Another month has gone by, which means we're creeping closer and closer to our 1.0 launch. While we've not announced an exact date for this yet, we can tell you that it is coming Summer 2024, which is very exciting and we're having a lot of fun working on brand-new content for 1.0. While we're putting all our energy into development, here's what's happening community side!

[h2]Which Is Your Favourite Pet?[/h2]
There are 9 different types of pet in Core Keeper, from the loyal Subterrier all the way to the scorching Jr. Lava Slime! Which is your favourite?

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[h2]How Many of You Use Mods?[/h2]
We asked our community on X whether or not they used mods when playing Core Keeper. Most didn't use mods, but it was a near-even split!



[h2]Community Feature Fun![/h2]
We also asked our community on X what they would add to the game if they could add just one new feature. It was amazing to go through the replies and see such creative suggestions. We had recommendations for things like diving, fish tanks, more info on the story and lore of the game, new pets, new biomes, and more. We're not at a point where we can reveal anything for 1.0 or make guarantees about community suggestions, but we always value hearing from the community.

[h2]Magic Mirror Standing Tall...[/h2]
...who has the most achievements of them all? Well, it could be you if you know what you're doing to complete the Impersonator Syndrome achievement!



[h2]Building Challenges![/h2]
We've just launched another building challenge over in the Core Keeper Discord! This one is all about creating pixel art in the map and you've got two whole weeks to get your entries in. You can find details of this challenge in our community events channel.

[h2]Fishing Zones[/h2]
Discord user, Ryan Adamic, recently added these awesome fishing zones to their base to make fishing more aesthetically enjoyable. It's really cool to see bits of different biomes in such close proximity!




[h2]Caveling Minigunner[/h2]
Coding Golem's Caveling Minigunner art concept is exactly the kind of thing you would NOT want to run into in Azeos' Wilderness.

"Imagine getting caught in a snare plant and this guy pulls up! I'd love to see this guy revving his minigun before blasting at everything he sees." - Coding Golem



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It's the last community wrap-up of April, which means we're well into spring now! We had both our Easter seasonal event and our Cherry Blossom seasonal event this month, making for a busy time in the underground.

[h2]Sayonara Scene Makers![/h2]
Our Scene Makers open community project closed at 22:59 UTC on Monday the 22nd of April with hundreds upon hundreds of entries. We hope everybody who participated had fun and we're already making our way through your submissions. It's going to be hard to narrow it down to around 50 to include in the 1.0 version of the game!

[h2]Desert Concepts[/h2]
We shared this awesome Desert of Beginnings concept art, created by Julian (our Lead Artist!). As you can see, almost everything here made the final cut in one way or another. How much of the Desert have you uncovered, Explorers?



[h2]Screenshot Comparison[/h2]
We found an old screenshot we took that's over two years old and we thought it would be fun to re-create it in the latest build of the game. We've made some big changes since we first entered into Early Access, including lighting updates, new content, and revamps of existing content (notice the Decorative Torches?). The first image is from around the beginning of 2022, and the one below it was taken last week!





[h2]Sorry Snail![/h2]
Sometimes, we accidentally say the most unhinged stuff when playing Core Keeper. Our community manager, Bridie, found themself shouting "It's only prolonging the inevitable by running!" when mining ore from this Crystal Snail the other day. Not their proudest moment. What are some of the strangest things you've shouted playing Core Keeper?



[h2]Chess Keeper[/h2]
Discord user, RustyDios, created this amazing chess board inspired by a post in the feedback and suggestions forums on our Discord! Golden food is white, normal food is black, and here's a little breakdown of the individual pieces:

• Carrock Rooks
  
• Heart Berry Horses
  
• Bomb Pepper Bishops
  
• Grumpkin Kings
  
• Lunacorn Queens
  
• Glow Tulip Pawns
  

We're already flying through April and that means we're coming towards the end of our Scene Makers open community project and inching ever closer to our 1.0 release. We've not announced an exact date yet, but you can expect our 1.0 and console launch in Summer 2024, so keep an eye out for info and updates!

[h2]Three More Days of Scene Makers![/h2]
Scene Makers is closing at 22.59 UTC on April 22nd; don't leave it to the last minute to submit those entries, Explorers! Remember, we'll be picking at least 50 of your submissions to appear in the 1.0 version of the game, and we're aiming to include qualifying creator (or team) names in the Core Keeper credits. For more information on scene makers, including details on how to submit, click here!

[h2]Atmospheric Railway[/h2]
This railway scene is a fun example of how the right lighting can create a sense of atmosphere and lead your eyes to points of interest.



[h2]1.0 Teaser[/h2]
Remember our Lunar New Year seasonal event trailer? Well, you might have spotted this exciting 1.0 teaser that we snuck in there! What is this mysterious creature? Is it friend or foe? And did you know that it's actually a hybrid of 2D and 3D animation?!



[h2]Galaxite Bolders[/h2]
If you're wandering through The Desert of Beginnings, you might just stumble upon this trio of Galaxite boulders! Don't worry if you've not got a drill to hand, though, there's a little Galaxite ore in the surrounding walls too.



[h2]Vondikall's Smelter Setup[/h2]
Discord user, vondikall, was kind enough to share their smelter setup with us! It starts with conveyor belts connected to ore boulders all over the world The drilled ore then travels along the belts and through smelters so that the chests at their base fill with finished bars. Pretty impressive!



[h2]Love of Automation[/h2]
It's an automation-themed week! Discord user, RustyDios, has just discovered the joys of automation in Core Keeper and now they're wondering why they ever did anything by hand.



[h2]Desert Skylights[/h2]
Check out this awesome fan art from Scribblin! This idea came to them when they were roaming through The Desert of Beginnings and thought "if we could just look up in the desert...I wonder what we'd see?"



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Howdy there, Explorers, we hope you're having a great week so far and that you're looking forward to the weekend. We went straight from our Egg Hunt seasonal event straight into our Cherry Blossom event, welcoming in the warmer weather and longer days of spring! Let's see what the Core Keeper community has been up to.

[h2]The Scene Makers Deadline is Approaching![/h2]
Our Scene Makers community project is approaching its deadline! Don't worry, there's still just over a week to go, but we know that Explorers aiming to work on bigger submissions will appreciate this little reminder. If you've got a creation you'd like to see in the 1.0 version of Core Keeper, take a look at our Scene Makers rules and criteria and submit here!

[h2]Did You Know That We Have an Instagram?[/h2]
That's right, we have our very own Instagram channel! It's a little new, so we'd love for you to give us a follow; especially if you think you need more pretty screenshots like this on your timeline



[h2]Map Concept Art[/h2]
Check out this early piece of Core Keeper map concept art! We've definitely expanded, added to, and polished the map design since we whipped this image up, but it's always nice to look back on where you started.



[h2]Building Challenges![/h2]
We've been hosting some fun building challenges over on our Discord! From small scenes, to challenges focused on Caveling Lore or the Molten Quarry, we've had some awesome submissions so far that we're excited to share the winning entries from!

[h3]By Huabun[/h3]


[h3]By PK_PVP_[/h3]


[H3]By Owlunae[/h3]


[h3]By [/h3]


[h3]By KKCrazy2013[/h3]


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Hey Explorers and welcome to a very special community wrap-up! This week, we're celebrating our exciting Scene Makers community project, all the awesome activity we've been running, and the amazing efforts we've seen from you!

[h2]We're Still Taking Submissions for Scene Makers![/h2]
There's still plenty of time to submit your scenes for our Scene Makers open community project. The deadline is 22.59 UTC on April 22nd, and we've already had hundreds of entries that have completely blown us away! Remember, we'll be selecting at least 50 of your entries to make it into the 1.0 version of the game and giving you the chance to get your names in the Core Keeper credits! Find out more about the project and how to submit here.



[h2]Molten Quarry Scene[/h2]
Here's a late-game scene that's sure to excite upon discovery. Just who is responsible for leaving all this old mining equipment behind? There are plenty of scenes like this in Core Keeper that make you think about the lore of the world, and we love hearing your speculations over in the lore channel on the official Core Keeper Discord!



[h2]Sunken Scene![/h2]
Here's a scene you may have stumbled upon in the Sunken Sea biome! Just who set up this camp and how long has it been abandoned?



[h2]Caveling Camp Scene[/h2]
This scene was designed by imagining what a Caveling tribe might create with the resources available in their environment specifically in the Clay Caves!



[h2]Scene Makers Inspiration & F.A.Qs[/h2]
Find out more about the inspiration behind our Scene Makers project and answers to some of your F.A.Qs here!



[h2]Building Challenges![/h2]
We recently opened a brand-new channel on the Core Keeper Discord where our community team is setting regular building challenges for Explorers to inspire creativity for the Scene Makers project. Scenes created as part of these challenges are vetted by the community team for the prize of the Base Master role, but this doesn't mean that they'll be appearing in the 1.0 version of the game. They'll still need to be submitted for Scene Makers via the JotForm before they're up for consideration!

The first building challenge was a "Small Scene Challenge" where Explorers were encouraged to create scenes between 5x5 and 10x10 in game tiles. Here are the three winning entries chosen by our community management team.

[h3]Azeos' Wilderness Scene by Owlu, Sunny Owlux Enthusiast[/h3]



[h3]Overgrown Grove by Huabun[/h3]



[h3]Shimmering Frontier Research Lab by PK_PVP_[/h3]



[h2]Sweet Potato's Sunken Sea![/h2]
Discord user, Sweet Potato, was kind enough to share one of their scenes with us. Here's what they had to say: "I've never done something like this but I thought this was cute (the line of water is supposed to represent a shoreline). It's supposed to be a little shoreline hut of a long dead fisherman in the Sunken Sea."



[h2]Dubby's Mushroom Manor[/h2]
Discord user, Dubby, also shared their work with us. Check out this awesome Mushroom Manor, which they described as "a gathering spot for cavelings in a certain mushroom-oriented cult to do rituals and sacrifices in the name of fungus." Pretty darn creative!



[h2]Ivfivasu's Atlantean Worm Temple[/h2]
Discord user, Ivfivasu, created an amazing scene that is meant to serve as a temple to the Atlantean Worm. "Although it's an optional boss, I think it's noteworthy and could be given more prominence as an ancient caveling civilization has certainly seen it. The entire scene is a ruin due to being in the way of our beloved Atlantean Worm."




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We announced our Scene Makers open community project on Monday the 11th of March and, since then, weve had hundreds of entries! Were already going through your submissions, and were very impressed with what weve seen so far! If youre wondering what Scene Makers is, head on over to this post to find out more including information on rules and guidelines and how to submit.

Weve had lots of questions about Scene Makers since we started the project from queries about what constitutes a scene all the way to people wondering how the scenes will fit into 1.0. So, we thought wed take a little time to today to talk to you about the inspiration behind Scene Makers and answer some of your F.A.Qs!

The Inspiration Behind Scene Makers
Scene Makers was an idea pitched by our community management and marketing teams. Were passionate about giving players the opportunity to influence the game, be that through feedback or suggestions, and weve been including your community-requested features since our Early Access launch. The inspiration for Scene Makers came from our desire to give players the opportunity to leave a lasting touch and be a part of Core Keeper history as we power up into a full 1.0 version of the game later this year. We wanted to do this through something fun and exciting that stood out as a more direct way for players to see their impact on the game. Thats when our community managers asked if it would be possible to showcase some of your amazing creations in the game itself and Scene Makers was born!

Well be selecting at least 50 of your scenes to appear in the 1.0 version of Core Keeper, and you can expect to see community scenes of all shapes and sizes across the games many biomes. Weve got lots of exciting things in store for 1.0 that weve been working on and refining throughout the development process, and were excited for Scene Makers to serve as an addition to the amazing content weve got planned and the plethora of new scenes that we're developing on our side. Think of them as the cherry on top of our 1.0 sundae!

Participation is totally optional, but were very happy to see so many of you getting stuck in. Because the scenes can only be created with content that already exists within the game, this is a real chance for our community to show off their creativity. Were taking submissions all the way until 22:59 UTC on April 22nd, so theres plenty of time for you to show us what youve got! If youve got some cool ideas and youre feeling creative, why not make a scene?

[h2]Frequently Asked Questions[/h2]

[h3]Can I submit more than one scene?[/h3]
Yes you can. Feel free to submit as many scenes as you like, but remember that scenes will be judged on quality NOT quantity. More submissions doesnt necessarily mean a higher chance of seeing your scenes in game. Wed always recommend submitting fewer scenes with lots of thought put into them than submitting multiple scenes that are less thought out.

[h3]Will you accept scenes built by more than one person?[/h3]
Yes, we will happily accept scenes that have been created by groups of people! Please note that, when it comes to including names in the credits, we are limited to 2x per submission. Because of this, we recommend submitting your scene under a team name for groups of 3x or more.

[h3]Is my name guaranteed to appear in the Core Keeper credits?[/h3]
We will only be including names from submissions that we have selected to appear in 1.0 and we reserve the right to edit or omit names submitted for the credits at our discretion. This is due to Core Keeper being an all-ages game, and content within the credits needs to reflect this. For the best chance of your name appearing as intended, please avoid submitting anything inappropriate.

Its also important to note that we are only able to accept 2x names per submission. If you are working as a team, we recommend submitting a team name.

[h3]Can I use mods to make my scene?[/h3]
No. Please do not use any mods when creating your scene. We are unable to accept scenes that are created using mods.

[h3]Are there any limits on the size of my scene?[/h3]
Scenes are measured by the number of in-game tiles they occupy, and we welcome scenes that occupy spaces of up to 5x5, 10x10, and 20x20. We will also be accepting some scenes of up to 40x40 and 60x60 if you want to go a bit bigger.

[h3]Are there any limitations to the world my scene is built in?[/h3]
You are free to create your scenes in any world type, whether thats standard, hardcore, casual, or creative.

[h3]Ive found a way to spawn in an item that isnt available in creative mode but does exist in the game, can I use that in my scene?[/h3]
We would advise against this. When creating a scene in creative mode, we ask that you only use the items available in the creative mode menu. You are allowed to build scenes around content that has naturally spawned in a standard, hardcore, or casual world, but we ask that you do not spawn these items in yourself. This is to ensure that the scenes content is correct within the context of the world if it is selected for inclusion in 1.0.

[h3]Can I build my scene in sub-biomes like the Mold Dungeon or the Molten Quarry?[/h3]
Yes! We welcome scenes in all biomes, including sub-biomes like the Mold Dungeon and the Molten Quarry. When you submit your scene via the Jotform, please select the biome that the sub-biome appears in, i.e., Azeos Wilderness for the Mold Dungeon and The Desert of Beginnings for the Molten Quarry.

[h3]I had a cool idea for a scene that uses a custom item/feature that isnt in the game, can I mod this in or leave a note for the devs to add it?[/h3]
While we love how creative our community can be, we are only accepting submissions for Scene Makers that include items/features that can be achieved in Core Keeper without additional input from the developers. We will be unable to consider scenes that use modded content or are built with the intention of us adding a new and/or custom item or feature.

[h3]Can I use items from existing scenes in my scene, such as the Amber Boulder or the Beached Caveling Ship?[/h3]
So long as you are not modding the game in any way to spawn these in, there is nothing to stop you building your scenes around such items. However, its important to note that we will be prioritising the inclusion of scenes that are unique and notably distinct from scenes that already exist in the game. Using an item or feature that is already the focal point of an existing scene may put you at a disadvantage.

[h3]Im worried about other people copying my ideas![/h3]
As outlined in the submission rules, we are unable to moderate accusations of plagiarism/copied content. If you are worried about someone copying your work, we advise you not to share screenshots or discuss your ideas on public platforms.

It has been a BUSY week for the Core Keeper community! We launched Scene Makers, our brand-new open community project, and it's been an joy to see you all get stuck in. With that in mind, we're gonna jump right into the community wrap-up!

[h2]Let's Make a Scene![/h2]
We're very excited to be giving you awesome folk the chance to become a part of Core Keeper's history and put your stamp on the game ahead of 1.0 by submitting your scenes for our new open community project. FInd out more here.



[h2]Birthday Celebrations[/h2]
We recently celebrated our 2nd anniversary and it's been one non-stop party in the underground! Dress code: casual.



[h2]Heading to Work[/h2]
(Our job is beach!)



[h2]Death by Cuteness[/h2]
This unlucky Explorer is learning first hand that there is such a thing as cuteness overload!



[h2]Aminala's Base[/h2]
Twitter user, @Aminala_ttv, asked us for more decorative items in 1.0. We think their base looks pretty darn great already, but we'll take that feedback on board! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us Aminala.



[h2]Dandrake's Scenes[/h2]
Discord user, Dandrake, was kind enough to let us share some of their creations for Scene Makers! We think these are awesome examples of what a community scene might look like in Core Keeper. Thanks, Dandrake!




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Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where all keys would always show as pressed in the musical instrument UI.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented interactions with large objects like the broken cryo pods.
  
• Fixed a bug where tile cracks would appear in incorrect positions.
  
• Fixed dll files included with mods not being loaded properly.
  
• Changed mod loader to wait calling mod initialization callbacks until all mods are loaded.
  
• Fixed a bug where moving nearby the core would sporadically cause particle effects to play as if the roots covering the core had been broken.
  
• Fixed a bug where lava would turn dark when placing some bridges on top of it (mostly visible with Glass Bridges and Metal Grates).
  
• Fixed a bug where objects like kelp in water would break while having a bridge on top of it.
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies would not take radioactive damage.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed the player to place decorations on a thin glass wall.
  
• Fixed an issue which was showing the pale and dark blue kelp as a valuable and not as a snack in the creative mode UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Core Relief Tile from Metropolis could be hoed.
  
• Fixed the description of the "Rot Fish" item so it matches the triggered effect on consumption (reducing current health by 22).
  
• Fixed a bug where painted signs would get the wrong color sometimes after adding/removing text on them.
  
• Fixed an issue where elements of the player's UI were not hidden properly when using the toggle in-game UI functionality.
  
• Fixed message indicating pending mod changes not showing when no mods are loaded.
  
• Added an extra check to avoid generating very long paths as a stop-gap solution for the bug where the game generates stretches of the wrong biome where it really shouldnt.
  
• Dont show the mod warnings a second time when exiting to the main menu from a game session.
  

• Reduced frequency of the system that detects habitable rooms.
  
• Removed an instance where the main thread would wait for a networking-related worker thread job to complete.
  

• Made an internal change to allow mods to override object properties.
  

• Fixed a bug where many light sources, most notably torches, would get completely disabled on low light quality settings.
  

Whether youve been with us since day one of Early Access or youre a brand-new Explorer on their first adventure in the underground, were inviting you to take part in Scene Makers, Core Keepers biggest open community project

[h2]We Want to Include YOUR Scenes in 1.0![/h2]

Were very excited about Core Keepers 1.0 launch in Summer 2024, and weve been hard at work on all sorts of new content! Its no secret that weve always done our best to involve the community as much as possible throughout Core Keepers development, from listening to your feedback and suggestions all the way to including community requested features in the game. As we approach full launch, we wanted to give you another way to put your stamp on Core Keeper by creating your very own scenes for 1.0.

This is your chance to become a part of Core Keepers history by collaborating with us to shape the future of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part as a scene maker, well be choosing at least 50 of our favourites to appear in the game, and were aiming to include qualifying scene-creator or team names in the Core Keeper credits!

[h2]What Is a Scene?[/h2]

A scene is a unique area within a Core Keeper world that stands out within a particular biome. Some scenes include useful objects or treasures, some tell a story or provide clues to the lore of the game, others are hidden behind puzzles or doors. Check out this example of a scene below!



[h2]What Were Looking For[/h2]

Were looking for lots of different types of scenes across all of Core Keepers current biomes. We want to keep this project as open as possible so that youre only limited by your imaginationsand a couple of specifications well outline below!

IMPORTANT: This is just a short overview of the kind of thing were looking for please make sure to read the full rules and guidelines outlined on the submission form before you start building your scenes.

Scene Sizes: Mainly 20x20, 10x10, and 5x5, but we will include some 60x60 and 40x40 scenes. Please note that scenes are measured by the number of tiles they occupy in game.

Environmental Story Telling: Creators are encouraged to build scenes that contain environmental story telling. For example, a pond with fishing spots near some tents and a fishing net, as this implies that someone else has been there already.

Game Progression in Mind: We ask that creators keep the games natural progression in mind when building scenes, especially scenes that contain reward items or other valuables. For example, wed discourage building a scene in the Dirt Biome that has a high-level item such as the Rune Song in it, as this could majorly impact a players progression in the game.

Scenes Not Bases: Were after scenes that look as though theyd fit naturally into the world of Core Keeper, not fully built bases.

Read the Rules & Submit Your Scenes Here

[h2]To take part in Core Keepers biggest open community project, all you have to do is submit your scene/s (and read the rules) here. [/h2]

[h3]Submissions are open as of right now and close on the 22nd of April 2024.[/h3]

Weve said it twice now, but well say it again, please make sure to familiarise yourself with the rules and submission guidelines at the URL above before you start building your scenes.

Were looking to include at least 50 community-created scenes in the game and we have some very important guidelines about scene specifications, working as teams, and how names will appear in the Core Keeper credits. Scenes that do not adhere to the rules and guidelines will not qualify for consideration.

[h2]Were Looking Forward to Seeing Your Scenes![/h2]

Theres no doubt in our minds that this will go down in history as one of Core Keepers biggest open community projects, and were extremely excited to see just how creative our scene makers can be. We hope you have fun making your very own scenes while were working on our very own content, features, and surprises for 1.0!

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Happy birthday to us and happy Language Update day too! It's a very cool week for us and the community, so let's take a look at what we've been up to.

[h2]It's Our 2nd Anniversary![/h2]
Time sure does fly when you're developing a game you love. We're super excited to be celebrating our 2nd anniversary today, and it feels surreal to think about the fact that we're entering 1.0 later this year. We could go on and on about how grateful we are for the support of our amazing community, but you must be tired of hearing that by now (we can't help it, we love you!) So, instead, we'll just say that today really is a day for celebration!



[h2]Don't Panic![/h2]
When fighting Azeos, it's important to keep a clear head and not to let fear get the best of you...and to avoid those thunder beams. Always avoid the thunder beams.



[h2]Sounds of The Shimmering Frontier[/h2]
Why not sit back with a nice warm drink and take it easy this weekend listening to the magical music from the Shimmering Frontier?

[previewyoutube=vMSqhbRpeZU;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]Shimmering Frontier Concepts![/h2]
Speaking of the Shimmering Frontier, check out this concept art from our fantastic Lead Artist, Julian! You'll surely recognise the Lucent Oak and the ore boulder, but some of the plant designs didn't quite make the final cut.



[h2]Placement Plus[/h2]
We wanted to highlight a mod our community loves this week! Make sure you check out kremnev8a's Placement Plus mod, which allows Explorers to place items and dig in grids of up to 7x7 (amongst other things!).

[h2]Link's Awakening in Core Keeper![/h2]
YouTuber, Nelson TheAwesome, has created an awesome build showcasing the entire map of Link's Awakening in Core Keeper's Creative Mode! Thanks for sharing your awesome work with us!

[previewyoutube=IwAcij4voTs;full][/previewyoutube]

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Good news, Explorers! Weve just dropped our Language Update, which means Core Keeper is now playable in French, Italian, Traditional Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese. Weve also included some bug fixes and improvements with this one that we hope will enhance your gameplay experience.

These include updates to mod support by introducing notifications for mismatches between the game version and the version supported by mods, as well as performance changes that improve efficiency when it comes to data caching and memory allocation. For a full list of whats new, check out our patch notes here.

[h2]Your Requests Matter![/h2]

It always feels good to be able to offer a game to a whole new group of people, and your requests are incredibly helpful when it comes to making localisation decisions for Core Keeper. We had lots of community feedback across our social channels that helped inform this update, plus a little behind-the-scenes insight into whos playing Core Keeper thanks to Steam!

Theres no doubt that there was a high demand for us to add these languages to the game, and were very happy to have been able to make these additions on the road to 1.0. Were still listening out for your requests, so if theres a language youd like to see Core Keeper in, then we encourage you to make some noise! You can tell us over on X, Discord, or in the Steam Discussions.

[h2]Happy Birthday Core Keeper![/h2]

Today is a very special day for us because it also happens to be our second birthday! Thats right, Core Keeper launched in Early Access on March 8th, 2022. Its been an amazing journey so far, and its not over yet. Were working hard on our 1.0 release and we cant wait to bring this to you in Summer 2024.

Until then, you can enjoy Core Keepers Anniversary seasonal event. Grab a delicious and nutritious (*cough*one-timepermenanthealthboost*cough*) Anniversary Cake from the Seasonal Merchant, along with some Party Hats, and gather your friends for a little jam sesh using our Happy Birthday Sheet Music! Of course, seasonal events can be toggled or turned off entirely in the Gameplay Settings menu if youre not really a birthday person.

[h2]Thank You for Another Awesome Year[/h2]

Its been another fantastic year for Core Keeper and we wanted to sign off by saying a huge thank you to our amazing community. Whether youre brand-new to the underground or youve been with us since the beginning, we couldnt be happier to be celebrating our birthday with you, Explorers.

Key Features:

• New languages added to the game
  
• French
  
• Italian
  
• Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Chinese (Traditional)
  

• Fixed an issue where a rock in the Desert of Beginnings showing drawings of Hunters would be invisible.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Core would appear on the map while in creative mode.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Materializer always playing spawn effects when entering the screen if any enemy spawned from it was active.
  
• Fixed a bug where Shroomans would not fully play their bump animation when hitting a player.
  
• Fixed an issue where the shortcuts window would sometimes go outside the screen in certain languages.
  
• If the player exits the game while dying or teleporting using a recall idol, the game now waits for the player to spawn before exiting to avoid issues previously occurring in these cases.
  
• Players can no longer fish while the inventory is open.
  
• The fishing line tension bar now looks correct if the map UI is open while fishing.
  
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the wrong wire on the Alien Event Terminals would light up during the event.
  
• Fixed a bug where Alien Event Terminals could be destroyed with bombs after completing the event.
  
• Fixed the description of the Glass Piece in the Glass Smelter.
  

• Store unchanging parameters once per object type instead of once per object, thereby reducing the in-memory size of many of our game objects. In addition to reducing the games memory footprint, this more compact memory layout also makes processing the objects for various tasks more efficient.
  
• Process health changes in a more efficient way by storing them in a central location instead of having it attached to each game object.
  
• Data specifically related to saving the world to disk is now only checked periodically and when a new save is pending, rather than in every frame.
  
• Gravestones and boss chests no longer recompute their appearance every frame.
  
• Disabled a large number of particle systems (most notably for torches) when the particle quality setting is set to low.
  
• Moved part of the recomputation of tile appearances to a worker thread.
  
• General statistics for the tile types close to the player are now computed once on a worker thread and reused instead of being computed from scratch multiple times per frame.
  
• Improved performance for computing ambient sounds and cache the result to reuse for multiple frames.
  
• Objects that the player can interact with now only update if the player is sufficiently close.
  
• Changed how graphical object updates are called to avoid calling objects that dont need to update.
  
• Many UI elements now cache the data they display and do not update unless this data has changed.
  
• Created dedicated shader for the health and hunger bars to make them more efficient to render.
  
• Some features related to mod support are now skipped when no mods are installed.
  
• Refactored several systems to use the more efficient ISystem types available in Unity Entities 1.0.
  
• Removed several sources of managed memory allocations.
  
• Improved how objects that are synchronized between client and server are created.
  
• Game objects are no longer disabled all at once, which avoids lag spikes when leaving areas containing large numbers of objects.
  
• The player animator no longer runs in an expensive separate animation pass.
  

• A mod that fails to load will now abort the entire mod loading process and show an error message to the player. The player can choose to disable the mod to get rid of the error.
  
• A mod which doesnt explicitly support the current version will not load by default. The player will be shown a message where they can choose to disable the mod or load the mod anyway.
  
• The text in the main menu indicating how many mods have been loaded has been improved to be less obtrusive and also to show if there are any pending changes in what mods are loaded.
  
• Pet names are now hidden as well when choosing to hide character names in the UI settings.
  
• Changed some text input fields to use the * character to hide the input.
  

Can anybody guess why March is our favourite month? It might have something to do with it being our birthday! That's right, Core Keeper is turning two on March 8th, so get your party hats ready, Explorers.

[h2]Bye-Bye, Valentine's[/h2]
Our Valentine's Seasonal Event came to a close around the end of February, and we said farewell to a rose-dappled underground. Valentine's is always a fun event and, to see it off, we created this cute little Valentine's themed caf! If you didn't get a chance to play Core Keeper during the event, don't worry, you can switch it (and others) on at any time of year from the Gameplay Settings menu.



[h2]Birthday Countdown![/h2]
We're counting down the days until our second birthday, which is next Friday, and we just can't wait to get our party on!



[h2]Language Update Reminder[/h2]
The next new update on our roadmap is set to be our Language Update, coming in Spring 2024! We'll be adding FOUR new playable languages to Core Keeper and, while we can't tell you what these are yet, we can tell you that your community requests have definitely had an impact!

[h2]"This Sandbox RPG is a Hidden Gem..." by Dxmonick[/h2]
We had a lot of fun watching this video from Dxmonick. Follow him from his first day in the underground all the way up to his battle with Ra-Akar, summarised into just 12 minutes 34 seconds! Little bit of a content warning for our younger Explorers: This video does contain some swearing!

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[h2]Update from Owlunae[/h2]
The talented Owlunae has been kind enough to share an update on the world that we featured in last week's update! This is a closer look at their base and is actually 200 screenshots stitched together. We appreciate the time and effort that must have took, even with the World Snapshot Mod, Owlunae!



[h2]Alien Starship[/h2]
Discord user, MadFoxArtz, showed us their interpretation of a Caveling Starship in Creative Mode! You can check out the full image set in this post on the official Core Keeper Discord.



That's all for this week, Explorers. Until next time, au revoir!

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Howdy, Explorers! This is the last community wrap-up of February. We can't believe how quickly 2024 is going, but that also means it'll feel like no time at all before we're at 1.0. Shall we see what's been going on in the community this week?

[h2]Random Acts of Kindness[/h2]
According to the internet, it was Random Acts of Kindness Day on the 17th, and who are we to argue with the internet? To celebrate, we ran a giveaway on X asking you to tag a pal who you thought deserved a Core Keeper key. We had a tonne of responses and ended up giving 3x Steam keys away to our lucky winners!

[h2]Feelin' Cosy[/h2]
We ran a little poll on X and Discord asking you if you thought Core Keeper was a cosy game. An overwhelming amount of you (58.8% on X, and 455 of you on Discord) thought Core Keeper was super cosy! 35.6% of you on X and 281 of you on Discord feel like it can be a cosy game depending on how you play it. However, just 5.5% of you on X and 27 of you on Discord weren't getting cosy vibes at all.

[h2]The Age-Old Question...[/h2]
Which do you prefer, Embertails or Subterriers? Can't decide? Maybe this video will help you make up your mind!

