Grounded: My Best Tips After Playing More than 900 Hours

[@ximmolation]

this game has lots of bugs

[@TRUESOULJA211]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@northernlights176]

You feel old when the word 'parry' is no longer common video game vernacular.

[@gurth-quake1627]

One thing that I learned rather quickly is that if you lure a difficult bug to the ant hill? That bug will die because the ants keep spawning, and the enemy bug will be in a never-ending fight with the ants. You also get a lit of free ant parts.

[@kevn33]

Thanks. I've been trying to figure out how to do that. I will have to go try it now.

[@gurth-quake1627]

@@kevn33 wear ant armor so that the ants don't attack you.

[@DepressedHyena]

One Ladybird/bug was on a mission to single-handedly take out every living ant in that ant hill lmao

[@priscillasantana5779]

The ant hill on the west??

[@swuapi7401]

You can do this with any mobs like spiders, ladybug/bird, and rolly pollies

[@_burd.]

3:08 the weevil walks in and see you brutally killing that mite and just immediately backs away LMFAO

[@alexbowlin7044]

"what's over here, hey how you- ya know what i don't want no smoke"

[@justincaldwell7614]

You can wall in wolf spiders during the day while they are sleeping and it will stop them from coming out and patrolling at night if you have problems with them roaming around your base at night.

[@The.Nasty.]

I heard that didn’t work, and the spiders would teleport outside and then never go to sleep again. 😂 That was a while ago though.

[@justincaldwell7614]

@@The.Nasty. they do on occasion actually but you can make them respawn inside by killing them when that happens.

[@kennam9600]

My friends and I had tried that, and by day two, we ruined his sleeping pattern and he never went into his little cave again.

[@TheZeruth]

I play with 2 of my sons and wife. One of my sons and I were out collecting resources and exploring. We stumbled on a wolf spider cave and blocked him in while he was sleeping. I hung around for awhile to see if he could get out or if he would attack it and escape. To my surprise, even when I was close to the wall (not too close tho) he would just walk into the wall until he went back to sleep. My son got the idea to put a door in the corner of the wall we made, to make it look hidden and would drop hints here and there in conversation that we had a hidden base with some extra loot we found. Eventually my other son, his older brother, found the cave and immediately ran in to nab our stuff. Worked like a charm and it was a fantastic experience for everyone else to witness.

[@micahsapwell7494]

I found out the infected wolf spider can get in the soda can and hit you threw the wall lol

[@BobaVett]

Once I learned the timing on that parry, I pretty much trivialized almost every encounter in the game. It was insane. Especially with how they stagger. I feel like that is one of the most invaluable skills to learn.

[@nocti6232]

If you prefer 2-h weapons the Koi Scale Armor helps. Having that bigger perfect block window can help make sure you get it if your timing is slightly off. Of course, if you are not confident in your knowledge of bug attack patterns it can be fatal being light armor with a few missed blocks. High Risk, High Reward.

[@amunago080]

@@nocti6232 same with the parry mutation.

[@CyrussNP]

I tried it with an Orb weaver spider. Parried twice but the third strike killed me 😭😭😭

[@CyrussNP]

@ktearose facts!

[@PassTheSnails]

Do not sleep on the koi armor! The bonus to parry window will give you parries that you do not deserve

[@nocti6232]

One tip I can add is when you come across a landmark of some sort like a juice box or can or anything else be sure you pan your camera up and look at it so it gets discovered (can be stubborn). Too many times people just walk by something a dozen+ times and never discover it. Why do you want to do this? Natural Explorer mutation which makes you run faster. Combined with Aphid Slippers you can really run!

[@nd-fs5xl]

Getting the locations to trigger is killing me, especially on juice boxes

[@117zombies]

Recent update says they made discovering things more consistent. 🍻

[@woofspider330]

Especially with the somewhat recent changes to Natural explorer, now you run even faster!

[@NoodleKeeper]

I think something a lot of people forget about, or don't know is that the little radio looking thing inside every lab and field station can be used to track basically any resource you have analyzed. It will even point you to which web sac/cluster has which bug part you want!

