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Metro 2039Crafting Recipes
Subnautica 2's recipes by station, as listed by Destructoid on May 16, 2026 (the Early Access launch build) with conflicts from other guides beside them, for example Titanium Ingot (Titanium x3 at the Processor), Wiring Kit (Silver x1, Copper Wire x1) and Basic Battery (Copper x2, Acidic Raion Pouch x1). Hotfix 3 cut Interior Wall cost to a quarter, and no guide has republished a full list since updates 1.1 and 1.2.
Subnautica 2's recipes are crafted at four stations: the Fabricator (materials, electronics, tools, food), the Processor (ingots and refined materials), the Modification Station (tool modifications and Tadpole modules) and the Vehicle Fabricator (the Tadpole and its chassis), with base pieces made by the Habitat Builder. The tables below are Destructoid's list of May 16, 2026, made on the Early Access launch build, which counts "over 100 blueprints"; where another guide gives a different recipe, both are shown. Unknown Worlds publishes no recipe list. The one official cost change since is Hotfix 3's cut of Interior Wall costs to a quarter (Jun 1, 2026), and no guide has republished a full list after 1.1 (Jul 8, 2026) or 1.2 (Aug 19, 2026), so check the in-game recipe as of Nov 4, 2026. Where the materials are is on Resources; how recipes unlock is on Blueprints and Scanning.
Quick facts
| Titanium Ingot | Processor: Titanium x3 (one Game Rant guide says 6) |
| Copper Wire | Fabricator: Copper x2 |
| Wiring Kit | Fabricator: Silver x1, Copper Wire x1 |
| Basic Battery | Fabricator: Copper x2, Acidic Raion Pouch x1 |
| Glass | Fabricator: Quartz x2 (or Processor: Salt x2) |
| System Chip | Fabricator: Wiring Kit x1, Quartz x2 |
| Tadpole | Vehicle Fabricator: Titanium Ingot x2, Glass x1, System Chip x1, Power Cell x1 |
| Source and build | Destructoid, May 16, 2026, the launch build; check in game |
Source: Destructoid (Madison Benson), May 16, 2026, unless noted.
Basic materials (Fabricator)
| Item | Recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mild Acid | Acidic Raion Pouch x2, Copper x1 | Processor alternate: Acidic Raion Pouch x2 |
| Glass | Quartz x2 | Processor alternate: Salt x2 |
| Enameled Glass | Glass x1, Creature Enamel x1 | |
| Fiber | Fibrous Pulp x2 | |
| Fiber Mesh | Fiber x2, Strong Acid x1 | Unlocks on picking up a Medical Gel Sac |
| Rubber | Lucifer Rotsac x2 | |
| Grease | Lucifer Rotsac x1 | Processor alternate: Halfmoon x2 |
| Salvaged Titanium | Metal Salvage x1 |
Source: Destructoid, May 16, 2026; Fiber Mesh unlock from Game Rant, May 14, 2026.
Ingots and refined materials (Processor)
| Item | Recipe | Processing time |
|---|---|---|
| Titanium Ingot | Titanium x3 | 30 s |
| Copper Ingot | Copper x3 | 30 s |
| Silver Ingot | Silver x3 | 60 s |
| Gold Ingot | Gold x3 | 60 s |
| Germanium Ingot | Silver x2, or Lead x2 | 120 s |
| Plasteel Ingot | Titanium x2, Lithium x1 (unlocks with the first Lithium) | 120 s |
| Mangalloy Ingot | Titanium Ingot x1, Atacamite x1, Troilite x1 | 30 s |
| Strontium | Celestine x2 | 30 s |
| Strong Acid | Necrolei Cyst x2, or Sulfur x1 and Gold x1 | |
| Biofuel Block | Fibrous Pulp x5, or Pent x3, or Crab Feces x2 | |
| Water | Fibrous Pulp x3 | |
| First Aid | Medical Gel Sac x1 |
Sources: recipes from Destructoid, May 16, 2026; Plasteel from Game Rant's Lithium guide, May 16, 2026; times from Game Rant's Processor guide, May 14, 2026.
