Grounded is out now in early access, and it can be quite tough. Here are some of our best tips to get you started.
Base Building tips
- Proximity to an analyzer
- How far away you are from spider dens
- Resource availability
Here’s a variety of resources you’ll likely be building to make a home:
- Wall: Four grass planks
- Windowed wall: One weed stem, and three grass planks
- Door: One weed step, three grass planks, one sprig, and two woven fiber.
- Sturdy door: Three weed stems, four wove fiber, and two sprigs
- Stem wall: Three weed stem
- Windowed stem wall: Two weed stem
- Scaffold: Two weed stem
- Triangle scaffold: One weed stem
- Roof: One weed stem, four clover leaves
- Roof corner: One weed stem, four clover leaves
- Roof Interior corner: One weed stem, four clover leaves
Tier 2 Tools
The Level 2 Hammer, known as the Insect Hammer, allows you to break the mint from the ice-caps mint container. Make sure you have a workbench. To craft an Insect Hammer, you need the following items:
- Four Stinkbug Parts
- Four Berry Leather
- One Boiling Gland
Grounded Tier 2 Axe
One of the first weapons that you need to upgrade is your axe. A Level 2 Axe can be used to chop Weed Stem. A Weed Stem falls under Tier 2 material type and is an essential item that helps protect the base with stronger structures. To chop down a Weed Stem, you need to craft an Insect Axe. Make sure you have a workbench. To create this tool, you will need to collect the following items:
- One Ladybug Head
- Three Bombardier Parts
- Four Spider Silk
Smoothie Recipes
- One acorn top
- Four Sprigs
- Five Grub Goop
The smoothies you make in the game can be hit or miss. If a smoothie doesn’t work, it will only hurt your character. The ones that do work can be memorized, and you quickly craft them at your smoothie station, but you need to first learn them. It’s all about experimentation with any of the various resources you find in the game.
- Boost Juice: aphid, mushroom, and acorn bits
- Green Machine: sprig, cloverleaf, and plant fiber
- Fuzz on the Rocks: mite fuzz, quartzine, and a pebble
- Hedge lord: Berry chunks
- Liquid Gills: plant fiber, cloverleaf, eelgrass strands
- Liquid rage: ant mandible, spider fang, larvae spike
- Gastro goo: honey, gas sack, fungal growth
Floors
You’ll be able to find a chip in the room he’s in, so look out for it and give it to him when you find it to unlock the extra choices.
Bomb
- Two fungal growths
- One ant egg
- Four dry grass chunks
Gas Mask
The gas mask does not provide the best armor to protect yourself. You primarily want to wear it when you know you need to withstand any type of gases that could prove harmful to your health, which happens later in the game. It requires four ingredients to make:
- One weevil nose
- Four gnat fuzz
- Two woven fiber
- One Stinkbug Part
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