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  "description": "The compact electronic component you need for the Tadpole, Rebreather, Scanner Station, and key upgrade modules.",
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  "textContent": "The System Chip is a basic electronics component in Subnautica 2, built at a Fabricator and required for several early- and mid-game craftables, including the Tadpole submersible. It is a self-contained system-on-a-chip described in-game as a compact, energy-efficient mobile computer.\n\n🔧\n\nQuick answer: Craft a System Chip at a Fabricator using 1 Wiring Kit and 2 Quartz.\n\nImage credit: __Unknown Worlds Entertainment (via YouTube/@WoW Quests)__\n\n* * *\n\n### System Chip recipe and materials\n\nThe recipe is short, but it depends on a Wiring Kit, which itself requires you to gather copper-based components first. Quartz is the simpler half of the equation, found as clusters on the seafloor in shallower biomes.\n\nProperty| Value\n---|---\nCategory| Electronics\nSource| Crafting\nCrafted at| Fabricator\nMaterials| 1× Wiring Kit, 2× Quartz\n\n* * *\n\n### What the System Chip is used for\n\nThe System Chip is an ingredient in tools, base modules, vehicle upgrades, and the Tadpole itself. You will end up making several over a playthrough, so it is worth keeping a small Quartz and Wiring Kit reserve at your base.\n\nStation| Item| System Chips needed\n---|---|---\nFabricator| Rebreather| 1\nHabitat Builder| Scanner Station| 1\nModification Station| Engine Efficiency module| 1\nModification Station| Tadpole Depth Module Mk. 1| 1\nVehicle Fabricator| Tadpole| 1\nThe System Chip is an ingredient in tools, base modules, vehicle upgrades, and the Tadpole | Image credit: __Unknown Worlds Entertainment (via YouTube/@WoW Quests)__\n\n* * *\n\n### How to make a System Chip\n\n**Step 1:** Collect 2 Quartz. Quartz appears as translucent, hexagonal crystal clusters on the seafloor and can be picked up by hand without special tools.\n\n**Step 2:** Craft a Wiring Kit at a Fabricator. The Wiring Kit is the bottleneck ingredient, so make sure you have the copper-based components it requires before heading back to base.\n\n**Step 3:** At any Fabricator, open the Electronics category and craft the System Chip using 1 Wiring Kit and 2 Quartz. The finished chip will appear in your inventory and can be slotted directly into any recipe that calls for it.\n\nAt any Fabricator, open the Electronics category and craft the System Chip | Image credit: __Unknown Worlds Entertainment (via YouTube/@WoW Quests)__\n\n* * *\n\nOnce you have a stable supply line for Quartz and copper, the System Chip stops being a gating resource and becomes routine. Keep at least two or three on hand before attempting to build the Tadpole or your first depth module, since you will burn through them quickly across the vehicle and its early upgrades.",
  "title": "System Chip in Subnautica 2: Recipe, materials, and crafting uses",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-19T06:09:58.011Z"
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