The Iron Rig DLC
for the dockable location, see The Iron Rig (dock)
The Iron Rig DLC, also refered to as the Ironhaven DLC, is an upcoming paid DLC for the game DREDGE that will be released on the 15th of August 2024.
BSG has stated that the plot of the DLC will be about a company called the Ironhaven Corporation, which has set up a deep sea drilling operation for an unknown purpose, although they claim to be trying to improve the local areas economy.[1]
Features
- 2-5 hours of content
- A new side-story
- 8 new craftable pieces of equipment, including new types of Bait, Nets and Rods
- More than 50 new Fish
- A new 5th tier of Boat hull
- Researchable enhanced versions of some Abilities
- Brand new Characters.
- A system that uses Materials to craft buildings.
- Some sort of biomatter, used to fuel the Iron Rig.
- 12 new Achievements
More information on some of these features can be found in the #Teased Content section of this page, after the spoiler warning.
Trailer
History
The DLC was originally slated for release in Q4 2023. However, in a statement on the 28th of September 2023, Black Salt Games revealed that they would be pushing back the release date to 2024, citeing a "need for more lead time" in order to "coordinate our marketing" [2]. In the place of The Iron Rig DLC, The Pale Reach DLC was released.
On the 8th of June 2024, the trailer for the Iron Rig was relased at the Future Games Show summer showcase [3].
Trivia
Community members have speculated that the DLC would be released early in 2024, mostly in the first quarter. Joel from Black Salt Games has confirmed numerous times that this promise was never made.
People have asked about the release date so often on the Official DREDGE Discord Server that a bot has been created to automatically answer questions, using the !ironrig command
Teased Content
On the 16th of Febuary 2024, in a post to the #announcements channel on the Official DREDGE Discord Server, the Devs revealed the following silhouette, which is likely a Sawfish [4]:
The 31th of December 2023 issue of the BSG newsletter contained these three silhouettes of Fish.
The first Silhouette is most likely a Tripod Fish[5]. The second is currently Unidentified, but could be some form of aberrant Crustacean. The third may be a Lancetfish[6]
A Tripod Fish
A Lancetfish
The 28th of November 2023 issue of the BSG newsletter contained this image of a charater refered to as The Founder.
The 30th of March 2024 issue of the BSG newsletter contained this image of what is most likely a new tier of hull for the Boat.
