Core Keeper News

Mark your calendars, Explorers: Core Keeper’s full 1.0 launch is coming in Summer 2024! 

After a vibrant Early Access phase, we are excited to unveil the complete game. The exact release date is still under wraps, but we can't wait to share this next chapter with you. Stay tuned for more adventure!

Alongside our 1.0 release, we’re excited to announce that Core Keeper is also coming to consoles in Summer 2024! Launching on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, the console versions of the game will include all content from both the Early Access phase and the 1.0 update. Stay tuned for more updates on the console versions in the future (including info on a physical edition!) but for now, check out our latest trailer.

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Core Keeper launched in Early Access in March 2022. Since then, we’ve had 2 million downloads and brought you four major content updates, alongside several smaller content updates, multiple seasonal events, a crossover event, patches, and hotfixes. We’ve enjoyed a whole host of community activity too; from in-person events like Twitchcon and Gamescom to online competitions and even our Caveling Plushie campaign.

Along the way, we won ‘Best Social Game 2022’ at the TIGA Games Industry Awards and ‘Best Debut’ in the 2023 Swedish Game Awards; and we were nominated for the 2022 Golden Joystick Awards ‘Best Early Access Launch’ and ‘Most Entertaining’ at the Gamescom Awards 2023. The acknowledgement from our industry peers and the support of our community has been absolutely amazing and has only made us more passionate about bringing you the best possible version of the game.

"Two million downloads!? That's a lot of Explorers! And guess what? We are just warming up. It's been an incredible journey from the early access release to this point, and looking ahead to the Core Keeper 1.0 launch on consoles and PC next year feels like we are on the cusp of something even greater. The whole team is energized, and we can't wait to show you what's next. Keep those mining picks at the ready; we are digging into an exciting future together!" - Fredrik Präntare, Chief Executive Officer and Game Director at Pugstorm.

We’ve listened to your feedback every step of the way and it is an absolute joy to develop Core Keeper for such a wonderful community. We’ve got lots more in store for you before we hit 1.0 too, including our Year-End update, our Lunar seasonal event and content update, another language update, and more. You can see exactly what’s in store for Core Keeper by taking a look at the roadmap below.

Happy Halloween, Explorers! Okay, we know it's not actually Halloween for another 4 days, BUT we're getting into the spirit of things early with our Halloween Seasonal event now live and with some creepy new content. Let's see what's been going on in our community spaces this week!

[h2]New Roadmap Just Dropped![/h2]
That's right, we've got a little preview of some of the content that's coming up towards the end of this year and throughout 2024!



[h2]Creepy Content[/h2]
We've added a couple of new eerie additions to our Halloween Seasonal event! Check out exactly what's new in our patch notes here.



[h2]Fun Facts![/h2]
Did you know that if you use your mouse to hover over an item in your inventory and hit the delete key, it automatically puts it in the trashcan? If you hit delete again, it will trash the item!



[h2]Living in the Shimmering Frontier[/h2]
Our new biome is so beautiful that we wish we could live there forever. We're not going to acknowledge the Giant Snails and radioactive crystals.



[h2]Have You Used the Materializer Yet?[/h2]
Got an enemy figurine? Pop it into the Materializer to summon a copy of that enemy and practise your combat skills. You can even raise some of your skills by defeating enemy copies this way!



[h2]Yevli's Halloween Base![/h2]
Twitter user, Yevli, showed us their awesome Halloween base over on Twitter and we love the use of the Cicaida Husk!



[h2]Twifyre's Meeting Room![/h2]
Discord user, Twifyre, is working on a story where 12 friends end up in the world of Core Keeper. If that wasn't cool enough, they've created a replica of this meeting room in their game. We love the use of colour here!



[h2]Joshua's Happy Meal[/h2]
We love this artwork from Discord user, Bunncats, and now we really want to try Verdant Sun Curry in real life!



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It’s almost Halloween, a time for scares, sweets, tricks and treats – and we’ve got a treat just for you, Explorers! We’ve updated our Halloween Seasonal Event with a little new content to keep things creepy.

Starting from today, you expect some new additions to our Halloween event, from new items on offer from the Seasonal Merchant (who’ll be sporting a bone-chilling new look) all the way to new crafting options at the Samhain Workbench. This minor content update is perfect for horror lovers or those who enjoy a more macabre vibe in the underground.



As with all our seasonal events, our Halloween event recurs at a specific time every year, but you can enjoy Halloween content year-round by toggling the event in the Gameplay Settings menu. You can also switch off seasonal events entirely if you prefer to just play the base version of the game.

We hope you have a terrifying time this Halloween, and we look forward to sharing new announcements and information with you soon over on our official Twitter and Discord channels. Until then, it’s back to the lab to work on more experiments MWAHAHA.

What's that? You want to see what we're working on? Well, since you asked, here's an updated roadmap!

• Seasonal Merchant takes on an eerie new look
  
• Pumpkin coins dropped from goodie bags. Used to buy new items from the Seasonal Merchant. 
  
• Items sold by Seasonal Merchant:
  
• Samhain Workbench
  
• Eerie Chest
  
• Skeleton Decor
  

• New crafting options in Samhain workbench:
  
• Twisted Roots Torch
  
• Candle Stack
  
• Eerie Rug
  
• Eerie Wall
  
• Eerie Floor
  
• Eerie Dresser
  
• Eerie Table
  
• Eerie Stool

• Fixed a commonly reported bug where pet names and talents couldn’t be assigned.
  
• Fixed mod assemblies with a dot in the name not being loaded properly.
  
• Fixed some materials in mods not being replaced with the correct ones after load.