All Subnautica 2 Databank entries, and where to get them (original) (raw)
Update: Modified directions for several Databank entries (17th May 2026).
Aside from your inventory, the Databank is probably the most powerful tool available on your PDA in Subnautica 2. Every time you scan a creature for the first time, or unlock a recording from one of the crew here before you, you'll gain a new entry in your Databank which you can use to gain new (and practical) knowledge for the rest of your playthrough.
If you're a completionist like me, there's no doubt you'll be after the full list of Databank entries available in the game. I've spent dozens of hours swimming around the whole map tracking down every last scannable item, fish, and recording to bring you - hopefully - the best possible Subnautica 2 Databank resource anywhere online. Read on to find out everything that's out there in the open ocean!
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
All Subnautica 2 Databank Entries
Below, you'll find the full list of every single permanent Databank entry you can unlock in Subnautica 2. I've written location instructions next to each one, so that you can easily find whichever entries are missing from your own Databank.
As time goes on, I'll be adding any missed entries to this list, and improving the location information so that you can find those missing entries as painlessly as possible!
Note: I highly recommend you place a Beacon at the Research Outpost, as I use it to provide more accurate directions for a lot of Databank entries found in the eastern half of Subnautica 2's map.
| Entry | Section | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Survival Guide | ! START HERE ! | Interact with NoA and select "Survival Guide". |
| Pressure Tolerance | Adaptations | Prologue - touch the organism in the sampling pavilion. |
| Digestion | Adaptations | Touch the Angel Comb at Anita signal location north of the lifepod. |
| Heat Tolerance | Adaptations | Unlocked by clearing the Bloom at all three Bloom sites, then interacting with the Angel Comb. |
| Growbed | Base Pieces | One atop and another beside the Research Station, 1300m east of the Lifepod (140m depth). |
| Battery Terminal | Bases | Two found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Biobed | Bases | One found inside Chap's Blackbox wreckage beneath cave in sand biome, southeast of the lifepod.One found in habitat wreckage north of Anita signal.Two found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Biolab | Bases | Inside the Welcome Center immediately south of the lifepod. |
| Bioreactor | Bases | One found inside Chap's Blackbox wreckage beneath cave in sand biome, southeast of the lifepod.One found amid wreckage around 330m SSE from lifepod.One found in wreckage at 80m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod.One found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Small Ceiling Light | Bases | One found inside crate in a wreckage 480m NNE from lifepod. |
| Corridor | Bases | Unlocked automatically once you unlock the Habitat Builder. |
| Fabricator | Bases | Unlocked upon building your first Fabricator in your base using a Habitat Builder. |
| Hatch | Bases | Unlocked automatically once you unlock the Habitat Builder. |
| Hydroelectric Turbine | Bases | One found at 90m depth near massive wreck around 250m south of lifepod.One found inside cave 300m NNE of lifepod. |
| Keep Calm Poster | Bases | Found in wreckage at 90m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod. |
| Locker | Bases | Unlocked upon building your first Floor Locker in your base using a Habitat Builder. |
| Moonpool | Bases | Unlocked when scanning 2nd Tadpole Fragment. |
| NoA Terminal | Bases | Unlocked upon building your first NoA Terminal in your base using a Habitat Builder. |
| Power Capacitor | Bases | One found inside the Hot Cave Base Camp. |
| Power Cell Terminal | Bases | One found in wreckage at 90m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod.One found in habitat wreckage a short distance north from Anita signal. |
| Power Transmitter | Bases | Found in wreckage at 90m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod. |
| Processor | Bases | Found in wreckage at 90m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod.Two found inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Room | Bases | Interact with Tuba's blackbox inside the wreckage north of the Anita signal location. Must first flood the compartment using the button above.Can also take recipe card from end of Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Scanner Station | Bases | Found inside the wreckage north of the Anita signal location. Must first flood the compartment using the button above.One found inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Single Bed | Bases | One found inside Chap's Blackbox wreckage beneath cave in sand biome, southeast of the lifepod.One found inside Colonist Bunker (Unauthorized NoA Modification), SW from lifepod. |
| Solar Panel | Bases | Unlocked upon building your first Solar Panel in your base using a Habitat Builder. |