[@syco9154]

I love grounded so much, the devs have a nice humor and its like your playing a survival game genre for the first time again because you dont know what everything does, thanks for the no spoilers it makes the experience better and with tips

[@ryanschwiegershausen5781]

A huge tip that helped me is that you can cancel any attack into a block. With a shield or without. Super helpful against hard hitting enemies

[@bigsweaty3138]

hell yes, thank you for this

[@arnoschaefer28]

You can build stairs out of nothing but grass planks by combining half walls and half floors. There appears to be no height limit to this either.

[@mj-sw2nh]

OMG THIS TIP IS A BLESSING THANK YOU

[@ashtincbell]

Yooo pro tip right here 👌

[@anikatri]

Also you can make an elevator out of trampolines. Look into it if you haven’t

[@JohnnyTwos]

Here's a tip I discovered. When you make mushroom slurry or whatever it's called. Besides turning it into bricks you'll see that right click is drop. Find a weevil and drop it in front of it. Give it a sec and now you have extra storage space. Don't worry about leaving them behind. They will catch up eventually!

[@locket9160]

What is your preferred pet? I heard they said aphids give sprint stuff?

[@TheFlamingoBird]

@@locket9160 I think aphids take away the stamina cost of sprinting? I’m not sure tho.

[@sophierichardson7100]

You can have gnat pets too that help with dandelion glide speed, they like spoiled meat slurry

[@5amm0n79]

I feel baited. 900 hours and that's all you got? Beginner game mechanics that the game tells you about and some basic stuff. Now I admit I didn't know about the whole pop out of water to shoot and putting collectors under the juice but the other things? Buddy come on. Label this video as a beginner guide not tips from 900 hours.

[@jonathanmolina1428]

Yeh bro almost everything here I knew already and I’ve only really just scratched the surface of the game

[@asdecalaveras4885]

Cant know the weaknesses till u fight the boss, so It Will at least kill you once

[@hollywoodburford]

Lol. What an entitled brat.

[@Red_94016]

Came here to say the same thing

[@colinkelley9948]

Just 50 hours here and this is obvious

[@Romey1son]

Glad this has no spoilers, because I've seen way to many already. I've already put 200 hours into the game but I played most of that with no spoilers completely figuring out things on my own and man I did some dumb stuff looking back. Starting a new save for the full experience of 1.0 and having a blast especially since I know what to do now haha.

[@michael_m38]

i plan on getting the game tomorrow is it good?

[@_.L4RA._1]

@@michael_m38 yesss

[@michaelmahorney5031]

Absolutely

[@TheZeruth]

I don’t worry much when it comes to spoilers but I do know it bothers some people. I was really happy to hear it quickly into the video that homie was looking out for everyone. When I got to the end I had to toss a like his way and comment a bit. Good looking out

[@theupbeattwig]

The EverChar Torch is brighter than other torches and can be used in the pond as well as in land. It’s also repairable making it much better than other torches.

[@kooz7553]

So the final upgrade version of the torch is better than all the previous versions????? Wha?!?!?!?

[@binhchau6036]

try firefly head lamp

[@theupbeattwig]

@@binhchau6036 I used it for a little while but didn’t like that it took up an armory slot. When you have to put the torch away (2 handed weapons) you can always turn up your gamma a bit.

[@theupbeattwig]

@@kooz7553 theirs only (I think) three torches, one for each tier. The EverChar torch is the tier 3 version not an upgrade of the others.

[@Homelander-loves-milk]

If you wear the complete ant armor, they think you belong to them and don't attack you, I haven't tested yet whether it works with the spider armor, I'm still missing the helmet

[@hollownaruto2340]

A side note; You can relocate a pallet while carrying a full stack of weed stems or grass planks on your character as well.

[@uunngghh2610]

That berry leather tip is a game changer, thanks

[@petelawson3670]

Been playing since alpha and the best quality of life updates so far have to be: Walk over arrows to collect and floating backpacks on death. What do you think?

[@Umtam3d762]

yea love the new update

[@BlackWhiteCloud]

I died on the flying disc that's stuck in a tree but my backpack spawned in the ground next to a wolf spider. Like wtf

[@AParticularlyPointySoldier]

Now the quality of life is insane. Respawning at stations, only dropping materials on death (toggleable), sleeping until 6 AM, extra backpack row, 3 hot bar rows, etc. This game is great.

