Understanding Prawn Suit Deep Exploration
Use the Prawn Suit for mining and deeper progression
This is an original reference for the first Subnautica. Your current depth rating, oxygen, available tools and navigation route determine when an objective is practical. Follow actual in-game PDA and Fabricator information for any values that vary by version.
How to use this information
The heavy suit offers protection and resource access where small subs cannot operate after their depth limit.
What to avoid
A Prawn Suit may be difficult to recover from a steep drop without mobility upgrades.
Step-by-step guide
Unlock the suit and arm fragments
Unlock the suit and arm fragments is a concrete milestone in this survival route, not a command to rush to the next depth. Start with Prawn Suit. A reinforced diving suit designed for very deep operations, resource mining and hostile environments. Upgrade depth and mobility; use the Drill Arm when accessing large resource deposits. The most common failure here is specific: Travel can be slow without a grappling plan and a route for recovering the suit. Before leaving your staging point, review the equipment in your PDA, verify the depth of the objective and note which corridor you will take back. If you have not unlocked the required technology, scan fragments in known terrain and do a separate supply trip rather than risking all resources at once. The next connection is Prawn Suit Drill Arm: A vehicle arm used to mine large deposits that hand tools cannot harvest. Scan suitable fragments and visit appropriate resource areas with a cargo plan. Those two topics form a useful checkpoint: finish the present task, repair any worn equipment, refill oxygen or cells, and update Beacons before you continue. Remember the related limitation: The drill does not guarantee protection from nearby predators. On this original-Subnautica route, a sensible plan is more valuable than a fixed set of unverified coordinates. Use this chapter as a decision path for your own save rather than assuming all fragments and resources have been found already.
Prepare deep-rated modules
Prepare deep-rated modules is a concrete milestone in this survival route, not a command to rush to the next depth. Start with Prawn Suit Drill Arm. A vehicle arm used to mine large deposits that hand tools cannot harvest. Scan suitable fragments and visit appropriate resource areas with a cargo plan. The most common failure here is specific: The drill does not guarantee protection from nearby predators. Before leaving your staging point, review the equipment in your PDA, verify the depth of the objective and note which corridor you will take back. If you have not unlocked the required technology, scan fragments in known terrain and do a separate supply trip rather than risking all resources at once. The next connection is Prawn Suit Grappling Arm: An upgrade that provides grappling-assisted mobility to the heavy suit. Practice movement in a safe area before using it over deep terrain or lava. Those two topics form a useful checkpoint: finish the present task, repair any worn equipment, refill oxygen or cells, and update Beacons before you continue. Remember the related limitation: Grappling without knowing where the tether lands can strand you. On this original-Subnautica route, a sensible plan is more valuable than a fixed set of unverified coordinates. Use this chapter as a decision path for your own save rather than assuming all fragments and resources have been found already.
Practice grappling movement
Practice grappling movement is a concrete milestone in this survival route, not a command to rush to the next depth. Start with Prawn Suit Grappling Arm. An upgrade that provides grappling-assisted mobility to the heavy suit. Practice movement in a safe area before using it over deep terrain or lava. The most common failure here is specific: Grappling without knowing where the tether lands can strand you. Before leaving your staging point, review the equipment in your PDA, verify the depth of the objective and note which corridor you will take back. If you have not unlocked the required technology, scan fragments in known terrain and do a separate supply trip rather than risking all resources at once. The next connection is Nickel Ore: A deep-zone resource essential to later equipment upgrades. Gather in the Lost River and related deep areas with a planned return route. Those two topics form a useful checkpoint: finish the present task, repair any worn equipment, refill oxygen or cells, and update Beacons before you continue. Remember the related limitation: Do not assume Nickel is accessible near Lifepod 5. On this original-Subnautica route, a sensible plan is more valuable than a fixed set of unverified coordinates. Use this chapter as a decision path for your own save rather than assuming all fragments and resources have been found already.
Mine large resource deposits
Mine large resource deposits is a concrete milestone in this survival route, not a command to rush to the next depth. Start with Nickel Ore. A deep-zone resource essential to later equipment upgrades. Gather in the Lost River and related deep areas with a planned return route. The most common failure here is specific: Do not assume Nickel is accessible near Lifepod 5. Before leaving your staging point, review the equipment in your PDA, verify the depth of the objective and note which corridor you will take back. If you have not unlocked the required technology, scan fragments in known terrain and do a separate supply trip rather than risking all resources at once. The next connection is Inactive Lava Zone: A deeper volcanic region reached beyond Lost River, important for final progression. Upgrade your vehicle, bring power contingency and mark the return route through the tunnels. Those two topics form a useful checkpoint: finish the present task, repair any worn equipment, refill oxygen or cells, and update Beacons before you continue. Remember the related limitation: Heat and power-draining fauna can leave an underprepared vehicle stuck. On this original-Subnautica route, a sensible plan is more valuable than a fixed set of unverified coordinates. Use this chapter as a decision path for your own save rather than assuming all fragments and resources have been found already.
Use it to support late-game exploration
Use it to support late-game exploration is a concrete milestone in this survival route, not a command to rush to the next depth. Start with Inactive Lava Zone. A deeper volcanic region reached beyond Lost River, important for final progression. Upgrade your vehicle, bring power contingency and mark the return route through the tunnels. The most common failure here is specific: Heat and power-draining fauna can leave an underprepared vehicle stuck. Before leaving your staging point, review the equipment in your PDA, verify the depth of the objective and note which corridor you will take back. If you have not unlocked the required technology, scan fragments in known terrain and do a separate supply trip rather than risking all resources at once. The next connection is Prawn Suit: A reinforced diving suit designed for very deep operations, resource mining and hostile environments. Upgrade depth and mobility; use the Drill Arm when accessing large resource deposits. Those two topics form a useful checkpoint: finish the present task, repair any worn equipment, refill oxygen or cells, and update Beacons before you continue. Remember the related limitation: Travel can be slow without a grappling plan and a route for recovering the suit. On this original-Subnautica route, a sensible plan is more valuable than a fixed set of unverified coordinates. Use this chapter as a decision path for your own save rather than assuming all fragments and resources have been found already.