Grounded 2: How To Get Worker’s Comp

Discover how to obtain the Worker’s Comp in Grounded 2, a valuable consumable that significantly boosts your base-building efficiency. 

Grounded 2: How to Get Worker’s Comp
Worker’s Comp (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

Grounded 2 is not entirely a combat-oriented game, as base building plays an equally important role. A well-developed base not only keeps you sheltered but also allows you to organize your crafting stations and essential structures. While building a base, you may often need to haul resources like planks and stems. Running multiple trips to carry the required amount of resources can be a tedious task. That’s where the Worker’s Comp Smoothie comes in.

Unlike most other Smoothies, it doesn’t grant any resistance or combat buffs. Instead, the unique Smoothie increases your hauling strength, allowing you to carry more resources in a single trip. This guide explains how to unlock and make Worker’s Comp in Grounded 2. 

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How To Unlock Worker’s Comp in Grounded 2

Hunt Red Soldier Ants to get Worker’s Comp ingredients
Hunt Red Soldier Ants to get Worker’s Comp ingredients (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

Like any other Smoothie in the game, you first need to unlock the Worker’s Comp recipe. The recipe becomes available at the Smoothie Station once you analyze the Red Ant Mandibles at the Resource Analyzer. Red Ant Mandibles can be acquired by harvesting the remains of Red Soldier Ants.

In addition to Red Ant Mandibles, you also require other items, like Red Ant Head and Red Ant Part, for crafting Worker’s Comp. However, you don’t have to look for these ingredients separately. You can obtain all of them just by slaying and harvesting Red Worker Ants and Red Soldier Ants. You can find these ants commonly around the northeast of the Entrance and southeast of Snackbar Front, particularly inside the Hatchery Anthill tunnel.

How To Use Worker’s Comp in Grounded 2

After unlocking the recipe and gathering 1x Red Ant Mandibles, 1x Red Ant Head, and 1x Red Ant Part, head to the Smoothie Station and craft the Worker’s Comp. This Smoothie brings the strength of Red Ants and enhances your work.

It grants the Hauling Strength effect, which allows you to haul more items, increasing your carry capacity by 3. Additionally, you can also opt for the Eco Exploitation Token Trinket for further boosting your hauling capacity. Upon consumption, the Worker’s Comp also instantly recovers a part of your health through the Heals effect. 


Grounded 2 (Image via Xbox Games Studio)
Grounded 2 (Image via Xbox Games Studio)

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