Grounded 2 Hotfix 0.4.0.1 Patch Notes

Three days after the Beat the Heat update dropped, Obsidian has pushed Hotfix 0.4.0.1 for Grounded 2 across all platforms. Small patch, but the fixes are ones players were actually feeling.

The most impactful change is the spider web fix in The Park. A bug was letting webs accumulate unchecked, and the performance hit was real enough that Obsidian flagged it specifically. Your existing save will carry over, but the webs already in your world won't vanish automatically. You'll need to clear them out yourself, which is a minor annoyance but a fair trade for getting your framerate back. The multiplayer session bug forcing hosts to re-select a teen after a client joins was also a friction point worth squashing early, and Buggy Calling inside the Black Anthill got an improvement too.

Steam Deck players were stuck with forced joystick icons on screen regardless of input, which is exactly shouldn't survive a launch window. Good to see it caught quickly. Nothing here, just Obsidian doing the housekeeping that keeps a new Early Access game from developing a bad reputation before it finds its footing.

Full patch notes below.

Full Patch Notes

Greetings Friends! Thank you for reporting these issues to us. We are releasing the 0.4.0.1 Hotfix for Grounded 2 on all available platforms. If you don't see the update right away, please try restarting Steam or verifying your game files.

If you come across other issues, please contact us at Support. Thank you.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where the host would be forced to re-select a teen after a client joining a session
Fixed a bug on Steamdeck that forced joystick icons on screen
Fixed a bug where spider webs took over The Park causing Performance drops
This is retroactive to your save file, but the spider webs are still present by default. We suggest that you remove them

Improved Buggy Calling inside the Black Anthill