Tools & Equipment Overview
The checklist is located below this introductory text.
This page lists craftable tools, tanks, swim gear, and workstation-style tools you unlock through progression. Recipes use ingredients from the Materials & Resources and Minerals checklists.
Key Information
Tools are equippable upgrades like fins or air tanks, or usable items you assign to your hotbar, such as the Scanner, Survival Multitool, or Air Bladder.
Related Checklists
Open the Subnautica 2 100% Completion Hub. See also Biomes & Locations, All Vehicles, and Materials & Resources.
Equipment
This is a list of equippable items you can craft to help you with underwater survival.
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Effect: Conserves oxygen when diving deeper. Materials: 2× Fiber Mesh, 1× System Chip |
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Effect: Provides a small speed boost to swimming. |
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Effect: Provides a large speed boost to swimming. Materials: 1× Basic Fins, 1× Fiber Mesh, 2× Conduit Crystal |
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Effect: Small oxygen capacity boost. |
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Effect: Medium oxygen capacity boost. Materials: 1× Standard Air Tank, 1× Plasteel Ingot |
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Effect: Large oxygen capacity boost. Materials: 1× High Capacity Air Tank, 3× Troilite, 3× Atacamite |
Tools
This is a list of holdable tools you can equip to your hotbar and actively use.
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Survival Multitool
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Effect: Basic starting tool, mostly used to hit, break, and cut. Materials: 3× Titanium |
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Flashlight
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Effect: Handheld light source. Materials: 2× Titanium, 1× Quartz, 1× Basic Battery |
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Scanner
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Effect: Critical survival tool. Scans the world to generate databank entries or blueprints. Materials: 2× Titanium, 2× Quartz, 1× Basic Battery |
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Habitat Builder
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Effect: Fabricates habitat compartments and builds your base and energy infrastructure. Materials: 2× Titanium, 1× Glass, 1× Basic Battery, 1× Copper Wire |
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Repair Tool
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Effect: Repairs broken doors in wrecks, but also your Tadpole. Materials: 1× Titanium Ingot, 1× Wiring Kit, 1× Basic Battery, 1× Sulfur |
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Sonic Resonator
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Effect: Aim at an enemy and shoot to scare it off. Or use it to cross blocked areas or mine large chunks of metal. Materials: 1× Basic Battery, 2× Titanium Ingot, 2× Lead, 1× Wiring Kit |
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Wakemaker
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Effect: Air-mounted jets for faster swimming. Materials: 1× Silver, 1× Wiring Kit, 1× Grease, 1× Basic Battery |
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Air Bladder
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Effect: Rapid flotation device. Use it to shoot yourself upward or inhale oxygen from it. |
Prototype Tool Modifications
Modifications for the Scanner and Sonic Resonator.
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Effect: Modification for the Scanner. Analyzes Axum technology and Protean biology for blueprints and biomods. Materials: 1× Scanner, 2× Enameled Glass, 3× Conduit Crystal |
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Effect: Modification for the Sonic Resonator. Shoots harder and farther. Materials: 1× Sonic Resonator, 1× Enameled Glass, 2× Conduit Crystal, 2× Strontium |