Subnautica 2 List of All Materials Guide

All materials

Use this subset when the Fabricator, Habitat Builder, or route checklist asks for a specific resource family.

Item	Type	Main region/source	Use	Priority
Titanium	Material	Shallows, Anemone Hills	Base pieces, Fabricator chains, early tools	High
Quartz	Material	North Raceway, Shallows	Glass, windows, electronics support	Medium
Gold	Material	Graveyard	Advanced electronics and ingots	Medium
Lithium	Material	Karakorum, deeper mineral routes	Advanced crafting and structural upgrades	Medium
Sulfur	Material	Graveyard	Chemical crafting and repair chains	Medium
Medical Gel Sac	Material	North Raceway	First aid and medical recipes	Medium
Creature Enamel	Material	Predator and creature-related routes	Advanced equipment and vehicle recipes	Medium
Strontium	Material	Karakorum, deep mineral routes	Late crafting and module chains	Medium
Atacamite	Material	Blighted Coral, Graveyard	Chemical and advanced material recipes	Medium
Metal Salvage	Material	Blighted Coral, wreck and salvage routes	Salvaged Titanium, base expansion	Medium
Glass	Material	Fabricator	Windows, tanks, equipment chains	High
Salvaged Titanium	Material	Fabricator, salvage routes	Base building and bulk crafting	High
Mild Acid	Material	Root Canyon	Chemical crafting chains	Medium
Grease	Material	Root Canyon	Mechanical crafting and module support	Medium
Biofuel Block	Material	Fabricator, bioreactor prep	Bioreactor fuel, base power buffer	Medium
Germanium Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Advanced crafting and module chains	Medium
Gold Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Advanced electronics and upgrades	Medium
Silver Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Electronics, equipment, module chains	High
Copper Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Crafting chains and building support	Medium
Plasteel Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Vehicle and structural upgrades	Medium
Titanium Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Structural and vehicle chains	Medium
Mangalloy Ingot	Ingot	Fabricator	Advanced modules and late equipment	Medium
Deepwing Egg Clump	Material	Anemone Hills	Biological recipes, scan progress	Medium
Axum Bacterial Culture	Material	Blighted Coral, biological routes	Biological crafting and progression checks	Medium
Crab Feces	Material	Coral Crab routes	Biofuel or biological recipes	Low
Coral Shavings	Material	Shallows, Coral Gardens	Food, crafting, starter recipes	High
Fiber Mesh	Material	Fabricator, plant fiber routes	Equipment, survival tools, base utility	High
Fiber	Material	Coral Gardens, plant routes	Fiber Mesh, rubber-like chains, early crafting	High
Rubber	Material	Fabricator, plant routes	Fins, tools, vehicle support	High
Enameled Glass	Material	Fabricator	Advanced tanks, windows, vehicle parts	Medium
Conduit Crystal	Material	Karakorum, facility routes	Modules, advanced crafting, power chains	High
Celestine	Material	Observatory, Power Plant	Advanced crafting and modules	Medium
Troilite	Material	Deep mineral routes	Advanced modules and metal recipes	Medium
Copper	Material	Shallows, Anemone Hills	Wire, batteries, tools	High
Silver	Material	Anemone Hills, mineral caves	Wiring Kit, tanks, electronics	High
Lead	Material	Leadzone	Sonic Resonator, vehicle and module recipes	High
Salt	Material	Graveyard, shallow mineral routes	Food curing, chemistry, recipes	Medium
Strong Acid	Material	Fabricator, acid resource routes	Advanced chemical recipes	Medium
Acidic Raion Pouch	Material	Blighted Coral	Basic Battery, acid crafting	High
Fibrous Pulp	Material	Blighted Coral, plant routes	Fiber and crafting chains	Medium
Lucifer Rotsac	Material	Blighted Coral	Food and chemical chains	Medium
Necrolei Cyst	Material	Anemone Hills	Biological recipes and progression chains	Medium

Planning note

Keep raw ingredients flexible until the current recipe is visible in-game. Early Access updates can change crafting pressure, so avoid converting every material into an advanced component too early.