Today's Patch (April 15th, 2023), made some adjustments and fixed some issues introduced with the 1.2 PTS update. I'll update my findings as I learn more. Of note: 1) The Spicy Staff's charge attack is pretty busted atm. It aims WAY higher than you aim, making it near unusable atm. (FIXED) 2) The Skeleton with the BBQ Medley recipe has been move to RIGHT IN FRONT of the summon altar. Much easier to see now! Keep in mind, any issues will likely be fixed pretty quick. At the very least, nearly every problem should be solved when the Public Test Server goes Official (typically 2 weeks long). Also, wanted to apologize for my Mic Audio. Built a new PC and my mic settings just aren't working right atm. I promise I'm working on it! I just really wanted to get this information out there for the players as soon as possible, and unfortunately had to make a compromise. Trust me, it kills me too -_- .
When she got to half health I wasn't dealing enough damage. She had 2 drone adds and they were healing her constantly. I abandoned my morning star, and went full DPS. Spider fang dagger + Broodmother's mask. A literal shadow of the actual poison build. But I had assassin maxed... It was all over. The adds died quick, and I poisoned, and bled her to victory. I opened this video because I legit was stuck on that 50% hp for 10minutes solid. Next time I'll try what the video says xD.
Thanks for the video. The hiding-under-the-queen trick while she's spamming made a big difference. Also, I found her a lot easier once I switched from the salty morning star to a salt-upgraded tick macuahuitl, since I got the salt damage while also healing myself with each hit.
I'm not sure if you said on the video, but if you have Super Gas Arrows, just shoot at your feet when she spawns the wasps. As for drones, shoot her and he dies almost everytime. I think the only problem is to farm salty arrows, but after that it's just a long fight, not hard or something. Thanks for the tips tho.
so im assuming there was a update for it, but it now takes 3 to 4 shots to stun a wasp with pollen, tries to solve this with bee armor though its light armor so not the best for defense 2 to 3 shots with bee set if u have 2 bee armor pieces on, and 1 to 2 if u ware full set, but isnt the best against the queen, and the sour scepter takes 3 full charges to drop them as well also dosnt help that they added a stun cool down so they cant be stunned for a set time, any recommendations for dealing with wasps and the queen?
Btw use super gas arrows as soon as the baby wasps come through. Trust😂 Ends them in at least 1 or 2 seconds. If you're good she should only spawn at least twice or 3 times. If you're a crit god she won't spawn shite. Mind you the gas arrows aren't for her. But it clears the field of the little wasps quickly so you can get back to the fight. Less dps on you the better🥰
Mithridatism doesn’t counter the wasp venom, it only counters the spiders venom, the only way to protect yourself against the wasps currently is to use the waspidote. Hope this helps!
It counters Poison NOT Venom, that's what he was saying in the video. They're different. It counters the multi-stacking Poison but not the venom. And the Waspidote was altered in update to reflect the abilities your referencing. The video was created before that update occurred though as reflected in the footage shown.
Yeah. Not sure if we are gonna get a new theme song or not. Professional music is expensive. They may skip on this one. Hopefully not...but we will have to wait to see.
Been trying all day to kill her. She sommons the drones and they heal her to half health and I can't kill them cause I'm a melay build and they stay too high up.
They have made this fight nearly impossible now, she constantly summons drones and they stay way high so you have to use ranged weapon and you can't kill them quick enough, I even tried multiple times on easy and have the same thing. It's stupid and f=££ing frustrating.
I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this. I've fought her 6 times now and the constant re-heals from the drones makes it nearly impossible. Felt like I'm not making any progress on the fight because by the time I get rid of the drone, she is healed and had summoned another drone.
She summons adds more than once for me. Not sure if this was in a recent update or what. But after she's down to like 1/3 health she keeps summoning drones and her health regens.
@That1Guy4Never I keep getting her down to like 20% health then can't take care of drones quick enough. I went back to make salty arrows but had to log off for a bit. Hopefully they will help take them out quick.
Salt arrows and iirc bomb arrows are your bffs here. The summons are the hardest part of the fight. Take them out with overwhelming firepower immediately after they spawn. The Bards Bow with Apex Predator is also really good here. Give you a chance to summon an allied wasp. Really helps take the pressure off you.
it makes me wonder if the healing debuff is addictive or multiplicative with the buff of the Lady Bug armor and what the order of operations is for those values.
