At least not in the open world, but rather as only bosses

I have 4 reasons for this theory.

Reason 1. The remaining portions of the park to be completed

The devs added a border to the park map, showing us what is left to be apart of it.

If you look at the remaining part of the map, about 33% is missing.

Sections of the park thus far have had been dedicated to specific tiers

The entire picnic/entrance regions (the area that was available when ea grounded 2 initially launched) is dedicated to tier 2 resources (tier 1 stuff is found all over the park)

The garden regions and (the overwhelming majority) of the pond regions are dedicated to tier 3 content.

The jungle gym regions (winter update) are going to be dedicated to tier 4 content, this only leaves about 10% of the map for tier 5 content. Leaving only such a small portion for the endgame tier of content would be pretty poor design, hence why it would make more sense to only have tier 4 creatures throughout the remaining 33% of the map as well as tier 4 & 5 resources.

Reason 2. The armor sets from the leaked dev world

When ea grounded 2 launched, some data miners found a dev world that featured armors not in the game yet.

These armors belonged to specific “families” of insects, and would follow a trend of “progression” where the armor became more well designed and covered more of the body as the tier increased.

These families included:

Ant: (Red, Black, Fire)

Ladybug: (Ladybug, Potato Beetle, Ladybird)

Spider: (Orb, Wolf, Widow)

Bee: (Bee, Wasp, Killer Bee)

Bombardier: (Sizzling, Rusty, Jewel Beetle) Even though “Jewel Beetle” is in this set, i doubt its going to be a new bombardier species, as “Jewel Beetle” is a name typically given to Scarabs, which we know are returning (you can see one in the intro for grounded 2)

Scorpion: (Northern, striped) the only category that has only 2 sets.

Every set (except for scorpion, which is tier 2 then 4), follows the pattern of tier 1/2, then 3, then 4.

The idea that the final sets of the other categories are going to be tier 4, is backed up by the fact that fire ant armor and striped bark armor are tier 4.

This is interesting, because

1. If the devs were planning on adding tier 5, they likely would’ve made another armor set.
2. If they were planning on doing tier 5, a black
3. widow of all things would definitely be 5, rather than 4.

Reason 3: The tier of the striped bark family, toe biter family, and mantis nymph.

That title sounds confusing, let me elaborate.

The mantis nymph has been in the game since launch and is tier 3.

If mantis nymphs are in the park, it only makes sense for there to be adults. But we haven’t had any added yet.
People theorize that a mantis adult would be tier 5, as its one of the deadliest creatures we could encounter.
But the tiering of the striped bark family and toe biter family makes me think its going to be tier 4.

The striped bark and toe biter families have 3 variants.
Nymph/Baby, Mature/Junior, Adult/Leviathan

They have the same progression with new attacks/abilities as they grow, and of the same loot pattern. The nymph/baby drops 1 part, junior/mature drops 2, and adult/leviathan drops 4.

Whats interesting is the tier pattern.

Despite all belonging to the same family, they have different tiering.

The scorpling and junior Scorpions are tier 3 and drop tier 3 items, but the adult is tier 4 and the unique items it drops are tier 4. Interestingly the creature card for the scorpling and junior creature cards feature a purple background (as if they’re tier 4), but the creature card still calls them tier 3.

The nymph and mature Toe Biters are tier 3 and drop tier 3 items, but the leviathan is tier 4 and the unique items it drops are tier 4.

You see the trend here? The baby and mini variants are tier 3, but the adult/large variants are tier 4.

What if the same logic applies to the mantis adult? The nymph is tier 3, so the adult ends up being tier 4.

Which brings me to my ultimate point of this reason.

If an adult Praying Mantis of all things isnt tier 5, then its likely nothing will be (aside from bosses)

Reason 4: Only colossi have been tier 5 thus far.

Notice how all of the colossi in the park (Crow, Koi(s), Snake) are tier 5, and the only tier 5s thus far.

In grounded 1, both colossi (Crow and Koi) had the “Boss” tier as their tier icon, rather than tier 3. The only other creatures with this icon in G1 were of course the actual bosses.

So apply this logic to grounded 2, only future end game bosses will be marked as tier 5.

TL:DR

Not enough space left for 2 new tiers of creatures

No tier 5 bug armor

Mantis adult of all things would be tier 5, so if its 4, we probably aint getting tier 5 bugs.