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[h2]Zaka's Stream Screenshots![/h2]
VTuber, Zaka, played Core Keeper with his pal MaiSecret and built some cool stuff, which they were kind enough to share with us on X!



[h2]Owlunae's Seasonal Map[/h2]
Discord user, Owlunae, showed off this amazing seasonal map in the Core Keeper media forums. We're particularly fond of the adorable pumpkins for autumn!



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Happy Valentine's Week, Explorers! This week marks the end of our Lunar New Year event and the start of our two-week-long Valentine's event. We hope you'll enjoy the flower petals and love letters scattered throughout the underground this time of year. Of course, if that's not really your thing, you can toggle between or switch off Seasonal Events in the Gameplay Settings menu. Now, let's see what's been going on this week...

[h2]The Results Are In...[/h2]
We asked you to share your thoughts about The Clay Caves with us across X and Discord, over 1,000 of you voted, and the results are in!

The vast majority of you DO think the Clay Caves are gross, but you like them nonetheless! A lot of you thought they were creepy, but not really gross. However, a handful of you thought they were a little too gross to handle. It's the living walls, isn't it?

[h2]Amber Larva[/h2]
We shared this cool screenshot of the Amber Larva scene from Core Keeper...and had a lot of comments from people asking us to add dinosaurs to the game! That's what we get for making a Jurassic Park reference.



[h2]We Love You![/h2]
We were feeling a little emotional this week and ended up writing a whole entire Steam post about how much we love our awesome community. What can we say? We're sentimental at heart! Read it here.



[h2]Love Is In the Air[/h2]
Oops, looks like we interrupted two of our Caveling plushies out on a little date. Even creepy underground creatures like a candle-lit dinner every now and then.



[h2]Mod Highlight: Mob Farming[/h2]
Materializers are late-game items that spawn in enemies for you to fight. Going head-to-head with these enemies is a great way to level up your skills, but they're different from regular mobs since they don't drop items...unless you've got the Mob Farming mod installed! The Mob Farming mod allows mobs spawned in using Materializers to drop loot, allowing you to farm items that you'd otherwise need to hunt for! Big thank you to Gameclaw for creating this handy mod.



[h2]Caveling City Concept Art[/h2]
Using bat sprites made by Owlunae, and modified sprites from their own game, Discord user Romen spent hours creating this awesome Caveling City concept art. If we didn't know any better, we'd struggle to tell this apart from an unedited Core Keeper screenshot!



[h2]Japanese Temple[/h2]
We're seriously blown away by this awesome Japanese Temple, created by Discord user Huabun in Core Keeper's Creative Mode! We wonder what secrets lie within those chests...



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[h2] Bug Fixes: [/h2]

• Fixed a bug where the Atlantean Worm would sometimes just keep moving in the north direction.
  
• Fixed correct materials to be gained when salvaging the Fang Necklace.
  
• Fixed an issue where Omoroth could be engaged before it was biting the bait.
  
• Fixed an issue where outlines of Go-Karts would sometimes be enabled when the player was not close to them.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Bambuck Kid would get stuck in its movement instead of playing its baah.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Bambuck would stand still for a longer duration than intended.
  
• Fixed an issue with Crystal Shard Club hitting a larger area than intended when charged up.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cattle movement would get stuck after breeding.
  
• Fixed an issue where Go-Karts would often not destroy roots in front of them while driving towards them.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merchants would restock their items when restarting a world.
  
• Pets and Cattle no longer block players from hitting Torches with their Mining Picks.
  
• Fixed a bug where some custom scene objects would not drop the intended loot.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Meadow sub-biome music did not play in Azeos Wilderness.
  
• Fixed a bug where walking through narrow tunnels in sub-biomes would repeatedly switch the music between sub-biome and main biome tracks.
  
• Loading a world with modded items stored in displays (e.g. on Pedestals) without the relevant mod installed no longer results in extremely low frame rates.
  
• Fixed an issue where Go-Kart tracks appeared behind the Go-Kart instead of underneath it.
  
• Fixed a case where a Timeout message was shown instead of the more correct Connection closed.
  

Were not sure if its because our Valentines seasonal event starts tomorrow or because weve been reflecting on our Core Keeper journey as we develop the 1.0 version of the game, but weve been feeling a little sentimental recently. Weve got such an amazing community and Core Keeper wouldnt be where it is today without your input and encouragement.

We could spend all day listing the ways in which were grateful for our community, but our community manager demanded recommended that we limit it to just four. So, without further ado, heres 4 things we love about the Core Keeper community!

[h2]1. Your Honesty[/h2]

Its no secret that we work closely with our community when it comes to development decisions for Core Keeper. From implementing your feature requests all the way to bug fixes and balancing the games progression, your feedback has truly shaped the direction of the game. We really appreciate how open and willing our community is to communicate with us, and we do our best to take on board all of your suggestions so that we can build a game that youll love.

One thing we really admire, however, is your honesty. When something isnt working for our community, we want to know, and we truly value the opportunity to hear both comments and criticisms of the game. Whether youre reaching out in the Steam Discussions, commenting on Twitter, or sharing your thoughts in the Feedback and Suggestions forums on Discord, we want to say a big thank you for offering your honest opinion on Core Keeper!

[h2]2. Your Creativity[/h2]

Since Core Keepers Early Access launch in March 2022, weve had the immense pleasure of getting to see just how creative our community can be. Youve shared fan art, screenshots, music, live streams, walk-throughs, tutorials, opinion pieces, articles, reviews, and more with us over the years, and weve been blown away by just how much creativity youve put into content inspired by our game.

Itd be impossible for us to share every single piece of fan work that we love, but we wanted to take a more active approach in showing our appreciation, which is why we started our Steam Community Wrap-Ups last year! We aim to share a new one every week, highlighting whats going on with Core Keeper and the awesome things our community has been up to, so keep an eye out.

[h2]3. Your Openness[/h2]

As a game developer, you never know what your community is going to be like until it is established, and weve been so delighted to see how welcoming you are of each other in spaces like the Core Keeper Discord server. Many of you go out of your way to help each other and answer questions in the Steam Discussions, and we feel very lucky to have such an open community where new members are made to feel included. Of course, our fabulous moderation team has had to step in from time to time when discussions have gotten a little passionate (thats what moderators are for after all), but weve genuinely been impressed by how friendly our community is for the most part! We hope youll continue to welcome each other as we move forward from Early Access to 1.0 and beyond.

[h2]4. Your Support[/h2]

Finally, we wanted to say a big thank you for all of your support. Your kind words, positivity, and encouragement have made it an absolute joy to develop Core Keeper. It means a lot to us to have you with us on this journey, and were very passionate about delivering lots of awesome new content for the 1.0 version of the game. Weve still got a handful of minor updates coming your way before we leave Early Access, including a language update (more on that soon!) and a summer update too.

Until then, we want to wish you all a happy Valentines Day for tomorrow and remind you that seasonal events can be enjoyed at any time of year, toggled, or switched off completely from the Gameplay Settings menu. Okay, well stop being soppy now and get back to dev work!

Another week has flown by and we're settling into February quite nicely. You might have noticed a couple of patches and hotfixes addressing some of your community feedback recently. We want to say a big thank you to everybody who makes reports using our bug report form and submits their logs, as this gives us the most important information when it comes to addressing fixes for the game! Now, let's see what else we've been up to this week...

[h2]Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Style[/h2]
We've been having lots of fun dressing up and decorating our bases with our new Lunar New Year seasonal event, but did you know there were some cool permanent additions to the game with this update too? Things like rotating planter boxes (which was a big community request!) and a substantial change to the way wall and ground tiles work. Find out more here.



[h2]Cattle & Pets Pokmon Types[/h2]
We've been imagining what types some of our Cattle and Pets might be if they were Pokmon! Which six would you have in your party? We think Strolly Poly, Keple, Subterrier, Embertail, Owlux, and Slime Jr would make a fairly balanced team!



[h2]Guess the Fake Name![/h2]
We asked our followers over on X if you could guess which of the following were real early name concepts for Core Keeper, and which was the fake!

• Cave Keeper
  
• Nethervein
  
• Underminer

Changelog:

• Fixed a crash after receiving an error from the Discord rich presence integration during play. This happens if Discord quits while playing Core Keeper, but we have also seen reports of some players getting other errors with the Discord connection, often during early startup. If you were having issues with not being able to start the game, then this might mean that Discord rich presence will not be working and well investigate these issues further. Right now we are stopping the Discord integration on any error to avoid potential worse issues like adverse impact on game performance.
  

[h2]Bugs:[/h2]

• Fixed a minor error when interacting with the Seasonal Merchant the first time.
  
• Fixed the Valentine chest to not look like a Solarite chest.
  
• Fixed the icon of Dark Stone Ground to not use the block version. This only affects players who had Dark Stone Ground in their inventory from before, as newly mined tiles should drop the block version.
  
• Add missing Lunar New Year season category in creative mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where the hoe would not harvest plants if there was a Red Envelope on the same tile as the plant.
  
• Fixed an issue where the emissive parts of the Furnace, Smelter Kiln, Campfire and Cooking Pot would render in front of other objects.
  
• Fixed an issue where meadow and dungeon-specific music looped indefinitely once triggered.
  
• Fixed an issue where Bomb Scarabs would be scaled up sometimes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would not get any experience from walking.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would get more experience from walking than intended.
  
• Fixed a crash after getting some specific errors when initializing the connection to Discord.
  
• Fixed a bug where hitting with a broken Flintlock Musket would still push back the player.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Seasonal Merchant would have white eyes when no season was active.
  
• Fixed a bug where pets gained twice the experience when fed with Pet Candy.
  
• Fixed errors and potential crashes when breaking Easter Egg Flower Pots.
  
• Fixed jerky movement for other players when using boats.
  

This February, we've got two fun seasonal events for you, Explorers! We're kicking the month off with our Lunar New Year update, which is running right up until midnight on February 13th. We then swap over for Valentine's on the 14th, which will run all the way up until the 28th, making for a busy month. In the meantime, let's take a look at what's been going on in the Core Keeper Community!

[h2]Lunar New Year![/h2]
We're a few days into this seasonal event now, and it's been a real joy to see you getting stuck in and creating wonderful bases with Paper Lanterns and Guardian Beast Statues! Remember, if seasonal events aren't your thing, you can always switch these off (or toggle between them!) in the Gameplay Settings menu.



[h2]Games in Sweden Festival![/h2]
There's still time to pick up Core Keeper at a whopping 40% discount in the Games in Sweden Festival! If you're new to Core Keeper or simply haven't heard, Pugstorm is a Swedish development studio born in 2018 in the charming city of Linkping. We've grown a lot since then and have team members all over the place, but we're certainly proud of our Swedish roots! Hurry, though, the festival ends on February 5th.



[h2]The Year Starts Again[/h2]
Wow, we love this screenshot from Discord user . The focus on the Dragon Masks makes for a very stunning image. Happy Year of the Dragon, everyone!



[h2]Overgrown Temple[/h2]
Discord user Huabun's Aztec-inspired temple and mountain scene is so beautiful and green that we just had to share it! We also love the use of the Guardian Beast Statues and the Cherry Trees!



[h2]Preparing for the Midas Banquet[/h2]
Twifyre [115k/100k] has been busy again this week, working on exciting new creations in their game. This screenshot features a renovation to the Great Hall of their Sunken Sea base with plenty of rare and wonderful food!



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• Fixed Lunar season not triggering automatically based on date.
  
• Fixed object spawn on clients breaking when reaching the limit of maximum objects per type.
  

Our Lunar New Year update is now live! We hope youll have fun celebrating the Year of the Dragon in this seasonal event and minor content update.

Collect Lucky Coins from Red Envelopes found across the underground and trade those in at the Seasonal Merchant for awesome decorative items such as Guardian Lion Statues, Paper Lanterns, and the Dragon Mask Helm. Show off your play time, party size, and current biome with an all-new rich presence across Steam and Discord. Were also introducing a game-changer for your base building experience with updates to the way wall and floor tiles work.

Weve combined these two tiles into one smart tile (that changes depending on placement) to save on inventory space and streamline the building process. As of the Lunar New Year update, any wall tiles in your inventory will become combined wall/ground tiles. Ground tiles will remain the same as always in your inventory until placed out into the world, where theyll become combined wall/ground tiles when mined and picked back up again.



Check out our patch notes for a full list of whats available in this update. And, as always, wed love to see your seasonal bases and hear what you think of the update over on Discord, X, and here in the comments. Happy Lunar New Year, everyone.

Gameplay:

• Naturally spawned wall and ground tiles of the same type will now drop a shared block object instead when mined/dug up. This new type of block can be placed both as a ground and a wall tile depending on placement. These blocks will replace the natural walls that players have in their inventories but will not affect existing ground tiles that players have already picked up unless they place them out and dig them back up again.
  
• Workbenches can now also access items from diagonally placed chests when crafting.
  
• The Seasonal Merchant now has a new seasonal skin and new seasonal items for sale. The skin will revert to its original appearance after the event ends, but the items will remain available.
  
• Red envelopes can be found dropped on the ground throughout the world. Pick them up and see whats inside! Any envelopes left on the ground after the season ends will disappear and any picked up envelopes will be kept. The envelopes will continuously appear randomly in the world throughout the season.
  
• Lucky coins. These are used to buy new items from the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• Items sold by Seasonal Merchant:
  
• Guardian Beast Statue
  
• Paper Lantern
  
• Mystic Knot Tassel
  
• Wall Paper Lantern
  
• Cosmetic: Dragon Mask
  

• Visual overhaul of the UI and buttons in the pause menu.
  
• Updated some armor loot sprites with newer graphics.
  
• The Core Keeper main menu logo has been updated with a new seasonal appearance.
  

• Tweaked volume levels of ambient audio.
  

• Ported many common game objects to our in-house sprite rendering solution, including chests, torches, and crafting stations. This results in less stuttering when they load in, as well as better rendering performance.
  
• Made sweeping changes to the game hierarchy, which describes the relationship between game objects. Most objects now have a much smaller hierarchy, and its structure no longer changes every time a new object appears on screen. Each object type also resides in a dedicated hierarchy, reducing the number of recomputations needed when an object changes position.
  
• Made several improvements to our conversion system in order to reduce load times. We also no longer create large numbers of object types that never appear in-game. The latter reduces overhead when scheduling jobs, in turn making it more worthwhile to move small work loads to worker threads.
  
• Tweaked some custom scenes to avoid creating extra game objects that had to be converted separately each time a world was loaded.
  
• Fixed sudden lag spikes from the memory manager allocating a large number of new objects if the number of objects on screen exceeded the preallocated amount. Objects exceeding the preallocation are now created on-demand.
  
• Tweaked memory pool sizes to reduce allocation of unused objects. In particular, there are no longer multiple hidden copies of bosses.
  
• Many particle systems are now pooled separately from other game objects and are only claimed when a game object wants to display the effect. This reduces the number of particle systems kept in memory at any given time.
  
• The player character displayed in menus such as the in-game inventory and the character selection screen no longer has a large number of unused particle systems.
  
• Removed several managed memory allocations that caused the garbage collector to run more frequently than necessary.
  
• Reduced the in-memory size of many of our game objects. In addition to reducing the games memory footprint, this more compact memory layout also makes processing the objects for various tasks more efficient.
  
• Replaced our custom Translation component with the LocalTransform component introduced in Unity Entities 1.0. This removes the need to copy positional data multiple times each tick.
  
• Used more efficient constructs from Unity Entities 1.0 when looking up entity components in jobs.
  
• Rewrote key game systems to use the Burst compiler, which improves their performance and reduces overhead when scheduling worker thread jobs.
  
• Animator components no longer look up the properties they animate twice when a new object appears on screen.
  
• Values in the condition effect UI are now cached to avoid updating them from scratch every frame.
  

• Fixed an issue where ranged weapons would hit objects like torches and bushes.
  
• Fixed correct terms for cooked food in Spanish.
  
• Fixed a commonly reported bug where baby cattle would never grow up.
  
• Newly allocated objects no longer run their initialization logic twice.
  
• Fixed an error in the calculation of the additional damage gained from melee and ranged damage increase stats as well as the Well-Trained Aim and Miners Strength talents.
  
• Fixed an error in the calculation of the damage value shown in the stats window. Special thanks to Toozy for helping us find this issue!
  
• Fixed a bug where Slime pets would repeatedly bump into the Hive Mother rather than attack.
  
• Exiting the game in Azeos battle arena no longer causes the boss to briefly appear while the game fades out.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Halloween seasonal coins would not behave correctly outside the Halloween season.
  
• Fixed a bug where crystal water buckets spawned via the creative UI did not place any water when used.
  
• Fixed a bug where drill sounds would not play after moving away from drills and then moving back to them again.
  
• Seeds that can be planted on tilled dirt ground can now also be planted on tilled meadow ground.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Burnzooka would not pierce Meadow Walls.
  
• Fixed a bug where projectiles that can pierce through walls would sometimes not pierce through painted versions of the same wall.
  
• Fixed an issue where Sunrice and Lunacorn would sometimes not be fully grown in Crystal Biome areas.
  
• Fixed an issue where Omoroth could be summoned when the player had too low fishing skill for the Sunken Sea water.
  
• Fixed an issue where walls would be destroyed with a small delay sometimes, typically happening when destroying walls in two hits.
  
• Fixed hardcore characters being killed permanently if using the Im stuck option to respawn and then immediately exiting the game.
  
• Tweaked the collider for the radiation crystal to better reflect their in-game appearance.
  

• Rich presence for Steam & Discord. Allows players to display their current Core Keeper game activity directly on their Discord and Steam profile.
  
• Planter Boxes can now be rotated.
  
• Removed swing anticipation from attacks.
  
• Added your character's name to chat logs.
  

It's the last Friday of January and it feels like this month has really flown by! We've had a great one this week with an exciting new announcement. Don't worry if you didn't spot our Lunar New Year update reveal, we'll recap below.

[h2]Lunar New Year Update Coming January 31st![/h2]
We're very excited for this seasonal event / minor update! Expect some cool new Year of the Dragon-themed content plus permenant features that we think you're going to love. Find out the details here and make sure you watch our Lunar New Year trailer (spoiler: there's a cheeky 1.0 teaser in there!).

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[h2]Do You Play Core Keeper on Steam Deck?[/h2]
You'll be pleased to know that Core Keeper is Steam Deck verified, meaning you can take the underground with you wherever you go! Our community manager got their very own Steam Deck for Christmas and they've loved having Core Keeper for train journeys and cozy evenings at home.



[h2]Hartcore[/h2]
We had a bunch of working titles before we settled on Core Keeper. Check out this piece of concept art from our Lead Artist, Julian, featuring the working title 'Hartcore'.



[h2]Cats and Roses[/h2]
We can't get over how cute this Valentine-themed pixel art is from Discord user, SnapDragon987! Don't you think it looks like a cross-stitch pattern?



[h2]Rainbow Council Bedrooms![/h2]
Discord user, Twifyre [94.8k/100k], created a very cool "Rainbow Council" base in Core Keeper a little while back. Since then, they realised that the council also needed bedrooms and built 12 5x5 rooms along with 2 3x3 bathrooms with an awesome rainbow theme!



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You might have noticed a little bit of a buzz from our Chinese-speaking community over the weekend. Thats because Core Keeper appeared in the BiliBili Annual Games Fest on Friday, showing off some of our Lunar Update content alongside a small teaser for 1.0!

Were now pleased to announce that Explorers can jump into our Lunar Update on January 31st to enjoy some spectacular seasonal content themed around the Lunar New Year!

[h2]Seasonal Content & Permanent Features![/h2]

We hope youll have fun celebrating the Year of the Dragon with new decorative items, including Lanterns and Guardian Lions, and wearables such as the Dragon Mask helm!

Weve also got some permanent content updates, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements coming with this update. Keep an eye out for rotatable planter boxes (we know youve been asking for this one!) and some improvements to chests. Weve also updated the way wall and ground tiles work within player inventories, combining them into single items that become either wall or ground tiles depending on where they are placed. It might look like magic, but its just simple coding!

Weve been thinking about making this change to wall and ground tiles for a while now to help players save on inventory space and as a quality-of-life improvement thats sure to streamline building and customisation! Well be sharing the full patch notes on launch day for those interested.

Check out our Lunar New Year event trailer here for a look at whats to come and let us know when you think youve spotted the 1.0 teaser over in the comments!

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Were looking forward to sharing more information on and teasers for 1.0 with you over time on our social media channels, so make sure to check back for updates. If theres anything youd love to see in 1.0 do let us know in the comments or the Feedback and Suggestions Forums over on the official Core Keeper Discord. As always, dont forget to follow us on Twitter/X for news, information, announcements, and more.

It's time for another community wrap-up! This week we've got some very cool concept art to show you as well as some cool stuff we've been playing around with in our own games. We're also creeping closer and closer to our Lunar Update, and we're sure you'll spot some more info about that very soon! Until then, let's take a look at what's been going on in the community.

[h2]Zen Garden[/h2]

When in doubt, zen it out! We don't know about you, but our January has been a little bit hectic in places, so we thought we'd try and create a nice, relaxing zen garden in Core Keeper. We've gone for the minimal look here and we already feel more calm.



[h2]Early Character Designs[/h2]

What do you think of these very early Core Keeper character designs? We've had some fun feedback on Twitter, with some of you loving them and some of you very pleased we went a different direction!



[h2]Welcome to the Hatchery[/h2]

We created a little hatchery so that our baby animals get the best start in life. Do you do anything similar or do you take a more free-range approach?

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[h2]Merchant Mall[/h2]

Discord user, Lexigraph, has been working on setting up a little mall for the Merchants to display their wares. We think that's a great idea and feel a shopping spree on the horizon.



[h2]Popofroggy's World![/h2]

We loved the way popofroggy's world looked after a recent re-building, especially this adorable pink scene. It's less than a month until Valentine's Day, after all.



[h2]Glurch Art[/h2]

We've got some very prolific creators showing off their artwork in the Core Keeper media forums over on our Discord, and Lucasshortstack is no exception! We loved this Glurch fan art a lot and think the colours look awesome.



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We hope your years are off to a fun start, Explorers. We know we've been busy working away on our next update, the Lunar Update, which is due in February. In the meantime, we've been sharing some fun Core Keeper facts on Steam and our social media channels!

[h2]5 Things You Might Not Know About Core Keeper[/h2]
We like to think there's always something fun to discover in Core Keeper and, as with all games, no two players' experiences will ever be alike! With that in mind, we wanted to share a list of 5 little things you might not know about Core Keeper!



[h2]Failed Titan[/h2]
What is this strange creature lurking in the Shimmering Frontier? Is it half bug, half crystal or did the crystals grow later? If it had survived, would it have been friend or foe?



[h2]Battle Arena![/h2]
Be careful you don't get overwhelmed when taking on Battle Arenas in single-player! A pet by your side or some well-placed bombs or traps are always useful! And yes, we did add the Hive Mother music to this video to make it more dramatic.

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[h2]Heart Berry Garden by Luke@[/h2]
One word: beautiful!



[h2]Fruits in Lem's style![/h2]

Discord user, Lem, has shared another awesome piece of Core Keeper artwork with us! This time, showing what Heart Berries and Pewpaya would look like in their art style!



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With lots of new Explorers joining us thanks to the Steam Winter Sale and our 1.0 and console launch coming this year, we thought it might be helpful to share some handy hints for beginners and veterans alike. From simple shortcuts to interesting game mechanics, here are 5 little things that you might not know about Core Keeper!

[h2]1. A List of Shortcuts[/h2]

There are a bunch of keyboard shortcuts you can take advantage of when playing Core Keeper that make exploration and organisation a lot quicker and easier. Heres a little list of some shortcuts you might find useful.

• Quick sort your inventory = Press R.
  
• Quickly add items from your inventory to existing stacks in chests = Press Q or use the quick-stack button in the chest UI.
  
• Quick sort/stack items in a chest = Use the sort button in the chest UI.
  
• Select 1 item from a stack = Right click (holding right-click will also quickly add more items to your hand).
  
• Select half a stack of items = Hold the left shift key and right-click the items.
  
• Select stacks of 10 items = Hold the left ctrl key and right-click (keep clicking to add lots of 10).
  
• Quick switch to torches = Hold the left shift key.
  

It's the first community wrap-up of the year and we're very excited to be getting back into the swing of things here at Pugstorm and Fireshine! Our awesome community shared so much fabulous content with us over the holidays, and we can't wait to show it off here. We'll also be recapping on some of the things we shared that you might have missed.

[h2]Echo of the Past - Orchestra Edition[/h2]

We shared this wonderful video on Christmas eve as a little gift to our community. Our talented composer, Jonathan Geer (on piano), recorded this live orchestra edition of Echo of the Past and we can't stop listening to it. We hoped our community would love it as much as we do, and judging by the YouTube comments, it seems like you do!

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[h2]Particle Spawning System[/h2]

Fredrik gave us a sneak peek into an almost decade-old system for spawning particles in Core Keeper. This system makes it very easy to create juicy VFX when developing new gameplay systems. Here's a little picture of us spawning a bunch of particles simultaneously!



[h2]Switch Screenshot![/h2]

Just a reminder that Core Keeper is coming to console this year, and we've even got a cheeky screenshot to show you what it's shaping up to look like on the Nintendo Switch.



[h2]Hot Chocolate by the Fire[/h2]

We went on our Christmas vacation on the 21st of December, and you can read about some of the Pug's plans for the holidays here. Whether you were celebrating Christmas or just taking a little time to rest up before the New Year, we hope your December was a good one!



[h2]Merry Christmas from Navanav![/h2]

A very talented community member called Navanav shared this adorable fan art on the Core Keeper Discord server. It really warmed our hearts, especially the baby Moolin holding the star, and we hope it puts a smile on your faces too.



[h2]Mini Christmas Design by Wednesday[/h2]

Check out this mini Christmas design by a member of our Discord server called Wednesday. We think it looks like a little Christmas market or a scene from a Christmas card!



[h2]Santa's Library Speed Build[/h2]

One of our Discord moderators, , built a gorgeous festive library in Core Keeper's Creative Mode! We really loved watching this speedbuild.

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[h2]New Year Pixel Art by SnapDragon987[/h2]

We were also treated to this awesome New Year pixel art from Discord user SnapDragon987!



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All of us here at Pugstorm and Fireshine Games would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a fantastic New Year!

We shared some of our Christmas plans with you in another Steam post and were pleased to report that we are very much in the swing of festivities right now. Whether youre celebrating Christmas or just taking a little break this December as the world slows down, we hope youre having a great month and get lots of opportunities to play video games.

Heres a little recap of some of the Core Keeper activity you can look forward to in the new year, including our full 1.0 launch and console release.



As a reminder, Core Keeper is coming to Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, and there will be boxed editions available. Oh, and our 1.0 launch will, of course, include a major content update for you to enjoy!

Finally, we wanted to share with you this gorgeous live orchestra version of Echo of the Past as a little Christmas treat.

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We cant wait to bring you plenty of underground adventures in 2024, heres to an amazing new year!

Happy holidays, Explorers! We hope youre all having a fantastic December, whether you celebrate Christmas or are simply looking forward to the start of another year. Weve had an absolutely fantastic 2023 working on Core Keeper, and were beyond excited for our 1.0 and console launch in Summer 2024. In case you missed it, weve put together a little timeline of our Early Access journey so far, including all our major and minor updates, crossovers, and seasonal events.



Weve put a lot of love into Core Keeper this year and weve got plenty more to work on as we approach 1.0, but its also important for us to take some time to unwind over the Christmas period so that were well-rested for the new year. With that in mind, were pleased to report that the Pugstorm teams Christmas vacation starts tomorrow! You can find out a little bit more about some of our plans below, and well be back on the 2nd of January full of energy to crack on with dev work!

[h2]Fredrik Prntare - Chief Executive Officer & Game Director[/h2]
This year, Fredrik will be travelling to Northern Sweden to visit his family. Were sure hell be enjoying plenty of good food and festive fun but hes also keen to get a little more exercise while hes on vacation hopefully, it wont be too cold for him to go on lots of Christmas walks! After lots of socialising and exercise, he plans to spend a little time away from screens this year and get stuck into a Kazuo Ishiguro book or two!

[h2]Sven Thole - Chief Operating Officer & Development Director[/h2]
Sven will be heading out to his family forest to fetch a Christmas tree soon, and we honestly couldnt think of a more wholesome festive activity! Therell be plenty of family time on the cards, but hes also looking forward to playing the new Darkest Dungeon 2 DLC and re-reading the Game of Thrones books in preparation for the upcoming release!

[h2]Julian Seifert-Olszewski - Lead Artist & Art Director[/h2]
Julian will also be visiting family this year and is very excited to announce that hes expecting a new addition around February time. Theres lots to get ready when your first baby is on the way, and hell be spending plenty of time preparing for the new arrival. That wont stop him from having a little fun watching movies, reading through his stack of freshly ordered books, and painting minis of course!

[h2]Herman Appelgren - Game Developer [/h2]
Herman has one thing on his mind this Christmas, and thats cozy times in front of the fireplace at his Cabin in Dalarna. Hell be playing plenty of board games with his siblings and is planning on playing Root and starting a new Gloomhaven campaign! Hell also be learning to fly the B787 Dreamliner in Microsoft Flight Simulator and catching up on the Star Wars series!

We hope that, no matter what your plans are this month, you find plenty of time to unwind and to play games! We may be heading out on vacation, but well still be sharing plenty of activity on our Twitter page, so keep an eye out.

[h2] Bug Fixes: [/h2]

• Fixed a bug where Ghorm would sometimes deal damage to players even if they did not appear to be hit.
  

[h2] Bug Fixes: [/h2]

• Ensure that local Windows/Linux usernames are not included in automatically submitted crash reports.
  
• Fixed the generation of the Caveling Merchant room to not contain water beneath the ground tiles, which were colliding with mobs as well as making the water edges disappear.
  
• Fixed translations for new Access Type category in mod UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where signs reverted to default color when off-screen. This was a purely visual bug, and any previously painted signs will regain their appropriate color.
  
• Changed the dedicated server to not try to load the mod UI asset. Didnt break anything, but this was causing a bunch of nasty error messages in the log.
  
• Added a check to avoid getting an error for some modded objects.
  
• Fixed a bug where melee knockback chance was applied to ranged weapons as well.
  

From major updates such as Paws & Claws and The Shimmering Frontier to the addition of our Mod SDK and, of course, the announcement of our 1.0 and console launch, 2023 has certainly been a BIG year for Core Keeper! And thats not to mention a whole bunch of smaller updates and seasonal content in between.

Weve got one more minor content update to round the year off for you, Explorers: the aptly named Year-End Update! Playable now, this update includes a handful of fun additions including a new enemy for the Clay Caves, new decorative items, and a community-requested feature in the form of signs with customisable text! Read the full patch notes here.

