You asked for something bigger than bugs, and now it’s here.

The Beat the Heat update is now live in Grounded 2, bringing a new boss fight, a new buggy progression system, and a wave of content, improvements, and community-requested features across the park.

During your adventures out in the park you might find King Dozer, a massive horned lizard and one of the most dangerous creatures we’ve added yet.

This is a full boss encounter — one you’ll need to prepare for. You’ll summon it, face it head-on, and survive long enough to take it down.

If you do, the rewards speak for themselves:

• New weapons and armor crafted from its scales

• Unique gear that reflects just how dangerous it is

• Furniture and trophies to prove you took it down

This update brings a community-requested feature that we are excited to further develop alongside you, our community.

Buggy Progression is here and it introduces a full system for upgrading your buggies and making them a core part of your build.

Using Moldy Milk Molars, you can invest directly into your buggy’s growth:

• Increase health, damage, and effectiveness

• Improve how they gather and support you

• Bring early buggies into tougher fights

You’ll also unlock mutations that reinforce each buggy’s role. Some are always active based on the creature, while others trigger from your actions, giving you more control in the park.

The Buffin’ Barrel lets you evolve your buggy to the next tier, increasing its power and what it can gather so it scales with you instead of falling behind.

And new additions like the Black Soldier Ant Buggy expand your options even further.

There’s more happening across Brookhollow Park than ever before.

A new point-of-interest landmark and anthill named the Sinkhole Anthill are appearing, along with new creatures, resources, and gear to chase down. You may also encounter O.G.R.R. creatures in the picnic and garden areas, adding new threats to familiar spaces.

Building continues to expand with new sets and parts, plus utility structures like the Buggy Buff Hut and EverChar Roasting Spit, a new cooking device that can handle more food at once while keeping your base well lit.

Combat and survival continue to evolve.

You can now block while using a bow, adding more control to ranged fights. O.R.C. creatures have also picked up new abilities, including lasers and healing, making encounters less predictable.

We’ve also made improvements across the board:

• Reworked poison gas and related gear

• Smoother inventory navigation

• Clearer bandage healing values in menus

The Easter update is live alongside Beat the Heat.

Easter Eggs can now be found around the park, dropping marshmallows used in new Ranger Station recipes. Craft and eat s’mores for a sugar rush or build a Marshmallow Chair for your base when the recipe releases later this month (so stock up and start saving those marshmallows)!

Playgrounds Mode is ready, giving you the tools to shape the park your way. Create arenas, challenges, puzzles, or anything you can imagine, then share your creations with the community.

You can also dive into a growing collection of player-built worlds that are already live and waiting to be explored.

Lead Community Scientist 347 and Field Intern 678 are here with a new mandatory update seminar for you to view as they discuss the new update.

Grounded 2 is in Early Access, and we’re continuing to build the game alongside the community. This update brings in some of your requested features, along with new challenges to take on.

Jump in, take on King Dozer, and let us know how it feels. Join the Discord[discord.gg] and help shape what comes next.

• Offering recipe can be found in the world to summon the boss

• New mutation

• New trinket

• Lizard furniture: Torch, Banner, Fireplace

• Lizard stuffed and wall mount

• Lizard weapons: Mace & Shield

• Lizard Armor set

• O.G.R.R.s creatures will now be present at night in the park in specific locations only after the player unleashed them with a special interaction in the Scarecrow lab.

• The Black Soldier Ant has been added to the buggy roster

Moldy Milk Molars

New moldy molars for our buggies! Collect them and spend them to make your buggy stronger, just like regular molars for the teen. This will impact any buggy that follows you, now or in the future. Those moldy molar upgrades are tied to you as a player and are applied to any buggy that you summon, not to a particular buggy.

• Buggy Max Health - Increases the maximum health of your buggy by an increment of 10%.

• Buggy Max Stamina - Each upgrade adds a stamina chunk.

• Healing - Any source of healing other than the natural health regen receives a buff for each upgrade with an increment of 20%

• Health Pool on Revive - Increase the health pool of your buggy after you help it from the down state

• Inventory Size - Increase the number of slots in your buggy inventory.

Mutations

New Buggy Mutations! Just like the teen, your buggies can become better by performing certain actions.

