Core Keeper News

The Core Keeper drill is used for the automated mining of ore, and it's an item you'll hear about long before you get a chance to make one. While exploring the underworld you'll quickly come across some large crystalline mineral deposits that look like jagged boulders, and when you hit one with your pickaxe you'll be told you can't mine them without a drill...
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Hello Explorers, we hope you’re having a great time uncovering the secrets of The Core. We understand that some of you have been having networking issues that have been impacting things like ping-rate and multiplayer games. This is something that we are actively looking into, and we are currently trialling an experimental networking solution that we hope will address these issues.

In fact, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to take part in testing this. If you would like to opt into a beta that uses this new networking solution, then please follow the instructions below. You will be able to opt out of this beta at any time.

[h2]How to Join the Beta:[/h2]

1. Right click game steam library & select "Properties"
   
2. Go to “Betas”
   
3. Under “select the beta you wish to opt into” simply select “experimental”
   
4. The game should update in Steam, and you will now be playing in the experimental testing branch. Please be aware that, when playing in multiplayer, all the players must be using the same branch in order to connect. If you are using the “experimental” branch, but another player is on the default branch, they will not be able to join your world.
   

[h2]How to Opt Out of the Beta:[/h2]

1. Right click game steam library & select "Properties"
   
2. Go to “Betas”
   
3. Under “select the beta you wish to opt into”, select “none”
   
4. The game should then update to the default version of Core Keeper
   

[h2]Your Feedback Matters![/h2]

As always, your feedback on this new networking solution is going to help us gauge how well it resolves any networking issues. We’d love it if you could take the time to give some feedback on your experience of this beta in the feedback channel on the official Core Keeper Discord server.

From all of us here at Pugstorm and Fireshine Games, we want to say a big thank you for your time and effort spent helping us make Core Keeper the best it can possibly be. Happy exploring!

What an incredible milestone! We’re thrilled to announce that we’re celebrating 500,000 Core Keeper downloads within the first two weeks of our Early Access launch.

Core Keeper launched on the 8th of March 2022, and we’ve been welcoming thousands of new Explorers to the underground every day since. Your feedback and Steam reviews have been incredibly valuable to us, and this is continuously helping us to improve the gameplay experience.

[h2]Almost 2 Million Hours Watched on Twitch![/h2]

Alongside half a million downloads, we’re also on our way to 2 million hours watched on Twitch! We’ve seen some amazing Core Keeper streams over the past two weeks from the likes of Gronkh, Cohh Carnage, sodapoppin, and Felecia Day. We’ve also spotted some of our wonderful Discord community members playing the game and sharing their streams in the #creative-promo channel on our Discord. All of this has skyrocketed Core Keeper’s hours watched to well over 1,900,000, and we’re on the road to 2 million thanks to you!

[h2]Officially Verified for Steam Deck
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As if all of the above wasn’t cool enough, Core Keeper is now officially verified for Steam Deck! We’re keen to give players plenty of choices when it comes to their Core Keeper experiences, from our various backgrounds and character customisation options all the way to our skill trees and the order you tackle the first handful of bosses. Now, you don’t even have to be sitting at your computer to play Core Keeper, giving you on-the-go access to your underground adventure and the freedom to play whenever you want, wherever you want.

We wouldn’t be celebrating all these amazing milestones without your support, and we appreciate it more than you could imagine. We hope you’re all having a blast uncovering the secrets of The Core – whether you’re exploring alone or in groups of up to eight players. Once again, from all of us here at Pugstorm and Fireshine Games, thank you for joining us on this adventure!

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