[@DominicanoCHL]

floating backbacks is really annoying if you are in the underwater lab because if you drown the backpack clips the ceiling and goes to the surface

[@kinghydrass]

When your oxygen reaches zero you will drown. Thank you for the enlightenment

[@truevoidchaos5980]

That leather thing was exactly what I needed! Also with enemies like the bombardier, stinkbugs and lady bugs I like to lure them to the anthill and they’ll kill them for getting too close

[@rovers141]

I just started a new save, decided I wanted some red ant mandibles for the club so I went to a nearby stink bug and lured him to the ant hill. He got stuck on the ant hill and started gassing all of the soldier ants and worker ants and killed everything while I watched from a safe distance. I finished him off which only took a few hits and walked away with stinkbug parts, a gas sack and TONS of red ant parts and mandibles 🤣

[@truevoidchaos5980]

@@rovers141 I remember doing that my first playthrough, it’s fantastic!

[@aksman4434]

you can also relocate entire chests full of resources if you're doing a big build and your bag space isn't enough, also never underestimate the power of daggers, the attack speed is double that of swords due to the faster animation (even when the game says they're the same speed) I've killed everything with daggers.

[@alexanderrichards239]

I learned most of this just by playing but bug parts in web sacs is new for me and a huge help. I thought they only contain web and spiderlings. .

[@l8lagonyl8l9]

U can also hold planks/stems in your hand while relocating the pallet. Ant armor, workers haul smoothie, haul badge make it easier.

[@neonelll]

This whole video is a total nonsense. It's a BASIC game mechanics which we all knew in first hour of the game and the game literally teaches you all these. What the hell you were doing with those 900 hours of yours??? For real, man..

[@kennethturner706]

Where is your "things I wish I knew before playing" video hotshot?

[@nefai2988]

I've got 331 hours, yet still learned 5 new things: 1:1 Berry Leather in Jerky Rack Sap collectors apparently don't suck now... they used to give one sap per day; seems like it's multiple per day now Egg sacks give something other than Spiderlings I noticed we can move built items now, but never thought to bring a pallet with me when farming grass/weeds Never would have tried sending grass/weeds down a zipline; then again, ziplines weren't in the game last time I played

[@mcdankydank3697]

took you 900 hours to read the tutorial?

[@graygeryhouse7817]

Yeah... was thinking the same. He's saying stuff that you figure out in first few hours. Or the game just outright tells you..

[@connellfamily6656]

Another tip for more fiber is to break the bottoms of the grass stalks after you chop them down

Are these the tips from 900 hours? Dude, this is the tutorial tips pretty much. Really useless.

[@salkree3207]

it’s not useless. It’s helpful to new players not so much pro players. He’s just saying he has a lot of time on the game and these are the best things to know to help you out on a new game

[@leolegacy4208]

Nah I agree. As a new player this is useless af to me I'm only 2 tips in and all he's told me to do is what the game tells you to do. Took this guy 900+ hours to realize what everyone does in 5 mins.

[@salkree3207]

@@leolegacy4208 he was saying that’s his time on the game not how long it took him

[@leolegacy4208]

@@salkree3207 first 3 tips "do what the tutorial tells you" omg so helpful 👏 😄

[@salkree3207]

@@leolegacy4208 1v1 me in grounded

[@FatherDinny]

I’m playing this game at the minute and i’m hooked! So much more enjoyable than other survival games

[@Pestilencemage]

The water dome has an automated muscle farm. They make a great potion base, serving as my primary HP potions. Toss a marker on the dome exit if not a zip line to a landing pad above it.

[@SaberRusty]

If you place an object at the bottom of a ladder and look down at it whilst on the ladder, you can relocate that object to a higher elevation instead of having to build a huge staircase to where ever you want it to go.

[@ItsRayful]

bro.

[@getsplash3d]

You can use the pebblet spear to fight underwater, stabbing and throwing. The non-aggressive pond creatures are a 1 shot throw with javelineer equipped and the pebblet spears float to the top if you miss.

