The Omni-Tool is like the Swiss Army knife of Grounded 2. This device starts out as a simple chopping axe, but it can be upgraded several times and provide multiple functions. This lets you chop, dig, and hammer items to gain valuable resources for your survival. Here we’ll guide you through everything you need to know in order to upgrade your Omni-Tool in Grounded 2.
After you complete the Grounded 2 tutorial, you’re free to explore the dangers of being tiny in a neighborhood park. However, you’ll want to quickly start working on your main objective, which tasks you with finding the Ranger Outpost. This is marked with a star icon to follow, so it’s a pretty easy task. Once inside the outpost, you are tasked with grabbing an Omni-Tool off the wall.
The Omni-Tool replaces the need for several different tools as featured in the first game, which required you to have separate hammers, shovels, and axes with their own upgrades. This one tool can eventually be upgraded to do it all.
Grab the Omni-Tool from the wall, and now you have a basic axe tool for cutting. This won’t get you all of the resources you need. You’ll need to progress through the main mission a bit further to get access to the Ranger Station.
How to unlock the Ranger Station
You’ll notice a door inside the Ranger Outpost is locked. There’s a phone ringing within this locked room and a terminal called a Ranger Station. Your main mission objective will now task you with finding a way to this locked room called the Communications Array.
This marks a nearby tunnel on your map. You’ll need to head inside the tunnel and navigate through to reach an entrance to the locked room inside the Ranger Outpost.
This part isn’t too difficult, but it’s dark and contains several lawn mites, so you’ll definitely want at least a basic spear to fight off the bugs. A torch is also helpful here, but you can navigate the tunnel without one.
Carry on with the mission steps to answer the phone. After a brief interaction, you’ll be able to use the Ranger Station terminal found inside the room.
Interact with the Ranger Station terminal to make your first upgrade to the Omni-Tool. You already have the first axe function, but this lets you add three new tool functions with the wrench, shovel, and hammer upgrades. Each tool type also has multiple upgrades you can make for even further use.
Each type will cost resources and add a benefit to the tool. Not all resources are known at this time, and the guide will be updated. This is because some of the upgrades’ required resources are coming in future patches, making some upgrades currently unavailable.
These are all listed as follows:
Omni-Axe
You start with the basic level 1 Omni-Axe functionality when you first get the Omni-Tool. This lets you cut grass and weed stems, but you can also make four additional upgrades to chop even more resource options.
The Omni-Axe has four additional upgrades.
Upgrade II requires:
- 2,000 – Science points
- 2 – Roach Chunks
- 2 – Blueberry Leather
Upgrade III requires:
Upgrade IV requires:
Upgrade V requires:
Omni-Hammer
This provides the Omni-Tool with hammer functionality. It allows you to hammer simple rocks for more pebbles and bust acorns for new resources.
You’ll also need the following materials:
- 350 – Science points
- 2 – Pebblets
- 1 – Sap
There are four additional upgrades to further improve the hammer function.
The hammer upgrade II requires:
- 2,000 – Science points
- 1 – Ladybug Head
- 3 – Lingonberry Leather
The hammer upgrade III requires:
The hammer upgrade IV requires:
The hammer upgrade V requires:
Omni-Shovel
This upgrades the Omni-Tool with the ability to shovel. It allows you to shovel soft dirt and clay.
You’ll also need the following materials to upgrade:
- 350 – Science points
- 1 – Grass seed
- 2 – Sprigs
The shovel also has two additional upgrades to improve the shoveling functionality.
Shovel upgrade II requires:
- 3,000 – Science points
- 1 – Northern Scorpion Stinger
- 2 – Pine needles
Shovel upgrade III requires:
Omni-Wrench
This upgrades the Omni-Tool with the ability to repair items.
You’ll also need the following materials to upgrade:
- 1,000 – Science points
- 2 – Red ant parts
- 2 – Clay
The wrench has two additional upgrades that can be unlocked to further improve the repair function.
Upgrade II requires:
Upgrade III requires:
If you’ve already hoarded a bunch of resources, you might have enough to make the first hammer and shovel upgrades early on.
Some of the upgrades require Lingonberry or Blueberry Leather pieces. These are resources worth collecting right away, and we have a full guide on where to get Lingonberry and Blueberry, as well as how to make them into leather.
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