Lol so what do I do if nothing works 😅 I’ve tried everything and the queen is spawning an insane amount of drones. Totally unfair advantage and they are constantly flying. Tried the sour staff. Didnt do anything really. Tried gas arrows and they helped a bit until she just kept calling more and more drones and I ran out of arrows. Using level 8 rolly Polly armor with the mother demon club at level 8 and apex predator activated. Using the other mutations recommended here. Not sure what else to do.
The devs increased the # of times she summons now. It's definitely harder than before. Two things I can recommend, using the Bards Bow (if you've managed to kill her) with Apex Predator. This gives you a chance to summon a friendly wasp, which really helps by taking some pressure off you. The other thing, is, overwhelming dmg on the adds. You need to focus them down IMMEDIATELY after they spawn. Bomb arrows and pollen arrows are your best friend here. Pollen arrows will stun them in 1 shot (they do have a stun cooldown) and bomb arrows chunk their health.
I don’t know why but I was Mandela effected into thinking her abdomen was split open with tendrils still hanging the two pieces together to make a weird flesh harp arrangement I might be thinking of another wasp related boss
no, you don't need to destroy 2 mini nests to get in. I only destroyed the one near the red toolbox, got wasp raided as soon as I got home. Then went to sleep and got the animation of wasp getting out. Don't know if killing the 4 wasp that raided me counted as a 2nd 'mini nest' but I definitely only destroyed 1. I haven't even found a 2nd one yet.
Yeah, she summons multiple times now. Strategy is the same: pollen shot adds for instant knock down, then burst them dead with your most powerful attack.
So I should be prepared with a level nine club of the mother demon and full level nine roly poly armor and also 107 smoothies took forever to get the smoothies
My friend reinstalled Grounded because of these new creatures. Now we're just waiting for the full release of this update. Me and him are super excited. And I'm excited that I get a new bow to mess around with (I'm the ranger of the 4 of us). This will help us A LOT. But do you happen to know the date of this update's full release?
Mantis is definitely a true challenge for melee players. Disagree that Mantis is only difficult due to debuff. He has some of the most difficult Parry windows and deals out some of the highest dmg in the game in quick succession. Plus, that unblockable, uncurable bleed. He's hard by this game's standards, and many players struggle on him - that's a fact. This fight isn't too bad, agreed. Wasp Queen does apply a perfect block debuff as well, but she only has a few melee attacks you have to deal with, as opposed to the Mantis, who is primarily melee.
@@That1Guy4NeverI've got the notification to save Dr tully from under the shed, I've explored the entire map, blocked off the weedkiller, killed the hedge broodmother, just working my way to mantis, I've got all the burgle chips aside from the last one under the compost bin. I dont know where I'm going wrong.
You might have to beat the undershed lab. Other than that, you need to destroy enough nests and kill enough wasps that you get the message "Wasps Want You Gone." Be sure to kill the wasps if you haven't been doing so. Let me know if that works for you.
@@That1Guy4Never just triggered it, took out the wasp nest beneath the Java coffee machine then it came up with "wasps want you gone" went back toy base slept and it triggered the cut scene. I think I've took down maybe 4 now not sure why people can do 2 and trigger it and I've had to do quite a few but it don't matter its worked and now I have angry wasps coming for me.
Yeah, they really upped the difficulty adding more. That said there are some simple strategies to deal with them. 1) Bleed or poison DOTs are powerful. The adds will die with 3 hits of any dmg. So a single hit that applies bleed, poison, or even Venom will take them out after the next two ticks of dmg. So just ignore them after applying one. 2) in the final quarter of her health, it's often better to just ignore the adds and focus all your effort on the boss. She will summon nearly non-stop making it a futile effort. With a strong build (clubs, battle axes, salt morning star, salt arrows) you can easily out dps the healing she gets.
In your Steam Library Right-click on Grounded, and select "Properties". Select the "Beta" Tab, and click the Drop Down for labeled "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs", and instead select "public_test". Close the Window, and you should have a download ready. Attempting to play the game should automatically trigger the download. How to switch back on Steam: To switch back and opt-out of all betas, simply repeat the steps above, but select "None - Opt out of all Betas" from the drop-down list in Step 1.
