Grounded 2 Releases New Update for August 2025

Obsidian Entertainment has released a new update for Grounded 2, fixing some glitches and improving the overall performance of the popular survival game. While none of these tweaks seem to be major changes, Patch 0.1.3 still considerably improves Grounded 2, offering a more stable experience for gamers.

Announced back in June during the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, Grounded 2 was released in early access last month. Set in Brookhollow Park, Grounded’s sequel sees the return of the core mechanics found in the previous survival title, while adding a few new features, such as the ability to mount bugs, new weapons, and fresh building tools.

Patch 0.1.3 for Grounded 2 continues to improve the game, focusing on fixing a number of bugs, including combat and UI glitches. The update also adds several “game repair” options, which can help players by moving creatures back to their original spaces or sending the Buggy back to the nest. Quality-of-life updates were also added to Grounded 2, like Snail Shells automatically despawning after 24 hours. Obsidian introduced a maximum number of saves per game world, too, to prevent performance problems caused by gamers having too many saves. Considerable improvements were also made to Grounded 2’s stability, increasing performance by 30% when compared to the previous version of the game.

It’s not surprising to see most of the recent fixes to Grounded 2 aimed at fixing glitches and performance issues. Despite still being in early access, Grounded 2 is a massive game, with its starting area being around the same size as the entire first entry.

Fortunately, more content will be added to the survival game soon. A few weeks ago, Obsidian revealed the early access roadmap for Grounded 2. The Fall Update is set to add more recipes, armor, weapons, as well as new languages, while during the winter, new monsters, systems, and a Buggy will be offered. In 2026 and beyond, Obsidian will add more Mutations, equipment, Buggy customizations, Park Bosses, and much more.

Overall, Grounded 2 had a great reception so far, with many gamers enjoying their time in Brookhollow Park as they tame insects and explore their surroundings. Soon after being added to Xbox Game Pass, Grounded 2 was already a big hit, appearing among the Top 10 most-played Xbox games in early August. Hopefully, Obsidian Entertainment will continue to add more content and fixes at a quick pace, and the title will be able to maintain its popularity.

Grounded 2 Update 0.1.3 Patch Notes (August 25, 2025)

Quality of Life Updates

• Snail Shells will now automatically despawn after 24 hours.
• Added various “Game Repair Options for fixing saves: We intend this to be a quick fix while we work on an some major changes down the road
  • Added a “Creature Reset option” – This should move back all creatures to their intended locations
  • Added a “Reset Buggy” option – This will send all Buggy’s back to the nest no matter the state they are in around The Park.
• Added UI about Save Data limits being capped to 10.
  • In 0.1.2 update we put a limit on the amount of saves a player can have per world. Players before the update can still have hundreds of saves and we are noticing various performance issues because of this change. We recommend deleting unneeded saves to increase your performance.

Major Bug Fixes

• We’ve made significant improvements to game stability, with an estimated 30% performance gain compared to version 0.1.2.1.
  • As we are in Early Access, we will continue to improve performance and stability throughout development.
• Crash Fixes:
  • Resolved a crash triggered when fleeing from the ORC Wave.
  • Fixed crashes occurring when accessing various UI menus.
  • Addressed several other crash scenarios.
• General performance improvements were made when opening UI.
• Fixed various issues on the backend with not being to login to your Microsoft account on all platforms.
• Resolved an issue where certain players could not start the Mysterious Stranger Fight in certain scenarios.
• Fixed a progression break where the passage to Ice Sickles arena would become blocked after a Save and Load.
• Resolved an issue where some creatures appeared without textures.
• Patched several duplication exploits involving Buggy inventory.
• Fixed an issue where consumables used on Buggies had infinite duration.

Story/Quests

• Players who complete the MIX.R before doing the ORC Receivers quests, will now have all quests up to “Wait Theres More” be auto completed upon completion of the MIX.R.

The Park

• Resources will no longer respawn through player-built structures.
  • You will have to chop down resources already growing through your base after the update, but after chopping it down it should not return.
• ORC creatures will now remain stationed at their intended guard posts instead of roaming.
• Fixed an issue where players were prompted to repurchase pebblet foundations.
• Players should no longer spawn on top of the skybox.

Buggies

• Removed Unused Torch UI from the buggy
  • The User can still equip a torch on their buggy:
    • Mouse and Keyboard: By using “5” or use “V” for the Hotpouch.
    • For Controller: Hold “LB” then use the Right stick to select the torch.

Combat

• Fixed a bug where only two mutations were equipped after saving and loading.
• Addressed multiple bugs related to losing equipment.
• The mantis should no longer freeze mid-air during its jump attack.
• Fixed a bug where certain ORC Creature cards could not be retrieved after defeating them.
  • This fix should be retroactive to your save file.

Audio

• Corrected various robotic voice from various teenagers.

UI

• Rust will now display correctly instead of showing as an “Invalid Harvest Node.”
• Fixed the issue where changing the Omni-Tool Key Bind in the Settings, does not update the UI Prompt for the “Repair” Action
• Resolved the Omni-Tool and Interact key binds were conflicting with each other.

Grounded 2

Systems

Released

2025

ESRB

Teen / Violence, Blood

Publisher(s)

Xbox Game Studios

Engine

Unreal Engine 5

Multiplayer

Online Co-Op

Prequel(s)

Grounded

Number of Players

Single-player

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