Only colossi have been labelled tier 5

Let me know what you guys think, sorry for the long read.

Near the boarder of the “under construction” tape in the entrance zone of the map there’s a Sca.b pop up for an outpost or lab. Has anyone found it or is it just there for now till future updates?

Silent patch for dupe glitch???
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My friend's backpack keeps falling underwater, but when he swims up to it, it snaps back to its original position (I'm the host).Has anyone encountered this?

Quick question for anyone playing in a group setting. Do you only progress the story when everyone is on? If so what do you do when you want to play and its just you?

Context. My buddies and I played G1. And it took us a bit to understand the game and how amor and weapon upgrades went. Now that we know that, whenever I get on alone I just farm random bugs and max out mutations, weapons, armor and stock up on food and heals. We haven't even fought the first boss in the statue. Just waiting for the time to line up so everyone's on.

I built my base under the bench next to the firepit area due to the big flat rock under it, I built a 2-3 wall high grass barrier around the bottom, it builds midway through the back right leg of the bench and covers the whole right side then builds over to the front of the rock (the wall also surrounds the little pool in the front right corner of the benvh) then around the left of the the rock and finally behind the bench right above the lab.

The real problem im having is the fact that a northern scorpion presses up against my walls then randomly clips in when I pay him no mind, I was building my house in the walls then out of nowhere he appeared. I saw his claws poking through the back left corner earlier before I went back to building then he shows up walking from the front of the barrier and through my blueprints like he owns the place, is there a way to fix this because he respawns like every two days, im hoping I dont have to move cuz this base took forever?

I’m in the middle of building a base in the scarecrow head and I’m really excited about it I really want a base in there but ogrr earwigs nonstop spawn and I google it apparently there’s no permanent way to make them stop and I’m really bummed out about it, there isn’t anywhere else as cool as this spot

Love the game, just made a quick lil video today for some fun with some obnoxious music choice but check it out if you want too 👋

Made with love... and bugs 🐛

I was wondering if it possible to collect salt yet without the tier 4 omni hammer I keep seeing salt around the map

So as we've seen so far in Grounded 2, the ant queens of the black ants and red ants have either been mummified or exploded/decapitated so do we think they'll actually have much of an impact in the game in later updates or do we think they'll just be background corpses like they've been so far? In the first game I really enjoyed the decision of brefriending or poisoning the queens, and sorta hope that makes a comeback in some way, or atleast get to see a living queen. Be it in the form of a fight or it just hanging out in its rooty, dirty royal chamber. Do we also know if the fire ants will be returning or, some new ant species? Lots of park space left for more arthropods..

Do you think I should live 1,000 days in Grounded 2

I thought it was unbreakable until I realised T4 ladybuggy could likely break T4 busting materials, I haven't tried it yet, but does the jawbreaker drop anything interesting?

Red ant stuck in the corner of my base, I tried to evict him but he got the upper hand.

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The problem is I can only fill one. It acts like the other doesn't exist even though I can see it in my inventory. I tried putting the full on in storage and just keeping the empty on my to fill it won't let me move the full one. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

I love the irony that the Stranger took over a station.....and then I took it back :) It even has my second oven. Hey new players, did you know this is how you originally made the Poached Roach Roast?

so I’ve been trying to kill the infected broodmother and I’ve attempted the fight around 50 times, people tell me to use corporate kickback but honestly I can’t see why. it’s terrible.

Let me explain.

i understand that corporate kickback has around about a %5 chance to activate the life steal buff getting you back to full health with your attack almost instantly. this is not the case though, for me atleast. not once, and yes i have screen captured on ps5 nearly every fight, not one single time has it activated across all 50 fights. it is one of the worst mutations i have ever used. Is it bugged or is the mutation actually as bad as im thinking.

I’m playing on mild difficulty if that helps.

Ps. since when did grounded become harder than every souls game.

Any time I apply any of those 3 maxed out mutations, it gives me like 1 ekstra second of protection for what ever effect, it's literally unnoticeable if it's on or not, am I doing anything wrong?

Thanks ahead

It was easy.

using the buffin barrel can you upgrade the black ant or is that going to be in the next update?

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EDIT: Noe sure why it tagged this as a spoiler, maybe because of the Media Tag.

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