Conflict: Game Rant's Sonic Resonator and Repair Tool guides give the Titanium Ingot as "6x Titanium ore"; Destructoid and Game Rant's own Processor guide say 3. The Processor itself is on Fabricator and Processor.
Electronics (Fabricator)
| Item | Recipe | Other guides |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Battery | Copper x2, Acidic Raion Pouch x1 | Game Rant's progression guide: two pouches |
| Advanced Battery | Conduit Crystal x1, Strong Acid x1, Silver Ingot x1 | Blueprint found in labs |
| Copper Wire | Copper x2 | |
| Wiring Kit | Silver x1, Copper Wire x1 | Game Rant's Scanner Station guide: Silver x1, Copper x1 |
| Advanced Wiring Kit | Wiring Kit x1, Gold x1, Sulfur x1 | |
| System Chip | Wiring Kit x1, Quartz x2 | Game Rant's Scanner Station guide: Quartz x1 |
| Dedicated Core | Advanced Wiring Kit x1, Quartz x2, Strong Acid x1 | |
| Power Cell | Basic Battery x2, Strong Acid x1, Salt x1 | |
| Entangled Power Cell | Conduit Crystal x1, Strong Acid x1, Gold Ingot x1, Troilite x1 |
Sources: Destructoid, May 16, 2026; conflicts from Game Rant's What to Do First and Scanner Station guide, May 14, 2026.
Consumables and food (Fabricator)
| Item | Recipe | Restores |
|---|---|---|
| Water | Water Slug x1 | +40 Water |
| Isotonic Water | Flash Slug x1, Salt x1 | 15 more Water than Water |
| Basic First Aid Kit | Fiber x1 | 50 Health |
| Enhanced First Aid Kit | Fiber x1, Medical Gel Sac x1 | 100 Health |
| Distraction Flare | Titanium x1, Quartz x1 | |
| Oily Salad | Fibrous Pulp x2 | +20 Food |
| Nutrient Block | Biofuel Block x1, Salt x1 | +40 Food |
| Halfmoon Jerky | Halfmoon x2, Salt x1 (makes 2) | +40 Food each |
| Hoverthorn Souvlaki | Hoverthorn x3, Salt x1 (makes 3) | +40 Food each |
| Threemoon Temaki | Halfmoon, Harvestmoon, Bluemoon, Fibrous Pulp x1 each (makes 3) | +60 Food, +15 Health each |
| Pavlova | Deepwing Egg Clump x1, Sugar of Saturn x1, Cherimoya Rotsac x1 | +80 Food, +70 Water, +10 Health |
Sources: food and water from TheGamer (Kaitlyn Peterson), May 15, 2026; first aid from Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 16, 2026; Flare from Destructoid. Every cooked fish, Sugar of Saturn and the other dishes are on Oxygen, Food and Water.
Tools (Fabricator)
| Tool | Recipe | Other guides |
|---|---|---|
| Survival Multitool | Titanium x3 | Game Rant's plant guides: Titanium x2 |
| Scanner | Titanium x2, Quartz x2, Basic Battery x1 | |
| Flashlight | Titanium x2, Quartz x1, Basic Battery x1 | |
| Habitat Builder | Titanium x2, Glass x1, Basic Battery x1, Copper Wire x1 | |
| Sonic Resonator | Basic Battery x1, Titanium Ingot x2, Lead x2, Wiring Kit x1 | |
| Wakemaker | Silver x1, Wiring Kit x1, Grease x1, Basic Battery x1 | |
| Repair Tool | Titanium Ingot x1, Wiring Kit x1, Basic Battery x1, Sulfur x1 | |
| Air Bladder | Titanium x2, Rubber x1 | Game Rant's progression guide: Titanium x2, Rubber x2 |
Sources: Destructoid, May 16, 2026; Flashlight, Wakemaker, Repair Tool and Air Bladder from Game Rant's Flashlight, Wakemaker, Repair Tool and oxygen guides, May 14, 2026; Habitat Builder from Destructoid's base guide, May 14, 2026; Multitool conflict from Game Rant, May 14, 2026. What each tool does is on Tools and Modifications.
