We have another excerpt from the Notes From the Underground journal to share with you! This entry follows our wayward Explorer all the way to Azeos Wilderness where they make yet another discovery. You’ll find the journal below as well as a transcript of the entry beneath it. We hope you’re enjoying this new series and are keeping an eye out for nods towards future content within 😉

A localised transcript of this journal entry has been provided below the image.


"If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that the underground is teeming with life! I’ve encountered all sorts on my travels, from friendly dog-like creatures all the way to whatever that disgusting chunk of flesh in Larva Hive was. It’s the Cavelings I’m most interested in, though. At first, I thought they were primitive in nature, especially the Brutes, but they seem much more advanced than I’ve been giving them credit for.

I’d been exploring the Wilderness for a few days before I started running into these ancient stone houses. I can’t tell if the Cavelings built them or if they simply disposed of whoever did. Outside one of the ruins was another of those Cicada husks, but this was a bit different than the one I encountered in the Clay Caves – more mature, perhaps?

Just as I was about to investigate, I heard something ping off of my armour and I was nearly knocked off of my feet. Behind me, wearing a ghillie suit to disguise itself as a bush, was a Caveling Hunter! More and more Cavelings started to appear, outnumbering me ten to one. I got the feeling that they didn’t want me getting any closer to the husk and, well, who was I to argue?"

Comments in the margins read:
“Sneaky!” above a drawing of a Caveling Hunter

It has been an amazing year so far and it’s hard to believe that we’re approaching 2025! We’ll always remember 2024 as the year that Core Keeper launched in 1.0, but now it’s time to look ahead at what’s in store for the future of our underground adventure.

You may have spotted a brand-new graphic on our Steam store page with information on some (but by no means all) of our content updates for the next year. We’re very excited to announce the title of our first major update, “Bags & Blasts”, coming early 2025. We’ll be sharing a little more information on the minor update and our second major update of 2025 in due course, so keep an eye out!

You may also have spotted the first installment of our Notes From the Underground series. This content offers a deep dive into the world of Core Keeper as you know it, but may also hold secrets about what’s yet to come 👀

Developing Core Keeper is an adventure of its own, and we love that we get to do so with such a fantastic community by our side. As always, you can keep up with all the latest news, information, and announcements over on the Core Keeper X channel[x.com], Discord[discord.gg], and all-new BlueSky account[bsky.app]!