Fins (Subnautica)
Category: Equipment
Description: Translate vertical limb movements underwater into forward thrust. Enhance swim speed by approximately 15%.
Build Time: 3 seconds
Size: 4 (2×2)
Perks: Speed
The fabricator draws from available data to provide environment-appropriate equipment, using locally available materials. For your safety this setting cannot be overridden. ― PDA, Dialogue
Fins are a piece of Equipment crafted by using the Fabricator. The player must equip them in the feet slot of the paperdoll UI for the player to benefit from them. While equipped, they increase the player's Swimming Speed by +1.4 m/s underwater and +1.85 m/s on the surface.
Although the item description states that the fins increase the player's swimming speed by 15%, the actual value is closer to 25% (see the Swimming Speed page for info on how the player's swimming speed is calculated).
Fins are easy to craft and should thus be obtained as fast as possible. Fins are useful for exploring and catching fish, notably Boomerangs, given their speed, in the early game.
Fins can be upgraded to Swim Charge Fins or Ultra Glide Fins by using the Modification Station.
Recipe
| Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Titanium | 1 |
| Lithium | 1 |
Crafted at: Fabricator
Upgrades
Fins can be modified at the Modification Station into:
- Ultra Glide Fins
- Materials: Titanium, Polyaniline, Wiring Kit
- Swim Charge Fins
- Materials: Titanium, Polyaniline, Wiring Kit
Gallery
Fins in-game
Fins crafted with the Fabricator
The Fins while on the player's feet.
