Grounded Releases Update 1.4.1

Grounded Releases Update 1.4.1

• Grounded’s 1.4.1 update brings major fixes
• Optimization improvements across the board in the latest Grounded update for better performance and smoother multiplayer gameplay.
• Obsidian Entertainment’s last major content update for Grounded was Fully Yolked.

A new update has been released for Grounded, with several major issues being addressed. These changes include balance updates, bug fixes, and optimization improvements across the board that should make Grounded that much more enjoyable for both new and returning players.

Starting as an early access title in 2020, Grounded quickly grew in popularity, offering players a unique twist on the popular survival genre. In Grounded, players are shrunken down to the size of insects as they try and stay alive in their own backyard. Getting started in Grounded can be quite a challenge, with players being tasked with finding materials, upgrading items, and fighting a variety of enemy bugs like spiders, ants, and bees. The gameplay and design of Grounded will be especially exciting for fans of classic sci-fi adventures, with the game being reminiscent of iconic films like Disney’s Honey I Shrunk The Kids. In order to succeed, players will need to use all of their best survival instincts, with Grounded recently receiving some serious upgrades in its latest patch.

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Obsidian Entertainment has released the official patch notes for Grounded’s 1.4.1 update, which brings a plethora of changes that seek to improve the already popular survival game. Major changes include fixes to Grounded’s respawn mechanic, with players no longer respawning with a dark screen for 3 seconds after dying. Alongside normal enemy encounters, Grounded also features boss fights, with this being a key focal point in the game’s latest update. Players will now notice that Boss shout attacks and Wasp Drone shouts will no longer trigger infusion AOE attacks while in New Game+. In addition, creatures involved with base attacks, as well as Waft Emitter attacks, will now no longer freeze. Milk Molar upgrades will now correctly carry over when players activate New Game+ in Grounded.

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Other changes include a fix to the Microsoft Account login screen, which previously displayed the wrong error message, and improvements to how bases load in-game. Optimization upgrades abound in Grounded’s 1.4.1 update, with performance improving across the game as a whole. Memory usage has been reduced, with rendering performance of interior locations being significantly improved. Players will also notice smoother performance while playing Grounded’s multiplayer mode as a result.

Obsidian Entertainment rolled out Grounded’s last major content update earlier this year, the Fully Yolked update. This update brought about some major changes to Grounded but also acted as the game’s final major update. With Grounded’s Fully Yolked update being the last confirmed piece of new content coming to the game, fans have been left speculating about the possibility of a sequel in the future.

Grounded Update 1.4.1 Patch Notes

MAJOR FIXES:

• Players no longer respawn with a dark screen for 3 seconds after dying to a boss and respawning in Single player.
• Creatures involved in base attacks or Waft Emitter attacks no longer freeze up for clients when arriving.
• Boss shout attacks and Wasp Drone shouts in New Game+ no longer trigger infusion AOE attacks on anything their shout hits.
• Milk Molar upgrades for clients properly carry over when activating New Game+.
• Bases no longer load in with some structures incorrectly noting that they are supporting the entire base.
• Fixed the Microsoft Account login screen incorrectly showing the wrong environment error (fixed in prior hot fix build).

CHANGES:

• Increased damage reduction amount for the random trinket status effect +Damage Resist from 10% to 50%.
• You can activate text chat via the gamepad on consoles.

OPTIMIZATIONS:

• Improved performance across the game in general.
• Improved performance when playing in Multiplayer mode.
• Reduced memory usage across the game.
• Playgrounds with lots of links will run with better performance when in Play mode.
• Improved rendering performance inside interior spaces on lower settings.

CRASH FIXES:

• Fixed crash that could occur sometimes after looting a dead pet and an autosave triggers.
• Fixed crash that could occur when completing a conversation.
• Fixed crash that could occur when a client rejoins a game where their last saved data was while they were knocked out.
• Fixed crash that could occur when a client loads into a yard with bases built.
• Fixed crashes that could occur randomly during playthroughs.

OTHER BUG FIXES:

• Voice Chat settings properly reapply after closing and reopening the game.
• Loading a game while in the Pond Lab no longer shows an underwater effect onscreen.
• A few pieces of the oak lab roots no longer pop out at a short distance on Low settings.
• Lighting properly transitions if a defense event is active.
• Pond lab cutscene properly works for clients who are far away when the cutscene activates.
• Duplicating infused weapons properly copy over the random effect.
• Improved water quality on low settings.
• Clients no longer get a Raw Science notification immediately on join.
• Siren lights near the Black Anthill boss fight properly animate when in view.

NINTENDO SWITCH

• The water fog when looking outside of the Pond Lab dome no longer pops in and out.
• Improved performance in the various labs that are displaying a camera feed to a door you unlock.
• Reduced the amount of art popping that happens in interiors.
• Playgrounds properly load on the Switch.
• Host and Client mics are properly detected if they don’t have their mics connected into the Switch when joining a game and later connect one.

Grounded

Grounded is a unique survival game from developer Obsidian Entertainment in which players take control of shrunken kids stranded in a backyard world filled with all sorts of creepy crawly dangers.

Platform(s)Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox OneReleasedSeptember 27, 2022Developer(s)Obsidian EntertainmentPublisher(s)Xbox Game StudiosGenre(s)Survival Horror, RPGMultiplayerOnline Co-Op, Cross-playESRBT for Teen: Blood, Mild Language, Violence See at SteamSee at Xbox Games Store