Extremely aggressive, this creature can be found in the dune areas in the sandpit. Can drop antlion part and antlion pincer on death.

This upgraded energy blasting TAYZ.T fleet patrols the pond lab and follows orders in the black ant hill. Drops raw science on defeat.

The chief of security in the black anthill lab, this middle management robot exists solely to train grunts and kill intruders. Drops asst. manager keycard and 1000 raw science on death.

A burly foe who roams the lands surrounding the shed, and throughout the grasslands of the upper yard. Can drop black ox horn, black ox part, and tough gunk on death.

Busting

Chopping, Slashing, Stabbing

Guts

Guards areas with high human resources and their home, the black ant hill. Can drop black ant head, black ant mandibles, and black ant part on death

Black Soldier Ants can be found after climbing up the Samsquanch Dirt Bike.

Spicy, Stabbing

Chopping, Fresh, Slashing

Eyes

Legendary killer spider in classic black and red. Identifiable by the hourglass marking that indicates your time is at a hand. Found in areas of the upper yard. Drops spider venom, black widow fangs, and spider chunks upon death.

2023 update

In the Maker it or break it update of November 2023, the following changes were introduced the Black Widow.

• Resistant to Spicy, Mint, and Salty
• Weak to Sour
• Neutral to all other damage types
• No longer immune to poison damage
• Now has 2 new attacks in its arsenal
• Can shoot a ranged web at the player, which spawns a black widowling
• Can consume a living black widowling to heal and temporarily increase its attack speed
• Wave creatures take even more damage from turret attacks.

• One Black Widow can be found in the Upper Grasslands at the following map marker. Destroy the cracked wall using an explosive item and the drop down, claiming the +500 Raw science. This will land you directly in the Black Widow Lair.

The other locations are also in the south of the Castle Moldorc, below the stone steps. There’s more under the Toolbox, with its entrance in the nearby trench. And then there’s another deeper into the Undershed Lab area.

Busting, Chopping, Fresh, Salty, Slashing, Sour, Spicy, Stabbing

Angry, venemous little babies that live mostly near mommy in the upper yard. Drops web fiber.

Spicy

Fresh, Stabbing

A beetle with a big blasting booty that patrols the south east area of the yard. A highly volatole BOILING GLAND and BOMBARDIER PART can be dopped on death.

Chopping

Busting

Rump

The Hedge Broodmother is a boss that resides in her lair in the hedge. Arguably one of the toughest fights in the game as she comes with a huge health pool, defense up and has four phases. On top of that she can summon minions to do her bidding.

A lot of her attacks are modified versions of the Orb-Weavers attack combos, and the Wolf Spider’s lunge as well as a standard bite attack.

At around 75% of her health she’ll gain some new attacks with them also being able to poison you. The first new attack will be a 5-hit combo similar to the Wolf Spiders, the second being a retreating jump where she’ll spawn several spiderlings, and finally, an unblockable scream which will stun you, and lower your attack power.

When she gets down to 50% of her health, she’ll get a huge defense increase halving all damage that you do to her, and her leap attack will also spawn two Orb Weaver Jr’s along with the spiderlings.

Once you get her to 25% health, her leap attacks will spawn four Orb Weaver Jr’s instead of the spiderlings.

Defeating the Broodmother will require you using everything you have at your disposal. Meals, and Smoothies such as Boost Juice and Spider Slider will help. Strong healing items such as Healbasa (this can heal the boss, and her minions), and Granola Bars are a must.

Bringing along weapons that can deal area of effect damage like the Crossbow equipped with Super Gas Arrows will help you take out her minions quickly.

Finally, bring along a max upgraded Spicy Coaltana as your main weapon as the Broodmother is weak to Spicy, and a strong armor set like the Roly Poly armor to reduce the amount of damage you take from her attacks. For Mutations, Mithridatism is a must, then you can take combat related mutations like Buff Lungs, Meat Shield, and Coup de Grass. Other useful mutations are Mom Genes, Cardio Fan, and Whittle Wizard. If you’re playing multiplayer, a Reliable Friend is also a great mutation to bring.

You can find the Hedge Broodmother in her lair in the Hedge biome. It can be found by going up a branch into a large burrow next to the Flingman Flying Disc. When you reach the lair, you’ll need to summon her with a Broodmother BLT which you can use on the egg sacs within. Once she is summoned, you won’t be able to leave the lair until either she or you die.

How to Craft the Broodmother BLT

The Broodmother BLT is surprising easy enough to craft, just place the following resources into an Oven to craft it:

Icon	Name	Quantity
	Bombardier Part	2
	Ladybug Part	2
	Thistle Needle	1

The tricky part is that you’ll need the recipe to craft it, and this can only be found by reading some research notes. These can be found by getting on top of the Hedge Lab, and following the branches leading up to the north/northeast.

You can find the Bombardier Part by defeating Bombardier Beetles, and the Ladybug Part by defeating Ladybugs. You can find their spawns by checking out our Interactive Map. Finally, you can get Thistle Needles by picking them from a Thistle Plant which can be found in the Grasslands, Upper Grasslands, Flower Bed, and the Flooded Zone.

Broodmother Lair Location

Location	Map Marker
Broodmother Lair	Map Pin
Hedge Broodmother	Map Pin

Broodmother BLT Recipe Location

Location	Map Marker
Broodmother BLT Recipe	Map Pin

Slashing, Spicy

Busting, Chopping, Explosive, Fresh, Poison, Salty, Stabbing

A tiny aggressive fiber-dwelling creature found mostly around the shed. Drops dust mite fuzz on death.

