Core Keeper Best Gear Rankings

• MELEE WEAPONS Best swords & melee weapons Every sword and melee weapon ranked by expected DPS at Lv.20 with endgame gear, plus the best picks for early, mid and late game.
• PICKAXES Best pickaxes Pickaxes ranked by mining damage when you get them and after upgrading to Lv.20, plus the order to craft them and other mining tools.
• ARMOR Best armor The helms, chest armor and pants with the highest armor at Lv.20, the best armor sets for each build, and every set bonus.
• MELEE BUILD Best melee build The strongest melee gear combination at Lv.20: weapon, armor, accessories, set bonuses, food, pet and talents, chosen by expected DPS.
• RANGED BUILD Best ranged build The strongest ranged gear combination at Lv.20: weapon, armor, accessories, set bonuses, food, pet and talents, chosen by expected DPS.
• MAGIC BUILD Best magic build The strongest magic gear combination at Lv.20: staff, armor, accessories, set bonuses, food, pet and talents, with mana taken into account.
• SUMMON BUILD Best minion build The strongest minion gear at Lv.20: tomes ranked by minion DPS, plus armor, accessories, set bonuses, food, pet and talents.
• MAX MINING Max mining damage (upgraded pickaxes) Every pickaxe's mining damage after upgrading to Lv.20 and reinforcing, how Soul Seeker compares, and why an upgraded Iron Pickaxe beats Solarite.
• MAX PHYSICAL Max physical damage Melee and ranged weapons ranked by expected DPS after upgrading to Lv.20 and reinforcing, and the highest physical damage % from gear.
• MAX MAGIC Max magic damage Staffs ranked by expected DPS after upgrading to Lv.20 and reinforcing, and the highest magic damage % from each gear slot.
• EQUIPMENT Equipment guide Every equipment slot and what goes in it, which armor, sword and pickaxe to craft at each stage, and how to upgrade your gear.
• BEST GEAR Best gear by build The strongest endgame loadout for melee, ranged, magic and summon builds side by side: weapon, every gear slot, food and pet.
• WEAPONS Best weapons The top 5 weapons of each type by expected DPS at Lv.20, and how the legendary weapons rank.
• MINING GEAR Best mining gear The gear for each slot that speeds up digging the most, the best combination, and the food that boosts mining.
• FISHING GEAR Best fishing gear The best fishing rods, what each lure does, armor and accessories with fishing bonuses, fishing food, and how to collect it all.
• RINGS Best rings The best pair of rings for melee, ranged, magic and summon builds, how much each ring adds, and rings for mining and fishing.
• FISHING RODS Best fishing rod Fishing rods ranked by fishing stat, how to craft them, where each one can fish, and the fishing stat each location needs.
• MINIONS Best minions Tomes ranked by the DPS of one minion at Lv.20, which to use at each stage, special minions, and how to make minions stronger.
• STORMBRINGER Stormbringer gear The armor, accessories, food and talents to pair with the legendary Stormbringer, including mining damage gear that turns into melee damage.

Guides on other topics (bases, automation, fishing, multiplayer and more) are in the article list and the article categories.

Unless a note on the page says otherwise, numbers are read from the game files of Core Keeper 1.3.0.6 (prefabs, configuration files, drop tables and the game's program) and calculated by this site, including upgraded (per-level) values, sell prices and mana costs. Names and descriptions are the game's official English text. Only reinforcing materials, minion and pet attacks and some food values are based on the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) data (CC BY-SA 3.0). Core Keeper and its images are © Pugstorm. This is an unofficial fan site.