The moment players step into Brookhollow Park, they'll be scrounging for resources to make their equipment to survive against hostile bugs in Grounded 2. You'll be able to mix and match different armor pieces and weapons to make builds against stronger enemies. One of the items that will give you an edge in survivability is trinkets, which grant various buffs and can be equipped in your character's dedicated slot. Let's explore all the Trinkets Grounded 2 has to offer and how to get them.

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Grounded 2: All Materials and Resources (& Where to Find Them)

As a survival crafting game, there are naturally many materials and resources in Grounded 2, with most being extracted from plants or creatures.

All Grounded 2 Trinkets & How to Get Them

There are more than 15 trinkets currently available in Grounded 2 at the time of writing, with additional trinkets to be added in future updates. While some trinkets can be crafted when players analyze certain resources and unlock their crafting recipes, most of them are RNG-based and can only be obtained by harvesting certain resources or bugs. Here's a complete list of all of them in the game and how players can unlock them.

Type

Trinket Name

Effect

How to Get

Crafting Requirements

Craftable

Nifty Needle

Charged Shot Damage: Fully charged bow shots deal more damage.

Recipe obtained by scanning Thistle Needle in Resource Analyzer.

1x Thistle Needle


2x Sap


3x Gnat Fuzz

Sturdy Shell

Friendly Fire Defense Up: Reduces the amount of friendly fire damage you receive from others.


Major Threat: Increase enemies' desire to attack you over other players/buggies.

Recipe obtained by scanning Acorn Shell at the Resource Analyzer.

1x Acorn Shell


2x Sap


3x Grub Hide

Astonishing Acid

Finale Damage: The final hit of your three-hit combo deals additional damage.

Recipe obtained by scanning Acid Glands at the Resource Analyzer (dropped by Larvae & Red Soldier Ants).

5x Acid Gland


2x Sap


2x Larva Spike

O.R.C. Nullifier

O.R.C. Attack Down: Attacking O.R.C. Creatures reduce their damage output for a short duration.

Reach Brainpower Level 6.

2x O.R.C. Receiver


1x Lingonberry Leather


2x Gum Nugget


1x Roach Head

Volatile Capacitor

Shock Attack: Adds shock status to melee attacks.


Haywire: Charged attacks against O.R.C. Creatures overload their receivers, unleashing a shock blast.

Reach Brainpower Level 9.

3x O.R.C. Receiver


4x Unstable Goo


3x Bug Rubber


1x Praying Mantis Head

RNG-Based

Fluffy Dandelion

Infinite Gliding: An infinite use Dandelion Tuft.

Harvest Dandelion Plants.

No Resource Required

Blistering Boiler

Final Blastwave: The final hit of the three-hit combo deals a sizzling blastwave.

Harvesting Bombardier Beetle parts.

Eco Exploitation Token

(Buff) Hauling Strength: Increase hauling capacity (not carry weight).


(Debuff) Arachnophobia: Frozen in fear, you deal less damage against spiders.

Loot dead scientists in Spider Den Anthill.

Myrmecologist Token

(Buff) Ant Damage: Increased damage against ants.


(Debuff) Damage Resist Down: Reduces overall damage resistance.

Loot dead scientists in Snackbar Anthill.

Fancy Fletching

Quickdraw: Increase bow charging speed.

Harvest crow feathers.

Stabby Stinger

Final Venom: Final hit of a three-hit combo inflicts venom status.

Harvest Northern Scorpion parts.

Shivering Scale

Chilly Charge: Charged melee attacks inflict chill and freeze enemies.

Harvest Blue Butterfly parts.

Roach Rage

Low Health - Attack Up: Increases attack damage when health is low.

Defeat General Berserker Cockroach in the Networking quest.

Suspicious Mint

Fresh Attack: Adds some fresh damage to attacks.

Harvest Fresh Mint.

Spectacular Spicy Shard

Spicy Attack: Adds some spicy damage to attacks.

Harvest Spicy Candies.

Cleaving Claws

Death's Door: Critical Hit Chance is greatly increased with two-handed weapons against creatures with low health.

Harvest Praying mantis Nymph parts.

Everlasting Hogstopper

Food Generation: Hunger replenishes over time without consuming food.

Harvest Cockroach Queen parts.

So, here are all the trinkets that players can get in Grounded 2. Make sure to use the best trinket with your current build i.e., armor and weapon of choice, to maximize their effects.

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Action
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Released
July 29, 2025
ESRB
Teen / Violence, Blood
Developer(s)
Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Xbox Game Studios
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
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Multiplayer
Online Co-Op
Prequel(s)
Grounded
Number of Players
Single-player
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unknown
Early Access Release
July 29, 2025
Genre(s)
Action, Adventure, RPG, Sandbox, Exploration
X|S Optimized
Yes