[h2]Important Information on Mod Support [/h2]

The Year-End Update includes mod support feature improvements. Weve introduced elevated access for mod creators, allowing them to create a wider variety of more advanced mods. When installed, these mods have increased access to resources outside of the game such as user files and the internet. Because of this, we strongly recommend that players only install mods from reputable sources such as trusted mod creators.

To support this, we have added a new category to Mod.io called Access Type and, any mod that needs to run with elevated access will require the Access Type Script (Elevated Access).

Users will also experience a warning pop-up that appears when they subscribe to elevated-access mods that reads:

Caution: 'Elevated Access' mods have increased access to resources outside the game like user files and the internet. For the best experience, install only from reputable sources.

[h2]We're Looking for Mod.io Moderators[/h2]

We're on the lookout for members of the Core Keeper modding community to join our moderation team on Mod.io! Moderators are entrusted with reviewing mod submissions and keeping an eye on reports to ensure that available mods are in line with our rules and guidelines. If you like the idea of keeping Core Keeper mods a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone, then you can apply to be a Mod.io moderator here!

[h2]2024 and 1.0 F.A.Qs[/h2]

Following the Year-End Update, well be hard at work prepping for 2024. Weve noticed a couple of comments from community members asking whether or not 1.0 will be bringing new content to the game, and were happy to confirm that 1.0 will be a major content update for us, and this is something were putting a lot of developer time and attention into. Weve answered some of your frequently asked questions about our 1.0 and console launch here.

We hope you enjoy the Year-End update and are looking forward to the games full launch next year! Dont forget to follow us on Twitter for updates and announcements and join our official Discord to connect with our awesome community.

Gameplay:

• New Foe Emerges: Clay Burrower found in the Clay Caves
  
• Customizable Signs: Erect signs to display your own messages. Interaction is required to read and customize these texts. Craftable in the Carpenter Workbench.
  
• Arrow Sign. Craftable in the Carpenter Workbench.
  
• New decorative items found in the world:
  
• Skull Effigy.
  
• Brute Sign.
  
• Metropolis Sign: Same customizable features as the regular sign, but with a flair!
  

• Improved animations for Table Saw. Unique animations when cutting different types of wood.
  
• New artwork for explosives deposits found in the world. These are now called Thermite walls.
  

• Chance to harvest extra plants is no longer capped at 100%. Instead, going over 100% gives a chance to harvest more than one extra plant.
  
• Increased hit box size of Nilipede segments, making them easier to hit.
  
• Reduced the crafting cost of all Go Karts.
  
• Walls containing ores will now sometimes drop 2 ores instead of 1.
  
• Slightly increased light radius of Decorative Torches.
  

• Tweaked volume levels of ambient audio.
  

• Fixed not being able to exit the world when running at very low (<15) fps.
  
• Fixed a bug where the game would become unresponsive during the Cores wake-up dialog when German was selected as the in-game language.
  
• Baits can no longer be salvaged for cheap scrap parts.
  
• The Omoroth bait can no longer be repeatedly salvaged for infinite scrap parts.
  
• Fixed a bug where the railway scene in the Forgotten Ruins sometimes generated with objects hovering mid-air.
  
• Members of allied factions no longer prevent the player from falling asleep in a bed. This, most notably applies, to Slimes when the King Slime set bonus is active.
  
• Fixed a bug where cooked food containing Deepstalkers was missing part of their names.
  
• Fixed some custom scenes that contained invisible tiles that could not be removed nor replaced. Save files where such tiles already exist will have them removed and replaced with the original tile from the procedural generation when the world is loaded.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player couldnt move after a Cattle died that the player was interacting with.
  
• Fixed a bug where Nilipede enemies would not be hittable if the head segment was not in vision of the player.
  
• Fixed a bug where the game failed to restart properly. For example, after choosing the restart option after installing mods.
  
• When installing a mod, its dependencies are now also installed immediately without having to restart and return to the mod UI.
  
• Cattle that are stuck on invalid tiles, such as water, or inside walls are now removed.
  
• Fixed a rare bug where the equipped pets stats would get displayed on all inventory items.
  
• Santa's Little Helper now only accepts cooked food in the crafting input slot, preventing confusion from previously ineffective items.
  
• Fixed an issue where dressers reverted to default color when off-screen. This was a purely visual bug, and any previously painted dressers will regain their appropriate color.
  
• Resolved a bug causing the core's wakeup effect to repeat unintentionally.
  
• Corrected an issue with the 'enabled' setting on mods not being saved properly.
  

• Made in-game UI more robust to texts containing characters not present in the font for the active language.
  
• Updated description on Drills, making it clearer how to use them.
  
• Various localization and language fixes.
  
• Updated game credits to recognize all new contributors.
  
• Added opt-in support for mods to have elevated system access. Elevated-access mods have increased access to resources outside the game like user files and internet. For the best experience, install only from reputable sources.
  
• Added an Asset tag to mods that can be used to disable script loading entirely. Use this for mods that only contain non-script assets.
  
• There is a change in how we detect modded objects, which means that if you have custom objects from a mod before version 0.7.0, these might not work. If you have started the save with the old modded object with version 0.7.0 or later this is not an issue.
  
• Added an option to log in to mod.io with your Steam account in the in-game mod UI. Just choose the Steam option when prompted to log in and it will automatically log in using your current Steam user.
  
• The Main Menu now shows the number of mods that have been installed and loaded. The mods are only loaded at start meaning this number will only change after a restart.
  

• Updated our Unity version from 2021.3 to 2022.3. This brings several incremental performance improvements from the Unity engine into Core Keeper.
  
• Updated the Unity Entities framework, which lies at the heart of most of Core Keepers backend, from version 0.51 to 1.0. In addition to giving some immediate performance benefits, it also gives us new tools we can use to further improve performance in future game updates.
  
• Increased the maximum number of worker threads from 4 to the number of CPU cores. This value was previously limited to reduce overhead costs from creating and managing multiple threads, which is no longer an issue. The impact of this change is noticeable but not massive, since performance on most platforms is limited by the main thread.
  
• Improved performance of several systems, most notably the one that updates in-game conditions.
  

We think it's safe to say that November has been a BIG month for Core Keeper! We announced our 1.0 and console launch (coming Summer 2024), which has been a big talking point for the community! In case you missed it, you can watch our announcement trailer below.

[H2]1.0 and Console Announcement Trailer[/h2]

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[h2]Nominate us for the Labour of Love Steam Award![/h2]

We're counting on your nominations to ensure that Core Keeper is in the running for the Labour of Love award! Voting closes November 28th, so there's still time to nominate us here.



[h2]Delicious Curry![/h2]

If you could bring any food from Core Keeper to life, which would it be? We'd love to try the Verdant Sun Curry.



[h2]Core Keeper: Coming to Switch in Summer 2024![/h2]

We're sure it's mainly PC gamers hanging around here on Steam, but just in case anyone you know is excited for our Switch launch next year, check out this little preview...



[h2]Get 33% off Core Keeper in the Steam Autumn Sale![/h2]

There isn't much longer to pick up Core Keeper at a whopping 33% discount in this year's Steam Autumn Sale. This offer ends on November 28th, so let your friends know!

[h2]Crystal Invasion![/h2]

Shout out to this Discord user for sharing an awesome screenshot of Azeos' Wilderness inundated with crystals!



[h2]Under Construction[/h2]

Fox's world might still be under construction, but we can't imagine there's a whole lot more they could add to it! We're very impressed.



[h2]Larva Equipment[/h2]

We LOVE a good Core Keeper craft, and DAIKI's bead art is so cute. Keep up the awesome work!



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Its time for this years Steam Awards, Explorers, which means we must be approaching the end of 2023! Its been an amazing year for Core Keeper with lots of updates, new content, community activity, and more. Youve been behind us every step of the way, showing your support and sharing your feedback so that we can develop the kind of game we know youll love. In fact, we think its pretty safe to say that Core Keeper is a labour of love from us devs

[h3]Which is why we hope we can count on your nominations for Core Keeper in this years Steam Awards Labour of Love category![/h3]

Weve been nurturing Core Keeper since our Early Access launch in March 2022, and we think that makes us the perfect candidate for this award. You can nominate us using the form above, and nominations are open from now until the 28th of November.

If we make it into the top 5 nominations for our category, then therell be a round of voting during the Steam Winter sale, so keep an eye out. We thought this would also be a good opportunity to review some of Core Keepers highlights since our Early Access launch!



Core Keeper Early Access Highlights

[h2]Early Access Launch[/h2]
This is where it all began for our community. We invited some players into the underground for an open and closed alpha beforehand, but the 8th of March 2022 was our first day in Early Access. It was amazing to see so many players excited to join us on our journey and, by the end of our first two weeks, wed hit half a million downloads!



[h2]Our First Seasonal Event[/h2]
Wed had a couple of patches and hotfixes, but The Great Egg Hunt was our first content update and very first seasonal event after we entered Early Access. Launched in April 2022, we invited Explorers to traverse the underground in search of mysterious eggs that could be used to craft the fabled Golden Egg a unique collectable with a secret function. We got lots of feedback from the community following this event, and this had a huge impact on seasonal events to come.



[h2]Dedicated Servers & Improvements to Multiplayer[/h2]
In May 2022, Core Keepers multiplayer got a major substantial upgrade in the form of dedicated servers! Using Steams server functionality, we gave players the option to operate their own dedicated servers for multiplayer worlds that could be accessed at any time without requiring the host to be in the game. We also updated player-hosted online multiplayer to use Steams networking backend when connecting players, which improved network connections. Oh, and we added a brand-new admin functionality that enabled players to kick people from worlds.



[h2]The Sunken Sea[/h2]
The Sunken Sea, launched in June 2022, was the first major content update for Core Keeper. It featured a brand-new ocean-based biome, a mysterious sub-biome, a terrifying Titan boss, new ore and a new tier of material, and new player-requested tools like Sprinklers and Portals! Itd take us a while to list out all the amazing additions that came with this update, but you can check them out in the patch notes if youd like. We also hit ONE MILLION sales roughly two weeks after this update.



[h2]Cozy Caverns, Spooky Seasons, and a Terraria Crossover[/h2]
In between The Sunken Sea and our next major content update, we enjoyed a minor update, our first Halloween seasonal event, and we even had a Core Keeper x Terraria Crossover! Cozy Caverns brought a whole host of base-building options and accessories, as well as paintbrushes that could be used to change the colour of certain objects.

Our Halloween event was truly terrifying, full of tricks and treats, and featured an even creepier variation of the Hive Mother boss. Finally, our Terraria crossover inspired fans from both franchises by bringing King Slime to the world of Core Keeper and introducing an adorable Caveling companion to Terraria.



[h2]The Desert of Beginnings[/h2]
In November of last year, we brought you our second major content update: The Desert of Beginnings. This update introduced a sandy new biome and a super-heated sub-biome filled with a myriad of strange creatures, plant life, minerals, and artefacts. From the new Galaxite Ore all the way to Go Karts that allow you to journey across the underground at top speeds, the Desert of Beginnings added a wealth of new content to the game. As with all of our major updates, this one featured a scary new boss and a whole host of quality-of-life improvements and player-requested features. Check out the patch notes here.



[h2]Christmas Content, Quality of Love, Anniversary Celebrations, and more![/h2]
Leaving 2022 and entering 2023, Core Keeper saw several minor updates and seasonal events. We hosted our first Christmas and Valentines seasonal events, and our Valentines event included some permanent (non-seasonal) quality-of-life improvements for the game that were particularly proud of! These included major visual improvements to Core Keeper, involving an upgrade to our graphics pipeline, and the addition of playable musical instruments to the game!

We celebrated our one-year anniversary in March with an anniversary update and followed this with a little Cherry Blossom event to welcome in spring. Our Easter seasonal event repeated this year with some new additions too. All the while, we were gearing up for our next major content update



[h2]Paws & Claws and Creative Mode[/h2]
This was a hugely-anticipated update for the community who were very excited about the addition of hatchable pets to the game. We launched Paws & Claws in April 2023 and this brought a new meadow-based biome to the game, 5 species of companion pets (each with multiple colour variations), 3 breeds of cattle, and new instruments and sheet music. We also added new decorative items, random events, community features, and more! If that wasnt exciting enough, this update also introduced Core Keepers Creative Mode for the very first time. This was something the community had been looking forward to since day one, and we were overjoyed to be able to implement this before 1.0.



[h2]Mod SDK[/h2]
Core Keeper has always had a vibrant modding community, and it was always our plan to provide them with mod support. In September 2023, we released our very own Mod Software Development Kit, which functions via Unity and can be downloaded here. We also implemented an in-game solution that will allow players to browse and install Core Keeper mods from Mod.io directly to the game!



[h2]The Shimmering Frontier[/h2]
Our most recent major content update was The Shimmering Frontier, which launched in October 2023! Previously known as The Crystal Biome, The Shimmering Frontier was something wed been thinking about since we launched, and we put a lot of thought and effort into getting it ready for the community. This update added even more life to the world of Core Keeper with an all-new biome as well as lots of upgrades and additions to existing biomes. We added things like the Obliteration Ray, Battle Arenas, an Upgrade Station, the Radiation Suit, Cattle transportation, GIANT Snails, and more. Read the patch notes here.



[h2]Announcing Our Console and 1.0 Launch![/h2]
We recently announced that Core Keeper is launching in 1.0 and coming to console in Summer 2024. It has been such an amazing journey for us, we cant believe how far weve come since our Early Access Launch, and it honestly feels unreal to imagine that well be in 1.0 this time next year! We want to say a huge thank you to our wonderful community for your support so far, and we hope youre as excited for the future of Core Keeper as we are.



Weve got lots more planned for Core Keeper as we work our way towards 1.0 and beyond. If youve made it this far through the post, we hope that we can count on your nomination for the Labour of Love award!

Mark your calendars, Explorers: Core Keepers 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, were 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, weve 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. Weve 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 Prntare, Chief Executive Officer and Game Director at Pugstorm.

Weve listened to your feedback every step of the way and it is an absolute joy to develop Core Keeper for such a wonderful community. Weve 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 whats 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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Its almost Halloween, a time for scares, sweets, tricks and treats and weve got a treat just for you, Explorers! Weve 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 (wholl 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, its 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!

New features:

• 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 couldnt 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.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Larvas spawning from a Cocoon that in turn spawned from a Materializer will now also act as temporary spawns that dont drop loot.
  
• Fixed so the outline indicating an enemy spawned from a Materializer shows for Cocoons as well.
  
• The set bonus on the Ranger set is now working as intended.
  
• Fixed a bug where any item could be put into the Upgrade Station by shift clicking the item.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Wood Bow would not deal more damage when charging it up.
  
• Fixed issue with Atlantean Worm getting an undefined position.
  
• Fixed a visual bug where the displayed damage values were not taking into account certain conditions and random damage variability. The actual damage dealt is unchanged.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Atlantean Worm boss causing only the head to deal damage on impact and not any of the other segments.
  
• Fixed a crash and unpredictable behavior when dying to the Atlantean Worm after killing at least one worm segment.
  
• Avoid excessive temporary memory allocations during game and world initialization.
  
• Fixed the UI becoming unresponsive when loading a world containing objects from an uninstalled mod.
  

• Crystal Snails will no longer destroy any other tiles than Crystal Walls and Gleam Wood Roots and they will also no longer traverse water or pits by spawning Crystal Ground in their path. This change is intended to help avoid having the Crystal Snails affect player bases while still allowing them to roam around fairly free within the Crystal Biomes.
  

Happy Shimmering Frontier launch week, Explorers! What else can we say other than "check out all our awesome Shimmering Frontier content"?

[h2]Prepare to Battle[/h2]
In our new Ancient Battle Arenas! It's time to put your combat skills to the test. Just make sure you're stocked up on healing potions.



[h2]Upgrade Your Tools![/h2]
Have you used our brand-new Upgrade Table yet? Give your tools a little extra oomph!



[h2]Baby Cattle![/h2]
Things just got a whole lot cuter in the underground. Introducing BABY CATTLE!

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[h2]Be Careful When Using the Obliteration Ray![/h2]
This bad boy will obliterate almost everything in its path from walls to Moolin. Oops.



[h2]We're Still on Sale[/h2]
There's still time to get Core Keeper at a whopping 33% discount as part of the Fireshine Games publisher sale. This offer ends on October 9th.



[h2]Shimmering Frontier Poster by Lem[/h2]
We can't think of anything to say to describe how awesome this Shimmering Frontier poster art is. Amazing job as always, Lem!



[h2]Shrooman Wiggle![/h2]
Discord user, Awkward Comrade, shared this adorable 3D GIF of a Shrooman with us and we can't stop watching it wiggle!



[h2]TARO's GIANT BASE![/h2]
We love seeing just how creative our community can be when it comes to base building, and this colossal creation from TARO certainly gets points for being huge! There's so much to look at here that it's hard to pick a favourite part.



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• Fixed crash happening when cattle produces item
  

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Sunken Sea water looking broken during Valentine's season.
  
• Fixed a bug where tiles with bridges would behave in an unexpected way after a Crystal Snail would move over them.
  
• Fixed bug where Atlantean Worm boss would not have any segments except the head moving around.
  
• Fixed cattle health being affected by World mode setting.
  
• Fixed an issue where some items were drawn to the wrong part of the map UI.
  
• Removed an error log message that was printed each frame, causing performance issues.
  
• Fixed a bug where a specific tree in a unique crystal scene would drop too many of the new rare gemstones as it unintentionally scaled with the amount of players in the game.
  
• Fixed a bug with Alien Tech Chests from the new combat event not stacking after picking it up the first time.
  
• Fixed an issue where cattle could not be placed in the world after put in cattle cages.
  

• Fixed not being able to enter world while in Cherry Blossom or Valentine season.
  
• Fixed crash happening sometimes when a creature is chasing a target.
  
• Fixed dedicated server not working with a relative -datapath set.
  

Introducing the Shimmering Frontier, a glimmering new biome for you to explore!

Grab your mining picks and stock up on provisions because youll want to spend plenty of time uncovering the mysteries of these crystalline caverns. From digging up the dazzling new Solarite Ore all the way to testing out your combat skills in one of our new ancient battle arenas, we cant wait for you to discover all the new content thats coming with this major update.

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Keep an eye out for new enemies in the form of crystal-mimicking Mimites, insectoid Nilipedes, and GIANT Snails roaming this biomeand be extra careful that you dont accidentally wander into a field of radioactive crystals unless youve got yourself a Radiation Suit of course. Dangers lurk as you delve ever deeper into this subterranean world, but with a little help from the new Upgrade Station, you can ensure your equipment is up to the challenge.

Mining your way through the underground just got a whole lot easier too, thanks to the Hand Drill, which allows you to move and dig at the same time, and the all-new Obliteration Ray, which is exactly as cool as it sounds. Its never been easier to forge a path and uncover the resources youll need to thrive in the underground. Especially with new crops, fish, recipes, and the Livestock Workbench (improved Cattle transportation, anyone?).



If building a cozy autumnal base is more your vibe, then youll love the 40+ new decorative materials and items that weve added. Oh, and youll be pleased to know that weve balanced enemies so that, for the most part, they can no longer destroy defensive base-building options such as doors, fences, and crafted walls. No more frantic mining while youre out gathering resources wondering if youll come home to find a Big Larva has busted into your base.

Weve said it before, but the Shimmering Frontier biome is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this update. Weve added over 50 new pieces of equipment throughout the whole game and plenty of new content to our existing biomes including a new species of cattle that you can find in the Sunken Sea. Be careful if youre travelling by boat, however. Theres something lurking deep below the waves, and its even meaner than Omoroth!



We could spend an eternity walking you through all the wonderful new additions to the game, and you can certainly get an idea of whats to come in our patch notes, but we think the best way to learn about all our new content is to discover it for yourselves! We hope you have a blast playing through this major update and we hope youll tell us all about your adventures in the Steam Discussions, on Twitter, and over on the official Core Keeper Discord.

Oh, and dont forget to let your friends know that Core Keeper is currently available at a whopping 33% discount as part of the Fireshine Games publisher sale! Theres never been a better time to bring your friends on an underground adventure, so head on over to our Steam store page to pick up the game now. Hurry because this discount ends on October 9th.

Major Updates:

• New biome: The Shimmering Frontier. The Shimmering Frontier can be found in any direction far out in the world.
  
• Atlantean Worm boss: Confront the aquatic leviathan!
  
• New types of challenging events can be found in The Shimmering Frontier. Complete them and be rewarded!
  
• Upgrade Station. Crafted at the Scarlet Workbench, this station allows players to upgrade the item level of equipment, tools, and weapons making them stronger. This allows players to use a much larger variety of equipment setups, as lower-level items can become competitive with late-game items, but at a cost of upgrading them.
  
• Over 50 new pieces of equipment!

• 3 new enemies:
  
• Orbital Turret.
  
• Mimite.
  
• Nilipede.
  
• 1 new roaming creature: Crystal Snail.
  
• 1 new species of cattle: Kelple. Kelple is a turtle-like cattle that roams the beaches in the Sunken Sea and eats kelp to produce Kelp Dumplings.
  
• Cattle breeding. Cattle can now breed to spawn baby cattle. A baby cattle will spawn when two cattle of the same type have eaten enough food over time and are near each other. The new baby cattle are:
  
• Moolin Calf.
  
• Bambuck Kid.
  
• Strolly Poly Nymph.
  
• Kelple Hatchling.
  
• Materializer. An object acquired from the new event that allows the player to weave free matter into a temporary living being. Find it to discover what that means!
  
• A new radiation-themed Merchant that sells new unique items. The merchant may sell an important item for the new boss!
  
• New tools:
  
• Roofing Gadget. Allows the player to either create roof tiles to block light or break a hole in the ceiling to let light shine down.
  
• Hand Drill and Scarlet Hand Drill. Allows the player to move while digging and hits much faster than a mining pick. Has lower durability than a mining pick, however. Can be found in item drops in the world.
  
• Obliteration Ray. Exactly as cool as it sounds. Well let you discover this one yourselves!
  
• Livestock Workbench. Crafted at the Basic Workbench. Allows crafting of the Feeding Tray and some new items:
  
• Leash. Can be attached to a cattle to make it follow the player.
  
• Cattle Transport Box. Allows the player to pick up cattle, keep them in their inventory, and place them out elsewhere. The box is consumed in the process.
  
• Over 50 new pieces of equipment! We have added a lot of new equipment throughout the whole game. We have, for example, added new equipment drops to all the first three bosses to make them more rewarding to defeat. There are also many new equipment pieces that drop from destructibles, enemies, chests, and so on in most biomes.
  
• 10 new weapons.
  
• Solarite Ore. Can be found in walls and various other ways in the Shimmering Frontier.
  
• Gleam Wood. A new type of wood that only grows in the Shimmering Frontier.
  
• 3 new rare materials used for upgrading equipment to higher item levels that are found in various ways in the Shimmering Frontier.
  
• Jungle Emerald.
  
• Ocean Sapphire.
  
• Desert Ruby.
  
• 2 new plants:
  
• Sunrice.
  
• Lunacorn.
  
• 5 new fish that can be caught in the Shimmering Frontier.
  
• 2 new cooked food types.
  
• 1 new potion sold by the new merchant.
  
• Solarite Workbench with some new tools and base building options.
  
• Solarite Anvil with new equipment and weapons.
  
• New pet: Prince Slime. Drops from King Slime.
  
• 3 new critters found in the new biome.
  
• 10 new valuables.
  
• 4 new figurines.
  
• Over 40 new objects that can be crafted or found to be used in base building and decoration.
  
• A new Wooden Spike Trap can be crafted in Basic Workbench to give players an option for early defense of their base.
  
• 6 new achievements.
  
• 6 new hairstyles.
  
• Meadow ground can now be used for seed planting and gardening.

• An item level is now shown on equipment, weapons, and many tools. The item level is an indicator of how powerful the item is, and item levels can be upgraded at the new Upgrade Station.
  
• Your character will now call out a message to indicate when you are hitting indestructible objects, objects immune to damage, or objects that will take a long time to destroy.
  
• Red Slime Blobs will now sometimes find their way to players.
  
• Regular and Red Slime Blobs will no longer damage cattle.
  
• Renamed Land Kelp, Potted Land Kelp, and Tall Land Kelp to Land Algae, Potted Land Algae, Tall Land Algae.
  
• Improved portal charging text to make it clear that the player only has to wait.
  
• Changed the text for some of the lanterns to make it clear that theyre not equipped in the offhand slot.
  
• Melee weapons can now hit plants, bushes, and tall grass.
  
• Increased the quantity of bombs when dropped as loot.

• Implemented a new water shader.
  
• Implemented water wave/foam simulation.
  
• Improved shading for 3D geometry (ground + wall tiles).
  
• Improved Ambient Occlusion on Medium/High settings by taking directional light information into account. This makes AO appear less muddy in areas with strong directional, indirect lighting and should improve overall visual quality.
  
• Added new Caveling Brute emote animations.
  
• Adjusted the party hats position on the head to better suit all hairstyles.
  
• Adjusted destroy particles for certain objects.
  
• Added destroy particles to some objects that previously were missing them.
  
• Figurines that cannot be put into the new Materializer object now have differently colored bases.
  
• Additional audiovisual feedback for certain buttons in the character-creation screen.
  
• Tweaked the shadow position for torches.
  
• Adjusted the effects for explosive deposits.
  
• Improved healing effect for enemies & bosses.

• Goats will now make random baah sounds.
  
• Adjusted the audio for jellyfish destructibles.
  
• Improved sfx for when a locked chest appears.

• Slightly reduced inertia of boats making them a bit faster when turning around.
  
• Stats on several equipment and weapons have been slightly rebalanced.
  
• The maze that contains the Clear Gemstone can now spawn up to three times in the world to match the amount of Chipped Blades that can be found.
  
• Reduced the amount of enemies that spawn in groups in multiplayer.
  
• Enemies can generally no longer destroy defensive base building options such as doors, fences, and crafted walls. Previously, this was based on tiers of enemies and base building options, but this has been simplified to avoid having to rebuild all walls and doors in a base for the purpose of defense. The different base building options are now mainly intended for just decorative differences.
  
• Slightly reduced the slowness from the Encumbering presence talent.
  
• Reduced the health of Omoroth's tentacles. The tentacles now also despawn after a longer duration.

• Procedural generation of dungeons is now spread over multiple frames. This reduces stuttering when exploring new parts of the world.
  
• Sharing maps using the cartography table now only transmits map sections that changed since last time the table was used. This reduces the bandwidth requirements and the time delay before the updated map is visible.
  
• Various performance improvements throughout the code base.

• Fixed a bug where equipment set bonuses like the King Slime set and the Larva equipment set would impact factions in the wrong way. The intention was only to become friends with Slimes and Larvae. which has now been fixed. Previously, the player would also become friends with allies of the Slimes and Larvae.
  
• Fixed a bug where salvaging items without durability, most notably jewelry, did not give back any raw materials.
  
• Fixed a bug where some seed types could drop distinct variations that would behave identically but not stack with each other.
  
• Clicking item slots in the inventory while traveling in a minecart will no longer sometimes select the wrong slot.
  
• Fixed an issue where locked chests would not spawn when mining with Sledges.
  
• Fixed an issue where objects destroyed by a Sledge would not be automatically pulled to the player if the player was too far away from the destroyed tile or object.
  
• Fixed a bug where the damage buff from consuming cooked Tornis Kingfish was not indicated with a UI icon.
  
• Pets no longer collide with other creatures.
  
• Fixed a bug where deleting user-placed map markers would sometimes delete the wrong markers.
  
• Fixed a bug where rotated Glass Smelters didnt have an outline when selected.
  
• Fixed an issue where the sound effect for a charged-up weapon would not play for other players.
  
• Fixed a commonly reported issue where the great wall would reappear when the game was restarted.
  
• Fixed the value in some buff texts to not have a negative sign, as the description of the buff already indicated it as being a negative effect.
  
• Fixed a bug where lava would spread over regular water instead of creating solidified lava ground.
  
• Fixed mod checks on connect not working properly.
  
• Fixed formating in popup message when missing a required mod.
  
• Fixed missing mod name in popup when missing a required mod.
  
• Various performance improvements throughout the code base.
  
• Fixed a memory leak when there were too many wall particles on screen.
  
• Fixed a number of visual errors in the in-game Mod UI.
  
• Various performance improvements throughout the code base.
  
• Fixed bug hindering a mod from loading assemblies.
  
• Fixed unresponsive UI when using characters not present in the Korean font.

With the launch of our brand-new Mod SDK and our next major update just over a week away, now is the perfect time to start your underground adventure in the world of Core Keeper! Especially since were currently part of the Fireshine Games publisher sale, meaning that you can pick up the game at a whopping 33% discount.

If someone you know has been waiting for the right time to try out Core Keeper, then they wont want to miss our biggest sale to date, so tell your friends! Head on over to our Steam store page to take advantage of this offer now, but hurry, this discount ends on October 9th.



Whether you prefer playing single-player or in groups of up to 8, the mysterious world of Core Keeper is waiting for you and your pals! Will you focus on levelling up your skills or building the perfect base? Perhaps youll spend all your time on a tour of the underground! Will you pick a range of backgrounds for a balanced party or maybe build a team of all fighters for the ultimate boss-battling adventure?! With a seemingly endless world to explore, its always a good idea to recruit a friend or two to lend a hand.

Check out our latest trailer below for an idea of what you can expect in our next update (coming October 4th). Make sure youre following us on Twitter for all the latest news and announcements and join the Core Keeper community over on Discord.

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• Fixed crash when saving newly spawned objects.
  
• Fixed a crash when firing a projectile after switching between two worlds without restarting the game.
  

• Fixed a bug where water wells and the wash basin didnt refill watering cans.
  
• Fixed a bug where electrical doors didnt rotate to match the surrounding walls.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player might be ejected from a vehicle if they tried to enter right after placing it.
  
• Fixed a crash caused by having too many objects on screen simultaneously.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would start even if crucial initialization steps failed, causing unpredictable behaviour and crashes.
  
• Fixed graphical effects that were missing for some attack animations.
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented glass shaders from rendering
  
• Fixed wrong material used for modded SpriteRenderers
  
• Visual fixes to in-game Mod menu
  
• Fixed error in particle shader
  

Introducing the Shimmering Frontier (previously known as the Crystal Biome), a glistening and glimmering new update coming to Core Keeper on October 4th 2023! Plus, Core Keepers Mod Software Development Kit launches today!

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[h2]A Shiny New Update: The Shimmering Frontier[/h2]

Set out on a voyage to this long-anticipated biome thats been on the Core Keeper roadmap since day one. Its time to explore the Shimmering Frontier, coming October 4th!

Uncover dazzling Solarite Ore to craft all-new armour, tools, and equipment to enhance your underground adventure. But be careful, the Shimmering Frontier isnt without its perils and you might just find yourself face to face with new enemies from crystal-mimicking Mimites all the way to Giant Snails.