| Spotlight | Bases | Found on shelf inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Thermal Plant | Bases | One found at bottom of cave in the hot biome, around 500m SSE from the lifepod.One found at bottom of Gram cave inside the massive cave system in the hot biome. |
| Basic Basebuilding | Bases | Unlock the NoA module inside the Welcome Center (using a Battery), then select "Basic Basebuilding". |
| Ruby | Black Boxes/Colonists | Found in a circle of stones on the northwest side of the Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage). |
| Singh | Black Boxes/Colonists | Found at the entrance to the Silver cave, north of the Anita signal location. |
| Iso | Black Boxes/Colonists | Beyond the repairable door inside the Cicada Wreck (EVA Prep). 600m from Research Outpost, bearing 120 degrees (depth 90m). |
| Mel | Black Boxes/Colonists | Outside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m). |
| Iso | Black Boxes/Colonists | Beyond the repairable door inside the Cicada Wreck (EVA Prep). 600m from Research Outpost, bearing 120 degrees (depth 90m). |
| Mel | Black Boxes/Colonists | Outside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m). |
| Angel Comb | Bloom | Giant blue flower-like plant. Closest one is found at Anita signal north of the lifepod. |
| Bloom Canker | Bloom | Scan the specimen inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Bloom Core | Bloom | Found inside Bloom-infested cave 200m NNW of the lifepod. |
| Bloom Node | Bloom | Large beak-like growth which spawns Bloom. One found inside sinkhole beneath the Spider Dome, at Wander signal location. |
| Bloom Parasite | Bloom | Aggressive swimming creatures found near Bloom structures. Many found at Wander signal location. |
| Bloom Biofilm | Bloom | White spiderweb-like mesh found blocking doorways and entrances. One found at Wander signal location. |
| Tadpole Pens NoA | Closed Investigations | Unlocked by exhausting dialogue with "NoA" in the Tadpole Pens, behind the Keycard door (requires Kurul Level Access Key). |
| Anita 02 | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found at 382m depth, below a Dive Elevator around 500m east of the Research Outpost. |
| Anita | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Follow Anita signal north of the lifepod. |
| Chap | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Follow Chap signal southeast of the lifepod into the sand biome. |
| Iso | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Beyond the repairable door inside the Cicada Wreck (EVA Prep). 600m from Research Outpost, bearing 120 degrees (depth 90m). |
| Quaker | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found on a bed inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Ruby 02 | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found at bottom of the Needler Nest cave, around 300m from Research Outpost, bearing 165 degrees (depth 295m). |
| Ruby | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found in a circle of stones on the northwest side of the Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage). |
| Singh 02 | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found at the Singh signal location outside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m). |
| Wander | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found past the Bloom Biofilm in the sinkhole below the Spider Dome, at Wander signal location. |
| Zip 02 | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found at the end of the second Zip signal, in the Metal Farms, 850m WSW of the Research Outpost (depth 470m). |
| Zip | Closed Investigations/Missing Colonists | Found at the bottom of the Hot Cave below Tailings Village in the hot biome. |
| Anita | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Follow Anita signal north of the lifepod. |
| Chap | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Follow Chap signal southeast of the lifepod into the sand biome. |
| Gram | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found in one of the caves inside the massive cave system in the hot biome. |
| Mantis | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Scan the Biobed inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Mogami | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Quaker | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found on a bed inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Sean | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found at bottom of tiny hole inside cave system in the hot biome, around 450m SSE from the lifepod. |
| Wander | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found past the Bloom Biofilm in the sinkhole below the Spider Dome, at Wander signal location. |
| Wu | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Blackbox can be found by the foot of the table in the Old Habitat entrance. |
| Colony Manifest | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Interact with NoA and select "Missing Colonists". |
