What’s New In Grounded 1.0?

Discover what's new in grounded 1.0, including the Upper Yard, new creatures like the Orchid Mantis, and Tier 3 crafting.

New Area - The Upper Yard

The Upper Yard is a brand new section to grounded that was not available in Early Access and brings with it a host of new challenges. You will find new bugs and resources previously not in the game. You can find out how get there right here.

New Creatures in Grounded 1.0

The following new creatures can be found in the Upper Yard:

• Moth
• Spiky Water Flea
• Tiger Mosquito
• Tick
• Worker Fire Ant
• Soldier Fire Ant
• Black Widow
• Black Widow Spiderlings

How To Find The Orchid Mantis In Grounded

V1.0 has a new boss in the Upper Yard too - the Orchid Mantis but battling with her is not a simple task. Here is what you need to do.

Find the Orchid Mantis home in the flower planter in front of the Shed. She must then be lured out with a craftable treat: the Orchid Mantis Kebab.

Accessing labs will involve some clever parkour skills on your behalf.

Labs

There are new Secret Labs hidden around the map to and if you were familiar with the ones that existed previously, these have been tweaked and adapted too to provide more of a challenge.

Tier 3 Crafting

For those of you already deep into the game, Tier 3 crafting recipes will now let you create Supreme Plating and Supreme Whetstone to help you get your armor and weapons to +9. This will be a game changer and necessary if you want to take on the new bosses of the Upper Yard.

Cinematic Cutscenes

The grounded storyline gets a big boost with version 1.0 and we now get cutscenes to increase our understanding with what on earth is going on in the game. All lines are now voiced.

Will My Progress In Grounded Early Access Get Wiped?

Not exactly, but you also aren’t quite going to be carrying on where you left off either. All your unlocked recipes and bases will be carried over and you can use and visit them as before. You will however be set back to the beginning of Story Mode and have to play through those sections again to ensure there are no later game problems - yes that does mean having to complete the Hedge Lab once again. You will also get to keep your inventory items which is handy but all Milk Molar points will be refunded.