Were sure youll want to spend plenty of time exploring this new biome, but weve also added a whole host of new content throughout the game. Youll definitely want to search the Shimmering Frontier and travel back through previous biomes to uncover over 50 new pieces of armour and equipment as well as new custom scenes, cattle, pets, boss drops, and more! Just make sure you keep your wits about you in the Sunken Sea, rumour has it theres something scary stalking the depths of the oceanand were not talking about Omoroth!



Therell be plenty of opportunities to put your combat skills to the test in this update thanks to exciting new battle events. Wed definitely recommend improving your gear at the new Upgrade Station before you go seeking out one of our unique battle arenas, however! Dont want to find yourself in a sticky situation with under-levelled equipment (yep, theres equipment levelling now), do you?

Weve got plenty in store for fans of the cozy side of Core Keeper too. Shed a little light on your creations with our brand-new Roofing Gadget tool that can bust through and repair the ceiling above to let in or shut out beams of light. Set out to find and collect all new valuables to display in your bases, which can shimmer and shine thanks to new Gleam Wood base-building options. You can even mine out huge areas of the map for all your base-creation needs using the Obliteration Ray. Oh, and expect even more hairstyles for a little extra player customisation!



Developing the Shimmering Frontier has been an amazing journey for us at Pugstorm. You might remember this one as the Crystal Update that we announced all the way back in our first Early Access roadmap, and we know that this is the one youve all been waiting for. This update went through plenty of designs and iterations, carefully balancing community-requested features, heaps of new content, and references to the games lore until we felt like it was just right! - Sven Thole, Pugstorm COO.

Were so excited for you to play this update and weve barely scratched the surface of whats to come! With just two weeks to go, we hope youre looking forward to the Shimmering Frontier as much as we are coming October 4th!



[h2]Our Mod SDK Is Out Now![/h2]

As of right now, Core Keeper is offering official mod support through our very own Mod Software Development Kit!

We announced our plans for the Mod SDK way back in June and quickly got to work collating feedback from our very active modding community. We asked you questions about the functionalities youd like to see, the pain points you were currently experiencing when developing mods, and your preferences when it came to mod creation.

All this led us to the very first iteration of our Mod SDK, which functions via Unity and can be downloaded here. Weve also implemented an in-game solution that will allow players to browse and install Core Keeper mods from Mod.io directly to the game. We look forward to developing the Mod SDK further, and your feedback will be incredibly helpful for future iterations of this software development kit!



[h2]What Is Mod.io?[/h2]

Mod.io is a mod-support platform that offers players the ability to install mods directly from in-game menus. Mod.io supports small and large (up to 8 GB) mods that are hosted on the Mod.io website, work across all platforms, and are simple for players to implement.

[h2]What About Multiplayer?[/h2]

With the Mod SDK opening up the world of Core Keeper mods to even more Explorers, you might be wondering what this means for multiplayer. In short, this will depend upon the type of mods that have been installed in the world you want to join. Some mods dont require you, the player, to have them installed so long as the host does. Others may require both the host and the player to have them installed in order for you to play in the same world.

If you join a world with mods that require installation from both the host and the player, you will be given the option to install them too. If you would prefer not to install the necessary mods, the connection will simply close and you will be unable to join that specific world.

Were very happy to be able to provide creators and players with a stable and standardised platform for mod creation and installation, and we cant wait to see what you make! Oh, and as a reminder, we do have an official space for mod creators to chat in our Core Keeper Discord server if youre looking to connect with your fellow modders.

Other:

• Mod SDK support.
  
• Mod.io integration.
  
• Removed excessive logging when loading configuration files.
  
• Changed Unity scripting backend to use Mono instead of IL2CPP.

• Added some missing item descriptions in creative mode.
  
• Updated some item descriptions to reflect new use cases.
  
• Fixed a bug where the built-in Steam browser would open the Discord app every time the game was started after the feedback option on the start menu had been clicked.
  
• The Easter Pillar can no longer be placed in the same spot where another pillar has already been placed.

It's time for another Core Keeper community wrap-up! Let's jump right in with a summary of what we've been up to...

[h2]Our Mod SDK is coming on September 20th![/h2]
We announced the date for Core Keeper's upcoming Mod SDK, and you can expect this on September 20th! We've got an amazing modding community and we're very excited to be able to support them with our software development kit. You can find out more about this here.



[h2]Anyone Else Experiencing a Heatwave?[/h2]
Our publishing team is based in the UK where the sun has been blazing these past few weeks. So much so that our community manager whipped up this little GIF of them in the Molten Quarry to represent how they felt at their desk! Let's hope it cools down soon...



[h2]We Won "Best Debut" at the Swedish Game Awards[/h2]
That's right, we're feeling pretty honoured right now! We were up against some awesome titles too, so this really means a lot to us. Now it's time to work out how we're all going to share custody of this shiny new award.



[h2]Let There Be Light![/h2]
Here's another community request that we've been working on for the Crystal update. This handy little gadget can punch holes in the ceiling and repair roof tiles to let in or shut out light from above. Enjoy playing with natural lighting, we can't wait to see how you use this in-game.



[h2]Exploring in Spanish[/h2]
Some of our Spanish-speaking community members have been sharing their Core Keeper screenshots over on Twitter in celebration of the new language update! We can see Twitter user Hugh Belmont has chosen the Fighter or "Luchador" background here.



[h2]Poly Powered Automation?[/h2]
A member of our Japanese-speaking community shared this picture on Twitter, showcasing their automated woodfarm. We like to think the Strolly Poly is the foreman, overseeing the automation output!



[h2]3D Glow Tulip by Awkward Comrade[/h2]
Discord user, Awkward Comrade, shared this amazing 3D Glow Tulip with us! We think this looks super impressive and we really wish we could have a couple of these dotted around our office spaces.




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If youve been hanging around the official Core Keeper Discord, you probably already know that Core Keeper has an active and talented modding community. You can find plenty of mods across the internet, from auto-fishing to tile placement, but there hasnt been any official mod support for Core Keeperuntil now!



After collating feedback from the modding community, were delighted to announce that we are launching a Mod Software Development Kit (SDK) for Core Keeper on September 20th 2023. The Mod SDK will offer players a standardised way to create mods (via Unity) and install them directly from the game menu using a Mod.io integration.

As a brand-new tool, the Mod SDK may have some initial limitations, which we are aiming to expand over time. We hope the Mod SDK will open up the world of Core Keeper mods to even more Explorers and we cant wait to see what you create come September 20th!

Happy September 1st, Explorers! We've just launched our Spanish Language Update and we're now creeping into Mod SDK territory, which is very exciting. We'll have more details on the exact date for the software development kit soon. Until then, let's see what the community has been up to.

[h2]Halloween Excitement[/h2]
Halloween may still be months away, but we're getting all excited for spooky season! You might notice some slightly less murderous enemies and a little Embertail sat in the overworld, which we achieved using the developer console. We had a couple of people ask about this on Twitter though, and we've definitely taken your feedback on board about wanting to be able to place pets in the world!

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[h2]5 Core Keeper Facts![/h2]
We shared a whole heap of Core Keeper facts over on Twitter on Thursday, but we'd happy to share 'em again here. Are you ready?

1. While Core Keeper looks like a 2D game, the world is generated as 3D blocks & combined with 2D characters and objects. By adding mathematical tricks to the camera, we make the game appear entirely 2D with gorgeous 3D lighting effects.



2. We ran our first closed alpha just three months after announcing #CoreKeeper on Steam and your feedback added many cool things to the game including...

- Boss health recovery
-Root seeds/blocks
- Hunger increasing based on pixels travelled (as opposed to over time)

3. Fishing was added as a direct response to community requests. Yep, if you want something badly enough, it might just get added to the game!

We've also taken on board your feedback & think some refining is in order for this mechanic. Something to think about for the future



4. The Orange Slime is the very first monster we designed for Core Keeper, and its probably the first monster youll encounter in-game. In fact, the concept for Glurch came about when we asked "what would happen if a bunch of Slimes all fused together?"



5. We've heard your feedback when it comes to transporting cattle across the map...and let's just say it'll soon be the leasht of your worries

[h2]We Had an Amazing Time at Gamescom![/h2]
The Fireshine Games team brought Core Keeper to Gamescom this year and had a blast welcoming new and veteran Explorers to the underground...and handing out lots of shiny new merch!



Here's a pic from Gamescom that one of our awesome Twitter followers, GhostArya, shared with us!



[h2]The Water of the Future[/h2]
We've been sharing some cheeky teasers we've got in store for future updates, including real-time water simulations!



[h2]Figurine Collection[/h2]
Discord user, Twifyre, showed off their figurine collection on the Core Keeper Discord! They finally got that Acid Larva figurine.



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We want to say a big "Hola" to all our Spanish-speaking Explorers and welcome you to our community with the arrival of Core Keeper's Spanish language update!

We had so many requests for this one, and were very excited to be able to offer Core Keeper in European Spanish as of right now. We hope you all enjoy diving into the underground, mining resources, upgrading your equipment, fighting our colossal bosses, building bases, playing in multiplayer, and more. And don't forget that we recently added an all-new Creative Mode for those of you who love building and decorating your very own worlds.

[h2]Don't Forget to Vote for Core Keeper in the Gamescom Awards[/h2]

In case you missed it, we're very excited to announce that Core Keeper has been selected as a finalist in the "Most Entertaining" category at the Gamescom Awards. This is a really big honour for us as an Early Access game and we are so grateful to our community for your wonderful support.

There's not much time left to cast your vote (voting closes on Thursday the 24th of September at 2pm CEST!), so please show us your support and vote Core Keeper for "Most Entertaining" here!

[h2]Localisation[/h2]

• Spanish translations implemented in the game.
  

Exciting news, Explorers! We're delighted to announce that we're one of the finalists in the "Most Entertaining" category at the Gamescom Awards.

Every year, the Gamescom Awards honour the outstanding games, expansions, exhibitors, announcements, and trailers that are presented at Gamescom 2023. As an Early Access game, we're extremely proud to be in the running alongside some truly awesome titles for this award.

The Gamescom Awards are voted for by the public, and we'd love it if we could count on your vote for Core Keeper in the "Most Entertaining" category! Voting is now open, and you can cast your vote here.

But hurry! Voting closes on 22nd at The winners are set to be announced on Friday the 25th of August, meaning there are only a few days of voting left. We hope you're enjoying playing Core Keeper as much as we're enjoying developing it, and we want to take this opportunity to say a BIG thank you to our wonderful community for your continued support while we work towards the Crystal Update and beyond.

You can find Core Keeper playable at the Fireshine Games booths in the Indie Arena (consumer hall 10.2) at Gamescom this year. Whether you're a brand-new Explorer or a veteran of the underground, you can stop by to get hands-on with the game and pick up some of our awesome new merch!

VOTE HERE:
GAMESCOM AWARDS 2023 VOTING

Wondering what's going on in the world of Core Keeper? Then you won't wanna miss our weekly wrap-ups! Let's take a look at what we've been sharing this week, as well as some of the awesome stuff our community has been sharing with us!

[h2]We're going to Gamescom 2023![/h2]
Exciting times ahead, Explorers. Yesterday, we announced that Core Keeper is going to be at Gamescom 2023 with Fireshine Games in the Indie Arena (consumer hall 10.2). Oh, and did we mention that we'll be bringing some brand-new merch with us? Think T-shirts, stickers, notebooks, and more!



[h2]Glowbugs Galore![/h2]
Glowbugs have been part of Core Keeper since day one and they've really grown and developed with the game. We put a lot of love into our lighting system and the way these adorable little Glowbugs look, but did you know that we added a mechanic so that you can pick them up and place them down using the Bug Net? Watch this Explorer in action!



You can get an idea of what Glowbugs looked like very early on in the game from this GIF we released around about the time we launched in Early Access.



[h2]Discord Emojis[/h2]
Join our Discord. We have emojis. What more do you need?
(We also have a very lovely and friendly community)



[h2]Cozy Little Kitchen[/h2]
Discord user, Terrarium, has been doing some base renovating recently. Check out their cozy little kitchen!



[h2]Terraria Pixel Art[/h2]
Anybody recognise this terrifying tyrant? Big shout out to Azakha Of The Golden Order [CKO] for creating this amazing artwork.



[h2]Knights Templar Pixel Art[/h2]
There are absolutely no words to describe how awesome this map art by Queen Underscore is. We bet it took ages!



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Thats right, Explorers, Core Keeper is going to be at Gamescom 2023! Were delighted to announce that you can come and play Core Keeper over at the Fireshine Games booths in the Indie Area (consumer hall 10.2).

Whether youre brand new to Core Keeper or a veteran of the underground, why not stop on by, sit down with the game, and pick up some exclusive merch? Well have a lovely little selection of goodies for you to get your hands on, including T-shirts, stickers, notebooks, and more!



As if that wasnt exciting enough, we also wanted to remind you that...

[h2]Our Mod SDK Is on the Way![/h2]

Were still hard at work getting our Mod Software Development Kit ready for you all. Weve got an amazing modding community and we are looking forward to being able to provide more robust mod support for them. The Mod SDK will help modders create and distribute mods for Core Keeper, offering a standardised way to add and install mods to the game.

Weve mentioned before that the initial solutions were pushing might be a bit limited at first, but were taking this approach in order to give creators all the tools they need to implement their own solutions while making mod support as stable as possible. This is currently still planned for September 2023, and we hope this will open up the world of Core Keeper mods to even more Explorers.

We hope to see some of you at Gamescom this year and, for those of you who cant make it, well still be around on the Core Keeper Twitter and official Core Keeper Discord server!

Welcome to another Weekly Community Wrap-Up, Explorers! We can't believe how quickly the weeks go by, it'll be Christmas before we know it. Speaking of Christmas (though, we suppose we've got Halloween first), we wanted to remind you that all of our in-game seasonal events can be accessed at any time through the Gameplay Settings menu. You can even toggle these on/off if you'd rather not experience them at all throughout the year!

[h2]Mini-Moolin[/h2]
Hmm, there's something a little off about this Moolin. It's really small and it looks like it's only recently learnt to walk. Odd...



[h2]Desert of Beginnings Concept Art[/h2]
Have you seen some of the amazing concept art that our Lead Artist, Julian, creates when we're working on something new? Here's some of the concepts from The Desert of Beginnings update! We're sure you'll spot plenty of familiar designs along with a few that didn't quite make the final cut (such as the Sunpear and Nightdew Blossom plants!).



[h2]Which is Your Favourite Day of the Week?[/h2]
It's a tough job, exploring the underground 7 days a week, but somebody has to do it.

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[h2]Colourful Cat-Creatures![/h2]
Like all our pets, the Embertail comes in plenty of fun colour variations. Which colours have you hatched?

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[h2]Hive Mother Drawing by Wither503[/h2]
Discord user, Wither503, has been sharing some of their Core Keeper artwork across the Discord server. We really enjoyed this Hive Mother drawing and wanted to share it with you!



[h2]Workshop Area by [/h2]
Check out this little workshop area, created by



[h2]Caveling Plushie World Domination![/h2]
Our Caveling plushies are making their way to all the corners of the world! This little guy has found himself in Tokyo, Japan.



[h2]Welcome to the "in the mountain" inn![/h2]
OkajinTV and co created this beautiful "mountainside" inn. Amazing work and very cozy looking!



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It's the first community wrap-up of August and also the month that our Spanish Language update is due to launch. Keep an eye out for this, Explorers! We've not got lots to say this week other than check out all the awesome Core Keeper content you can find across the web:

[h2]White Whistle[/h2]
Our Lead Artist, Julian, is responsible for this awesome anime reference. Does anyone know the name of the anime this is from?

[previewyoutube=TrLeZaA5Aa0;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]New Fish or New Plants?[/h2]
We asked you if you'd rather see new fish or new plants in the Crystal Biome update. We definitely should have seen this coming, but the vast majority of you said...BOTH! We can't reveal too much but let's just say that we definitely don't want to disappoint any of you *wink* *wink*.

[h2]Check Out Our Soundtrack[/h2]
Did you know that volume 1 of the Core Keeper official soundtrack is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and more? Check out the Spotify album here!



[h2]Starlight Nautilus[/h2]
Did you know that August is National Fishing Month? We donned our Diving Helm, Kelp Mantle, Scuba Fins, Neptune Necklace, and Goldfish ring for some serious fishing buffs and were finally able to catch that Starlight Nautilus we'd been dreaming about.



[h2]Boat Base![/h2]
We were inspired by one of our recent competition winners to create a little boat base! What do you think?

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[h2]The Great Escape[/h2]
Discord user SnapDragon987 has wowed us with another piece of cattle-inspired pixel art. Thankfully, Bambucks can't actually jump fences in Core Keeper (though we don't totally hate the idea).



[h2]Core Keeper Short Film[/h2]
One of our Discord Mods, Mistry, shared a project she's been working on for quite some time now. She put a lot of effort into this (2 whole months' worth!) and has said that it was a blast to beat the bosses alone since she'd always had someone taking them on with her in the past. Seeing her project finished brings tears to her eyes every time she watches it and we can't help but get a little emotional when we think of all her hard work too!

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Hey there Explorers, it's not long now until we head into a brand-new month where you can expect our Spanish Language Update! We're very excited to be bringing you Core Keeper in European Spanish and we can't wait to welcome lots of new people to the Core Keeper community. Speaking of our community, let's dive right into the weekly community wrap-up!

[h2]This Barbie is Playing in Creative Mode[/h2]
It's Barbie's world, and we're all just living in it.

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[h2]Guess That Achievement![/h2]
It's like "Who's that Pokmon?" but with less margin for error. We shared a picture of an achievement you can expect in our upcoming Crystal Biome update and asked you to guess the name of the achievement and how it is unlocked. Here are some of the guesses the community had on Twitter!

• Title "How Now Purple Cow?" and it's of course maximum affection level
  
• My Moo best friend
  
• Cattle Moo-ving is a little bit tedious: Transfer "X-amount" of cattle near player-crafted home.
  

Did you know that, in Sweden, its customary to take four weeks of vacation time in the summer? The Pugstorm team is enjoying a little bit of vacation time right now to give us a chance to rest and recuperate, but our community manager, Bridie, is on hand to share with the weekly community wrap-up as always! We hope you enjoy this weeks update, and were looking forward to jumping straight back in to continue working on the Crystal Biome and more.

[h2]Go-Karts[/h2]
In anticipation of our summer vacation, we just had to get some shots of an Explorer cruising around the beach in a Go-Kart! Whats your favourite biome to drive through?

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[h2]Crystal Biome Ore Teaser[/h2]
Recently, we asked you to guess what the new ore would be for the Crystal Biome and there were some terrific guesses. This week, we thought wed share a sneak preview of the ore in the form of a silhouette. It might not be much to go on, but did this teaser light up your imagination at all?



[h2]Blast from the Past[/h2]
Our CEO, Fredrik Prntare, showed us a side-by-side comparison of his first, solo, pixel-art project from 10 years ago!

...the code base is what eventually became Core Keeper many years down the line. The lesson: build iteratively your passion project now might be the stepping stone for something larger.

We thought this was a great example of how a personal project can grow and develop into something successful through a team effort. Fredrik feels his strongest contribution to the project was finding & connecting the right people, creating an environment where they love working together & can work effectively!



[h2]Hallowtines? Valenween?[/h2]
You can build some pretty unique bases in Core Keeper when you mix seasonal content. This is what happens when spooky meets sweet!

[previewyoutube=k24fiNQomFU;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]Sea Merchant Cabin by DK92[/h2]
We love this screenshot from Twitter user, DK92. Merchants need homes too!



[h2]Glow Tulip Animation by MissBarbare[/h2]
(You might need to wait 5-10 seconds for this to load/loop!)

MissBarbare shared this amazing, work-in-progress Glow Tulip animation with us over on Discord. This is part of a bigger Core Keeper project theyve got in the works and we cant wait to see how it turns out!



[h2]Pikachu Lamps by Paulaizm[/h2]
10/10 use of lamps by Discord user Paulaizm. No notes!



[h2]Picnic by [/h2]
Finally, we just had to share this amazing fan art by . The way they re-create screenshots theyve taken from Core Keeper and breathe so much personality into them is outstanding, and we can never get enough of seeing these two adorable Explorer characters interact.



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We recently ran a creative mode competition over on Twitter where we challenged you to build a world, base, or creation around the theme of Enchanted Waters. We had some amazing submissions from community members all over the world, and it wasnt easy to pick a winner!

We saw some amazing uses of Core Keepers map, lighting, and mechanics that were blended to create truly beautiful worlds. After a lot of deliberation, we were able to narrow the video submissions down to one clear winner, which well be sharing below. Before that, however, we also wanted to share some of our favourites from the runners-up (in no particular order).

[h3]Wizard Otters Submission[/h3]

We thoroughly enjoyed a tour of this canal-filled submission by Wizard Otter. From the lighting to the use of seasonal content and floor tiles, everything about this scene was truly lovely to look at. Its obvious that Wizard Otter put lots of effort into getting the flooring and structure of this world looking just right. Awesome job!

[previewyoutube=4EcymFxIA_c;full][/previewyoutube]

[h3]Yuzuriha Sakuras Submission[/h3]

We felt like we were transported to an exciting nautical world the minute we hit play on Yuzuriha Sakuras submission. The boat-like structure made out of wooden signs was particularly creative and we loved the use of teleportation to switch between themed spaces throughout the video. Overall, we thought this was a lovely collection of scenes that came together to build a very expansive world.

[previewyoutube=M8dUE4hejyU;full][/previewyoutube]

[h3]s Submission[/h3]

The use of the map at the very start of this video filled us with intrigue and gave us a great sense of how water and liquid had been used in each space. This creative Explorer did a wonderful job of maintaining a world that could easily be walked through while segmenting individual areas of the map. There was lots of colour and theme coordination, which we loved.

[previewyoutube=w0d9zduYqEk;full][/previewyoutube]

[h3]Garden Plus Submission[/h3]

This video was entitled Fairy Forest and it was truly magical. From the very start, we felt like we were on a journey through a scene that could easily appear in-game, and we were wowed by the clever use of certain building materials to achieve unique effects (such as creating the appearance of a staircase leading down into the water). There was so much to look at and absorb in this world and the water features running throughout linked it to the theme beautifully.

[previewyoutube=9RERZsH_104;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]The Winning Submission by soumu.[/h2]

What can we say? We loved it from the moment we hit play. This water-filled world was both enchanting and eerie, and the use of the void as negative space to make the lighting effects even more striking on the water was inspired! It felt like we were on a journey in a fantasy realm, and the little pops of colour here and there made for a beautiful contrast to the glowing and ethereal landscape. This Explorer understood the assignment perfectly and created something memorable that truly stood out to us. We also loved the playful use of the map at the very end and thought the pixel-art Glow Tulip was the cherry on top of an already amazing submission.

[previewyoutube=tHCLfbNzJqE;full][/previewyoutube]

We hope you had fun designing your worlds and bases for this competition. Keep an eye out for future competitions on Twitter and Discord, and let us know what kind of competitions youd like to see from us in the comments!

Have we really had two major updates since the last time we added to our Creature Compendium? With lots of new mobs dotted around the underground, were long overdue a look at some of Core Keepers monsters. Well be covering the creatures added from The Desert of Beginnings and beyond here, so dont forget to check out parts one, two, and three for earlier mobs.

[h2]Caveling Spearman[/h2]
Location: The Clay Caves
Attacks: With a Hunting Spear

Be careful when wandering through The Clay Caves you never know when youll stumble upon a Caveling camp. Caveling Spearmen can usually be found hanging around a campfire in small groups along with Caveling Skirmishers, working together to hunt down any Explorer that dares cross their paths.

[h2]Caveling Skirmisher[/h2]
Location: The Clay Caves
Attacks: With a throwing spear

Hunting in tandem with Caveling Spearmen, Caveling Skirmishers are vicious creatures who arent shy about jumping right into the heart of battle. These fierce combatants wear caps made of larva skin, dirty leaves, and cloth which give them an edge when it comes to combat. Take out a Caveling Skirmisher and they might just drop Skirmisher Cap, which you can swipe to improve your health, armour, and ranged attack speed!



[h2]Caveling Assassin[/h2]

Location: The Desert of Beginnings
Attacks: With deadly daggers

Quick, cloaked, and with one thing on their minds, Caveling Assassins are formidable foes. Thriving in the desert sands, they can spot an unsuspecting Explorer from quite a distance. You might find yourself being attacked from all angles if you run into a Caveling Assassin, as this cold-blooded killer can throw a flurry of daggers at the player in quick succession before closing the gap and switching to a series of lunged attacks.

[h2]Bomb Scarab[/h2]

Location: The Desert of Beginnings
Attacks: By charging the player

The Bomb Scarab is a relentless mob that will charge its enemies over and over. These beetle-like creatures can be found all over The Desert of Beginnings, but players should keep an extra close eye out for the sandy whirlwinds that appear and spawn up 5 Bomb Scarabs at a time! Bomb Scarabs dont go down without a fight these insectoids have a unique defence mechanism that causes them to explode when their health is low, so make sure you kill them quickly before they have a chance to blow upotherwise, you could find yourself within the blast zone!

[h2]Lava Butterfly[/h2]

Location: The Molten Quarry
Attacks: By shooting fireballs

Beautiful but deadly, Lava Butterflies spawn from Ground Magma Slime within the Molten Quarry and will shoot fireballs at any old Explorer who just happens to be passing by. Capable of travelling through the air over any terrain, its not uncommon to see these glowing creatures fluttering over pools of lava. Unsurprisingly, theyre immune to burning damage and their fireballs will definitely leave you feeling a little scorched.



[h2]Lava Slime[/h2]

Location: The Molten Quarry
Attacks: With an extra toasty tackle

A superheated Slime mob that attacks by slamming its molten body into the player. These Slimes appear to be made entirely of lava, with a thick crust coating the outer layer of their bodies that makes them immune to both acid and burning damage. Dealing a whopping 248 regular damage, plus an additional 26 burn damage, wed recommend avoiding these bad boys at all costs.

[h3]Honourary Mention:[/h3]

[h2]Royal Slime[/h2]

Location: Wherever King Slime is summoned
Attacks: With a regal body slam

Royal Slimes are an extra-special Slime variant added to Core Keeper as part of our Terraria crossover. Summoned by King Slime himself, these royal attendants will defend their monarch at all costs. Theyre also a lovely royal blue colour!

Weve got the Crystal biome to look forward to as our next major update. What kind of creatures do you think well introduce next? Let us know in the comments, over on our Twitter page, or tell us on the official Core Keeper Discord server!

It's the first Friday of July, and that means its time for another Weekly Wrap-Up! 2023 is going by very quickly, and we're on the road to August for our Spanish Language update. Let's take a look at what's been going on with the Core Keeper community this week.

[h2]Mod Support Survey[/h2]
Were working hard dedicating our efforts to enable official mod support for mod creators through our Mod Software Development Kit, which we are currently aiming to release in September. Our goal is to roll out the Mod SDK while enabling (as opposed to hindering) current mod efforts, so we are reaching out to the modding community via our Mod Support Survey to get a better understanding of the ways you are creating mods.

[h2]The Hatchery[/h2]

No true Pet enthusiast's world is complete without a dedicated hatchery!

[previewyoutube=Rb4VcZ0CcgA;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]Sledge GIF[/h2]

We've said it once and we'll say it again, the Sledge is great for busting through walls, but not so hot at fighting enemies. We'd recommend this Explorer switch to a sword.



[h2]Steam Summer Sale[/h2]

We're partway through the Steam Summer Sale and so delighted to be featuring alongside a huge roster of amazing games. You can pick up Core Keeper for a 20% discount right now, making this the perfect time to start your underground adventure or gift the game to a friend.

[h2]Pixel Art[/h2]

Discord user Ep163, whipped up some pixel art of their buddies' favourite Pokmon while waiting for them to come online. We're big fans of Mimikyu too!



[h2]Titans Chambers[/h2]

Pillow Caveling shared this awesome base entitled "Titan's Chambers" with us over in the Core Keeper Media Forums on Discord. What a great way to showcase your Titan boss armour!



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Calling all modders! Were working hard dedicating our efforts to enable official mod support for mod creators through our Mod Software Development Kit, which we are currently aiming to release in September.

The Mod SDK will help modders create and distribute mods for Core Keeper, giving players a standardised way to add and install mods to the game. The official solutions we are pushing might be a bit limited at the start, but we still want to give creators all the tools they need to implement their own solutions while making mod support as stable as possible.

We may introduce changes during the game's early access and beyond after the Mod API's launch that could cause mods to temporarily stop functioning as intended until they're updated, but we will be as open as possible about this and try to avoid this where possible.

Our goal is to roll out the Mod SDK while enabling (as opposed to hindering) current mod efforts, so we are reaching out to the modding community to get a better understanding of the ways you are creating mods and to hear your thoughts on our plans for introducing mod support for Core Keeper.

With that in mind, weve created a short survey that we are asking members of the modding community to fill out by 23:59 BST on July 12th .

Fill out the form here.

Your feedback will be incredibly valuable in the implementation of Core Keepers Mod SDK, and we cant wait to hear from you!

Did June fly by for anybody else or was that just us? It feels like only yesterday we released the Paws & Claws update, but here we are with an updated roadmap, getting ever closer to the Spanish language update and the Crystal Biome. Lets take a look at whats been going on community-wise this week!

[h2]Get 20% off Core Keeper[/h2]

Psst, did you know that Core Keeper is currently available at a 20% discount as part of the Steam Summer Sale? Tell your friends!

[h2]Does This Make Us Slime Ranchers?[/h2]

We jumped into Creative Mode last Friday, built some enclosures, and dropped a bunch of Slimes in there so that we could live out our fantasy of being Slime Ranchers. Which is your favourite Slime?



[h2]Moolin? More Like BOOM-lin![/h2]

That header was a terrible pun, but we stick by it. We shared a little comedy mockup of a Moolin with dynamite attached to its back, which got a pretty strong reaction from you lot! Just to be clear, we probably wont attach dynamite to the Moolin...probably.



[h2]Have You Entered Our Creative Mode Competition Yet?[/h2]

Theres still plenty of time to enter our Creative Mode competition, which closes on July 10th, and submit a base or world around the theme of Enchanted Waters. The competition is open to entrants worldwide and the winner will receive a 25 Steam voucher (or nearest equivalent) as a prize! Enter here!

[h2]The Hive Mother: Chunky Yet Funky[/h2]

Have you spotted any of the updated death animations in Core Keeper yet? Heres the Hive Mothers new animation, which is significantly more chunky. Gross!



[h2]Were Gonna Be at TwitchCon, Paris![/h2]

Thats right, you can play and stream #CoreKeeper at #TwitchConParis this year on the 8th and 9th of July! Whether you're a seasoned Explorer or you're brand-new to the underground, come on down to the Fireshine Games stand and jump into a mysterious subterranean world.

[h2]Is the Sledge a Good Weapon? Well[/h2]

Just because the Sledge can clear out a pretty sizable area of wall doesnt mean itll do the same to a bunch of enemies. With less damage and the exact same attack area as other weapons, wed really just recommend a sword!



