True
Shock Drone Projectile	10	Electric	Direct	0	1	0	0	True
Explosive Barrel A Cid	80	Corrosive	Radial	500	1	0	0,2	False
Grenade Freeze	250	Cold	Radial	600	1	0	0,2	True
Explosive Barrel Ice	200	Cold	Radial	400	1	0	0,2	False
Cooper Rocket Ice	120	Cold	Radial	250	1	0	0	True
Explosive Barrel Fire	100	Burn	Radial	350	1	0	0,2	False
Altar Explosion	10		Radial	550	1	0	1	True
Gotoorak Force Push	4		Direct	550	1	0	1	True
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