| Singh | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found at the entrance to the Silver cave, north of the Anita signal location. |
| Tuba | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found inside the wreckage north of the Anita signal location. Must first flood the compartment using the button above. |
| Zip | Closed Investigations/Colonists | Found at the bottom of the Hot Cave below Tailings Village in the hot biome. |
| Anita | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Follow Anita signal north of the lifepod. |
| Chap | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Follow Chap signal southeast of the lifepod into the sand biome. |
| Blackbox - Unknown | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Prologue - investigate the suit on the cable as you enter the water. |
| Gram | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found in one of the caves inside the massive cave system in the hot biome. |
| Mantis | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Scan the Biobed inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Mogami | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Quaker | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found on a bed inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Ruby | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found in a circle of stones on the northwest side of the Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage). |
| Sean | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found at bottom of tiny hole inside cave system in the hot biome, around 450m SSE from the lifepod. |
| Blackbox - Unknown | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Prologue - investigate the black box just outside the lifepod. |
| Wander | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found past the Bloom Biofilm in the sinkhole below the Spider Dome, at Wander signal location. |
| Wu | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Blackbox can be found by the foot of the table in the Old Habitat entrance. |
| Zip | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found at the bottom of the Hot Cave below Tailings Village in the hot biome. |
| Anita 02 | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found at 382m depth, below a Dive Elevator around 500m east of the Research Outpost. |
| Ruby | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found at bottom of the Needler Nest cave, around 300m from Research Outpost, bearing 165 degrees (depth 295m). |
| Singh | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found at the Singh signal location outside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m). |
| Tuba | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found inside the wreckage north of the Anita signal location. Must first flood the compartment using the button above. |
| Tuba | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found inside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m). |
| Zip | Data Downloads/Black Boxes | Found at the end of the second Zip signal, in the Metal Farms, 850m WSW of the Research Outpost (depth 470m). |
| Survivors - Waypoint 2 | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found inside the Tadpole Pens in the hot biome, around 650m east of the Lifepod. |
| Nahema - "Parasite Attack" | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found inside wreck 250m north of lifepod - need Sonic Resonator to bypass Bloom Biofilm in entrance. |
| Welcome Center Recording | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Unlock the NoA module inside the Welcome Center (using a Battery), then select "Personal Messages". |
| Wu - "I've cracked it" | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found on table inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Rhiannon - "Cartographer's Notes" | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | One found in habitat wreckage north of Anita signal. |
| "Jubilee using old sleep bay" | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found in Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat) at 65m depth in a cave around 375m NNE from the lifepod. |
| Nahema - "Day one" | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found in entrance of Old Habitat, at Quaker signal location. |
| Aberrant NoA Reports | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found on desk next to Chap Blackbox in cave wreckage in sand biome southeast of the lifepod. |
| Triage Policy Update | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Interact with NoA terminal at end of Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Do not go out alone | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found inside wreckage 100m NE of lifepod. |
| Sophie - "Riot in progress" | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found at end of Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Do Not Reprint | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found inside the Hot Cave Base Camp. |
| SOPHIE: Depth module lost | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found inside the Research Outpost in the Karakorum region, 1300m east of the Lifepod (140m depth). |