[h2]Save the Moolin![/h2]

We told you our explosive Moolin got some pretty strong reactions, including this fan art from Twitter user @hairyfood1 who is on team save the Moolin!



[h2]When You Cant Play, Doodle![/h2]

Discord user hasnt been able to play Core Keeper lately, so they drew this adorable duo instead. Looks like somebody isnt going to share their wrap!



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Other:

• Added missing Localization Template file to Windows build.
  

Happy Friday, Explorers! We had a pretty big week this week with some cool announcements regarding the future of Core Keeper. Weve also been loving all the amazing Cattle / Pet fan-art weve been getting from the community over on Twitter and Discord. We hope youre all excited for the weekend and that youll share even more of your amazing fan art and screenshots with us on your preferred social media space!

[h2]New Roadmap[/h2]
Is it new roadmap time already? Why, yes it is! From Spanish language support all the way to our new Mod SDK and info on the Crystal Update, you can check out the latest version of our roadmap here. Weve had some great feedback from the community on this roadmap and were keen to hear your requests for other language support too. Feel free to leave these in the comments!

[h2]Check Out Our OST Playlist on YouTube [/h2]
Yesterday was World Music Day, and this seemed like the perfect time to upload the latest version of the OST to YouTube in the form of a playlist. Previously, we had all the tracks in one video, but we realised wed have to re-upload this every time the OST was updated. Now, you can listen to all our tracks on the playlist, and well add new ones each time the game updates with new music!

[h2]Creative Mode Competition[/h2]
Its another opportunity to get creative! We recently launched our Creative Mode competition, which is running until July 10th, using the theme Enchanted Waters. If you love base building and fancy a chance to get your hands on a 25 Steam voucher (or near equivalent in your currency), then check out the rules and enter here.

[h2]Performance Satisfaction Survey[/h2]
Something we are constantly working on when it comes to Core Keeper is optimisation and performance. We want as many people to be able to enjoy the game as possible, so we're asking for your feedback on the way Core Keeper runs in Early Access! If youve got a little time, wed love to hear your thoughts.

[h2]Marbled Meat[/h2]
If you dont think about where it comes from, the Marbled Meat in Core Keeper looks pretty darn tasty. Especially if you picture it sizzling away on a little BBQ!



[h2]GemBug Cattle Suggestion by Talena Brandon[/h2]
Weve had some very awesome suggestions for different cattle types over on Twitter, and lots of you even submitted concept art. These GemBugs by Talena Brandon are a very neat idea, and we love the idea of a type of cattle that consumes ore!



[h2]Ancient Forge by Insider[/h2]
Discord user Insider has built a wonderful base around the Ancient Forge, complete with a collection of valuable items and lots of lava...because you can never have enough lava!



[h2]Shark Pet by Yina[/h2]

Discord and Twitter user Yina is back at it again with the amazing artwork, this time sharing with us some concept art for a shark-themed pet! Here's what they had to say about their design:

"Shork - A tiny shark with 4 paws that a player can obtain from fishing or from the digging spots in the Sunken Sea. This will give fishing more pursuit, to collect glowy eggs. This Shork creature can accompany the players on land and water, similar to epaulette sharks. Very helpful when exploring the Sunken Sea, as it will help the player attack tentacles and it can also attack mobs on land. It will glow like the Embertail pet but attack in the same manner as the Subterrier."



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Good news, Explorers! Weve just updated our roadmap for the rest of 2023 and beyond. From new language support all the way to info on the Crystal Update, find out what youve got to look forward to below and view the full image version of the roadmap at the bottom of this post.

[h2]Spanish Language Update - August[/h2]

Were pleased to announce that Core Keeper will be getting a Spanish language update in August. There have been a lot of requests for a Spanish localisation of the game from the community, and were hard at work getting that ready for you now. We know there are a couple of different variations of Spanish and we have elected to localise Core Keeper in European Spanish. We hope youre looking forward to this localisation of the game and that youll join us in welcoming new Spanish-speaking explorers to the community.

[h2]Modding SDK 0.1 - September [/h2]

Weve got an amazing modding community for Core Keeper, and its been incredible to see all the creative ideas theyve come up with. Providing support for this community has been something weve been working on for quite some time now, and were very happy to be implementing a Software Development Kit (SDK) in Core Keeper for the very first time in September.

The modding SDK will help modders create and distribute mods for Core Keeper, and it will offer players a standardised way to add and install mods to the game. The official solutions we are pushing might be a bit limited at the start, but we still want to give creators all the tools they need to implement their own solutions while making mod support as stable as possible. We hope this will open up the world of Core Keeper mods to even more Explorers.

[h2]Crystal Update - Autumn[/h2]

This major content update is scheduled for Autumn 2023 and will include a brand-new biome with new enemies, materials, crafting options, and more! It wont be long before youre exploring a crystalline cave system and uncovering the exciting new resources on offer.

We know youve been looking forward to this one for quite some time, Explorers, so we thought wed give you some insights as to what were thinking about for the Crystal biome. You might have noticed that weve been asking a couple of questions about Cattle over on Twitter, and thats because were currently thinking about what more we can add to the Cattle system with this update, along with brand new game mechanics, lots of new equipment and more!!

[h2]Year-End Update - Winter[/h2]

Independent from our Christmas Seasonal Event (which will reoccur each year and can also be toggled at any time from the Gameplay Settings menu), well be releasing an additional Year-End Update this winter. This will come in the form of a minor update unrelated to our Seasonal Events and, while we cant tell you whats to come just yet, were working hard to make sure weve got something fun to tide you over through the new year! Oh, and speaking of the new year

[h2]Additional Language Support - 2024![/h2]

Were committed to bringing Core Keeper to even more Explorers before we hit 1.0, and we plan on adding more language support to Core Keeper in 2024. Were still finalising the details here, but with this update coming next year, we hope youll take this opportunity to make lots of noise and let us know which languages you want to see represented!

[h2]Heres to the Future of Core Keeper![/h2]

We cant believe were nearly halfway through 2023 it really does feel like yesterday since we released our last roadmap. We hope youre as excited about all the upcoming content as we are, and wed love to hear your thoughts over in the Steam Discussions, on Twitter, or in the official Core Keeper Discord server.

Summer is in full swing, Explorers, and we hope youre having fun doing lots of different activities alongside playing Core Keeperthough wed never hold it against you if you were just playing Core Keeper! Heres a little look at what weve been sharing with the community this week.

[h2]Treat Yourself![/h2]
Weve got lots of yummy, healthy food for growing Explorers in Core Keeper, and we also have plenty of tasty treats for when you feel like a Caveling Crunch bar and can of Heart Berry Soda might just hit the spot a little better than a Glowing Tulip Salad.



[h2]Ocean Base[/h2]
Is it part of the lost city of Atlantis? Some sort of mermaid homestead? Or maybe its just a little ocean base for those of you who like to be beside the seaside.

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[h2]What Kind of Cattle Would You Like to See?[/h2]

Over on Twitter, we asked you what kind of Cattle youd like to see in the future, and you had some amazing responses that have really sparked our imaginations. From horse-shoe crabs to baby dragons, there were so many suggestions that have certainly given us plenty to think about.



[h2]Your Cattle Concepts![/h2]
Some of you even went as far as to draw up concept art when we asked you what kinds of cattle youd like to see in the future. We love this chicken-inspired creature from @ambercatlucky2 and this cool collection of ideas from @hairyfood1!






[h2]Character Art by yina[/h2]
This character art was shared in the Core Keeper Media forums over on our Discord server by the talented yina. We love the Iron Armour, but were a little concerned about what might have happened to that Rock Jaw!



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• Reverted the change Procedural generation of new terrain is now spread over multiple frames. due to problems with procedural spawning on dedicated servers.
  

Other:

• Changed how cooked food is stored in the save files. Existing save files will get converted when they are loaded for the first time. After this point, they will not be compatible with previous game versions.
  
• Several performance improvements for the water spreading system. In particular, this should in significantly reduced load times for worlds where large sections of the Sunken Sea biome have been explored.
  
• Cattle are no longer affected by aura effects such as Malugaz burning set bonus, and summoned creatures like the Ghost Scholar Caveling from Phantom Spark will no longer attack Cattle.
  
• Update README for dedicated server with missing information since previous updates.
  
• Dedicated server will now parse human readable values as well as the corresponding integer values for setting world mode and season. So, instead of setting -season 1 or -worldmode 1, you can use -season Easter and -worldmode Hard as well.
  
• Trying to load save files created using a recent game version into earlier, incompatible game versions will now result in an error message prompting the player to install the new update.
  
• The maximum object ID for ingredients used in cooked food has been increased from 10,000 to 65,535. In particular, it now supports the 32,76865,535 range that is reserved for items added by mods.
  
• Enemies that spawn in groups chasing down players will no longer destroy objects in their paths while chasing down the player.
  
• Fixed translation issues in descriptions for certain weapons and pets.
  
• Procedural generation of new terrain is now spread over multiple frames. This, together with some other performance improvements, should significantly reduce stuttering when exploring new parts of the world.
  
• Upgrade Sentry SDK version to 1.2.0. Used for error and crash reporting.
  
• Avoid calling a Steam function which could cause severe lag spikes for some players.
  
• Game will avoid spamming log messages because of unknown objects.
  
• Allow extending the version string used for detecting version mismatch with the launch option -versionsuffix followed by the suffix to use.
  
• Enemies that accidentally end up on a tile they cant stand on are now removed after a short delay.
  

• Creatures like cattle, critters and enemies should no longer escape through fences and other blocking objects.
  
• Fixed an issue where murals that could be opened would sometimes block the player from digging and placing ground blocks around the mural when it shouldnt.
  
• Fixed an issue with pets being able to damage cattle.
  
• Larvas will no longer die when they walk close to a fence.
  
• Caveling Skirmishers no longer quickly sidestep from side to side if they temporarily lose line of sight to their target.
  
• Fixed the eyes to be glowing red again for some Caveling types where the eyes had turned black.
  
• Playing certain melodies with the instruments will no longer cause the player to freeze.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Sticky Toy pet talent would increase enemies movement speed instead of slowing them down. The amount slowed by the talent and Jr. Orange Slime was also slightly rebalanced.
  
• Fixed an issue where entries could be incorrectly overwritten or duplicated in the previously joined servers drop-down menu.
  
• Fixed a bug where pets would disappear after pausing the game while the pet was running to its owner.
  
• Fixed keys opening UI elements like the map not being disabled while naming pets.
  
• Fixed minor grammatical error in the description of Omoroths Necklace.
  

It's that time again, time for another community wrap-up! We've been busy bees ever since the Paws & Claws launch, and we've been taking lots of time to read your feedback and suggestions over on the Core Keeper Discord server and in the Steam Discussions. We've also shared lots of fun things over Twitter, and we've been keeping an eye out for all the wonderful stuff you've been sharing with us too.

[h2]We Hit our Caveling Plushie Funding Goal![/h2]
Not only did we hit our funding goal, we actually exceeded it by 109%! We're thrilled to let anyone who pre-ordered know that their Caveling Plushies will be with them around mid-late August.



[h2]Underground Zoo[/h2]
We created our very own underground zoo to house cattle and mobs. Don't ask us how we're managing to contain the Bomb Scarabs, we haven't quite figured that one out yet...



[h2]Achievement Teaser[/h2]
We shared a little teaser of a new achievement that you can expect with the Crystal Biome update (date TBC). We had some awesome guesses on the achievement name, but our personal favourites were: If I fits I sits, "Purrrfectionist", and "speciwal dewivewy".



[h2]Guest Mode[/h2]
Did you know that we added a Guest Mode setting to Core Keeper. This can be accessed via the pause menu in-game. Enabling guest mode removes the ability for any non-admin players to interact with the world. Perfect if you'd like to show somebody around your world without worrying about them getting up to mischief.



[h2]Adorable Build by Zombaekillz[/h2]
Twitter user, Zombaekillz shared this beautiful build with us, showcasing some of the more colourful base-building items in Core Keeper.



[h2]Core Keeper with Friends with TripleAGaming![/h2]
TripleAGaming shows us just how much fun you can have in Core Keeper's multiplayer mode!

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[h2]Tomie's "Zoo"[/h2]
This is definitely not a mob farm...




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Hey there Explorers, we just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everybody who has supported our Makeship campaign and helped us to create our Caveling plushie! We're already 100% funded, which is very exciting, but you can still put in an order to get your hands on this cuddly Caveling, which wont be on sale anywhere else after the order cut-off date.

[h2]Remember, the cut-off date for orders is May 31st and the plushie ships worldwide![/h2]

From supporting the developers to adding a limited-edition piece to your collection, there are many reasons to bag this adorable piece of Core Keeper merch! Depending on the results of this campaign, we'll definitely be looking into releasing more merchandise in the future, and we might just put our next design up for a community vote so that you can have your say in what you'd like us to create next. We've also got plans for fun competitions and community activities that involve the Caveling plushies to give you a chance to show off your merch and get creative.

Once a funding goal is hit, the folk over at Makeship get busy bringing the plushie to life, and our cuddly Caveling is estimated to ship around August 25th. The plushies ship worldwide too, so you can get your hands on one no matter where you are in the world. Pre-order your plushie here!

We're very excited to be working on this adorable piece of merch, and were looking forward to bringing these little guys to life and maybe even setting our sights on creating more merchandise in the future.

Its been two weeks since our Paws & Claws update launched, and youve been busy exploring the Meadow sub-biome, hatching eggs, and levelling up your animal companions. Its been a real pleasure to watch the community jump right into this update, and it brings a lot of joy and meaning to the work were putting into Core Keeper.

Weve had plenty of questions about the development of this update and a couple about what the future holds for pets in Core Keeper, so we got together and went through some of your frequently asked questions to give you a little insight into our thoughts regarding Paws & Claws!

[h2]Did you have plans to add pets to the game when you first launched Core Keeper in Early Access?[/h2]
Fredrik: Absolutely! Pets were always part of our vision to add a layer of companionship and even more life to the underground.

[h2]Why did you choose the animals and cattle that you did?[/h2]
Julian: For the first batch of pets and cattle, we wanted to go for designs that were relatable fan favourites. The goal was to make the pets trusty companions you could take with you on explorations and the cattle something you want to protect and cultivate!

[h2]What are your favourite pets?[/h2]
Max: The Subterrier, but I really just want the Moolin as a pet!
David: My favourite pet is the Embertail because it sounds so cute when you pet it.
Julian: Theres no better choice than the loyal Subterrier.
Sven: My favourite is the Embertail. The fact that it has two tails, and makes a heart shape with them whenever you pet it, is hard to beat.

[h2]Can you give new players any advice on finding or hatching pets?[/h2]
David: Pet eggs can be found in various places throughout the world. Some can be found in crates or digging spots, some are dropped by bosses, and some are sold by certain merchants. To hatch an egg the player must create an Egg Incubator, power it up with electricity, put the egg into it, and then wait patiently until the egg is ready to hatch!

[h2]What community requests were added with this update?[/h2]
Fredrik: In response to community feedback, we accelerated the implementation of features like Guest Mode and Creative Mode, Buckets, and rotatable objects. We also had an absolute blast introducing the Glass and the new Paintbrush colours that were requested by the community.

[h2]Whats your favourite new feature from the Animal Update?[/h2]
David: My favourite addition is the new combat mechanic allowing for a secondary use for several weapons. I think this makes the combat much more interesting and something we can keep building upon to add more unique mechanics to certain weapons!
Julian: The new colours and decoratives, which I had been looking forward to starting working on for months.
Sven: Allowing the player to pet the pets!

[h2]What was the most challenging part of developing the Animal Update?[/h2]
Max: The inventory system had to be extended to support things like the pet talents and names.
Sven: The glass material. It really captures the feeling of being in a circus in a goofy mirror hall. I love it.

[h2]Will there be more pets/cattle in the future?[/h2]
Fredrik: Absolutely, and we are really not just about numbers! We are also actively working to improve the way cattle work in our game by introducing things like breeding, different ways to move them around, and adding irresistibly adorable little calf companions!

[h2]Will we ever be able to ride cattle? Will there ever be a rideable mount?[/h2]
Fredrik: The idea of mounts has been galloping around in our minds since the inception of the game. However, were not quite ready to mark a date on the calendar for this feature just yet. Stay tuned for more updates.

We hope you enjoyed reading our answers and that youre having a blast with your new pet pals. Weve had such an amazing time developing Core Keeper so far, and were only just getting started! Thank you for all your support, and keep an eye out for a new roadmap on the horizon. Until then, make sure youre part of the Core Keeper conversation over on Discord and Twitter!

What's up, Explorers! It's time for another community wrap-up. Weve had an awesome week hearing all your cool feedback on Paws & Claws, and you can expect a little bit of behind-the-scenes stuff from us in a Steam post next week, so keep an eye out!

[h2]Potted Plants[/h2]

Hands up whos built a little greenhouse in Core Keeper? We shared this GIF on Twitter and one community member told us that they loved the greenhouse but asked if the ground tiles would spawn enemies. To that, we say: we like to live dangerously!



[h2]Pet Candy[/h2]

Did you know that you can level up your Pets with Pet Candy? There are so many tasty treats your character can eat in Core Keeper, but we still had lots of speculations over what Pet Candy tastes like. Your guess is as good as ours.



[h2]Plushie Pre-Orders[/h2]

Weve hit 40% of our pre-order goal for the Caveling Plush toys, but theres still a little way to go if you want these babies to go into production! We need to be 100% funded by June 1st, so theres no better time to pre-order than now. Remember, if we dont hit our funding goal, all pre-orders will be refunded within 2-7 days, so theres no risk to you. Pre-order yours today and give this little guy a forever home.



[h2]Steam Sale![/h2]

Were slap-bang in the middle of a Steam sale right now! Core Keeper is currently available at a 20% discount and, with changes coming to the pricing of the game on May 29th, this is your last chance to get it at such a low price point.

[h2]R.I.P. MooMoo[/h2]

Discord user greenTboba had a tragic experience with their friend Moomoo when they first discovered the Meadow sub-biome and didnt realise cattle could be killed by mobs. This is their fan art to commemorate their little pal and, no, were not cryingyoure crying!



[h2]All Unique Map Colours by QueenUnderscore[/h2]

QueenUnderscore has done an amazing job of cataloguing all the Core Keeper map colours in one handy image for your reference! Whether youre searching for a specific area on the map or want to create your very own map art, this is sure to come in handy.



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We launched our Paws & Claws update this week, so you can imagine how exciting things have been from a community perspective!

[h2]Paws & Clawsand so much more![/h2]
We think the best way to learn about our updates is by playing them first-hand, but you can find out more about our Paws & Claws update here and read a very extensive list of patch notes here.

[h2]Creative Mode Preview[/h2]
Let our Product Manager, Vince, walk you through the ins and outs of Creative Mode!

[previewyoutube=5mtazGweGDQ;full][/previewyoutube]

[h2]Incubator Teaser[/h2]
Have you managed to craft an incubator and hatch your very first animal companion yet? We shared this GIF of the incubator in action a few days before the update went live.



[h2]Fanhare Flavours![/h2]
Its no secret that the animal companions in the Paws & Claws update come in a variety of colours, and these white, pink, and brown Fanhare remind us of our favourite ice cream flavours.



[h2]Well, Thats One Way to Clear Out an Area[/h2]
You might just encounter a few new random events when exploring the Core Keeper mapincluding explosive wall tiles!



[h2]Name that Tune[/h2]
We shared a little teaser of some of the new Sheet Music coming to Core Keeperdid you guess the song?

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[h2]Pre-Order Your Caveling Plush[/h2]
You might remember that we ran a Caveling plushie giveaway over on Twitter? Well, the giveaway might be over, but thats not the only way you can get your hands on one! We're working with Makeship to bring these plushies to life! Pre-order yours now to help us hit our pre-order goal and get your very own Caveling Plush: https://shop.makeship.com/3zxXWGM



[h2]Every Pet Ultimate Guide[/h2]
Want the lowdown on all the pets in Core Keeper? Check out this video from Jade PG - Crafted!

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[h2]Celebrating Paws & Claws[/h2]
We spotted some incredibly adorable artwork from Discord user Lem celebrating the launch of our Paws & Claws Update!



[h2]NullShadows New House[/h2]
Is there anything more satisfying than building a giant base all for yourself? Big thanks to Discord user NullShadow for sharing!






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[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where items such as the Soul Seeker would sometimes disappear when quickly swapping back and forth to place a torch.
  
• Fixed possible invalid access when playing an instrument.
  
• Fixed pet name and talents data being corrupted sometimes on unexpected disconnects. Any corrupted pets old data is lost sadly, but setting any name on a corrupted pet will cause it to be recreated with new talents and skin.
  
• Fixed an error when placing a rotated Gold-edged Table which in turn caused the sun to make a visit in players bases.
  
• Fixed errors happening sometimes when navigating in the cook book UI using a controller.
  
• Fixed error when another player connects while standing on a pressure plate.

[h3]Balancing:[/h3]

• Reverted the material costs for the Iron Equipment set to use fiber instead of wool to not block progression for players struggling to find goats.
  

• Cave in events will no longer happen close to the Core as it was not intended.
  
• Fixed a bug where no loot or loot from the wrong tier would appear in chests found in the melody mural rooms.
  
• Rocks falling from cave-in events can no longer be dug up using a shovel as it was not intended.
  
• Furnaces and other crafters now work correctly with automation setups.
  
• Several missing reference errors have been fixed, preventing crashes.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when petting a pet that was just unequipped.
  
• Fixed an issue where painted objects like the chests would sometimes get the wrong painted color when loaded.
  

Fixed potential loss of recent inventory data on world exit.
- Fixed error when exiting a world while having a weapon that has a secondary use equipped.

Hatch a host of colourful companions, build your dream base in Creative Mode, jam to new tunes from Stardew Valley and Valheim, and more in Core Keepers Paws & Claws Update!

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Exploring the underground is fun, but its even more fun with a furry friend by your side (or perhaps a feathered friendor a slimy one?). This free major content update brings oodles of new features, mechanics, items, music, and more. With 5 species of companion pets each with multiple colour variations to accompany you on your journey, plus 3 breeds of cattle, the underground is looking more alive than ever.

Em-bark on an adventure with the scrappy Subterrier; turn the heat up in battle with the fiery Embertail; surprise your enemies with the darling-but-deadly Fanhare; enjoy the perks (or should that be pecks?) of travelling with the timid Owlux; and discover the oozy abilities of the various Jr Slimes! You can also make friends with the adorable Moolin, Bambuck, and Strolly Poly that can be found wandering the Dirt, Meadow, Nature, and Stone Biomes to reap rewards such as Milk, Wool, Plate Armour, andMeat.

Weve done our very best to ensure players wont have to start new worlds to play the Paws & Claws update, but you may find you discover new content a little quicker in fresh worlds. Oh, and did we mention that you can name and pet the animals?

[h2]Lets Get Creative[/h2]

Our awesome community has been requesting a Creative Mode for Core Keeper since day one, and we always knew this was something we wanted to add to the game! After lots of hard work and consideration, were delighted to reveal that players can now access the majority of the games items in dedicated Creative-Mode worlds and build to their hearts desires.

Creative Mode worlds are completely independent to other world files in Core Keeper and can only be accessed with Creative-Mode characters. They are available to play in multiplayer and come with features such as God Mode (where players can move through objects, place them faster, and destroy them in one hit) and the Play world button (which toggles the enemy AI). Get together in groups of up to 8 players and start building the world of your dreams.

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[h2]New Instruments and Sheet Music[/h2]

Weve added two new playable instruments to the game in the form of the Piano and Drumkit, as well as new Sheet Music from beloved indie titles Stardew Valley and Valheim. Both sound awesome when played solo but really shine when you get together with friends and jam out on different instruments!

Were thrilled to be able to add Spring (Its a Big World Outside) from Stardew Valley and Meadows from Valheim as playable music to the roster of indie-game songs available in Core Keeper. We love hearing the amazing work indie teams put into their soundtracks, and its truly an honour to be able to replicate these in Core Keeper as a nod towards our industry peers.

[h2]Decorative Items, Random Events, Community-Requested Features, Optimizations, and More![/h2]

From new paint-brush colours and a new Glass material to the long-sought-after Bucket, weve packed Paws & Claws full of new content. Expect to see even more rotatable objects; a brand-new Guest Mode that allows players to safely invite temporary guests into the game; secondary functions to several weapons; and random events such as cave-ins. It could be a while before you uncover all the new additions or changes weve made with this update, so feel free to consult our patch notes for a detailed rundown on what to expect.

With so much new content in this update, we wanted to take a moment to mention some of the behind-the-scenes additions you can expect. For example, youll find a list of balancing and quality-of-life improvements within our patch notes. These include things like changes to material costs when crafting or the duration of certain effects, as well as the addition of information windows within certain menus to help players become more acquainted with the games UI. And, of course, weve also been hard at work optimizing the game with features such as our new sprite rendering and animation system for objects such as plants, pets, cattle, and trees.



[h2]Get Your Hands on Our Caveling Plush Toy![/h2]

Weve partnered with the folk over at Makeship on a campaign to bring you something very special in the form of a Caveling plush toy! Want to know how to get your hands on one? Read on!

Makeship campaigns work a bit like crowd funders in the sense theyre funded by people backing the campaign by placing pre-orders. The only way to get your hands on this cuddly Caveling is by placing a pre-order before June 1st. When we hit our pre-order goal, the plushies go into production with a view to ship in August 2023.

As long as the funding goal is hit, everyone who backed the Caveling plushie on Makeship is guaranteed to receive one. If (for whatever reason) we do not meet our funding goal, all orders will be refunded within 2-7 business days so theres no risk to you. Pre-order your Caveling Plushie here!



[h2]Core Keeper is on Sale until the 22nd of May[/h2]

As if the Paws & Claws Update wasnt exciting enough, Core Keeper is currently on sale at a whopping 20% discount until 05.00 pm UTC on the 22nd of May. This is the perfect time to start your underground adventure or gift the game to a pal, as well be changing the pricing of the game a few days after the sale has ended (at 09.00 am UTC on the 29th of May).

Changes to the pricing of Core Keeper will not impact users who have already purchased the game. Weve mentioned in the past that, due to regional variations, it is difficult to quantify the price increase as a flat percentage, but we do want to share details of the changes for key regions to give you an idea of what to expect:

Updated Price in GBP = 12.99
Updated Price in USD = $15.99
Updated Price in Euros = 15,99
Updated Price in CNY = 62 RMB
Updated Price in JPY = 1,800
Updated Price in KRW = 17,500
Updated Price in THB = 330

We hope youve found the information in this announcement useful, Explorers. Nows the time to jump right into the game and get hunting for Pet Eggs or start building in Creative Mode! Were already hard at work on the Crystal Biome Update (precise name and date TBC), but well be keeping an eye out for your feedback here in the Steam Discussions, over on Twitter, or in the official Core Keeper Discord server.

NEW FEATURES
[h2]Main Features: [/h2]

• Pets have been added to the game! These adorable creatures can be obtained by finding a Pet Egg in the world and placing it in an Egg Incubator to hatch into a Cracked Egg. Once hatched, the Pet can be added to the new Pet Slot in the character window, spawning beside the player.
  
  Not only do Pets provide companionship, but they also help the player in combat by fighting enemies and boosting the player with buffs. As they gain combat experience, Pets will level up, making them stronger and unlocking talents that allow the player to customize the Pets combat capabilities. Each Pet has nine randomized talents as well as several different skins, making every Pet unique. And, yes, the pets can be petted.
  
  [h3]There are 5 new pets in the game:[/h3]
  
• Subterrier: The egg for this dog pet can sometimes be unearthed from the depths of the earth, hidden away in obscure locations across the world.
  
• Embertail: A mysterious merchant, known only as the Slime Merchant, is said to possess the egg of this cat pet.
  
• Owlux: The egg for this bird pet is said to be a rare find, some say it can only be found in certain types of crates scattered throughout the world, but which ones remain a mystery.
  
• Fanhare: Those who seek the egg of this bunny pet must venture into the Azeos wilderness, where the flowers themselves may hold the key to finding it.
  
• Slime pets:
  
• Jr. Orange Slime: The egg has a chance to be found only after facing off against the monstrous Glurch the Abominous Mass.
  
• Jr. Purple Slime: The egg has a chance to be found only after defeating Ivy the Poisonous Mass, a dangerous foe that lurks in the shadows of the Azeos Wilderness.
  
• Jr. Blue Slime: The egg of this slippery slime pet can only be found in the depths of the Sunken Sea, guarded by Morpha the Aquatic Mass.
  
• Jr. Lava Slime: The egg of this fiery slime pet is rumored to be hidden within the Molten Quarry, guarded by Igneous the Molten Mass.
  
  
• Three different types of Pet Candy of different rarities can be found throughout the world, typically in chests, destructible crates and as drops from bosses. Feed Pet Candy to a Pet to boost its experience.
  
• Cattle have been added to the game! These gentle creatures can be found throughout the world in the new Meadow sub-biome as well as in the Forgotten Ruins and Desert of Beginnings. They can be fed plants such as Heart Berries and Glow Tulips, either by hand or by placing them in the new Feed Tray. Cattle can also eat plants directly from the ground, so be careful not to let them loose in your garden! Feeding the Cattle will, in turn, allow them to produce different resources over time such as Milk or Wool.
  
  [h3]There are 3 new Cattle creatures in the game:
  [/h3]
• Moolin. This cow-like creature can be found in the Meadow sub-biome and produces Milk when fed plants.
  
• Bambuck. This goat-like creature can be found in the Meadow sub-biome and produces Wool when fed plants.
  
• Strolly Poly. This roly poly-like creature can be found in the Forgotten Ruins and Desert of Beginnings biomes and produces Strolly Poly Scales when fed insects.
  
  
• Both Pets and Cattle can be named by the player in their respective UI.
  
• New sub-biome: Meadow. Can be found in the Dirt biome and Azeos Wilderness.
  

• Egg Incubator. Used to hatch Pet Eggs. Can be crafted at the Copper Workbench.
  
• New item: Bucket! Allows players to fill it with water or lava and then place that water or lava in another pit or water tile. Can be crafted at the Iron Workbench.
  
• New Glass base-building items that can be painted. Light passing through will catch the painted color of the Glass. The following Glass objects can be crafted at the new Glass Workbench.
  - Glass Wall.
  - Thin Glass Wall.
  - Glass Floor.
  - Glass Bridge.
  
• Glass Smelter: Can turn any sand tiles into useful Glass.
  
• Added a new Wonky Minecart as a cheaper alternative to the regular Minecart for early game progression.
  
• New item: Sledge Hammer. Damages walls and objects in an area in front of the player. Great tool for digging out larger areas of walls. There is a Sledge Hammer for every tier in the game, and they can typically be found in destructibles and locked chests throughout the world that correspond to their tier.
  
• New instruments:
  - Drumkit, crafted at the Music Workbench.
  - Piano, crafted at the Music Workbench.
  
• A new type of unique scenery has been added where the player will find a mural with some mysterious runes carved into it. Perhaps an instrument may help unlock it! Several unique instances of this type of scenery can be found throughout the world.
  