Equipment (Fabricator)
| Item | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Basic Fins | Rubber x2, Fiber x2 |
| Improved Fins | Basic Fins x1, Fiber Mesh x1, Conduit Crystal x2 |
| Standard Air Tank | Titanium x2, Rubber x1, Silver x2 |
| High Capacity Air Tank | Standard Air Tank x1, Plasteel Ingot x1 |
| Ultra High Capacity Air Tank | High Capacity Air Tank x1, Troilite x3, Atacamite x3 |
| Rebreather | Fiber Mesh x2, System Chip x1 |
Sources: Destructoid, May 16, 2026; fins and Standard Air Tank from Game Rant's swimming, Improved Fins and oxygen guides, May 14 to 16, 2026; Rebreather from Destructoid's blueprint locations, May 16, 2026. Where each blueprint is: Equipment.
Modification Station
| Item | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Bioscanner | Scanner x1, Enameled Glass x2, Conduit Crystal x3 |
| Feedback Resonator | Sonic Resonator x1, Enameled Glass x2, Conduit Crystal x2, Strontium x2 |
| Engine Efficiency | Titanium Ingot x1, Glass x2, System Chip x1 |
| Strike Armor | Enameled Glass x2, Strontium x2 |
| Cavitation Muffler | Titanium x3, Strontium x2 |
| Photovoltaic Charger | Copper Ingot x1, Strong Acid x1, Troilite x1 |
| Tadpole Depth Module Mk. 1 | Celestine x3, Enameled Glass x2, System Chip x1 |
| Tadpole Depth Module Mk. 2 | Dedicated Core x2, Troilite x2, Mangalloy Ingot x2 |
Sources: Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 22, 2026; depth modules from Destructoid, May 16, 2026. What the modules do: Tadpole Upgrades.
Vehicle Fabricator
| Item | Recipe | Other guides |
|---|---|---|
| Tadpole | Titanium Ingot x2, Glass x1, System Chip x1, Power Cell x1 | PCGamesN (May 18, 2026) agrees |
| Scout Ray Chassis | Plasteel Ingot x2, Advanced Wiring Kit x1, Dedicated Core x1, Strong Acid x1 | |
| Tadpole Haul Chassis | Titanium Ingot x4, Strontium x3, Enameled Glass x3, Dedicated Core x1 |
Sources: Destructoid, May 16, 2026; chassis from PCGamesN (Christian Vaz), updated May 18, 2026. More on Tadpole and Tadpole Chassis; the Frog chassis due with Early Access 2 in December 2026 has no published recipe.
Stations and power (Habitat Builder)
| Item | Recipe | Other guides |
|---|---|---|
| Fabricator | Titanium x1, Copper x1, Quartz x1 | |
| Processor | Titanium x2, Mild Acid x1, Copper Wire x1 | |
| Biolab | Titanium x3, Copper Wire x1, Mild Acid x1 | |
| Modification Station | Titanium x2, Celestine x2, Copper x2 | |
| Scanner Station | Titanium x3, System Chip x1, Wiring Kit x1 | |
| Vehicle Fabricator | Titanium Ingot x2, Copper Ingot x1, Glass x2 | PCGamesN: Titanium Ingot x2, Copper Wire x1, Silver Ingot x1; Dexerto: one each of Titanium Ingot, Copper Ingot, Glass |
| Tadpole Dock | Titanium Ingot x2, Silver Ingot x1, Copper Wire x2 | PCGamesN and Game Rant: Copper Wire x1 |
| Solar Panel | Titanium x1, Quartz x2 | |
| Hydroelectric Turbine | Titanium x3, Copper x3, Silver x3 | |
| Thermal Plant | Titanium x3, Copper x3, Gold x3 | |
| Bioreactor | Titanium Ingot x2, Copper Ingot x2 | |
| Power Transmitter | Titanium x1, Copper x1 | |
| Power Storage | Germanium Ingot x1, Titanium x3, Salt x2 | |
| Battery Terminal | Titanium x2, Quartz x2, Copper Wire x1 | |
| Power Cell Terminal | Titanium x3, Copper x3, Wiring Kit x1 | |
| Biobed | Titanium x3, Glass x1, Copper Wire x1 | |
| Metal Farm | Mangalloy Ingot x1, Axum Bacterial Culture x1 | |
| Growbed | Titanium x1 |
Sources: Destructoid's recipe list and base guide, May 14 to 16, 2026; Solar Panel, Turbine and Battery Terminal from Game Rant's power and battery guides, May 16, 2026; conflicts from PCGamesN, May 18, 2026, Game Rant and Dexerto. Rooms, corridors and furniture are on Base Building; power output on Base Power; Growbed plants on Farming.
