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Running the streets of Night City to clearing markers on the USG Ishimura, I live in a multiverse with my team — V, Leon Kennedy, Doom Slayer, and Isaac Clarke — defending Earth from the worst the cosmos can throw at us.
The Scanner is a must have tool if you’re going to start building in Subnautica 2. It can be used to turn salvaged fragments and unknown life into blueprints and databank entries. This guide gives the exact fabricator recipe, where to find the parts fast and craft the Scanner. Materials To Craft Scanner To be able to craft Scanner, you’re going to gather 3 resources – titanium, quartz and a battery. Obtaining Titanium Titanium is a very common material found in the sea, you just need to identify the greyish ores as shown in the above image, this is Titanium.…
Batteries in Subnautica 2 are the backbone if you want to progress the game, small to craft but required for scanners and electronics. You can harvest the required raw materials very easily to craft a battery. This guide shows you the required materials, where to obtain them and crafting a battery. Raw Materials To Craft Battery To craft a battery, you’re going to need 2 main resources – copper and acidic raion pouch. Luckily for us, these can be found in the surrounding area of the lifepod. Obtaining Copper Copper can be found just like titanium, you need to look…
Basic Fins are the cheapest and fastest way to boost your swim speed in Subnautica 2. A two item craft that turns your early game materials into a huge exploration advantage. This guide gives the exact recipe, where to harvest the required materials and crafting the Fins. Resources Required To Craft Fins To be able to craft the Basic Fins through the fabricator, you’re going to need 2 resources – Rubber and Fiber. You can craft rubber and fiber using raw materials found underwater. Crafting Rubber You need to look for a glowing yellow orb as shown in the above…
Rubber is a small but essential resource in Subnautica 2 during your early game as it is used to craft fins and many other early survival items. This guide shows exactly what resources you need and how to craft rubber. Obtaining Lucifer Rotsac The only raw material you need to craft Rubber is Lucifer Rotsac. And you can find these lying on the seabed, they look like glowing yellow orbs like shown in the above images. You’d have to scout the surrounding area of the lifepod to find them. These spawn over time so you don’t need to go farther…
In Subnautica 2, the Survival Multitool is the single most useful early game item which is cheap to craft, versatile and essential for harvesting resources faster, saving us time and oxygen throughout our runs. This guide shows the exact recipe, where to find materials quickly and craft the Survivor Multitool as early as possible so you can focus on exploration. Obtaining Titanium The only resource you need to unlock survivor multitool is Titanium and luckily for us, it’s a very common resource on this alien planet. I’m sure you must’ve already noticed a greyish ore underwater, that is Titanium ore.…
Fiber is one of the early resources you need to scavenge to start building in Subnautica 2. If you’ve just started your journey from lifepod or exploring deeper kelp forests, knowing what yields fibrous pulp, how to turn pulp into Fiber will unlock key gear like Basic Fins and the Rebreather. This quick guide shows exactly where to find fibrous pulp and crafting fiber so you can focus on exploration. Obtaining Fibrous Pulp Dive beneath the surface and look for the plant shown in the above images on the seabed that looks like kelp, this plant is called Whip Gorgon.…
Thirst is a real threat under Proteus glowing waves and knowing how to reliably craft drinkable water separates casual swimmers from players who last past the first night and water is the most important resource for survival. This guide shows the in-game methods for gathering raw resources and craft water using the fabricator. Obtaining Water Slugs Dive underwater and search the seabed for water slugs – common, blue and pink creatures that resemble small fish as shown in the above images. Collect as many as you can but be mindful of your inventory space as you can run out of…
Fishing in Windrose is a peaceful, high value activity that pays off more than just meals – it supplies crafting ingredients, steady income and rare materials if you learn where to cast and which bait to use. This guide walks you through a step by step explanation on when we can craft a simple Fishing Rod, resources needed and how to get them. Main Questline Progression Requirement You need to reach Foothills biome by progressing the main questline to unlock new resources that cannot be found in Coastal Jungle biome, mainly iron and hardwood. Only then can you obtain schematics…
Jewelry in Windrose punches well above its weight – a few upgraded rings or a crafted necklace can reshape your build more than a new weapon. But getting those upgrades requires knowing when and how to unlock the Jewelry Table, where to source silver and rare components and which accessories are worth ascending first. This guide walks you through the unlock conditions and upgrade priorities so you turn every scrap of silver into noticeable power gains. Jewelry | Accessories Jewelry in Windore gives unique buffs like strength gain, critical hit percentage gain, agility gain etc, which could improve your stats…
Windrose’s base feels a lot less like a home and a lot more like a pile of half finished chores if you try to do everything yourself. Hiring workers solves that: recruitable NPCs bring permanent, station specific bonuses that scale your crafting efficiency and make base life actually worthwhile. This guide shows where to find each hireable worker, how much they cost and the quickest way to assign them so their perks start saving you time and resources immediately. Hiring Workers You can find workers at safe havens like Tortuga, People of Tortuga Base etc. You’re going to need 500…