• New Valheim - Meadows music sheet. Has a small chance to drop from Ancient Crates mainly found in the Forgotten Ruins biome.
  
• New Stardew Valley - Spring (Its a Big World Outside) music sheet. Has a small chance to drop from Overgrown Wooden Crates and Flower Vessels mainly found in Azeos Wilderness.
  
• New Paint Brushes: Orange, Cyan, Pink, and Grey. This means all paintable objects can be painted with these new colors!
  
• New decorative objects:
  - Wooden Pillar. Can be painted and is crafted at the Carpenters Table.
  - Wash Basin. Can be painted and is crafted at the Carpenters Table.
  - Floor Pillow. Can be painted and is crafted at the Loom.
  - 10 new decorative Potted Plants. Can be found throughout the world.
  

• Creative Mode has been added as a new mode for worlds. Creative Mode worlds are empty and allow players to spawn any item they want from the Creative Mode UI to unleash their creativity.
  
• Casual mode has been added as an alternative to standard and hard mode for worlds. This mode allows players to enjoy the game in a more relaxed setting where monsters have less health and deal less damage.
  
• Guest mode has been added. Guest mode can be enabled in the pause menu while running a game. Enabling guest mode means that any non-admin player in the game cannot interact with the world, and creatures will not interact with them, but they can move around in the world to view it.
  
• Combat improvements:
  
• Using the Shield right before being hit by an enemy will now parry the attack meaning that it blocks all damage while also stunning non-boss enemies.
  
• Several weapons now have a secondary function that can be used by holding the right mouse button or left trigger:
  
• Axes, increases the hit area and damage.
  
• Wood bow, deals more damage.
  
• Other bows and Scholar Staff, shoots several projectiles.
  
• Spears, increases hit reach and damage and launches the player forward.
  
• Fireball Staff, creates an explosion on impact.
  
• Blow Pipe, pierces targets.
  
• Flintlock Musket now pushes back the player a bit when used.
  
• Cave-ins are a new type of event that may happen as the player is exploring the Dirt, Clay and Stone biomes. A cave-in will cause rocks to fall down from the ceiling, creating holes in the ceiling and damaging any creature or player in the way of the rocks. The rocks that appear on the ground can then be destroyed by the player for a chance to gain some loot. Cave-ins will not happen in player bases.
  
• Dangerous Explosives Deposit walls now spawn throughout the Dirt, Clay and Stone biomes. Hitting such a wall will trigger it and, after a short duration, cause it to explode. The explosion will destroy any adjacent walls and damage any creature or player that doesn't watch out! Other adjacent Explosives Deposit walls will also explode causing a chain reaction of explosions. Explosives Deposit walls can also be crafted by the player in the Alchemy Table. These walls will not appear in already explored areas in existing worlds.
  
• Lanterns are no longer considered an offhand but have their own slot in the character equipment. Any currently equipped lantern will be moved to the new slot, freeing up the offhand slot to be used for any other offhand item.
  
• The map now displays world coordinates and distance from the centre of the world in the top-right corner. The coordinates and the distance are based on the cursor position on the map.
  
• Stalagmites, Jellyfish, Corals, Water Lilies, and other similar objects found in pits and water can now be picked up using the shovel and then placed elsewhere.
  

• Many crafting options in the Workbenches and some other crafting buildings have been changed to make several systems available earlier in the game. Some examples of more significant changes are:
  
• A new Copper Workbench has been added in between the Basic Workbench and the Tin Workbench.
  
• The Railway Forge and Electronics Table have been moved to the Copper Workbench.
  
• The Automation Table has been moved to the Tin Workbench.
  
• The material costs for a lot of objects have been changed.
  
• Certain items have been adjusted to require Wool or Strolly Poly Plates to be crafted.
  
• A Wood Hoe has been added to the Basic Workbench and all previous Hoes have had their tile size increased to cover a larger area.
  
• The Wood Armor can be crafted directly in the Basic Workbench and both the Wood and Copper Armor sets have had their material costs decreased.
  
• Anvils now contain their previous tiers in their crafting UI.
  
• Increased amount of Copper Ore found in the Dirt biome and also added some Copper Ore to be found in the Clay and Stone biomes. This change is intended to reflect the amount of additional Copper Bars needed to craft many of the Railway and Electronic components that now cost Copper Bars instead.
  
• Increased the drop chance of all boss trophies.
  
• Increased mining damage of all bombs and both mining and explosive damage of Crude Bombs.
  
• Food Rations now give a heal over time effect.
  
• Reduced health of enemies and bosses in hard mode worlds.
  
• Increased drop chance of the Oracle Card "Aura" from digging spots.
  
• Slightly increased the movement speed of the Explorer Backpack.
  
• Slightly reduced health of Clay and Stone Walls.
  
• Reduced the duration of poison effects.
  
• Guardians Potion now costs Slippery Slime instead of Poison Slime.
  
• Reduced the cost of Go-karts and they now also require some of the new resources produced by the Cattle.
  
• The glow stats on the Crystal Meteor Chunk and Core Iris have been reduced or replaced with other stats due to lanterns having their own slot now.
  

• A lot of objects can now be rotated!
  
• An information window with helpful hotkeys can be toggled by pressing S on keyboard or left stick on a controller while having the inventory open. The information window is automatically shown the first time a player interacts with a chest. This is only shown automatically once after starting the game for the first time.
  

• An alternative version of the Radical Rabbit Ears has been added. Which is called Radical Rabbit Headband.
  
• Added a Ranger background that can be selected for new characters.
  
• Updated colors of red, purple, white and black paintable Chest sprites.
  
• Updated colors of red, purple and black Bed sprites.
  
• Updated colors of black Paintable Floor & Wall sprites.
  
• Updated colors of some of the paintable Lamp sprites & lit sprites.
  
• Adjusted color of light emitted by purple and black Lamps.
  
• Adjusted color of light emitted by purple Christmas Light Decoration
  
• Updated color of black Lit Floor sprite.
  
• The placement icon will fade out after five seconds if no input is done.
  
• Added new white and pink Cherry Tree sprites to add slight visual variations among multiple trees.
  
• Adjusted visuals of status effects on Caveling Brute and Core Sentry to better match their size.
  
• Plant/Grass wobble animation now depends on the horizontal direction to the entity triggering it.
  
• Tall Grass wobble animation now has more weight to it.
  
• All bosses now have updated death animations.
  
• Visuals for the slime slow-down particle effect has been adjusted.
  
• Some adjustments to the Puffungi ripe animation.
  

• New damage and destroy sound effects for tiles and environmental objects.
  
• New biome music added to the Meadow sub-biome.
  
• Made adjustments to certain attack sounds for weapons.
  

• Implemented a new highly optimized sprite rendering and animation system. This allows for much more efficient drawing of many sprites and solves previous limitations where some animations were turned off to save on performance (notably for plants). Porting old content to this system takes time, so not everything is using it right away, but some objects that take advantage of the new system include plants, Pets, Cattle and some objects that are commonly found in large numbers (grass, bushes, some trees).
  
• Disabled the pixel upscaling filter when the game window is at or close to the internal rendering resolution, which fixes a bug where the game was very blurry under these circumstances.
  
• Added a startup argument for manually disabling the pixel upscaling filter (-nopixelfilter). Note that, while this may make the game appear sharper, it also (by necessity) disables the smooth sub-pixel camera movement the game normally uses, which can make the camera feel jerky. It can also introduce aliasing/pixel crawl if your window resolution is not evenly divisible by the internal render resolution (480x270).
  

• Walls of different types will no longer have a seamless transition between them but instead there will be a border between the walls, as we believe this is overall more appealing to players.
  
• Cooldowns are now always shown for weapons, previously the cooldown only showed up on the weapon if it was longer than one second.
  
• Slime Bosses will now fight any creature that threatens them and not just the player.
  
• Walls no longer take a minimum of one damage but instead take zero damage if the player does not have enough mining damage.
  
• Improved targeting logic of nearby interactable objects allowing more accurate targeting using the mouse or joystick direction.
  
• Added options to keybind equipment loadouts. The keybinds are not set by default but can be set in the Controls settings.
  
• The repair and reinforce buttons have been separated from the salvage window to their own window to more clearly distinguish salvaging and repairing items.
  
• Changed German translation of Pants from Beinzeug to Hosen.
  
• Fixed a typo across all Galaxite items that said otherwordly instead of otherworldly.
  
• Enemies will now generally be better at fighting against bosses overall in the game as an implication of the Pets being implemented, as the Pets share a lot of combat code with the enemies.
  
• A chat message now appears when a Titan Soul is gained by the player.
  
• Using a Hoe or planting seeds will no longer kill critters if the Squash Bugs option is turned off.
  
• The crafting time for buildings, such as Furnaces, are now serialized. This means that the crafting duration will no longer reset when restarting the game.
  
• Wall and ground cracks now appear immediately, regardless of network conditions.
  
• Increase the network priority of the Bomb Scarab to fix movement not updated fast enough when ping is high and/or there are a lot of them.
  
• The delete option for worlds and characters has been moved to be beside the respective save slots instead of being done through a separate menu in the settings. To confirm deleting a world or character, the player must now hold down the delete option for a little while to avoid accidentally deleting a world or character.
  
• Added an explicit version check when connecting to other players and servers, to avoid unexpected behavior. Previously it could still work if the versions were close enough.
  
• A client that experiences an unexpected disconnect will now try to reconnect automatically before giving up and exiting the game.
  
• Added a networkSendRate parameter to ServerConfig file which allows setting a network packet send rate, which is lower than the server tick rate. This will lower network bandwidth usage at the expense of network latency.
  

• Fixed an issue where Tentacles spawning around the player in the Sunken Sea would spawn on tiles other than water.
  
• Fixed an issue where the screen shake would trigger for all players when Azeos was flying over any player.
  
• Instrument particles from the Piano UI no longer appear when the UI is disabled.
  
• Fixed an issue where a gap would appear between Bridges and ground when having Slime on top of the bridges, resulting in something that looked like black lines appearing on the Ground Slime.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would hit the wall instead of the object hanging on the wall when standing close to the wall.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would sometimes change its facing direction in the wrong direction when placing large objects.
  
• Added description and name for the Mold Cicada that was missing.
  
• Fixed a bug where creatures such as Cavelings would initially start sleeping at the exact same time after starting a game.
  
• Fixed a bug where the fishing requirements for the water in the Desert biome was not correct.
  
• Fixed a bug where the exclamation emote icon would show when the character said that fishing skill was too low.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could sleep even when Poison Slime Blobs were nearby.
  
• Fixed an issue where healing beams from Caveling Scholars and Azeos Crystals would not be visible at certain angles.
  
• Fixed a bug where the chat message would show the wrong amount of materials gained when salvaging reinforced items.
  
• Fixed Boss statues blocking a bit too much, which was causing pathing issues around them.
  
• An empty character is no longer created if exiting the game from the character creation menu after starting to create a character.
  
• Fixed a bug where water did not continue to spread to areas that had not yet been procedurally generated.
  
• Fixed not being able to connect to games with a fairly small amount of packet loss.
  
• Fixed bug where pressing aborting a join game attempt might make further attempts fail with an unknown error message.
  
• Fixed Ra-Akar Energy Projectiles getting stuck on players if the player successfully dodged the projectile hit.
  

Did you know there are just 5 days to go until Core Keepers Paws & Claws Update? Weve been super busy getting everything prepared for this major content update, and weve been sharing lots of little teasers and fun things over on Twitter too!

[h2]Caveling Plushie Twitter Giveaway[/h2]
We teased our Caveling Plushie in last weeks wrap-up and were very excited to announce that well be selecting 2x lucky winners to get their hands on one via our Twitter giveaway! You can enter here.



[h2]Watch out for Hungry Cattle![/h2]
Weve said it once and well say it again, be careful when wandering around the Meadow-sub biome with food in your hands.



[h2]Discord Emojis[/h2]
We added a whole bunch of emojis to our official Discord server. How many additions from the Paws & Claws update can you spot?



[h2]Meadow Music[/h2]
A new sub-biome means new music. Our wonderful composer, Jonathan Geer, put together this jovial arrangement for the Meadows in Core Keeper. What do you think?

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[h2]Take a Stroll Through the Stone Biome[/h2]
and meet some cute-looking critters! These bug-like cattle are super friendly, and were sure youll all be keen to start a farm of your own.



[h2]Im Smeeeeelting[/h2]
Were adding more and more to Core Keeper with every update, but were also revisiting early-game content and making some improvements and additions here. Check out our new Glass Smelter.



[h2]Whats Your Favourite Idea? Ours is Being Creative![/h2]
Heres another cheeky Creative-Mode preview to get you excited about getting creative.



[h2]Keep That Core Tight! [/h2]
Discord user, Earl_Here, shared this super cool pic of a Core-Keeper-themed workout top that their friend made them. We love seeing your arts, crafts, and creations!



[h2]The Armory[/h2]
Check out this awesome use of circuitry in Discord user, Kalaberas armory.



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Its been a BIG week for Core Keeper! We announced the date for our next major content update Paws & Claws (AKA The Animal Update), and weve been sharing plenty of teasers and previews because were so excited.

[h2]Paws & Claws Date Announcement[/h2]
The Paws & Claws update is coming May 10th, 2023, and we cannot wait! You can find out more about what you can expect in this update, including details on Creative Mode, here.



[h2]Core Keeper Plush Toy[/h2]
We also announced our very first piece of community merchandise: the Caveling plush! We partnered with the awesome folk over at Makeship to create this cuddly Caveling, and well be sharing more details on how you can get your hands on one soon.



[h2]Were Adding a Bucket![/h2]
It sounds so simple when we say it like that, but long-time Core Keeper fans will know that this community-requested feature is something youve been after for a while now. The Bucket will be able to transport most environmental liquids from water to lava just be careful not to infect your regular water with water from the Mold Dungeon.



[h2]Moolin and[/h2]
If you missed the adorable little goat-type cattle in our Paws & Claws trailer, youll have definitely spotted them in this GIF we shared of an Explorer walking through the Meadow sub-biome.



[h2]Valuables Museum[/h2]
Discord user Lem put a lot of time and effort into creating this incredible museum to showcase the valuables theyve found in Core Keeper, and we love it!



[h2]Zeldas Lullaby[/h2]
The talented @mckennagames shared a video of them playing Zeldas Lullaby on the Flute instrument in Core Keeper. Theres even a comment on the video showing keyboard users how to re-create the melody in-game!

[h2]Fantastic Fan Art[/h2]
When we spotted this awesome Caveling fan art by R-E in the Core Keeper Media forums over on our official Discord, we raced to get their permission to share it in our weekly wrap-up. We love the colourful Caveling along with the fun Caveling Pirate designs. Our Lead Artist Julian even commented saying he wished he had this image on his wall!



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Its the one youve all been waiting for, Explorers Core Keepers Paws & Claws Update will be coming your way on May 10th 2023!

This major content update features a brand-new Meadow sub-biome complete with cattle, as well as hatchable animal companions to help you on your adventure. With plenty of new mechanics and features for you to uncover, as well as new decorative items and materials (like glass!), we know youre gonna have a blast with this one. Players can also expect improvements to combat and a whole host of community-requested features such as more rotatable objects and the coveted bucket. Dont take our word for it, though, check out our trailer below!

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Theres a lot of enjoyment to be had when exploring the underground, but we think the idea of having living creatures that follow the player and interact with the world around them breathes even more life into the game! The entire team had so much fun working on this update, and were really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this one.

There are just two more weeks to go until you can frolic with the Moolin, raise your very own pet pal, build a base made entirely of glass, and paint the town pink (or one of the other new paintbrush colours well be introducing).



[h2]Animal Companions[/h2]

This wouldnt be the Paws & Claws update without the paws and claws (and other appendages). Were excited to announce that were adding 5 different varieties of pets, each with multiple colour variations, and 3 different types of cattle to the game! Pet eggs can be found in various locations throughout the Core Keeper map, placed in the incubator, and then hatched into companions that can be equipped to aid players in battle via a dedicated pet inventory slot. Find out more about each individual pet below

[h3]Subterrier[/h3]
A canine companion that is out to smite your enemies, endlessly lick his paws and, in general, just be a good pal!

The Subterrier is a dog-like companion that will follow you into battle and defend you from trouble with its powerful jaws. With a chance to stun enemies, leaving them wide open for a well-timed hit of your sword, its no wonder they call Subterriers an Explorers best friend!



[h3]Embertail[/h3]
Spontaneous and impulsive in nature, this pet is as fierce in battle as it is at clawing at furniture. But also incredibly cuddly.

Dont let the Embertails fluffy fur and adorable toe beans fool you, this cat-like creature can really turn up the heat in battle with its fiery ranged attack. Its bright eyes also provide a useful +2 glow so that you can avoid being snuck up on by dastardly Cavelings in some of the darker parts of the underground.



[h3]Fanhare[/h3]
This feather-eared rodent is an able companion, making up for its size by swinging poisonous, sturdy hair into the enemy.

The Fanhares big floppy ears and bunny-rabbit appearance make the temptation to cuddle and pet this creature almost unbearablebut think twice before you snuggle up to its poisonous pelt! With a ranged attack that can hit multiple targets and the chance to apply poison damage, the Fanhare is very much a look-but-dont-touch companion.



[h3]Owlux[/h3]
A swift, beaked ally thats too shy to directly head into battle. But it certainly has your back when weapons clash!

The Owlux is an adorable bird-type creature that flies overhead to keep a watchful eye on you. With no offensive powers of its own, the Owlux offers a movement speed and damage buff to aid its master in combat.



[h3]Jr Slimes![/h3]
Baby Slimes in a variety of colours, each dealing damage associated with their fully-grown counterparts!

We here at Pugstorm sure do love our Slimes, and there have been A LOT of community requests for pet Slimes since we launched in Early Access. Well, your requests have been answered! Choose from the oozy Jr Orange Slime, the poisonous Jr Purple Slime, the slippery Jr Blue Slime, and the scorching Jr Lava Slime!



[h2]Introducing Creative Mode[/h2]

Is building your favourite part of Core Keeper? Then youll be pleased to know that you can build to your hearts content in our upcoming Creative Mode! No more hunting for crafting materials or upgrading equipment, simply start a world in Creative Mode, open the Creative Mode UI and choose from building materials, creatures, consumables, environmental objects, equipment, valuables, seasonal items, and more! This new mode is completely separate from the standard version of the game and will require players to create dedicated Creative-Mode characters that are only playable in Creative-Mode worlds.

Creative Mode comes complete with its very own togglable God Mode too. When enabled, this mode allows players to move through objects, destroy objects in one hit, and place objects much faster than normal. Items do not drop from destroyed objects in God Mode, but objects are also not consumed when used in this mode!

The final Creative Mode feature we want to talk about is the Play world button. When toggled, this button stops creatures and objects from moving or performing any actions. This essentially switches off the enemy AI and stops anything unexpected from getting in the way of your creativity!

[h2]Our First Piece of Official Merchandise[/h2]

Deep in the Forgotten Ruins lives a strange race of underground creatures, shut off from the surface world

until now. Introducing our first piece of official Core Keeper Merchandise the Caveling plushie! Were working with the talented folk at Makeship to create these cuddly Cavelings, and well be sharing lots more information on how you can get your hands on one soon. Until then, we hope youll enjoy some pictures of this little guy on his above-ground adventures!


Prototype image may not fully reflect final design

[h2]Changes to the Pricing of Core Keeper[/h2]

You might recall we mentioned some changes to the price of Core Keeper that would be coming soon after the Paws & Claws Update is live. The price will change at 09.00 am UTC on the 29th of May and this will not impact users who have already purchased the game in any way.

Its challenging to quantify the price increase as a flat percentage since the pricing for the game differs slightly from region to region, so were sharing a couple of key price points below to give you an idea of what to expect.

Updated Price in GBP = 12.99
Updated Price in USD = $15.99
Updated Price in Euros = 15,99
Updated Price in CNY = 62 RMB
Updated Price in JPY = 1,800
Updated Price in KRW = 17,500
Updated Price in THB = 330

Before we make any changes, however, we wanted to give new players one last chance to pick up Core Keeper at its lowest price point. Thats why, from the day the Paws & Claws update goes live, up until 05.00 pm UTC on the 22nd of May, youll be able to grab Core Keeper at 20% off its current price point!

[h2]Just 2 Weeks to Go![/h2]

Weve been teasing some of the new content you can expect with the Paws & Claws Update over on Twitter, and well be showcasing a little more of it as we approach the release date, so make sure youre following us for more previews of whats to come. Were very excited and we think these next two weeks will fly byand then its straight to work on the Crystal Biome! As always, youre welcome to chat about updates with your fellow Explorers over on our Twitter, Discord, and Steam Discussions.

It's time for another weekly community wrap-up. We've shared some fun stuff on social media this week and observant Explorers might even spot some of the new content you can expect with our Animal Update in our posts. Our wonderful community has also been at it again sharing awesome builds, map art, and fan art!

[h2]Secret Lab in The Desert of Beginnings[/h2]

We think The Desert of Beginnings is the perfect place for a secret lab. Don't ask us what the Explorer is researching; we have no idea that's top secret! What we can tell you is that there's a certain piece of technology in this GIF that's not currently available in the public version of the game *wink*.



[h2]"Nobody cared who I was before I put on the mask"[/h2]

Our Easter Seasonal Event may be over, but the memory of the Chicken outfit lives on!



[h2]What Core Keeper Food Would You Like to Try in Real Life?[/h2]

We asked our Twitter community which Core Keeper foods they would like to try in real life, and their responses did not disappoint! We had people keen on trying Spicy Pepper Wraps, Crunchy Mold Cheese, Glimmering Eel Sushi, Starlight Nautilus, and even Gooey Worm Fish Balls!

Why don't you let us know which Core Keeper foods you'd like to try in the comments?



[h2]Smelting Room, Terraforming Warehouse, and a Cemetary![/h2]

Discord user Kalabera shared their incredible builds with us over in the Core Keeper Discord server. Looks like a lot of time and effort went into making that smelting room too hot to handle!




[h2]Teamwork Makes the Dream Work![/h2]

Our Discord moderator, Soul_Wade started building this huge base in March with the help of her boyfriend and friend. We're just sharing the map art below because the base is way too big to share as a screenshot, but you can view the whole thing in all its glory here!



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Hey there Explorers, we've been reading the comments on our previous weekly wrap-up posts, and we're glad to see that you're enjoying them. We know not everybody follows us on Twitter or is a member of the Discord (though we'd love for you to join us in those spaces if you want to!), and we definitely didn't want you lot over here on Steam to miss out on any fun content or teasers. Speaking of teasers...

[h2]Introducing Moolin[/h2]

You might recall our Animal Update reveal from last week that was "cleverly" disguised as an April Fools' joke. Well, we were over the moon to see how much you liked the cow-like creature we showed you. We received a bunch of comments from people saying how cute they were, and we knew for sure that you'd think they were even cuter once you heard what they were called. So, on Monday, we shared a GIF of these cuties in action and revealed that they will be called Moolin. How's that for adorable?



[h2]Bistro in the Sand![/h2]

"Welcome to Bistro in the Sand, today's special is a delectable Azure Pepper wrap."

There are so many different foods to combine in Core Keeper and, with the help of the recipe book in the Cooking Pot interface, anyone can set up their own in-game restaurant! You might have to wait a little while if you want to decorate your restaurant like ours, though, as there's a teaser for a new paintbrush colour hidden in plain sight in this video!

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[h2]Core Keeper Throughout the Seasons[/h2]

What's your favourite seasonal event? We've got a seasonal event to suit every taste in Core Keeper, and this little montage proves it! Remember, you can access our seasonal content at any time of year (or switch seasonal events off entirely) via the Gameplay Settings menu.

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[h2]Brain of Cthulhu Map Art[/h2]

We've said it once, and we'll say it again, we really do have the most talented community! This map art of the Brain of Cthulu from Terraria was created and shared with us on Discord by the talented QueenUnderscore. We're not gonna lie, this map art is pretty scary to look at, but it looks like the Brain of Cthulu is in its second phase here, so the good news is that it is vulnerable to attacks.



[h2]Easter Update Playthrough with 2DKiri and Mystery[/h2]

Our Easter Update is going to be live until the 16th of April, so there's still plenty of time to get stuck into your own egg hunt like 2DKiri did with Mystery!

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[h2]Animal Update Speculation from Dakon The Mad![/h2]

Core Keeper Ambassador, Dakon The Mad, has scoured our social channels for teasers and hints about what you can expect in our upcoming Animal Update (date TBA) and offers up his own thoughts on what might be coming in this YouTube video. Please note that the speculations in this video are just that: speculations. We're not confirming any of Dakon's theories by sharing this, nor have we given him any additional information on the update, we just love it when our community members share their theories with us!

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This week was a fun one with the launch of our 2023 Easter seasonal event, and plenty of you went out of your way to let us know how eggcited you were for it (that's the last time we use that pun this year, we promise). It's been a busy one, with plenty of updates and community content, so let's jump right into this week's wrap-up!

[h2]April Fools' Day[/h2]

It's always a little risky browsing social media on April Fools' Day. You never know who's joking and who isn't, after all. Not us though, we'd never play a prank on our community, and we especially wouldn't play a super-obvious prank on Twitter suggesting that there were photo-realistic graphics coming for the Animal Update.



[h2]April...Cools Day? [/h2]

Okay, you got us. We were joking about the photo-realistic graphics. We're pretty sure everybody who saw our April Fools' Tweet knew it was a joke, but we wanted to make that as clear as possible just in case. That's why, on April 2nd, we shared an actual (and adorable) teaser for a creature you can expect to see in our upcoming Animal Update!



[h2]Which Came First, the Chicken (Suit) or the (Easter) Egg?[/h2]

In Core Keeper's case, we can say for sure it was the Easter Egg in our very first Easter seasonal event in 2022. We added a very funky new Chicken Equipment Set (plus a couple of extra goodies) for 2023's Easter event though, which we shared a little teaser for over on Twitter.



[h2]Easter Fan Art by Lem![/h2]

Our Easter seasonal event launched on the 5th of April this year, and this talented artist shared their very own Easter-themed fan art the very same day. We want to give a big shout-out to Lem (@LEM0NBREAD) for sharing this absolutely adorable artwork with us. We can't get over how cute The Core looks with bunny ears on.



[h2]Birthday Cake![/h2]

Last month was Core Keeper's one-year anniversary, and this was a cause for celebration! Of course, we added a beautiful blue birthday cake to the game as part of our Anniversary Update, but did you know that the Pugstorm team also got together and indulged in some real-life cake? We didn't manage to grab a blue one, but we made do with chocolate caramel and lemon, poppyseed, and blueberry.



[h2]Behold the Mighty Glurch![/h2]

We love seeing the pixel-art creations you make using the Core Keeper map, and
Felixletsplays shared the most amazing map art of our son Glurch with us over on Twitter. We can't imagine how much time and effort went into creating this, but it goes without saying that we're impressed.



[h2]Time Island: A Base for All Seasons[/h2]

"Why build a base themed around one season when you can enjoy multiple in one convenient location?" we can only assume that was the thought running through Discord user tbc_lover's head when they created this fun-looking island. There's a section for every mood!



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Get ready, Explorers, its time for Core Keepers second-ever Easter seasonal event running from today until the 16th of April! Many of you will remember that The Great Egg Hunt was the first seasonal event that we ever revealed for Core Keeper, and we loved watching you uncover all the exciting seasonal content. Your community feedback inspired us to not only allow players to keep any Easter Eggs they found once the event ended, but it also played a part in our decision to enable players to toggle seasonal events in the Game Settings menu!

We like to think our seasonal events have only gotten bigger and better since the very first Great Egg Hunt, so when the time came to repeat our Easter event, we knew that we wanted to add some new content to bring it up to par with what youve come to expect from us.

While we might not always update recurring seasonal events with new content, were sure youll have an eggceptional time egg hunting in the new Chicken outfit or the Eggcellent equipment set! If that wasnt fun enough, weve added a whole host of decorative items for Easter including the Easter Garland, Easter Meadow Table, Easter Egg Lamp, and more! Check out our patch notes here.



If this is your first time taking part in The Great Egg Hunt, then youre in for a treat! Get hunting by digging your way through the Dirt Biome, combing the Clay Caves, fighting your way across the Forgotten Ruins, and ambling through Azeos Wilderness until youve got enough Easter Eggs to craft the mysterious Golden Egg. Dont eggspect to find those Easter Eggs just lying on the floor though, Explorers youll have to take a more aggressive approach when hunting them down. From here, its up to you to uncover the secrets of the shiny Golden Egg!

We cant believe its been over a year since our very first seasonal event, and we hope you have a blast egg hunting while were hard at work on the Animal Update, Crystal Biome, and beyond! As always, we hope youll join the fun over on Discord or tag us in your seasonal screenshots on Twitter.

NEW CONTENT

[h2]New Features: [/h2]

• The Seasonal Merchant now has a new festive skin and new seasonal items for sale. The skin will revert to its original appearance after the event ends, but the items will remain available.
  
• The Easter Crafting Table can be acquired from the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• The Large Golden Egg is now sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• Certain tiles have started to bloom and now have flowers on them. These tiles will revert to their original appearance once the season ends.

• New decorative environment items can be crafted at the Easter Workbench, including:
  
• Easter Garland
  
• Easter Egg Lamp
  
• Daisy Flooring
  
• Easter Pillar
  
• Easter Egg Flower Pot
  
• Easter Meadow Table
  
• Easter Meadow Stool
  
• Easter Pedestal
  
• New vanity equipment sets can be crafted at the Easter Workbench, including Chicken equipment set and Eggcellent equipment set.

• The Core Keeper main menu logo has been updated with a new, seasonal appearance.

• The drop chance of Easter Eggs from enemies has been increased.
  
• Infected Cavelings and Mold Tentacles will no longer drop Gray Easter Eggs but only drop Green Easter Eggs.

• Fixed a bug where regenerating maps would create slightly larger saves on each start. Regeneration typically happens for map parts containing Obsidian walls. Currently affected saves are cleaned up which could improve save and load times for those affected.

Welcome to the first-ever Core Keeper Weekly Community Wrap-Up!

We share a lot of cool stuff about Core Keeper over on Twitter and Discord, but were aware that not everybody who plays the game is active in those spaces. Thats why weve decided to do a weekly community wrap-up here on Steam from now on to share the highlights from these channels with you. Heres what weve shared this week!

[h2]Our Cherry Blossom Event is Over![/h2]

Its been a pretty Cherry-Blossom heavy week for Core Keeper, but our Cherry Blossom mini-event has come to a close. Dont forget that you can access all of our seasonal events at any time through the Gameplay Settings menu!



[h2]Springtime in the Underground[/h2]

With the gorgeous new additions that came in our Cherry Blossom event, it sure felt like spring had finally sprung in the underground this week. Check out this lovely spring-time GIF we shared of Cherry Blossom trees blooming in Azeos Wilderness!