| MANTIS: Getting through it | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found on desk outside the Observatory door in the Karakorum biome. |
| SINGH: How to see the unseen | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found inside the Upper Control Room in the cliffside on the southeast side of the Power Plant (depth 195m). |
| Turbine Repair Plan | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found just above the Power Plant Turbine directly opposite the Upper Control Room, 500m WNW from the Research Outpost. |
| MANTIS: Alien Civilization Discovered | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found at the top of the Dive Elevator, 2125m directly east from the Lifepod (depth 200m). |
| SINGH: Axum 1 | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found by the platform at 200m depth, around 220m from the Research Outpost, bearing 165 degrees. |
| SINGH: Axum 2 | Data Downloads/Colonist Logs | Found on a lone platform on the clifftop overlooking the Metal Farms. 375m depth, 700m ENE from the Reseach Outpost. |
| Nahema: Why | Data Downloads/Colonists | Inside the viral Bloom cave directly beneath the Research Outpost in the Karakorum region. |
| Sophie: In pursuit of Nahema | Data Downloads/Colonists | Found on the lone wreckage platform on the clifftop below the Rosetta Stone (on its north side). Around 200m NNE from the Research Outpost. |
| Programmable Detonator | Data Downloads/Evidence | Data drive found in cave beneath the Welcome Center, accessible either from the side cave entrance or by removing the metal salvage in the room. |
| PATIENT CHART: Boucher, S. | Data Downloads/Evidence | Found in Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat) at 65m depth in a cave around 375m NNE from the lifepod. |
| Wander - "Spider Dome Report" | Data Downloads/Field Reports | Found on desk just above the Spider Dome sinkhole at Wander signal location. |
| Ander - "Crab Tower Report" | Data Downloads/Field Reports | Found on desk in wreckage area beneath coral dome, north of the lifepod, on the way to Anita signal location. |
| Nahema - "Eutrophication" | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found on desk inside cave 300m NNE of lifepod. |
| Biobed - Enhanced Reprints | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found inside Colonist Bunker (Salvage) at 85m depth in cave system around 150m north of the lifepod. |
| Kharaa | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found on lone platform of wreckage 200m northeast of lifepod. |
| Nahema - "Was I murdered?" | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found inside Colonist Bunker (Unauthorized NoA Modification) |
| Nahema - "Play God" | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Inside the Cicada Wreck (Empty Hold), inside a hole in one of the floors. |
| Twins | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found inside wreckage at 90m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod. |
| Nahema - "Frozen tyrant" | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Interact with NoA terminal at end of Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| NAHEMA: We must voluntarily die | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found inside the small wreckage by the water current on the northwest side of the Tadpole Pens (650m east of the Lifepod). |
| ZIP: We can live here | Data Downloads/Personal Messages | Found in one of the caves inside the massive cave system in the hot biome. |
| Your Contract | Data Downloads/Your Files | Prologue. |
| TSF (Trans-System Federation) | Education/History | Construct your first Survival Multitool. |
| Copper | Education/Geological Data | Pale orange ore nodes, commonly found in caves and beneath rock structures. |
| Quartz | Education/Geological Data | White ore nodes, commonly found inside coral domes. |
| Sulfur | Education/Geological Data | Yellow ore nodes, commonly found on or near Radiator Coral towers in the sand biome and hot biome. |
| Titanium | Education/Geological Data | Blue ore nodes, commonly found on the seabed in starting biome. |
| Atacamite | Education/Geological Data | Spiky green-blue crystalline ore nodes found on the ocean floor below (and around) the Karakorum Power Plant. |
| Celestine | Education/Geological Data | Spiky blue crystalline ore nodes, commonly found around Needler Mango territory, south of the Research Outpost. |
| Mineralized Clinker | Education/Geological Data | Green crystalline ore node, found on the seabed around the acid vents in the Metal Farms. |
| Enamel | Education/Geological Data | Scan one of the blue Enamel Husks with white jutting out spikes, found in abundance around the Needler Nest (south of the Research Outpost). |
| Conduit Crystal | Education/Geological Data | Strange greenish crystal-like growth found at 350m+ depth, in the Karakorum region (particularly around and below the Power Plant). |
| Gold | Education/Geological Data | Golden ore nodes found around thermal vents in hot biome. |
