This Grounded 2 beginner tips guide includes advice for finding resources, combat, and base building in Obsidian’s survival game
Life is tough in Grounded 2, inevitably, since you’re smaller than a toothpick. While everything might seem overwhelming when you’re just getting started, the right tips and best practices make survival less of a chore and more like fun, whether it’s having a steady stream of relevant respawn points or being fearless enough to take on the spiders patrolling the starting area.
Below, we’ve listed a backpack full of Grounded 2 beginner tips we wish we’d known to help make your park recreation safer and more enjoyable.
1. The little white mushrooms dotted around the park’s opening areas are your best and easiest source of food. Use them for a quick snack if you don’t have any weevil roasts on hand.
2. You can slurp nasty groundwater if you like being poisoned, but you shouldn’t. Look for dewdrops hanging on tall grass blades (especially first-thing in the morning) and knock them down to get safe drinking water.
3. Build new shelters, and keep up with assigning them as your respawn points as you start to explore further afield. A simple lean-to and a habit of making it your new respawn spot each time cuts out a lot of backtracking if you get knocked unconscious.
4. Just make sure it’s a safe place, first. If you see a line of ants or a bunch of spider webs, find a spot where you’re less likely to get turned into a snack.
5. This’ll be like muscle memory if you played the first Grounded, but pass any new materials you get through the resource analyzer to get Raw Science and, more importantly, new crafting recipes.
