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.
If you’re a returning player, the new Into the Abyss update has added the ability to craft the omni-tool’s new cutting function and make additional upgrades. For new players, you’ll find a complete guide on how to get your omni-tool and make all existing upgrades.
Make sure to check out our Grounded 2 guide hub, which includes how to make leather, craft “buggy” mounts, and more.
How to get the Omni-Tool
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.
Upgrading the Omni-Tool
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:
- 3,000 Science points
- 3 Black Ant Mandibles
- 2 Praying Mantis Claws
Upgrade IV requires:
- 4,000 Science points
- ?
- ?
Upgrade V requires:
- 5,000 Science points
- ?
- ?
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:
- 3,000 Science points
- 1 Potato Beetle Head
- 3 Gunpowder Clump
The hammer upgrade IV requires:
- 4,000 Science points
- ?
- ?
The hammer upgrade V requires:
- Unknown
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:
- 5,000 Science points
- ?
- ?
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:
- 2,500 Science points
- 3 Gum Nuggets
- 2 Rust Beetle Parts
Upgrade III requires:
- 3,000 Science points
- ??
- ??
Omni-Clipper
This function adds a clipper to the omni-tool, allowing you to cut underwater plant life. Most of the resources needed for the clipper upgrades are brand-new additions included with the park’s new water biome.
You’ll need the following materials to unlock the base clipper function:
- 1,000 Science points
- 1 Water Boatman Fin
- 2 Wax
Water Boatmans can be found in the water all around the new Skunk Pond and Bridge POIs, especially near the lilypads. Wax can be found on the tops of the lilypads, and this includes the ones above and below the surface of the water.
There are two additional upgrades to further improve the clipper function.
The clipper upgrade II requires:
- 2,000 Science points
- 1 Diving Bell Spider Chunk
- 2 Crow Feather Pieces
Diving Bell Spiders are the spiders lurking in the pond and water areas around the Bridge POI. The Crow Feathers are an existing resource, and they can be found in various places in the park, including the Snack Bar, Picnic Table, and Ice Cream Cart locations.
The clipper upgrade III requires:
- 3,000 Science points
- 1 Toe Bitter Claw
- 2 Sunken Bone
Toe Bitter parts are obtained from the game’s creepy new Toe Bitter bug. This creature is found on the shore around the pond. Sunken Bones are small, curved, horn-like bones found by diving down to the pond’s floor.
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.
