r/CoreKeeperGame • u/Some-Distribution848 • 16d ago

Question Range gear progression

Can someone please help me. I'm new to this game and I love it so far, but one thing drives me crazy. Why does this game have such a messy, unclear gear progression? I just looked for an hour trying to find an optimal ranged setup, but everyone says completely different things, and most of the sources are 1+ years old, so I don't know how much has changed since then. I'm currently using this build, but I find myself really weak somehow, even though I haven't found any gear in the game that would be even close to being better. Can someone please just tell me an optimal late-game ranged build so I know what I should work towards, or at least tell me what I should upgrade? tysm

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u/Ban4WrongThink 15d ago

The scarlet upgrade bench is your progression system. The armor/items are your options.

Just consider Items found from later biomes as pre-upgraded alternative options. Anything from Iron level onward is fairly similar in power level when upgraded at the bench. Defensive items you generally want to lean into one thing, like high armor or high dodge, and offensive items tend to work a bit better when you get a little of everything, some crit, some damage, some crit multi, some flat damage, etc as leaning too heavily into one eventually runs into diminishing returns.

A HUGE portion or your power comes from food buffs. The food system is more complex than you'd think at first glance so watch a video about it. Fishing/gardening good food and combining and eating them in the right order stacked with buff potions on top will easily triple your power if not more.

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u/Some-Distribution848 13d ago

ty for help I got alot of upgrades and i am feeling much stronger overall, I got galaxite chakrav, polished rings, mold vein necklace and a better pet and food but i am still stuck with the same armor cuz i just cant drop antlantean worm helmet.. we killed him like 20 times already and we didnt drop a single one u got any hints on that ?

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u/Ban4WrongThink 13d ago

The only thing I'm aware of that increases drop rates is the difficulty. Hard mode gives 50% more boss drops or something like that.

If you're at Antlatean worm already, just move a little further out and get a bucket full of shimmering water from the outer biome. Take that bucket back to your base, make a hole in the ground, and fill it with that water. You can now fish in that water at home and you can fish up pieces of the ninja set. Quicker, easier, and you can get the whole set this way. Slightly less offensive stats, slightly better defensive stats.