How recipes work
Picking up a new material adds its recipes to the Fabricator menu, while most blueprints are scanned (Game Rant, May 14, 2026). Right-click a recipe to pin its materials to the top right of the screen (Game Rant); since 1.2, pinned recipes highlight when you pick up a relevant resource (Unknown Worlds, Aug 19, 2026). Lockers near a station feed it ingredients, and 1.1 added a storage buildable that does not, so items kept in it stay out of recipes (Unknown Worlds, Jul 8, 2026). A recipe marked "Requires Fully Functional Fabricator" needs a base Fabricator, not the damaged one in the Lifepod. IzPrebuilt's May 14, 2026 video adds that the Fabricator takes repeated crafts of one recipe: click it several times and wait.
Frequently asked questions
How do you make a Titanium Ingot in Subnautica 2? At a Processor, from Titanium x3, in about 30 seconds (Destructoid and Game Rant, May 2026, the launch build). Two other Game Rant guides say 6 Titanium; check the recipe in game.
What is the Wiring Kit recipe in Subnautica 2? Silver x1 and Copper Wire x1 at the Fabricator, in Destructoid's May 16, 2026 list; one Game Rant guide gives Silver x1 and Copper x1 instead.
How do I make a Basic Battery in Subnautica 2? Copper x2 and an Acidic Raion Pouch at the Fabricator (Destructoid, May 16, 2026). Both are in the cave under the Lifepod.
How do I get Glass in Subnautica 2? Quartz x2 at the Fabricator, or Salt x2 at the Processor.
Have Subnautica 2's recipes changed since launch? The only published cost change is Hotfix 3's (Jun 1, 2026) cut of Interior Wall costs to a quarter. Updates 1.1 and 1.2 changed unlocks (the Repair Tool now unlocks after two scans) but list no new costs; no guide has republished a full list since.
Is there a full official recipe list for Subnautica 2? No. Unknown Worlds publishes none; the tables here are Destructoid's and other guides' lists from the May 2026 launch build.
Sources
- All blueprints and recipes in Subnautica 2, Destructoid (Madison Benson), May 16, 2026
- How to unlock base building in Subnautica 2, Destructoid (Madison Benson), May 14, 2026
- All Subnautica 2 blueprint locations, Destructoid (Arka Sarkar), May 16, 2026
- Subnautica 2: All Food, Water, And Health Recipes, TheGamer (Kaitlyn Peterson), May 15, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Build Processors and Craft Ingots, Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Get a Repair Tool, Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Get Lithium, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 16, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Heal & Craft First Aid Kits, Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 16, 2026
- Subnautica 2: All Tadpole Upgrades and Tool Modifications, Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 22, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Progression Guide: What to Do First, Game Rant (William Parks), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Build a Scanner Station, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Get a Flashlight, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Get Wakemaker, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: Oxygen Upgrade Guide, Game Rant (William Parks), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Swim Faster, Game Rant (Chris Jecks), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Get Improved Fins, Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 16, 2026
- Subnautica 2: Acidic Raion Pouch, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Add Power to Your Base, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 16, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Recharge Tools and Batteries, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 16, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Build a Tadpole, Game Rant, May 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Scan & Unlock Blueprints, Game Rant (William Parks), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: How to Fix "Requires Fully Functional Fabricator", Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: Beginner Tips & Tricks, Game Rant (William Parks), May 14, 2026
- How to build a Tadpole in Subnautica 2 and all upgrades, PCGamesN (Christian Vaz), updated May 18, 2026
- How to get a vehicle, Dexerto, undated
- Subnautica 2 Early Access Hotfix 3, Unknown Worlds, Jun 1, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.1 - Adaptive Measures Update, Unknown Worlds, Jul 8, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 - Buddy System Update, Unknown Worlds, Aug 19, 2026
- Subnautica 2 - 10 Things I Wish I Knew When Starting, IzPrebuilt, May 14, 2026 (video)
Moments
Subnautica 2 - 10 Things I Wish I Knew When Starting
IzPrebuilt
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EquipmentSubnautica 2's wearable equipment is three air tanks (Standard, High Capacity, Ultra High Capacity), Basic and Improved Fins and the Rebreather, all made at the Fabricator, while carrying space grows at seven Upgrade Biobeds (five add 3 inventory slots each, two add a quickbar slot). The Standard Air Tank and Basic Fins are known from the start; the others are scanned or crafted from them.