Can be found ontop of the lawn chair in the upper grasslands. Climb the baseball bat and transfer to the chair arm and drop down onto the chair seat to reach the Dust Mites.

Fresh, Stabbing

Busting, Salty, Spicy

An extra spicy ant soldier that lives in colonies in the upper yard. Can drop fire ant mandibles, fire ant parts, and fire ant heads.

An newcomer ant to the Upper Yard in Grounded 1.0.

Located in the Fire Ant Tunnels which can be accessed via the tunnel entrance under the Lawnmower. Lawnmower Antihill Entrance Map Marker Link.

Fresh

Chopping, Slashing, Spicy

Eyes

New creature for the Upper Yard which arrived in Grounded 1.0 in September 2022.

A spicy ant that lives in colonies in the upper yard. Can drop fire ant parts and a fire ant head.

Located in the Upper Yard in the Northern area.

Fresh

Spicy

Eyes

A smelly behemoth that patrols the area around the shed. Can drop tough gunk, stinkbug part, and the almighty super stink sack.

Fresh, Stabbing

Spicy

A hostile infected ladybig found in areas polluted with HAZE. Can drop FUNGAL GROWTH, LADYBUG HEAD and LADYBUG PART on death.

A projectile shooting mite infected by fungus found in areas polluted with haze. Can drop fungal growth and mite fuzz on death.

A irritable, explosing, fungal-infecteed weevil found in areas polluted by haze. Can drop fungal growth and weevil nose on death.

Another new addition to Grounded 1.0 An extra tough larva built to survive the harsh climate of the BBQ spill and can be found roaming the upper yard. Can drop acid gland, tough gunk, and larva spike on death.

Fresh, Stabbing

Busting, Chopping, Slashing, Spicy

Hostile and tough, roams the area south of the Oak Hill. Can drop ACID GLAND and LARVA SPIKE on death.

Small furry bugs with a big bite and impressive vertical. Found south of the oak hill. Drops mite fuzz on death.

Chopping, Stabbing

Bloodsucking vultures of the skies near bodies of water and the woodpile. Can drop mosquito beak and mosquito blood sack on death.

Chopping, Fresh, Slashing

Busting

Nimble, aggressive juvenile arachnids that inhabit the hedge, close to mommy. Can drop spider chunk and web fiber on death.

Spicy

Fresh, Stabbing

A swift, sleek assassin found lurking in a flower pot. Resembles a flower with a taste for blood. Drops mantis claw, mantis chunk, and mantis head.

The Orchid Mantis is one of the toughest enemies in the game. It is reccomended to have the best weapons and armor before attempting this fight. Preperation is key.

Notes: This boss is stunnable, although it appears to be quite unlikely.

In the Upper Grasslands you can use the Samsquanch Dirt Bike, to access the deck area. After climbing the Dirt Bike, head west until you reach a green hose pipe and giant flower pot. Climb the hose pipe and head inside the flower pot to access the Boss Layer. You will need the special Orchid Kebab recipe, which can be crafted using an oven to summon this Tier IV boss enemy.

Defeating this boss will unlock the Apex Predator Mutation

Apex Predeator: You’ve become the strongest creature in the backyard, and are able to bring out the hidden strength in weapons made from bosses.

Salty

Busting, Chopping, Explosive, Slashing, Spicy, Stabbing

Angry soldiers with large mandibles that defend turf in the dry grasslands and various anthills. Can drop acid gland, red ant head, red ant mandibles, and red ant part on death.

A battered, inferior version of the TAYZ.T. Found patrolling the heights of the hedges. Drops RAW SCIENCE on defeat.

Located inside the Hedge Lab area patrolling the tubes.

Back

Angry little baby spiders found wherever adults roam. Drops web fiber on death.

Destroy websacs. Websacs can be found underneath the deck in the Upper Grasslands.

Spicy

Fresh, Stabbing

An invasive species found hanging around the area south and west of oak hill, as well as the flowerbed. Watch out for toxic clouds. Can drop stinkbug gas sac and stinkbug part on death.

Formerly a squad of janitorial and fry cook robots for Roby’s, this fleet now patrols science labs of the yard. Drops raw science on defeat.

Inside the hedge lab area patrolling the pipes.

Busting, Salty, Sour

Chopping, Slashing, Stabbing

Back

The King of the Termites. Although it may share similar traits to a boss, it is merely a strong creature. Its only real reason for existing is to guard the Woodpile BURG.L Chip.

It is recommended that you bring a Tier III Salty weapon like the Salt Morning Star, or an upgraded Black Ant Sword with the Salty augment attached, and at least a Tier II armor set to defeat the King.

The hardest part of fighting this creature is its deadly stun attack because if you get hit by that, the nearby termites will pounce on you while you’re left defenseless normally resulting in your death. All of the Termite Kings attacks can be blocked, and if you’re proficient at perfect blocking you shouldn’t have any problems defeating it.

To make life easier for yourself, try to whittle down the nearby termites as their acid spit attacks can cause you a lot of problems when fighting the King.

The Termite King can be found in a room at the northern end of the Termite Nest hidden behind a blocked path of Splinters.

Termite King Location

Salty, Stabbing

Fresh, Slashing

Large, wood-chomping soldiers found protecting the termite den. Can drop tough gunk, termite part, and termite chompers on death.

• Found inside the wood pile in the north west area of the Upper Grasslands.

Salty, Stabbing

Slashing, Spicy

Tough, wood-eating bugs found inside the woodpile and termite den. Can drop acid gland, tough gunk, and termite part on death.

Stabbing

Slashing, Spicy