Databank

-The **Databank** is the encyclopedia of entries visible on the [[PDA]] in Subnautica 2. It serves as the primary source of information for players, detailing everything from survival tips to alien biology and corporate history.+The **Databank** is the encyclopedia of entries that are visible on the [PDA](PDA). It serves as the primary source of information for players, tracking scanned items, creatures, and story elements.   > **Note**: If you wish to look for a specific databank entry here, it is highly recommended you hit `Ctrl + F` and type in the exact name of the entry or its contents for easy finding. Also, be aware that these logs are copied verbatim (this includes any grammar and spelling errors).   ## ! START HERE !   ### Survival Guide **Source**: Unlocked by default   Until Contact with the colony or the *Cicada* is restored, your survival is in your hands.   1. Sync with the nearest biobed 2. Review fabricator blueprints; pin basic equipment such as the survival multitool and flares 3. Search the area for basic resources: copper, quartz, and titanium 4. Find a source of fresh water and digestible food 5. Find a source of acid for basic batteries, then fabricate a scanner 6. Scan everything you see 7. Fabricate mobility equipment (such as fins and an oxygen tank) 8. Fabricate a habitat builder tool; work to expand the colony 9. Be alert for updates from your Noetic Advisor   As a pioneer, your goal is to build a future for humanity on this world. 40,000 sleeping colonists are counting on you. When in doubt, fall back onto your training:   *   **To find new resources**: explore unknown regions or construct a base scanner station *   **Survive hostile wildlife**: use flares to distract the threat. Carry a medkit for wound treatment *   **Unlock new blueprints**: scan fragments or datacards left by other pioneers *   **Determine your next goal**: review your PDA's databank and log, and consult your Noetic Advisor   Alterra anticipates the need to adapt human colonists to alien worlds. Consider installing approved biomods to help you thrive.   ## Adaptations *   Digestion *   Heat Tolerance *   Pressure Tolerance   ## Base Pieces *   Growbed   ## Bases *   Battery Terminal *   Biobed *   Biolab *   Bioreactor *   Corridor *   Fabricator *   Hatch *   Hydroelectric Turbine *   Keep Calm Poster *   Locker *   Moonpool *   NoA Terminal+*   Pioneer Hull Plate *   Power Capacitor *   Power Cell Terminal *   Power Transmitter *   Processor *   Room *   Scanner Station+*   Sea Moth Statue *   Single Bed *   Small Ceiling Light *   Solar Panel *   Spotlight *   Thermal Plant+*   Basic Basebuilding   ## Black Boxes+  ### Colonists *   Ruby Profile+*   Singh Blackbox 01+*   Singh Blackbox 02 *   Iso Profile *   Mel Profile+*   Iso Blackbox 01+*   Mel Blackbox 01   ## Bloom *   Angel Comb *   Bloom Canker *   Bloom Core *   Bloom Node *   Bloom Parasite  +## Closed Investigations+*(No entries currently listed)*+  ## Colonists *   Ander Profile *   Anita Profile *   Chap Profile *   Eddy Profile *   Ganzo Profile *   Gram Profile *   Mantis Profile *   Mogami Profile *   Quaker Profile *   Raster Profile *   Rowboat Profile *   Sean Profile *   Thing Two Profile *   Twinkle Profile *   Wander Profile *   Wu Profile *   Zip Profile *   Colony Manifest *   Singh Profile *   Tuba Profile   ## Coral Gardens *   Tailings Village Scan   ## Data Downloads+  ### Black Boxes+*   Ander Blackbox 01 *   Anita Blackbox 1+*   Chap Blackbox 02+*   Blackbox Unknown 01+*   Ganzo Blackbox 01+*   Gram Blackbox 01+*   Mantis Blackbox 01+*   Mogami Blackbox 01+*   Quaker Blackbox 01+*   Raster Blackbox 01+*   Rowboat Blackbox 01+*   Ruby Blackbox 01+*   Sean Blackbox 01+*   Thing Two Blackbox 01+*   Twinkle Blackbox 01+*   Blackbox Unknown 02+*   Wander Blackbox 01+*   Wander Blackbox 02+*   Wu Blackbox 01+*   Zip Blackbox 01 *   Anita Blackbox 2+*   Ruby Blackbox 02+*   Singh Blackbox 03+*   Singh Blackbox 04+*   Tuba Blackbox 01+*   Tuba Blackbox 02+*   Zip Blackbox 02  +### Colonist Logs+*   Survivors - Waypoint 1+*   Survivors - Waypoint 2+*   Survivors - Waypoint 3+*   Nahema - "Parasite attack"+*   Welcome Center Recording+*   Wu - "I've cracked it"+*   Rhiannon - "Cartographer's Notes"+*   "Jubilee