| Lead | Education/Geological Data | Purple ore nodes. Can be found in the ravines near the Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage). |
| Lithium | Education/Geological Data | Orange ore nodes, commonly found near thermal vents, but also found in high concentrations inside the Great Jaw. |
| Salt | Education/Geological Data | White clumps commonly found inside caves in the sand biome southeast of the lifepod. |
| Silver | Education/Geological Data | Large ore nodes found in and around caves in the sand biome southeast of the lifepod. Small ore nodes found in the Silver cave north of the Lifepod. Large nodes found in the rocky biome to the southeast. |
| Troilite | Education/Geological Data | Dark ore extracted from emerald-green nodes found exclusively in and around the Metal Farms. |
| Deepwing Brooder | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Arthropod | Giant arthropod leviathans, found roaming in groups above the Karakorum region (around 1000m east of the Lifepod). |
| Collector Leviathan | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Cephalopods | Giant squid-like leviathan found roaming to the west of the Observatory. |
| Coral Crab | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Gigantic crabs housed inside Coral Domes, found in the sand biome southeast of the lifepod. |
| Dead Coral Crab | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Found in the giant cave system in the hot biome. |
| Periscopic Clowncrab | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Small orange crab with large eyestalks, found camouflaged in orange anemone colonies on seabed in starting biome. |
| Cerathecan | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Small blue jellyfish-like crustacean found in the Karakorum biome. |
| Tongue Thief | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Small yellow spider-like crab, found in groups on the ocean floor in the Metal Farms (900m east of Research Outpost). |
| Jetocaris | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Medium-sized bright blue four-legged crab, found on seabed in the biome north of spawn. |
| Sandspear | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Crustaceans | Small predatory fish which burrows in the seabed of the sand biome southeast of the lifepod. |
| Bluemoon | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Small blue and orange fish. Commonly found in starting biome. |
| Halfmoon | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Small red fish with blue fins. Commonly found in starting biome. |
| Hammerhead | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Medium-sized fish with fins which splay out when threatened. Found around starting biome. |
| Harvestmoon | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Small purple fish with green fins. Commonly found in starting biome. |
| Waxmoon | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Medium-sized black fish, sometimes found swimming with other "moon" fish. |
| Bullethead | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Medium-sized, bullet-shaped red squid, found attached to walls in the Karakorum region (around 1000m east from Lifepod). |
| Epicurean | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Round, aggressive grey fish found in the metal farms region, around 700m east of the Research Outpost. |
| Foureye | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Medium-sized four-eyed fish. Can charge and bite. Commonly found in starting biome. |
| Houndgar | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Small, fast, thin fish found in the hot biome. |
| Hoverthorn | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Small, fast, thin fish found in the Karakorum biome. |
| Needler Mango | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Large, blue and orange sharks which spit needles at prey. Commonly found in the lower waters south and east of the Research Outpost. |
| Pneuma | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Small green fish which resembles kelp. Found in the Karakorum biome. |
| Twin Sitaray | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Large, lithe silver predator found roaming around the Axum structures in the Karakorum region. |
| Shiver Leviathan | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Giant leviathans which attack in packs. Found (very swiftly) beyond the edges of the map, in any direction. |
| Shiver Male | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Fish | Giant leviathans which attack in packs. Found (very swiftly) beyond the edges of the map, in any direction. |
| Jellies | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Jellies | Unlocked upon scanning your first Jelly-class creature. |
| Surge Jelly | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Jellies | Small blue electricity-emitting jellies found in the sand biome southeast of the lifepod. |
| Hycean | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Jellies | Gigantic balloon-like creatures floating above the water. |
