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We dive into the different Grounded 2 difficulty modes and what each mode means for your gameplay experience.
Grounded 2 has two gameplay modes – Creative and Survival. Each of these modes has different difficulty settings that you can choose. Each setting comes with certain modifiers that might make your game more challenging. A custom difficulty mode will also eventually make its way into the game before its full release.
But, for now, you can choose from the various predetermined difficulty modes. In the following article, we’ll explore all of the Grounded 2 difficulty modes and how they affect your game.
All Grounded 2 Difficulty Modes Explored
As we said earlier, Grounded 2 currently has two modes, namely, Survival and Creative. Survival mode has three difficulty settings you can choose from – Mild, Medium, and Whoa. On the other hand, you have two difficulty setting options for Creative mode – Creative and Creative with Bugs. The following table explores these difficulty modes and the settings that they modify.
| Settings | Survival – Mild | Survival – Medium | Survival – Whoa | Creative – Creative | Creative – Creative with Bugs |
| All recipes unlocked | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
| Quests | On | On | On | Off | Off |
| All recipes free | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
| Buildings | On | On | On | On | On |
| Crafting | On | On | On | On | On |
| Handy gnat | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
| Building integrity | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
| Bugs ignore players | Off | Off | Off | Off | On |
| Bugs spawn | On | On | On | Off | On |
| Player damage | On | On | On | Off | Off |
| Health scaling for creatures | 1x | 1x | 1.2x | 1x | 1x |
| Buggies can perish | Off | Off | On | Off | Off |
| Friendly fire | Off | Off | On | Off | Off |
| Fully yoked | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
| All mutations unlocked | Off | Off | Off | On | On |
| Hunger depletion rate | 0.5x | 1x | 1.5x | Off | Off |
| Fall damage scaling | 1x | 1x | 1.2x | 1x | 1x |
| Thirst depletion rate | 0.5x | 1x | 1.5x | Off | Off |
| Rate of resource respawn | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x |
| Rate of time of day change | 1x | 1x | 0.8x | 1x | 1x |
| Equipment durability | On | On | On | On | On |
| Stamina drain | On | On | On | Off | Off |
| Faction reactivity | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off |
| Food spoilage | On | On | On | On | On |
| Menus pauses game | On | Off | Off | Off | Off |
| Photo mode | On | On | On | On | On |
| Death mechanic | Drop backpack resources | Drop backpack resources | Drop entire backpack | Drop backpack resources | Drop backpack resources |
If you’re unsure of which difficulty setting to choose, don’t worry; the game lets you freely change the setting after you’ve begun a playthrough. So, you can always experiment and figure out which of these settings suits you best.
Also Read: Best Settings for Grounded 2- Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and Legion Go S
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