Ant Family:

• Grass Master: Chopping power with Ant Buggies slightly increased.

• Recruit Master: Your recruit(s) gain more health.

Ladybug Family:

• Rock Cracker: Busting power with ladybugs increased.

• Block on Lock: The Ladybug Buggy's block reduces incoming attack damage.

Spider Family:

• Crit Machine: Crit chance slightly increased with a Spider Buggy's 3-hit combo.

• Web Master: Inflict an amount of venom to creatures hit by your Web.

Buggy Buffin'

it is now possible to buff your buggies! This will upgrade any of your buggy to the next tier. This way, your Red Ant Soldier buggy will be able to keep up with you in your progression, or any other buggy for that matter.

Buffin' a buggy means it has more health, does more damage and is able to gather resources from a higher tier (if able).

The cost of upgrade always contains some O.G.R.R. parts, be sure to hunt some to be able to buff your buggies!

Blocking with a Bow \[Community Request]

• You are now able to block while having a bow equipped.

Misc.

• Orb Weaver Buggy's "No Fall Damage" ability was removed

  • Orb Weaver Buggy's now have a gliding ability that can be activated with Shift when falling

• Poison Gas status effect rework. Reworked gear and Gastro Goo smoothies

• Bandages healing and duration exposed in menus

• Move between storage grids using Right Stick (RS)

• O.R.C. transmitters now displayed as completed in the map menu

• Difficulty selection screen revamp \[Community Request]

New Landmarks, Anthills, Labs, and Ranger Outposts

• New Sinkhole anthill

• Special Four-leaf clover POI added

New Resources

• Small carrot leaves

• Tier 4 Jaw breaker candy

• Black ant eggs

New Weapon

• Woolly Whoppers

New Buildings

• Pumpkin curved wall parts

• Mushroom curved walls and new building set parts

• Snake Roof new parts

• Pine Fence new parts and Spiral Stairs

• Acorn Fence new parts

• Sprig Fence new parts

• Buggy Buff Hut

• EverChar Roasting Spit

O.R.C. New Abilities

The army grows, with more trickery on the way.

• Some O.R.C.s have been updated to receive new abilities. The O.R.C.s waves that contained them previously have been updated to include them with their new abilities. Those updated O.R.C.s are:

  • The Potato Beetle O.R.C. now has a laser cannon on its back that can zap enemies at 360°. Be careful to avoid it; it hurts quite a bit.

  • The Scorpion Junior O.R.C. has also been fitted with the same laser.

  • The Bee O.R.C. is now equipped with a Healing Device that spews healing liquids on damaged friendly O.R.C.s nearby. Make sure to take it down before it heals other O.R.C.s.

  • The Blue Butterfly O.R.C. has also been equipped with the same healing device.

  • The Adult Scorpion O.R.C. has now the ability to scream and boost nearby O.R.C.s, making them faster and more aggressive. This is the same as the Orb Weaver O.R.C. Scream.

Misc.

• Stankwurst bomb

• Coup de Grass mutation

• Half Railings (sprig, acorn, pinecone) \[Community Request]

• Fix for railings not working with stairs \[Community Request]

• Interior Square Corners for roofs (Clover, Feather, Pinecone)

• Hot Deposit Locked Item

• Multiple Hot Pouches

Combat Changes

• Candy trinkets now work with bows and mage staves.

• Fighter armor gives bonus stun with melee finishers. Major threat moved to heavy shields.

Easter update

• Fiber drop has been changed to Dry Grass

• Marshmallow resource now drops from Easter Eggs

• There's a new Easter recipe at the Ranger Station

• Make s'mores you can eat for a sugar rush

• Build a Marshmallow Chair for your base

General Changes:

• Resources should now no longer pop everywhere when broken

• Buggies have been reworked to now spawn with Clients on Re-Entry of your world

General Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the Jerky Rack was not working as intended \[Community Report]

• Fixed a bug where ****roach Nymphs might spawn inside Player base. \[Community Report]

• Fixed an issue where the Ladybug Buggy’s health would scale with nearby player count.

• Fixed an issue where Rock Cracker mutation was too easy to unlock.

• Fixed an issue where Player can be soft locked in Character Selection screen after receiving a game invitation.

