Grounded 2 Red Soldier Ant Egg locations

Getting a Grounded 2 Red Soldier Ant Egg is an early mission, requiring you to explore a nearby anthill. Getting a solider ant egg and depositing it in your newly built hatchery is vital if you want a Grounded 2 Buggy, a useful mount to wander around the park with. It's important to note that it has to be a red soldier ant egg as regular ant eggs won't work.

However, the anthill is a higher level area that marks a significant rise in challenge for those still in the early-game. Despite not being too far from the starting area of Grounded 2 it's a tough place to explore, with the game itself recommending you set a respawn point outside before you venture in. To help you get out alive I'll explain how to find the Hatchery Anthill and the Red Soldier Ant Egg location in Grounded 2 below, as well as what danger you can find and how to deal with it.

Where to find Red Soldier Ant Eggs in Grounded 2

Red Soldier Ant Eggs in Grounded 2 are found in the Hatchery Anthill as shown on the map above. It has two access points – a northern one in the Snackbar Front area and a southern one in The Entrance area.

To find the red soldier ant eggs in Hatchery Anthill, follow these directions:

1. From the South entrance, head down the tunnel. You should see some wires going through the ceiling.
2. Follow the wires until you see a computer terminal. A cable will be coming out of it down a lefthand tunnel.
3. Follow the cable past a ladder to a huge battery. Keep following the cable down the righthand tunnel.

4. Keep going until you see the above computer panel and turn left.
5. Follow the path until you reach the ransacked lab and go through it to the opposite door.
6. Head down the tunnel and you'll find several Red Soldier Ant Eggs on a cart. Each player should grab one if you're in Grounded 2 multiplayer, so everybody can have a mount.
7. Retrace your steps to return to the outside world.

Hatchery Anthill walkthrough

Getting through the Hatchery Anthill isn't easy – approaching the Anthill will aggro all Soldier Ants in and around it. Not only that, but there's an O.R.C. Orb Weaver Spider to deal with too, though it's fairly easy to run past it into a section of the lab it can't fit into rather than fighting it.

Things get harder once you have the egg. Red Soldier Ant Eggs are so big they have to be carried in one hand, rather than in your inventory (similar to Grass Planks). Not only that, but having the egg near you automatically turns all nearby ants aggressive by default - including the usually passive workers - so you'll either be fighting your way back up to the surface or, if you can, just run (if you take a hit you'll likely drop the egg so just keep grabbing at as you flee).

Before you go into the Anthill, I recommend having full Acorn armor (or an equivalent) and a good one-handed weapon - we've got a guide on where to find Grounded 2 Acorns to help you there. Not only is it dark enough in the Anthill that you'll want your off-hand free for the torch, you'll need that off-hand on the way back up to hold the Egg.

The other thing to keep in mind is that Eggs will hatch! They have timers that cause them to disappear and spawn in new bugs if you're too slow. Make sure you have the component pieces to set them in up in your own Hatchery, including Acorns. If you're not sure how to get those, or, if you're in the earlier phases, we've also got info on how to find the Grounded 2 Grass Seeds.

Now you're out to explore, why not see which of the Grounded 2 best weapons you can find in the wider world? Or if you have more ambitious treasures in mind, discover the tantalising secret of the buried treasure and the Grounded 2 Frostbitten Key!

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