Pipes (Subnautica)

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Pipes and the Floating Air Pumps are crafted by using the Fabricator. They allow the player to pump Oxygen from the surface.

The Base-attached Air Pump can be constructed using the Habitat Builder, which allows the player to pump Oxygen from a Seabase instead of the surface. This may be a more preferable choice for areas too deep to use the Floating Air Pump.

Note that the function of pipes and air pumps is not to supply a base with oxygen, but to create a location underwater where breatheable air is accessible to the player. Powered base modules automatically produce their own oxygen.

Usage
Pipes allow the player to create a network of interconnected Pipes with readily available Oxygen underwater. While each pipe is one meter long, as long as a run is relatively straight they can be stretched out to a maximum of 10 meters (except, for some reason, the first pipe attached to a Base-attached Air Pump). One set of Pipes connected to a Floating Air Pump will therefore reach a depth of 50 meters.

The Base-attached Air Pump pumps Oxygen through Pipes from a Seabase without the need to place Pipes at the surface.

A Pipe must be connected to an Air Pump in order to carry oxygen. A player's Standard O₂ Tank will start filling once they swim near an active Pipe.

How to Use

 * 1) Assign the Floating Air Pump to an Equip slot.
 * 2) Equip the Floating Air Pump: the player will hold the pump in front of him with both hands. While underneath the surface, use the Right hand control to deploy the pump, which will activate its floatation device and float to the surface.
 * 3) Assign a Pipe to an Equip slot and equip. Connect to the Floating Air Pump. The Pipe will be shown at the end of the first Pipe.
 * 4) The Base-attached Air Pump can be placed on a Seabase to pump oxygen through Pipes without having to place Pipes at/from the water surface.
 * 5) If the player swims near the end of a Pipe, they will automatically receive Oxygen.

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Trivia

 * The Databank Entry image for the Floating Air Pump displays an incorrect representation of diatomic oxygen, showing it with five valence electrons on each oxygen atom and a single bond between the two, when there should only be four valence electrons on each and a double bond between the two oxygen atoms.

Bugs

 * 🇲🇴 If a Floating Air Pump is placed adjacent to Lifepod 5 and Pipes are placed at an angle that they intersect with the Lifepod, the Lifepod will begin to shake violently.
 * If the player stands on a Floating Air Pump and then picks it up, they will be sent flying at least 100m into the air.

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