There are many different species of creatures in Grounded 2, with insects and arachnids being key parts of the game. Creatures are enemies, sources of materials, and even mounts. This guide will list all the creatures in Grounded 2 and explain where they can be found, what loot can be extracted from them, and how hard they are to fight.

Players can use the Peep mechanic to analyze these creatures and unlock Creature Cards for them all, revealing their strengths and weaknesses. The creatures and their cards are split into the following categories: Harmless, Neutral, Angry, and O.R.C.

All Harmless Creatures In Grounded 2

These creatures will not attack players, and won't even defend themselves.

Aphid

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Aphid
  • Loot: Raw Aphid Meat, Aphid Honeydew.
  • Location: In grassy areas.
  • Difficulty: One shot, but they run away quickly.

Baby Garden Snail

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Baby Garden Snail
  • Loot: Raw Snail Meat, Garden Snail Fragment, Garden Snail Slime.
  • Location: In grassy areas.
  • Difficulty: Medium, as they retreat within their shell, so players must wait between big hits.

Caterpillar

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Caterpillar
  • Loot: Caterpillar Goop, Raw Caterpillar Meat, Spine Nub.
  • Location: On large leaves.
  • Difficulty: Easy to kill from behind, but it can take a while.

Garden Snail

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Garden Snail
  • Loot: Raw Snail Meat, Garden Snail Eyestalk, Garden Snail Fragment.
  • Location: Grassy areas.
  • Difficulty: Medium, as they retreat within their shell, so players must wait between big hits.

Gnat

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Gnat
  • Loot: Gnat Fuzz, Raw Gnat Meat.
  • Location: Hovering over puddles of water.
  • Difficulty: One shot, but hard to hit mid-air.

Grub

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Grub
  • Loot: Grub Hide, Grub Sludge, Raw Grub Meat.
  • Location: Found burrowing underground with the Omni-Shovel.
  • Difficulty: Easy

Weevil

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Weevil
  • Loot: Raw Weevil Meat, Weevil Nose.
  • Location: Walking around in the starting region.
  • Difficulty: Easy

Creatures won't always drop every type of loot, and the quantities of these drops may alter.

All Neutral Creatures In Grounded 2

Neutral Creatures in Grounded 2 will not attack the player without cause, but they will defend themselves when provoked.

Bee

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Bee
  • Loot: Bee Fuzz, Bee Stinger.
  • Location: Where there is sugar, such as the Picnic Table or Snackbar Front.
  • Difficulty: Hard

Blue Butterfly

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Blue Butterfly
  • Loot: Blue Butterfly Chunk, Blue Butterfly Scales, Blue Butterfly Wing.
  • Location: The Entrance atop grass.
  • Difficulty: Fairly easy with a bow. They deal small amounts of cold damage.

Cockroach

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Cockroach
  • Loot: Roach Chunk, Roach Head.
  • Location: Found roaming in grass, but they are rare.
  • Difficulty: Very hard as they are tanky and go rabid after losing their heads.

Cockroach Nymph

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Cockroach Nymph
  • Loot: Roach Chunk.
  • Location: Near Cockroaches in grass
  • Difficulty: Medium, but harder if they fight alongside fully grown Cockroaches.

Cockroach Queen

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Cockroach Queen
  • Loot: Roach Chunk, Roach Head.
  • Location: Inside the Toxic Anthill, to the north of Snackbar Front.
  • Difficulty: Extremely difficult boss with lots of health.

Ladybug

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Ladybug
  • Loot: Ladybug Head, Ladybug Part.
  • Location: Can be seen moving grass.
  • Difficulty: Hard as it's tanky, but can be taken down from up high with a bow.

Red Worker Ant

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Red Worker Ant
  • Loot: Red Ant Head, Red Ant Part.
  • Location: In and around anthills, or scavenging from food, such as hotdogs.
  • Difficulty: Fairly easy if they are alone, but can be protected by Red Soldier Ants.
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All Angry Creatures In Grounded 2

Angry creatures in Grounded 2 will attack the player without reason, with some possibly chasing players for many minutes without stopping.