| Jelly Ring | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Jellies | Large translucent rings encircling thermal vents in hot biome. |
| BFJ | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Jellies | Giant, static blue jellyfish-like creatures. Several found with the wreckage north of the Anita signal location. |
| Marrowbreach | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Mangos | Large and aggressive fish with orange pattern. Nearest found near wreckage north of Anita signal location. |
| Nibbler Mango | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Mangos | Large sleek blue fish with yellow pattern on top. Found surrounding the starting biome, often in groups. |
| Water Slug | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Molluscs | Small translucent blue slugs. Found on seabed in starting biome. |
| Geordie | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Salpapods | Fast, four-finned blue fish found in starting biome. |
| Electric Geordie | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Salpapods | Light blue Geordie variants, found on the outskirts of the metal farms in Karakorum, around 700m east of the Research Outpost. |
| Flash Slug | Indigenous Life/Mobile Life/Water Slug | Small, white slugs which blind aggressors with a bright flash. Found on the outskirts of the metal farms in Karakorum, around 700m east of the Research Outpost. |
| Titan Rockbore | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life | Giant pink-ish rock-like colonies, dotted about the map. Also found at base of Angel Comb at Anita signal location. |
| Gateway Spire | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life | Large hoops of rock attached to the terrain which propel the Tadpole when passed through. Found in the Karakorum region (1000m east of Lifepod). |
| Pent | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Anomalies | Pentagon-shaped glowing blue formations found around the starting biome. |
| Branching Coral | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Red tendril-like coral found on sides of rock formations. |
| Cage Gorgon | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Small green plants found on seabed in biome to the north of the lifepod. Each cage contains a Cherimoya Rotsac. |
| Coral Dome | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Large coral structures found in starting biome. |
| Radiator Coral | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Large, heat-emitting coral towers found in the sand biome and hot biome. |
| Curtain Gorgon | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Small orange coral growths. Found on seabed in starting biome. |
| Dragon's Scale Coral | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Large coral structures found in starting biome. |
| Tallshroom | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Coral | Small mushrooms found inside caves in the hot biome. |
| Jelly Lei | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Jellies | Long pink/purple feather-like structures which grow upside-down from rock ceilings. Found near the Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage). |
| Necrolei | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Jellies | Large blue/purple plant-like jellies in the Jelly Barrens (?). |
| Stilt Orb | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Jellies | Orbs held up from the seabed by purple tendrils, with a Necrolei Cyst on top. Found in biome north of spawn. |
| Feather Kelp | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Kelp | Red kelp commonly found in caves in the starting biome. |
| Stagged Mephit (HiHat) | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Molluscs | Large stalks found inside the giant cavern in the hot biome, around 450m SSE from the lifepod. |
| Great Jaw | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Molluscs | A unique, gigantic clam found 350 metres from the Lifepod, bearing 195 degrees. |
| Mimic Pylon | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Pylons | Large orange plants with stinging tendrils. Found on seabed in starting biome. |
| Acid Raion | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Raions | Purple brain-like colonies housing a Medical Gel Sac. Commonly found in caves. |
| Whip Gorgon | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Raions | Medium-sized tendril-like plants. Found on seabed in starting biome. |
| Cherimoya Rotsac | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Rotsacs | Bright green bulbs found inside Cage Gorgons, in biome to the north of the lifepod. |
| Lucifer Rotsac | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Rotsacs | Orange pearl found inside Cradle Shootroot. Found on seabed in starting biome. |
| Macaron Sponge | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Sponges | Small flat blue sponges attached to walls and floors. |
| Pebbled Sporal | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Sponges | Found at the base of large green/purple plants in the biome north of spawn. |