• Fixed missing keybind prompts for buggies.

• Fixed crash on changing game mode on Playground Brookhollow Park map.

• Fixed an issue with Milkweed resource disappearing at instance in a specific range.

• Fixed an issue where Mint Candy disappeared at instance instead of fading away.

• Fixed an issue where Spicy Candy would disappear instantly at a certain distance.

• Fixed an issue where Sour Candy disappeared at instance instead of fading away.

• Fixed a bug where Crow Feathers disappeared instead of fading away at a certain distance.

• Fixed an issue where leaving the server as a client with an assigned buggy would result in having said buggy on the summon wheel upon rejoining despite it not being possible to summon.

• Fixed an issue with PEEP.R tracking not highlighting certain resources.

• Fixed an issue where web bridge was not attached to anything on one end.

• Fixed a bug where certain Shared World saves were crashing on load.

• Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R. Earwigs would not spawn.

• Fixed an issue where if both players were climbing a ladder at the same time, the one who interacted with the ladder first could no longer interact after letting go of it.

• Fixed an issue where player dismounted Buggy after cancelling a blueprint with Xbox controller.

• Fixed an issue where the Carrot Bits' color would not match the icon’s color.

• Fixed an issue with all of the Woolly Aphid meat being invisible while consuming.

• Fixed an issue where items equipped in Strong Hand were briefly seen clipping with consumed food item during the consume animation.

• Fixed a bug where Broodmother or Mysterious Stranger could disappear from the Archive arena when positioned far away from the player.

• Fixed an issue with charged attacks of Sour Staffs aimed at creatures looking like normal attacks.

• Fixed a bug where weapon durability would get reduced by damage over time ticks from status effects it applied.

• Fixed a bug on Steam Deck where launching the game with an external controller would cause the title to stop reacting to input from the embedded controller.

• Fixed an issue where the wooden frame of the Greenhouse would be invisible from a long distance.

• Fixed an issue where almost every asset in the Ice Cart area was not visible from afar.

• Fixed an issue where items in workbench were covering their descriptions due to not being properly centered.

• Removed the Hold to Give Up ghost that could either obstruct the counter or disappear.

• Fixed an issue with violently erupting resources.

• Fixed an issue where some Lint clumps were inaccessible to the player.

• Fixed a bug where dismounting during cinematic would cause the character to get stuck in a Buggy.

• Fixed an issue where Rust Beetles would be immune to the sizzle status effect.

• Fixed an issue where some named O.R.C. Creatures in the Garden would respawn.

• Fixed missing description of Hauling Hero and Sour Sensation mutations tiers.

• Algae has been added to the Playgrounds mode.

• Fixed an issue where Player could get stuck under a rock near the Greenhouse.

• Added some objects to Manmade and Natural Props in Playgrounds.

• Fixed an issue with OOW hole in the Pumpkin Patch area.

• Fixed an issue where holding down attack button when knocked back would result in throwing action afterwards.

• Fixed an issue with not being able to purchase or get Grass and Stem Hatches.

• Fixed a bug with floating roots in Ceremony area.

• Fixed a bug where opening some text fields was causing Steam Deck inputs to stop working.

• Fixed an issue where textures of wires in the Statue vents were flickering improperly.

• Fixed an issue with abruptly changing SFX when Player runs through the arena’s gate.

• Fixed a bug where lower part of any Easter Egg was not disappearing on its own.

• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck under a pipe in the Veggie Garden - Candy Processing Facility.

• Fixed a bug where Plant Fiber was spawning inside an Easter Egg instead of Dry Grass Chunks.

• Fixed an issue with Out of World gap in War-Torn Anthill.

• Fixed a bug where Host was able to hear Clients placing objects.

• Fixed a bug where double selection highlight was appearing in interfaces after quickly scrolling between categories and tabs.

• Fixed a bug where various materials were incorrectly localized in Mexican Spanish.

• Fixed an issue where Out of World gaps were visible in one of the caves in Greenhouse area.

• Fixed an issue where building names given with Xbox keyboard overlay would be undone after closing the UI.

• Fixed a bug where Beefy Sandy Blossom was missing Beefy prefix.