[@everettkarnatz5338]

I’m a little late but I just wanted to say I am trying to beat the game without armor. It’s gone well, pond and haze labs are done, I plan on beating the broodmother but no other bosses

[@Derny_Boy]

If you use the spinning wheels and then go to bed once u wake up they’re all be done. Quick tip if u need resources fast and can sleep. It’ll make everything done when u wake up

[@peterlankton935]

These are your best tips with over 900 hours? Dude nice that you did the video but these are things ever monkey would get while playing normally.

[@thatonesnek2456]

one time when i was playing i was exploring behind the tree and stumbled across a sleeping wolf spider, and at the same time my sca.b went off and i immediately said, "idc if there's a field station near here. because that right there is what we call a wolf spider, and i am NOT messing with that!

[@OnePintJohnny]

Thank you for this, very helpful. Loving Grounded so far, great game.

[@ThunderChickenCaw]

You can collect water drops by throwing pebbles as well

[@undermyguns7509]

Ok so basically if you try to slow your talking down you can get a little more out you stumble too hard over your words but great video

[@djhauffy]

0.75 x Video Playback Speed

[@rovers141]

Totally irrelevant but I'm saying it anyway 🤣. I wish they would introduce some kind of grass killer like maybe a machine or a bottle of Roundup, so you can clear areas for bases and keep the grass from growing. It would be especially useful for ziplines, sometimes you have to build the zipline incredibly high just to avoid hitting grass blades depending on where you are.

[@diamonds420]

Just chop the stumps and they won't grow back.

[@hughjass1976]

@@diamonds420 that's not true

[@diamonds420]

@@hughjass1976 it's true for me. I chopped the stumps up and the grass doesn't grow back. Maybe it's a setting that can be turned on or off.

[@eveekat4446]

FYI the pallet trick works with storage containers as well

[@joeymiller5331]

I love that a game accepted that people move storage boxes filled with things. Every other survival game I've played has never had that

[@drakelynel3573]

@@joeymiller5331 Yeah it's surprising. I'm chopping grasses and moving it to my base until I find this video. It makes me feel dumb 😂.

[@caydenwise4298]

This video has nothing actually helpful for anyone who has actually played the game for longer than 10 minutes. Like “when your oxygen reaches 0 you will die” like what is that kinda advice is that give us something useful

[@jaydixon9461]

The game: Wolf Spiders are tear 2 creatures. THIS IS A LIE. DO NOT FIGHT THE WOLF SPIDERS.

[@PietroFolda]

You don't need an arrow to reach water drops, you can throw a rock at it c:

[@jasomon2115]

900 hours in and you basically said everything that one normally learns about 20 hrs in. Disliked

[@RyanB571]

Ive returned recently to grounded since the mosquito update. And i must say wow soo much has changed, ive had to re-learn the whole game

[@geimenberg1718]

The part with the bow shooting the dew, I found out that simply throwing your weapon or tool works the same, and you can just jump to get it back, and I think they fall on their own too.

[@the3dotsguy...610]

4:37 also u can throw a rock. More useful for beginners

[@Canalnameyouhappy]

I was expecting more hidden tricks from a 900hr player. "Analyze everything", "Peep every creature"... Those are basic obvious gameplay features, the game pretty much forces you to use them in like the first hour of gameplay...

[@dsparchive9341]

ikr...

[@joebarracuda6038]

You're stumbling over your words, take a breath Cokemouth

[@derpasoruswrecks2773]

Tip #11: if you didnt have arachnohobia before, YOU WILL AFTER. Some look to be the size of an SUV and will run your ass down while biting it Tip #12: spiders + night = DETH. Wolf spiders are nocturnal hunters. Meaning they hunt at night. And they are deadly early game DO NOT EVEN TRY. Also its terrifying to be in a cave, your torch go out, and all you hear is that hiss/howl before youre zero'd

[@matrixinterface]

wow, we should do the things the tutorial taught us to do and not run out of oxygen while swimming. Well thank goodness I found this video! After 900 hours that's your hot advice? I appreciate anyone who is doing their part to help and educate new players but why not tell us to not run out of health while you're at it?

