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Corepunk Made 5 Huge Changes — Is It Finally Worth Playing?
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Jun 30, 2025
You might’ve skipped over Corepunk when it launched… and honestly, I don’t blame you. But a lot has changed. In this video, I revisit the game in 2025 and explore whether it’s finally worth your time. From improved progression to new features you might’ve missed, here’s 5 big changes that have arrived since Early Access launch. Join the Corepunk Early Access: https://cw9m.short.gy/TheTankClub2 ----- 🔗 Links ➞ Written Article: https://thetankclub.com/corepunk-2025/ ----- 🌐 More Tank Club Content ➞Website: https://thetankclub.com/ ➞Discord: https://discord.gg/pt3HZg9 ➞Twitch: https://twitch.com/tc_lee13 ➞Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTankClub ➞TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@tc_lee13 ➞Instagram: https://instagram.com/tc_lee13/ ----- #TheTankClub #MMORPG #Corepunk
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you probably skipped this MMO RPG but
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here are five big updates that make it
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worth a second look
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Core Punk launched into early access at
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the end of 2024 and while things didn't
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go completely smooth recent updates have
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made some major improvements Today we're
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going to look at whether it's finally
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worth playing Here are five things Core
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Punk gets right in 2025
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If you've never seen Core Punk before
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it's an isometric openw world MMO RPG
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that mixes steampunk cyberpunk and
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fantasy to create a fairly unique
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setting It also has some really
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interesting mechanics like the fog of
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war system the fully voiced NPCs and
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quests and a very detailed and expansive
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world When Core Punk first launched I
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spent quite a bit of time playing And
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honestly I only managed to reach level
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11 it felt like a real grind and at the
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time I didn't feel like my time was
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being respected Leveling was very slow
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and progress felt pretty unrewarding But
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now I've jumped back in this time with a
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new class and the difference is very
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noticeable Leveling feels much more
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rewarding especially in the early stages
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You can now break out of the starter
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town more quickly and start exploring
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the wider world which helps a lot with
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keeping the game more interesting The
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level cap is currently 20 so while you
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don't want to rush through the game it's
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now far less daunting to try and catch
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up with long- serving players especially
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if you're someone looking to get into
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the PvP side of things or maybe world
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bosses and the higherend content One of
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my early frustrations with Core Punk
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originally was how grindy and awkward
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some of the low-level quests were I
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still remember a quest specifically
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where you had to go and loot skeleton
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corpses for items but the drop chance
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was tiny and you were competing with
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everyone else to loot the same corpses
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So you'd spend ages running rotations
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hoping for the item to drop and then the
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next quest ask you to do it all over
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again Thankfully this is something
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that's been fixed Quests now have more
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guaranteed drops where appropriate so
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the grind is way less punishing Core
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Punk still gives you loads of quests
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early on but this is a good thing It
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helps you level up faster They're all
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still fully voiced with some genuinely
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funny lines of dialogue but now the
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overall flow feels a lot smoother It's
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less frustrating It's a lot more
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rewarding It's a much more natural early
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game experience Looting items in Core
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Punk actually feels rewarding now In the
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early game before you'd open a chest
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after a fight and you'd get more corn or
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other cooking ingredients worth 0.01
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gold It's not exactly very exciting Now
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while loot is still RNG based it's
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significantly more valuable You'll
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regularly find weapons artifacts chips
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and runes all of which are core parts of
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building your character This means you
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can start planning your build earlier
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You can sell things that you don't need
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for actual gold And on top of that Core
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Punk now has a global marketplace where
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players can trade items between servers
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which means gearing up and acquiring key
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items is way more accessible It wouldn't
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feel right calling this channel the tank
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club if we didn't check out the new
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defender class one of the champion hero
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masteries As you'd expect this is your
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classic sword and shield tank You've got
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skills to reduce incoming damage taunt
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enemies and generally do all of the
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things we tank players love But what
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really stood out for me is that you can
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play this solo without it feeling
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painful A lot of tank classes in other
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MMOs have dreadful solo damage But here
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the defender actually dishes out solid
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DPS which makes leveling it way more
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enjoyable The defender class already has
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real use as a tank in world boss fights
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prison island runs and it looks like
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they'll play a key role in the upcoming
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revamped depot content too Personally
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I've really enjoyed leveling my defender
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and I'm looking forward to trying it in
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group content soon So look out for my
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future defender tank build While there's
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more endgame content planned and on the
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way including new dungeons and bosses
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one major feature you can try already is
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Prison Island a PvPVE extraction style
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game mode You'll need to hit level 20 to
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enter this and it originally launched as
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a fullloop PvP zone but now there is
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also a PvE version and also a solo and
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duo version which is ideal if PvP isn't
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your thing This is basically a 45minute
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one life run where you try and gather as
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much loot as you can You've got to
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survive the map You've got to try and
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extract yourself out of there If you die
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it's game over It's intense It's
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tactical and something genuinely fresh
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in the MMO space I haven't had the
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chance to tackle it yet but I'm really
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looking forward to diving in And I
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remember this first being announced when
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Core Punk launched that this is
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something that was coming soon And I
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know back then I was really excited but
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even more so now you can do it in PvE
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and also because I can try it as a tank
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Core Punk has come a very long way since
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its original early access launch And
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most of those changes are genuinely
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positive What I've always liked about
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this game is that it tries to be
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different In a genre filled with games
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trying to copy what already works Core
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Punk is trying to be its own thing And
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that's something the MMO RPG scene
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desperately needs If you want to check
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it out you can follow the links below
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and join the early access now Thank you
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to Core Punk for inviting me back to
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play and thank you all for watching and
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I hope to see you again soon Bye-bye for
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now
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