How To Unlock Every Mutation In Grounded (2024)

There are currently 40 different Mutations for players to unlock and equip in Obsidian's survival base-building game, Grounded. These perks help players achieve their goals and allow them to create a customized in-game build for a personalized experience. Also, since many Mutations are unlocked by doing routine tasks, obtaining the ones you want shouldn't require any grinding.

Of the 40 mutations, five of them must be purchased from BURG.L, while the other 35 will need to be unlocked. Players can equip two at the start of the game and then increase that total to five later with Milk Molars. Note that many mutations will have phased unlocks, meaning you will only unlock their full potential once the mutation is unlocked.

Although a difficult journey, going to the Hedge Lab will require players to turn on the power, which grants important items for learning the story.

How To Unlock All Mutations in Grounded

Unlock Final Phases For Each Mutation

As stated, most Mutations have three phases of unlocking, meaning that the effects will improve with each phase until they are maxed out. The task for reaching each phase will typically be the same as initially unlocking the Mutation, with the only difference being the quantity required.

For example, while phase one may ask you to kill 100 Antlions in Grounded, phase 2 may ask you to kill 200 Antlions. Once you have reached phase 3, the Mutation will not increase its effectiveness anymore.

The totals for reaching phases 2 and 3 of a mutation are not an additional amount required, but instead, is an overall total that the player must meet. Therefore, if you have killed 100 enemies but need 200 for phase 2, you only need to kill 100 more, not 200.

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All Purchasable Mutations

Name	Description	How to Unlock
Meat Shield	Increases your max Health by 50.	BURG.L for 3000 Raw Science
Buff Lungs	Increases your max Stamina by 50.	BURG.L for 3000 Raw Science (Requires Red Anthill BURG.L Chip)
Daredevil	Reduces your Fall Damage by 50%.	BURG.L for 3000 Raw Science (Requires Hedge BURG.L Chip)
Battle Buddies	Decreases player-to-player damage by 75% and thus increases resistance to damage from others by 75%	BURG.L for 3000 Raw Science (Requires Pond BURG.L Chip)
Dissection Expert	Increases the drop-chance of loot from Creatures by 10%	BURG.L for 3000 Raw Science (Requires Forgotten BURG.L Chip)

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Unlockable Mutations Via Enemy Kills & Attacks

Name	Description	How To Unlock
Lil Fist	Damage Buff to unarmed attacks with fists, which stacks until capping out at 100. Phase 1: 1% Buff Phase 2: 1.5% Buff Phase 3: 2% Buff, and every punch that lands will guarantee a second hit, dealing 6 damage and 5 stun.	Phase 1: 40 Kills with Fists Phase 2: 100 Kills with Fists Phase 3: 200 Kills with Fists
Chopper	Axe attacks lower an enemy's resistance by a specific amount for 2 seconds. Phase 1: 10% Lowered Resistance Phase 2: 15% Lowered Resistance Phase 3: 20% Lowered Resistance and players will receive a 5-second buff that removes the stamina regeneration delay when not exhausted.	Phase 1: 40 Kills with Axe Phase 2: 100 Kills with Axe Phase 3: 200 Kills with Axe
Smasher	Activated when using a Hammer, Smasher slows your enemy's attack speed by a specific amount for 10 seconds. Phase 1: Slowed by 10% Phase 2: Slowed by 20% Phase 3: Slowed by 30% and Hammer Attacks will deal 50% more stun damage.	Phase 1: 40 Kills with Hammer Phase 2: 100 Kills with Hammer Phase 3: 200 Kills with Hammer
Javelineer	Spear Attacks receive a buff that reflects a specific amount of damage received back at the enemy while also increasing your Spear-Throwing damage by a specified amount. Phase 1: Reflects 100% of damage received and increases Spear-Throwing damage by 10%. Phase 2: Reflects 150% of damage received and increases Spear-Throwing damage by 20%. Phase 3: Reflects 200% of damage received and increases Spear-Throwing damage by 30%.	Phase 1: 40 Kills with Spear Phase 2: 100 Kills with Spear Phase 3: 200 Kills with Spear

Assassin

Dagger attacks inflict a specific amount of bleed damage on enemies over 5 seconds.

Phase 1: 30 Bleed Damage
Phase 2: 50 Bleed Damage
Phase 3: 75 Bleed Damage and enemy resistance to Bleed Damage is lowered by 25%.