[@modifier9]

I noticed if you wear the red ant armour the warrior red ants ignore completely

[@erikestigoy6563]

thats the set armor perk

[@benthebeaver]

Bruh I've got 300hrs in the game and I had never thought of trying to put building materials ON the zipline. That blew my mind!

[@SasaUSilly]

Brooo… why didnt i think about moving the pallet! I am 211 days in and ive built maybe 4 mega bases…. All while carrying my grass and stems… fml

[@mrbloodhound009]

Bro take a breath lol

[@wadesworld6250]

When moving a full grass pallet or weed pallet, fill up on all the weed stems or grass planks you can carry too.

[@CosmicCyber]

I have trouble playing this game because of my arachnophobia so I always build walls around the tree spider area to block it from coming out, NO IDEA IF THATS A GOOD IDEA, sometimes the walls were broken too

[@HighDiver5555]

Ya know there's a mode specifically for people with arachnophobia that makes the spiders less scary?

[@GabriellMcCullough]

Theres a mode to make them not look like spiders. But i also blocked them in because i just dont like spiders 😂 my friends didnt like that because they like farming the spiders

[@fruitsalad1362]

skill issue

[@AChunkyDog]

Phobias are some of the most goofy and illogical things I can imagine humans concocting. It's a game.

[@v_khd]

I have a tips: Save as much you can

[@DSLUFC83]

Fastest way to get plant fiber is to chop the base of the grass blade, it drops 4-8 fiber no reason you should be spinning fiber when you can get 100 in a minute

[@MrMichaelHarper]

It's a short term fix I have had grass not grow back by doing that or it take a lot longer to grow back

[@jasomon2115]

This right here. Dude has 900 hours and brought nothing good to the table

[@especiallyabsent]

Playback at .75 for this to sound normal

[@Godeias]

The pallet and Zipline tips were so simple but so genius! Thank you

[@Aquajoda]

Me: fighting this whole time with 0 mutations equipped :)

[@runnut5]

List so basic I'm shocked "drink water to not die" isn't on it

[@chosen1one930]

This is noob type stuff, any real person will know it

[@etpe4830]

i mean analyze everything ... who played this game for 10 min and gave up because they couldn't progress. content is content! churn it out

[@Raphael_27]

Bruh most of this stuff i learned in the first hour. Glad to know i have gamer senses

[@lucifermorningstar4503]

Copl u speak so fast i had to slow u down lol thanks 4 info

[@radioactivespeeder2591]

After you chop down a piece of grass you can cut down the bottom part of it to get I think it’s 4 fiber it might be 3 though

[@rndm0077]

If you purposely die with your backpack filled with rare items from different parts of the map. Your can transfer all lost backpacks once per day back to the suitcase to retrieve them alll in one fare swoop in the starting settings.

[@Steph11e]

I needed this. Stumbled upon the deadly area and got attacked left right and centre and died. Didn't know how to get back there, without dying, to retrieve my stuff

[@anounymosgamer]

The "arrow to get the dew" works with anything that can be thrown. I once had been on a looting spree and accumulated over 40 rocks, and I just used that to grab dew (or when trying to hurt a monstie from afar)

[@zombislayerx8361]

The color of the exclamation is for the type AND the REAL use of shooting an arrow instead of hitting the grass is when the droplet is above dirty water. You need the timming tho...

[@notquitelikebro]

Thank you this is what I’ve been looking for no other Yt did it the way u did and I appreciate that and all your hard work you’ve gained a follower

[@N.i.g.h.t.m.a.r.e.z]

Jesus slow down you talk way too fast lol

[@AlvosTiger]

After 900 hours of playing and the thumbnail "I wish i knew sooner", you come up with most basic things, the game also forces you to do anyway... So you tell things you learn at the start of the game, like analyze things, that you wish to knew sooner?

[@Zaroff91]

One of your best tips after playing over 900 hours is "if your oxygen reaches zero, you will drown"? Lmao

[@dsparchive9341]

Peeping and Scanning? Please rename this video to basic beginner tutorial. None of these are handy things people wouldn't already know...

