Core Keeper Guides
Pick a task, find the prerequisites, and follow the route. Every guide includes the conditions that matter.
Getting started
Core Keeper Beginner Guide: Activate the Core
Start a new Core Keeper world, upgrade through copper and tin, and activate the Core with the three required boss items.
Core Keeper Map Guide: Biomes and Map Sharing
Find the early biomes, understand the Great Wall, and share explored map information with a Cartography Table.
Core Keeper Crossplay: Supported Platforms and Game IDs
Check PC and console crossplay limits, join friends with a Game ID, and find the official dedicated server route.
Bosses & progression
Core Keeper Boss Progression: Core, Titans and Beyond
Follow the required Core items, Titan shrine and summoning routes, Hydra material dependencies, and optional late-game fights.
Core Keeper Ghorm Guide: Find, Fight and Claim the Horn
Locate Ghorm's slime track, prepare space for the fight, and use the patrol-to-chase transition as your combat signal.
Core Keeper Hive Mother Guide: Arena and Acid Survival
Prepare for Hive Mother, manage acid and larvae, and understand why this optional boss is not required to awaken the Core.
Core Keeper Malugaz Guide: Summon and Beat Both Forms
Find Malugaz, craft the summoning skull, survive both forms, and collect the Stolen Crystal Heart for Core progression.
Gear & resources
Core Keeper Tin Ore: Where to Find and Smelt It
Find the Clay Caves, identify tin deposits, smelt Tin Bars, and troubleshoot an early exploration route that keeps missing clay.
Core Keeper Scarlet Ore: Wilderness to Scarlet Bars
Unlock Azeos' Wilderness, mine Scarlet Ore, identify boulders for drilling, and use the correct kiln for Scarlet Bars.
Core Keeper Ancient Pickaxe: The Azeos Drop Route
Follow the Azeos route to Ancient Pickaxe, understand the random drop, and keep the tool if you intend to craft Soul Seeker.
Core Keeper Armor Guide: Craft, Equip and Repair
Build reliable early armor, match owned sets to your weapon route, use the correct equipment slots, and fix broken protection.
Core Keeper Weapons Guide: Choose an Early Combat Route
Compare practical early melee, ranged, magic and summoning routes, with the 1.3 minion changes that affect old advice.
Base & automation
Core Keeper Habitable Room: A Reliable Merchant Setup
Build a simple merchant room, match NPC summoning items, and check beds, clear floor space and enclosure when nobody moves in.
Core Keeper Drill Setup: Boulder to Storage
Start with a Crude Drill, connect power, orient belts and Robot Arms, and diagnose ore that misses the chest or furnace.
Core Keeper Wood Farm: Preserve the Seed, Harvest the Growth
Grow renewable roots, place a drill on the harvest tile, and troubleshoot a wood farm that has stopped producing.
Life underground
Core Keeper Food Guide: Cook and Choose Useful Meals
Use the Cooking Pot, choose understandable ingredient combinations, and avoid adding together buffs that do not stack.
Core Keeper Fishing Guide: Start with the Minigame Disabled
Cast a Tin Fishing Rod with the minigame disabled, recognise a bite, and check water type, biome and fishing power.
Core Keeper Pets Guide: Hatch, Equip and Train
Build and power an Egg Incubator, hatch and equip a pet, earn experience, and match pet bonuses to your combat route.
Core Keeper Cattle Guide: Transport, Feed and Ride
Move cattle to a safe pen, choose food for each animal, collect products, and equip a saddle for the 1.3 riding system.