Grounded 2 Guides

Getting Started in Grounded 2

## Before You Start
This is still an Early Access game, and Obsidian has been direct that its development is shaped by ongoing community feedback -- expect the world, balance, and systems to keep evolving rather than treating the current state as final.
If you're a returning player from the original Grounded, don't assume your old hardware is enough -- Grounded 2 calls for meaningfully stronger specs than the first game, particularly for GPU performance.
## Working Toward Your First Buggy
Prioritize progressing the main story quests toward Egg Hunt (quest 11) to unlock the Red Soldier Ant -- it's the earliest available mount and meaningfully speeds up traversal and resource-carrying well before you're ready for the more combat-focused Orb Weaver Spider later on.
## Using Buggies Effectively
Beyond just faster travel, remember Buggies nearly double your inventory space and include a Resource Gathering Mode that vacuums up nearby materials automatically -- don't just treat them as a mount, use them as an active part of your resource-gathering loop.
## Exploring Into the Abyss Content
If you're picking the game up around the PS5 launch, the new pond area (Mountains, Bayou, and underwater depths) is a genuinely major addition -- budget real time to explore it rather than assuming it's a minor side area.
## Common Mistakes
* Assuming Buggies can permanently die and avoiding using them cautiously as a result -- they only get knocked out and recover on their own, so there's little downside to using them actively in tough fights.
* Bringing a Buggy too close to hazards like the Ice Cream Cart or Sizzle zones -- they'll instantly despawn near these, so plan your mounted approach to hazardous areas accordingly.