How is this game so hard ?

[unkichikun]

I am playing multiplayer with 2 other friends in Medium difficulty level and we are struggling so much. Each time we want to explore we get gang bangged by Spiders, run into mites while running away.
Those situations were fun at first. Now it is just plainly frustrating. How can we achieve anything ?
We want to find quartzite to lvl up our basic gear, impossible to find.
Are we doing something wrong ?

[Spectronom]

yes

[unkichikun]

Originally posted by Spectronom:

yes

Can you elaborate ?

[Supercow ツ]

Build a complete ant armor, wear it and visit the ant hill west of the baseball. There is plenty of quarzite in it and because of your armor, the ants behave, like if you are one of them and don't attack you. At least when you don't steal their eggs...

[Tesala]

For a first time player, this is a tough game. The first 10-20 days can be really difficult. Part of the challenge is learning the safe paths and locations, learning the attack patterns of the various creatures, and slowly progressing with your gear.

I suggest you start by killing red ants to make red ant armor. This will let you travel through their caves without the risk of combat. You can find upgrade resources there as well. Make sure to build yourselves shields too. Those will be important defensive tools, especially before you know attack patterns.

Cook lots of food and carry bandages. Bandages passively heal over time while eating cooked meat will give you an immediate heal. Even if you're not hungry, eat it if you need health. If you're in combat, make sure you have a bandage going. Just one extra tick of healing can be the difference between victory or the long run to your backpack.

The game's progression is designed to give you challenges at your capabilities. At the start, the hedge is your location of choice. Some orb weavers and juniors may be some trouble there but as you get better they'll just be annoying.

Lastly, don't upgrade your tier 1 gear too far. Maybe only +1 or +2 for a slight boost to defense if you're really struggling. Save the upgrades for tier 2 equipment which you'll be using for much longer.

[Mrrshan68]

just get a weevil shield and some oak armor, after that just pretend its an mmo and tank n spank every bug you find. make sure your buddies are rocking red ant clubs to kill/stun stuff quickly.
The only bugs that wont roll over and die to this tactic is like stinkbugs or flying bugs, and both are way weaker than spiders.
You will have more success if you use some tactics rather than just run around as a mob.
it might however be less fun tho :(

[MRV1N]

u playing it wrong i guess,but i want you to find it out yourself,im playing on whoa difficulty solo and this is hard af,i died alot of times at first but once u figure things out its fine ven on whoa.
I really like the party that they made the game more challenging,if u dont like it just play on baby mode aka mild difficulty u can turn it down or up at any time in game settings.

[gutlor]

A lot of us have been playing a long time. Hundreds of spider chunks and thousands of web. The resources were easy to get in the beginning, and a lot harder now. The trick was getting grass from areas that didn't have enemies present as the devs developed these areas. I have a zip line from across the pond that I used to send hundreds of pallets of grass to my main base. That area just got populated in 1.0. With those pallets I put a ring of walkways around the yard, above the grass, with stairs down for important fights or resources. My point is, those with early access have access to resources that we saved up that you would probably never be able to get. There was some quartzite behind burgle too. Don't know if its still there. Good luck.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by abdi süd:

it just play on baby mode

While I agree with your sentiment that a person should just play on whatever difficulty they want and that it can be changed at any time, your condescending tone toward a lower difficulty than your own personal preference is not a good look for you.

I'm saying this as someone who LIKES difficult games and who is bothered by how so many games in the modern era are 'too easy' because developers listen to the crowd that complains about any kind of difficulty.
The fact is, Grounded has done a wonderful job of providing good difficulty options for everyone compared to a LOT of games, and lets you change it on the fly. This is good for everyone, and condescending towards others just isn't good for the gaming community.

[Makeithappen]

First off. When exploring you'll notice the distance between areas can be quite small. And take note of where bugs live.

