The Shroom and Doom update is finally here.
The Shroom and Doom update, or version 0.10, has arrived for Grounded, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. This update is one of the biggest content drops for Grounded in quite some time. It was featured during Microsoft and Bethesda’s E3 Presentation, and now the update is available for players on all platforms. Here’s everything new in the Shroom and Doom update for Grounded.
Grounded Shroom and Doom Update Patch Notes
NEW FEATURES
CREATURES
Boss – The Broodmotherc
- Find the new Broodmother Den to encounter the first-ever boss in Grounded!
- She must be lured out with a craftable treat called the Broodmother BLT.
- 1 new Armor Piece and 1 new Weapon can be crafted from her parts!
ARC.R
She must be lured out with a craftable treat called the Broodmother BLT.
The latest in the range of modified TAYZ.Ts is an enhanced defense variant called the ARC.R. Outfitted with a capacitor stack and hefty arm cannon, ARC.Rs unleash energized balls of charged static for a greater challenge in lab combat.
PETS (PHASE 1)
Weevils and Aphids can now be tamed as pets!
Each requires a specific type of food to tame.
Pets can be safely left in the base at a Pet House. Yes, you can craft Pet Houses now!
Can be equipped with various cosmetics.
You can pet them!
WEAPONS
New Weapon Type: Crossbow
Higher damage than a normal bow.
Slower firing speed and reload time.
Uses the same ammo types.
BUILDINGS
New Structural Pieces for Existing Materials
- New Grass Buildings:
- Half Wall
- Curved Half Wall
- Crenelated Half Wall
- Crenelated Curved Half Wall
- Curved Wall
- Curved Door
- New Clover Buildings:
- Flat Roof
- Peaked Roof
- Peaked Dome Roof
- New Stem Buildings:
- Half Wall
- Curved Half Wall
- Curved Wall
- Curved Door
- Curved Palisade
- Curved Palisade Door
- New Stuffed Creatures:
- Ladybug
- Stinkbug
Building Flipping
Half Wall
Curved Half Wall
Crenelated Half Wall
Crenelated Curved Half Wall
Curved Wall
Curved Door
Flat Roof
Peaked Roof
Peaked Dome Roof
Half Wall
Curved Half Wall
Curved Wall
Curved Door
Curved Palisade
Curved Palisade Door
Ladybug
Stinkbug
A few buildings can now be flipped horizontally or vertically while placing them. This includes Spiral Stairs, Acorn Stair Railings, and Triangular Walls.
Building Wall Replacement System
- Structure pieces (walls, windows, etc.) can now be replaced by other versions without first demolishing the existing piece. Just place the new piece over the old one and add the ingredients.
New Production Buildings
- Oven
- Cooks several materials into a new material or item. Build one to discover what you can do with it!
- Grinder
- Breaks down materials into new materials. Just like the oven, you’ll have to build one to discover what to do with it!
Mushroom Garden Update
Cooks several materials into a new material or item. Build one to discover what you can do with it!
Breaks down materials into new materials. Just like the oven, you’ll have to build one to discover what to do with it!
Renamed Mushroom Garden to Garden Patch.
Garden Patch now requires items to be planted before producing materials.
Mushroom → Mushroom
Raw Fiber → Raw Fiber
Sprig → Sprig
Clover Top → Clover
Different fertilizers produce different effects.
Spoiled meat will be able to help you with this, hooray!
Result item depends on what’s planted:
Fertilizers can be used to augment growth.
New Tier of Base Buildings (Mushroom Brick, Crow Feathers)
Mushroom → Mushroom
Raw Fiber → Raw Fiber
Sprig → Sprig
Clover Top → Clover
Different fertilizers produce different effects.
Spoiled meat will be able to help you with this, hooray!
Result item depends on what’s planted:
Fertilizers can be used to augment growth.
Mushroom Brick Buildings are now available!
Wall
Half Wall
Crenelated Half Wall
Arch
Curved Wall
Curved Half Wall
Triangle Wall
Windowed Wall
Curved Windowed Wall
Door
Curved Door
Walls:
Doors:
Crow Feather Roofs are now available:
8 roof pieces total
These are unlocked via a new BURG.L Chip in the WIP Haze lab (now accessible)!
New Building Type: Pillars
Wall
Half Wall
Crenelated Half Wall
Arch
Curved Wall
Curved Half Wall
Triangle Wall
Windowed Wall
Curved Windowed Wall
Door
Curved Door
Walls:
Doors:
8 roof pieces total
Pillars of various types can now be built:
Clay Pillar
Stem Pillar
Pebblet Pillar
Mushroom Pillar
SITTING IN CHAIRS
Yes… you read that correctly.
- Clay Pillar
- Stem Pillar
- Pebblet Pillar
- Mushroom Pillar
ACHIEVEMENTS
20 Achievements have been added to the game (for all platforms). These are an initial set and more will be added as the game continues to grow. We are currently working on the functionality to make them unlock if you have previously completed the task, but there is a chance this may not be possible. Certain achievements for completing tasks such as “kill a wolf spider” or “craft an item” will need to be completed again to unlock.
NOTE: Achievements will only be available for testing on the Steam version of the game. All other platforms will receive the achievements when 0.10 releases on June 30th.