Phase 1: 40 Kills with Dagger
Phase 2: 100 Kills with Dagger
Phase 3: 200 Kills with Dagger

Sharpshooter

Landing bow/crossbow attacks will increase your critical hit chance by a specified amount.

Phase 1: 10% chance increase of Crit
Phase 2: 15% chance increase of Crit
Phase 3: There is a 20% chance that Crit and Candy arrows will gain special effects depending on their type. (Mint will slow enemy movements by 30% for 5 seconds, Sour will deal 10 additional stun, and Spicy will inflict Burn for 50 damage over 5 seconds)

Phase 1: 40 Kills with Bow
Phase 2: 100 Kills with Bow
Phase 3: 200 Kills with Bow

Barbarian

Club attacks force you to enter Rage for 10 seconds, which increases your club damage by a specific amount and reduces perfect block timing.

Phase 1: Club damage increases by 15%
Phase 2: Club damage increases by 20%
Phase 3: Club damage increases by 25%, and Rage regenerates 1 health per second.

Phase 1: 40 Kills with Club
Phase 2: 100 Kills with Club
Phase 3: 200 Kills with Club

Blademaster	Sword attacks lower the damage of your enemy's attacks by a specific amount. Phase 1: Enemy attacks are lowered by 10% Phase 2: Enemy attacks are lowered by 20% Phase 3: Enemy attacks are lowered by 30%, and Sword attacks receive a buff that reduces exhaustion time by 90%	Phase 1: 40 Kills with Sword Phase 2: 100 Kills with Sword Phase 3: 200 Kills with Sword
Whittle Wizard	Staff Attacks receive varying abilities depending on their type. Mint Staff attacks reduce the movement speed of enemies by 10%/20%/30% depending on phase for 5 seconds. Sour Staff attacks deal 2/4/6 extra stun depending on the phase. Spicy Staff attacks burn targets for 25/50/75 damage depending on phase. Phase 3 for all Staff Types will also apply a buff that reduces the cost of stamina by 50%.	Phase 1: 40 Kills with Candy Stave Phase 2: 100 Kills with Candy Stave Phase 3: 200 Kills with Candy Stave
Ant-nihilator	Increases damage dealt to Black Ants, Fire Ants, and Red Ants by a specific amount. Phase 1: Increases damage by 5% Phase 2: Increases damage by 15% Phase 3: Increases damage by 25% and increases resistance to all ants by 10%.	Phase 1: Kill 40 Ants (Fire, Black, or Red) Phase 2: Kill 100 Ants (Fire, Black, or Red) Phase 3: Kill 200 Ants (Fire, Black, or Red)
Truffle Tussle	Unarmed attacks have a 10% chance of creating a fungal explosion, doing 75 damage to everything in the explosion radius.	Kill the Infected Ladybug in the lab in the Haze Biome, introduced in Grounded's Hot and Hazy Update
Mithridatism	Increases Resistance to Poison by a specific percentage. Phase 1: Increases resistance by 25% Phase 2: Increases resistance by 50% Phase 3: Increases resistance by 75%	Phase 1: Kill 1 Wolf Spider Phase 2: Kill 5 Wolf Spiders Phase 3: Kill 10 Wolf Spiders

Larvae are tier-one insects that players will need to defeat in Grounded for parts. They drop materials that are used in Red Ant Armor.

Unlockable Mutations Via Boss Fights

Name	Description	How To Unlock
Shocking Dismissal	Blocked attacks have a 20% chance to trigger an effect that will cause the next melee attack to deal an electric shock that does 75 damage and 40 stun to surrounding enemies.	Kill the Assistant Manager
Apex Predator	Increased strength from weapons made from bosses. Club of the Mother Demon Weapon: There is a 20% chance to apply Venom when attacking, and Venom will deal 45 damage every 5 seconds for 15 seconds. The Scythe of Blossoms Weapon: 20% chance when attacking to increase the attack speed by 25% for 10 seconds, but switching to another weapon while this buff is active will cause a 75% damage reduction to all weapons. Bard's Bow Weapon: 20% chance of triggering a 25% chance to spawn a friendly Wasp that will die after performing an attack or once 15 seconds have passed. (Deals 90 stab damage and inflicts enemy with bleed and poison damage over 10 seconds) Blaster of the Moldy Matriarch Weapon: There is a 20% chance that the next attack will spawn a puddle of infected water that will last for 10 seconds, giving you a 10% increase to your Crit chances when standing in it.	Kill Grounded's Orchid Mantis Boss
Mom Genes	Attacks and Perfect Blocks will have a 10% chance to spawn a friendly Spiderling with 25 Health and increase damage dealt with Poison by 50% Warning: Spiderlings may accidentally damage you as well as enemies.	Kill Grounded's Hedge Broodmother Boss

Name

Description

How To Unlock

Shocking Dismissal

Blocked attacks have a 20% chance to trigger an effect that will cause the next melee attack to deal an electric shock that does 75 damage and 40 stun to surrounding enemies.

