The Grox are a race of cybernetic aliens residing at the center of the Spore galaxy, which due to Earth easter egg seems to be the Milky Way. Their empire consists of over 2400 (!) star systems. The Grox are seen as the biggest evil in the galaxy - too "toxic" for normal environments, they use genetically modified soldiers like Dronox and Insectrox (along with their even further modified variant - DynaMites) to occasionally transform planets into barren wastelands suitable for Grox colonies, pretty much like the Piglins have done in Minecraft: Legends. Their true origin, and reason behind their actions is unknown. Only Grox whose name is known is probably Conqrix, who is presumed to be a general behind the calamities in the Infestation adventure.

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