Pathfinder Tool (Subnautica)

This article is about Pathfinder Tool (Subnautica) in Subnautica. For the related article on the Below Zero Wiki, see Pathfinder Tool (Subnautica).

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Uses

Controls

Action	Mouse & Keyboard	Xbox One	PlayStation 4
Eject Disc	RMB	Error: Invalid Button Specified
Collect Disc	F	Error: Invalid Button Specified	Error: Invalid Button Specified
Change Battery	R		Error: Invalid Button Specified

The player can press the correct key to eject a disk from the Pathfinder Tool. The disc will emit a blue holographic projection. The first disk will emit a sphere; the other 19 disks will emit an arrowhead, which will point at the next disk in the line. Every five seconds, the first disk will pulse green, and the next one will pulse green after a half-second, and continue in this manner down the line of arrowheads. The player can press the applicable button to remove the disks from the environment.

Recipe

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Gallery

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  The Pathfinder Tool

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  A Pathfinder Tool in the player's hand.

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  A Pathfinder Tool being crafted in the Fabricator

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  Former Pathfinder Tool's anchor

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  A trail made with the Pathfinder Tool

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  Dive Reel model from Sketchfab. Note the anchor spike not present on the final version.

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Trivia

• The Pathfinder Tool replaced an older item of equipment called the Dive Reel, which created a physical line in a similar manner to Pipes after the first section (the "anchor") was deployed. It was supposed to automatically create a path as the player moved, but the line tended to clip through walls and was difficult to follow, hence its replacement.