Kill the Assistant Manager

Apex Predator

Increased strength from weapons made from bosses.

Club of the Mother Demon Weapon: There is a 20% chance to apply Venom when attacking, and Venom will deal 45 damage every 5 seconds for 15 seconds.
The Scythe of Blossoms Weapon: 20% chance when attacking to increase the attack speed by 25% for 10 seconds, but switching to another weapon while this buff is active will cause a 75% damage reduction to all weapons.
Bard's Bow Weapon: 20% chance of triggering a 25% chance to spawn a friendly Wasp that will die after performing an attack or once 15 seconds have passed. (Deals 90 stab damage and inflicts enemy with bleed and poison damage over 10 seconds)
Blaster of the Moldy Matriarch Weapon: There is a 20% chance that the next attack will spawn a puddle of infected water that will last for 10 seconds, giving you a 10% increase to your Crit chances when standing in it.

Kill Grounded's Orchid Mantis Boss

Mom Genes

Attacks and Perfect Blocks will have a 10% chance to spawn a friendly Spiderling with 25 Health and increase damage dealt with Poison by 50% Warning: Spiderlings may accidentally damage you as well as enemies.

Kill Grounded's Hedge Broodmother Boss

Corporate Kickback	Blocked attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an effect that causes melee attacks to replenish your life equal to the amount of damage you deal for 5 seconds.	Kill Director Schmector
Bardic Inspiration	Gives all bow/crossbow attacks a 25% chance to play a bardic song. Song has a chance to apply one of the following buffs for 10 seconds: Attack Aria: Increasing Crit chance by 10% Critical Concerto: Increases damage by 20% Obstinate Overtune: Reduces damage taken by 25% Soothing Sonata: 25% chance to heal 5 HP every 2 seconds for 10 seconds (requires the Bard's Tudor and can be active simultaneously with one of the other three)	Kill the Wasp Queen
Spore Lord	Dealing explosive damage will have the chance to apply buffs that remain throughout combat. 10% chance to have a 1% resistance to explosive damage (can stack) 5% chance to have a 1% increase in movement speed (can stack) 5% chance to have a passive regen of 0.5 HP every 3 seconds (can stack) 5% chance to have a 1% increase in explosive damage (can stack)	Kill the Infected Broodmother
Mantsterious Stranger	Attacks have a 2% chance of spawning a friendly Mant to fight beside them. Mant Attacks include: Punch (120 damage & 10 stun), Combo Punch (100 damage & 10 stun), and Overhead Smash (80 damage & 50 stun)	Kill the Mant

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Unlock Mutations Via Discovery Tasks

Name	Description	How To Unlock
Parry Master	Gives Perfect Blocks a 100% chance to refund a specific amount of stamina. Phase 1: Refunds 25 stamina. Phase 2: Refunds 50 Stamina. Phase 3: Refunds 100 Stamina.	Phase 1: 20 Perfect Blocks Phase 2: 40 Perfect Blocks Phase 3: 60 Perfect Blocks
Grass Master	Increases Chopping Efficiency by a specific amount, and Harvesting Grass has a 100% chance to return a specific amount of stamina. Phase 1: 50% increase in chopping efficiency and 5 Stamina returned Phase 2: 75% increase in chopping efficiency and 10 Stamina returned. Phase 3: 100% increase in chopping efficiency and 15 Stamina returned.	Phase 1: 50 Blades of Grass Chopped Phase 2: 200 Blades of Grass Chopped Phase 3: 500 Blades of Grass Chopped
Rock Cracker	Increases Busting Efficiency by a specific amount. Phase 1: Increased by 50% Phase 2: Increased by 75% Phase 3: Increased by 100%	Phase 1: Bust 25 Rocks Phase 2: Bust 75 Rocks Phase 3: Bust 100 Rocks
Hauling Hero	Increases Hauling Strength by a specific amount. Phase 1: Increases strength by +5 Phase 2: Increases strength by +10 Phase 3: Increases strength by +15	Phase 1: Reach Coziness Level 2 Phase 2: Reach Coziness Level 3 Phase 3: Reach Coziness Level 4
Trapper PEEP.R	Increases damage dealt by a specific amount when inflicting a Crit. Phase 1: Increases damage by 20% Phase 2: Increases damage by 40% Phase 3: Increases damage by 60%	Phase 1: Obtain 20 Gold Cards Phase 2: Obtain 40 Gold Cards Phase 3: Obtain 60 Gold Cards

