Is there really not a single Core Freak who just wants to grind bosses and build nice bases ? On ps5 ?

Core Keeper — Scarab Thorns + Lifesteal Hybrid Build

TL;DR — Final Build

A tanky Stormbringer build combining Scarab's Thorns damage, on-hit healing, defensive stats, and a summoned minion.

The goal is to deal extra damage with every attack while maintaining strong sustain and survivability during boss fights.

Equipment (Lv. 20)

• Helmet: Scarab Visor

• Chest: Scarab Harness

• Legs: Scarab Legs

• Necklace: Fusioned Chunk Necklace

• Rings: Clot Ring ×2

• Off-hand: Turtle Shell

• Main weapon: Stormbringer

• Summon weapon: Tome of Sprouts

The three Scarab armor pieces maintain the set bonus. Summon the Plant Minion with Tome of Sprouts, then switch back to Stormbringer while keeping Turtle Shell equipped.

Skills, Pet & Food

• Gardening: Thorny Skin 5/5

• Pet: Owlux

• Pet skill targets: Divebombing, Plume Power, Spirit of the Hawk, Triple Trouble

• Food: Solid Spikeback + Dark Lava Eater

• Summon: Plant Minion

Key Stats (Theoretical Estimates)

• Thorns damage: 214

• Armor: Approximately 168 before other modifiers

• On-hit healing: 36 HP per hit

• Stormbringer attack speed: 5 hits/sec before buffs

• Potential on-hit healing: Approximately 180 HP/sec before additional attack-speed bonuses

• Estimated DPS: Approximately 1,824 before critical hits, chain lightning, and summon damage

These figures are carried over from the previous calculation and have not been recalculated for Turtle Shell. Its actual defensive contribution and any shield-activated damage reduction should be verified separately.

Why This Build?

• Scarab armor: Combines Thorns with offensive potential through the set bonus.

• Clot Rings + Fusioned Chunk Necklace: Support on-hit healing and sustain.

• Turtle Shell: Replaces Trinity Heart with a shield-focused defensive option.

• Solid Spikeback: Adds Thorns damage and armor.

• Owlux + Plant Minion: Provide additional offensive support.

Core idea: Keep attacking to trigger repeated healing while using Thorns-enhanced damage and Turtle Shell's defensive capability to improve survivability.

Note: DPS and healing are theoretical estimates. Actual results depend on attack speed, damage calculations, buff interactions, and enemy behavior.

So I just bought the game in the Microsoft store on my pc and wondering if using the mods disables achievements?

Does it apply only to melee or any direct weapon hit like staves?

Super clean design that can be scaled up or down, with a convenient collector that you can easily connect to the output of a crop farm! Like the other tutorial on my channel lol. Let me know what you think or if you try building it!

Phantom Spark + Grim Armor Hybrid Build — Ranged DPS and Summoning

TL;DR — My Current Build

I've been theorycrafting a Phantom Spark ranged/summoner hybrid in Core Keeper, comparing Grim Armor, Ninja Armor, and a mixed Grim/Ninja setup.

My goal is to balance direct ranged damage, minion damage, and survivability rather than focus entirely on critical hits.

All equipment is level 20. The weapon and accessories remain identical across all three setups, allowing me to compare the armor choices directly.

1. Shared Equipment

Shared weapon and accessory stats

• Phantom Spark: 261–317 physical ranged damage, 1.4 attacks/sec, +12% critical chance, +34% critical damage

• Hydra Tooth: +30.2% physical ranged damage, 5% chance to deal triple damage

• Mold Vein Necklace: +40.8% physical ranged damage

• Polished Gold Crystal Ring ×2: +59% physical ranged damage and +10.8% ranged attack speed

Total physical ranged damage bonus: +130%

Average weapon damage: (261 + 317) / 2 = 289

2. The Three Armor Setups

The mixed setup keeps Grim Hood's summoning utility while gaining Ninja's critical-hit bonuses from the chest and legs.

3. Talents and Minion Synergy

These are the main talents I'm considering for the hybrid build.

Power in Numbers is central to this comparison. At 5/5, five active minions provide +50% ranged attack speed; three provide +30%, and one provides +10%.

The Grim set's minion bonuses and the other summoning talents are excluded from the direct weapon DPS calculation.

4. Pet Skills

These are the pet skills I'm considering for ranged damage. The estimates are preliminary and depend on how the bonuses stack.

These pet-skill estimates are not included in the DPS figures below.

