{"id":78844,"date":"2026-05-19T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=78844"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:36:33","slug":"how-to-unlock-the-bioreactor-in-subnautica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=78844","title":{"rendered":"How To Unlock The Bioreactor In Subnautica 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to unlock the Bioreactor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/subnautica-2\/\"><strong>Subnautica 2<\/strong><\/a>? This massive fixture creates energy for your base, and all you need to do is put a few fibers and fuels to keep it running. That said, you still need to scan a bunch of blueprints for it.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"toc\">Subnautica 2 base guide &#8211; The Bioreactor<\/p>\n<p>The Subnautica 2 Bioreactor can only be unlocked upon scanning three fragments. Several are scattered in the Shallows region, and we&#8217;ve listed a few that we&#8217;ve found in our playthrough. As usual, we encourage you to read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/subnautica-2-where-to-go-first-walkthrough\/1100-6539936\/\"><strong>mini-walkthrough<\/strong><\/a>, since it gives you an idea as to where you ought to go next for the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Bioreactor fragment #1<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re going to stumble upon this Bioreactor fragment sooner or later. That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s in the area that gets a marker for the Chap blackbox signal (assuming you&#8217;re doing the tasks given by the NOA Terminal).<\/p>\n<p>The location is roughly 400 meters southeast from the Lifepod. As you approach, you&#8217;ll see a Giant Coral Crab and several rock pillars. Dive down the tunnel to discover a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/subnautica-2-colonist-bunker-biobed-upgrades-guide\/1100-6539940\/\"><strong>Colonist Bunker<\/strong><\/a>, which happens to have a scannable Bioreactor and a Biobed upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/original\/1816\/18167535\/4698400-subnautica-2-bioreactor-location-guide-1.jpg\"><\/a>Bioreactor fragment #2<\/p>\n<p>This Subnautica 2 Bioreactor fragment is around 370 southwest from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to unlock the Bioreactor in Subnautica 2? This massive fixture creates energy for your base, and all you need to do is put a few fibers and fuels to keep it running. That said, you still need to scan a bunch of blueprints for it. Subnautica 2 base guide &#8211; The Bioreactor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":78846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78847,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844\/revisions\/78847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}