using old sleep bay"+*   "It's all going to die"+*   Nahema - "Day one"+*   Nahema - "How we got here"+*   Aberrant NoA Reports+*   Triage Policy Update+*   Do not go out alone+*   Sophie - "Riot in progress"+*   Do Not Reprint+*   TWINKLE: Tailings+*   SOPHIE: Depth module lost+*   MANTIS: Alien Civilization Discovered+*   TUBA: New recipe+*   ZIP: Met my old friend+*   SINGH: How to see the unseen+*   Turbine Repair Plan+*   MANTIS: Getting through it+*   SINGH: Axum 1+*   SINGH: Axum 2+ +### Colonists+*   Anita - "Zip is dead"+*   NAHEMA: Why+*   SOPHIE: In pursuit of Nahema+ +### Evidence+*   Programmable Detonator+*   PATIENT CHART: Boucher, S.+ +### Field Reports+*   Wander - "Spider Dome Report"+*   Ander - "Crab Tower Report"+ +### Personal Messages+*   Nahema - "Eutrophication"+*   Biobed - Enhanced Reprints+*   Are you tired of death and fear?+*   Kharaa+*   Nahema - "Was I murdered?"+*   Nahema - "Play God"+*   Tailings Settlement+*   Twins+*   Nahema - "Frozen tyrant"+*   NAHEMA: We must voluntarily die+*   ZIP: We can live here+  ### Your Files+  #### Your Contract ![Cicada Logo](Cicada Logo.png) **Source**: Unlocked by default   I, the Pawn, agree:   1. That I accept Alterra Alms as my sponsor for resettlement out of the former Mongolian Independent States, 2. That I will be transported as digital information aboard the colony ship Cicada to the planet Zezura (the New World) and fabricated on arrival, 3. That I will construct, improve, and operate a colony on the New World without wage or salary, working off my debt, 4. That I refuse holiday, retirement, or permanent death until the Noetic Advisor System ("NoA") determines that a permanent, self- sustaining human future on the New World is achieved. 5. That I release Alterra Corporation from any liability for permanent death or military conscription by the Trans-System Federation if caused by the ongoing conflict with the kharaa xenosystem.  +## Education+ +### History+*   TSF (Trans-System Federation)+  ## Geological Data *   Atacamite *   Celestine *   Conduit Crystal *   Copper *   Enamel *   Gold *   Lead *   Quartz *   Mineralized Clinker *   Salt *   Silver *   Sulfur *   Titanium   ## Indigenous Life+  ### Mobile Life+  #### Arthropod *   Deepwing Brooder   #### Crustaceans *   Cerathecan *   Coral Crab *   Dead Coral Crab *   Jetocaris *   Periscopic Clowncrab *   Sandspear *   Tongue Thief   #### Fish *   Bluemoon *   Bullethead *   Epicurean *   Foureye *   Halfmoon *   Hammerhead *   Harvestmoon *   Needler Mango *   Houndgar *   Pneuma *   Shiver Leviathan *   Shiver Male *   Twin Sitaray *   Waxmoon   #### Jellies *   BFJ *   Hycean *   Jelly Ring *   Surge Jelly   #### Mangos *   Marrowbreach *   Nibbler Mango   #### Molluscs *   Water Slug   #### Salpapods *   Electric Geordie *   Geordie   #### Water Slug *   Flash Slug   ### Sessile Life *   Gateway Spire *   Titan Rockbore   #### Anomalies *   Pent   #### Coral *   Branching Coral *   Cage Gorgon *   Coral Dome *   Curtain Gorgon *   Dragon's Scale Coral *   Listening Gorgon *   Radiator Coral *   Tallshroom   #### Jellies *   Jelly Lei *   Necrolei *   Stilt Orb   #### Kelp *   Feather Kelp   #### Molluscs *   Great Jaw *   Stagged Mephit (HiHat)   #### Pylons *   Mimic Pylon   #### Raions *   Acid Raion *   Donut, No Worms *   Donut of Worms *   Whip Gorgon   #### Rotsacs *   Cherimoya Rotsac *   Lucifer Rotsac   #### Sponges *   Amphora Sponge *   Jack Sponge *   Macaron Sponge *   Pebbled Sporal *   Toxic Sponge   #### Starfish *   Cabbage Shootroot *   Cradle Shootroot   #### Tunics *   Dangling Salp *   Hecaton Tunic *   Oxygen Tunic   #### Worms *   Awnworm *   Fridge Worm  +## Investigations+*   Ganzo - "Survivors fled east"+  ## Karakorum Ruins+ +### Axum Door+![Axum](Axum.png)+**Description**: TBD+ +### Axum Glyph+![Axum](Axum.png)+**Description**: TBD+  *   Observatory *   Orrery *   Power Plant *   Power Plant Turbine *   Heat Pipe *   Upper Control Room *   Rosetta Stone Scan  +## Keys+*   Kurul Level Access Key+  ## Points of Interest *   Camp One *   Cicada Wreck (Lander Garage) *   Cicada Wreck (Empty Hold) *   Cicada Wreck (Canteen) *   Cicada Wreck (EVA Prep) *   Cicada Wreck (Therapy Room) *   Cicada Wreck (Stairway to Heaven) *   