• Added an “AFK” state to Grounded
  • Now when the player is inactive for 60 seconds, Hunger and Thirst is now reduced by 95% until the player returns
• Zipline Speed Boost: When using the ZIP.R, zipline speed is now 50% faster.
  
• Gamepad Movement: Walking slower than sprint speed no longer drains stamina.
  
• Natural Explorer Mutation and Aphid Slippers Speed Boosts:
  
• Now gives players their speed boost back immediately after combat
  
• Lure Trap Update: Now attracts all land creatures except:
  • Stinkbugs
    
  • Green Shield Bugs
    
  • All water creatures

• Increased all Pet Health 150%
  
• Aphid Pet Buffs:
  • Reduces stamina drain while sprinting by 30% (was 20%).
    
  • Increases player movement speed by 15%.
• Weevil Pet Buffs:
  • Reduces Thirst drain by 50% (was 20%).
    
  • Reduces Hunger drain by 50%.

• Mantis Boss: The Scream attack can now be Perfect Blocked.

• Armor Upgrade Expansion:
  • All Armor can now be upgraded to Level 15
    • Upgrade Costs have been reduced by 40% since the last Public Test Build
  • Upgrade Stats:
    • Level 10: 90% Defense & Durability
      
    • Level 11: 115% Defense & Durability
      
    • Level 12: 140% Defense & Durability
      
    • Level 13: 165% Defense & Durability
      
    • Level 14: 190% Defense & Durability
      
    • Level 15: 215% Defense & Durability
• Infusion Attack Damage: Significantly reduced against buildings, helping in Javamatic and Base Defense battles.
  
• Killing the Mini Mantis no longer counts as killing the Mantis for the REMIX.R room door. Only rewards 3,000 Raw Science per kill.
  
• New Custom Game Option: You can now adjust the REMIX.D Level in Survival Mode.
  • Find this in:
    Start Menu → Game Options → Miscellaneous → REMIX.D Level
    
  • REMIX.D Level now displays past Level 10 in the same menu.

• Raw Science Rewards Scale with REMIX.D Level:
  • Infused Creatures: Base reward of 3,000 RS, increased by 10% per REMIX.D level.
    
  • Boss Rewards: Now 12,000 RS, increasing by 30% per REMIX.D level.
    
  • Boss Drops: At REMIX.D+4 and higher, bosses have a 30% chance to drop an extra Infused Ooze.
    
  • BURG.L Quest & Raw Science Pickups: Increase by 100% per REMIX.D level.
• Infected Brood Mother has separate scaling compared to other bosses
  • Infected Brood Mother: Now Rewards a 40,000 Raw Science Reward; Increases by 30% per REMIX.D level

• New scaling system replaces the old linear increase.
  • Old System: +20% damage per REMIX.D Level.
    
  • New System: Starts at +20% but increases by larger amounts at higher levels.
    Example:
    
  • Before:
    • Level 1: +20%
      
    • Level 2: +40%
      
    • Level 3: +60%
  • Now:
    • Level 1: +20%
      
    • Level 2: +45%
      
    • Level 3: +75%
  Mutation Changes
  • Barbarian Mutation: Perfect Block window increased by 60%.
    
  • Apex Predator Mutation: Now works with all Infused Boss Weapons
  Playgrounds Mode – Additions & Changes
  • Story Quests can now be enabled in Playgrounds Mode.
    
  • The backyard Bosses can now be summoned at their boss arenas.
    
  • Web Sacs placed in Design Mode now spawn Spiderlings & Black Widowlings.
    
  • All placed creatures and bosses can have their stats customized:
    • Name
      
    • Scale
      
    • Movement Speed
      
    • Health
      
    • Infusions
  • All weapons and armors can the following stats customized:
    • Name
      
    • Durability (or make items Unbreakable)
      
    • Enhancement Level (Upgrade Level)
      
    • Damage Multiplier
      
    • Bonus Effects (Sleek/Bulky for armor, Mighty/Fresh/Salty/Spicy/Sour for weapons)
  • REMIX.D Level Selection in Playgrounds:
    • Choose a REMIX.D Level (1-10) from:
      Start Menu → Game Options → Miscellaneous → REMIX.D Level
  • New Music Tracks Added to the Music Player:
    • Willow, Max, Hoops, Pete
      
    • Home
      
    • The Dark
      
    • Stronger Than You Think We Are
      
    • Upper Grasslands Night
      
    • Noble Spirit
      
    • Science in the Home (REMIX.D Music)
      
    • Rise and Shine
  Major Bug Fixes
  • Additional fixes to help prevent pets from falling through the world and being permanently lost.
    
