Welcome to the microscopic world of Grounded, where survival is key, and every little advantage that you can get your hands on matters! Among the myriad of tools at your disposal, trinkets stand out as invaluable assets to your survival, each offering unique passive effects that can easily tip the scales in your favor.
Trinkets can give you the edge you need to navigate the backyard successfully. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through all the trinkets that are available in Grounded right now and how to acquire them. Remember, you can equip only one trinket at a time, so choose wisely!
All Trinkets Location in Grounded
There are a truly ridiculous number of trinkets in Grounded, though not all of them can simply be found lying around in the backyard.
Currently, there are 6 categories of trinkets in Gounded: Crafted Trinkets, Creature Trinkets, Resource Trinkets, Ominent Badges, Unique Trinkets, and Other Trinkets (this is pretty much just the miscellaneous category).
Some of these trinkets can be crafted by players relatively easily, while others will require a lot of luck and skill to be obtained.
Here are all of the trinkets and how they can be obtained in Grounded:
Crafted Trinkets
Crafted trinkets, as their name would suggest, are trinkets that can be crafted by players. These are the easiest trinkets to get in the game, as they don’t rely on sheer skill or luck to be obtained.
Here are all of the crafted trinkets in Grounded, their crafting recipes, and the status effects that they inflict:
- Sarah’s Charm – 1 Right Elf Charm + 1 Left Elf Charm + 2 Pond Moss + 10 Tough Gunk
- + Invincible Attack
- +Invincible Shielding
- Astonishing Acid – 5 Acid Gland + 2 Sap
- + Combo Finish Damage
- Nifty Needle – 1 Thistle Needle + 2 Sap + 3 Gnat Fuzz
- + Charged Shot Damage
- Sturdy Shell – 1 Acorn Shell + 2 Sap + 3 Grub Hide
- + Friendly Fire Defense Up
- + Major Threat
Creature Trinkets
Creature trinkets are trinkets that are dropped by creatures when they’re defeated, though it’s very rare that this ever happens.
Here are all of the creature trinkets in Grounded, which creatures they are obtained from, and the status effects that they inflict:
- Broodmother Trinket – Hedge Broodmother
- Summon Poison
- Infected Broodmother Trinket – Infected Broodmother
- Blastwave
- Mantis Trinket – Mantis
- Combo Finisher Crit Boost
- Speed Droplet – Aphids
- + Sprint Distance
- + The Quickness
- Unstable Capacitator – Raid TAYZ.T
- Short Circuit
- Volatile Fang – Infected Wolf Spiders
- Explosive Perfect Block
- Wasp Queen Trinket – Wasp Queen
- Arrow Refund
- Giddy Goop – Firefly
- Combo Finish Goo Spray
- Insulating Larva Spike – Ladybird Larva
- Sizzle Protection
Resource Trinkets
Resource trinkets can only be obtained as rare drops from resource nodes.
Here are all of the resource trinkets in Grounded, the special resource nodes that they can be obtained from, and the status effects that they inflict:
- Everlasting Hogstopper – Billy Hog
- + Food Generation
- Wondrous Wormhole – Sour Wormhole
- + Sour Attack
- Fancy Fletching – Crow Feather
- Effortless Arrows
- Fluffy Dandelion Tuft – Dandelion
- Unknown
- Fungai Charm – Haze Fungus
- + Explosive Resist
- Hot Cha Charm – Hot Chachas Candy
- + Spicy Attack
- Shiny Salt Crystal – Salt Cluster
- + Salty Attack
- Suspicious Ice Cap – Ice Cap Mint
- + Fresh Attack
Ominent Badges
Ominent Badges are a bit different from the other trinkets in Grounded. Ominent badges can only be found on the skeletons of dead Ominent employees that are scattered around the backyard. All of these trinkets provide a minimum of 1 negative status effect along with 1 positive status effect, so don’t equip them lightly!
Here are all of the Ominent Badges in Grounded, where they can be found, and the positive/negative status effects that they inflict:
- Biomedical Badge – In a Buried Treasure that’s located in the sandbox next to the zipline.
- + Trickle Regen
- Food Conversion
- Compliance Badge – Beneath the power outlet that’s located near the outskirts of the Hedge.
- + Parry Heal
- – Damage Resist
- Defense Badge – Inside of a crevice in the back wall of a cave room in the Haze Lab.
- + Damage Resist
- – Attack Damage
- Entomologist Badge – Underneath a piece of charcoal in the BBQ Spill.
- + Attack
- Imperfect Block
- Health and Safety Badge – Directly to the right of the Spawning Eggs for the Wasp Queen in the Wasp Nest.
- + Life Steal
- Fresh Wound
- Intern Badge – Deep in a cave underneath the half-buried jar of milk molars in the Upper Grasslands.
- + Hauling Strength
- – Movement Speed
- Toxicology Badge – Underneath some wreckage that’s located near the breaker that opens up the Pond Lab.
- + Gas Resist
- + Dust Guard
- – Poison Resist
Unique Trinkets
These trinkets are obtained in unique areas in the backyard, and, like the Ominent Badges, only one of each exists.
Here are all of the unique trinkets in Grounded, the places where they can be found, and the status effects that they inflict:
- Power Droplet – In the crevices of the stone wall right behind the Brawny Boy Bin located in the Upper Grasslands.
- Fury
- Right Elf Charm – Hidden in a chest located inside of the Stump Lab Outpost.
- + Invincible Attack
- Rotten Berry Charm – Inside the Berry Outpost.
- Rotten Deluge
- Shield Solidifier – Inside of the Sour Wormholes rocket located in the Brawny Boy Bin.
- + Block Strength
- Thor’s Pendant – Inside of a small crevice on the fallen portion of the Stump.
- Pendant
- Widdle Widowling – In the Black Widow Web Sac (say that five times fast) inside of the Brawny Boy Bin.
- Widowling Wrangler
- Left Elf Charm – Hidden in the Outpost outside of the Pond Dome.
- + Invincible Shielding
- Sticky Fingers – Inside of the Chewed Gum that’s in the Toolbox in the Upper Grasslands.
- Steal Item
Other Trinkets
This is pretty much just the “miscellaneous” trinkets section, though there is currently only one trinket that fits into this category.
Here is the other trinket in Grounded, where it can be found, and the status effects that it inflicts:
- Web Clippers – Only accessible in the Playgrounds.
- + Web Damage
Trinkets play a crucial role in enhancing your survival odds in Grounded. By strategically choosing and obtaining these passive effect items, you can tailor your playstyle to better suit the many challenges that the backyard throws your way!
If you love playing Grounded and can’t get enough of reading about that sweet, sweet in-game content, then check out some of Gamer Journalist’s other Grounded articles, like our guide on “How to Defeat the Wasp Queen in Grounded” or our list of all the “Best Mods for Grounded“!