• Fixed various lighting issues around the Park.

• Fixed an issue where the Player Map would not update when finding or gathering Milk Molars.

• Fixed a bug where upgrading daggers with elemental damage was changing their base damage type from stabbing to slashing.

• Fixed an issue where player could walk underwater in the Sour Pool.

• Fixed a bug where Players were unable to repair the Landing Pad.

• Fixed an issue where some Ranger Stations Point of Interests could not be unlocked in Sites and Wonders in Player's Data tab.

• Fixed an issue with inaccessible lint clump at the Scarecrow.

• Fixed a bug where O.R.C. Butterflies were not flapping their wings.

• Fixed an issue where gear abilities that are able to heal the Player after killing enemies may be triggered by destroying Spider Webs.

• Fixed lighting issue in the Ceremony area.

• Fixed an issue where dodging after depleting the stamina bar with a charged attack with daggers would break the functionality of dodging.

• Fixed an issue with multiple stuck spots on Garden wall.

• Fixed an issue where cave volume reached ground level in a specific spot in Picnic region.

• Fixed an issue where Perfect Quickdraw bonus from Wasp armor would not apply its effect.

• Fixed a bug where the Champion’s Banner blueprint was being completed after loading a save.

• Fixed an issue where the player could go out of world behind a brick in a Veggie Garden cave.

• Fixed an issue where the player could pass through dry Milkweed leaves from one side.

• Fixed a bug where some items in Data menu had low resolution.

• Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t drown in any circumstances.

• Fixed an issue when Fertilizer didn’t show up on the resource finder list.

• Fixed a bug where Resource Finder was displaying false locations of resources on dead bodies.

• Fixed an issue where certain chocolate resource nodes would spawn out of bounds.

• Fixed a bug where Resource Finder was displaying locations of already harvested Pinecones.

• Fixed a bug where long area names were sticking out of the box in Save/Load menu.

• Fixed an issue where "Black Ant Sword" did not activate effects from a few specific trinkets.

• Fixed an issue where Buried Treasures in the Fire Pit would appear to float in the air when dug up.

• Fixed a bug where some stuffed creatures were disappearing when Player relocated them after Save/Load cycle.

• Fixed a bug where Players were unable to cook food in Roasting Spit when sitting on any Buggy.

• Fixed a bug where part of the hedge behind the Statue had no collision.

• Fixed an issue where Raw Woolly Aphid Meat would have visible roast marks.

• Fixed an issue where a specific Sturdy Quartzite would not drop all the resources.

• Fixed a bug with incorrect Death Screen message after being killed by a Potato Beetle.

• Fixed a duplication glitch with items left on dying buggies on Woah! difficulty.

• Fixed a bug where Corn Hogs dropped significantly fewer Corn Hog Chunks than Billy Hog Bites.

• Fixed an issue where Player was unable to climb Mushroom Half stairs.

• Fixed an issue where destroyed Cactus Flowers would respawn after the player performed a save and load.

• Fixed a bug where Ladybug was displayed in Ambush guide.

• Fixed a bug where specific resources could fall through the ground near the edge of Ice Cream Cart area.

• Fixed a bug where Buggy could die permanently when Player was performing Save/Load cycle far from defeated Buggy.

• Fixed a typo in Caterpillar Roast’s description.

• Fixed an issue where candy chunks can land in unreachable spot after breaking them at the Picnic Briefcase.

• Fixed a bug with missing or duplicating sounds in Ranger Station menus.

• Fixed an issue where the Player could close an open garden ventilation door resulting in it being permanently closed.

• Fixed ground textures behind PUNCH-O wrapper.

• Fixed an issue where red valves had no collisions at early stage of movement.

• Fixed an issue when Food & Water category building menus did not emit some sounds.

• Fixed a bug where Player could get stuck in one of the interaction animations.

• Fixed an issue where Sleep category buildings UI did not emit some sounds.

• Fixed an issue when Splatburst and Bratburst had their recipe shown twice inside Science Shop offers.

• Fixed a bug where Players were able to quickly grind Ambush Mutation with Cupid’s Arrows.

• Fixed an issue where Beefy Mintito was providing less sizzle reduction than other Mintito versions.

