Large Resource Deposits (Subnautica)

This article is about Large Resource Deposits in Subnautica. Click here for information on this subject in Below Zero.

Large Resource Deposits are large quantities of a single Raw Material found in Subnautica. Unlike stone outcrops, the materials cannot be harvested by hand; instead they must be broken down using the Prawn Suit Drill Arm.

Types of Deposits

Appearance	Material	Quantity	Biome(s)
	Copper Ore	8 - 16	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Junction Mushroom Forest
	Gold	9 - 18	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Bone Fields Caves Bulb Zone Inactive Lava Zone Jellyshroom Cave Lost River Bones Fields Tree Cove Junction Underwater Islands
	Kyanite	0 - 12 (Short) 0 - 22 (Tall)	Inactive Lava Zone Lava Lakes
	Lead	8 - 16	Blood Kelp Zone Crash Zone Deep Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Ghost Forest Junction Mountain Island Mountains Sparse Reef
	Lithium	8 - 16	Bone Fields Caves Bulb Zone Deep Sparse Reef Jellyshroom Cave Lost River Bone Fields Tree Cove Mushroom Forest Caves Mushroom Forest Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Sparse Reef
	Magnetite	7 - 14	Jellyshroom Cave
	Nickel Ore	8 - 16	Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Bone Fields Ghost Canyon Ghost Forest Junction
	Quartz	7 - 14	Crag Field Dunes Deep Sparse Reef Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Junction Mountains Corridor Mountains Caves Sparse Reef
	Salt Deposit	7 - 14	Crag Field Crash Zone Mesas Dunes Grassy Plateaus Mountains Caves Mountains Mushroom Forest
	Silver Ore	9 - 18	Crag Field Dunes Caves Dunes Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Bone Fields Ghost Forest Junction Mountains Underwater Islands
	Titanium	8 - 16	Bulb Zone Crash Zone Deep Grand Reef Dunes Caves Dunes Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Bone Fields Corridor Ghost Canyon Ghost Forest Tree Cove Junction Mountains Corridor
	Uraninite Crystal	7 - 14	Blood Kelp Caves Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Bone Fields Tree Cove Underwater Islands

Unique Deposits

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Large Deposit Minerals Quantity Locations Ion Cube 3 - 12 Alien Thermal Plant Primary Containment Facility

Gallery

• Screenshots
• Unique Deposits
• Sketchfab Models
• Removed Deposits

The large form of Copper

The large form of Gold

The large form of Kyanite

The large form of Lead

The large form of Lithium

The large form of Magnetite

The large form of Nickel

The large form of Quartz

The large form of Salt

The large form of Silver Ore

The large form of Titanium

The large form of Uraninite

Image found on trello featuring unused large Ruby and Crystalline Sulfur deposits

Image found on trello featuring an unused large Mercury Ore deposit, modeled prior to Mercury's removal from the game

The large form of the Ion Cube in the Alien Thermal Plant

Concept Art comparing an ion Cube and a Large Resource Deposit of the same material

The Large Lead Deposit model from Sketchfab

The Large Nickel Deposit model from Sketchfab

The Large Quartz Deposit model from Sketchfab

Large Diamond deposit which has been removed from the game.

Trivia

1. Kyanite is one of the few resources in Subnautica that is not guaranteed to eject smaller pieces when drilling chunks from a large node. This is not a bug.
   • On the other hand, there is a 0.000000471431432% chance for a large Kyanite deposit to yield 22 Kyanite pieces.
2. There are four Large Resource Deposit models that currently do not appear in Subnautica: the large Diamond, Ruby, Crystalline Sulfur and Mercury deposits.
   • However, the Large Ruby Deposit and the Large Diamond Deposit were repurposed for Subnautica: Below Zero.
3. There used to be Large Resource Deposits of Diamonds generated on the map, before raw resources got new models.
4. Over the course of the development of Subnautica, the models for Large Resourse Deposits have often changed.
5. Large Silver Deposits have been found in the Jellyshroom Cave, but it is unknown if this is intentional or a bug.