Guides

Everything you need to survive the alien ocean

Resources & Crafting

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Subnautica 2 Acidic Raion Pouch Location & Uses Guide

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Subnautica 2 Acidic Raion Pouch guide: harvest it from Acid Raion colonies in Coral Gardens, avoid the acidic rain pouch typo, and craft batteries/Mild Acid.

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Do Resources Respawn in Subnautica 2? Resource Guide

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Do resources respawn in Subnautica 2? See repeatable minerals, plant and creature drops, finite resources, and how Metal Farms help with rare metals.

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Subnautica 2 Copper — Where to Find It & What It's For

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How to find Copper in Subnautica 2: common in the shallow Coral Gardens (0–250m) — the base of nearly every electrical item, from batteries to wire and ingots.

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Subnautica 2 Strontium — How to Get It & What It's For

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How to get Strontium in Subnautica 2: refine it from Celestine ×2 at the Processor (30s). Feeds the Cavitation Muffler, Strike Armor and more.

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Subnautica 2 Enameled Glass — Recipe & What It's For

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How to craft Enameled Glass in Subnautica 2: Glass + Creature Enamel at the Fabricator. Used in 6 blueprints including the Tadpole Depth Module Mk.1.

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Subnautica 2 Atacamite — Where to Find & How to Mine

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Where to find Atacamite in Subnautica 2: a rare mineral unique to the deep Karakorum (~100–400m), 5–7 per node. Mining tips and every crafting use.

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Subnautica 2 Fiber & Fibrous Pulp — Where to Find & Craft

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Subnautica 2 Fiber & Fibrous Pulp: cut Fibrous Pulp from plants like Feather Kelp and Whip Gorgon (right by your lifepod), then process 2 Pulp into Fiber at the Fabricator — used for First Aid Kits, Fiber Mesh, Fins and more.

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Subnautica 2 Lithium — Where to Find It

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How to find Lithium in Subnautica 2: grab an early piece at the Great Jaw (~280m SSW, ~90m deep), then farm the hot caverns below the Tadpole Pens (needs Heat Tolerance). Used for Plasteel Ingots and more.

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Subnautica 2 Gold — Where to Find & How to Mine It

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How to find Gold in Subnautica 2: golden perforated spheres in the hot lava zone east of the lifepod (the crashed colony ship ~450m east), needs Heat Tolerance. Used for Strong Acid, the Advanced Wiring Kit and more.

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Subnautica 2 Creature Enamel — Location & Enameled Glass

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How to get Creature Enamel in Subnautica 2: break the black deposits with a Sonic Resonator near the Alien Ruins ~1,400m east, then craft Enameled Glass for the Bioscanner, Depth Module Mk.1 and more.

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Subnautica 2 Salt — Where to Find & Farm It

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How to find Salt in Subnautica 2: hand-pick it in a cave ~232m SE of the lifepod, or farm the white coral domes in the Dead Coral biome. Plus uses and Sonic Resonator tips.

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Subnautica 2 Sulfur — Where to Find & How to Get It

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How to find Sulfur in Subnautica 2: hand-pick the yellow crystals in the hot zone ~232m SE of the lifepod; the Graveyard has more but needs heat resistance. Plus Strong Acid uses.

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Subnautica 2 Conduit Crystal — Where to Find & How to Get It

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Conduit Crystal location in Subnautica 2: Karakorum's Angel Comb cliffs (~350m) and a shallower Sparse Plains spot (~251m). Mine it with the Sonic Resonator.

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Subnautica 2 Axum Bacterial Culture — Location & How to Get It

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Where to find Axum Bacterial Culture in Subnautica 2: the Karakorum Metal Farms cavern (~450m, NE of the Alien Ruins). Only 5 in the world — harvest them safely.

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Subnautica 2 Celestine — Where to Find & What It's Used For

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Where to find Celestine in Subnautica 2: mine in Karakorum (250–500m). Hand-mining yields 3 vs 2 from Sonic Resonator. Key for Mod Station & Depth Module Mk.1.

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Subnautica 2 Necrolei Cyst — Where to Find & How to Farm

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Find Necrolei Cysts in Subnautica 2: farm Stilt Orbs in the Coral Gardens (~300m north of Lifepod, 30–80m deep). The sole ingredient for Strong Acid — essential for all mid-game power recipes.

Subnautica 2 Troilite Location — Where to Find & Advanced Crafting

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Where to find Troilite in Subnautica 2: Karakorum region (250–500m). Essential for Entangled Power Cell, Photovoltaic Charger, and Tadpole Depth Module Mk. 2.