• Fixed a bug where resistances granted by smoothies were displaying the wrong values.

• Fixed an issue which caused Camera Mode mappings to change upon booting the title.

• Fixed an issue where hitting Chocolate Smoochies chunks would cause them to disappear or be launched into air.

• Fixed a bug where Smoochies Chunks had the same preview as Chocolate Chunks.

• Fixed a bug where buildings from Buggies category didn’t emit some sounds.

• Fixed a bug where Valentine’s Fortune trinket had no sparkles on its icon.

• Fixed a bug where Great Cupid’s Arrows had worse statistics than regular Cupid’s Arrows.

• Fixed a bug where weapons thrown at Butterfly Chrysalis could turn invisible.

• Fixed a bug where Player was able to walk underwater on Buggy in specific cave.

• Fixed a bug where Players were not able to download playground maps if they booted the game without internet connection.

• Passive mutations guide added to the Mutations Survival Guide.

• Added sounds when using hotkeys in New Game setup menu.

• Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to fix a Roasting Spit unless it was ignited first.

• Fixed a bug where game was crashing after opening map menu while holding any blueprint.

• Fixed a bug where Player was dismounted from the buggy in specific location in Ice Cart area.

• Fixed an issue where Vase F was using the wrong crafting material.

• Fixed a bug where Hearty Arrows spawned their VFX way beneath the impact point.

• Fixed players being able to unlock Candy Processing Facility door from the outside.

• Fixed an issue where the in-game Swap Teen menu available in multiplayer lacked UI sounds.

• Fixed an issue with grass clipping through the stone in multiple places around the Statue.

• Fixed a bug where Player could get stuck in a hole between hedge and the tree in Pine Hill area.

• Fixed an issue where Clients were not able to see planting point for Super Sour Seed.

• Fixed an issue where DoT damage would trigger Wolf Spider’s riposte attack.

• Fixed a bug where knocked over Mallet would get back to its previous position after updating the game to the newest version.

• Fixed a bug where Discord bow’s textures were stretching unnaturally when shooting.

• Fixed an issue where Players were able to swim without water in a specific spot in War-Torn Anthill.

• Fixed an issue where zoom audio continued past min/max zoom in map tab.

• Fixed an issue with missing sound when Player inspects an item in Data Submenu.

• Fixed issues with storage-related item interaction sounds.

• Fixed an issue where Dandelion leaves had bigger collision than visually indicated until they were hit.

• Fixed sound issues with hovering over options in Game Settings submenu.

• Fixed multiple audio issues within Load Game submenu.

• Fixed an issue with multiple audio cues in Options submenu.

• Fixed an issue where the Ladybug Buggy had incorrect tier assigned.

• Fixed an issue where Firefly corpses were turning into static Firefly model when Player runs far away from them.

• Fixed an issue where Small Wasp Hives respawn shortly after attacking them from far distance.

• Fixed an issue where the Ladybuggy and Orb Weaver buggy had the same stats displayed in the radial menu.

• Fixed a bug where charging bow with Hearty Arrow would leave infinite charging SFX.

• Fixed a bug where weapons could fall beneath the map.

• Fixed a bug where Ladybuggy’s turret would damage structures on lower difficulties.

• Fixed various OOB/OOW holes around the park.

• Fixed an issue where player character could get permanently stuck in a specific plant.

• Fixed an issue where O.R.C Broodmother description contained different information in specific languages.

• Fixed an issue where bug not immune to Tang would spawn over Tang pools.

• Fixed an issue where Cricket could disappear when standing on specific assets after the Player moved out of LOD distance.

• Fixed an issue with a quest called “Apprentice Smith.”

• Fixed some collision issues on top of the Trash Can in Fire Pit area.

• Fixed an issue where Trash Can in Fire Pit region was empty inside.

• Fixed a bug where game could crash when loading huge amounts of save files.

• Fixed an issue with the non-functional prompt on the ventilation doors to the Greenhouse.

• Fixed an issue where invisible collision blocked the Player from standing up inside the Fairy Garden House.

• Fixed an issue where Broodmother trophy was present underneath Growing Pod area.

• Fixed an issue where one-sided dirt texture was present in the large flower pot.

• Fixed an issue where General Berserker did not drop Roach Rage trinket.

