For Action-Adventure game, Darksiders Genesis certainly has many features that contained in the gameplay. Previously, we had talked about the arena and the upgrades in DS Genesis. Now, we will discuss on Darksiders Genesis Creature Cores guide.
But before that, let’s see what is the Creature Cores?
Creature Cores in a fragment which is dropped when you killing the monsters. The items have a form like a soul and it can help you to enhance your stats. In the game, you will find two kinds of cores, that is Minor Creature (purple) Core and Major Creature (orange) Core. Your character can accommodate 30 purple cores and 8 orange cores.
How to Get the Creature Cores in Darksiders Genesis
Like we said above, you can acquire the core from standard enemies. When you defeat bosses and mini-bosses, Major Cores will drop for the reward. With a creature core, you will be granted some bonuses like restoration or healing abilities, strengthen damage, and Wrath. Then, the bonuses will be described with heart, sword, and swirl icons.
Same to other games, Darksiders Genesis also has a slot to equip the cores. It called Creature Core tree in this game. You can be stacked up to 3 times and get more bonuses. Just defeat the same enemy multiple times to get the same creature core. Furthermore, you should care to put the core in appropriate slots.
Effect of Creature Cores
You will encounter many cores in the game and they have effect respectively. So let’s check the table below!
Minor Creature Cores
| Creature Core | Effect |
| Armored Flea | Attack power increase. |
| Fallen Hound | Attack power increase. |
| Molten Hound | Stoneskin deals damage in an area, Caltrops suck enemies into the bombs. Drops two bonus Caltrops at level three. |
| Void Magus | Grants bonus souls but also reduces War and Strife’s health (health loss removed at level three). |
| Gholen | Increases max health, attack, and Wrath power |
| Stringer | Stoneskin returns damage to attacks, Caltrops drop health orbs. |
| Slag Flea | Fleamag explosions have a chance not to disrupt players (reduces explosion damage at level three). |
| Legion | Shadow Clone taunts enemies, Blade Geyser grants war bonus attack damage for a few seconds. |
| Skeletal Soldier | Wrath orbs drop more frequently. |
| Skeletal Archer | Killing enemies boosts movement speed. |
| Legion Champion | Wrath power increase |
| Trauma | Rampage creates a blast when it hits an enemy, World Ender is wider. |
| Shadow Caster | Reviving a player heals the living player as well. |
| Wraith | Wrath power increases. |
| Hellhound | Small chance on an attack to spawn an allied Hellhound to attack enemies. |
| Ghoul | Gain more Souls from enemies and chests, but reduces Wrath power (Wrath power loss removed at level three). |
| Legon Bomber | Increases Hotstreak build up speed for Strife, reduces War’s damage taken. |
| Demonic Magus | Ammo drop rate increase. |
| Borrower | War’s Synergy attack heals both Horsemen, Stife’s Synergy attack gains increased damage. |
| Suffering | War gains bonus damage resistance after his Synergy attack, Strife gains increased run speed after his Synergy attack. |
| Phantom Guard | Shadow Clone’s bullets ricochet, Blade Geyser’s radius increases. |
| Duskwing | Max health increase. |
| Broodling | Health orb drop rate increase. |
Major Creature Cores
| Creature Core | Effect |
| Legion Boltspitter | Max health increase. |
| Slag Demon | Chance to leave behind a lava trail after a dash. |
| Hollow Fiend | Attack power increase. |
| Ashworm | Attack power and Wrath power increase. |
| Jailer | Killing an enemy boosts attack power for a few seconds. |
| Dreadwalker | War can block more damage, Strife gains bonus attack and Wrath power. |
| Construct Champion | War refills a Wrath pip after his Synergy attack, Strife fills 25% of his Hotstreak meter after his Synergy attack |
| Mammon | More health and Wrath orbs, Souls, and ammo drops. |
| The Houndmaster | Wrath power increases. |
| Angelic Beast | Evade and parry window increase. |
| Tormented Gate | Attack power increase. |
So, these are Darksiders Genesis Creature Cores Guide. If you need other tips or guides, please say it in the comment section.