[h2]Cherry Blossom Fan Art[/h2]

The talented R-E (@arty_mc_artist) shared some beautiful Cherry-Blossom event-inspired fan art with us featuring a pink-haired Explorer. We absolutely loved this piece and our community did too!



[h2]Behind-the-Scenes Glass![/h2]

Our CEO, Fredrik Prntare, shared a little behind-the-scenes preview of something the Pugstorm team are working onglass! And not just any glass, colourful glass! This is a work-in-progress shot from an in-development version of the game, so it is worth noting that nothing here is final nor official to Core Keeper. The Twitter community seemed pretty excited about this one though whats your favourite colour?



[h2]Discord Sticker Competition[/h2]

Were currently running a Core Keeper Discord Sticker competition over on, you guessed it, Discord. Well be announcing 3x winners for this one. Each winner will receive 1x Core Keeper Steam key (to keep for themselves or to give to a friend!) and, of course, their stickers will be added to our Discord. Weve had some great entries so far with the competition closing at 11:30am UTC on April 3rd 2023, so theres still plenty of time to enter if youre feeling artistic!

[h2]Community Screenshots[/h2]

We also had some awesome community screenshots shared with us on both Twitter and Discord, including

This colourful creation from ponyponyex (@ponyponyex) on Twitter



and this impressive base from Grin over on our Discord!



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Were delighted to announce that Core Keeper is taking part in the London Games Festival Steam event, hosted by our publisher, Fireshine Games!

London is one of the most diverse spaces for games and interactive entertainment in the UK, and the London Games Festival is one of the biggest celebrations of video games of the year. Our publisher, Fireshine Games, is proud to be hosting the London Games Festival Steam Event this year, which is running from today until the 9th of April.

Starting smack bang in the middle of this festival on April 3rd and running until the day after the London Games Festival on April 10th, were pleased to be offering a whopping 20% discount on Core Keeper!

This week-long sale is a great opportunity to get Core Keeper at its lowest price before the price change we announced in our recent roadmap post goes live (this is scheduled for shortly after the launch of the Animal Update).

There are so many incredible games being developed in or published by studios in London, and we are very happy to be part of this exciting festival, celebrating the successes of our industry peers! We hope you take advantage of the Core Keeper discount and enjoy starting your very own adventure in our vast, underground indie game!

Has it really been over a year since our last Easter seasonal event? Time really flies when youre exploring the underground! Were very eggcited (well be using this pun every year, get used to it) to announce the date of this years Easter Seasonal event, which will go live on Wednesday April 5th and run all the way until Sunday April 16th.

Since The Great Egg Hunt was our very first seasonal event, things are going to be a little bit different this year. This is the first time weve revisited an event like this, and the entire team felt like there was a little space to expand the original, so you can expect a few eggstra (sorry) pieces of equipment and decorative items for this year.



While we may not always have the scope to add new content for each of our seasonal events, we really wanted to build on last years Easter content for even more egg-hunting fun. We hope these additions will bring the Easter event up to par with what youve seen in some of our other seasonal events. It was amazing to see such a positive response from the community around the first Easter seasonal event, and we thought wed take this opportunity to showcase some of the cool stuff you created last year!

[h3]Egg Hunt Guide by JadePG - Crafted (spoiler warning!)[/h3]
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[h3]Egg Pixel Art on the Core Keeper Map by Malugazs #1 SIMP on Discord (amazing name)[/h3]


[h3]Easter-Themed Map Pixel Art by Epik on Discord[/h3]


[h3]Egg Base by Mayyo on Discord[/h3]


Well cool it with the egg puns now and crack (oops) on with development! Were hard at work on the Animal Update, and we think youll just love what weve got in store. In the meantime, keep an eye out for our Easter update this time next week and, as always, dont forget to follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on our Discord!

Get ready for spring, as Core Keepers Cherry Blossom Event is now live! This mini-event sees the addition of trees inspired by the Shidarezakura Weeping Cherry and Yoshino Cherry to the game, along with pink and white Cherry Flowers, and a brand-new achievement for you to uncover.

The Cherry Blossom mini-event will run from today until the 31st of March. Will you try your hand at creating a minimalist base? Maybe youre working on a beautiful garden? No matter what biome youre building in, itll look a whole lot nicer with a Cherry Tree or two. Dont believe us? Heres something we whipped up right by The Core!



We hope you enjoy decorating your world with Cherry Trees and that youre also looking forward to our upcoming Easter Seasonal Event! Well be sharing more information on the dates for that in a Steam post tomorrow, so keep an eye out!

Were always keen to see your screenshots and videos, and youre welcome to share them with us over on the official Core Keeper Discord server. Make sure youre keeping up with us on Twitter and over in the Steam Discussions too for more news, information, and announcements.

NEW CONTENT

[h2]New items: [/h2]

• Added the White Cherry Blossom, which can now be found randomly spawning in the world.
  
• Introduced the White Cherry Tree, which can be crafted by combining White Cherry Blossoms.
  
• Added the Pink Cherry Blossom, which can now be found randomly spawning in the world.
  
• Introduced the Pink Cherry Tree, which can be crafted by combining Pink Cherry Blossoms.

• Added a new achievement for players to unlock.

• Adjusted the spawn rate of Love Letters during Valentine's Day to improve game balance.

• Fixed a bug with the background write thread and other threads using the incorrect thread priority.
  
• Fixed an issue with missing text when the Cheat Death talent is triggered.

• Improved stability by preventing bosses from being affected by slippery movement effects, such as those caused by the Bubble Gun.

As we make our way into spring, flowers are blooming all over the world, but the Yoshino cherry blossoms that bloom this time of year in Japan have always held a special place in our hearts.

We wanted to share our love for Cherry Blossoms and show our appreciation for our growing Japanese community with our very own Cherry Blossom mini-event in Core Keeper running from the 22nd until the 31st of March. Its a small token of our love, and we hope it makes your games a little bit brighter this spring.

Its no secret by now that the Pugstorm team shares a love of Japanese culture, youll even spot references to some of our favourite pieces of Japanese media in Core Keeper. Well, we thought the launch of our Cherry Blossom mini-event would be the perfect opportunity to share some more information about our experiences with Japanese culture and how they have influenced the game.

Our chairman, David Wallsten studied and worked in Japan and has fond memories of taking part in the custom of Hanami () AKA "flower viewing". He enjoyed the social element of Hanami, and recalls meeting with lots of different groups of friends for picnics underneath the cherry trees every year.



CEO, Fredrik Prntare has visited Japan several times over the years, soaking up the culture in places like Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. On his many visits he has met with Japanese creatives and attended artificial intelligence conferences, immersing himself in a culture of innovation. While Fredrik is a big fan of exploring the city and enjoying the delicious cuisine on offer (he's a big fan of ramen and udon!), his favourite thing about Japan is the amazing people he's met on his journeys.

If you've spotted any Legend of Zelda references in Core Keeper, you can bet Fredrik had a hand in them! He's a huge fan of the franchise and has even hinted that we can expect more of these references in future, so keep an eye out! Alongside Fredrik's Zelda references, you'll come across some nods to Japanese media such as Made in Abyss, Studio Ghibli movies, and more.

We hope youre looking forward to Core Keepers Cherry Blossom mini event perhaps youll get some friends together and take part in a Hanami of your own? In the meantime, dont forget to follow us on Twitter or join the discussions on the official Core Keeper Discord!

This time last year, Core Keeper launched in Early Access happy birthday to us! It goes without saying (but were gonna say it anyway) that we wouldnt be where we are now without our awesome community, and we wanted to celebrate and show our thanks by adding some birthday-themed goodies to the game.

[h2]Light the candles, grab yourself a slice of cake, and let's party! Our Anniversary Update is live and running until the 20th of March.[/h2]

Weve released a list of patch notes that you can take a look at, but since this is a mini-update, we can walk you through the new content right here. Expect new stock (and a new look) for the Seasonal Merchant, including colourful party hats, new Happy Birthday sheet music, and a very special birthday cake (or should we say buff-day cake?) that grants players a permanent boost to their maximum health! Indie gaming fans will also spot a nod to our friends over at ReLogic with our new playable sheet music for the Journeys Beginning track from Terraria, which they can pick up by defeating a certain royal slime.



When it comes to things like our Anniversary and Cherry Blossom mini-updates, we certainly love having the opportunity to share a little specialised content with our community while we work towards our next major content drops. That way you get a little something in between updates and we get to crack on with the big stuff. If our seasonal events are appetisers and our major updates are the main course, we like to think of our mini-updates as amuse-bouches little bite-sized pieces of content to enjoy before you tuck into the Animal Update and Crystal Biome (names TBC). Well stop it with the food analogies nownever write a Steam post before lunch!

We hope you throw some wicked parties in the underground this week and, if you do, you should definitely share your screenshots over on the official Core Keeper Discord! Its been an absolutely amazing year in Early Access, and we cant wait to work our way down our 2023 roadmap and bring you lots more Core Keeper content on the road to 1.0.

NEW FEATURES

[h2]Gameplay:[/h2]

• The Seasonal Merchant has a new skin and new items to sell for the new season. The skin will change back after the season ends but the items can still be bought.
  
• Anniversary Cake: Topped with Glow Tulip glaze. When eaten, it emits a strong glow around the player and also gives a permanent health increase. Sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• Four festive birthday hats sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• New Happy Birthday music sheet. Sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• Terraria Journey's Beginning music sheet. Drops from the King Slime boss.
  
• New hidden achievement.
  

• Updated the Flower Crown sprites to better fit all hairstyles.
  

• Corrected sorting order of stone platforms in front of the Core.
  
• Fixed an issue where Ore Boulder shadows would sometimes flicker.
  
• Fixed Hive Larva Fish not being able to be fished in regular water in the Clay Caves biome.
  

• Changed Twisted Agate sprite to not be mistaken for a seed.
  
• Changed input backend on Linux to avoid issues when running the game with Steam Input enabled for some controllers.
  

Its been a very exciting month with the launch of our Quality of Love Update. This was the first time we released something that was part seasonal event and part content update, and we were very pleased to see such a positive response from the Core Keeper community.

With all-new seasonal content, the addition of our brand-new music and instruments mechanic, and changes to our rendering pipeline for improvements to lighting and shadows, we think this was the perfect way to kick off the new yearand were just getting started! Theres so much we want to shout about on the horizon for 2023, and weve got plenty to share, but we think the best place to start is with the reveal of our brand-new roadmap! Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the roadmap image.

[h2]Anniversary Event[/h2]
If youve been with us since the very beginning, youll know that Core Keepers birthday is March 8th! Thats the day we launched in Early Access just one year ago. Developing the game has been a delight from day one, and were so excited to be celebrating our first birthday with such an incredible community. And what better way to celebrate our anniversary than with a little in-game Anniversary Event? With all-new seasonal items such as birthday hats and birthday cake, plus a permanent new music sheet for indie favourite Terraria, its shaping up to be a real celebration in the underground!



[h2]Cherry Blossom Festival[/h2]
Did you know that our CEO, Fredrik, is learning Japanese? Truth be told, the entire dev team has a fondness for Japanese culture, and you might just spot a few references to our favourite pieces of Japanese media in Core Keeper if you look hard enough. Were especially fond of the beautiful cherry blossom season that occurs around late March to early April and covers huge parts of the country in a pink wash of petals. We wanted to share our love for cherry blossoms and give a nod to our growing Japanese community by celebrating with our very own Cherry Blossom festival mini-event in Core Keeper this spring.

[h2]Easter Seasonal Event[/h2]
We had such a blast running our Easter seasonal event last year that we knew we wanted to run it again this year. Our last Easter celebration was our first-ever seasonal event for Core Keeper, and we learnt so much from your community feedback. Since then, weve celebrated Halloween, Christmas/New Year, and Valentines with lots of exciting new seasonal content. With that in mind, we wanted to build on the Easter event to bring it up to par with what youve come to expect from our seasonal events, which is why you can expect a little something extra from us this year in the form of new seasonal outfits, decorative items, and environmental effects.

[h2]Animal Update (Name TBC)[/h2]
Were very excited about this one, Explorers, as this is our next major content update. Weve always been keen to develop the kind of game YOU want to play, and that means listening to what you have been asking forand you really wanted animals! Were already hard at work planning out the Animal Update, which will introduce a brand-new pets mechanic allowing players to discover, hatch, and care for a variety of friendly critters. We hope youre looking forward to finding the perfect pet and taking it with you on your underground adventure.

Alongside the addition of new content and mechanics, well be making lots of game-wide improvements and adjustments with this update. We want each individual to have a unique experience when exploring the underground, and weve been keeping a close eye on how you, as a community, are actually playing the game. To that end, well be revisiting and refining existing content to really enrich the in-game experience, paying special attention to the ways in which we can make the world feel more alive through features like environmental responses (such as cave-ins) and fleshed out combat (including a new parry mechanic for shields).

[h2]Crystal Biome (Name TBC)[/h2]
As if the Animal Update wasnt exciting enough, you can expect another major content update from us later on in the year. Thats right, the Crystal Biome will introduce a new crystalline biome with all-new materials, equipment, enemies, crafting options, a new boss, and more! For those of you who dont know, the Crystal Biome was announced in our last roadmap back in 2022. After careful consideration, we realised that we really wanted to increase the depth of gameplay through our other updates before we launched this one to ensure a richer experience for players, which is why the Crystal Biome has been moved further along into the year.

[h2]Core Keeper Pricing Information[/h2]
Alongside the launch of our latest roadmap, we wanted to share some information with you regarding changes to the pricing of Core Keeper. When we launched in Early Access on March 8th 2022, we had a rough idea of what we expected to offer in terms of content in the lead-up to our 1.0 release, and this was reflected in the games price point.

As both the game and community expanded over the course of the year and beyond, we realised that we wanted to be able to offer you so much more during Early Access, and we started to dream big. With the help of our publisher, Fireshine Games, we set out with a much more ambitious plan that included things like dedicated servers, seasonal events, mini-updates, early localisations, and even more major updates based on community feedback adding lots more value and content to the game than we initially thought possible.

The price will be changing soon after the Animal Update is live, and well be providing more information on the exact time and date of this in the future. Please note that the increase will not impact users who have already purchased the game in any way. We wanted to give you plenty of notice of this upcoming change so that you are able to make the most informed purchasing decisions possible.

[h2]An Exciting Year Ahead![/h2]
Thats everything from us for now, Explorers, but we just wanted to take a moment to say a big thank you for your continued support throughout 2023. Weve got so much on the horizon that we cant wait to talk about, so make sure that youre following us on the official Core Keeper Discord and Twitter channels for the latest news, information, and updates. Were off to put the finishing touches on our Anniversary Event!

BUG FIXES

• Fixed dedicated server not working in docker containers.
  
• Fixed network connection not closing properly on exit.
  
• Fixed broken graphics for mortar projectiles.
  
• Improved Firefly death effect.

GAMEPLAY CHANGES
[h2]Quality of Life:[/h2]

• Improved loading of lights when moving through the world: If a light is not ready to render (waiting in the shadow update queue), an economic alternative will be used until it is. This significantly reduces popping when loading many lights at the edges of the screen.
  
• Improved the light optimization system: In previous versions of the game, lights would selectively turn off when there were too many in a small area. Now, a very economic alternative way of rendering lights is used instead and the Light Quality graphics setting determines how many real lights are allowed. When setting Light Quality to Low, almost all lights are replaced with the economic alternative which can lead to a significant performance boost.

• Modified the tone mapping used in the game, resulting in better colors for pixels with very intense lighting.
  
• Tweaked the bloom threshold value, resulting in overall less hazy visuals when bloom is enabled.
  
• Improved ceiling hole/light edges.
  
• Updated hairstyle #6 and #8, cleaned up stray pixels.
  
• Improved Firefly visuals (less flickering)
  
• Updated Flower Crown to display the players full hairstyle.

• Fixed missing emissiveness on Lava Chests.
  
• Updated the Japanese translation for the Chefs Jacket.
  
• Fix sorting order issues of the different character parts.
  
• Fixed Root shadows to look correct during Christmas and Valentine seasons.
  
• Fixed a bug where equipment such as the King Slime Crown that has a glow would not emit light when placed on the Mannequin.
  
• Fixed a bug where not all recipes would show up when using the ingredient filters in the Cook Book.
  
• Fixed Caveling Scholars not healing.
  
• Fixed performance regression when there are lots of nearby objects.
  
• Fixed a bug where crafting 10 times more items by holding ctrl would be reverted when crafting was done for objects that by default gave more than one item per craft.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed issue where some automation configurations cause a crash on host.
  

[h2]BUG FIXES[/h2]

• Lit Floor tiles no longer block other emissive light sources like Glow Tulips.
  
• Light colors are now correctly converted to linear space when gathering light data.
  
• Increased connection timeout to avoid treating long frame times as a timeout for the host.
  
• Removed the limit on the number of objects spawned per frame.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes:[/h2]

• Fixed getting random loot in boss chests due to uninitialized memory.
  
• Fixed achievements not unlocking.
  

It's time to jump right into another exciting update, Explorers! Our Quality of Love update is now live.

Part seasonal event, part content update, you'll be uncovering magical new Valentine's features as well as a whole host of additions that will remain in-game after the event has ended. Speaking of our Valentine's seasonal event, this will run from today until February 28th, but don't worry! From this update onwards, all of our seasonal events can be accessed at any time through the game's Gameplay Settings menu. Please note that the addition of the seasons option in the games Gameplay Settings menu will replace the previous mechanic of having to set the season under the games Launch Options in Steam.

[h2]Major Visual Improvements to Core Keeper[/h2]

The Quality of Love update marks the single most significant number of changes we have ever made to the way lighting and rendering works in Core Keeper, and this means the potential for serious visual improvements.

We completely rewrote our graphics pipeline to give us full control over how everything is rendered in the game, resulting in reduced demand on your devices GPU and significant improvements to lighting and shadows. We also spent a lot of time working on the games indirect (bounce) lighting and implemented a new system for simulating sprite object shadows to give the game world a more three-dimensional look.

We could talk about this major visual overhaul for Core Keeper all day (and we might do just that in an upcoming Steam post!), but we think the best way to experience these things is firsthand, which is why we encourage our players to jump into the game and see for themselves. For a more direct comparison of the visual improvements to Core Keeper, check out this high vs low settings trailer here:

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[h2]Indie Musical Magic[/h2]

Players can now express themselves through the magic of music with the addition of playable instruments such as the Ocarina, Harp, Cello, and Flute. Using the instruments on their own opens a special interface that will allow you the input of individual notes, but using the instruments with sheet music plugged into a music stand will enable users to autoplay looping melodies from indie titles such as Owlboy and Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!, as well as other fun tracks. Play alone, or get together with some friends to form the worlds most underground orchestra.

From books to movies and even anime, you'll see lots of little references to some of the media we love all throughout Core Keeper, and the addition of sheet music seemed like the perfect way to celebrate some of our favourite indie developers. We'd love to know what your favourite indie game tracks are too, so let us know here in the comments!

[h2]Valentine's Content and Cosmetic Upgrades[/h2]

We've added even more options to the character-creation menu such as new hairstyles and new colour options across hair, eyes, and clothing, but that's not all. We didn't want our veteran players to have to create brand-new characters to experience these exciting additions, which is why we added the Magic Mirror a craftable item that allows players to edit the appearance and name of their characters at any point (#NewYearNewYou).

We're also beyond excited to see how you get creative with all of our new seasonal content. From boxes of chocolates, candles, and bouquets of flowers all the way to plush toys, rugs, and new outfits and accessories. You can find a full list of content, features, mechanics, and fixes that have come with this update in the patch notes, here.



We're so happy to be bringing you lots of variety with this update, as we wanted it to be an expression of our love for both the community and the industry. We'd love to hear your thoughts, see your screenshots, and talk lore with you over in the Steam Discussions, on Twitter, or on our official Discord server.

NEW FEATURES

[h2]Main Features:[/h2]

Valentine Specific:

• Valentine Letters can be found dropped on the ground throughout the world. Pick them up and check out what the Seasonal Merchant has to offer for them! Any letters left on the ground after the season ends will disappear and any picked-up letters will be kept. The letters will continuously appear randomly in the world throughout the season.
  
• The Seasonal Merchant now has a new skin and new items to sell for the new season. The skin will change back after the season ends but the items can still be bought.
  
• Valentine Crafting Table. Acquired from the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• Valentines Chest. Acquired from the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• Valentines Gift. Acquired from the Seasonal Merchant.
  
• 9 new decorations and furniture.
  
• 3 new valuables.
  
• New consumables:
  - Distilled Love.
  - Box of Chocolates.
  
• New equipment and weapons:
  - Cupid Bow.
  - Cupid Tunic.
  - Valentine Necklace.
  - Valentine Ring.
  
• The iris of the Core has a heart shape during the Valentines seasonal event.
  

• Magic Mirror. Can be crafted at the Carpenters Table and allows the player to change the appearance and the name of their character.
  
• Mannequin. Can be crafted at the Carpenters Table and allows the player to showcase equipment.
  
• Equipment presets. Three tabs have been added to the character window allowing players to quickly swap between different equipment setups.
  
• Music Workbench. Can be crafted at the Tin Workbench and allows the player to craft the following:
  
• Harp, Flute, and Cello instruments. These can be used to play notes manually. Predefined songs can also be auto-played by standing nearby a Music Sheet Stand that contains a Music Sheet.
  
• Music Sheet Stand.
  
• Several Music Sheets.
  
• Loom. Can be crafted at the Carpenters Table and allows the player to craft different sets of clothes. These are intended to allow more customisation using the vanity slots in the Dresser but can be equipped directly as well:
  - Wedding dress.
  - Suit.
  - Archeology clothes.
  - Cooking clothes.
  

• The Ocarina has been changed into an instrument instead of a valuable and it can now also be commonly found in digging spots found in the Azeos' Wilderness Biome. The drop chance of the Dry Butterfly from digging spots has been reduced to compensate for this.
  
• Workbenches now have the option to select earlier tier Workbenches in their UI to allow crafting items from those Workbenches.
  
• Objects can now be rotated before placing them down instead of doing it through interaction after they have been placed down. The long-term plan is to support rotation of more objects in the game and this change is a first step towards that. The current objects that are affected by this change are: Drill, Robot Arm, Conveyor Belt, Galaxite Turret, Stone Turret, Delay Circuit, and Logic Circuit.
  
• Quick trash. Added a key binding that allows players to quickly move items to the trash can. Any item already in the trash can will be destroyed. The default key binding on the keyboard is the Delete key but this can be changed in the controls menu under the Trash selected item binding.
  
• Toggle UI keybinding. Added a keybinding (Ctrl+U) that allows players to toggle the in-game UI on or off. This is the same as changing the Show in-game UI setting found under the UI Settings.
  
• Added an option under Gameplay Settings to activate specific seasons or turn them off completely. This can only be changed while in the title menu and not while playing in a world. To avoid confusion, it is no longer possible to set a season through the launch options in Steam. Changing the date on the computer still works to activate specific seasons but its recommended to use this new option.
  
• Caveling Miners will sometimes lie down and sleep. They also have some new emotes they do while idling and while in combat.
  
• Caveling Hunters now need to reload their gun before shooting, giving players more time to avoid their shots.
  

• Adjusted overall enemy damage so that enemies, especially in the beginning of the game, deal a bit less damage.
  
• Slightly reduced health and damage dealt by Infected Cavelings.
  
• Reduced damage dealt by Mold Tentacles.
  
• Reduced damage dealt by Bubble Crabs.
  
• The condition which gives a chance to catch higher rarity fish now uses the correct chance for each fish. Previously, the chance was equal for all fish when this condition triggered, including for the Starlight Nautilus. Increased the chance of catching Starlight Nautilus to compensate for this change.
  
• Reduced cost of Keys crafted at the Key Casting Table. Keys now also have a small chance to drop from all types of Slime enemies, the Miner Cavelings, and from fishing.
  
• Locked Chests have a small chance to be caught when fishing.
  
• Reduced the health of Omoroth and the tentacles that spawn during the boss fight.
  
• Changed so the small racing track scenery only appears once in the world.
  
• Turrets now put enemies into combat. This makes them more useful for mob farms and also more consistent with how Spike Traps work.
  

• Circuits can now be placed under other blocking objects and walls can be built on top of Circuits.
  
• Gokarts can now be moved by Conveyor Belts and they can also be placed on top of Conveyor Belts.
  
• Hitting objects now takes the mouse position / right joystick direction more into account to give more precise control when defining which object to hit around the player.
  
• Fences adapt towards adjacent walls now. This means there are no longer small gaps between fences and walls.
  
• Ores from boulders now spawn in a random position inside the boulder, so having multiple drills on the same boulder will not always yield ore from the same drill.
  
• Clicking the recipes in autocrafting objects such as the Furnace and Table Saw will automatically move the required materials to the input slots from the player inventory or any adjacent chest.
  
• Holding down the modifier key to pick up 10 of a stack (Ctrl) can now also be done when crafting to craft 10 times the amount of the item at once. This only works for stackable items. Clicking recipes in autocrafting objects such as the Cooking Pot and the Furnace can also be done to move 10 of the required materials to the input slots.
  
• Rails can now be built on top of Conveyor Belts. Note that Conveyor Belts do not affect Minecarts on Rails but this feature is intended to allow moving items through Rails.
  
• Any electronic object can now be built on top of Wires. Note that, in most cases, this will override the behavior of the Wire, such as when placing a Logic Circuit on top of a Wire.
  
• Added in-game UI navigation keybindings. This will mainly be useful for players using controllers to change the D-pad buttons to do something else than navigating in the UI, as the joystick can already be used for that.
  
• GoKarts and Boats can now be rotated before being placed down.
  
• The Robot Arm can now place objects into the Fishing Net Rack, Decorative Pot, and Planter Box.
  
• Golden Glow Tulips now emit gold light instead of blue.
  
• Gravestones take 3 hits to destroy to avoid destroying other players' gravestones as easily. The player's own gravestone is still destroyed in one hit like before.
  
• The Furnace, Smelter Kiln, Fury Forge, and Table Saw now only accept the resources they can process in their input slots.
  
• Creatures no longer try to damage objects that they cant break in a few hits.
  
• Hoes that cover multiple tiles will now prioritize hoeing other tiles such as Moss or Slime before hoeing any ground tiles.
  
• Enemies no longer block players from mining walls while holding a mining pick.
  
• Add a cap to how many Jelly Fishes can spawn in an area.
  
• Add a cap to how many Tentacles can spawn in an area.
  
• Add a cap to how many Fish Shoals can spawn in an area with sea water.
  
• Add a cap to how many Water Lilies spawn in an area.
  
• Add a cap to how many Water Kelps spawn in an area.
  

• Implemented a brand-new rendering pipeline. This should result in an upgrade in terms of lighting and GPU performance.
  
• Completely reworked indirect (bounce) lighting. Light now spreads further and takes surface color into account, resulting in softer, more saturated dynamic lighting.
  
• Added a new system for calculating advanced object shadows. This causes most objects and enemies to cast per-light shadows.
  
• Emissive surfaces can now generate light.
  
• Improved resolution upscaling, making the game appear sharper on window resolutions higher than 1920x1080.
  
• Split the graphics settings menu into two: Display and Graphics.
  
• Added a screen-space ambient occlusion effect and a Graphics setting for it (Low / Medium / High).
  
• Added an Object Shadows Graphics setting (Off / Simple / Advanced). Simple makes the shadows behave like they did before this update and Advanced uses the new system.
  
• Improved bloom and added a Display setting for it (Normal / Reduced / Off).
  
• Reworked the 16-bit color option: It is now called Color Output and allows you to change from the full 24-bit output to a limited 15-bit color palette. An additional option allows you to add dithering to this effect, which breaks up the color bands that appear. The 15-bit setting is intended to give the game a retro look and has no bearing on performance.
  
• Improved the shine effect on ore in walls.
  
• Improved graphics for the snare effects for Snare Plants.
  
• Improved animations for the Caveling Miners.
  
• Improved lighting from emissive plants such as Glow Tulips.
  
• Improved lighting from emissive objects such as Furnaces and Smelter Kilns.
  
• Added shadows for Fences and Roots.
  

• Adjustment to Larva's hurt & death sound effects.
  
• Swords now have a unique swing & impact sound effects.
  
• Adjustment to Rune Song sound effects.
  
• Adjustment to Slime Sword sound effects.
  
• Adjustment to Throwing Daggers sound effects.
  

• Updated Unity to version 2021.3.14f1.
  
• Added moddable configuration files for loot tables.
  
• Added moddable configuration files for fishing loot and struggle behaviour.
  
• Added moddable configuration files for environment and mob spawns.
  
• Added moddable configuration files for changing friend or foe for factions.
  
• Added moddable texture for changing color grading.
  
• Improve initial loading time when joining a game.
  
• Equipment and consumables like the Glow Tulip that emit a blue glow now states blue glow in its stats instead of just glow.
  
• The Painters Table has been moved to the Carpenters Table.
  
• Credits auto scrolling can be paused by holding down the interact button.
  
• Crystal Lamp has a working collider now.
  
• Fixed so offhands can still be used while hovering any UI element with the mouse.
  
• Added Blue Glass Kalimba valuable that drops from Large Destructibles in the Ancient City Ruins in the Sunken Sea. This item was added as the reward for winning the "Creepy Caves" competition by our community member Woopsiee.
  
• Azeos now screeches when flying over the player as a shadow.
  
• Changed Larvaskin Rugs and Temple Decor Rugs to appear above Rug tiles.
  
• Delay time before fade in on world load to avoid having objects pop in.
  
• The souls tab is now unlocked when a player is nearby a Soul Orb without the need to talk to the Core first.
  

• Fixed a bug where keyboard navigation in menus would be overridden by mouse selection when not moving or using the mouse.
  
• Fixed a bug where Shroomans would collide with seeds when charging.
  
• Fixed a bug where objects that have a random visual appearance based on their world position would not be so random but instead follow a pattern in some cases.
  
• Fixed a bug where no Slime bosses could be summoned if King Slime was already summoned anywhere in the world.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Kelp Tree showing duplicate sprites.
  
• Critters will no longer spawn inside The Core or the Boss Statues.
  
• Grass and Bushes no longer drop seeds sometimes.
  
• Roots of different types no longer grow into each other.
  
• Fixed a bug where the walls around the Hive Mother could be dug up using a Hoe in specific cases.
  
• Fixed an issue where Ra-Akar the Sand Titan would spawn even if the Thumper was removed.
  
• Fixed an issue where some merchants would always restock their items when restarting the game if some statues had been activated.
  
• Adjusted small icons for Glowing Tulip and Puffungi to be centered.
  
• Fixed a bug where projectiles would visually look like they were affected by ground effects such as mold or slime.
  
• Fixed a bug where roots could start to spread before the Root Plant was fully grown.
  
• Fixed a bug where Ghost Scholars were not immune to debuffs such as burning.
  
• Fixed a bug where Poison Traps would take damage and be destroyed from players having thorns damage.
  
