If you’re looking to add a new member to your Grounded family, you can pick between adding an aphid or a weevil to your base. These little insects won’t be doing too much or protecting you, but you can give them a better life by taking care of them. Plus, when you tame them as a pet, you’ll be able to pet them. Both insects require certain food to tame them, and an aphid is only hungry for one thing. Here’s what you need to know to tame an aphid as a pet in Grounded.

The best way to tame an aphid in Grounded

When ready to tame an aphid, you must create a plant slurry. You can do this by crafting a Grinder, a crafting station that breaks down basic items and turns them into a wet slurry. While the plant slurry is not too complicated to make, the Grinder is tougher to craft. You’ll need two crow feather pieces, two acorn shells, three flower petals, and five bombardier parts.

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Once you have all those ingredients, you can set the Grinder down in your base, and you’re ready to make the plant slurry. The only ingredient you need to make one of them is one plant fiber, which you can find nearly everywhere in the garden. We recommend making at least four to six plant slurries before attempting to tame an aphid.

The next step is to find an aphid. These insects are crawling all over the garden, so you shouldn’t have to wander too far from your base to find one. When you do, go into your inventory drop, and two of the plant slurries are on the ground. You want to make sure there are no other aphids or weevils nearby. If there are, these insects might try to eat the slurries you dropped, disrupting the process. To properly tame an aphid, you must ensure it eats two of the plant slurries you make in a row. Once it does, you’ll be able to approach the insect, and you can now pet it, confirming that you’ve tamed it.

The final step to make sure you can take care of it is to create a Pet House. Much like the Grinder, the Pet House requires several ingredients to craft. You’ll need two weed stems, one acorn shell, four mushroom bricks, and two crow feather pieces. The mushroom bricks and crow feather pieces will be the most difficult to acquire. After you’ve finished crafting the Pet House, approach it, and then you can assign the pet to it and rename the pet. The Pet House becomes the home of named insects, and you can read your pet’s stats whenever you approach.

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