• Fixed an issue where Player could climb to the top of one of the rooms in the Candy Processing Lab.

• Fixed an issue where Players were unable to talk to Sloane about the Archive door outside of the Garden.

• Fixed an issue where O.G.R.R Creatures had normal or O.R.C cards.

• Fixed an issue where Stuffed Firefly used texture from previous title.

• Fixed an issue where OmniTool stayed exposed when picking up a resource at the same time while attempting to harvest at a node.

• Fixed a typo in the Sharpshooter fighting style description.

• Fixed an issue where Halloween and Christmas objects were still present on the Map screen.

• Fixed an issue where mounting Red Soldier Ant close to restricted areas can launch Player with high velocity.

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to fall through the ground by dying from the Snake.

• Fixed an issue where the Mitey Muffs Sleek perk had no visible effect.

• Fixed an issue where some Bombardier Beetle ranged attacks were unaffected by armor and perks.

• Fixed a bug where mushroom bricks lacked physics.

• Fixed an issue where Bee model in the Card Collection appeared tarnished.

• Fixed an issue where Mysterious Stranger fight was missing after specific quest order completion.

• Fixed an issue where there were multiple out of bounds holes in the wall between statue and scarecrow.

• Fixed an issue where stamina was not limited by hunger.

• Fixed an issue where Players couldn't climb the ladder in candy facility without jumping off of it at the end.

• Fixed an issue where the Orb Weaver Buggy’s charge attack VFX would be misplaced.

• Fixed an issue where players were unable to unmute Main Menu music.

• Fixed an issue with certain webs visibly changing model quality in the Hedge.

• Fixed ground textures near the moisture meter.

• Fixed a bug where Client could get more globs from buried treasure than Host.

• Fixed an Out of World issue that can be found at Pumpkin Patch area.

• Fixed a bug where the Buggy could cut down Husky Weed’s trunk.

• Fixed an issue where saves made near the edge of particular areas showed other areas displayed.

• Fixed an issue where Growing Pod and Super Sour Seed disappear for clients after the save/load cycle.

• Updated weapon perk description to better reflect its in-game behavior.

• Fixed an issue where switching tabs from and to the mutation menu would sometimes swap between active and passive mutation menus.

• Fixed an issue with two Out of World gaps in the wooden fence present in the Greenhouse biome.

• Fixed an issue when UI was flickering for inspecting "Away Message" data in Spanish (Spain) language.

• Fixed a bug where conversation entries were flickering.

• Fixed a bug where obtaining Red Soldier Ant Egg before the Egg Hunt quest was not counted towards the quest objectives.

• Fixed an issue where Cricket missed its jump attack after player would hide between grass blades.

• Fixed a bug where higher levels of Omni-Tool were not visible in the crafting menu.

• Fixed a gap at the entrance of O.G.R.R. Lab.

• Fixed a bug where the Ladybuggy caused impact SFX when charging over various surfaces.

• Fixed an issue where tiles next to the SCA.B 2K Scanner were clipping into other assets.

• Added customizable PEEP.R Zoom In/Out bind to Options → Keyboard/Controller.

• Fixed an issue with Orb Weaver buggy’s eyes not turning red when it gets aggro on a creature.

• Fixed an issue with stretched texture present near the tree in the Ice Cart region.

• Fixed a bug where a sitting character would stand up after turning on Photo Mode.

• Fixed a gap in the pot at Greenhouse.

• Fixed an issue where there was a one-sided texture.

• Fixed an issue where Spiders would lose their red eyes after changing Arachnophobia level during a combat encounter.

• Fixed an issue where lanterns lacked LODs.

• Fixed a bug where the preview of rugs were displayed from the side.

• Fixed an issue where many sound effects played at once when closing the Ranger Station’s Science Shop menu.

• Fixed an issue where O.R.C. Spiderlings in statue would spawn on each other.

• Fixed an issue where the Player could fall through the Snack Bar’s roof.

• Fixed an issue where, from client’s perspective, the Omni-Shovel dig icon appeared red when aiming at burrowed creatures, such as Grubs or Larvae, even if the player had the ability to dig up creatures.

• Fixed an issue with cut-off texture.