Rascal Rogue	When landing a melee hit, players have a chance to instantly obtain an extra item from their loot table. This will only work once per creature and per source of stealing. Phase 1: 2% Chance Phase 2: 5% Chance Phase 3: 10% Chance	Phase 1: Find 1 Statue Figurine Phase 2: Find 4 Statue Figurines Phase 3: Find 7 Statue Figurines
Juicy	Thirst decreases 50% slower.	Discover all 5 Juice Boxes
Natural Explorer	Increase your movement speed by a specific amount (except during combat) Phase 1: Increase of 20% Phase 2: Increase of 35% Phase 3: Increase of 50%	Phase 1: Discover 5 Landmarks Phase 2: Discover 20 Landmarks Phase 3: Discover 50 Landmarks
Merteen	Increases underwater oxygen time by 10% and increases swimming speed by 15%	Discover 5 Landmarks in the Koi Pond.
Cardio Fan	Increases Stamina regeneration by a specific amount and decreases exhaustion time by a specific amount. Phase 1: Stamina Regen increases by 15%, and exhaustion time decreases by 10%. Phase 2: Stamina Regen increases by 20%, and exhaustion time decreases by 20%. Phase 3: Stamina Regen increases by 30%, and exhaustion time decreases by 30%.	Phase 1: Get exhausted 100 times Phase 2: Get exhausted 250 times Phase 3: Get exhausted 500 times
Reliable Friend	Increases player revival speed by a specific amount. Phase 1: Increases speed by 25% Phase 2: Increases speed by 50% Phase 3: Increases speed by 75%	Phase 1: Revive someone 5 times Phase 2: Revive someone 15 times Phase 3: Revive someone 30 times

Fresh Defense	It increases the resistance to gas and burning damage by a specific amount and decreases the Sizzle rate, increasing your Sizzle protection in Grounded by a specific amount. Phase 1: 25% increase in resistance and 25% reduction in Sizzle rate. Phase 2: 50% increase in resistance and 50% reduction in Sizzle rate. Phase 3: 75% increase in resistance and 75% reduction in Sizzle rate.	Phase 1: Eat 1 Mint Shard Phase 2: Eat 5 Mint Shards Phase 3: Eat 10 Mint Shards
Spicy Safety	Reduces damage taken from smashing and stabbing by a specific amount. Phase 1: Decreases damage taken by 25% Phase 2: Decreases damage taken by 50%	Phase 1: Eat 1 Spicy Shard Phase 2: Eat 4 Spicy Shards
Sour Sensation	Damage taken will be reflected at enemies by a specific amount. Phase 1: Reflects 50% of damage Phase 2: Reflects 100% of damage Phase 3: Reflects 150% of damage	Phase 1: Eat 1 Sour Lump Phase 2: Eat 5 Sour Lumps Phase 3: Eat 10 Sour Lumps
Guard Dog	Extra attack damage during MIX.Rs, Factional Raids, and the Spicy Coaltana or JavaMatic events. Phase 1: 10% extra damage Phase 2: 25% extra damage Phase 3: 50% extra damage	Phase 1: Complete 1 MIX.R Phase 2: Complete 4 MIX.Rs Phase 3: Complete 6 MIX.Rs
Coup de Grass	Increases Critical Hit Chance by a specific amount. Phase 1: Increases chance by 2.5% Phase 2: Increases chance by 5%	Phase 1: Discover Grounded's 4 Leaf Clover in the Clover Cave Phase 2: Roll the Minotaur Maze's 20-sided die in *Grounded* and get a Nat 20

Grounded

Platform(s): PS5 , PS4 , Xbox Series X|S , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch , PC
Released: September 27, 2022
Developer(s): Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher(s): Xbox Game Studios
Genre(s): Survival
ESRB: Teen // Blood, Mild Language, Violence
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