Drill to Earth's Core Classes — All 30 Classes and Core Costs

How classes work

Classes are lobby purchases, not in-run upgrades. You spend Cores in the Academy to unlock a role, then equip it before you descend. Each class hands you starter gear, a passive that scales over four levels, and a team bonus at the end.

That split matters when you are deciding what to buy. Levels 1 to 3 are personal — they make your job easier. Level 4 is always a team bonus, so it helps all 30 players on the server, and it unlocks on career total depth rather than anything you do in one run. Career depth is every meter you have ever travelled, so a 100 km clear adds 100,000 m toward the gate even if you die at the core.

You can also roll passives from classes you already own onto another class for 2,500 Cores, which is how experienced players stack bonuses from roles they do not want to main.

Full class list and Core costs

The 30 classes below are taken from the game’s own unlock badges, which is why the release dates are exact — the developers create a badge when a class is added to the game. Core prices and Academy tiers are cross-checked against published class tables. The four newest classes (Mercenary, Engineer, Vampire and Jack-o’-Lantern) have no price in any written guide yet. Vampire’s tier and price below come from creator videos.

The blanks in the last four rows are left on purpose. No written guide has priced those classes yet, and a made-up number sends you grinding toward a figure that doesn’t exist. Jack-o’-Lantern isn’t playable yet: its badge appeared on 16 October and still had zero unlocks a day later. The official Halloween event starts 17 October at 14:00 UTC with “a limited-time class you can earn”, which is almost certainly this one. The Mercenary, Engineer, Vampire and Jack-o’-Lantern pages track what’s confirmed for each.

What changed in Season 1

Season 1 is the live heading on the game, tagged on the Roblox page during the week of 3–8 September 2026. Two badges were created minutes apart on 3 September: Prospector (Unlock the Prospector class) and Shopkeeper, which confirms both the class and the lobby kiosk are real.

The class cadence is worth noting if you are planning a build. The developers shipped eight classes in March, one in April, one in May, two in June, five in July, four in August, three in September (Prospector, Samurai and Mercenary, plus the Shopkeeper update) and three in October so far (Engineer, Vampire and the staged Jack-o’-Lantern). A class you are saving for may be superseded before you afford it, so prioritise roles that fix a problem you actually have — usually drill power or survival, not raw combat damage. The update log dates every one of those drops, class by class.

Which class to buy first

Miner at 100 Cores is the only cheap door, and it pays for itself because ore income funds everything else. If you have not read it yet, start with our beginner guide to get your first hour right.

After Miner, the honest answer depends on why your runs are failing:

• You run out of drill power → Driller (5,000 Cores), which also discounts drill upgrades. Pair it with the drill upgrades guide so your Coins go into the right cards.
• Your team dies in dungeon rooms → Reaper (10,000 Cores) or Tank (5,000 Cores). Our Reaper guide covers the soul orb loop in detail.
• You are poor, not weak → Lucky Looter (10,000 Cores) is the main economy buy, and earning Cores is the fastest fix.

For a ranked view of the whole roster, see the best classes tier list. Individual guides cover every class: Miner, Driller, Tank, Healer, Scout, Bruiser, Gunslinger, Mechanic, Demolitionist, Reaper, Goblin King, Samurai, Prospector, Salvager, Witch, Executioner, Priest, Gunsmith, Crafter, Recruit, Nightcrawler, Princess, Pirate, Lucky Looter, Bounty Hunter and Racer — plus status pages for Mercenary, Engineer, Vampire Jack-o’-Lantern Timekeeper and the newest class, Spider Queen.