Harvesting Nodes
Harvesting Nodes are mineral deposits that the player can break to reveal the materials inside. Each Harvesting Node drops a different set of Raw Materials.
While Harvesting Nodes can be broken by the player's hands, many tools have custom animations should the player break nodes while holding said tools, with common examples being the knife and flashlight which smashes nodes in one swing. Despite their static nature, Harvesting Nodes can be picked up and launched by the Propulsion Cannon and will break on impact. They can even be picked up by Grav Traps.
Below Zero added improvements to Harvesting Nodes. When they are scanned, looking at nodes will tell the player what resource can drop from it. In addition, every ten nodes will always provide resources in exact ratios. For example, if ten Argentite Outcrops are broken, the player will always receive six Silver Ores and four Titanium.
Subnautica Nodes
Barnacle
- Copper Ore: 90%
- Silver Ore: 10%
Limestone Outcrop
Biomes: Crag Field, Crash Zone, Crash Zone Mesas, Dunes, Dunes Caves, Grand Reef, Grassy Plateaus, Grassy Plateaus Caves, Kelp Forest, Kelp Forest Caves, Lost River, Mushroom Forest, Safe Shallows, Safe Shallows Caves, Sea Treader's Path, Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves, Sparse Reef, Underwater Islands
Purple Pinecone
Biomes: Mushroom Forest
Sandstone Outcrop
Biomes: Bulb Zone, Crag Field, Crash Zone, Crash Zone Mesas, Deep Sparse Reef, Dunes, Dunes Caves, Grand Reef, Grassy Plateaus, Grassy Plateaus Caves, Kelp Forest, Kelp Forest Caves, Lost River, Mountains, Mushroom Forest, Safe Shallows, Safe Shallows Caves, Sea Treader's Path, Underwater Islands
Shale Outcrop
Biomes: Blood Kelp Caves, Blood Kelp Zone, Bulb Zone, Bulb Zone Caves, Crag Field, Crash Zone Mesas, Deep Sparse Reef, Grand Reef, Grand Reef Caves, Inactive Lava Zone Corridor, Inactive Lava Zone, Jellyshroom Cave, Lost River, Mountain Island, Mountains Caves, Mountains, Mushroom Forest, Mushroom Forest Caves, Sea Treader's Path, Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves, Sparse Reef, Underwater Islands, Underwater Islands Caves
Below Zero Nodes
Argentite Outcrop
- Silver Ore: 60%
- Titanium: 40%
Biomes: Arctic Kelp Caves, Arctic Kelp Forest, Crystal Caves, Main Crystal Caves, Crystal Caves Fissure, Deep Lilypads Cave, Fabricator Caverns, Lilypad Islands, Main Lilypad Islands, Koppa Mining Site, Thermal Spires, Thermal Spires Caves, Tree Spires, Twisty Bridges, Twisty Bridges Caves
Calaverite Outcrop
- Gold: 50%
- Titanium: 50%
Biomes: Arctic Kelp Caves, Crystal Caves, Crystal Caves Fissure, Deep Lilypads Cave, Delta Island, Fabricator Caverns, Lilypad Islands, Lilypad Islands Caves, Lilypads Crevice, Thermal Spires, Tree Spires, Twisty Bridges, Twisty Bridges Caves
Galena Outcrop
- Lead: 50%
- Titanium: 50%
Biomes: Arctic Kelp Forest, Crystal Caves, Main Crystal Caves, Glacial Connection, Lilypad Islands, Main Lilypad Islands, Shallow Twisty Bridges, Thermal Spires, Thermal Spires Caves, Twisty Bridges
Limestone Outcrop
- Copper Ore: 40%
- Titanium: 60%
Biomes: Arctic Kelp Caves, Arctic Kelp Forest, Arctic Spires, Crystal Caves, Main Crystal Caves, Deep Lilypads Cave, Delta Island, East Arctic, Glacial Basin (Basin), Glacial Bay, Glacial Connection, Lilypad Islands, Main Lilypad Islands, Lilypads Crevice, Shallow Twisty Bridges, Sparse Arctic, Thermal Spires, Thermal Spires Caves, Twisty Bridges, West Arctic
Rock
- Copper Ore: 50%
- Gold: 25%
- Silver Ore: 20%
- Titanium: 5%
Biomes: Crystal Caves, Main Crystal Caves, Koppa Mining Site, Thermal Spires
Trivia
- Subnautica originally had Basalt Outcrops and Obsidian Outcrops. These were removed before the game's full release.
- The Galena Outcrop in Below Zero reuses the previously-unused model of the Basalt Outcrop.
- The Argentite Outcrop and Calaverite Outcrop in Below Zero use the same models as the Shale Outcrop and Sandstone Outcrop from Subnautica, respectively.
