Core Keeper News

As we get further and further into winter time, the days are getting colder and the nights are getting longer. Honestly, it just looks like an excuse to wrap up warm, grab yourself a mug of hot chocolate, and indulge in a marathon session of Core Keeper. We hope you’ll be rejoicing with us today as we launch our Christmas Seasonal Event!

[h2]What is the Core Keeper Christmas Seasonal Event?[/h2]

Alongside our content updates, we’ve also been bringing the Core Keeper community seasonal events since our Early Access launch. Our first-ever seasonal event was for Easter, which was followed by Halloween, and now we’re pleased to be bringing you something Christmas-themed!

We’ve added a whole host of Christmas content for you to enjoy, and you can expect parts of the underground to be covered in a layer of snow this year as things cool down, as well as lots of seasonal variants of some of your favourite enemies. From snowmen Slimes to Shroomen with Santa hats, the Christmas versions of these enemies might just be too adorable to battle!



It wouldn’t be Christmas without Christmas trees, and you’ll be able to craft these and lots more festive furniture at the new Christmas workbench. If that doesn’t leave you feeling like Father Christmas, then maybe the addition of Caveling Elves called “Little Helperlings” might. These friendly Cavelings have been infused with the spirit of Christmas, and they love nothing more than crafting presents.

You’ll also be able to enjoy new food, game mechanics, and cosmetic items throughout the event – because who doesn’t want to take part in a snowball fight while dressed as a gingerbread man, are we right? Oh, and we’ve even added fireworks to the game so that you can celebrate the New Year with a bang! There’s plenty for you to uncover, and we encourage you to jump right into the game and check all the new content out for yourselves.

[h2]How Long will the Core Keeper Christmas Seasonal Event Run for?[/h2]

The Core Keeper Christmas Seasonal Event will run from December 13th 2022 all the way to January 5th 2023!

That being said, all of our seasonal events run based on the time and date of the PC you’re playing on. This means that, from the day that they are launched, players have the option to access seasonal events at any time by changing the time/date settings on their computers. After listening to your community feedback, we decided to implement this mechanic so that, if you have to miss a seasonal event for any reason (or if you want to go back and relive the magic) you’ll still be able to access that content at any point.

Let us know what you think of our new seasonal event over on the Core Keeper Discord, which now has spaces for our Chinese, Japanese, and Korean-speaking Explorers! You can also follow us on Twitter here for lots of Christmas activity across December.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and you know what that means – it’s nearly time for another Core Keeper seasonal event. The Pugstorm and Fireshine teams are feeling extra jolly right now, so it feels like the perfect time to announce the date for our Christmas plans…

The Core Keeper Christmas seasonal event will go live on Tuesday the 13th of December 2022 and run up until January 5th 2023.

That’s just over three weeks of festive fun coming your way. While we think it’s super fun to experience seasonal events in real-time, you might be pleased to know that we recently changed the way seasonal events work to account for busy Explorers. From the moment they launch, seasonal events will run based on the time and date of your PC. This means that if you can’t play Core Keeper during the time period that an event is running, you can always change the date/time on your PC and access the in-game content that way. Huzzah!

[h2]What to Expect in the Core Keeper Christmas Seasonal Event[/h2]

You can expect things to get very merry in the underground. With seasonal variations on enemies, new cosmetic and decorative items, seasonal snacks, environmental changes, some new mechanics (we cant wait for you to meet the Little Helperlings!), and more, we’re sure you’ll feel like Christmas has come early come launch day.

If you just can’t wait until the day of the event, then check out the screenshot below for a little preview of what’s coming:



We’ve got lots of Christmas activity coming your way on the Core Keeper Twitter channel too, so make sure you’re following and keep an eye out for even more sneak peeks at our Christmas seasonal event. Don’t forget to join our Discord too if you’d like to meet your fellow Explorers, team up for online multiplayer, and discuss the lore of the underground.

Nominations have just opened for The Steam Awards 2022, and we’d love your support! We’re exceptionally proud of Core Keeper’s multiplayer functionality and we hope we can count on your vote for the “Better with Friends” category this year.



We announced Core Keeper way back in 2021, sharing our vision for the game and welcoming a community of prospective Explorers to our Steam Discussions, Discord, and Twitter. From that moment, we were committed to involving the community in the development of the game as much as possible to ensure it was something you’d be excited to play when we launched in Early Access in March 2022.



We knew we wanted Core Keeper to support multiplayer since day one, and our dream was to give you the opportunity to explore a vast underground world with a whole team of friends, working together to mine, build, craft, fight, farm, fish, and uncover the secrets of The Core. To that end, we developed the game to be able to support up to 8 people in online multiplayer.

We went on to add our backgrounds feature, allowing players to specialise in certain skills so that players could all contribute to the team in different ways during multiplayer. Of course, that didn’t stop some of you setting out with a team of 8 chefs (which is equally as cool when you think about it!).

Throughout the game’s early development, the community asked time and time again if Core Keeper would ever support dedicated servers. Truth be told, this was something we had on our radar for a long time, but your feedback motivated us to ensure this was something we’d bring to the game as soon as possible. Not long after our Early Access launch, we invited you to help us test a dedicated-server solution, and shortly after that we officially launched dedicated-server functionality for Core Keeper.



We love hearing stories about players uncovering the secrets of our ancient underground world together, taking on our Titan bosses in teams, and working together to build elaborate bases. Whether you’re playing online (player-hosted) multiplayer or combing the underground on your very own dedicated server, exploration with friends has always been at the heart of Core Keeper, and that’s why we hope you’ll nominate us for the “Better with Friends” award this year.

We’d like to say a big hello to all our Chinese, Korean, and Japanese-speaking Explorers and welcome you to the Core Keeper Discord!

This is the very first time we’ve added non-English spaces to our Discord, and we’re working with a very talented team of community managers to help us facilitate this. While we’re very excited to be able to offer spaces such as these, this is brand-new territory for our social team, so your feedback will be very valuable in helping us tailor these spaces to the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese communities.

[h2]How to Access Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Spaces on our Discord[/h2]

To access the non-English spaces on our Discord, simply follow this invite link to join, then follow these instructions.

1. You will be prompted to accept our rules, which we can only display in English, unfortunately. Please feel free to accept these by clicking the checkbox underneath them. You will be able to view our rules in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese once you are granted access to the server.
   
2. You will only be able to see the English channels when you join the server. Please navigate to the #get-roles channel and follow the instructions in your language.
   
3. You will then be granted access to the part of the server in your chosen language and you will be able to see a localised version of the server rules in the relevant channels.
   

At the moment, this is the simplest way to ensure Explorers can get to the appropriate spaces on our server for their language needs. Feel free to accept roles for multiple languages if you’d like to see the server in more than one territory.

[h2]Will You be Adding More Non-English Spaces to the Server in the Future?[/h2]

As this is a relatively new development for the Core Keeper Discord, we’ll be taking some time to see how we get on with the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese areas before we consider adding any additional non-English spaces to the server. Thank you for your patience while we work on expanding the server.

We’re looking forward to seeing new members join the server in these spaces, and we hope you’ll have fun meeting your fellow Explorers and becoming part of our community. If you have any suggestions for channels/spaces you’d like to see in the language/s you opted in for, please let the relevant community manager know!