Grounded 1.0.2 patch update arrives with major fixes and balancing changes
Grounded is getting its first round of post-launch fixes.
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What you need to know
For over two years Grounded quietly accumulated a passionate community while Obsidian Entertainment built out the Backyard. Now, the open-world survival-adventure game is widely available to all players, whole and complete, across Xbox, PC, and the cloud. On Thursday, Obsidian Entertainment began rolling out a patch update to resolve a number of issues in Grounded that have affected players since its full release.
Groundedis one of Windows Central’s favorite games of 2022, and it’s now going to get even better. The 1.0.2 patch update that’s now rolling out to players on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, and Xbox Cloud Gaming may only measure approximately 607 MB in size, but it’s packed with a plethora of awesome fixes and improvements for the still-evolving survival title.
Highlights of the patch update include a number of balancing changes to make the Backyard feel more fair and tweak the difficulty (especially for solo players), including increased durability for lots of equipment, lowered damage and HP for some Tier II creatures, improved reliability for Wolf Spiders sleeping through the day, and much more. There are also plenty of other fixes for crashes, launch issues, and other problems.
Obsidian Entertainment has not only crafted one of thebest Xbox gamesof the year, it has set the benchmark for a new survival game in the growing genre. The 1.0.2 patch that’s now rolling out should make the game even more approachable for new players, as well as resolve many of the most annoying bugs that have been afflicting players in the last few weeks.
The full changelog forGrounded 1.0.2includes:
Features & changes
Features
Game balance & difficulty changes
Other changes
Bug fixes
Crash fixes
Major fixes
Other fixes
Grounded
Grounded is an incredible survival game packed to the brim with epic co-op survival adventures and an expansive open-world for players to explore. The latest patch update makes it all the more awesome.
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