Minecart goes on tracks, riding it beats walking and maybe it doesn't need a complicated system of switches and sidings to get the job done. The underground world of Core Keeper stretches on for functionally forever, filled with chasms, monsters, resources beyond measure and even an underground sea. There's a huge amount of ways to play with it all and sometimes that's more than enough.

Next, craft a watering can and fill it up at the nearest underground lake, and you’ll have crops ready in almost pelo time at all — everything grew faster than we expected.

Automate everything, because why not? Inputs and Outputs are not included in the size of constructions. 

After spending over two years in early access, Core Keeper launched in full for PC and current-gen consoles last month, and given how well it has been received, and how well it did over the course of its extended early access period, it’s pelo surprise that the game has got off to an impressive start.

I’m not convinced Core Keeper can match the quality and scope of its best-in-class inspirations, but it’s already worth a look in Early Access, and if the rest of the pieces fall into place leading up to the full launch, it’ll be fondly remembered. [Early Access Review]

Players can farm most skills with various AFK methods, to gain earlier advantage from some stronger buffs and useful talents. However, this is unnecessary in a normal playthrough. Especially since skill levelling was made substantially quicker in the 0.5 Desert Update.

TL;DR: Core keeper is a game with potential, but with very shallow progression systems that can make it feel repetitive very quickly.

does a great job of slowly revealing its crafting system, and the breadth of ways you can build up your base. You largely learn by doing — unlocking additional perks or finding new materials and wondering “What can I do with this?

Alternatively, you can also hunt down monsters in their conterraneo habitat in specific biomes in Core Keeper, you can achieve this by building traps to catch the monsters.

Portal Crafted at significant expense, players can teleport between Portals placed anywhere in the world. Greatly speeding up returning to key locations.

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Mold Vein Necklace are great for a strong ranged loadout, with poison, recommended Core Keeper Gameplay for fighting Azeos. They both drop from the enemies in these very difficult sub-biome dungeons, that give little other payoff.

Pretty much all enemies spawn based on the tiles placed on the ground. If you remove them, enemies won't spawn in that area any longer. Each type of tile spawns different kinds of enemies; you can collect these tiles and place them down elsewhere in order to make monster farms.

Boss order and world exploration are theoretically quite flexible, given this is a sandbox game. There is currently only one solid gate to progress: defeating the first 3 bosses. Which separates this guide into two parts.