Astroneer: Where to Find Bouncevine and What It's For

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There are multiple different planets that players can explore in Astroneer, and each one hosts important resources for players to gather as they get to know the game. Across the different biomes on these planets, players will encounter debris, mountain ranges, and even flora. It is this last category that can get players into trouble.

While there are examples of flora in Astroneer that aid in progression and even give off bytes, there are some that can be inadvertently deadly. This is the case with Astroneer's Bouncevine, a defensive flora. For players looking to track down this plant and better understand how to use it, this guide is here to help.

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Bouncevine can be found on the surface of Sylva, the third planet in Astroneer's solar system as well as the planet players start out on. Sylva has plenty of flora along the surface of the planet as well as throughout its caves, but those looking for Bouncevine must head towards the mountains. This defensive plant grows on mountain slopes but, as each planet is procedurally generated in each new save file, there is no common cardinal direction players should head.

It is important to note that Bouncevines live up to their name if players get too close. This defensive flora has the ability to launch players a fair distance, making their location along mountain slopes a potential disaster. It is easy to take a step too close and experience too much fall damage. Fortunately, harvesting these plants renders them harmless.

Harvesting Bouncevines along the mountain slopes can be done with the sameTerrain Tool players use to harvest other materials like Hematite in Astroneer. The plant will burst and drop at least a single seed, which