  • Fixed crash that could occur when relocating ladders.
    
  • Fixed crash that could occur when using the Shinobi Sneeze
    
  • Fixed a bug on Steam where achievements did not proc correctly in Shared Worlds
    
  • Cupid Arrows:
    • No longer makes the player invincible.
      
    • If a creature under Cupid Arrow’s effect is hit by the player, the effect disappears, and the creature becomes hostile again.
  
  
  Bug Fixes
  • Salty Weapons: Now properly turn underwater creatures into jerky.
    
  • Antbassador & Pets: Having the Antbassador trinket with a pet no longer makes ants see you in anthills.
    
  • Pet Gnats won’t stop following you if you bump into them.
    
  • BURG.L Quests:
    • Some quests that wouldn’t complete properly are now fixed.
      
    • Epic BURG.L Quest #10 “Mixologist” now correctly asks for normal smoothies.
  • Playground Buildings fix:
    • Copying linked buildings now correctly inherits all links when changing the door variant.
  • Antennae in Field Stations: No longer duplicate when re-entering Design Mode.
    
  • Ant Queen Gear Summons: Now correctly aggro enemies on spawn.
    
  • BURG.L's Spare Eyes Spatula now properly increase the crit rate of the BURG.L's Old Flipper
    
  • Critical Hit Chance from Finale Crit Boost effect can no longer stack infinitely
    
  • Fixed World Issues:
    • Players can no longer fall out of the world at the Woodpile Entrance.
      
    • Various Fire Ant Hill spawn issues fixed.
  • UI & Localization Fixes.

Hey Grounded Fans! It’s time for another Playground Showcase! We’ve got another set of awesome Playgrounds for you to check out.

Mysteeqal Gardens
Creator: K1N3T1C4L
Download Code: UWB-3SA-W3L


Welcome to the Mysteeqal Gardens, created by K1N3T1C4L. This playground is set in a botanical garden that also serves as Ominent's training yard. Engage in the main quest, face challenging bosses, explore new areas for building and crafting, and tackle platforming and puzzle-solving tasks. Look out for environmental narrative clues, hidden backpacks with items, and concealed passageways.

Mysteeqal Gardens has a lot to offer for Grounded fans, so please make sure to read all the notes in the beginning area. If you haven’t beaten Grounded yet, be careful of the square room nestled in the back, it has a lot of fan-lore and world building for this Playground, but spoilers as well.

Questbound
Creator: RYYY JONES
Download Code: HBS-WNH-7MN


We’re Questbound! If you’re looking for adventure, RYYY JONES made the playground for you. In Questbound, you have 4 unique quests to tackle. Explore a pirate themed quest in Plunder’s Cove, get spookified in The Cursed Woods, scale the treetop village in Mountveil Forest, and discover an experiment gone wrong in Lab Lockdown. Each quest offers you a unique experience with different biomes, puzzles, lore, and collectibles! Complete the quests in any order and unlock trophies and gain rewards= from the Reward Room for your next quest!

Turret Wars
Creator: TURBO868
Download Code: YR2-SXA-LM


Man the cannons, because it’s Turet Wars! In this PVP arena created by TURBO868, challenge your friends and have fun blowing up each other up in three uniquely themed arenas. Choose between the Hedge, the Pond, and the Sky arena. Strategize with your teammate on who will build across the arena to get to the opponent’s side or jump in a turret and start blasting. Resources are limited, so use them wisely.

That’s a wrap on this month’s playgrounds, if you want to showcase your own Playground, let us know in the Discord server. You creation might show up in a future video! Until then, stay safe and stay Grounded.