Colonist Bunker (Salvage) *   Colonist Bunker (Unauthorized NoA Modification) *   Colonist Bunker (Sophie's Retreat) *   Colonist Bunker (Anita's Garden) *   Colonist Bunker (Quaker's Meetinghouse) *   Colonist Bunker (Nahema's Lab) *   Old Habitat *   Hot Cave Base Camp *   Metal Farms *   Needler Nest *   Axum Observatory *   Karakorum Power Plant *   Protected Zone Base Camp *   Rosetta Stone Approach *   Spider Dome *   Tadpole Pens *   Tailings Village Approach *   Welcome Center   ## Resources *   Metal Salvage   ## Theories *   Proteus Medical Risks *   Distance from Earth *   Proteavirus *   Proteavirus Technical Details   ## Tools *   AEP Suit+*   Air Bladder *   Beacon *   Portable Locker *   Flashlight *   Habitat Builder *   Scanner *   Basic First Aid Kit *   Modded Resonator-*   Repair Tool-*   Sonic Resonator-*   Bioscanner-*   Survival Multitool-*   Wakemaker   ### PDA ![Cicada Logo](Cicada Logo.png) **Source**: Unlocked by default   **OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS**   Attend to PDA voice, or invoke full-screen interface to read (as you are doing now). Check all PDA tabs to ensure you understand their function.   **BACKGROUND**   The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a cybernetic augment to the customer's consciousness. It tracks and sorts the user's vital signs, possessions, information and fabricator blueprints.   The PDA holds the sum total of human knowledge in a compressed quartz archive. It synthesizes this knowledge with scans you gather to generate databank entries on unknown species and phenomena. These databank entries can be the difference between life and death - for you or for your entire colony.   Remember the acronyms:   *   ABC: Always Be Checking *   BLR: Be Like Ryley   If you're lost or confused, review your PDA. Remember that Ryley Robinson's PDA and scanner brought him home safely in the face of unforeseen and catastrophic hazards. If a non-essential systems maintenance chief can trust his PDA that completely, so can you.   ### PDA History ![Cicada Logo](Cicada Logo.png) **Source**: Unlocked by default   Although the acronym PDA dates back to pre-Expansion Earth, historians generally agree these early devices were not true PDAs: they lacked a Personality and they were not an active, agentic Assistant. True PDAs became popular in the mid 21st century as a solution to the problem of information overload, both in high-risk professions and in the political and domestic sphere. Human affairs had become increasingly specialized and siloed, and it was no longer possible for individual specialists, let alone ordinary people, to reliably understand what needed to be done and why. PDAs are designed to guide the user's attention to the clearest, most pressing information in their environment.   Civilian PDAs generally operate from discrete form factors, such as handheld units. Military and pioneer PDAs may be printed directly into the user's body. Although these integrated PDAs are more responsive and powerful, they come with various risks associated with direct nervous system contact-including the possibility that the PDA will register the user's delirium or hallucinations as real phenomena. See your end user license agreement for more details. The term 'PDA Psychosis' is alarmist and inaccurate.   Strong psychological attachments to a particular PDA personality are normal and expected. Speak to a therapist or an Alterra Companion if these attachments begin to interfere with your work and life. Remember that emotional involvement with a machine designed to learn your preferences is a form of narcissism. While narcissism can be a successful business model, it can also lead to many negative outcomes.   PDAs save lives. Whether catching errors in surgical checklists, flagging oversights in spacecraft maintenance, or simply remembering which ingredients you've already added to your child's special homemade birthday cake, PDAs are the front-line soldiers in the struggle to optimize humanity's intelligence and performance to match the voracious threats of deep space.  +*   Repair Tool+*   Sonic Resonator+*   Bioscanner+*   Survival Multitool+*   Wakemaker+  ## Vehicles *   Tadpole *   Tadpole Haul Chassis *   Scout Ray Chassis