Core Keeper – Bags and Blasts Update is Now Live

Core Keeper’s first major post-launch update, Bags and Blasts, is finally here and packed with tons of explosive content. Players will discover the Oasis, a new sub-biome in the Desert of Beginnings, and a massive new boss fight.

You’ll find her in a new dungeon alongside new cicada enemies (which also pop up in the Azeos Wilderness) and a variant of the Bomb Scarab. Four new bombs are available, while grenades have been added as a new throwable item, allowing you to stun, poison, charm, and even ignite enemies. There are more than 35 new armor pieces, accessories, and weapons to earn.

If that weren’t enough, new Pouches for storing ores, blocks, seeds, crops, fish and valuables have been added. The Mage and Warlock have also received some new features, while Summons can look forward to more aggressive minions. You can even detonate them using the new Minion Detonator.

Check out all the new features below and full patch notes here. Core Keeper is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

Core Keeper – 1.1.0 Major Update – Bags and Blasts

Gameplay:

New boss: Nimruza, Queen of the Burrowed Sands. Found in The Desert of Beginnings biome.
New cicada enemies added in Azeos Wilderness and in Nimruza’s dungeon.
New enemy variation of the Bomb Scarab. Found in Nimruza’s dungeon.
New sub-biome: Oasis. Found in The Desert of Beginnings biome.
New cattle: Drohmble.
Drohmbles roam in the Oasis and eat crops to produce Blasting Dung.
A total of over 35 new pieces of equipment, including armor, accessories, and weapons.
Added 4 new bombs:
Mouse Bomb;
Blunder Bomb;
Proximity Bomb;
Void Bomb.
Added new types of explosive throwable consumables: “Grenades”.
Grenade;
Stun Grenade;
Fire Grenade;
Poison Grenade;
Charm Grenade.
Added an “Explosives” skill tree with 8 new skills.
New inventory-management feature that can come in different sizes: Pouches.
Ore and Block Pouch;
Seed and Crop Pouch;
Fish Pouch;
Valuable Pouch.
Mage & Warlock playstyles have been expanded with new features as part of our ongoing improvements, with more to come in future updates.
New pet: Arcane Symbiote.
New multi-purpose weapon: Corrupted Meteor Staff
New offhand: Minion Detonator
Minions have been made more aggressive: they will now actively pursue and attack enemies.
New armor sets
Desert Guardian armor set
Lily Pad armor set
Blast armor set
Tassel armor set
New seed placement tool: Garden Trowel.
Added a Content tab to the World Info menu. In this menu, players can opt-in to add new content to their existing worlds created in 1.0 or later, even if doing so may overwrite already explored areas in these worlds. This can, for example, include new boss dungeons that appear in existing biomes. Worlds that don’t opt-in will not see any changes to already explored areas, but might miss out on some of the new content.
New hotbar swapping feature. The hotbar can be swapped to other rows in the inventory by clicking the new arrows to the left of the hotbar or using the shortcuts.
Quick stack to nearby chests has been added as a button to the player’s inventory UI. A shortcut can be used to quick stack items to all nearby chests while the UI is closed too.
New inventory item locking feature. Items in the player’s inventory can be locked using the new lock button in the player inventory UI. Locking an item will block it from being sorted and quick stacked.
New Workbenches:
Laboratory Table. Craftable in the Scarlet Workbench.
Pouch Workbench. Bought from the Bearded Merchant.
New biome-specific explosive wall variations.
2 new paintable decorations:
Tapestry
Banner
5 new achievements.
Floracadas are less aggressive towards players until they have been damaged.
It is now possible to break, pick up and place Cicada Burrows.
Minion Detonator’s description is now rewritten to reflect how it actually works, by avoiding the word explosion to not confuse it with explosion-type damage.