Lithium (Subnautica)

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Lithium
Category	Raw Materials
Description	Li. Applications in high-strength alloys.
Acquired From	Seabed Shale Outcrop Large Resource Deposits
Size	1
Drill Yield	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Bone Fields Caves Bulb Zone Bulb Zone Caves Crag Field Crash Zone Mesas Deep Sparse Reef Dunes Grand Reef Grand Reef Caves Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Jellyshroom Cave Lost River Bone Fields Corridor Ghost Forest Junction Mountains Corridor Mountain Island Mountains Mountains Caves Mushroom Forest Mushroom Forest Caves Sea Treader's Path Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Sparse Reef Underwater Islands Underwater Islands Caves
Debug Spawn	lithium

Large Lithium Deposit
Category	Large Resource Deposits
Drops	8 - 16
Biome	Bone Fields Caves Bulb Zone Deep Sparse Reef Jellyshroom Cave Lost River Bone Fields Tree Cove Mushroom Forest Mushroom Forest Caves Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Sparse Reef

Lithium is a raw material found in many Biomes. Lithium can be found in single form both above and below water, as well as in shale outcrops. Lots of item form lithium can be found in the deep sparse reef near Officer Keen's lifepod.

It can also be found as a large resource deposit, they are especially plentiful in the Lost River, Mountains, and the Mountain Island's caves. They can sometimes also be found in the Mushroom Forest.

Its main use is to create the high strength Lithium/Titanium alloy known as plasteel.

Uses In Crafting

Fabricator

Habitat Builder

Modification Station

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Vehicle Upgrade Console

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Cyclops Upgrade Fabricator

Gallery

Lithium

Lithium found in the Mushroom Forest

The large form of a Lithium

The old form of Lithium

Trivia

• In real life, Lithium posesses a low hardness of 0.6 on Moh's scale, which would barely hold together, especially at great depths.
• Lithium is also known to react violently with water, forming lithium hydroxide and highly flammable hydrogen that often ignited with the intense heat release.
• Scientifically speaking, the lithium in subnautica could have formed an oxide layer which protected it from water.