Making Blueberry leather is a key part of moving forward to unlock mid-game armor and structure upgrades in Grounded 2. The best thing to do is to find out where to find blueberries and how to make what you need from there.
While this seems like a long process, it’s very easy once you get the hang of it. Also, you’ll find yourself with too many if you are careful enough with your uses.
How to Make Blueberry Leather in Grounded 2
In Grounded 2, the main way to craft Blueberry Leather is by using a Workbench. There are two different ways to turn blueberries into Blueberry Leather, depending on how you want to manage your resources. When you use a Workbench, you can combine three Blueberry Chunks to make one piece of Blueberry Leather. This method gives you the leather right away, which is great if you have extra Blueberry Chunks and need the leather quickly for important items like the Omni-Axe or tier two armor sets such as the Ladybug and Northern sets.
If you want to save resources and don’t mind waiting, there’s another way using a Jerky Rack. If you build a Jerky Rack at your base, you can place single Blueberry Chunks on it. After a few in-game hours, each Blueberry Chunk will turn into one piece of Blueberry Leather. This 1:1 ratio is much better than the Workbench method, which needs three chunks for one leather.
So, the Jerky Rack is the best option if you want to get the most Blueberry Leather out of your Blueberry Chunks. Even though it takes time, the Jerky Rack helps you make your Blueberry Chunks last longer, giving you a steady supply of Blueberry Leather in Grounded 2.
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Best Blueberry Locations
The best and most plentiful spot to find Blueberries in Grounded 2 is near the pond in the Southern part of the Ice Cream Truck area, located in the Southeast corner of the map. This place is so important that the main story will eventually send you here with a mission to “Find the ORC soldiers by the pond.”
While it’s a long trip, bringing a Grounded 2 Buggy is strongly recommended to make travel easier, but the reward is worth the effort. This area is full of Blueberry trees, and hitting the berries makes them fall, giving you plenty of Blueberry Chunks to pick up. However, be careful, because this zone is heavily patrolled by powerful O.R.C. bees, especially during the “Signals and Stashes” mission. These enemies can be dangerous even for players wearing upgraded tier two gear.
Another decent but less productive place to find Blueberries is the Picnic Table, which is north of the starting area, just beyond the entrance to the Hatchery Anthill, where Red Soldier Ant Eggs are located. To reach these berries, you’ll need to climb to the top of the table. Once you’re up there, check under the tablecloth to find a good number of berries.
Watch out for Orb Weaver Spiders and more O.R.C. bugs in this area. One of the best ways to get to the Picnic Table berries is by going up the picnic blanket ramp, crossing either the cobweb bridge or the croquet mallet, and then entering the fridge cooler. Inside, you’ll face freezing temperatures for a short time, but you can quickly climb up to the tabletop from there.
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Under the blanket next to the newspaper, you’ll find about six blueberries, each giving two to three chunks. This location is especially useful for early-game players who want Blueberry Chunks without traveling too far. Once you’ve gathered your Blueberry Chunks, don’t forget to analyze one at a Ranger Station to unlock the Blueberry Leather crafting recipe.
How to Harvest Blueberry Chunks
In Grounded 2, you can harvest Blueberry Chunks by finding actual blueberries in the game world and breaking them down with the right tool. The best tool for this job is the Omni-Tool level 1 axe. When you hit a blueberry with this axe, it will split into several Blueberry Chunks that you can pick up.
Once you find the blueberries, you can knock them down from the trees with any attack and then chop them into chunks from there. Once that’s done, you can move on to making whatever you may need in Grounded 2.
