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How to Remove Dead Root

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Grounded 2 How to Remove Dead Root

Dead roots in Grounded 2 can be removed by letting your red soldier ant Buggy crunch it. Learn how to remove dead roots and where to get a red soldier ant buggy.

How to Remove Dead Root

Crunch with Red Soldier Ant Buggy

Crunch Dead Roots

To remove Dead Roots in Grounded 2, you'll need a Red Soldier Ant Buggy to Crunch them. First, mount your Buggy. Then, approach the dead root you wish to destroy.

Once you are in proximity of the dead root, a prompt to Crunch it will appear. Press the crunch button (E/RT) for your mount to start gnawing until all the dead root blocking your path has been cleared.

Only a Red Soldier Ant Buggy can crunch dead roots, an Orb Weaver Buggy cannot.

How to Get a Soldier Ant

Complete Egg Hunt Story Quest to Get a Red Soldier Ant Buggy

Mount Ant Buggy

Completing the Egg Hunt story quest will net you a Red Soldier Ant Buggy by hatching a Red Soldier Ant egg as part of a series of objectives of the questline. After the quest, you can start using it as a mount to explore and destroy dead roots.

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