Grounded 2: How to Get Spicy Shards

Spicy Shards are important crafting ingredients for a variety of high-level recipes in Grounded 2, and can only be obtained from very specific locations in Brookhollow Park. Unlike common resources, players will need to know exactly where to look to find them.

The map of Grounded 2 is large, and missing crucial deposits is very easy to do with tall grass shoots blocking the view in every direction. Here are the locations players will need to visit in order to get their hands on Spicy Shards.

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How to Get Spicy Shards in Grounded 2

Spicy Shards are obtained by breaking Spicy Candy in Grounded 2. Spicy Candy looks like a red chili pepper-shaped sweet that can be found throughout Brookhollow Park. It can only be broken using a Tier 2 Omni-Hammer.

To unlock this Omni-Tool upgrade, you will need 1x Ladybug Head, 3x Lingonberry Leather, and 2,000 Raw Science at a Ranger Station before proceeding to the next step: finding Spicy Candies.

Each Spicy Candy drops two to five Spicy Shards when mined, which appear as small yellow chunks.

Spicy Candy Locations

The best place to farm Spicy Shards is the Picnic Table, as there are seven easy-to-access Spicy Candies in this single location. Here’s a breakdown of each spot on the table.

Climb the folded cloth to reach the top of the Picnic Table, and you’ll find a Spicy Candy right in front of you.
From the table, go underneath the folds of the picnic cloth to find another Spicy Candy.
Continue forward, and you’ll see three Hot Cha Chas boxes on top of each with an Orb Weaver Jr. Nearby. There are two Spicy Candies here, one under the three boxes and one on top of them.
Use the croquet mallet to reach the other side of the table, and you’ll find the Picnic Table Briefcase. Open the briefcase using the code 137 (left) and 514 (right) to find three more Spicy Candies inside.

There are other locations where you can find Spicy Candies as well, though none contain as many Spicy Candies as the Picnic Table.

Two Spicy Candies can be found on the top of the Trash Can in the Entrance area. You'll need to do some parkour to reach the top.

There's another Spicy Candy southwest of Headless BURG.L, near the edge of the wooden table in front of the snack bar. It’s right next to the Hot Cha Chas snack box that has an Orb Weaver nest underneath it.

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There is an unmarked cave west of the Picnic Table that’s home to a burrowing Northern Scorpion Jr. Hug the right wall of the cave to reach a room with a Spicy Candy and some Raw Science. You will need your Red Soldier Ant Buggy to get through.

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