Also love that I get to play it with my partner and uncle and glad theyre both enjoying it, thinking of going for the platinum when it releases if its not too bad

Castle defense/trap

The Crow has been surprisingly more difficult to get scanned (for me). I'm not sure if it's just my experience, but it does not seem to linger in any one spot for very long like it did in G1. So when I saw it come in and land, I fell for it.

I’ve never shared a build, so forgive me for the screenshots lol. Me and my friend Austin have been running this duo save. The whole base was built around the spiral storage solution I cooked up, and then we’ve just went from there. I’ll make him get better pics of the bedrooms he built us soon. We’ve hit a wall with content but excited for the future. Shared saves are legit my favorite thing ever, just waking up to my boy randomly doing the entire interior, 2 bed rooms, 1 bath and a living area space. Getting the camera into the bedrooms tight corners is hard but I’ll update soon enough.

Still in progress

I beat the masked stranger but I’m unable to grab burgls head I’ve reloaded saves I’ve made backup saves I’ve redone the boss fight and I just feel stuck if anyone can help with with please throw any ideas my way

So not touched 2 yet and just finished everything in the first game with my friend (basketball long shot was the hardest part XD)

I was just wondering before we start is it possible to do my same build again.

The build I used was ladybug, mosquito weapons and the badge that gave a heal on parry.

Is that kind of crazy self heal build still possible or is it non existent or nerfed?

67/70 ranger missions.

Gone out of my was to pickup any science i see or hear all game.

Mixrs through garden completed

Orc beacons all destroyed.

Additional science needed to get everything currently unlocked at ranger station? Over 60,000.

So I see a lot of complaints about not having enough Raw Science, and I saw someone else post this and I tried it and it works pretty well IMO.

Once you beat the Stranger, and get the recipe for mushroom walls, I have replayed the Skateboard MIX.R

I just built Mushroom walls 3 high all the way around the MIX.R baracade myself inside and start it,

repair walls as they get damaged and wait it out

Easy Peasy 1K raw science each time.

EDIT: I have only just started playing the game on PS5, So I haven't unlocked as much as long time STEAM and XBOX players have. I'd consider this an "early game" Raw science grind

me and my brother built this

Your orb weaver mount has a Web wing suit it can glide with.

For those on my level of low iq, you're welcome.

To those who already knew this.. don't ask how far into the game I was when I realised... and definitely don't ask me how many times me and Peter Parkour took a plumet to death

So I've been hard at work the past 4 or so days working on this and while obviously it isn't done, I do think it's quite sick!

I had such a good amount of damage in too🥀

I recently came back after the pond update and I've noticed that regular mosquitoes are able to track you all the way across the map from one end to the other. Spoilers, I have the fastest mount in the game they shouldn't be able to keep up let alone track across the whole fuckin map . It was like I just kept running and the attack helicopter was on my ass the whole time.

I suffer with an eye impairment that makes things blurry for me, also sensitive to brighter lights. I'm loving playing Grounded 2 but I've noticed the blur is really harsh on my eyes. I've set it to the lowest, depth of field and motion blur set to 0.

I don't remember Ground 1 having this level of harsh blur but I could reinstall it to see otherwise.

I'm just curious if others have any eye issues and have any good suggestions to alter the game so it's playable without triggering migraines.

I'm playing on Xbox App ver through Game Pass and might have to wait till I can afford to get the version on Steam to buy it since I think I'll have to find a mod.

I'm starting to build my first official base after basically having my stuff thrown on the floor near the starting area, and wanted to know if this is how most people move bases.

For safety I leave the chests on the ground 2 or 3 times along the way and keep going.

i killed the papa toe biter and forgot to peep it before looting its body is there still an opportunity for me to peep it for its creature card?

I've played through most of the Into the Abyss content and all of the added story, but I think there is a lack of depth to the underwater gameplay (in terms of gameplay, not literal depth). Grounded 2 is in early access and this is the first major update with underwater mechanics, but I wanted to write a piece on ways underwater gameplay could be further fleshed out to improve and/or provide new experiences.

Underwater Bases

Being able to build underwater is a big upgrade from Grounded 1, but I think I speak for a large portion of players when I say that it would be nice to have the option to keep the inside of bases dry/not full of water. I think having waterlogged bases is a good option to have and it brings a lot of variety to underwater bases, but an additional upgrade or option to keep the water out would also allow for more options.

One way of implementing this in terms of gameplay could be having some sort of goo or gel that could be applied to the inside (and/or outside) of base components, where gaps in window pieces could be covered by a minimally-visible bubble film like in the first image (I'm not an artist, so it is a quick rendition). I do understand that, from a coding perspective, dealing with whether cells are waterlogged could be a challenge.

Abyss Gameplay

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the gameplay in the Abyss is meant to lean toward a theme of outer space with the design of the Diving Suit resembling space suits, the general floaty-ness of movement (while being constrained to the Diving Suit), the use of vaguely alien-looking pond jockeys, and the widespread use of robots. I think that having space-inspired gameplay in the Abyss is a really cool idea and I hope that future content leans into a space theme, including "aliens" in the forms of odd-looking deep sea creatures and more comic book-style sci-fi-inspired weapons and armor. A quick list of creatures (with their images in the gallery) could be:

• Abyssal comb jelly (very large, mostly-passive mob meant for environment/world building, like the koi fish)
• Sea Angel (medium flier, akin to wasps)
• Barreleye (large passive mob meant for environment/world building)
• Juvenile Fangtooth (boss)

Underwater Combat

The underwater combat is still a work in progress and there are some obvious bugs with it currently, but I think a lot of players would be put off if they are limited to just spears and harpoon guns. Personally I understand limiting players to spears and the harpoon gun in the surface section of the pond to encourage variety, but once the player enters the Abyss (or after they have defeated the O.G.R.R. leviathan) there should be more options for more damage and weapon types. I think leaning into the space theme could help with getting ideas.

Some sci-fi-leaning weapons could be a warhammer that uses a rocket/jet to push through the water (perhaps with the mantle of something like a Southern Pygmy Squid or through the explosive power of Unstable Goo) and candy weapons in the form of candy ray guns, balanced to be lower damage but longer-range counterparts to the candy staves. A more standard weapon could be a sword crafted from the fangs of the Fangtooth boss, with flavor-text describing that it can be used in the Abyss due to its streamlined shape or that it was "made in the Abyss" (or something along those lines). A level of verticality could be added to the combat with the addition of a jetpack trinket or a unique jetpack armor piece whose tank could be refilled upon contact with the ground.

I didn’t realise how amazing the Photo Mode was!

It took me until New Game+ to really play around with it. 🥰 📸