Grounded 2: 100 Reasons to Run in the Rot and Ruin Update

Survive the Rot and Ruin Update

Brookhollow Park is getting a little more rotten. The Rot and Ruin Update expands Grounded 2 with a new area to explore, dangerous creatures to face, another Buggy to saddle up on, and new ways to customize both your gear and your home away from home.

Explore the Woodpile

A new adventure awaits in the Woodpile, where towering structures and winding passages have become home to a familiar threat. Termites are back, including Workers, Soldiers, the mighty Termite King, and new O.G.R.R. variants. But these aren’t exactly the Termites you remember. Keep an eye out for new attacks and some particularly strange behavior as you make your way deeper into their territory.

And Termites aren’t the biggest thing lurking among the rot. One of the community’s most requested creatures is finally crawling into the Park. Prepare to face the Centipede, a formidable new boss with plenty of legs and even more reasons to run.

Saddle Up on the Potato Beetle

Need some backup? The Potato Beetle Buggy is ready to roll. Bigger than the Ladybug Buggy and built for close-range combat, this Potato Beetle Buggy can unleash a spread of projectiles against creatures in front of it and use its Healing Roar to help keep you in the fight. It can also haul resources and contribute materials to blueprints while you’re out building across the Park.

Paint the Park

Your base, your colors. Painting gives builders a new way to personalize their creations by crafting paint and putting it to use with a new paintball gun we are calling the Splotcher. Walls, floors, roofs, stairs, doors, and other structures can take on a fresh coat of color, giving you even more ways to make your corner of Brookhollow Park your own.

Take Your Gear Further

The Fall Update also introduces a new way to keep your favorite equipment growing alongside you. Weapons and armor can be upgraded to higher Tiers using Bismuth, a new resource connected to the strange forces of Raw Science beneath the Park. Gather it, refine it, and put it to work at the new Yoking Press to make your equipment even stronger.

And there’s still more to discover, including new SCA.B Themes, collectible miniatures, new stations, and more when Rot and Ruin arrives in Grounded 2 this fall.

Grounded 2 (XBOX Game Preview) is available now for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass. Also available on Steam through Early Access and PlayStation 5. Version 1.0 will arrive in 2027.

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Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. Survive a sprawling open world alone or in co-op with friends. Craft weapons, forge armor, and build bases while exploring the park on your trusty Buggy mounts. Unravel hidden mysteries and face unexpected threats. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you. Shrunk to the size of an ant, you’ll find once-familiar spaces turned into a sprawling, uncharted frontier. Survive alone or in co-op with friends, crafting weapons, forging armor, and building bases as you explore manmade playgrounds overgrown by nature. Traverse this new realm on trusty Buggy mounts—your capable allies—and uncover the mysteries lurking beneath bright colors and towering structures. But stay wary: something else is out there, and it hasn’t forgotten you. Survive, Adapt, Overcome The world is relentless, but so are you. Shape your adventure with unique archetypes, each offering distinct abilities to match your playstyle. Whether you rely on precision, cunning, or sheer strength, you’ll need every advantage to survive against the threats lurking in the park. Stronger Together The perils of the park are daunting alone, but with friends, every challenge becomes an adventure. Work together to build, fight, and uncover the secrets buried beneath the grass. Whether you’re facing danger side by side or continuing your journey in a shared world, survival is always better with allies. Because Walking is Bogus They scurry, they fight, and now—they help you survive. Hatch, raise, and ride your own insect friends – Buggies! Saddle up and traverse through the park, fight on them or alongside them in battle, or use them to gather resources and build your base. The right partner could mean the difference between thriving and barely surviving. A Shadow That Follows You The threat is always there—watching, learning, waiting. You don’t know where it’s coming from, only that it never leaves. The deeper you dig, the closer it gets. Some mysteries should stay buried, but it’s too late now. It knows you’re looking. And it’s ready. Every answer drags you deeper, every step invites something closer. You were never alone. You thought you were in control. You were wrong.

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