Fragment spawns still potentially progression-blocking

Jarin

I was happy when the fragments for the mobile vehicle bay and moonpool were made less painful to locate. But now on my post-launch playthrough, I can't find a vehicle modification station fragment to save my life. I've hit up every major wreck I could recall the location of, and several others I hadn't. I've unlocked very nearly every other item in the game at this point.

In addition, I have yet to unlock the stillsuit or reinforced dive suit despite all my exploration. I've dropped scanner rooms in every biome for fragment and wreck hunting, but still no dice. What gives?

Halios

Data boxes, eg.

http://subnautica.wikia.com/wiki/Vehicle_Upgrade_Console

SnailsAttack

Halios wrote: »

Data boxes, eg.

http://subnautica.wikia.com/wiki/Vehicle_Upgrade_Console

The VUC data box has been a pain in the ass to find, but I discovered one right by a wreck near keen's sunken pod that's pretty easy to get to.

@Jarin The reinforced dive suit is hard to find, and the only place i could find the stillsuit was in a wreck near the gun.

Racer1

I have had the same problem. And using a wiki should never be the solution to the problem.

(All this said, I still find the game very fun - and am still looking for those pesky upgrades)

Jarin

Found the one wreck with the appropriate databoxes. Had to plant a scanner room outside the wreck to locate them though.

Seems like having a single progression-gating databox in the entire ocean is a poor design decision. You can finish the game without the reinforced suit, but not without the VUC. This seems like an old design holdover, honestly. Because the depth upgrades for the seamoth and PRAWN are built at the modification station, just like the cyclops ones - BUT the blueprints don't unlock until you get the VUC, even though they're not built there anymore.