⛏️ Core Keeper — Complete Guide & Database
Core Keeper is a sandbox survival-crafting game by Pugstorm where you explore an underground world, mine resources, farm crops, fight bosses, and build a base. Released in full 1.0 in August 2024, it combines Terraria-style exploration with Stardew Valley-style farming and cooking mechanics.
🎮 Quick Facts
| Feature |
Detail |
| Developer |
Pugstorm |
| Publisher |
Fireshine Games |
| Release |
Full 1.0 — Aug 27, 2024 |
| Genre |
Sandbox / Survival / Farming / Crafting |
| Players |
1–8 (online co-op) |
| Platforms |
PC (Steam), Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch |
| Price |
~$19.99 (Steam) |
Official site: corekeeper.com | Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1621690
🧭 What You Can Do in Core Keeper
| Activity |
Description |
| ⛏️ Mining |
Dig through procedurally generated underground biomes for ores, gems, and artifacts |
| 🌱 Farming |
Plant and water crops, harvest food, cook meals with buffs |
| 🐟 Fishing |
Catch fish in underground lakes and the Sunken Sea |
| ⚔️ Combat |
Fight slimes, larva, ghosts, and massive boss Titans |
| 🔧 Crafting |
Build workbenches, furnaces, anvils, and automate with conveyor belts |
| 👷 Base Building |
Build walls, floors, furniture, and automation systems |
| 🧪 Cooking |
Combine ingredients for meals with movement speed, mining, and combat buffs |
🗺️ Biome Progression
Core Keeper's underground is divided into biomes in roughly this progression order:
| Biome |
Depth |
Key Resources |
| 🟫 Dirt Biome |
Starting area |
Copper, tin, basic slimes |
| 🟥 Clay Biome |
Surface-ish |
Iron, clay, larva |
| 🟩 Forgotten Ruins |
Dirt+ |
Gold, ancient gems |
| 🟦 Sunken Sea |
Water area |
Octarine, pearls, rice, coffee |
| 🟧 Desert of Beginnings |
Far |
Platinum, pineapples, grapes |
| 🟪 Mold Biome |
Very deep |
Scarlett ore, mold, mushrooms |
| 🔥 Forlorn Metropolis |
Endgame |
Galaxite, fire peppers |
| ❄️ Crystal Biome |
Endgame |
Crystallized water |
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