Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades (BZ Port)

⭐ — (16 endorsements) 📥 1,744 downloads 📌 v0.9.2 📅 3/30/2026
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By Cracky · Gameplay Effects and Changes

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📋 About This Mod

This mod adds craftable MK2 and MK3 variants of the Prawn Suit Drill Arm.Tear through large resource deposits in seconds and make late-game farmingfeel like a reward, not a chore.

Important note:

This is basically still the original Subnautica version under the hood, just tweaked to work with Below Zero.

Only did some rough testing so far, so yeah… stuff might break.

If you find bugs, report them, I’ll take a look.

Also, everything pinned in the original mod’s posts section still applies here.

Not gonna repost all that stuff again.

>>> Original: Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades

Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades

Prawn Drill Arm Upgrades expands the standard PRAWN Suit Drill Arm with two new upgrade tiers:

  • []Prawn Drill Arm MK2 [/]

    []Prawn Drill Arm MK3

    Both 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.

    • []Adds 2 new Drill Arm upgrades for the PRAWN Suit[/]

      []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

      • []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

        • []MK2 is crafted from the standard PRAWN Drill Arm[/]

          []MK3 is crafted from the MK2 Drill Arm[/]

          The recipes can be found in the Modification Station under their own tab:

📊 Mod Details

Game
Subnauticabelowzero Mods
Author
Cracky
Version
0.9.2
Downloads
1,744
Endorsements
16
Category
Gameplay Effects and Changes
Created
3/30/2026
Updated
4/2/2026

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