Beacon (Subnautica)

The Beacon is a deployable tool, crafted by using the Fabricator. It requires a blueprint to be crafted, which can be unlocked by scanning its fragments.

The Beacon can mark locations, for example Caves, Biomes or Seabases. It can be placed in the ocean and picked up again after each use. When placed the Beacon will remain suspended where it is placed.

It works similarly to the beacons installed on the Cyclops, Seamoth, Prawn Suit, and Lifepod 5, except the pulse is shaped like the Beacon.

The Beacon pings are faded out when nearby. When 1000 meters from the beacon the signal goes from custom text to plain round ping signal. Too many Beacons can be hard to keep track of.

A Beacon can be renamed by clicking on its front panel. A maximum of 25 characters is supported.

Trivia

 * The release animation for the Beacon involves the player gently pushing it away from themselves, where it floats for a few seconds. This animation plays regardless of whether the Beacon is released in water or air, meaning that if a Beacon is released on land it will appear to defy gravity for a short time during the animation before falling.
 * When the Beacon is made in the Fabricator, it is shown during the fabrication animation with it's flotation devices inflated, despite these only inflating after the Beacon is released by the Player.
 * When the Beacon is made in the Fabricator, a visual glitch can be seen where the small white panels that conceal the Beacon's floatation devices appear underneath the Fabricator, falling.