Vehicle Upgrade Console (Subnautica)

The Vehicle Upgrade Console is a Seabase module that allows the player to upgrade and customize the Seamoth and Prawn Suit. It is constructed with the Habitat Builder and can only be constructed inside a Moonpool. In order for the player to build it, its blueprint must be retrieved from a Data Box.

Overview

The Vehicle Upgrade Console displays the name and current Energy level of any docked vehicle. By interacting with the control panel, the player can customize the docked vehicle by renaming it or modifying its color scheme: the color picker works by having the central panel used to pick the hue and the slider to the right adjusting color saturation, with greyscale accessible at minimal saturation and other colors as it is increased.

The Vehicle Upgrade Console includes a fabricator for crafting Upgrade Modules for the Seamoth and Prawn Suit. It can also craft ammunition for the Torpedo System and Prawn Suit Torpedo Arm.

Recipe

The Vehicle Upgrade Console is crafted using the Habitat Builder inside a Moonpool.

• 2x Titanium
• 1x Computer Chip
• 2x Copper Wire

Uses In Crafting

The console serves as a specialized fabricator for vehicle upgrades.

Common Modules

• Seamoth Hull Reinforcement: 2x Lithium, 4x Diamond
• Seamoth Power Efficiency Module: 2x Polyaniline
• Storage Module: Crafted at the console (specific recipe varies by module type, generally requires basic materials)

Seamoth Modules

• Seamoth Depth Module MK1: 2x Titanium Ingot, 2x Glass
• Seamoth Solar Charger: 1x Advanced Wiring Kit, 2x Enameled Glass
• Seamoth Perimeter Defense System: 2x Wiring Kit
• Seamoth Torpedo System: 2x Aerogel
• Seamoth Sonar: 2x Magnetite

Prawn Suit Modules

• Prawn Suit Pressure Compensator Mark 1: 2x Plasteel Ingot, 2x Nickel Ore, 1x Ruby
• Prawn Suit Thermal Reactor: 2x Kyanite
• Prawn Suit Jump Jet Upgrade: 5x Crystalline Sulfur
• Prawn Suit Propulsion Cannon: 5x Benzene
• Prawn Suit Grappling Arm Module: 5x Titanium Ingot (Note: Recipe details may vary, typically requires advanced materials)
• Prawn Suit Drill Arm: 5x Diamond
• Prawn Suit Torpedo Arm: Crafted at the console

Torpedoes

• Seamoth Vortex Torpedo: Crafted using Gas Pods and other materials
• Seamoth Gas Torpedo: Crafted using Gas Pods

Data Bank Entry

This terminal allows vehicles to be customized with different naming and color schemes, and upgrade modules.

• Must be installed in a compatible moonpool module
• Upgrades may be constructed at the dedicated fabricator
• Upgrades include additional defensive capabilities, scanning equipment and storage

Gallery

The Vehicle Upgrade Console control panel

The Vehicle Upgrade Console showing a docked Seamoth

Side view

Model from Sketchfab

A built Vehicle Upgrade Console from Sketchfab

Trivia

• The previous names for the Vehicle Upgrade Console were the Seamoth Modification Station and the Vehicle Modification Station. The former could only be used to upgrade the Seamoth: it was present in builds where the Prawn Suit did not exist yet, and upgrading the Cyclops in these builds required building a Fabricator inside it to craft its upgrades.
• The Seamoth Depth Module MK1 can be found in the Aurora, in the Seamoth bay.
• A Storage Module can be found in the P.R.A.W.N. bay in the Aurora.