Resources · Early Access · Hotfix 4

MINERAL
DISTRIBUTION

Every mineral in Subnautica 2, where it spawns and whether you need a Sonic Resonator to break it.

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How Mining Works

SMALL NODES

Hand-mined. Each harvest yields 1 item per break.

MEDIUM NODES

Hand-mined. Yields multiple items per break.

LARGE NODES

Require the Sonic Resonator. Highest yield — Lead, Gold, big Titanium and Quartz nodes all need it.

By Region

Thumb	Region	What You’ll Find
	Safe Shallow Spawn zone	TitaniumQuartzCopper Titanium — scrap & debris on the seafloor — the most common material, base of all crafting · Quartz — common on the seabed; formed by coral polyps — basis for glass · Copper — almost exclusively in caves, on ceilings; the cave under the lifepod has a vein
	Crab Path Between Shallows and the first wreck fields	TitaniumCopperSilverSalt Titanium — scrap & debris · Copper — on walls & rock formations between Safe Shallow and Crab Path; cave walls near Chap’s black box are lined with it · Silver — large silver ore outside the black-box cave; also scattered on the seafloor · Salt — cave floors and seabed
	Camp One Starting base area	TitaniumSilver Titanium — small & medium deposits around the camp · Silver — rarest mineral in the game — almost always near black boxes; small chunks in the cave north of Camp One with green anemone-like growths (tied to the bloom)
	Old Habitat Below the Shallow/Coral Garden shelf	Silver Silver — small deposits in the largest cave found so far, under the Shallow/Coral Garden area — watch the green growths near the ceiling silver
	North Graveyard / Crash Site Map drops off sharply here	LeadTitaniumQuartz Lead — high concentration — most large nodes need a Sonic Resonator · Titanium — mostly large nodes — needs Sonic Resonator · Quartz — large veins — needs Sonic Resonator, drops lots
	Hydrothermal Vent Garden Requires the Heat-Resistant Gene	SulfurTitaniumGoldLithiumQuartz Sulfur — attached to the vent walls · Titanium — plentiful · Gold — on the spires — needs Sonic Resonator; easy to miss, odd shapes · Lithium — caves below the tailings village · Quartz — rarer here than elsewhere
	The Mesa Watch the Collector Leviathan overhead	TitaniumCelestineQuartzCopper Titanium — big, obvious nodes · Celestine — grows on rock faces on the seafloor — use the rocks as cover from the Collector Leviathan · Quartz — common · Copper — large veins, but less common than elsewhere
	Gateway Spires Route to the alien ruins	TitaniumLeadCopperQuartzSalt Titanium — large nodes · Lead — large nodes · Copper — large nodes · Quartz — large nodes · Salt — near the upcurrents leading to the alien ruins

Mineral Index

Mineral	Where	Notes
Titanium	Everywhere	From scrap & debris. The base material of all crafting and base building — SN2’s equivalent of cobblestone.
Quartz	Common	Formed by coral polyps — found wherever coral grows. Basis for glass.
Copper	Caves	Almost exclusively cave ceilings; the lifepod cave and Crab Path walls have reliable veins.
Silver	Black boxes	The rarest mineral. Almost always near black boxes — Camp One cave, Old Habitat cave. Often tied to bloom growths.
Lead	North Graveyard	High concentration at the crash site; most large nodes need a Sonic Resonator.
Salt	Crab Path & Gateway	Cave floors, seabed, and the upcurrents by Gateway Spires.
Sulfur	Hydrothermal vents	Attached to vent walls in the Hydrothermal Vent Garden (needs Heat-Resistant Gene).
Gold	Hydrothermal spires	On the spires in the Vent Garden — needs a Sonic Resonator.
Lithium	Vent Garden caves	Caves below the tailings village in the Hydrothermal Vent Garden.
Celestine	The Mesa	Grows on seafloor rock faces; the area is patrolled by the Collector Leviathan.
Atacamite	Root Canyon	Community addition (r/subnautica) — Root Canyon is the celestine/atacamite bottleneck for MK2 upgrades.

Region names & data: CN community guide (Steam user vamppbunny via 18183.com) · Atacamite row from r/subnautica · resource hotspots on the map