The green grassland area is relatively safe. From the Mystery machine down to the Northwest side of the giant wood log. If you travel beyond these areas you will encounter aggressive bugs.
I realize this isn't much of the map, but until you establish food, water and basic armor and weapons its ill advised to tackle anything beyond that.

Use stealth and take it slow. The crouch button is your friend and hiding behind spiders in the terrain helps. As you venture out farther and take note of where aggressive bugs are at you can plan ahead the path you take.

When progressing the story from the child case to the mystery machine and eventually the oak lab you can take a somewhat direct path to it from the mystery machine to the south end of the oak tree. This is fairly safe. You might encounter larva on the way. Also go during the day.

These areas mentioned have resources you can use as your baseline for most of the game. Food water, and the first bit of research to help you on your way to making better gear and weapons.

As far as upgrading gear, the marble and quartzite is everywhere on the map. Mostly you will find it in caves.

In your off time with multiplayer, you can go into a single player game, throw down a lean-to near a wolf spider or orb weaver spawn, grab any weapon you like to use and save your game. Practice your perfect blocking on those. Reload a save if needed. Getting over your fear of these large bugs is important. But if your focused on the task of when to perfect block and be patient with it, you'll start to know when to block and when your panic blocking. Get into a good habit instead of creating a bad habit that is going to hurt you in the long run.

I recommend using a weedevil shield for blocking as it has decent durability and 100% negates damage on a normal block. Once it breaks you can use your weapon to block. Should you get that far into practicing.

[unkichikun]

Thanks all for the answers.
This game seems to have way more depth that I thought in it's gameplay and wordbuilding.
I will try a different approach to it and try again.

[zombygunner]

i have 30 plus hrs in and i never made it to upper yard. granted i dont have any of the easy weapons and armor that was handed to the veteren players it was nearly imposible for me to get to the upper yard and survive with only tier 2 gear because everything else is in the upper yard. the game is to hard for me

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by 1grimmreefer:

i have 30 plus hrs in and i never made it to upper yard. granted i dont have any of the easy weapons and armor that was handed to the veteren players it was nearly imposible for me to get to the upper yard and survive with only tier 2 gear because everything else is in the upper yard. the game is to hard for me

Why necro this thread and make people think the original post is relevant again? (It's from October.)

Also, try the sandbox. You can make a T3 weapon and armor from there. It's a pretty important zone.

I'm not sure how big the superiority of Antlion armor over Koi armor is (Koi armor has really cool perks) but you certainly can get it and I've been using it a bunch.

[Serpiko82]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Also, try the sandbox. You can make a T3 weapon and armor from there. It's a pretty important zone.

I'm not sure how big the superiority of Antlion armor over Koi armor is (Koi armor has really cool perks) but you certainly can get it and I've been using it a bunch.

Antlion armor is very helpful in the sandbox, and almost mandatory (the more sizzle protection the better) to collect charcoal and to complete the Coaltana challenge. I switched from full ladybug to full antlion and didn't feel any major downside. It stayed my main armour until I could gather enough materials for roly poly.

[FoamySlobbers]

don't level up basic gear. until you get to tier three axe and hammer. 6 spiky sprigs(that stack on your hotbar) hucked at your spiders, or larva will get their health down. with three people that will be an easy take down.

[FoamySlobbers]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Originally posted by 1grimmreefer:

i have 30 plus hrs in and i never made it to upper yard. granted i dont have any of the easy weapons and armor that was handed to the veteren players it was nearly imposible for me to get to the upper yard and survive with only tier 2 gear because everything else is in the upper yard. the game is to hard for me

Why necro this thread and make people think the original post is relevant again? (It's from October.)

Also, try the sandbox. You can make a T3 weapon and armor from there. It's a pretty important zone.

I'm not sure how big the superiority of Antlion armor over Koi armor is (Koi armor has really cool perks) but you certainly can get it and I've been using it a bunch.

people look to these posts for answers to their problems, so It's NOT a bad Idea to add to it.