• Fixed an issue where cassette tape recordings would stop playing after the player character died.

• Fixed a bug where railings were clipping into stairs.

• Fixed a bug where Flower Petals near the picnic table did not spawn.

• Fixed an issue where parts of BURG.L body were missing collision allowing player to fall out of boundaries.

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to build in boss arenas.

• Fixed an issue where glass cups would have misaligned collision which made it impossible to pick up Raw Science located inside of it.

• Fixed an issue where the Player Character could get stuck in the bark at a specific place in the Pine Hill area.

• Fixed an issue where a dirt texture would clip through the wall of a Ranger Outpost.

• Removed a one-sided gravel texture near the AXL arena entrance in the Pine Hill.

• Fixed an issue with black background and missing model in inventory view.

• Fixed an issue with an invisible collision near the trash can in the Entrance area.

• Fixed an issue with one-sided texture near the top of the Ice Cart.

• Removed the snow pillar that had a one-sided texture from the Ice Cream Cart.

• Fixed an issue where a plastic panel on a cassette player would emit a glass impact SFX.

• Fixed an issue where performing save/load cycle would move client’s camera and haulable on Buggies.

• Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck inside a metal bar under Billy Hogs water valve.

• Fixed an issue where metallic parts of a picnic table’s frame and plastic parts of the cooler would play a wooden impact SFX.

• Fixed an abrupt lighting change upon exiting certain cave in the Picnic Table region.

• Fixed an issue with abruptly changing lighting in Toxic Anthill.

• Fixed an issue where the Player Character could get stuck behind specific Candy Corn if they did not have Omni-Hammer that was upgraded to Tier 2.

• Fixed an issue where lighting would change abruptly when entering Toxic Anthill: North Entrance.

• Fixed an issue where Wolf Rug placement didn't align with the outline shape.

• Fixed a bug where AXL preview in Creatures Cards UI was not affected by arachnophobia mode.

• Fixed a bug where downed Buggy was teleported to Player after Player’s respawn.

• Fixed an issue where ****roach Nymphs were trying to eat candy placed inside the suitcase on the Picnic Table.

• Fixed an issue where opening Photo Mode during zooming with a bow resulted in permanent zoom.

• Fixed an issue where bees would sometimes spawn inside bases.

• Fixed an issue where sizzle from Scorching Orb's AOE attack was not dealing any damage to other Players on Whoa difficulty.

• Fixed an issue where the 'Toggle Sprint' option wasn't working for Buggies.

• Fixed an issue where Teen could get stuck inside the Soda Can.

• Fixed an issue where the thistle bulb would have a low resolution texture.

• Fixed an issue where Omni-Tool’s decoration was placed in opposite direction.

• Fixed an issue where Deposit and Nab controls would appear active when aiming at haulables on the Orb Weaver Buggy.

• Fixed an issue where certain lamps produced glow when they were not lit.

• Fixed an issue where the Resource Finder would not scan certain respawnable items.

• Fixed an issue where lighting changed to pitch black above the south entrance to the Toxic Anthill.

• Fixed an issue where the selected Founder's Pack DLC skin would stay enabled after disabling/refunding the DLC.

• Fixed an issue where drinking from a Water Container would not reduce thirst if the player were to drink while on a Buggy.

• Fixed an issue where the player character would clip between connected Pebblet Foundations.

• Fixed an issue where eyes of some O.R.C. spiders were glowing red while arachnophobia mode was set to 4 or higher.

• Fixed an issue where water was cancelling Chill Status Effect buildup.

• Fixed an issue where the Dew Drop reflection included placeholder assets.

• Removed unnecessary key mappings from the controller setup.

• Fixed an issue with charged attacks on staffs.

• Fixed an issue where foundations didn't check collisions.

• Fixed an issue when whistling in a certain place in the pipe results in respawning Buggy out of map.

• Fixed an issue where enemies could be hit through terrarium walls.

• Fixed an issue where the player would no longer be able to use hotkeys after clicking outside the Storage UI grid.

• Fixed an issue where Wolf Spider and O.R.C. Wolf Spider models were visible in Data Tab with Arachnophobia Mode set to 4 or 5.

• Fixed an issue where staff projectiles were leaving light emitters after being blocked.