[@onewayheart]

Thanks Milton. I'm starting a file tonight and appreciate the tips.

[@cowsgohuh7328]

Omg the dings. Jfc.

[@PhyrricSpirit]

Always put fresh enchant on the tier 3 black Ox hammer because a majority of bugs weak to busting are also weak to fresh. I honestly use my tier 3 ox hammer w fresh and tier 3 termite ax w spicy more than most of the weapons in the game. And I’m in late game upper backyard area.

[@flysoup3607]

I like using the mint mace instead and putting salty on the hammer for black ox beetles

[@VersionBest]

I just started playing this game and @4:36 I just throw a rock at the water droplets and it will fall down. Rocks are plentiful everywhere.

[@ICBMUSER]

When building stairways out of mushroom brick, use the half stairs to get 1.5x more distance out of em

[@TyL3RAdAmZ]

It really took you 900 hours hours to learn all this ??? You pretty much learn this within an hour of playing or less Last part ill give to you I didn't know about that

[@stonecoldstunner12]

You can also carry planks while transporting a pallet full of planks 😊

[@jalbertking5170]

i had literally no idea about equipting mutations... i also spent forever trying to figure out why my danelion wouldnt work and keep falling to my death

[@heavymetal19610]

Solid content thxs!

[@alexchameleon8497]

21st advice - you can use WASD buttons to move your character. 22d advice - you can use your PC mouse to look around. 23d advise - if you want you may play this game, if you don't want then don't play. Another shit video....

[@jkgaming0565]

That flower pedal tip just helped sooo much. I’m trying to get lady bug armor and I was like why are there only 3 pedals

[@deonvermeulen1347]

daneelion lol

[@DMiTree]

Another tip I feel like it's pretty obvious but I missed it in the first half hour of playing the game, when you chop down grass for grass planks it leaves the remnant stock on the ground and you can chop it down for additional plant fiber. Same thing for the dry grass but in additional dry grass chunks. Waste not want not! 😁👍

[@DBrew4xD]

If you leave the base then grass will grow back unsure if it works for dry grass as I haven’t paid enough attention to it

[@DMiTree]

@@DBrew4xD yepp I have noticed that. And no for the dry grass it wont grow back because its dead.

[@joeymiller5331]

The dandelion stumps give even more fiber than the grass

[@DMiTree]

Yes they do, but when you completely chop them down they don't grow back so if you would like some things to regrow so you can use them again don't chop them all the way down.

[@justvixal]

I thought analyzing everything was common knowledge

[@gringuss]

Maybe I’m a bit ahead of my time but I wonder if it’s possible to beat the game without taking damage…

[@ritter3723]

the hardest part would prob be assistant manager, seeing as all the solider ants could bite you or assistant managers tesla things could shock you

[@waifai9802]

dark souls and fallout made a child born with microsomia. No really, this is like bugs life made a child with toy story. Ant-man fucked rick&morty. "Honey, i shrunk a wolf spider"

[@JamieNotLamie]

Pro tip for when you need to move a lot of materials: You can relocate a palate WHILE you're carrying a stack of stuff in hand! Put ant armor on to carry 8, and workers comp smoothie makes for 10. Then relocate the stack at the same time and you have plenty of supplies!

[@llew-AZ]

Oh man, I just started playing this and built a base on a Lily pad as well. Opening scene affirmation.

[@suminshizzles6951]

I put more than 128 days in one WoW character so i should stop moaning about the games' difficulty. It is just unfamiliar. I made an axe. I am not gonng to use the controller, the 360, i find it way to slow to do stuff with.

[@xx51m0nxx]

I have a good way for beginners to kill bigger insects: Throw the pebble axe (or speer). It will do way more damage than normal hitting. And when you build yourself like 15 or so you can kill spiders way faster

[@Denver-tq3vf]

Wolf spider gets stuck by the tree I build my house on a leaf and when it attacks it gets stuck farm that venom

[@-Commit-arson-]

Grounded is the type of game where if you don’t know how to perform the combat mechanic properly You cannot play the game ie. Perfect block

[@jill2668]

Make a stuffed spiderling and activate it before going to harvest egg sacs for better luck getting bug parts