Rogue Core Data Terminals and Security Cameras Guide

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core shifts the focus squarely onto combat, but two environmental resources scattered across its procedurally generated caves are easy to overlook: Security Cameras and Data Terminals. Both feed directly into your progression and exploration efficiency, yet neither explains itself well on first contact. This guide breaks down exactly what each one does, how to reach them, and the prerequisite you need before Data Terminals become available to you.

How do Security Cameras work?

Security Cameras appear as red dots on your Terrain Scanner, making them reasonably straightforward to spot once you know what to look for. They sit mounted on the walls of Rogue Core's cave systems, and you collect them simply by walking up and interacting.

Some cameras sit at ground level and take seconds to grab. Others are mounted high on cave walls and require traversal tools to reach. The Zipline creates a direct path to elevated cameras, but the Platform Gun works just as well if you prefer a more creative approach.

Collecting Security Cameras boosts your Reclaimer Points awards at mission end. Those Reclaimer Points convert automatically into Enhancement Chips, which you spend to strengthen your Dwarves. Critically, this bonus applies whether the mission succeeds or fails, so there is no reason to skip cameras even on a run that goes sideways. You need to recover 9 Security Cameras from the Salt Pits and Crystalline Caverns as part of the Intel Tasks required to unlock Security Override Alpha.

How to unlock Security Override Alpha

Before you can interact with any Data Terminal, you need Security Override Alpha, which corresponds to reaching Clearance Level 2 and gaining access to Complexity 2 Facilities. New players will encounter Data Terminals near mining facilities and have no way to use them until this requirement is met.

To unlock Security Override Alpha, head to the Mission Terminal in your Space Rig and check your Intel Tasks. These are sub-objectives you complete during runs. Finishing them and claiming the Intel earns enough points to advance your clearance level.

The four tasks required are:

• Reclaim a Facility
• Recover 9 Security Cameras from the Salt Pits and Crystalline Caverns
• Summon a GATEKEEPER
• Process 500 Expenite in the R.E.P.D

One thing worth flagging: you have to manually claim the completed Intel Tasks at the Mission Terminal yourself. If someone else in your party is the host and they interact with the Terminal first, you can miss the progress entirely on your own account. Check the Terminal after every session.

For a more detailed walkthrough of this unlock process, the Security Override Alpha unlock guide covers every step.

How do Data Terminals work?

Once you have Security Override Alpha, Data Terminals become interactive. They look like yellow computer terminals with two panels of lights on either side and are usually positioned near abandoned mining facilities inside the caves.

Interacting with a Data Terminal reboots the system, after which the screen displays two strings of letters and numbers. Your job is to match those strings to the correct buttons on the sides of the terminal. The strings look similar, so read carefully. Pressing the wrong button resets the machine and generates a new set of codes.

Get it right and the entire team gains the ability to see all points of interest on the level through the Terrain Scanner. This is a significant advantage for locating Armor Crates and Munition Crates without wandering the map blind. Activating a Data Terminal also increases Reclaimer Points at mission end, stacking with the bonus from Security Cameras.

What rewards do these resources actually give?

Both Security Cameras and Data Terminals feed into the same reward pipeline, but they do different things:

Reclaimer Points convert to Enhancement Chips, and those chips are how you power up your Dwarves between runs. There are many Enhancement Chip tiers available in Rogue Core, so starting to farm them early matters. Security Cameras give you a consistent trickle of points even on failed runs, while Data Terminals add a map-wide exploration advantage that makes finding other resources significantly faster.

If you want to understand what those Enhancement Chips actually unlock, the complete Expenite upgrades guide lists every upgrade by rarity, from Common boosts like Health Reward (+20 Base Health) and Mercy Trigger (+50% Weakpoint Damage to enemies below 50% health) all the way up to Legendary options like In The Zone (+25% Crit Chance and Crit Damage for 5 seconds after a Critical Hit) and Artifact-tier picks like Glass Cannon (+150% Damage with -90% Max Health) or Combat-Ready (+99 Stoneskin and +25% Damage for 30 seconds when a wave spawns).

Tips for collecting both resources efficiently

• Scan constantly. Your Terrain Scanner shows Security Cameras as red dots. Get in the habit of checking it whenever you enter a new cave section.
• Use the Zipline for high cameras. Elevated Security Cameras are the ones most players skip. A Zipline shot directly toward one gets you there faster than trying to platform up.
• Activate Data Terminals early in a mission. The POI reveal benefits the whole team for the rest of the run. Activating one near the start of a mission means you spend less time searching and more time fighting.
• Claim Intel Tasks yourself. Do not assume the host has handled it. Open the Mission Terminal after each session and manually claim any completed tasks.
• Don't skip cameras on failed runs. Reclaimer Points from cameras are awarded regardless of mission outcome. A failed run with 6 cameras collected still moves your Enhancement Chip progress forward.

For everything else you need to get started, the Rogue Core beginner's guide covers classes, elevator defense, and the Gootoorak boss fight. Rogue Core is a dense action game with a lot of interconnected systems, and knowing which resources to prioritize from the start puts you well ahead of the curve.