Bows are fine. They have lower dmg than melee weapons because they are a far safer option. If you happen to be animation canceling on the crossbow, stop. That's why your dmg is so low. Rough reload punishes that by lowering your dmg by 80%. I only mention it because a lot of commenters have been recommending it to people lately.
Good LORD dude could you possibly turn the contrast and saturation up a little higher and get just a *bit* closer to the mic? This video just didn't quite give me the level of hearing/vision damage I was hoping for.
Barely touched those settings, mate. This is xbox series x graphics with only a tiny touch of a face-lift. As for the mic, it's a problem with my new pc. It's not THAT bad though lmao. Turn it down or pull up subtitles if you are having volume issues. That's on you.
Hey thanks for the feedback! I'm with you. I was going through a rough patch on a couple videos I put out around that time due to some annoying technical issues with OBS and software compatibility. I'm just a small youtuber doing this for fun. I don't have a lot of budget for a fancy setup. I certainly make mistakes, more often than I'd like with my audio. But I do try my very best to get it as good as I can and improve as I go. I hope you give my videos another try in the future. Best wishes to you.
The combat system is just fine. Quite a bit more polished than say ARK'S. I don't like there being friendly fire with them pushing this as a multiplayer game, but it is what it is. There's actually a lot of depth to all the perks and stats. The trouble is, things arentwell explained at times. Data miners have had to clarify alot of things.
This is the dumbest fight ever. I hate ranged combat. Dont force me into it. Its boring and not fun and makes me want to play something else. And now the smooth brains at Obisidian decided to added infinite drones to the fight. What a joke. Ohhhhh... Let me run around in circles while i shoot this stupid bow. How fun.....
Today's Patch (April 15th, 2023), made some adjustments and fixed some issues introduced with the 1.2 PTS update. I'll update my findings as I learn more. Of note:
1) The Spicy Staff's charge attack is pretty busted atm. It aims WAY higher than you aim, making it near unusable atm. (FIXED)
2) The Skeleton with the BBQ Medley recipe has been move to RIGHT IN FRONT of the summon altar. Much easier to see now!
Keep in mind, any issues will likely be fixed pretty quick. At the very least, nearly every problem should be solved when the Public Test Server goes Official (typically 2 weeks long).
Also, wanted to apologize for my Mic Audio. Built a new PC and my mic settings just aren't working right atm. I promise I'm working on it! I just really wanted to get this information out there for the players as soon as possible, and unfortunately had to make a compromise. Trust me, it kills me too -_- .
When she got to half health I wasn't dealing enough damage. She had 2 drone adds and they were healing her constantly. I abandoned my morning star, and went full DPS. Spider fang dagger + Broodmother's mask. A literal shadow of the actual poison build. But I had assassin maxed... It was all over. The adds died quick, and I poisoned, and bled her to victory. I opened this video because I legit was stuck on that 50% hp for 10minutes solid. Next time I'll try what the video says xD.
I'm glad that this update is mirroring my real life struggles against giant wasps.
Haha! I don't like them either. They're a big problem in my area.
Me too! They killed my wife.
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@@trajanmack2978 rip shes in a better place sorry for you loss
Thanks for the video. The hiding-under-the-queen trick while she's spamming made a big difference. Also, I found her a lot easier once I switched from the salty morning star to a salt-upgraded tick macuahuitl, since I got the salt damage while also healing myself with each hit.
I'm really glad it helped you. Lifesteal is so powerful in this game, especially when pushed to the limit. Embrace the vampire 🧛♀️ 🧛♂️.
Gonna use this when I feel like playing grounded again. Thanks for the guide
Any time!
You’re soo underrated. Good stuff man. Clean edit good content
I always appreciate the kind feedback! It really helps keep me motivated.
I'm not sure if you said on the video, but if you have Super Gas Arrows, just shoot at your feet when she spawns the wasps. As for drones, shoot her and he dies almost everytime.
I think the only problem is to farm salty arrows, but after that it's just a long fight, not hard or something. Thanks for the tips tho.
amazing video as always, this will definitely help me out, thanks!
