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CoreBreaker: Desktop SwarmNewsMajor Update: New Drill Core Added, Expanded Progression & New Achievements
Major update

Major Update: New Drill Core Added, Expanded Progression & New Achievements

CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm · published 17 Aug 2026, 16:02 UTC · build 24774378

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Meet the Drill Core, our newest addition to the game built for high-impact crowd control!

The Drill Core phases straight through a set number of enemies before reverting to standard bouncing mechanics until it returns to you and resets. Upon hitting an enemy after its phase pass, it triggers a radius freeze. Through upgrades, you can even unlock a chance to freeze enemies in their tracks while it phases through them.

Alongside the new core, we’ve also rolled out a round of progression tweaks and fresh content:

  • New Achievements: Test out new strategies and hunt down a fresh set of Steam achievements.

  • Global Damage Multiplier: Scale your overall DPS across all active cores.

  • Higher XP Level Cap: Raised the max level cap for the XP Multiplier so you can stack kill-XP much higher.

  • Dynamic Wave Scaling: Backend XP thresholds now scale down as waves increase, helping you level up faster during deep runs.

Jump back into the swarm, test out the Drill Core, and let us know your thoughts and suggestions on Discord (https://discord.gg/gsCTgbRtN9)

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