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Subnautica 2 Titanium Ingot — How to Farm Titanium & Craft Ingots

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How to farm Titanium in Subnautica 2: Lifepod seafloor and Camp One (300m NE). Titanium Ingot recipe (5 ore → 1 ingot), plus blueprints for Tadpole and more.

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Subnautica 2 Strong Acid — How to Get Necrolei Cysts & Craft It

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Craft Strong Acid in Subnautica 2: farm Necrolei Cysts from Stilt Orbs 300m north of Lifepod, convert 2 cysts per unit at the Fabricator, and key recipes.

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Subnautica 2 Lead Location — Where to Find & What It's Used For

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Where to find Lead in Subnautica 2: canyon NE of Lifepod near Cicada Wreck (~300m, 40–70m deep). Essential for crafting the Sonic Resonator and Germanium.

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Subnautica 2 Silver Ore — Where to Find It & How to Farm

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Where to find Silver Ore in Subnautica 2: Lifepod caves, Coral Spires, and Hydrothermal Vents. Silver Ingot recipe (3 ore → 1 ingot) and all crafting uses.

Tools, Vehicles & Base

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Subnautica 2 Keeps Crashing? Fixes & Troubleshooting

Support

Subnautica 2 crash fixes: what to do after an update, how to test mods safely, verify files, identify multiplayer issues, and report a persistent crash.

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Subnautica 2 Portable Oxygen Generator Location Guide

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Where to find the Portable Oxygen Generator in Subnautica 2: scan its blueprint at the Great Jaw, avoid the central tentacles, and use battery-powered oxygen safely.

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Subnautica 2 Feedback Resonator Guide & Blueprint 2026

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Subnautica 2 Feedback Resonator guide: blueprint fragments, recipe, Modification Station craft, Bloom Cankers, Angel Comb use, and stuck-route fixes.

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How to Get the Tadpole in Subnautica 2: Build, Repair & Upgrades

Vehicles

How to get the Tadpole in Subnautica 2: unlock and build the sub, repair it, craft Depth Modules, choose a chassis, and install upgrades.

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Subnautica 2 Tadpole Depth Module Guide Mk.1 & 450m

Vehicles

Subnautica 2 Tadpole Depth Module guide: Mk.1 location, 450m limit, Celestine, Enameled Glass, Mk.2 800m status, Tadpole upgrades and route.

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Subnautica 2 Nexus Mods, VR Mod & Cheat Guide 2026

Mods

Subnautica 2 Nexus Mods guide: install UE4SS mods, Mod Settings, Cheat Toggles, VR mod with UEVR, save backups, and Early Access update risks.

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Subnautica 2 Tadpole Pens Keycode Required Guide 2026

Vehicles

Subnautica 2 Tadpole Pens keycode required guide: get Zip black box keycode, enter the locked door, find the location, and scan the Scout Ray Blueprint.

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Subnautica 2 Vehicles — All Current and Upcoming Submersibles

Vehicles

Subnautica 2 vehicles: playable Tadpole, Haul and Scout Ray chassis, Vehicle Fabricator, Trident and Seafrog status, and future submersibles in Early Access.

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Subnautica 2 'Requires Fully Functional Fabricator' Fix

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Stuck on 'Requires a Fully Functional Fabricator' in Subnautica 2? The Lifepod's is a damaged gate — build your own powered base Fabricator. Step-by-step fix.

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Subnautica 2 Processor — Recipe & What It Refines

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Subnautica 2 Processor: build it with the Habitat Builder (Titanium ×2, Mild Acid, Copper Wire). It refines ingots, Strontium, acids, Glass and biofuel blocks.

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Subnautica 2 Vehicle Fabricator — Recipe & What It Builds

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Subnautica 2 Vehicle Fabricator: the base station that builds the Tadpole, its chassis and the future Trident. Recipe: Titanium Ingot ×2, Copper Ingot, Glass ×2.

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Subnautica 2 'Cannot Deconstruct: Has Attachments' — Fix

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'Cannot deconstruct: has attachments' in Subnautica 2 with nothing left attached? A known base-building bug from moved wall devices — step-by-step fixes inside.

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Subnautica 2 Trident — Is It in the Game Yet?

Vehicles

The Subnautica 2 Trident is the large multi-crew submarine succeeding the Cyclops — not craftable in Early Access yet, but confirmed for a later update.

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Subnautica 2 Rebreather — Blueprint, Recipe & What It Does

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Subnautica 2 Rebreather: scan 3 wreck fragments to unlock, then craft with Fiber Mesh ×2 + System Chip. Conserves oxygen on deep dives — essential deep gear.

