How to get Grounded’s best weapon: The Mint Mallet
Are you feeling minty fresh? Your enemies will when you get this weapon.
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Grounded is an awesome survival title, currently in early access among the best games on Xbox Game Pass. However, it can be pretty tough, so we’ve built a beginner’s guide to all things Grounded to help you get started. If you’re a little more advanced, though, you may be wondering how to get some of the more powerful weapons towards the higher-end.
Currently, the most powerful weapon by a mile seems to be the Mint Mallet, with high stun ratings and maxed-out damage. The downside is that it’s a two-hander, which isn’t ideal if you need a light source, but for daylight close-quarters combat there are few better options.
However, getting this mighty mint mace requires quite a large amount of effort to uncover, and requires you to do battle with some of the toughest creatures in the yard. Here’s the step by step guide to nabbing this hefty hammer.
It’s a big(ger) world out there.
Obsidian Entertainment makes its exclusive debut on Xbox One and PC with Grounded, a unique survival experience that literally makes all of your problems much, much bigger. Join your friends as you’re shrunk down to the size of an ant and are forced to survive in a dangerous backyard.
Grounded: How to get the Mint Mallet
The Mint Mallet is unlocked by mining Ice Caps breath mints, found near the starting area. Mining the mints requires an Insect Hammer, which is a Rank 2 weapon needed to squish mints, as well as some Spider Silk and Flower Petals. Getting an Insect Hammer can be tough off the bat, since it requires Stinkbug and Bombadier Beetle parts, which can be quite hard to kill without some upgrades. Let’s run through it step by step.
Mint Mallet materials:5x Mint Chunk, 9x Spider Silk, 8x Flower PetalInsect Hammer materials:4x Stinkbug Part, 12x Berry Chunk (into 4x Berry Leather), 1x Bombardier Beetle Boiling Gland
Crafting an Insect Hammer
Crafting the Mint Mallet
Smash bugs
Grounded is an awesome game that has alreadyhit 1 million playersjust a few days after launch, with a promise of monthly content updates as Obsidian fleshes out some of the game’s core systems. You can grab the game in Xbox Game Pass for both console and PC, or via Steam for PC.
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