Modification Station (Subnautica)

The Modification Station is an Appliance that can be placed inside the Cyclops or inside a Seabase module. The Modification Station can upgrade tools, equipment, and vehicle modules.

The Modification Station can be constructed with the Habitat Builder after finding and scanning three of its fragments.

Fragments

Item Details

• Item: Modification Station Fragments
• Location: Seabed, Crag Field, Mushroom Forest, Sparse Reef, Wrecks, Bulb Zone, Grassy Plateaus, Mountains, Northwestern Mushroom Forest, Sparse Reef, Degasi Seabases, Jellyshroom Cave

Recipe

Construction Tool: Habitat Builder

Item Upgrades

Survival Knife

• Input: Survival Knife + Battery
• Output: Thermoblade

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High Capacity O₂ Tank

• Input: High Capacity O₂ Tank + Plasteel Ingot + Lithium ×4
• Output: Lightweight High Capacity Tank

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• Further Upgrade: Lightweight High Capacity Tank + Lithium ×4
• Output: Ultra High Capacity Tank

Fins

• Input: Fins + Polyaniline + Wiring Kit
• Output: Ultra Glide Fins

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• Further Upgrade: Ultra Glide Fins + Swim Charge Fins
• Output: Swim Charge Fins

Propulsion Cannon

• Input: Propulsion Cannon + Magnetite
• Output: Repulsion Cannon

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Cyclops Upgrades

• Cyclops Depth Module MK1: Nickel Ore
• Cyclops Depth Module MK2: Kyanite
• Cyclops Depth Module MK3: (Requires further materials not fully listed in snippet, typically involves advanced resources)

Prawn Suit Upgrades

• Prawn Suit Pressure Compensator Mark 1: Requires 5 units of specific material (likely Nickel or similar base metal depending on version context, usually associated with depth upgrades).
• Prawn Suit Depth Module MK2: (Requires specific high-tier resources).

Seamoth Upgrades

• Seamoth Depth Module MK1: Enameled Glass
• Seamoth Depth Module MK2: Ruby
• Seamoth Depth Module MK3: (Requires further materials)

Data Bank Entry

Where the standard fabricator atomically rearranges raw materials to form complex devices, the mod station is able to combine complex devices to enhance their function. Most industrial vessels are fitted with a complement of equipment modification stations, which enable engineers to adapt their tools on the fly.

To conserve hard drive space the modification station is excluded by default from most personal emergency blueprint libraries; however extreme environments such as ocean and desert class planets may necessitate the adaptation of basic survival tools for unanticipated applications. For this reason, access to a mod station is always recommended.

Gallery

The Modification Station when not in use

The Modification Station in crafting position

The Modification Station being constructed and opening up

Old Modification Station design

Modification Station Concept art

Old Modification Station Concept art

Trivia

• The Modification Station was originally called the Workbench.
• In creative mode, you can still craft the lithium-ion battery.
• The laser cutter used to be crafted in the Modification Station with a Repair Tool and a diamond.