Egg Hunt

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Egg Hunt
Mission Details
Cave Type	Non-linear
Deposit Type	M.U.L.E
Objective(s)	Collect 4-8 Alien Eggs
Payout	300
XP Payout	1000

Egg Hunt is a mission type in Deep Rock Galactic.

A cluster of Alien Eggs has been located, and the company wants the Dwarves to retrieve them, for unknown reasons. Egg Hunts are the first unlockable mission type, allowing new miners to play missions other than Mining Expeditions.

Alien Egg material as it appears on the wall

The Alien Egg after it has been extracted from the membrane

Collect Alien Eggs

The goal in Egg Hunt missions is to collect a number of Alien Eggs. The mission takes place in a nonlinear cave system, and the eggs can be collected in any order. The eggs are embedded in the center of a pinkish-magenta membrane, which can be destroyed in a single pickaxe swing.

Take caution, as freeing an egg from the membrane will cause the ground to shake, accompanied by an eerie, distant Glyphid scream, possibly the mother of the egg alerting other bugs. Shortly after, either a swarm or a small horde of enemies will attack. Any of the eggs may, upon extraction, generate a swarm, but there is a limit to the amount of times it will happen:

• 4 eggs: 1 of the 4 eggs will cause a swarm
• 6 eggs: 2 of the 6 eggs will cause a swarm
• 8 eggs: 3 of the 8 eggs will cause a swarm

The Alien Eggs are visible on the Dwarves Terrain Scanner, making them easy to find and extract. They are a heavy object like Aquarq and Jadiz, and must be deposited into the M.U.L.E to count towards the primary quota.

While you must complete your primary objective to finish the mission, you can choose to collect an optional secondary objective resource for a Credit and Experience bonus upon mission completion.

After the primary objective is completed, a red button will light up on the M.U.L.E to begin the extraction phase. Once pressed, the Drop Pod will be called in to pick up the M.U.L.E and the Dwarves. It will wait 5 minutes before departing, though the door will only open once the M.U.L.E has been secured.

Cave

Egg Hunt caves generally consist of a main cavern or two, with tunnels leading around and occasionally to other rooms. It is a very disorganized cave system, with caves usually intersecting in odd ways. How spread out the caves are varies, with 4 egg Egg Hunts generally having a condensed cave, 6 egg Egg Hunts generally having a more spread out cave, and 8 egg Egg Hunts generally having a very spread out cave.

Objectives

Primary Objective

The required quota of Alien Eggs differs based off the mission length and complexity. The payout is affected by Hazard Bonus.

Length	Complexity	Objective	Primary Payout	Secondary Payout
		Collect 4 Alien Eggs	300 1000	200/250 900/800
		Collect 6 Alien Eggs	300 1000	200/250 900/800
		Collect 8 Alien Eggs	300 1000	200/250 900/800

Secondary Objective

Collect 10 Alien Fossil Collect 15 Apoca Bloom Collect 20 Boolo Cap Collect 14 Ebonut

Exterminate 10 Fester Fleas Collect 12 Gunk Seed Collect 25 Hollomite

Trivia

• Egg Hunt used to be almost identical to Mining Expedition missions, but this was changed after it was merged with Search and Extract in Update 18: Job Opportunities.
• In the quote from the Salt Pits, as well as in one of PSA messages, "Glyphid omelettes" are mentioned, possibly hinting at the alien egg's purpose. This however could simply be a nickname for the food.