Bombardier Beetle

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Bombardier Beetle

Larva

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Larva
  • Loot: Larva Spike.
  • Location: Found burrowing underground with the Omni-Shovel.
  • Difficulty: Fairly easy, as you can normally chain attack before they can fight back. Harder if they start above ground.

Lawn Mite

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Lawn Mite
  • Loot: Mite Fang, Mite Dust.
  • Location: Everywhere in the grass.
  • Difficulty: Easy but incredibly aggressive.

Mosquito

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Mosquito
  • Loot: Mosquito Beak, Mosquito Bloodsack.
  • Location: Found at pools of water, such as to the south of the Snackbar.
  • Difficulty: Fairly squishy, and easier than they look. They will pursue relentlessly.

Northern Scorpion

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Northern Scorpion
  • Loot: Northern Scorpion Chunk, Northern Scorpion Pincer, Northern Scorpion Stinger, Scorpion Venom.
  • Location: One is under a badge to the east of where Snackbar Front, Ice Cream Kart, and Ceremony meet.
  • Difficulty: Very dangerous and relentless in pursuit, but bad at climbing, so can be kited using terrain.

Northern Scorpion Jr

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Northern Scorpion Jr.
  • Loot: Northern Scorpion Chunk.
  • Location: They hide under things and wait to ambush, away from the starting area.
  • Difficulty: Not as hard as fully grown scorpions.

Northern Scorpling

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Northern Scorpling
  • Loot: Northern Scorpion Chunk.
  • Location: Found under things away from the starting area.
  • Difficulty: Medium.

Orb Weaver

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Orb Weaver
  • Loot: Orb Weaver Chunk, Orb Weaver Fang.
  • Location: Where there is webbing.
  • Difficulty: Hard

Orb Weaver Jr.

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Orb Weaver Jr.
  • Loot: Orb Weaver Chunk.
  • Location: Where there is webbing.
  • Difficulty: Medium

Praying Mantis Nymph

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Praying Mantis Nymph
  • Loot: Praying Mantis Chunk, Praying Mantis Claw, Praying Mantis Head.
  • Location: One spawns where the Ceremony, Grass Games, and Statue regions meet.
  • Difficulty: A very hard boss with lots of health, but not too much damage.

Red Soldier Ant

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Red Soldier Ant
  • Loot: Acid Gland, Red Ant Head, Red Ant Part, Red Ant Mandibles.
  • Location: Inside Anthills, sometimes guarding outside.
  • Difficulty: Medium as long as players have good armor and weapons.

Spiderling

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Spiderling
  • Loot: Web Fiber
  • Location: Found near webbing.
  • Difficulty: Easy apart from in large numbers or alongside bigger spiders.

Stinkbug

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Stinkbug
  • Loot: Stinkbug Gas Sack, Stinkbug Part.
  • Location: One is found by the Trash Can in the Entrance region.
  • Difficulty: Very dangerous, but can be fought at range to avoid the toxic fumes. They can also jump far.

Wolf Spider

Grounded 2 - Creature Card - Wolf Spider
  • Loot: Spider Venom, Wolf Spider Chunk, Wolf Spider Fang.
  • Location: Under a few large objects, surrounded by webbing.
  • Difficulty: Very Hard

All O.R.C. Creatures In Grounded 2

There are also O.R.C. Variants for the following creatures, with their own cards:

O.R.C. Enemies can drop O.R.C. Receivers as loot.

  • O.R.C. Bee
  • O.R.C. Bomardier Beetle
  • O.R.C. Cockroach
  • O.R.C. Cockroach Nymph
  • O.R.C. Cockroach Queen
  • O.R.C. Ladybug
  • O.R.C. Larva
  • O.R.C. Mosquito
  • O.R.C. Northern Scorpion
  • O.R.C. Northern Scorpion Jr.
  • O.R.C. Northern Scorpling
  • O.R.C. Orb Weaver
  • O.R.C. Orb Weaver Jr.
  • O.R.C. Praying Mantis Nymph
  • O.R.C. Red Soldier Ant
  • O.R.C. Stinkbug
  • O.R.C. Weevil (Can drop Unstable Goo)
  • O.R.C. Wolf Spider
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July 29, 2025
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