Grounded: Acid Damage Explained

Obsidian Entertainment made a cooperative survival game, Grounded, that puts you in the tiny, dangerous micro-world of a suburban garden and challenges you to stay alive. If you remember the movie, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, you’re probably having back problems, and this game will bring you back to that movie.

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What is Acid Damage in Grounded and How Does it Work?

The world of Grounded is very cruel and unforgiving, and you need any possible help to survive this unwelcoming environment. Choosing your armor and your tools is of great importance for survival. Certain equipment has attributes that increase some stats. Among many others, acidic status effects and attacks are also associated with certain items.

Acidic Status Effects

The general property of acidic attacks is to ignore all the enemies’ armor buffs. This works both ways, so insects can harm you with acidic attacks, but you can harm them, too. If you equip Fire Ant Armor, you will get the Corrosion status effect. This effect will give you a 10% chance to debuff the enemy with acid. If you successfully debuff your enemy, it will cause them to take 15% more damage for 10 seconds, regardless of their status effect.

Acidic Armor Upgrade Effects

Selecting the “Sleek” path when upgrading armor at a Smithing Station will unlock the special effects known as Armor Upgrade Effects, which are specific to each set of armor.

Fire Ant Armor

Every piece of armor or outfit in the game has a different bonus. We already mentioned Fire Ant Armor, and you can upgrade it with Acid Damage buff. This upgrade will increase damage of player-dealt acid attacks by 10%.

Termite Armor

Additionally, you can upgrade Termite Armor with the Dust Cloud, which gives a 10% chance to release a cloud when hitting a creature. This cloud will slow down the enemies’ movement speed by 25% and attack speed by 20%, but will also release an acid splash for 5 damage.

Armor Set Bonuses

Every armor set can give you a special set bonus when you wear all the armor pieces at once. The Fire Ant Armor gives you an Acidic Splash bonus, which gives your melee attack a 10% chance to unleash a second acidic splash that deals an additional 25 damage. The splash can strike targets at any range. Furthermore, acid damage just ignores all enemies’ resistance and defense.

Acidic property is a very useful upgrade to your arsenal, mostly because it ignores all your enemies’ resistances and defense buffs. For more related content, please check out our articles Does Grounded Have Split Screen Co-Op? or How to Get the Intern Badge in Grounded.