• Fixed an issue where turning off the Hot deposit to all chests option didn't disable it.

• Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to change the color or shape of icons assigned to chest while mounted on a Buggy.

• Fixed an issue where Garden Snail and Baby Garden Snail models were deformed in Data Menu.

• Fixed an issue where it would be difficult to place buildings on top of foundations because of complex geometry.

• Fixed an issue where keybinding was switching with alternative keybinding.

• Fixed an issue with graphical artifacts on save thumbnail.

• Updated key tip for Buggy Whistle in Survival Guide.

• Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck in a specific spot next to the Statue.

• Fixed an issue where backpacks and other materials would not float on the water’s surface.

• Fixed an issue where repeatedly loading the game would cause the Clients to disconnect.

• Fixed an issue where Web Sacks were not properly attached to environment.

• Fixed an issue where Trail Marker displayed incorrect name.

• Fixed various assets around the Park with placeholder textures.

• Fixed an issue where placeholder figures could be seen outside of the playable area.

• Fixed an issue where blueberry attack prompt was inconsistently displayed for Player on Buggy.

• Fixed an issue where the Spicy Coaltana preview model was entirely orange.

• Fixed an issue where leaves attached to bushes had no collision in Statue area.

• Fixed an issue where toxic icon was missing while standing in toxic water puddle.

• Fixed an issue where the Player was drinking from the water container while repairing it.

• Fixed an issue where flashes of light would randomly appear while moving around in the Hatchery Anthill.

• Fixed a bug where some weapon mutations would not progress when the killing blow was dealt by throwing the weapon.

• Fixed an issue where Headless BURG.L had low texture quality.

• Fixed an issue where the player character could submerge in the water.

• Fixed an issue where changing the Arachnophobia level would cause the Wolf Spider to become invisible.

• Fixed an issue where the Client was able to press a button on a controller to open the Pause Menu in the Multiplayer lobby.

• Fixed an issue where Teen stays in throwing animation.

• Fixed an issue where Orb Weaver’s web block would be deformed at certain Arachnophobia levels.

• Fixed an issue where category names in crafting menu were sometimes missing.

• Fixed an issue where Gas Mask overlay is visible while riding the Buggy when in first person.

• Fixed an issue that allowed Player to inspect an undiscovered object in the data tab.

• Fixed an issue where all of spiders' legs and fangs are visible in the Pause Menu upon setting the Arachnophobia Safe Mode to third level.

• Fixed an issue where after looting Wolf Spider’s corpse with Arachnophobia safe mode turned on made the spider’s legs and fangs visible.

• Fixed a bug where Butterflies sometimes went to sleep during daytime.

• Fixed a bug where buggy healing timer was running with inconsistent frequency.

• Fixed an issue where the Crimson Buckler perfect block didn't deal damage to other players on Whoa! difficulty.

• Fixed an issue where open notebooks would have holes in the model.

• Added an option to back out from the mode and game perspective screen when creating a new world.

• Fixed an issue where Host could load a save before Client loads into the world.

• Fixed an issue where turning left and right using keyboard inputs would stop working after changing key binds.

Things are getting heated in the Beat the Heat update in the 0.4.0 Public Test Build!

We’re excited to announce that the Beat the Heat Public Test is now live. We'd be very grateful for you all to participate in this optional test phase for the new upcoming update.

Please note that this is the development phase of the update, and there is always a risk when testing out new features. Any progress you make on the test server may or may not carry over, so please keep this in mind when you join.

After joining the test server, be sure to join our Discord server[discord.gg]! There, you can chat with other players who are testing, easily share your feedback and suggestions with the community and the dev team directly, and stay up to date with the latest news from us. You can also access the Public Test Build patch notes on the Discord server or visit our forums[forums.obsidian.net] to see what is included in this test.

We hope you enjoy your time in the Public Test Server and stay tuned for more Grounded 2 news.

Stay safe, and stay Grounded!

Helpful links:

• Public Test Patch Notes[forums.obsidian.net]

• How to Access the Public Test[grounded2.obsidian.net]

• How to Report a Bug[grounded2.obsidian.net]

• Saving Your Game Save File[forums.obsidian.net]