Grounded's Playgrounds Showcase is back! Here are 3 awesome Playgrounds you need to check out.

ONLY UP:
Download Code: FRG-AUA-RVZ

You've heard of Only Down, well get ready to go Only Up by VINICG2010. Filled with awesome features, you can play with English or Brazilian Portuguese localization, hidden rewards, and even a time trial for extra fun! Climb your way up the numerous obstacles to make your way all the way to the top. Be careful, if you fall, you have start all over from the bottom. Don't forget to claim the BURG.L Flags for an awesome reward.

Button Expert:
Download Code: NFK-D96-HZ9

Welcome to Button Expert by M09264! Relive the memories of a lighthouse keeper who gets transported into a whole new world by celestial beings known as The Experts. You are tasked with various duties that you must fulfill to prove your worthiness. This branching narrative Playground is filled with puzzles, colorful characters and quests that make you decide how the story ends. Learn more about these "Experts", complete button puzzles, and even enjoy a game of Tic Tac Toe with one of the staff of the Command Centre. How will you decide the story ends?

Escape the Puddle:
Download Code: QDR-UTJ-YAM

Get ready to Escape the Puddle by KarateEMouse! You find yourself in the backyard in a puddle of trouble! Find the super key to make your great escape. This playground is filled with hidden loot that you'll need to discover to gear yourself up to take on some bug infested challenges. Once you gear up, make sure to make sure of the power-ups scattered around the yard if you're having trouble with some encounters or puzzles. Keep your eye open for biometric scanners, it'll unlock a super chest filled with some high-tier armor and weapons! Just be careful, it’s never that simple.

That's a wrap on this month’s Playground Showcase! We'll see you next month for another set of incredible playgrounds created by our amazing community. Tell us about your favorite playground in the Grounded Discord server in the Playground's chat! They could show up in a future playground showcase!

Thanks for reading and as always, stay safe, and stay Grounded

Welcome back friends! Ready to check out more incredible Playgrounds for the month of December? We’ve curated some great holiday themed Playgrounds and one boardgame you might find familiar!

Jingle Burst
PG4-S4P-KHD


Let’s get started. Up first we have Jingle Burst from Rossoccx! In this epic mini-game, you’ll be launching “snowballs” into your opponent’s house windows to score points. Is the other team scoring too fast and close to victory? Not a problem, just launch a “snowball” through the top window to open the front door of your opponent’s house and try to score through the door to reset the other team’s points to zero! You gotta be quick as you just have 10 seconds to do it or until the other team closes the door. Whether you’re up for some 1v1 action or 2v2, the first team to score 10 points wins! Make sure to read all the information in the waiting area to get all the strats!

Christmas Tree
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Bask in the glory that is the Christmas Tree, created by LaZorra Gaming! Looking to get in the mood of the holiday spirit? Or just looking to relax and watch some awesome fireworks light up the night sky? LaZorra Gaming has you covered. Unveil the tree topper and launch some fireworks in this festive Playground. Watch the tree light up and change the colors as well. If you’re part of the LaZorra community, there might even be some presents for you under the tree!

Battlerocks
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You sunk my battle... rock? Get ready to get your BattleRocks on in this amazing reimagining of Battleship, created by ImSooPerCereal. Play against a friend or play solo with Sauron, the AI Computer opponent! Pick a side, drop your rocks, and fire arrows on the battle grid. First to find all 5 rocks on the opponent's board wins! No peaking though!

That wraps up this month’s showcase. While this year comes to an end, we just want to say how amazing it has been to see all the incredible creations that the community has made over the past year. Thanks for being awesome, Grounded community. We’ll see you in 2025!

Don’t forget to post your Playgrounds in our Discord Server in the Share Your Playgrounds section so I can check them out over the holiday break!

As always, stay safe, and stay Grounded.

Over the past few months, we asked the community to spotlight some Playgrounds for us to showcase. Thanks to the community, they have delivered 3 amazing Playgrounds to check out.

