What is the goal of Core Keeper?
Defeat the Core Commander for the ending
With the souls collected, the Core leads you to the Core Commander. Beat it and talk to the Core to see the ending. You can keep playing afterwards.
Core Keeper story progression, step by step
- Get set up around the Core: craft tools and sort out a base and food (progression checklist).
- Beat three bosses to awaken the Core: place Glurch Eye, Ghorm's Horn and Stolen Crystal Heart on the statues around the Core.
- Talk to the Core and open the Great Wall: the awakened Core tells you to “lay thy hand upon the Great Wall and it shall open”. After this first talk, the Souls tab appears next to your Skills tab.
- Defeat six Titans and collect their souls: the Core’s hints tell you in which direction each Titan lives (soul powers).
- Defeat the Core Commander: with the souls gathered, the Core calls you to “the place where we once set our roots in this world”. After beating the Core Commander, talk to the Core for the ending (the ending).
For the order to fight bosses in, see boss order.
What else can you do besides the story?
Beyond the story you are free to build bases, farm, raise livestock, fish, cook, automate, collect pets, craft legendary weapons and take on optional bosses (ways to play).
Source: the game files of Core Keeper 1.3.0.6: the Core’s dialogue and the Souls list (official English text), and the statues near the Core that accept Glurch Eye, Ghorm's Horn and Stolen Crystal Heart (prefabs). Summarized in our own words. When the Souls tab appears is from the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) page “Souls” (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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.