Large Resource Deposits (Subnautica)

Large Resource Deposits are large quantities of a single Raw Material found in Subnautica. Unlike stone outcrops, the materials cannot be harvested by hand; instead they must be broken down using the Prawn Suit Drill Arm.

Types of Deposits

Appearance	Material	Quantity	Biome(s)
	Copper Ore	8 - 16	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Mushroom Forest
	Gold	9 - 18	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Bone Fields Caves Bulb Zone Inactive Lava Zone Jellyshroom Cave Lost River Underwater Islands
	Kyanite	0 - 12 (Short) 0 - 22 (Tall)	Inactive Lava Zone Lava Lakes
	Lead	8 - 16	Blood Kelp Zone Crash Zone Deep Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Mountain Island Mountains Sparse Reef
	Lithium	8 - 16	Bone Fields Caves Bulb Zone Deep Sparse Reef Jellyshroom Cave Lost River Mushroom Forest Caves Mushroom Forest Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Sparse Reef
	Magnetite	7 - 14	Jellyshroom Cave
	Nickel Ore	8 - 16	Lost River Inactive Lava Zone
	Quartz	7 - 14	Crag Field Dunes Deep Sparse Reef Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Mountains Caves Sparse Reef
	Salt Deposit	7 - 14	Crag Field Crash Zone Mesas Dunes Grassy Plateaus Mountains Caves Mountains Mushroom Forest
	Silver Ore	9 - 18	Crag Field Dunes Caves Dunes Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Mountains Underwater Islands Jellyshroom Cave
	Titanium	8 - 16	Bulb Zone Crash Zone Deep Grand Reef Dunes Caves Dunes Inactive Lava Zone Corridor Inactive Lava Zone Lost River
	Uraninite Crystal	7 - 14	Blood Kelp Caves Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Underwater Islands

Unique Deposits

Spoiler alert: The following section contains story related material.
Large Deposit Minerals Quantity Locations Ion Cube 6 - 12 Alien Thermal Plant Primary Containment Facility

Gallery

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  The large form of Copper

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  The large form of Gold

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  The large form of Kyanite

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  The large form of Lead

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  The large form of Lithium

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  The large form of Magnetite

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  The large form of Nickel

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  The large form of Quartz

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  The large form of Salt

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  The large form of Silver Ore

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  The large form of Titanium

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  The large form of Uraninite

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  Image found on trello featuring unused large Ruby and Crystalline Sulfur deposits

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  Image found on trello featuring an unused large Mercury Ore deposit, modeled prior to Mercury's removal from the game

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  The large form of the Ion Cube in the Alien Thermal Plant

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  The Large Lead Deposit model from Sketchfab

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  The Large Nickel Deposit model from Sketchfab

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  The Large Quartz Deposit model from Sketchfab

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  Large Diamond deposit which has been removed from the game.

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Trivia

• Kyanite is one of the few resources in Subnautica that is not guaranteed to eject smaller pieces when drilling chunks from a large node. This is not a bug.
  • On the other hand, there is a 0.000000471431432% chance for a large Kyanite deposit to yield 22 Kyanite pieces.
• There are three Large Resource Deposit models that currently do not appear in Subnautica: the large Diamond, Ruby and Crystalline Sulfur deposits.
  • However, the Large Ruby Deposit and the Large Diamond Deposit were repurposed for Subnautica: Below Zero.
• There used to be Large Resource Deposits of Diamonds generated on the map, before raw resources got new models.
• Over the course of the development of Subnautica, the models for Large Resourse Deposits have often changed.