Up first we have Legends of the Five Jewels by Rossoccx! Famed Archeologist Christopher Packett mysteriously vanished and you’re on the hunt for these enigmatic jewels that hold strange powers. In this unique storytelling map, you’ll find puzzles, clues, different biomes, and complete quests from NPCs! Find all the jewels and discover the legend of the five jewels!

Legends of the Five Jewels
Download Code: CSQ-LCB-B5H


Next, we have Nightmare of the Yard! Get ready to experience the backyard in a new narrative experience by Mariuss PL! An evil corporation has shrunk you down, where you’ll need to build, craft, and survive. Lucky for you, someone on the inside is trying to help you out. Follow their instructions, take out the evil corporation security nodes, and get big again!

Nightmare of the Yard
Download Code: GH2-WNW-MK8


Welcome to the Spyderverse! Not that spiderverse though! Created by Kingslayr330, you are in a backyard filled with spiders. I mean A LOT of spiders. Find fortified bases around the yard, equip yourself with gear, and utilize the laser defense systems to help you take out the horde of spiders you will encounter. Discover the tombs of the Four Warriors, learn their stories, and find a way to get out of the spyderverse!

Spyderverse
Download Code: GWN-JNP-ULS


That’ll wrap up this month’s edition of Grounded’s Community Playground showcase, we’ll be back next month with some festive Playgrounds for you to check out.

Thanks for reading, and as always, stay safe, and stay grounded.

• The Scarecrow building is now available for purchase in the Science Shop (through October only!)
  
• The porch Jack-o-Lantern properly shows up when loading a world that was started prior to October.

• Red Ant Pet: Bonus hauling capacity increased from 10 to 15.
  
• Black Ant Pet: Damage resist increased from 10% to 50%.
  
• Fire Ant Pet: +10% Acid damage changed to +25% all damage.

• Sour Orb Infusion
  
  • Dramatically Reduced AOE Damage
    
  • Removed the Stun from the AOE Attack
    
    • If the Sour Orb Attack hits you directly it will still do high damage and stun
  • Sour Orb attack can be Perfect Blocked
• Creature damage scaling reduced from 40% to 20% per REMIX.D level.

• Additional items that can only be found in REMIX.D yards can be placed in Playgrounds Mode.

• Koi Armor Set bonus defense down effect works correctly against creatures resistant to “Acid” status effects.

Welcome to the spooky edition of the Playgrounds Showcase for October! We have some scary Playgrounds for you to check out this Halloween season! Will you be able to escape Granny’s House? How about escaping the Mines? Will you survive the haunted forest in Spooky Mystery? Let’s dive in!

Granny’s House:
ZWM-LQL-R3Z


Granny's House
Up first we have Granny's House by IZ BURG L. After a car crash, you find yourself at Granny's house. As you approach the house, you get knocked out by a mysterious figure and awaken in a strange and dark room. The goal is to survive for 5 days and escape from Granny’s House. There are tons of puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover. Be careful though, there are some creepy monsters hunting you down. Try to get all 4 endings and change the difficulty for a more challenging experience!

The Mine: Horror From Within:
TSY-NSP-XFQ


The Mine: Horror From Within
You are looking to make some quick cash by smashing rocks in this abandoned mine, but something is amiss. The more you delve into the mines, the more unsettling it becomes. Why is the mine abandoned, where did the townspeople go, who is "The Strange Quark" and will you make it out alive? Only one way to find out.

Spooky Mystery:
99D-YQM-VWM


Spooky Mystery
Unravel the mystery in Spooky Mystery by Daie Beans! Investigate an Infected Mansion and Explore a Haunted Forest that are full of terrifying bugs. Find out what is terrorizing the villagers and complete their quests! Listen to their guidance to help you through what’s troubling them. While this playground is a work in progress, there is still a good amount of content and something to look forward to when it is complete.

That's it for this spooky edition of the Playground Showcase, we'll be back next month with even more awesome Playgrounds for you to check out. Discover any cool playgrounds you want us to showcase? Let us know in our Discord server or even on our Twitter and TikTok!

Thanks for reading and as always, stay spooky, and stay grounded.

