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Core Keeper 1.2 Update: A Deep Dive into the New Content
Check out everything about the Core Keeper 1.2 update, 'Void and Voltage'! New area, monsters, boss, automation items, equipment, and big changes for the modding community! Scheduled for release on January 28, 2026.
1. 🌌 Introduction to Core Keeper 1.2 Update 'Void and Voltage' and Exploration of New Area 'Breakers Reach'
- ✅ The 1.2 update is named 'Void and Voltage' and is scheduled for release on January 28, 2026.
- ✅ This update focuses on expanding the background story of Core Keeper and the story about the 'Void'.
- ✅ A new area called 'Breakers Reach' is added, located beyond the 'Passage'.
- ⚠️ To enter 'Breakers Reach', you will likely need to collect specific items or perform specific tasks in the 'Passage'.
- ⚠️ The exact size of 'Breakers Reach' is not yet known.
00:00 - 01:24
1. 🌌 Introduction to Core Keeper 1.2 Update 'Void and Voltage' and Exploration of New Area 'Breakers Reach'
- ✅ The 1.2 update is named 'Void and Voltage' and is scheduled for release on January 28, 2026.
- ✅ This update focuses on expanding the background story of Core Keeper and the story about the 'Void'.
- ✅ A new area called 'Breakers Reach' is added, located beyond the 'Passage'.
- ⚠️ To enter 'Breakers Reach', you will likely need to collect specific items or perform specific tasks in the 'Passage'.
- ⚠️ The exact size of 'Breakers Reach' is not yet known.
01:25 - 02:32
2. 🤖 New Monsters and Environmental Elements of 'Breakers Reach'
- ✅ New monsters such as 'Charger', 'Patroller', and 'Swarmer' appear in 'Breakers Reach'.
- ✅ These monsters look like automatic mechanical devices in the trailer.
- ✅ The new area has a ruined feel, featuring dead trees and mining structures.
- ✅ There are also many advanced technologies and automation elements.
- ✅ New decorative items include streetlights, warning signs, barricades, boxes, and floor grids.
- ✅ New weapons such as explosive oil drums and flamethrowers are also added.
02:33 - 03:16
3. 🕳️ New 'Void' Sub-Area and Monsters
- ✅ A new 'Void' themed sub-area is added.
- ✅ In this sub-area, grubs and cocoons with 'Void' themed skins appear.
- ⚠️ We hope that not only the skins are changed, but also the attack methods.
03:17 - 04:32
4. ⚔️ New Bosses: 'Sahabar' and 'Void Hydra'
- ✅ A giant robot boss called 'Sahabar' appears in 'Breakers Reach'.
- ✅ 'Sahabar' is named after the cult leader who helped build the city.
- ✅ A new hydra boss, 'Void Hydra', appears in the 'Void' sub-area.
- ⚠️ 'Void Hydra' is expected to operate similarly to other hydra bosses, but with four heads.
- ⚠️ We hope that 'Void Hydra' has unique attack patterns that differentiate it from the existing hydra.
04:33 - 04:46
5. 👤 New NPC Added
- ✅ You can meet a new NPC in 'Breakers Reach'.
- ⚠️ It is not yet known what the NPC sells.
04:47 - 06:21
6. ⚙️ Introduction of New Automation Items
- ✅ Seed Extractor: Extracts 2 seeds from 1 plant
- ✅ Automated Recovery Table: Automatically decomposes items into basic components
- ✅ Robot Arm Change
- ✅ Conveyor Belt Distributor: Moves items to different locations
- ✅ Special Robot Arm: Collects, plants, and harvests seeds
- ✅ New Automatic Door: Operates above and below water, opens downwards
- ✅ Proximity Sensor: Triggers circuit designs (e.g., opening automatic doors)
- ✅ Power Stick: Supplies power to connected machines for a short time
- ✅ Item Collector: Collects floating items around
06:22 - 07:51
7. 🛡️ New Equipment and Items
- ✅ New armor (specific information not yet released)
- ✅ New weapons (including flamethrower)
- ✅ New summoning item (pickaxe shape that can break walls)
- ✅ New mortar (exact function not yet known)
- ✅ Automatic fishing net
- ✅ Pet auto-pickup function (mechanical device form or possibility of using existing item collector)
07:52 - 08:14
8. 🎮 News for Console Players
- ✅ Switch 2 players: Provides an official Switch 2 version running at 60fps with the 1.2 update
08:15 - 09:43
9. 🛠️ Big Changes to the Modding Community
- ✅ Players can change their appearance, armor textures, and colors
- ✅ Provides options to reskin and change the color of in-game sprites (cows, workbenches, etc.)
- ✅ Provides texture pack options
- ✅ Added Steam Workshop support
- ✅ Provides a new modding guide
09:44 - 10:18
10. Wrap-up
- ✅ If there is any information missing about the 1.2 update, please let us know in the comments.