🤜🤛 thank you, my friend. Best of luck with your hunt!
so im assuming there was a update for it, but it now takes 3 to 4 shots to stun a wasp with pollen,
tries to solve this with bee armor though its light armor so not the best for defense
2 to 3 shots with bee set if u have 2 bee armor pieces on,
and 1 to 2 if u ware full set, but isnt the best against the queen,
and the sour scepter takes 3 full charges to drop them as well
also dosnt help that they added a stun cool down so they cant be stunned for a set time,
any recommendations for dealing with wasps and the queen?
Is there a way from stopping her to spam for more allies, everytime she does an attack she instantly calls for 3 drones
Same problem here.
Tysm for this i really needed help and this is amazing ty!
Btw use super gas arrows as soon as the baby wasps come through. Trust😂 Ends them in at least 1 or 2 seconds. If you're good she should only spawn at least twice or 3 times. If you're a crit god she won't spawn shite. Mind you the gas arrows aren't for her. But it clears the field of the little wasps quickly so you can get back to the fight. Less dps on you the better🥰
Mithridatism doesn’t counter the wasp venom, it only counters the spiders venom, the only way to protect yourself against the wasps currently is to use the waspidote. Hope this helps!
Correct. Never said it did protect against venom.
It counters Poison NOT Venom, that's what he was saying in the video. They're different. It counters the multi-stacking Poison but not the venom. And the Waspidote was altered in update to reflect the abilities your referencing. The video was created before that update occurred though as reflected in the footage shown.
Bro didn't pay attention to the video 😂
This hopefully will help me thank you for making this video
Yw! Best of luck to you on your hunt!
I actually noticed that because the wasp queen doesent have a setup and thus( no boss music) she actually uses the Mantis theme as a placeholder
Yeah. Not sure if we are gonna get a new theme song or not. Professional music is expensive. They may skip on this one. Hopefully not...but we will have to wait to see.
I used the fire ant shield with the new shield trinket, it managed to block the poison projectile and was much more reliable than dodging.
Wow that's amazing. Thanks for sharing that, sincerely! I'll have to test that out asap.
Really appreciate that mate. Ty.
they did something for this that made it that now she can now summon multiple times as well as summon drones to heal her
Been trying all day to kill her. She sommons the drones and they heal her to half health and I can't kill them cause I'm a melay build and they stay too high up.
They have made this fight nearly impossible now, she constantly summons drones and they stay way high so you have to use ranged weapon and you can't kill them quick enough, I even tried multiple times on easy and have the same thing. It's stupid and f=££ing frustrating.
I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this. I've fought her 6 times now and the constant re-heals from the drones makes it nearly impossible. Felt like I'm not making any progress on the fight because by the time I get rid of the drone, she is healed and had summoned another drone.
She summons adds more than once for me. Not sure if this was in a recent update or what. But after she's down to like 1/3 health she keeps summoning drones and her health regens.
Yeah, the devs added more summons in a later update.
@That1Guy4Never I keep getting her down to like 20% health then can't take care of drones quick enough. I went back to make salty arrows but had to log off for a bit. Hopefully they will help take them out quick.
Salt arrows and iirc bomb arrows are your bffs here. The summons are the hardest part of the fight. Take them out with overwhelming firepower immediately after they spawn.
The Bards Bow with Apex Predator is also really good here. Give you a chance to summon an allied wasp. Really helps take the pressure off you.
it makes me wonder if the healing debuff is addictive or multiplicative with the buff of the Lady Bug armor and what the order of operations is for those values.
Great guide on thanks for the poison attack they help a lot now I know when to parry
Lol so what do I do if nothing works 😅 I’ve tried everything and the queen is spawning an insane amount of drones. Totally unfair advantage and they are constantly flying. Tried the sour staff. Didnt do anything really. Tried gas arrows and they helped a bit until she just kept calling more and more drones and I ran out of arrows. Using level 8 rolly Polly armor with the mother demon club at level 8 and apex predator activated. Using the other mutations recommended here. Not sure what else to do.
The devs increased the # of times she summons now. It's definitely harder than before.
Two things I can recommend, using the Bards Bow (if you've managed to kill her) with Apex Predator. This gives you a chance to summon a friendly wasp, which really helps by taking some pressure off you.
