You might not think it from its cutesy miniaturised setting and charming characters, but Grounded 2 can be a hard game, especially at the start when you’ve got bugger all to fend off the park’s most fearsome critters. And to start getting better equipment and materials, you need to somehow overcome those threats, like poisonous scorpions, hordes of spiders, gigantic cockroach queens, wolf spiders—the (horrifying) list goes on.

To have any chance of doing that, you’ll need the best weapons and best armour that you can get your hands on, along with enough handy trinkets to make a build. At the start of the game, I’d recommend sticking to the pebblet spear or warhammerlet, with the humble clover armour you’re introduced to in the early quests. When it comes time to upgrade your equipment, I recommend the following weapons and armour.

Best Grounded 2 weapons

Weapons are characterised by their type, which generally impacts what type of damage they deal, too. There’s everything from one-handed slashing swords to two-handed smashing clubs and stabbing bows with various ammo types. You can increase the damage and durability of all weapons by upgrading them using brittle whetstones (and brittle plating for armour).