Great news for those of us who’ve been looking on from the sidelines, clutching our DualSenses and Joy-Cons as the folks with Xboxes and gaming PCs go on grand, pint-sized adventures in the backyard with Obsidian’s excellent Grounded – it’s out now on PS5, PS4 and Switch!
Not only that, but it launches alongside one last major content update, bringing it up to version 1.4 and branding the entire package as Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition.
Other than finding a home on new platforms (with cross-play!), Grounded’s latest update also adds some exciting new features like Ant Queens that players can choose to ally with or betray for far-reaching ramifications, a New Game+ mode with a ton of new features to find, a heap of quality-of-life updates and added content, Playgrounds tweaks and improvements and more.
You can find Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition on the PlayStation Store here and on the Nintendo Switch eShop here.
Hey Grounded fans! We are proud to present to you the “Fully Yoked” 1.4 update: the premiere Grounded experience swole with new content.
Each of the three ant colonies now has a royal leader residing deep within their respective hills. These new Ant Queens are not fightable bosses. They instead offer you a choice: either befriend or betray with a tasty offering. Which you choose affects the rewards you receive and how the colony reacts. Some choices have cascading effects that aren’t immediately apparent…
Next up, we’ve remixed your backyard! Introducing the New Game+ mode: a complete overhaul that adds layers of complexity and challenge. Instead of finishing the game, you will have the option to enter an alternate dimension via the new REMIX.R device. Each playthrough in this mode remixes the yard in a host of ways that will give you new challenges and rewards.
Accessing New Game+ requires defeating the Broodmother, Mantis, Wasp Queen, and completing the Javamatic fight. When entering this mode, all of your existing bases, items, recipes unlocks, etc. will carry over with you.
INFUSED CREATURES
In Remixed backyards, creatures can be infused with the power of Raw Science. Not only do they have more health, do more damage, and attack faster, but they also have unique properties that make them extra challenging.
NEW TRINKETS
The good news is that infused creatures can drop special trinkets that are also infused with Raw Science. These new trinkets also have special randomized properties. Ominent Badges can be collected again, and have new properties, and every BURG.L Chip awards a new BURG.L Chip Trinket, they too will have randomized properties to give you more options on how to build your character.
YOKING STATION +10
The Yoking Station, available at the ASL in a remixed yard, allows you to upgrade your weapons to even more powerful levels. To upgrade your weapons, you will need to find new materials and resources only found in remixed yards.
SLURP THE CORE WITH MORE MOLARS
Molars can be gathered once more, and you will need to continue to collect them to stay as swole as the creatures of the yard. In a remixed yard, the molars are now in new, randomized locations.
NEW ASL ADDITIONS
There are a large number of new additions to the Science Shop. Check out the ASL for a new sign set, the Yoking Station, new weapons, equipment, and more, that can only be purchased in a remixed yard. To help with purchasing the new items there are new Raw Science spawn locations, and MIX.Rs have increased rewards.
EVEN MORE
There are other changes that are made to the yard in a remixed world, including more loot chests, different candy, and some other surprises.
The game can now be played additional platforms, including the newly added PlayStation 4|5 and Nintendo Switch. Players across all platforms can experience this Grounded: Fully Yoked edition of the final game, together, with crossplay!
“BUGS FIGHT EACH OTHER” CUSTOM GAME OPTION
LINK COLORS
MULTIPLAYER LOAD GAME
RECOVER PETS
OBJECT CAPACITY
PLAYGROUND LINK COPY/PASTE
PLAYGROUND BROWSER FILTERING
REPORTING PLAYGROUNDS
NEW BUILDINGS
NEW PET
NEW EQUIPMENT
A lot of these will be found only in New Game+
NEW MUTATIONS
NEW SIGNS
4 NEW ACHIEVEMENTS
FULL JAPANESE VOICE OVERS
There are a number of new props that are now available to be placed in Playgrounds. This includes the Jack o Lantern, Ice Caps Box, Big TazT, Big Dice, Wendell Chair, Big SCA.B Mesh, Stump Bark and Pulp, Rash, Yoked Girth and Yogi Swole, Quarter, Garden Light, Milk Molar Bottle and Lid, Gnome, Baseball Bat, Trash Bag, Pink Slip, Anarchis, Lab Dome, Pink Flower Petals, Cattails, Honeycomb, Lilypad, Shovel, Cacti, Charcoal Bag, Moldorc’s Castle, the Bird Bath, and more.
COMBAT
ANIMATION
ARMOR AND WEAPONS
ITEMS
UI
AUDIO
PLAYGROUNDS
OPTIMIZATION