Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades (2025)
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- ✅ Updated 182 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
- 🏆 #115 of 456 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades
Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades expands the standard PRAWN Suit Drill Arm with two new upgrade tiers:
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[]Prawn Drill Arm MK2
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]Prawn Drill Arm MK3Both versions are designed to make resource drilling with the PRAWN Suit much more efficient and rewarding. Depending
on your configuration, they can drill faster and also provide increased resource yield from drillable deposits.
The original Drill Arm remains fully usable, while MK2 and MK3 act as proper upgrade paths for players who want to
improve their PRAWN Suit in the later stages of the game.
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[]Adds 2 new Drill Arm upgrades for the PRAWN Suit
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]Faster drilling with MK2 and MK3[]Optional resource yield bonus
[]Fully configurable through Nautilus
[]New arms can be equipped like normal PRAWN arm modules
Nautilus Settings
The mod includes several options in the Nautilus Mod Options menu, allowing you to adjust the upgrades to fit your
preferred playstyle.
Available Settings
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[]MK2 speed multiplier
Controls how much faster the MK2 Drill Arm drills. []MK3 speed multiplier
Controls how much faster the MK3 Drill Arm drills. []MK3 Ultra Mode (50x)
Enables an extremely powerful mode for the MK3 Drill Arm. []MK2 ore yield bonus (%)
Sets the additional resource yield bonus for the MK2 Drill Arm. []MK3 ore yield bonus (%)
Sets the additional resource yield bonus for the MK3 Drill Arm.
This lets you keep the mod fairly close to vanilla balance or turn the PRAWN Suit into a much stronger late-game
mining tool.
How to Get MK2 and MK3 In-Game
The new Drill Arms are crafted at the Modification Station.
Crafting
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[]MK2 is crafted from the standard PRAWN Drill Arm
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]MK3 is crafted from the MK2 Drill ArmThe recipes can be found in the Modification Station under their own tab:
Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades
This means you first need the standard Drill Arm before upgrading it into MK2 and later MK3.
Who Is This Mod For?
This mod is intended for players who:
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[]use the PRAWN Suit frequently
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]want to make resource farming more enjoyable[]want a stronger Drill Arm progression in the later game
[]like having configurable upgrade options
If you use a lot of mods that add extra crafting or upgrade categories, there may occasionally be UI overlap issues.
If that happens, please include the exact
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[]use the PRAWN Suit frequently
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[]MK2 speed multiplier
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[]Adds 2 new Drill Arm upgrades for the PRAWN Suit
Adds craftable MK2 and MK3 Prawn Suit Drill Arm upgrades for Subnautica, letting you tear through large resource deposits in seconds. A quality-of-life mod for late-game farming, with 137 endorsements and recent updates.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Active development—last updated April 2026, so it's likely compatible with current game versions.
- Community-tested with 137 endorsements and over 10k downloads—people are using it.
- Directly addresses a common late-game grind complaint; makes resource farming less tedious.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects the Drill Arm; if you wanted other Prawn upgrades, this won't help.
- Small mod with a niche focus—if you don't use the Prawn Suit much, it's irrelevant.
For Subnautica players who spend a lot of time in the Prawn Suit and hate the slow grind of drilling large deposits. If you're a completionist or building big bases, this will save you hours. Skip if you rarely use the Prawn Suit or prefer vanilla balance.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod requires a mod loader like BepInEx or QMods—if so, install that first.
- Make sure you have the Prawn Suit Drill Arm blueprint unlocked before crafting the upgrades.
- Back up your save before installing any mod, just in case—though this one is likely safe.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Subnautica Mods
- Author
- Cracky
- Version
- 0.9.2
- Downloads
- 10,038
- Endorsements
- 137
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 12/7/2025
- Updated
- 4/3/2026
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