Grounded 2's park map is a much bigger playground than the backyard setting in the first game. Due to the sheer scale of the map, players will mostly rely on their buggies to travel from one location to another. These buggies aren't just your means of transport, but also fight alongside you like loyal companions. However, there are times when the hostile insects are a lot stronger, and your buggy may get knocked out for good. Let's check out how to respawn your buggy and what happens when it dies.

What Happens When Your Buggy Dies in Grounded 2?

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The Red Warrior Ant buggy is one of the most important creatures you get early on in the game, as it'll let you cover a large amount of distance swiftly in Grounded 2. However, you will be attacked on your way to a location, and it's best to know what happens when you and your buggy are overwhelmed.

How to Heal Your Buggy's HP?

The buggy will take damage, but it's significantly tankier than your character. So, you can rely on it to kit bigger insects while you focus on landing hits on their backs. Any damage taken by your Buggy will automatically be recovered over time, which saves you the hassle of crafting healing items for it separately.

What Happens When Your Buggy Gets Knocked Out?

There will be situations when the opposing hostile insect is a bit too powerful, and your Buggy's HP falls to zero. When that happens, it'll be knocked out, unable to recover itself. You'll need to head to your buggy and manually revive it within 90 seconds to help it spring back into action. If you fail to do so, the buggy will be completely knocked out instead of dying.

How to Respawn Your Buggy After a Knockout?

The knockout period for a buggy is four minutes, and it'll respawn automatically back to you, even if you've left the location.

In case your buggy does not return to you after respawning, simply use the whistle button to summon it to your location. So, it's important to take your Buggy with you in fights, as you'll need all the help you can get in taking down higher-level insects in Grounded 2.

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Action
Adventure
RPG
Sandbox
Exploration
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Released
July 29, 2025
ESRB
Teen / Violence, Blood
Developer(s)
Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Xbox Game Studios
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
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SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
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Multiplayer
Online Co-Op
Prequel(s)
Grounded
Number of Players
Single-player
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unknown
Genre(s)
Action, Adventure, RPG, Sandbox, Exploration
X|S Optimized
Yes