Subnautica is an open-world survival video game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The majority of the game is set on the ocean of an alien planet called 4546B. Some players may find it challenging to navigate through 4546B, especially since the game does not give directions. Before you get started, here is a Subnautica building guide for beginners.
Collecting Basic Resources
Raw materials are needed before you can craft advanced gear in Subnautica. Titanium, copper ore, quartz, acid mushroom, creepvine seed cluster, and salt are the supplies you will encounter during the early game. All of these materials are pretty easy to get since they are near your lifepod.
Titanium: Titanium is the most common resource in the game. You can get one by harvesting limestone, crafting it from a metal salvage, and collecting titanium deposits.
Copper Ore: like titanium, copper is also obtainable by collecting deposits and breaking limestone outcrops. There is also a chance to get this resource by breaking barnacles found on Reefback Leviathans.
Quartz: these are crystals found around the caves, walls, and ocean floor.
Acid mushrooms: finding this resource is pretty easy. It grows in groups, and you can quickly notice them because of its purple color. Be careful collecting these mushrooms because it releases a small amount of acid that inflicts damage.
Creepvine seed cluster: Creepvine seed cluster is one of the few resources that need to be harvested with a knife. To gather one, you have to cut a creepvine which is found in the Kelp Forest.
Salt: This is often mistaken as quartz since they are similar in appearance. The only difference is that salt deposits have a more blocky structure. You can collect them by finding one around the ocean floor.
These resources are used to craft more advanced materials like the battery, glass, fiber mesh, and silicone rubber.
Subnautica Building Guide: Crafting Early-Game Gear
Craftable gear is a pivotal part of the game because it will help you collect materials and venture through the ocean. Some of the tools you can craft in the early game are the battery, scanner, repair tool, survival knife, and oxygen tanks. These are all made using the fabricator with the right amount of materials.
Battery: Every electronic gadget in Subnautica requires a battery. The recipe for this resource is two acid mushrooms and a single copper.
Scanner: The scanner is the most important tool in Subnautica. It is used to acquire data about everything in the ocean. A battery and titanium are required before crafting the scanner in the fabricator.
Repair tool: used to repair electronics around the game. The repair tool is craftable with silicone rubber, cave sulfur, and titanium.
Survival Knife: created using silicone rubber and titanium. Its primary purpose is to collect samples of specific resources in Subnautica. You can also use the knife as a weapon, but its damage and range are limited.
Oxygen tanks: there are only two types of O2 tanks in the early stages of Subnautica. You can craft the standard tank with three titaniums. On the other hand, the high capacity tank requires the standard O2 tank, two pieces of glass, four titanium, and silver.
There you have it, a Subnautica building guide for beginners! Be aware of what you find in the ocean because everything will be valuable as you travel further into the game. Good luck adventurers!