How To Build Fresh Storage in Grounded

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Fresh Storage is a refrigerator-esque storage unit in Grounded that prevents raw and cooked food from spoiling. Previous to the introduction of this item, maintaining food freshness proved challenging, requiring players to constantly forage for sustenance or eat their meals soon after cooking them. However, Fresh Storage now removes this inconvenience entirely, allowing players to store up to 20 slots of food in their new fridge. Whether you’ve been a fan of the developer since Fallout: New Vegas or Grounded is your first Obsidian game, that’s great news. Here’s how to build Fresh Storage and keep your food fresh.

Frostbitten Note Location

The new location of the Frostbitten Note in Obsidian Entertainment's survival crafting game — Image Source: Big_O_Nuggets YouTube

The blueprint for the Fresh Storage unit becomes available after players discover the Frostbitten Recipe. If you played Grounded a while ago and are just now picking it up again, you may expect to find the Frostbitten Recipe research note in the final lab space after the Undershed area. That changed in Update 1.1, however, which relocated Frostbitten Recipe. You can now find it on a table in the introductory lab of the Undershed. It’s a small QoL fix but an important one to know about, especially if you didn’t realize the note moved.

Building Fresh Storage in Grounded

The recipe for Fresh Storage in Grounded — Image Source: Grounded Wiki

To build Fresh Storage, survivors will need the following materials: Pinecone Pieces in Grounded ×5, Mint Shards ×5, and Black Ant Parts ×5. Each of these items is a tricky resource and can be quite challenging to obtain without the proper knowledge of their location and obtainment process.

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Below we’ve included an index of where each item for building Fresh Storage can be found, including details on how the resource can be collected. Note that much of the information provided is based on the findings by Grounded Wiki.

Resource	Location	How To Obtain
Pinecone Piece	Upper Grasslands	Pinecone Pieces come from harvestable Pinecones found in the northeastern corner of the yard’s map. To collect the pieces from the Pinecones, players will need the Tier-3 Black Ox Hammer. The Black Ox Hammer is a tool crafted from Pupa Leather and parts of the Black Ox Beetle, both of which can be found in the Shed Surroundings.
Mint Shard	Multiple Locations (Ice Caps Mints)	Mint Shards can be collected from Ice Caps Mint nodes found across the Backyard, with the Ice Caps Mints landmark being a notable location. Players can harvest Mint Shards using the Tier-2 Insect Hammer, which is crafted using Stinkbug Parts, Berry Leather, and a Boiling Gland.
Black Ant Part	Trash Heap, the Sandbox, the Picnic Table, and Black Anthill	Black Ant Parts are obtained from Black Ant variants, including the Worker and Soldier Ants. Black Worker Ants are easier to kill but still much tougher than Red Soldier Ants. Black Worker Ants are weak to the Spicy element, with their Eyes being highly vulnerable to Stabbing damage.