Illustration of biome, resource, workbench and boss progression. This guide is a walk-through for the necessary order of crafting and biome progression and suggested order of defeating bosses. It might be useful for new players planning ahead, or those checking back for content they've missed.

One of the craft options when you interact with the Copper Workbench will be a basic fishing pole. You can use this in the bubble spots in water to fish by putting it in your active item slot and interacting with the tool while facing the water.

Glurch the Abominous Mass Glurch is, indeed, a large mass of slime. This boss can be found by digging down and to the left from the core. When you start seeing orange oozes and slime, you’re on the right track.

Standard type character is strongly recommended over hardcore, for all players. It is also recommended that new players start in a normal mode world. Hard mode currently doubles the health and damage of all enemies and bosses, for little to pelo pay-off.

 Guide and explain the basic mechanics of the game. Fortunately, it's not too difficult compared to some other games in this genre.

You will spawn into the world on top of a Waypoint and in front of the Core. Surrounding the Core are Core Keeper Gameplay three statues.

I usually don't like darkness in games. When prompted at the start of a horror game to adjust a slider until the logo can barely be seen, I move that damn slider as far to the right as it'll go.

Sure, Core Keeper horrified me when I knocked a wall down and a bunch of squirming, squeaking larvae jumped in my face.

When you fought Glurch, you may have noticed a bunch of orange slime on the ground. This is not just an environmental hazard — these tiles cause enemies to spawn.

If you like games in this genre, then you'll love it, and even if you don't like games in this genre, this could be the one that converts you.

Like many sandbox survival games, Core Keeper throws you right into the action. The lack of clear objectives and demands from the game is part of what makes it good cozy fun, but it can also be a bit confusing.

You’ll get little XP bonuses for pretty much all the actions you’re already doing, like mining, running, and crafting. But when you see a message that says you’ve got a new skill point, go assign it in your skills menu right away.

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Hazzie & Nord present another amazing indie game! Hazzie had been wanting to play this one for a while and here we are playing Core Keeper. Core Keeper is an adventure sandbox game where players mine, build, and fight enemies and bosses.