PHOTO MODE
- The Photo Mode UI has been redesigned to group related settings together into tabs.
- Photo Mode has new features:
- Rotate teen
- Hide head armor, equipment, and weapon
- Gamma
- Time of day
- Fog density
- Sun angle
MUTATIONS
- 2 new mutations to discover: Mom Genes and Mithridatism.
MUSIC
- New track added for the Broodmother boss.
UI
- The Main Menu shows highlights of the latest update.
- Unacquired BURG.L Chip locations are shown on the Map screen after you rescue BURG.L.
- Your current Respawn Point building will show an icon over it as well as in the Map screen.
CHANGES / TUNING
SYSTEMS
- Players can sprint on ladders.
- Giant Food Items (Billy Hog Hot Dogs, Archer Cookies, etc.) have been adjusted. Ants can no longer destroy the large food item, and the player harvests a better item than the ants do.
- Ants spawn normal versions of the food bits.
- Players harvesting the node are granted “Fresh” versions of the food bits.
COMBAT
- Infected Weevils now apply a durability DoT to enemies hit by their explosion.
- Creature scaling in multiplayer has been adjusted:
- HP of creatures in multiplayer scales at a faster rate.
- Stun meter and duration scales at a slower rate.
- More creatures are affected by scaling.
- Poison now has a unique death message.
INTERFACE
- Silk Rope now appears in the crafting menu.
WORLD
Large mushrooms throughout the world can now be harvested.
Feather harvest nodes now grant 2-6 feathers instead of only 1.
The grill has temporarily moved to the retaining wall above the pond. Just below its new location is a patch of dry grass where players can now find bits of Charcoal. This is a temporary resource location until the area of the yard that features Charcoal is released.
Spike traps now take 30% less damage from use.
New art for Clay and Pebblet Foundations.
Arachnophobia mode support for Spider Head Mounts.
Straight roofs can now support each other without additional structures.
Ceiling-mounted buildings can now be placed under roofs.
Basketball Hoops are no longer indestructible.
Slight Lure Trap Rework:
Cost half the resources to craft.
Now last a specific amount of time (8 minutes).
CRAFTING
- Lowering the material requirements for the spike trap.
- Stuffed Creatures are now buildings instead of deployable items.
- You build them in the building radial instead of at the workbench.
- Relocatable like normal buildings.
- Green Machine smoothie recipe changed to require algae instead of raw fiber.
- Human Food smoothie recipe changed to require fresh variants of apple, cookie sandwich, and hot dogs.
- Clover Roof and all variants are now unlocked via the Multistory Bases BURG.L chip unlock.
OPTIMIZATION
- General CPU performance improvements.
OTHER
- The durability of almost all weapons, tools, and armor has been increased by 25%.
- Armor Glue and Super Armor Glue can be sent through the grinder for a partial material refund.
BUG FIXES – ALL PLATFORMS
TOP COMMUNITY FIXES
Grass Planks, Weed Stems, and Clover Leaves are buoyant in water again.
Added dither fade to some foliage to reduce objects in the distance visually popping in and out.
Player backpacks are buoyant in water again.
The game will no longer crash when destroying towers of standalone ladders.
Moving items back and forth in the Container UI should no longer trigger a crash on games with large bases.
Clients can walk through clovers much more reliably now.
Walls can no longer be placed such that they clip into foundations.
Structures can no longer be built clipping into the tops of palisades.
BURG.L Quest trail markers can no longer be relocated.
Ladders being relocated no longer support themselves.
Fixed Door buildings not snapping as readily to walls as they should.
Ladders will no longer highlight while the player is climbing them.
Buildings being relocated will now start at their current rotation.
Mysterious Machine can no longer be activated on Creative with Bugs difficulty mode.
Improved “Read To Me” narration for many UI windows.
The game will no longer rarely crash when “Read To Me” is enabled.
ITEMS/EQUIPMENT/RESOURCES
The game will no longer crash when demolishing a zipline with a full inventory.
Fixed a case where wall-mounted torches could not be placed on some walls.
Fix a lot of cases where ingredients wouldn’t fill in the ghosted building blueprint correctly.
Ants will no longer have the Stealing marker stuck on them after they steal from a chest.
Players can no longer walk on the back of the bird.
AUDIO
- The player will no longer “look ma, no hands!” when equipping a weapon while zipping.
OMINENT PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGIES
- Due to the latest discovery of [REDACTED], we have found that [CONFIDENTIAL] will be a big [REMOVED] in [OMITTED]. This is a BIG DEAL!
Grounded is available now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. For more information regarding this patch, visit the official Grounded site.
Rotate teen
Hide head armor, equipment, and weapon
Gamma
Time of day
Fog density
Sun angle
Ants spawn normal versions of the food bits.
Players harvesting the node are granted “Fresh” versions of the food bits.
HP of creatures in multiplayer scales at a faster rate.
Stun meter and duration scales at a slower rate.
More creatures are affected by scaling.
Cost half the resources to craft.
Now last a specific amount of time (8 minutes).
You build them in the building radial instead of at the workbench.
Relocatable like normal buildings.
This article was updated on July 9th, 2021
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