Even with the release of Subnautica: Below Zero, the original Subnautica still gets a lot of play and attention from longitme fans. The survival action-adventure title drops the player into an underwater world full of monsters and treasures. Staying alive in Subnautica is no mean feat, and finding all the resources needed to build the best survival base can mean the difference between life and death.RELATED: Subnautica: All Leviathans In The Franchise, Ranked By SizeAmong the more precious resources that can be found on Planet 4546B is silver ore. It has a myriad of uses and isn't particularly easy to find. However, there are certain locations where silver ore is more common and just waiting to be found.

3 How Silver Ore Can Be Found

Barnacle, Sandstone Outcrop, and Silver Ore Split Image Subnautica

There are three forms in which silver ore can be found throughout the biomes of Planet 4546B. Firstly, it can be found in sandstone outcrops. This is how most players will likely find silver ore in the early stages of the game. Sandstone outcrops are small mineral deposits characterized by their light brown coloring. Lead and gold can also be found in these outcrops.

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Secondly, silver ore can be found in large resource deposits. These are large clusters of a single material that are scattered throughout the world. There are many types of these resource deposits, including gold, silver, nickel, lead, quartz, and others. They require the Prawn Suit Drill Arm to harvest.

Lastly, players can harvest the barnacles on the back of Reefback Leviathans. Thankfully, these are passive leviathans that won't try to attack. These barnacles can be harvested primarily for copper; however, there is a small chance that the barnacle will yield silver ore.

2 Where To Find Silver Ore In Subnautica

Kelp Forest in Subnautica Cropped

The sandstone outcrops, large resource deposits, and barnacle harvesting nodes appear in several different locations across Planet 4546B. The sandstone outcrops, for example, can be found in many different biomes, but they are most commonly spotted in the Kelp Forest and Grassy Plateaus. While these are the best places to find sandstone outcrops, they can also be found in the following locations:

  • Bulb Zone
  • Crag Field
  • Crash Zone
  • Crash Zone Mesas
  • Deep Sparse Reef
  • Dune
  • Dunes Caves
  • Grand Reef
  • Grassy Plateaus Caves
  • Kelp Forest Caves
  • The Bone Fields, Ghost Forest, Tree Cove, and Mountains Corridor sub-biomes of Lost River
  • Mountains
  • Mushroom Forest
  • Safe Shallows
  • Safe Shallows Caves
  • Sea Treader's Path
  • Underwater Islands

The Reefback Leviathans and their silver-holding barnacles also have many different native locations across the ocean depths. These creatures are Cathemeral, meaning they are active both day and night. They can be found in the following biomes:

  • Bulb Zone
  • Crag Field
  • Dunes
  • Grassy Plateaus
  • Mushroom Forest
  • Sparse Reef
  • Underwater Islands

Some of these locations are pretty dangerous, even if the Reefback itself is a fairly friendly creature, so players should be sure to tread carefully.

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The large mineral deposits can also be found in some pretty dangerous locales, and the Prawn Suit's necessity limits how accessible these resource nodes are to Ryley at a given time. In any case, these are the biomes in which the silver large mineral deposit can be found:

  • Crag Field
  • Dunes Caves
  • Dunes
  • Inactive Lava Zone
  • The Bone Fields, Ghost Forest, and Junction sub-biomes of the Lost River biome
  • Mountains
  • Underwater Islands

1 Silver Ore Uses & Crafting Recipes In Subnautica

Fabricator in use in Subnautica Cropped

Silver ore is important in Subnautica due to its conductivity, and the resource is largely incorporated into creating wiring for electronics. The material is used in a handful of Fabricator recipes:

  • Two units of of silver ore creates the Wiring Kit, an essential component in many other crafting recipes.
  • The Standard O2 Tank, two units of glass, four units of titanium, and one unit of silver ore creates the High Capacity O2 Tank.
  • One ion cube, one unit of gold, and one unit of silver ore creates the Ion Battery, a story-relevant crafting recipe.

Silver ore only has one crafting recipe in the Habitat Builder and the Scanner Room each. They are as follows:

  • Habitat Builder: one computer chip, one unit of fiber mesh, one unit of titanium, and one unit of silver ore creates the Medical Kit Fabricator
  • Scanner Room: one unit of silver ore and one unit of gold creates the Scanner Room Speed Upgrade

Subnautica is currently available on macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, and the Nintendo Switch.

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