Blocks

For items with only a wall form, see walls.

Blocks are what make up most of a world in Core Keeper. Most of these blocks can be collected and placed elsewhere in the world. Some blocks can be crafted into other useful items.

Blocks have both a wall form and a ground form. Placing a block on a pit or liquid will result in a ground tile, and placing a block on top of a ground tile will result in a wall tile.

Each wall block has its own health and damage reduction values. The player can deal damage to wall blocks by swinging at them; effectiveness is based on the player's mining damage stat, which is heavily boosted by digging tools such as pickaxes. If the player's mining damage is equal to or less than the wall's damage reduction, they will deal no damage to it, instead stating "I need higher mining damage", or "My mining damage is too low".

Ground blocks only have a health value. They can be dug up using shovels; effectiveness is based on the player's digging damage stat.

One Mining experience point is granted every time the player hits a wall block and deals at least 12 damage to it.

Types

Natural

Block	Tooltip	Wall health	Damage reduction	Ground health
Sand Block	A yellow fragile piece of sand.	8	1	10
Snow Block	A white cold piece of snow.	8	1	10
Dirt Block	A brown solid piece of dirt.	135	1	60
Meadow Block	A mellow piece of earth with little summer flowers growing on it.	150	1	60
Turf Block	A soft mossy piece of turf.	150	1	60
Clay Block	A red, wet piece of clay.	179	22	120
Dark Stone Block	A sturdy dark piece of stone.	300	55	180
Stone Block	A sturdy piece of stone.	300	55	180
Larva Hive Block	A lumpy… living piece of hive material.	445	244	120
Grass Block	A lush piece of vertical plants.	550	135	180
Beach Block	A sandy piece of the coastal stone.	700	242	240
Mold Block	A pungent piece of mold.	706	660	180
Desert Block	A sandy piece of desert stone.	850	355	400
Metropolis Block	A sturdy piece of city architecture, decorated with glass and gold.	892	1050	240
Alien Tech Block	A mysterious intricate piece of architecture.	950	535	60
Crystal Block	A blue, glistening piece of crystal.	950	535	560
Desert Temple Block	A sturdy piece of ancient architecture, decorated with tiles and gold.	988	767	400
Maze Block	An extremely durable block used to build ancient mazes.	988	1279	400
Lava Rock Block	A piece of molten rock.	1086	1224	400
Fossil Block	Layers upon layers of living matter have been crushed into a dense, twisted mass.	1415	1600	720

Unobtainable

Block	Tooltip	Wall health	Damage reduction	Ground health
Obsidian Block	An indestructible piece of obsidian. You're not supposed to have this…	1812	Unbreakable	60

History

• 1.0.0.14: Blocks are no longer generated underneath the Great Wall.
• 0.7.3-3c7e: Wall and ground items have been merged. As a result, walls have been renamed to "blocks".
• 0.6.0.0-62a8:
  • Walls no longer take a minimum of one damage but instead take zero damage if the player does not have enough mining damage.
  • Adjacent walls of different types will now have a border between them instead of being seamless.
• 0.1.91e2cab: Introduced as "walls".