THE KOI POND IS HERE

We have a new trailer, a letter from the devs, an update full of previews, and patch notes! Welcome to Grounded's Early Access Update 0.4!

A Letter from the Developers

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The team is thrilled that we've have had so many people enjoy Grounded, and we are very excited for today's release. We wanted to give you all a quick update on the development of Grounded and share a bit of what's on the horizon in future updates. Moving forward, the team is going to be focusing on larger content rel...

Today the Grounded team has released their largest update yet, introducing players to a brand-new biome - the underwater world of the Koi Pond.

This newly released area of the backyard brings with it new wildlife, new crafting recipes, and new mysteries, along with underwater gameplay mechanics that will allow players to go deeper than ever before.

Intrepid explorers navigating the depths of the murky pond will meet a host of creatures, including Tadpoles, Water Boatmen, Diving Bell Spiders (did you know certain spiders can swim?!), and the awe-inspiring Koi Fish. Additionally, players can craft recipes for a Slime Lantern, Bone Trident, Pebblet Dagger, Gill Tube Rebreather, and much more, to help increase the survival chances down in the pond. We can’t wait for players to dive in and check out the new update!

Obsidian and Xbox Game Studios are ecstatic to celebrate that ...

Due to some unforeseen issues that have been brought to our attention after launching the Xbox Flight for Grounded, we will need to close off the flight to any players currently not in the flight. Those who are in the flight will still have access to the flight build, but we recommend that they do not leave the flight at this time.

We have been made aware of an issue where player save files were being wiped when moving from the Xbox Flight back to the live build, and in order to investigate into this and prevent more save files from being lost, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily stop the flight at this time. We are committed to investigating this issue in order to open the flight back up as soon as we are able to find the cause and apply a fix for this specific issue.

To all of our players who were looking forward to joining the Xbox Flight, we apologize that you were not able to join us at this time. To all of our players who have rep...