Core Keeper Portal and Waypoints Guide

This Core Keeper Portal and Waypoints Guide tells you how Waypoints work, how you can move them, and how you can unlock and craft Portals of your own — as long as you have the necessary resources to build them.

How Waypoints Work in Core Keeper

Waypoints are a new addition in Core Keeper's 1.0 update that serve the same function as the pre-1.0 Portals — they allow you to teleport yourself from any one Waypoint to any other Waypoint as long as you've activated it.

A Waypoint is available at the Core right at the start of the game. Several other Waypoints are scattered throughout the world. They are typically located within one screen of a boss's arena.

You must travel to a Waypoint and activate it by interacting with it before you can use it. Once that's done, you can travel from any Waypoint to any other Waypoint or Portal.

All Waypoints (except for the Waypoint at the Core) can be picked up and placed elsewhere. However, you'll need at least a Solarite Pickaxe to pick it up. Once moved, a Waypoint needs 10 minutes to charge up to full power before you can use it. A Waypoint only ever needs to be charged once after it's placed.

How to Unlock the Core Keeper Portal

You can unlock the Core Keeper Portal by advancing to the Octarine tier of weapons and armor. Here's what you have to do:

1. Defeat Glurch, Ghorm, and Malugaz
2. Work your way up to the Iron tier of weapons and armor. Build the Iron Workbench:
   • 10 Wood
   • 10 Tin Bar
   • 20 Iron Bar
3. Travel to Azeos' Wilderness and farm Scarlet Ore. Smelt the Scarlet Ore into Scarlet Bars. Built a Scarlet Workbench:
   • 10 Tin Bar
   • 15 Iron Bar
   • 25 Scarlet Bar
4. Build a Scarlet Pickaxe at the Scarlet Workbench:
   • 4 Tin Bar
   • 6 Scarlet Bar
5. Build the Electronics Table at the Iron Workbench:
   • 8 Wood
   • 8 Copper Bar
   • 8 Iron Bar
6. Build an Electricity Generator at the Electronics Table and place it on the ground in your base:
   • 10 Copper Bar
   • 5 Iron Bar
   • 1 Gold Bar
7. Build a Table Saw at the Electronics Table and place it next to the Electricity Generator to provide it with Power:
   • 8 Wood
   • 5 Copper Bar
   • 5 Iron Bar
8. Travel to the Sunken Sea biome. Farm Coral Wood and Octarine Ore.
9. Make Coral Planks at the Table Saw and Octarine Bars at the Smelter Kiln.
10. Build an Octarine Workbench:
    • 50 Coral Plank
    • 25 Scarlet Bar
    • 40 Octarine Bar
11. You can now craft a Portal!

How to Craft a Portal in Core Keeper

You can craft a Core Keeper Portal by using the Octarine Workbench. Here's what a Portal costs:

• 100 Copper Bar
• 100 Iron Bar
• 100 Octarine Bar
• 200 Coral Plank
• 20 Mechanical Part
• 30 Ancient Gemstone

How a Core Keeper Portal Works

The Core Keeper Portal is essentially a Waypoint that you can craft. It can be placed nearly anywhere in the world once you've built it and allowed it to charge up to full power. Portals can be used to travel to Waypoints and vice versa.

Portals in Core Keeper are very expensive items — you could build several sets of tools or armor with the resources that are involved. It's best to spend your resources on tools and armor first before building a Portal unless you've progressed to Galaxite equipment and no longer need Octarine Bars.

How Long Does It Take a Portal or Waypoint to Charge in Core Keeper?

It takes 10 minutes for a Portal or Waypoint to charge up in Core Keeper. Portals indicated their level of charge with the lights on either side of the Portal arch. It's better to go do other stuff rather than stand around waiting.

Take note, a Portal only has to be charged up once as of version 1.0. Once a Portal is charged, you can teleport to any other Portal or Waypoint as often as you'd like. Portals and Waypoints only need to be charged up after they've been placed in the world.

Can You Build More Than One Portal in Core Keeper?

Yes, you can build more than one Portal in Core Keeper. Portals will allow you to travel to any other Portals or Waypoints.

We're all done with the Core Keeper Portal Guide, but there's plenty more to learn -- check out our other Core Keeper guides below!