Core Keeper’s ‘Bags & Blasts’ Update Brings Explosive New Content on March 10th

Explorers, get ready to dig into some explosive new content with the launch of Core Keeper’s first major post-1.0 update, Bags & Blasts, arriving as a free content update on all platforms on Monday, March 10th.

Available to all Core Keeper players on console and PC, the Bags & Blasts update introduces a brand-new area to explore, an explosive new skill tree to max out, game-changing quality-of-life improvements and one of Core Keeper’s biggest boss fights yet: Nimruza, Queen of the Burrowed Sands.
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Discover the sun-drenched sands of the Oasis, a brand-new sub-biome located within The Desert of Beginnings that’s home to the adorable Drohmble, a camel-like creature that wanders these bountiful plains. Be sure to ranch these adorable creatures to uncover a valuable (but stinky) resource useful for crafting new mid-late game weaponry.

Prepare for a monumental fight against Nimruza, Queen of the Burrowed Sands, a gigantic super cicada who makes for a royal challenge in one of Core Keeper’s biggest boss fights yet. Discover the new Explosives skill tree, complete with 8 new skills, plus the addition of brand-new bomb types, including the powerful vacuum-creating Void Bomb and the multi-blast Blunder Bomb, and the explosive new grenades weapon type.

Highly-requested by the Core Keeper community, the introduction of Pouches also provides efficient new ways to organise items without taking up an explorer’s valuable inventory space. These handy new items allow players to carry resources such as ore, seeds, fish, and valuables in separate, dedicated spaces, making inventory management easier while on long expeditions away from your base.

Core Keeper: Bags & Blasts Update - Key Features:

  • Oasis Sub-Biome - Discover the scorching sands of the Oasis, a brand-new sub-biome located within the Desert of Beginnings, complete with new resources, vegetation and the camel-like Drohmble.

  • Explosives Skill Tree & Grenade Weapon Type - With 8 new skills to master, the new Explosives skill tree provides a brand-new way to play Core Keeper via the new grenades weapon type.

  • New Bomb Types - Blast through cavern walls or defeat Core Keeper’s toughest enemies with brand-new bomb types to discover, including the powerful vacuum-creating Void Bomb and the multi-blast Blunder Bomb.

  • Inventory Overhaul - With the introduction of pouches, these handy new accessories provide efficient new ways to manage your inventory, with separate dedicated places to store resources and free up valuable inventory space. The new hotbar swapping feature also allows players to choose which inventory row appears in their hotbar, allowing quicker access to essential equipment, while quick stacking lets players easily sort items into nearby chests.

  • Supersized Boss Fight - Take on Nimruza, Queen of the Burrowed Sands, in this colossal fight against a supersized insect. Tackle Nimruza alone or buddy up with friends online in one of Core Keeper’s biggest boss fights yet.

With over 4 million players having already dug into the game, Core Keeper is an award-winning mining sandbox adventure set in an ancient cavern of creatures, treasures, and trinkets. Set out as a single-player explorer or venture online with friends, harvesting relics and resources to build your base, craft advanced tools, and discover a vast subterranean world.

Core Keeper is available now on the Nintendo Switch system, the PlayStation®5 (PS5) system, the PlayStation®4 system, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles and PC, and is also available with Xbox Game Pass for console, PC, and cloud.

6. März 2025, von Thore Varga