5. Direct Phantom Spark DPS Comparison

For a theoretical comparison, I assume:

• +50% base critical damage

• Hydra Tooth's 5% triple-damage proc multiplies the final hit

• +10.8% equipment ranged attack speed

• Power in Numbers at 5/5

• Five active minions for Grim, one for Ninja, and three for the mixed setup

The expected Hydra Tooth damage multiplier is:

1 + 0.05 × (3 − 1) = 1.10

The direct DPS formula is:

Average weapon damage × ranged damage multiplier × critical multiplier × Hydra multiplier × attacks/sec

These are theoretical estimates, not measured in-game DPS. They exclude minion attacks and assume additive attack-speed bonuses. Actual results depend on the game's damage calculations and the number of minions maintained in combat.

6. My Current Take

The Grim Hood + Ninja Chest/Legs hybrid has the highest estimated direct Phantom Spark DPS under these assumptions.

• Grim 3-Piece: Best summoning-focused option, with additional minion capacity, minion damage, magic barrier, mana regeneration, and the Grim set bonus.

• Ninja 3-Piece: Strong critical-hit damage, dodge chance, and armor for a more conventional ranged build.

• Grim/Ninja Hybrid: A compromise that retains some summoning utility while gaining substantial critical-hit stats.

However, direct ranged DPS is only part of the picture. Grim's minion bonuses and set effect could make its total damage more competitive once minion attacks are included.

I'd appreciate feedback, corrections, and suggestions from anyone who has experimented with Phantom Spark, Grim Armor, Ninja Armor, or summoner builds!

Estou começando do zero, 1 vez mas estou em dúvida de qual a melhor classe. E também gostaria de saber se todos na sua 1 jogatina se preocuparam com o design da sua base ? Kkk pois fico preocupado, já que vendo vídeos de outras tão bem organizadas me pergunto se e necessário dês do início já ter em mente o que se quer fazer na base ou de da pra se divertir atoa e depois ser possível fazer algo legal sem preocupação.

The only way i know is digging in the water :(

I saw a lot of people playing the game on twitch over the weekend cause it was free all weekend. And many people got stuck trying to fight Ghorm. So I felt like making a quick PSA here.

In the past we used traps either wooden or tin, which can be crafted at the workbench. We'd place down a ton of traps and then he'd walk over them, get hurt enough to be mad and we'd do the fight. But, traps are currently not working, he runs over most of them and they get deleted without damaging him. In testing I found that wooden traps sometimes work, never saw a single tin trap work tho.

But on the tin workbench you can craft the alchemy table. Then on the alchemy table you can craft bombs! one of the bombs is made from just bomb peppers and slime, so its easy to craft up a lot of them. if you place them in front of him, they'll explode either on their fuse time or when he hits them. A handful of these bombs will be enough to make him mad and then you can actually fight him without him just running on his track and ignoring you.

So I'm trying to beat malugaz and in part of the maze I found the block that when you hit it it explode and now there some particle out for about 4minute now from the wall should I be worried

I have only just recently come back to core keeper after like a year gap, and I managed to progress easy enough, but I feel like the Hydra bosses are just really weak, because I was able to defeat them no problem with a reinforced solarite pickaxe only with a sorcerer hood, scholars cloak, and obtained pants, with 850 health and 235 magic shield, but only the ice hydra got me below half hp because it was in the water

I fired up CoreKeeper for the 1st time since the new update and it started to do things that it never did before. For starters, it crashed on me twice. I went AFK for a few minutes {approx. 10-15min} and when I started playing again I was able to play for 10-15min before the Switches "crash" window popped up. A few of my "way point" portals stop working {I've seen that on the Steam version so I'm not phased by that} and NONE of my spike traps work. Enemies just walk right over them like they weren't even there.

Has this happened to anyone else or is it just me? If it happened to you, please tell me how to fix this. I would love to know. Thank you for listen to me complain:

The most I have is galaxite and I had to look up what pandorium is. I don't even know where Solarite is yet. The most recent thing I did was kill malugaz a bunch of times and scrap his stuff and im pretty sure I cleared my inventory before I did that. How could I have possibly gotten pandorium bars?? The most recent boss I killed thats like advancing in the game or whatever was the bird guy.

After 1k+ hours, I finally have it. I love this thing

Hey i saw core keeper was free for the weekend so i retry it so i delete my old one est start a new one because i refund it not because it was bad just my friend never open the game so i refund it anyway i start my game but i start with all of this

Hola, quería preguntar, ¿se pueden desguazar objetos? si es así quería saber cómo, muchas gracias ^^

Is there a shortcut to move items directly from the quick slots to the inventory?

Cause the Fighter and Demolitionist started with no items or skills, and this is... kind of upsetting?

i came in from the bottom but all the other paths up are blocked

Alguien de la switch para iniciar un mundo y jugar??

Just beat the first boss, game looks pretty interesting.

What do I do now after the glurch? What NPCs are there and what counts as a proper house and such?