Grounded 2 is finally out and this survival game can be quite challenging – especially at the start when you don’t know what to do. Your goal will be to unlock a bunch of basic recipes so that you can start making things you need for survival. One such item that you’ll need early on is the Thistle Needle. Not only can you make useful recipes but you’ll also need it to progress through the quest. In this quick guide, we’ll show you a reliable way to get thistle needles and farm them. Without further delay, let’s get into it!
How to Get Thistle Needle
Thistle Needles are needed quite early on to progress with certain quests in Grounded 2. You’ll also need them to make arrows and Spike Traps that will help keep your base safe. As a result, you will need a reliable way to grab them.
Check out our how to get grass seeds guide so you know how to get another crucial ingredient for recipes.
Look For Milk Thistle Flowers (Pink Flowers)
Starting off, the first thing you need to do is look for Milk Thistles i.e. pink flowers. These can be found all over the map – especially near the starting area. You should be able to see them if you look around from a high vantage point, like from the top of other flowers or grass blades.
However, an alternate way that we suggest looking for them is to simple open the map. Over here, you should be able to see plenty of pink spots representing the Milk Thistle Flowers. It helps to open the map during the day as you’ll be to make them out much better.
Once you find a nearby pink flower, simply make your way towards it.
Grab Thistle Needles
Once you approach the pink flower, look at the stem and you should be able to see a bunch of Thistle Needles. Start grabbing all of them – and don’t worry, Thistle Needles will respawn on the stems after some time.
You should be able to get a lot of these in one go and simply move on to the next nearest pink flower. Be sure to get all of them since they go all the way to the top of the flower. However, be careful when grabbing them as you’ll need to stand on the leaves to nab them.
You can easily fall off the leaves so keep that in mind. But yeah, it’s as simple as that and you can simply revisit the flower later on to get more Thistle Needles.
Wrap Up
That’s everything you need to know about getting Thistle Needles in Grounded 2. Now you’ll be able to progress the quest and also be able to make recipes that use these as ingredients. The Spike Traps can be great for keeping your base safe. There may be tricks that you can use to get the Thistle Needles to respawn immediately – like quitting out of the game but you’ll need to test that out. In most cases, you should be able to find plenty of Thistle Needles and won’t need to use any trick like that.