The other thing, is, overwhelming dmg on the adds. You need to focus them down IMMEDIATELY after they spawn. Bomb arrows and pollen arrows are your best friend here. Pollen arrows will stun them in 1 shot (they do have a stun cooldown) and bomb arrows chunk their health.
I don’t know why but I was Mandela effected into thinking her abdomen was split open with tendrils still hanging the two pieces together to make a weird flesh harp arrangement
I might be thinking of another wasp related boss
Question for you,I’ve seen some people getting the boss sauce recipe when researching the queen’s head,what does it actually do?
Increases crit chance by 10%. Very powerful on the right build, but also very expensive.
I just made a lecel 9 salty brood mother club for the mantis so im prepped already in weapons
no, you don't need to destroy 2 mini nests to get in. I only destroyed the one near the red toolbox, got wasp raided as soon as I got home. Then went to sleep and got the animation of wasp getting out. Don't know if killing the 4 wasp that raided me counted as a 2nd 'mini nest' but I definitely only destroyed 1. I haven't even found a 2nd one yet.
Appreciate you letting me know. On one of my saves, I had to destroy two, on the other just one. Little random maybe.
I had to destroy 2
It's just faction aggression. You can only kill one and a bunch of wasps too
Has this fight changed? She keeps on summoning the wasp drones and adds on repeat even when she falls to 40%
Yeah, she summons multiple times now. Strategy is the same: pollen shot adds for instant knock down, then burst them dead with your most powerful attack.
Good video but when I played against the queen wasp on medium mode and I only used 1 smoothie and never went below half health
So I should be prepared with a level nine club of the mother demon and full level nine roly poly armor and also 107 smoothies took forever to get the smoothies
My friend reinstalled Grounded because of these new creatures. Now we're just waiting for the full release of this update. Me and him are super excited. And I'm excited that I get a new bow to mess around with (I'm the ranger of the 4 of us). This will help us A LOT. But do you happen to know the date of this update's full release?
It's a great chunk of content. Idk when it's going full release. But it should be pretty soon. They typically last around 2 weeks.
@That1Guy4Never Thanks a bunch. And thank you for the info about this new Queen
Your most welcome. Have fun.
@@That1Guy4Never You too. Stay safe, my friend
I destroyed 2 wasp nests then slept but no cut scene?
Not even close to the difficulty of mantis ,the mantis is only difficult because of the perfect block debuff
Mantis is definitely a true challenge for melee players. Disagree that Mantis is only difficult due to debuff. He has some of the most difficult Parry windows and deals out some of the highest dmg in the game in quick succession. Plus, that unblockable, uncurable bleed. He's hard by this game's standards, and many players struggle on him - that's a fact.
This fight isn't too bad, agreed. Wasp Queen does apply a perfect block debuff as well, but she only has a few melee attacks you have to deal with, as opposed to the Mantis, who is primarily melee.
Do wasp do sizzle damage it seems like I take less damage with ant lion gear.
AFAIK, no.
I've destroyed 3 little nests and sleept, however, the cut scene has not happnede yet.....
You have to do it in a certain order just search up which ones to do
@@RJMAXIMA I found out I have do 2 two and sleep before they respaw
I used two bandages this whole fight
how to unlock the thing that summons the queen?
Are you asking how to unlock the BBQ medley to summon her?
@@That1Guy4Never yes
I cover that at 0:39
I can’t even play the new update because my gamepass ran out😭😭
That happened to my wife too. Bite the bullet, and renew!
I've destroyed at least 3 wasp nests and still no cut scene 😢 what am I doing wrong 😭
How far have you progressed in the campaign? I can't remember the exact criteria, but I believe you need to progress the story to a certain point.
@@That1Guy4NeverI've got the notification to save Dr tully from under the shed, I've explored the entire map, blocked off the weedkiller, killed the hedge broodmother, just working my way to mantis, I've got all the burgle chips aside from the last one under the compost bin. I dont know where I'm going wrong.
You might have to beat the undershed lab.
Other than that, you need to destroy enough nests and kill enough wasps that you get the message "Wasps Want You Gone." Be sure to kill the wasps if you haven't been doing so.
Let me know if that works for you.
