Grounded: 10 Things the Game Doesn't Tell You (But Should)

Played this game while trying to stay away from wiki/outside information as much as possible. I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much if I didn't. Sometimes you don't want to find the best solution. Don't let people optimize the fun out of the game for you. At the very least do it yourself and on your own pace. Because aiming to beat the game asap changes it into a job you want to be done with.

Not sure if it's common knowledge, but another thing the game doesn't tell you is that you can only harvest mosquito blood sacks if you allow the mosquito to damage you with an attack. You'll see its abdomen swell and turn red during the fight; that is the sign that it will drop upon defeat.

Dr Tully tells you to go defeat Schmector in his dialogue. The game never makes a trackable quest for it. But, Tully does tell you to go over there stating that he thinks there's a lab there that isn't his or something.

Take mushroom bricks everywhere, you can build and jump on half walls in order to get to many resources in areas

Here’s some fact: when you are using shovel there is a super long animation when using it, so when you actually hit some resource you can block and repeat you can gather resources like this much faster

liked and subscribed just because you said "hey these last two tips have major spoilers so you might want to leave and come back later." I haven't beaten the game yet and I have a TON of respect for anyone who gives warning like this while also holding the sensitive content for the end of the video. Thank you!!

Another tip regarding the mosquitoes. You can still hand in the Aux chips and it won't trigger them to spawn!

A tip I never see is that the mint staff is incredibly good vs mosquitoes and fire ants that constantly bug you in the upper yard. It’s simple to cancel the cooldown by block canceling to attack quickly without charging. I think it’s overall the best weapon in the game. Really good in all the defense events because of its AoE.

I knew 7 out of 10 of these. I'm SO happy you told about the two endings because i thought the director was the ending AFTER the java-matic. I figured he prevented it from working or something and so then we had to go fight him. Much appreciated!

I noticed the combo system when using clubs against the robots - since it swings so slowly, I only really get a chance to hit twice before having to back off to not take damage. So, I happened to realize that the first two hits of the combo would not take them out with the upgrades I had at the time, but if I pre-swung the first hit while closing, the second and third hit would get me a kill every time. It's less obvious with the faster weapons like daggers and the mosquito rapier, but I have been noticing I get a lot more damage if I manage to get all the hits in. When the enemy will let you. Like, how are you supposed to combo against a bee or mosquito which flies away immediately?

I’ve had grounded for only a few weeks and the only this i can say is that I hate spiders now.

You know what I wish I knew? Bees are not peaceful dispite being on the list. Spent so damn long trying to get my stuff back after a gang of them decided that they don't want me.

#11: Aphid slippers Increase movement speed by 20%, but reduce it by 20% when in enemy combat (according to the wiki). I kept wondering why I would run from monsters and feel like I was running through quicksand!

#2. The only attack in the game that doesn't have a hit combo is unarmed attacking. Your unarmed attacks always deal 100% damage unless they crit, in which case they do more.

Technically the game does tell you about the "Good" ending. Wendell has a voiceline where he mentions the secret lab, that's where you find Schmector. You just have to find the lab. I got the "Good" ending on my first playthrough thinking it was just part of the normal storyline until I saw people saying that it was an alternate ending

Increase your inventory space on the go by taking a storage chest with you everywhere. Now, since they no longer instantly revert back to the spot you left them when you get threatened, it’s the easiest way to go out and gather tons of resources to bring back to camp. You can swim with the chests in relocation mode, but deploying your glider cancels it so be aware. Anytime I go fight bosses or anything now I take a chest with me full of everything I could possibly need - just be careful if you get in a fight and get away from the chest before engaging hostile insects cause if they break it everything inside is deleted basically.

Regarding the looking at your buffs and debunks, you do know you don't have to go to the Status tab of the menu. You should be able to highlight the effects in the bottom right of your Inventory tab.

The Mosquito thing is something I did, however when I went to get the Broodmother BLT recipe I was attacked by a Tiger Mosquito, so be careful. As well with getting the "true" ending, you can fight DS after the Javamatic defence and still get it; it doesn't have to be beforehand.

I think my top tip I wish the game told me is that I can hot deposit my inventory into the nearby correct chests by pressing n!

Important thing that the game does not tell you is that the bugs have body sections and that does matter regarding the scavenging the resources from them.The example is the head of ladybug; if you keep attacking that part of the bug, there is a smaller possibility or even none that part of body will be dropped.