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Subnautica 2 Modification Station — Recipe & All Upgrades

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Subnautica 2 Modification Station: build it with the Habitat Builder (Titanium ×2, Celestine ×2, Copper ×2). Craft all 9 Tadpole and gear upgrades here.

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Subnautica 2 Sonic Resonator & Feedback Resonator Upgrade

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The Sonic Resonator (core mining tool) recipe and the Feedback Resonator upgrade: fragment locations at Karakorum, destroy armored Bloom Cankers at range to clear Angel Comb infestations and unlock Adaptations.

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Subnautica 2 Best Base Location & Building Guide 2026

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Subnautica 2 best base location guide: Lifepod, current zone, Old Habitat, hull integrity, layout tips, Vehicle Fabricator, Scanner Station and AquaFarm.

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Subnautica 2 Cheats and Console Commands Guide 2026

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Subnautica 2 cheats and console commands guide: current console status, working cheat mods, risks, disabled commands, and safer survival alternatives.

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Subnautica 2 Bioscanner — How to Get & Craft It

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How to get the Bioscanner in Subnautica 2: scan a fragment in the Cicada Wreck, then craft it (Scanner + Enameled Glass + Conduit Crystal) to unlock Biomods.

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Subnautica 2 Metal Farm — How to Build & Automate Resources

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How to build and run a Metal Farm in Subnautica 2: recipe (Mangalloy Ingot + Axum Bacterial Culture), power needs (20 units), and how to mass-produce ore.

Subnautica 2 Base Power Guide — Generators, Battery Charger & Power Transmitter

Progression

Complete base power guide: Solar Panel, Bioreactor, Thermal Plant & Hydroelectric Turbine compared. Battery Terminal charging and Power Transmitter wiring tips.

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Subnautica 2 Repair Tool — Blueprint Locations & Crafting Recipe

Tools

Unlock the Repair Tool in Subnautica 2: scan 2 fragments, then craft with Titanium Ingot, Wiring Kit, Basic Battery, and Sulfur to open sealed wreck doors.

Creatures & Survival

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Subnautica 2 All Leviathans: How Many, Locations & Guide

Progression

How many leviathans are in Subnautica 2? Every current leviathan, including Collector, Great Jaw, Shiver, Deepwing Brooder, World Tree, locations, and escape tips.

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Subnautica 2 Gargantuan Leviathan Guide: Is It Real?

Creatures

Subnautica 2 Gargantuan Leviathan guide: is it real, is it in the game, mod origins, Return of the Ancients, and official leviathan status today.

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Subnautica 2 Heat Adaptation Location & Angel Comb

Progression

Subnautica 2 heat adaptation location guide: find Angel Comb, unlock Heat Tolerance, clear Bloom Cankers, use Sonic/Feedback Resonator, and reach Alien Ruins.

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Subnautica 2 Houndgar Guide — Location, Scan & Threat

Creatures

Find Houndgar in Subnautica 2, learn where it appears, why it flashes near Marrowbreach ambushes, how to scan it for Biomods, and how to avoid attacks.

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Subnautica 2 Deepwing Brooder — Location & Egg Farming

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The only harmless leviathan in Subnautica 2. The Deepwing Brooder migrates in groups, dropping Deepwing Egg Clumps — the best food source. Find, farm and scan it.

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Subnautica 2 Shiver Leviathan — The Void Pack Guardian

Creatures

The Shiver Leviathan in Subnautica 2 guards the Void past the Early Access boundary: a huge female launches 3 agile males that clamp your Tadpole and instant-kill. It can't be killed — stay in bounds.

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Subnautica 2 Collector Leviathan — Location, Escape & Scan

Creatures

Where the Collector Leviathan lives (Karakorum Metal Farms, Sparse Plains), why it can't be killed, and how to escape it with Distraction Flares, the Camouflage biomod and the Cavitation Muffler.

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Subnautica 2 Elusive Leviathan — Can You Find It?

Progression

What the Elusive Leviathan in Subnautica 2 is: an unfinished, datamined creature seen only via mods or console — not official content you can find in-game.

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Subnautica 2 Creature Behavior & How to Survive Predators

Progression

How to deal with aggressive creatures in Subnautica 2 without weapons: Distraction Flares, Sonic Resonator, Multitool, stealth Biomods, and per-creature tips.

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Subnautica 2 Biomods Guide — All 15 Abilities & Unlocks

Progression

All 15 Biomods in Subnautica 2: 5 Active + 10 Passive abilities, creature scan unlocks, effect stats & best loadouts. Bioscanner & Biolab guide included.

Exploration & Story

Multiplayer

More guides coming soon — updated regularly as Early Access evolves.