PDA

This article is about the PDA in Subnautica. [[{{#explode:PDA|(}} (Below Zero)|Click here]] for information on this subject in Below Zero.

This PDA is rebooting with one directive, to keep you alive on an alien world. File:PDABootup.ogg

― PDA, Dialogue

The PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), also sometimes called the Survival PDA, is a multipurpose device that the player keeps with them at all times.

Controls

Action	Mouse & Keyboard	Xbox One	PlayStation 4
Open PDA	Tab	Error: Invalid Button Specified	Error: Invalid Button Specified
Take In-game Picture	F11	Error: Invalid Button Specified

The various tabs of the PDA allow the player to:

Access their inventory
View their Blueprints
Toggle Signals and assign new colors to them
View the photos they have taken.
View their log messages
View their Databank
View all received Time Capsules

The PDA's AI keeps the player informed of their health status and will alert the player when the player has 30 or 10 O₂ points remaining, or if the player is getting close to dehydration or malnutrition. It also gives useful information to the player when they enter new areas or find new materials.

Abandoned PDAs can be found inside and around Degasi Seabases, the Aurora, Destroyed Lifepods, and some Wrecks. These can be collected to download their log messages.

Log messages

For a complete list of Log messages, see: Dialogue.

Paperdoll User Interface

The Paperdoll UI provides slots in which to place equipment. The available equipment slots are a head slot, a body slot, a feet slot, a hands slot, a tank slot, and two chip slots. The player must equip a piece of equipment in its corresponding slot in order to benefit from it.

Image	Name	Description	Placement Slot
	Radiation Helmet	Partial protection from Radiation	Head Slot
	Rebreather	Ignore effects on Oxygen consumption from the environment and depth	Head Slot
	Radiation Suit	Partial protection from radiation	Body Slot
	Reinforced Dive Suit	Dive suit that provides 50% physical protection, immunity to Tiger Plants and allows the wearer to withstand temperatures of up to 70°C	Body Slot
File:Still Suit.png	Stillsuit	Occasionally produces Reclaimed Water	Body Slot
	Fins	Increases swimming speed	Feet Slot
	Swim Charge Fins	Charges your held Tool while you swim	Feet Slot
	Ultra Glide Fins	Greatly increases swimming speed	Feet Slot
	Radiation Gloves	Partial protection from radiation	Hand Slot
	Reinforced Gloves	Dive suit that provides 50% physical protection, immunity to Tiger Plants and protection from temperatures up to 70°C	Hand Slot
	Compass	Displays the cardinal directions on the HUD	Chip Slot
	Scanner Room HUD Chip	Displays Scanner Room data on the player's HUD	Chip Slot
	Standard O₂ Tank	Gives the player 30 more units of oxygen	Tank Slot
	High Capacity O₂ Tank	Gives the player 90 more units of oxygen	Tank Slot
	Ultra High Capacity Tank	Gives the player 180 more units of oxygen	Tank Slot
	Lightweight High Capacity Tank	Gives the player 90 more units of oxygen, but with a lower weight (and thus a lower Swimming Speed penalty) than the High Capacity O₂ Tank	Tank Slot

Data Bank Entries

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If you are reading this, then you have survived an emergency evacuation of a capital-class ship equipped with Alterra technology. Congratulations: the hard part is over.

Your PDA has automatically rebooted in Emergency Mode. This operating system has one directive: to keep you alive on a hostile alien world. If that is not possible it will alert salvage teams to the location of your remains.

It features:
- Full monitoring of vital signs for timely survival advice
- Blueprints for fabricating a range of essential survival equipment, tailored to your environment
- Onboard camera, microphone and OCR technology for short-range situational analysis - Cross-compatibility with all Alterra-compliant products

NB Your personal and work files have been encrypted and may be retrieved at a later date by a licensed engineer.

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1. Administer first aid if required
2. Take inventory of available materials and supplies, and decide on rations
3. Survey the environment for threats and resources
4. Construct necessary survival equipment using the lifepod's fabricator
5. Check lifepod for damage, and repair as necessary
6. Broadcast local distress signal using lifepod's short-range radio
7. Locate other survivors using line of sight or the radio
8. Find or construct a more permanent habitat
9. Maintain physical and psychological health until rescue

NB This information is meant as a general guide. In the first instance you should always follow the advice of your PDA, which has taken your particular circumstances into account.

|-| WARNING: Blueprint Database Corrupted=


Damage to your PDA's hard drive has corrupted approximately 80% of stored survival blueprints. Blueprints may be reacquired by scanning a salvaged technology using the handheld scanner, or by downloading plans from a ship-board databox. In the circumstances these assets will most likely be found amongst wreckage from the Aurora.

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