| Jack Sponge | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Sponges | Found on Coral Domes east of spawn, near or in hot biome. |
| Toxic Sponge | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Sponges | Blue tubular sponges attached to walls. Found in coral domes and caves. |
| Amphora Sponge | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Sponges | Blue orb-like sponges found in caves in the biome north of spawn (including the Colonist Bunker (Salvage) cave system. |
| Cabbage Shootroot | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Starfish | Pink cabbage-like plants attached to cave walls in the biome north of spawn. |
| Cradle Shootroot | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Starfish | Small blue plant which holds a Lucifer Rotsac in its centre. Found on seabed in starting biome. |
| Hecaton Tunic | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Tunics | Glowing blue spiky plants found in caves and ravines in the biome north of spawn. |
| Oxygen Tunic | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Tunics | Blue plants which emit oxygen bubbles above them. Commonly found in caves and the starting biome. |
| Dangling Salp | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Tunics | Jellyfish-like predatory organisms which dangle from the tops of caves. Two found in the Silver Cave north of spawn. |
| Awnworm | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Worms | Tall red plants, commonly found in the hot biome. |
| Fridge Worm | Indigenous Life/Sessile Life/Worms | Small glowing teal plants found inside caves in the hot biome. |
| Ganzo - "Survivors fled east" | Investigations | Found on shelf inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Axum Door | Karakorum Ruins | Found just inside the Observatory tower in the Karakorum biome. |
| Axum Glyph | Karakorum Ruins | Unlocked upon scanning the Rosetta Stone, 200m NNE from the Research Outpost. |
| Metal Farming | Karakorum Ruins | Scan three Metal Farm fragments in the Metal Farms (900m east of Research Outpost). |
| Observatory | Karakorum Ruins | Giant alien tower found in the Karakorum biome, around 1,100m east from the lifepod. |
| Orrery | Karakorum Ruins | Unlock the Observatory door and scan the Orrery inside. |
| Power Plant | Karakorum Ruins | Scan the Power Plant Turbine directly opposite the Upper Control Room, 500m WNW from the Research Outpost. |
| Power Plant Turbine | Karakorum Ruins | Scan the Power Plant Turbine directly opposite the Upper Control Room, 500m WNW from the Research Outpost. |
| Upper Control Room | Karakorum Ruins | Scan the small building in the cliffside on the southeast side of the Power Plant (depth 195m). |
| Rosetta Stone | Karakorum Ruins | Scan the large glowing green metal alien tower, 200m NNE from the Research Outpost. |
| Kurul Level Access Key. | Keys | Found on top of the tree root at the bottom of the Hot Cave below Tailings Village in the hot biome. |
| Camp One | Points Of Interest | Swim near the wreckage north of the Anita signal location. |
| Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage) | Points Of Interest | Found approximately 400m northeast of the lifepod. |
| Cicada Wreck (Empty Hold) | Points Of Interest | Swim near the large wreck in the hot biome, around 450m east of the lifepod. |
| Cicada Wreck (Canteen) | Points Of Interest | Found at 80m depth, around 320m SW from lifepod. |
| Cicada Wreck (EVA Prep) | Points Of Interest | Swim near the wreckage 600m from Research Outpost, bearing 120 degrees (depth 90m). |
| Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room) | Points Of Interest | Swim near the wreckage 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m). |
| Cicada Wreck (Stairway To Heaven) | Points Of Interest | Large wreckage found at 330m depth, on the clifftop overlooking the Metal Farms on its southeast side. |
| Colonist Bunker (Salvage) | Points Of Interest | Found at 85m depth in cave system around 150m north of the lifepod. |
| Colonist Bunker (Unauthorized NoA Modification) | Points Of Interest | Found a short distance north of the Cicada Wreck (Canteen) |
| Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat) | Points Of Interest | Found at 65m depth in a cave around 375m NNE from the lifepod. |
| Colonist Bunker (Quaker's Meetinghouse) | Points Of Interest | Unlocked when you receive Quaker mission from NoA. |
| Old Habitat | Points Of Interest | Swim close to the Old Habitat found at Quaker signal location. |
| Hot Cave Base Camp | Points Of Interest | On the east side of the giant cave system in the hot biome. |
| Metal Farms | Points Of Interest | Swim near the region of green acid vents at 460m depth, around 800m east of the Research Outpost. |
| Needler Nest | Points Of Interest | Found at the nearest tall rock formation SSE of the Research Outpost (250m depth). |
| Axum Observatory | Points Of Interest | Giant alien tower found in the Karakorum biome, around 1,100m east from the lifepod. |
| Karakorum Power Plant | Points Of Interest | Gigantic Axum power plant building in the Karakorum region, 450m from Research Outpost (bearing 105 degrees). |
