Material recipe
System Chip icon in Subnautica 2.

Subnautica 2 System Chip Recipe

Material recipe

Use System Chip when looking through the current crafting menu. The earlier Computer Chip name describes the same component in older material lists; it is not an extra ingredient to gather.

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Recipe version: PC build 128456; ingredient counts from current recipe data.

System Chip item render, also identified as Computer Chip in earlier material lists.
Type

Material recipe

Station

Fabricator

Route

Wiring Kit and Quartz material chain

Status

Recipe data

Blueprint facts

Use this row set when you need the station, unlock condition, output, and downstream planning without losing the route context.

Category

Electronics

Produces

1 System Chip

Crafted at

Fabricator

Unlock requirement

Acquiring a Wiring Kit or a System Chip is listed as an unlock condition.

Scan requirement

No fragment scan is listed for this material recipe.

Used in

Scanner Station, Electronics crafting

Route order

Follow the unlock order before spending materials on lower-priority extras.

Open route
Step 1

Gather the raw materials

Collect one Silver, two Copper and two Quartz for one chip.

Step 2

Craft the electronics in order

Turn the two Copper into one Copper Wire, then combine it with the Silver for one Wiring Kit.

Step 3

Add the Quartz last

Combine the Wiring Kit with two raw Quartz for the System Chip. Turning those Quartz into Glass would spend an ingredient this recipe still requires.

What it unlocks

One System Chip
A complete Silver-to-chip crafting chain

Player decisions

Current name

System Chip; older lists may say Computer Chip.

Raw material total

1 Silver + 2 Copper + 2 Quartz.

Shared input

Repair Tool and Advanced Wiring Kit also consume Wiring Kits. Set aside another kit for each separate craft.

Questions people ask

Is Computer Chip now called System Chip?

The current English recipe and item name in PC build 128456 is System Chip. Older Computer Chip references point to that component.

What is the System Chip recipe?

One Wiring Kit and two Quartz at the Fabricator.

Does the System Chip need Glass?

Its recipe uses two raw Quartz. Keep them unprocessed until you craft the chip.

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