@@That1Guy4Never just triggered it, took out the wasp nest beneath the Java coffee machine then it came up with "wasps want you gone" went back toy base slept and it triggered the cut scene. I think I've took down maybe 4 now not sure why people can do 2 and trigger it and I've had to do quite a few but it don't matter its worked and now I have angry wasps coming for me.
Glad you got it to trigger!
The fight is like 20% fighting the wasp queen and 80% trying to kill the wasp drones 😑
Yeah, they really upped the difficulty adding more. That said there are some simple strategies to deal with them.
1) Bleed or poison DOTs are powerful. The adds will die with 3 hits of any dmg. So a single hit that applies bleed, poison, or even Venom will take them out after the next two ticks of dmg. So just ignore them after applying one.
2) in the final quarter of her health, it's often better to just ignore the adds and focus all your effort on the boss. She will summon nearly non-stop making it a futile effort. With a strong build (clubs, battle axes, salt morning star, salt arrows) you can easily out dps the healing she gets.
@@That1Guy4Never thanks bro, Literally in the last phase the Queen wasp summon like 7 wasp drones
is this on easy or medium?
Medium
@@That1Guy4Never thanks! you make it look easy lol
Haha. Dodge and weave,my friend! If you can dodge a wrench 🔧 you can dodge a stinger ☣️!
@@That1Guy4Never great movie lol
is the update out yet ?
This is a Public Test Server (PTS). On Xbox you download the Xbox Insider app, and download it. It's essentially a beta update.
@@That1Guy4Never but from steam ??
In your Steam Library Right-click on Grounded, and select "Properties".
Select the "Beta" Tab, and click the Drop Down for labeled "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs", and instead select "public_test".
Close the Window, and you should have a download ready. Attempting to play the game should automatically trigger the download.
How to switch back on Steam:
To switch back and opt-out of all betas, simply repeat the steps above, but select "None - Opt out of all Betas" from the drop-down list in Step 1.
@@That1Guy4Never thx
i destroy 2-3 nests and it never works
Where are you at in the story? I'm not sure what the trigger is, but you need to progress so far in the story for the scene to happen.
trueeeeeeeee es
they need to fix the bows they fire way to slow an there damage sucks .
Bows are fine. They have lower dmg than melee weapons because they are a far safer option.
If you happen to be animation canceling on the crossbow, stop. That's why your dmg is so low. Rough reload punishes that by lowering your dmg by 80%. I only mention it because a lot of commenters have been recommending it to people lately.
Good LORD dude could you possibly turn the contrast and saturation up a little higher and get just a *bit* closer to the mic? This video just didn't quite give me the level of hearing/vision damage I was hoping for.
Barely touched those settings, mate. This is xbox series x graphics with only a tiny touch of a face-lift.
As for the mic, it's a problem with my new pc. It's not THAT bad though lmao. Turn it down or pull up subtitles if you are having volume issues. That's on you.
What an awful audio
Hey thanks for the feedback! I'm with you. I was going through a rough patch on a couple videos I put out around that time due to some annoying technical issues with OBS and software compatibility.
I'm just a small youtuber doing this for fun. I don't have a lot of budget for a fancy setup. I certainly make mistakes, more often than I'd like with my audio. But I do try my very best to get it as good as I can and improve as I go.
I hope you give my videos another try in the future. Best wishes to you.
This is a bit much for this game. The combat system is pretty bad and we aren’t playing Elden Ring. It’s a cartoon game for C.S.
@Local cucumber the video is good, I meant the boss fight. Sorry
The combat system is just fine. Quite a bit more polished than say ARK'S. I don't like there being friendly fire with them pushing this as a multiplayer game, but it is what it is.
There's actually a lot of depth to all the perks and stats. The trouble is, things arentwell explained at times. Data miners have had to clarify alot of things.
@@That1Guy4Never Yeah definitely. The data miners needing to clarify so many things is easily the biggest problem this game has
This is the dumbest fight ever. I hate ranged combat. Dont force me into it. Its boring and not fun and makes me want to play something else. And now the smooth brains at Obisidian decided to added infinite drones to the fight. What a joke. Ohhhhh... Let me run around in circles while i shoot this stupid bow. How fun.....
You don’t need a bow