• Fixed a bug where the set bonus from the Ivy equipment would give crit chance from any debuff applied and not just poison.
  
• Fixed a bug where Doors could not be placed adjacent to walls that contained any ore.
  
• Fixed an issue where light sources would stop following their object when fading out.
  

Love is in the airand in the underground. Were delighted to announce that were bringing you something very special this February in the form of our Quality of Love update!

Part seasonal event, part update, you can expect lots of new content and fixes coming to Core Keeper, with some new additions remaining in game even after the Valentines seasonal event has ended! Whether youre a mushy romantic who wants to see pretty pink flowers in the underground or youre hankering for some fresh new features (musical instruments, anyone?) and visual improvements to the game, there are lots of reasons to get excited about this one.

When is Core Keepers Quality of Love Update Releasing?

The Quality of Love update will be launching on the 8th of February, with our Valentines seasonal event running until the 28th!

As we mentioned above, some of the content from this update will remain permanently available even after the Valentines seasonal event has ended and weve been working hard on quality-of-life adjustments as well as optimisations that should improve the overall performance of the game.



[h2]What Can We Expect in the Quality of Love Update?[/h2]

Great question, and the answer is a lot! While the Quality of Love Update isnt a major content update like The Sunken Sea or The Desert of Beginnings, we think youll be pleased with the new additions and changes weve made to the game

[h2]Major Changes to Lighting and Rendering[/h2]

Were making some major changes to the way things like lighting and rendering work across Core Keeper, which should improve performance while giving you more control over your visual experience of the underground. Heres where it gets a little technical

Core Keeper currently uses Unitys Built-In Render Pipeline, which we customised as much as possible to fit the needs of the game. Since this render-pipeline was designed to function with many different types of games, we soon discovered that there were various features and functions that we wanted for the rendering in Core Keeper that it just didnt support. Because of this, we decided to completely rewrite our graphics pipeline as a custom Scriptable Render Pipeline.

The result? Full control over how everything is rendered in the game and improvements to performance and framerate! If that wasnt technical enough for you, a full breakdown on the lighting changes will be coming in another Steam post soon. In simple terms, this means Core Keeper is going to look a whole lot nicer with the potential to run much better too!

[h2]New Features and Content![/h2]

For Valentines, weve added a romantic wash of rose petals to the ground tiles across the underground, and you can expect to find plenty of seasonal items (think Love Letters and Valentines Presents) along with some extra-cute cosmetics and equipment! As in all our seasonal updates, youll also spot a fun, themed variation on the merchant, wholl have some new stock for you to browse.



Were also really excited about a brand-new feature were bringing to the game in the form of musical instruments! Thats right, Explorers can now express themselves creatively by crafting and playing instruments such as Harps, Flutes, and Cellos. Youll also be able to find sheet music in Core Keeper that can be used with the musical instruments to automatically play looping melodies some of which you might just recognise from a few of your other favourite indie games. And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Well be adding new environmental items, features, and mechanics that we cant wait for you to uncover.

We think that Quality of Love is the perfect name for this update because we really wanted this to be an expression of our love for the community. A lot of the content youll see in this update is the result of community feedback, and we hope youll enjoy experiencing it as much as we enjoyed creating it. With just a week to go, make sure you join the conversation and let us know what youre most excited about on our official Twitter and Discord channels!

Core Keeper is currently in Early Access, and weve got an amazing community across Steam, Twitter, and Discord. We cannot thank you enough for your support as we work on developing the game. However, theres one area of our community that we wanted to show a little extra love to today, and thats our modding community!

It takes a lot of skill, talent, and passion to work on modding a game that is relatively fresh in terms of its lifecycle, and we think its amazing that so many people have been getting excited about what they can do to mod Core Keeper while it's still in the early stages of development. Weve seen people chatting about mods across all our social media platforms, and we thought it was about time that we gave them a dedicated space to discuss their projects.

With that in mind, we created a modding channel on the official Core Keeper Discord. Here, modders can chat to each other about what theyre working on, collaborate, and share tips, tricks, and even tutorials! Modding can look very different from game to game, but for Core Keeper, weve seen things like the implementation of creative-mode style features such as item spawning and the augmentation of skills all the way to the addition or alteration of in-game mechanics and features.

Modders use a wide variety of tools and plugins that work with the games engine (Unity) when working on their projects, and the modding community has even been so kind as to provide a Getting Started With Modding wiki and a modding library resource! Youll find tool recommendations, advice on adding assets to Unity, and guidelines on modifying the games behaviour in the wiki, as well as a library of features that make modding Core Keeper easier in the modding library.

As always, we advise you to make backups of any and all files that you choose to modify whenever youre doing something that could impact your data or the games code - just in case you need to reinstall for whatever reason.

Weve seen some great stuff from the modding community so far, including mods that allow more precise tile placements when farming and building; a mod that gives the player XP when watering crops; and a mod that streamlines the fishing process by showing you the name of the fish on your line and automatically pulling it up for you.

Were keen to see all the amazing ideas and creativity thats still to come from Core Keeper
modders, and we hope that giving you a place to discuss these things lets you know that we, the developers, support the modding community and that we're exploring the possibility of making modding more feasible in the future.

Welcome to 2023! Were very excited to ring in the new year with such an amazing community, and we hope youre all looking forward to what this year will bring for Core Keeper.

You can expect a new roadmap from us this year, with details on the Crystal Biome and beyond! Youll also be pleased to know that our seasonal events will be recurring throughout 2023, and we miiiight just add some new content to these if the opportunity presents itself. Though we cant say much at the moment, we can assure you that therell be plenty to look forward to over the coming months, so keep an eye out for news and updates in the Steam announcements as well as over on our Twitter and Discord channels.

You can probably tell that were raring to go full steam ahead into the New Year, but we also think its important to take the time to look back and reflect on what a great year 2022 was for us. Here are our highlights!

[h2]Launching Core Keeper in Early Access in March:[/h2]
This was an amazing moment for us, and it was made all the more special by the fact that we already had a dedicated community waiting for the game. From testing and open alphas, all the way to our very first public demo, we were so very grateful for your support as we brought the game into Early Access.

[h2]Our First Seasonal Event at Easter:[/h2]
We had our very first seasonal event not long after our Early Access launch, and this was a fantastic learning opportunity for us. The Easter Seasonal Event lasted for just two weeks and, originally, we had planned for the eggs from our egg hunt to disappear from the world when the event ended.

Thanks to your feedback, we soon realised that itd be much more fun if certain items from seasonal events remained in the game for you to enjoy year round. We also realised that time-locking seasonal events wasnt ideal for Explorers who were busy or unavailable during the event windows, and we set the plans in motion to change this for our next seasonal event.

[h2]Our First Major Update The Sunken Sea:[/h2]
After Easter (and a little work adding dedicated servers to the game), we were ready to bring you our first major update: The Sunken Sea! With a vast ocean and mystical sub-biome just waiting to be discovered, you set off in brand-new boats to battle the likes of Morpha the Aquatic Mass and Omoroth the Sea Titan. We added so much new content to the game for this update, including Portals, Sprinklers, the Dresser mechanic, map markers, new food, new enemies, new music, and more!

[h2]Cozy Caverns:[/h2]
We knew thered be a little time before our next seasonal event and a little more before our next major update, so we wanted to bring you some fun, decorative content in the interim! Our Cozy Caverns update included lots of new and paintable items, and we added mechanics that would allow you to paint existing items such as rugs, dressers, and pedestals.

We added new mechanics such as the ability for players to sit on objects like chairs, stools, thrones, and (of course) the Caveling Toilet. We also had lots of requests for an update that would allow players to place Torches on walls, and Cozy Caverns seemed like the perfect opportunity to introduce this. It was a joy to see all the ways you got creative with this update.

[h2]Terraria Crossover:[/h2]
Weve always admired the team over at Re-Logic, and our community had long been asking if there was ever going to be a Core Keeper and Terraria crossover. Well, in September 2022, we were beyond excited to bring King Slime to the world of Core Keeper and to see Caveling Pets as a feature in Terraria!

[h2]Our Halloween Seasonal Event:[/h2]
Things got super spooky in the underground in October when we introduced our second seasonal event for Halloween. We added creepy variations to our enemies, introducing the Dracularva, Spookavelings, Frankenbrutes, and Pumpkings to the game plus an extra-scary variation on The Hive Mother! We also introduced new equipment and cosmetics, such as the Pumpkin Lantern and Spooky Blanket Cape (because who doesnt want to dress up as a ghost, right?). Our creepy enemies were dropping some interesting Halloween loot including delicious candy and Grumpkin seeds!

We also updated the way seasonal events worked so that, once a seasonal event has launched, players can activate it at any time by changing their PCs time and date settings to the window within which the event was running.

[h2]Our Second Major Update The Desert of Beginnings:[/h2]
After adding so much new content to the game for The Sunken Sea, we were extra proud to be able to bring you even more for our second major update: The Desert of Beginnings. In this update, players were invited to comb the desert sands and battle their way through The Molten Quarry in search of new valuables that would help them in their battle against Ra-Akar the Sand Titan.

You upgraded your equipment with out-of-this-world Galaxite Ore, fought your way past six new enemies, stomped on new critters like beetles and worms, improved your circuitry skills, uncovered new fish, and crafted your very first Go-Karts! And that barely scratches the surface of all the wonderful ways weve seen Explorers enjoying The Desert of Beginnings.

[h2]Our Christmas Seasonal Event:[/h2]
As the year drew to a close, we knew we wanted to bring something special to wrap things up (pun intended). Our Christmas Seasonal Event began on the 13th of December, turning the underground into a winter wonderland. A blanket of snow covered certain biomes and enemies got new, festive variations some of which were almost too adorable to kill. We added a new Seasonal Merchant, as well as lots of new cosmetic and decorative items to the game. Oh, and we added fireworks too!

This felt like the perfect note to end the year on, and were looking forward to recurring seasonal events, the Crystal Biome, and more in 2023!

Merry Christmas from the Pugstorm and Fireshine Games teams! We hope youre all having a lovely time, Explorers whether you celebrate Christmas or are just enjoying a little break from school/work/responsibilities while everything relaxes over the holiday season.

We cant believe how quickly 2022 has gone by. It feels like only yesterday that we launched Core Keeper in Early Access, and here we are with two major updates and a handful of smaller/seasonal ones under our belts. We couldnt have done it without your amazing feedback, and we are truly grateful for such a wonderful community.

We sure hope youre enjoying the festive version of the underground in our Christmas Seasonal Event, which will be running all the way until the 5th of January. We know how busy things get over Christmas, which is why we want to remind you that you can experience our seasonal events at any time after theyve launched by either

Merry Christmas, Explorers! We hope youve all had an amazing year we know we have. Its getting to the time where we start winding down for some well-earned rest as we approach the end of 2022, and the Pugstorm team is looking forward to lots of festive fun over the Christmas period.

CEO and Creative Director, Fredrik, will be heading up to Northern Sweden to celebrate Christmas with his parents and to go skiing!

COO and Development Director, Sven, will be having a magical time meeting up with relatives in a cottage in the woods! Each member of his family will be going out and getting their own Christmas tree, and, of course, theres also Swedish fika and grilling sausages.

Lead Artist and Art Director, Julian, is also going to meet relatives this year, but hes looking forward to shutting himself in and getting cosy with some video games and books.

And Max, our Lead Programmer and Technical Director, hasnt quite finalised his plans yet, but spending time with family and friends (and enjoying lots of good food!) is definitely on the cards.

Pugstorm has also been expanding a little in 2022, with new programmers and artists joining the team, and we even managed to take a team photo at our julbord (a traditional, Scandinavian Christmas feast!).



We hope youre enjoying the Core Keeper Christmas Seasonal event and that you all have a lovely holiday season. You should definitely keep an eye on our Twitter channel for lots of exciting Christmas activity throughout December.

Bug Fixes:

- A fix has been implemented for the problem of plants appearing broken during growth.

Hotfix Patch - 0.5.1.1

- Fix character and world metadata files being reset when updating to 0.5.1 with incoming Steam Cloud changes.

Hi Explorers, we understand that some of you have been having issues with characters disappearing after updating the game for the Christmas Seasonal Event. We wanted to let you know that weve just rolled out a hotfix that should prevent this from happening from now on.

[h2]If You've Been Affected By This Issue, Read Below...[/h2]

You may be able to recover your characters by following the suggestions below:

Please note you will need your Steam ID for this, which can be found by opening the Steam client, clicking your profile picture in the upper-right, and clicking Account Details. Your Steam ID should be listed at the top of the page, beneath the title.

1. Ensure the game is closed. Then, backup your game saves by navigating to the below location and creating a copy of the folder there (we recommend saving this folder elsewhere on your machine such as your desktop or documents folder for now).

WINDOWS:
C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Pugstorm\Core Keeper\Steam\
Or
%appdata%\..\LocalLow\Pugstorm\Core Keeper\Steam\

LINUX:
~/.config/unity3d/Pugstorm/Core Keeper/Steam/

2. Launch the game and delete any reset characters by clicking on Settings > Delete Progress Options > Delete Characters Menu.

3. Close and then restart the game.

Core Keeper is still in the Early Access stages of development and, unfortunately, issues with save data like this can sometimes occur. Wed like to thank you for your patience and understanding while we work on this.

Hi Explorers, we're always keen to hear your feedback when we're thinking about making changes to the way certain mechanics work in Core Keeper. Recently, we've been considering a small adjustment to the way Ancient Coins work in-game, and we wanted to know your thoughts.

At the moment, you can sell several different items to the Merchants in Core Keeper in exchange for Ancient Coins. We are proposing an adjustment to this mechanic so that the only items you can sell to Merchants in exchange for Ancient Coins would be Valuables going forward.

We believe this change would help to balance the in-game economy when it comes to Ancient Coins and that it would make the items marked as "Valuables" more impactful. We would like to know if this is something the community feels favourable toward or opposed to, and we'd also like to hear any feedback you might have on this proposal.

You can let us know what you think by filling out this short, anonymous survey here.

Please note that this survey is the only medium we will be using to collate data on community sentiment regarding this proposal, so if you want to share an opinion, please make sure to submit it using the form we linked to above.

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us, and we look forward to hearing what you think!

New Content

[h2]New Features[/h2]
The Winter Holiday is here! Certain objects and biomes have now become covered in snow, including The Core and boss statues. This snow is temporary and will melt away after the seasonal event.

• Seasonal Merchant. Put a Calendar in a comfortable room and he will come and visit you. The Calendar can be crafted in the Carpenters Table.
  
• Little Helperlings. Feed them cooked food and they will craft you presents! Acquired from the Seasonal Merchant by trading Cookies & Milk.
  
• Christmas variants for enemies:
  
• - Slime Blobs have become Snowhead Slimes.
  
• - Red Slime Blobs have become Carrot Slimes.
  
• - Shroomans have become Santa Shroomans.
  
• - Caveling Miners have become Gingerbreadlings.
  
• - Caveling Shamans have become Starwand Shamans.
  
• - Caveling Brutes have become Bakery Brutes.
  

• Christmas Workbench, craft decorations and furniture to bring Christmas into your home. Acquired from the Seasonal Merchant by trading Cookies & Milk.
  17 new decorations and furniture.
  
• 17 new decorations and furniture.
  
• New consumables:
  
• - Hot Chocolate.
  
• - Hot Punch.
  
• - Winter Cookies.
  
• - Fruit Bread
  
• - Winter Dinner.
  
• New equipment and weapons:
  
• - Snowball.
  
• - Snowman Hat
  
• - Festive Hat.
  
• - Gingerbreadman Head.
  
• - Gingerbread Hood.
  
• - Gingerbread Top.
  
• - Gingerbread Pants.
  
• New figurines (the following figurines have a chance to drop in addition to the normal figurines from the enemies, meaning that the normal versions are not replaced during the Christmas event. The new figurines can also drop from Luxury Winter Presents):
  
• - Snowhead Slime Figurine.
  
• - Carrot Slime Figurine.
  
• - Santa Shrooman Figurine.
  
• - Gingerbreadling Figurine.
  
• - Starwand Shaman Figurine.
  
• - Bakery Brute Figurine.
  
• 5 new valuables.
  
• Fireworks to celebrate New Year's Eve (or any other occasion) Comes in several colors and theres a big one too! Can be crafted at the Christmas Workbench or acquired from Luxury Winter Presents.
  

• Merchants can now teleport into a room even when any player is nearby or in that room. Note that a Merchant wont teleport while someone is currently very close to or interacting with the Merchant at its current location.
  
• The light on electricity wires now visually reaches one tile less while still powering electricity buildings at the same distance. This makes it clearer since everything connected to a lit wire will be powered.
  

• Increased the visibility of particles from healing, poisoned or other similar effects
  
• Added particle effects when walking on Slippery Ground Slime.
  
• Players now snore when sleeping.
  

• Added honking sound effects for each type of Go-Kart.
  
• New unique damage & destroy sound effects for grass, clay, stone, hive and turf walls.
  
• The slime footstep sound effect now plays when walking on all types of Ground Slime.
  

• Increased the drop chance of Oracle Card "Brilliance" from Ancient Crates and it can now also drop from the Large Ancient Crates.
  
• Increased the duration of immunity buffs from cooked Blister Head, Yellow Blister Head and Rot Fish to be five minutes.
  
• Increased the duration of the movement speed increase from cooked Spirit Veil to be two minutes.
  
• Reduced amount of Fireflies that spawn in the Desert of Beginnings biome.
  

• Pressure Plates are now placed on the same height as Circuits, meaning that they will appear beneath flooring and rugs.
  
• Fixed typos in some item & condition descriptions.
  
• Polished colors that some golden crops give when cooked as food.
  
• Healing from sleeping in bed heals a percentage of player hp every second instead of a set amount.
  
• Removed map colors for hoed & watered Dirt Ground.
  
• Added a buff icon for immune to burning.
  
• Remove encryption from character save files.
  
• Can start the game with a specific seasonal event enabled by running the game with the -season argument.
  

• Fixed a bug where Ore Boulders could spawn inside Obsidian Walls in the Desert Biome.
  
• Fixed a bug where the players own map marker would just be white instead of their corresponding color.
  
• Bomb Scarabs and Lava Butterflies no longer fly through walls placed on bridges.
  
• Players can no longer sometimes traverse through bridges with fences while riding a boat.
  
• Fixed a bug where items in max stack sizes could not be picked up in the inventory UI while holding the same item in the mouse.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could get cooking skill and additional food from the Cooking Pot without actually taking out the food from the Cooking Pot while holding the same food in the mouse. This would only occur if the total amount of the held food or the food in the Cooking Pot would be at max stack size.
  
• Fixed a bug where the output of buildings like Cooking Pots and Furnaces could be hot swapped with ingredients or ores causing unintended behavior.
  
• Fixed a bug where roots could grow on Sand Ground but not on Grass Ground.
  
• Fixed floating wall/floor cracks in suboptimal network conditions.
  
• Fixed incorrect button prompt for reflections setting in Video Settings.
  
• Fixed large scenes like the racing track spawning incorrectly in some cases.
  
• Fixed Electricity Sticks being able to power buildings. It should only affect Logic Circuits.
  
• Fixed some cases of path finding acting up when seeing the player through gaps in smaller colliders like roots and fences.
  
• Fixed a bug where hitting larger objects such as tables would sometimes instead damage the floor, Rugs, or other similar objects beneath it instead.
  
• Fixed a bug where Root Plants would stop growing after being completely blocked and unblocked again.
  
• Fixed electricity wires lighting up when placed on top of Ancient Electricity tiles.
  

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 youll 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, weve 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 were pleased to be bringing you something Christmas-themed!

Weve 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 wouldnt be Christmas without Christmas trees, and youll be able to craft these and lots more festive furniture at the new Christmas workbench. If that doesnt 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.

Youll also be able to enjoy new food, game mechanics, and cosmetic items throughout the event because who doesnt want to take part in a snowball fight while dressed as a gingerbread man, are we right? Oh, and weve even added fireworks to the game so that you can celebrate the New Year with a bang! Theres 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 youre 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) youll 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.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and you know what that means its 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.

Thats just over three weeks of festive fun coming your way. While we think its 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 cant 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, were sure youll feel like Christmas has come early come launch day.

If you just cant wait until the day of the event, then check out the screenshot below for a little preview of whats coming:



Weve got lots of Christmas activity coming your way on the Core Keeper Twitter channel too, so make sure youre following and keep an eye out for even more sneak peeks at our Christmas seasonal event. Dont forget to join our Discord too if youd 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 wed love your support! Were exceptionally proud of Core Keepers multiplayer functionality and we hope we can count on your vote for the Better with Friends category this year.

Nominate Core Keeper for the Better with Friends award using the button above or at the link here.

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 youd 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 didnt stop some of you setting out with a team of 8 chefs (which is equally as cool when you think about it!).

Throughout the games 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 wed 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 youre 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 thats why we hope youll nominate us for the Better with Friends award this year.

Wed 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 weve added non-English spaces to our Discord, and were working with a very talented team of community managers to help us facilitate this. While were 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.

Gameplay Changes

[h2]Balancing[/h2]

• Increased the healing from the Oracle Deck.
  
• Increased the drop chance of Larva Meat and Clay Moss and reduced the drop chance of Slime from Big Larvae.
  

• The Larva Butterfly enemy now spawns from Ground Magma Slime.
  

• Fixed potential invalid memory access in enemy chase logic.
  
• Fixed potential invalid memory access in enemy chase logic.
  
• Fixed potential invalid memory access in Scholar healing logic.
  
• Fixed potential invalid memory access when a player is hit by projectiles.
  Fixed invalid memory access when sending Cartography Table map data over the network, which was potentially leading to map corruption.
  
• Fixed a bug where items on Tables and Pedestals would sometimes be lit when they shouldnt be.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Cookbook UI would look broken and not be usable for some characters.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Giant Mushroom and Amber Larva would not appear in the Cookbook while using any ingredient type filter.
  
• Fixed some mobs trying to attack through walls.
  
• Fixed a bug where effects applied to nearby allies, such as the damage increase from the Crystal Meteor Chunk, would not be removed after unequipping the item if the character also had a talent giving a similar buff (such as The Smell of Food talent).
  
• The Bug Net no longer damages objects or enemies when swinging it.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Merchant would be invisible after teleporting to their room.
  Fixed a bug where the Leafhopper critter would not spawn anywhere. It now spawns in Azeos Wilderness as intended.
  
• Fixed bug with Fury Forge accepting items other than Galaxite Ore.
  
• Fixed bug with Caveling Assassins spawning raiding parties with the incorrect Caveling type.
  

Deep in the underground, far beyond The Core, lies a mysterious biome. Its sandy plains are home to a myriad of strange creatures, plant life, minerals, and artefacts just waiting to be discovered. Welcome to The Desert of Beginnings!

We are very excited to announce that Core Keepers second major content update is now live for you to enjoy, and were pleased to reveal that this is also the biggest content update weve created for the game so far.

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After battling the mighty Omoroth, youll be ready to move on from The Sunken Sea biome and head on over to The Desert of Beginnings. Will you get straight to searching for Galaxite to level up your tools and equipment, or will you focus on building a base to protect yourself from this biomes many enemies? Keep an eye out for Caveling Assassins and Lava Butterflies as you traverse the desert, and make sure youre well prepared before you decide to take on Ra-Akar the Sand Titan!

Within this scorching desert, youll also find the superheated Molten Quarry. Be warned, this sub-biome is not for the faint of heart, as it's full of Lava Slime and fiery enemies that will attack unsuspecting Explorers on sight. Thats not all youll have to watch out for in the Molten Quarry, however, as this is also the home of Igneous the Molten Mass.



While The Desert of Beginnings wont be without its challenges, this update also boasts plenty of rewards and exciting new content for plucky Explorers. Race around the desert in three brand-new land-based vehicles, or meet up with your friends for an off-road adventure or a little go-kart racing! Youll also spot 12 new critters on your adventures, and now youll even be able to catch them with the new Bug Netbecause who doesnt want a pocket full of Fireflies?

Weve also added community-requested quality-of-life improvements including the ability to fish from boats and minecarts, Steam achievements, and the option to add custom Latin-based languages to the game. Oh, and did we mention that several (previously unmoveable) large world objects will now be mineable so that you can move them around the world as you see fit?



Combing the desert will also be extra immersive for Core Keeper players using CORSAIR hardware thanks to our brand-new integration. Weve fixed it so that any iCUE-compatible CORSAIR products (such as keyboards, headphones, and mice) will react to in-game events with exciting light displays.

All of this will be coupled with a magical new Desert soundtrack, plus unique soundtracks for boss fights, from the talented Jonathan Geer. Its been an absolute joy to work on this update, and were extremely proud to have been able to bring you both a mini-update in Cozy Caverns and a new Halloween seasonal event while weve been developing The Desert of Beginnings.

If youre interested in taking a look at everything weve added with this update, check out the patch notes here. Otherwise, well leave uncovering the updates mysteries to you! We hope you have fun exploring The Desert of Beginnings, and we hope you get a kick out of spotting all the little additions weve made to our existing biomes too. When youre ready to take a little break, you can always catch up with your fellow Explorers over on the Core Keeper Discord or see what were up to over on Twitter.

NEW FEATURES

[h2]Main Features [/h2]

• New biome: Desert of Beginnings.
  
• New sub-biome in the Desert: Molten Quarry.
  

• Ra-Akar the Sand Titan (titan boss).
  
• Igneous the Molten Mass (side boss).
  
• 6 new enemies.
  
• New Caveling Spearman and Skirmisher that spawn in the Clay Caves along with new scenery objects related to these new enemies. They can also spawn from Clay Moss. Players who have already explored the whole of the Clay Caves biome may need to play in a new world to access all the new decorative objects related to these Cavelings.
  
• 12 new critters that will be unique to the different biomes.
  

• Go-Karts. Traverse the desert at high speed or race against each other! Some old race tracks built a long time ago can also be found in the world.
  
• It is now possible to fish from Boats and Minecarts.
  
• Added a Cross Circuit that separates horizontal and vertical wires. Useful to allow crossing wires without connecting the electricity.
  
• Levers now emit electricity when turned on without needing electricity from a Generator. The electricity from a Lever reaches half the distance of a Generator.
  

• Galaxite ore.
  
• Galaxite Workbench with new tools, crafting, and base building options.
  
• 40+ new weapons and equipment.
  
• New decorative objects.
  
• 10 new fish, including a legendary one!
  
• New valuables.
  
• Legendary Mining Pick.
  
• A Bug Net can be crafted in the Tin Workbench that allows the player to catch small beetles, larvae, fireflies, and other critters. After a bug has been caught, it can be placed into the world and remain in the world indefinitely. The Bug Net has replaced the Tin Hoe in the Tin Workbench. The Tin Hoe now drops from crates, chests, and other sources in the Dirt and Clay biomes instead.
  
• Dynamite Pack: explodes when connected to electricity.
  
• Pressure Plate: emits electricity when stepped on by a player and reaches the same distance as Levers.
  
• Galaxite Trap: crafted in the Galaxite Workbench. It is similar to Spike Traps but shoots flames, burns the enemies, and deals more damage!
  
• Galaxite Turret: crafted in Galaxite Workbench. Shoots projectiles when there are enemies in front of it and its connected to electricity.
  

• New music tracks for the Desert of Beginnings and Molten Quarry biomes.
  
• New unique music tracks for each boss. The slime bosses use the same boss music track as before.
  

• Many new unique locations.
  
• Added Clay Moss that appears in the Clay Caves. Clay Moss can also drop from Big Larva.
  
• Locked chests will randomly be found in the world while digging walls. The chests can be unlocked with their corresponding key and will contain some rewards. The keys can be found in various chests and containers in the world or crafted at the Key Crafting Table made in the Scarlet Workbench.
  
• There are several different types of chests and keys including the Copper chest and key, found in the Dirt biome and Clay Caves; the Iron chest and key, found in the Forgotten Ruins; the Scarlet chest and key, found in Azeos Wilderness; the Octarine chest and key, found in the Sunken Sea; and the Galaxite chest and key, found in the Desert of Beginnings.
  

• Steam Achievements.
  

• Added ingredient category filters in the cookbook UI. The available filters are plant, fish, and meat, and selecting any of these will filter out the ingredients list to only contain ingredients of that category.
  
• Recipes can be clicked to automatically add the ingredients to the Cooking Pot from the player's inventory or from adjacent chests. If the player or adjacent chests do not have the ingredients to cook a recipe, then the recipe is grayed out.
  
• Food cooked with golden plants always becomes rare (or epic with the Master Chef talent). Previously, this was only the case for ~50% of the combinations at random when combining a golden plant with a regular ingredient, which caused confusion. Any current food that has already been cooked will keep its rarity even if it is not obtainable anymore.
  
• Golden plants and cooked food made of golden plants now show up in the cookbook.
  
• Cooked food made of only golden plants becomes slightly stronger than when combining a golden plant with a non-golden plant ingredient.
  
• The ingredients filter in the cookbook UI uses the small version of the item icons instead to fit in more icons that are visible in the scroll window.
  
• Added unique nouns and adjectives to cooked food made from golden plants and their icons have some golden colors to make them more distinguishable from the cooked food made from the regular version of the same plant.
  
• Golden Larva Meat has been renamed to Shiny Larva Meat to differentiate it from the golden plants that work a bit differently when cooked.
  
• A number after the recipe's title in the cookbook UI indicates the current amount of recipes known.
  

• Made it much less grindy to gain skills at high skill levels for all skills. This change is applied retroactively, so players may notice that their skills have been increased when starting the game after this update, especially any high-level skills.
  
• Boss health no longer scales linearly with the number of players but, instead, increases by an amount that becomes smaller for every player joining. This means that boss health will remain the same in single player, but it will scale just slightly lower for 2 players (and much lower for 8 players) than it did previously. This change is intended to incentivize bringing your friends with you even if they dont bring as much to the table when it comes to defeating bosses -- if you just find a boss very difficult yourself, then bringing more friends will help!
  
• More trees will spawn throughout Azeos Wilderness and in Mold Dungeons.
  
• Increased damage of all explosives like Bombs and Hand Mortars.
  
• Increased drop chance of the Morpha Figurine and the Caveling Gardener Figurine.
  
• Adjusted how monster health scales with their level so higher-level monsters have a bit more health.
  
• Changed sell value of Rails, Electrical Wires, and Conveyor Belts to be 1 Ancient Coin.
  
• Slightly increased the amount of Sea Shells required for the Omoroth Scanner.
  
• Slightly reduced drop chance of most items from the Caveling Gardener and the Caveling Hunter.
  
• Slightly reduced drop chance of Caveling set pieces from the Caveling Miner and the Caveling Shaman.
  
• Made Shiny Larva Meat rare instead of epic and increased its drop rate from Big Larva. The buffs it gives are still the same.
  
• Reduced spawn chance of some unique locations found in the Sunken Sea.
  
• Slightly increased the cost of crafting Levers.
  
• Increased drop chance of Haunted Hive Mother Summoning Idol from Samhain Goodie Bags.