Improving your gear, shelter and survival skills over time can feel rewarding, especially since newer items often offer a substantial benefit over older ones.Įven when you know where you need to go, exploring the map can be a joyless slog. You come back to your base (which you can also build up and customize via crafting), make better items, and repeat the process. Slaying tougher insects nets you tougher hides going further afield can get you more exotic plants, such as blueberries or dandelions. You craft a few basic resources, such as a pebble ax and some clover armor, then go out exploring. You can analyze the resources you find to gain “Raw Science” (essentially experience points), which teaches you new recipes over time. Just about everything you find in Grounded - plants, pebbles and insect parts, primarily - is part of at least one crafting recipe. But once you get past the initial thrill of discovery, gathering food and water is simply a bit of busywork that you have to do every day.Ĭrafting is the most substantial part of the game, but whether you find the process engrossing or tedious depends a lot on your tolerance for the genre. Roasted meat and fresh dewdrops work much better, particularly when you find a way to store additional supplies and carry them with you. Raw insect meat is a no-go, as is stagnant water you find lying on the ground.

At first, figuring out what you can eat and drink feels rewarding.

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