Best Gear in Core Keeper: Endgame Loadouts for Every Build

Best gear by build (melee, ranged, magic, summon)

The strongest endgame combination (all gear at Lv.20). Columns are builds and rows are slots. Click an item to see how to craft or obtain it.

Slot	Melee build	Ranged build	Magic build	Minion build
Weapon	Rune Song	Scrap Minigun	Zealot's Scimitar	Tome of Sprouts
Head (helm slot)	Atlantean Worm Helmet	Atlantean Worm Helmet	Lily Pad Hat	Chieftain Headdress
Body (chest slot)	Core Commander Brigandine	Gemstone Garment	Pajama Shirt	Corrupt Warden Tunic
Legs (pants slot)	Core Commander Greaves	Ninja Leggings	Arcane Monk Leggings	Chieftain Shorts
Necklace	Copper Cross Necklace	Copper Cross Necklace	Glass Bead Necklace	Codex Necklace
Ring 1	Spine Ring	Spine Ring	Spine Ring	Puppet Ring
Ring 2	Polished Golden Spike Ring	Polished Golden Spike Ring	Mold Ring	Jailor's Ring
Off-hand	Omoroth's Beak	Hydra Tooth	Blue Leather Tome	Scratched Stone
Food (2 ingredients)	Golden Pinegrapple Tornis Kingfish	Golden Pewpaya Tornis Kingfish	Golden Sunrice Tornis Kingfish	Golden Lunacorn Greenhorn Pico
Pet	Owlux	Pheromoth	Arcane Symbiote	Earie
Damage (base state = 1x)	about 4.9x	about 5.6x	about 8.6x	about 40.7x

The damage multiplier is the ratio of expected DPS with this gear and food compared to the base state at skill Lv.100. It does not compare builds against each other (how it is calculated).

• Best melee build: rankings for each slot, how much damage changes when you swap items, recommended sets and talents.
• Best ranged build: rankings for each slot, how much damage changes when you swap items, recommended sets and talents.
• Best magic build: rankings for each slot, how much damage changes when you swap items, recommended sets and talents.
• Best minion build: rankings for each slot, how much damage changes when you swap items, recommended sets and talents.

How the best gear is chosen (why this combination?)

• It is not just the #1 item of each slot. Set bonuses and how stacking the same kind of effect scales are taken into account, and slots were swapped one at a time so that the expected DPS of the whole combination is as high as possible.
• The best gear depends on your build. Melee wants melee damage and attack speed, ranged wants range damage, magic wants magic damage and mana, and summon wants minion damage and max minions.
• Values are compared at Lv.20. How to upgrade and the costs are in upgrading and reinforcing.
• The formula is not official; it is the one worked out on wikis and forums (damage formula).

Best mining and fishing gear

• Best mining gear: the armor, accessories and food that raise mining damage and mining speed the most. For pickaxes, see the upgraded pickaxe list.
• Best fishing gear: the best fishing rods and lures, plus armor and accessories with fishing bonuses.

Order to collect the best gear

1. Progress with each material's gear first: as you move through the biomes, re-craft your armor and weapons from the new material (recommended gear by stage).
2. Defeat bosses to collect gear: much of the best gear drops from bosses or is made from late-game materials (boss order).
3. Pick a build and upgrade: once you know which gear you will use, upgrade it to Lv.20 at the Upgrade Station.