| Protected Zone Base Camp | Points Of Interest | Unlocked by activating NoA Terminal inside the Research Outpost, by placing a Battery in the Battery Power Outlet in the adjacent room. |
| Rosetta Stone | Points Of Interest | Scan the large glowing green metal alien tower, 200m NNE from the Research Outpost. |
| Spider Dome | Points Of Interest | Swim near the Spider Dome at Wander signal location around 240m SSW. |
| Tadpole Pens | Points Of Interest | Swim near wreckage 700m east of lifepod, in hot biome. |
| Tailings Village | Points Of Interest | Swim near the giant bulbous structures in the hot biome, around 500m SSE from the lifepod. |
| Welcome Center | Points Of Interest | Swim close to the Welcome Center wreckage immediately south of the lifepod. |
| Metal Salvage | Resources | Large flat metal sheets, commonly found around wreckages. |
| Proteus Medical Risks | Theories | Scan the Biobed inside the Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Surviving Death | Theories | Die for the first time. |
| FAQ: Death and Recovery | Theories | Die for the first time. |
| Distance from Earth | Theories | Unlock the Observatory door and scan the Orrery inside, then speak with NoA. |
| Proteavirus | Theories | Found on desk in wreckage area beneath coral dome, north of the lifepod, on the way to Anita signal location. |
| Proteavirus Technical Details | Theories | Found on desk in wreckage area beneath coral dome, north of the lifepod, on the way to Anita signal location. |
| AEP Suit | Tools | Prologue. |
| Air Bladder | Tools | Construct your first Air Bladder. |
| Beacon | Tools | One found in the wreckage on the southwest side of the Welcome Center.One found atop some metal salvage, on a rocky outcrop directly east from the lifepod.One found outside Colonist Bunker (Salvage) at 85m depth in cave system around 150m north of the lifepod. |
| Portable Locker | Tools | Scan a Portable Locker. Can be found or built using a Habitat Builder. |
| Flashlight | Tools | One found in box under coral dome next to lifepod (northeast side).One found in cave with Oxygen Tunic directly beneath lifepod. |
| Habitat Builder | Tools | One found beneath metal salvage at bottom of cave hole on east side of lifepod.One found on top of crate at Anita signal location. |
| Scanner | Tools | Construct your first Scanner. |
| Basic First Aid Kit | Tools | Find or craft one - there's one in the Prologue area. |
| Modded Resonator | Tools | One found inside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m).One found by the large Silver deposit at 420m depth, on the cliff wall near the entrance to the Metal Farms (900m east of Research Outpost). |
| PDA | Tools | Prologue. |
| PDA History | Tools | Prologue. |
| Repair Tool | Tools | One found inside Chap Blackbox wreckage beneath cave southeast of the lifepod.One found inside Colonist Bunker (Salvage) in cave around 200m north of lifepod.One found inside wreck 250m north of lifepod - need Sonic Resonator to bypass Bloom Biofilm in entrance. |
| Sonic Resonator | Tools | Two found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Bioscanner | Tools | Found inside the Cicada Wreck (EVA Prep) in the Karakorum region, next to the second repairable door at the bottom of the shaft. |
| Survival Multitool | Tools | Construct your first Survival Multitool. |
| Wakemaker | Tools | One found in crate on table near the Angel Comb at Anita signal location (on the north side).One found inside Tuba Blackbox wreckage, north of Anita signal location.One found atop a crate near some Radiator Coral on the east side of the sand biome.Two found inside Old Habitat at Quaker signal location. |
| Tadpole | Vehicles | One found at 90m depth, off edge of cliff, next to Welcome Center.One found in wall rack inside Colonist Bunker (Unauthorized NoA Modification), SW of lifepod.One found in a circle of stones on the northwest side of the Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage).One found amid a wreckage 480m NNE from lifepod. |
| Scout Ray Chassis | Vehicles | Two separate fragments found attached to the Tadpole in the Moonpool room, inside the Tadpole Pens (650m east of the Lifepod). |
| Tadpole Haul Chassis | Vehicles | One found at the bottom of the Needler Nest cave, around 300m from Research Outpost, bearing 165 degrees (depth 295m).One found near the Bloom Core directly below the Power Plant.One found outside the Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room), 760m from Research Outpost, heading ESE (depth 200m).One found by the buildings on the west side of the entrance to the Metal Farms, around 900m east of Research Outpost.One found at the top of the Dive Elevator, 2125m directly east from the Lifepod (depth 200m) |
That wraps up this titanic list of all the Databank entries you can unlock using just a Scanner and your exploration skills in Subnautica 2. If you're looking for more in-depth instructions on how to get specific items or resources, look no further than our guides on where to find Silver, how to get Lead, and how to increase your Oxygen supply.