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Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall)
"The wall was mostly decorative anyway."
How do I install Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall) for Core Keeper in one click.
</>What does Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall) do?
The Great Wall is one of Core Keeper's bigger gates, and getting past it the intended way means clearing a specific chunk of content in a specific order. Gatecrasher opens it whenever you like. One button lowers the wall. Another unlocks the soul collection, so the progression tied to it stops holding you up. Handy if you're joining friends who are already through, replaying a world you've finished before, or you'd simply rather see what's on the other side tonight. There's also a Get Me Unstuck button, which pops you back out to solid ground if you've managed to wedge your character somewhere the world doesn't want you.
</>What is Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall)?
Gatecrasher, from ProjectMods, opens one of Core Keeper's bigger gates on your schedule. One button lowers the Great Wall, another unlocks the soul collection so the progression tied to it stops holding you up, and a third frees your character if you've wedged yourself in the terrain.
</>Common questions about Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall)
What does Gatecrasher do in Core Keeper?
Gatecrasher opens up the Great Wall in Core Keeper whenever you like. The Wall is one of the game's bigger gates, and getting past it the intended way means clearing a specific chunk of content in a specific order. One button lowers it. A second unlocks the soul collection so the progression tied to it stops holding you up, and a third frees your character if you've wedged yourself in the terrain.
What does Lower The Great Wall actually change?
It brings Core Keeper's Great Wall down right now, so the area behind it is reachable without first working through the content the game normally asks for. That's handy if you're joining friends who are already through, replaying a world you've finished before, or you'd simply rather see what's on the other side tonight. Gatecrasher makes it a one-press action rather than a project, and the rest of your world carries on exactly as it was.
What is the Unlock All Souls button for?
Unlock All Souls opens up Core Keeper's soul collection in one press. The collection is tied into progression around the Great Wall, so unlocking it alongside lowering the Wall means you aren't left standing on the far side with a gate still half-closed behind you. Gatecrasher keeps it as its own separate button, so you can lower the Wall on its own, unlock the souls on their own, or do both in whatever order suits your save.
What does the Get Me Unstuck button do?
It frees your character when you've managed to wedge yourself somewhere the Core Keeper world doesn't want you — inside terrain, behind a wall, or in a pocket you can't dig out of. Gatecrasher pops you back out to somewhere sensible, so it's a recovery button rather than a teleport tool. It's the one option in the mod you'll hopefully never need, and the one you'll be glad is there when you do.
Why would I skip the Great Wall instead of clearing it normally?
Most people don't, on their first world — the Great Wall is a real Core Keeper milestone and worth earning once. Gatecrasher is for the runs after that: catching up with friends who are already through, replaying a world you've finished, or opening the far side on an evening when you want to build rather than fight. It's a shortcut you choose deliberately, and everything behind the Wall still plays exactly the way it was designed to.
What options does Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall) include?
Get Me Unstuck
Frees you when you're wedged in the terrain by respawning you back at your base. Safe on hardcore characters.
Lower The Great Wall
Bring the Great Wall down right now.
Unlock All Souls
Open up the soul collection.
Gatecrasher is a Core Keeper mod from ProjectMods that lowers the Great Wall whenever you like, unlocks the soul collection, and includes a button that frees a character wedged in the terrain.
System Requirements
What features does Gatecrasher (Skip the Great Wall) include?
- Brings the Great Wall down on demand with one button, with no prerequisites to clear first
- Opens up the soul collection so the progression tied to it stops holding your route hostage
- Includes a Get Me Unstuck button that pulls your character free when the terrain has wedged you in
- Leaves everything behind the gate intact — it opens the way, it doesn't delete the content
Best For
- Joining friends already past the wall — works as a guest as well, unless their world has guest mode on
- Second and third playthroughs where you've done the intended route once and don't want it again
- Freeing yourself after a bad teleport or a mining mishap leaves you stuck inside solid ground
- Curious players who want to see the outer biomes tonight rather than in three sessions' time
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