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LeadIn Subnautica 2, Lead lies on the seafloor northeast of the Lifepod at about 60 m deep, below a Cicada Wreck, though guides disagree on the distance (about 254 m or about 340 m). It is needed for the Sonic Resonator, Germanium Ingots and Sugar of Saturn.
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SilverIn Subnautica 2, Silver is found in shallow caves north of the Lifepod, marked by orange Pent plants at the cave mouths, and Unknown Worlds added more Silver to the early game region in Hotfix 2 and in Coral Gardens in update 1.1. It makes the Standard Air Tank, Wiring Kits, the Wakemaker and Silver Ingots.
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Tools and ModificationsSubnautica 2's tools are the Survival Multitool, Scanner, Flashlight, Habitat Builder, Sonic Resonator, Wakemaker, Repair Tool, Air Bladder, Distraction Flare and, since update 1.2, the Tracking Tag, plus two Prototype Tool Modifications made at the Modification Station, the Bioscanner and the Feedback Resonator. There are no weapons. This page gives each tool's recipe, blueprint and use.
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TroiliteIn Subnautica 2, Troilite is a late-game resource broken out of green Mineralized Clinkers with the Sonic Resonator around the green pools of the Axum Metal Farms, far east of the Alien Ruins and below about 400 m, with a Collector Leviathan nearby. Hotfix 2 added more Troilite areas, and it makes Mangalloy Ingots, the Ultra High Capacity Air Tank and the Depth Module Mk. 2.
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Base PowerSubnautica 2 bases run on Solar Panels (1 to 8 energy per second by time of day), Hydroelectric Turbines in water currents, Thermal Plants by heat vents and Bioreactors burning fuel, linked by Power Transmitters and buffered by Power Storage. Without power a base makes no oxygen.
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Best Base LocationsThe guides' best base spots in Subnautica 2 are a plateau by a water current about 200 m east of the Lifepod for free turbine power, the thermal vents about 630 m east for steady Thermal Plant power, and an outpost near the Alien Ruins about 1,150 m east for the late game.
See also
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Adaptive Measures UpdateAdaptive Measures is Subnautica 2's Early Access 1.1 update, released Jul 8, 2026: a quality-of-life patch that added the FOV slider, two more Biolabs and six unlockable Biomods, sprinting on land, wreck puzzles and calmer creature reactions.
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ResourcesSubnautica 2's resources run from Titanium, Copper and Quartz around the Lifepod, through Silver and Lead to the north and northeast and Gold, Sulfur and Lithium in the hot volcanic area, to Celestine, Conduit Crystal, Troilite and Atacamite in the far east. This page lists each one with where guides found it on the launch build, the tool it needs and what it makes.
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Fabricator and ProcessorIn Subnautica 2 the Lifepod's Fabricator is damaged and cannot be fixed, so recipes marked "Requires Fully Functional Fabricator" need a new Fabricator built in a powered base (Titanium, Copper and Quartz, one each). Ingots come from the Processor, whose blueprint is scanned from a broken Processor in an abandoned base north of the Lifepod and which draws 10 energy per second.
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Oxygen, Food and WaterSubnautica 2 tracks four stats, Health, Hunger, Thirst and Oxygen; oxygen starts at about 45 seconds and the Standard Air Tank adds 30. Water is crafted from Water Slugs at the Fabricator (+40 Water), and food is cooked fish and Fabricator meals, safe only after the Digestion Adaptation; until then the Lifepod's Nutrient Blocks are the food.