Greetings friends! We have a small patch out today for some changes to the Steam store, you no longer have to sign in with your Microsoft account, but is still required for Crossplay, Shared Worlds, and Playgrounds. If you are experiencing any issues, please contact us at http://support.obsidian.net.

• Steam players no longer require a Microsoft Account to play multiplayer
  
  • While not logged into a Microsoft Account, you can host and join standard world multiplayer sessions with players from your Steam friends list
    
  • Note: a Microsoft Account is still required for Crossplay, Shared Worlds and Playgrounds

• Added a Crossplay Toggle in the Main Menu to quickly switch between a “Crossplay State” and a “Steam Native State”
  
  • Friends will need to be in the same “State” to see and join each other online
• Players can now unlink their Microsoft Account from their Steam Account
  
  • Navigate by going to Options - Game Tab - At the bottom you will see “Unlink Microsoft Account”

Welcome back friends! We have returned with another set of three Playgrounds you should check out this September. Experience a blast of nostalgia as we battle in the Temple, progress through increasingly tougher wave battles, and behold the legend of Pete!

Get ready for some 007 action in Groundedeye! Created by ADRANUS, prepare to see who the best secret agent in the reimagination of the el-Saghira Temple level from one of the most nostalgic 007 games around. Filled with hidden secrets, power ups, and gear, take on your friends to see who the top agent is. Oddjob is obviously banned.

Groundedeye:
LQR-ZLY-ZAT


Up next is Cage Wars! In this progressive wave arena created by Axel99ZX, take on challenges and get better gear with each wave you beat. The waves start out simple but scale up in difficulty as you progress further and further. How many waves can you defeat?

Cage Wars:
AJ2-7LH-GQK


Behold the Legend of Pete! In this unique narrative driven experience created by DESITHEWIWAO, uncover the fictionous, mysterious story of the of Pete as you explore different regions, solve puzzles, and take on challenging fights. The Legend of Pete has over 3 chapters and multiple acts to complete as you uncover how legendary Pete is.

Legend of Pete:
YSW-KU4-4SQ


That concludes this month’s Playground showcase, we’ll be back next month with a spooky edition of Grounded’s Playgrounds Showcase! Have a favorite Playground you’d like us to showcase or even one of your own? Let us know in our Discord Server in the Playgrounds section of the server! We are always on the hunt to show off your amazing creations.

Thank you for reading, and remember, stay safe, and stay Grounded.

Hello again, friends! We’ve returned with another set of three Playgrounds you should check out. Mega dungeon crawls, puzzle solving, and a Halo themed arena, oh my! The Grounded community continues to blow us away with how creative and talented they are.

Grounded: The Tower
RAA-CGF-7C2

Welcome to Grounded: The Tower, challenge your way through 10 floors and over 40+ rooms as you climb to the top to become the champion of the Tower! Apex Predator created this amazing Playground where you find loot, upgrade equipment, explore unique rooms filled with dangerous encounters, and test your combat skills as you bring them to new heights. Challenge yourself and become the ruler of the tower!

Find The Button:
Y2Q-2SV-2ZZ

For our second Playground of the month, check out Find the Button by Paraly5er! Your task is simple, find the button, activate the telepotty, and head to the next stage. Finding the button is not as easy as it seems. Each room you encounter is filled with environmental challenges and hiding spots, so keep your eyes open. Where could the button be hiding? Only one way to find out!

Halo Guardian
D99-PMD-QXZ

Queue the Halo theme song! Challenge your friends in this amazing recreation of Halo’s Guardian map made by Rossoccx. In this 4-player free-for-all, find power-ups, zoom around the arena, and become the all-time Halo champ! Each participant has 3 lives to survive and compete to be the best Spartan. Once you are out of lives, you are sent to the waiting room so you can relax and watch the rest of the match until it is concluded. Keep an eye out for some pretty cool easter eggs, and don’t fall off the platform!

That concludes this month’s Playground showcase, we’ll be back next month with even more Playgrounds you should check out. Have a favorite Playground you’d like us to showcase? Let us know in our Discord Server! We are always on the hunt to show off your amazing creations.

Thank you for reading, and remember, stay safe, and stay Grounded.