Storage: locker recipes, portable hauling and Tracking Tags

Adaptive Measures added storage whose contents are excluded from nearby crafting. Use the current Builder description to identify it; the announcement does not establish its recipe here.

If a nearby recipe still appears short, check whether the intended ingredients are in that excluded storage. Move only the supplies you intend to spend, then recheck the recipe instead of gathering a duplicate batch.

1. Separate expendable crafting stock from supplies reserved for the next trip or another player.
2. Put only stock you intend to spend into the starter-kit calculator. Its local inventory fields cannot read which game container holds an item.
3. Keep finished Batteries and Rubber separate from unused raw materials. Do not count the same Copper, Pouch or Rotsacs after they have been crafted into components.
4. After crafting, recount the remaining stock before saving the next kit. A saved web checklist is a snapshot, not a live connection to the game.

Check Interior Facilities in the Habitat Builder for base lockers and Utility for the Portable Locker. The dedicated Portable Locker walkthrough and Prima agree on the Builder; GameWith’s general storage table instead labels it a Fabricator item.

Published Wall Locker unlock instructions differ: Destructoid says it comes with the Builder; Prima says to scan a locker. Check your menu first, then scan accessible furniture if the recipe is absent.

Scan Floor Lockers in abandoned habitats or ship interiors as you explore. The Tailing Chest needs two scans around the village huts in the hot region; prepare Heat Tolerance before that trip. Build available early lockers while working toward those unlocks.

The Haul is reported to provide 30 internal slots plus two 15-slot lockers, giving 60 cargo slots when both are attached. Its scans and construction costs are covered in the existing chassis guide.

1. Look for a free locker in the shallows around the Lifepod, or build one after unlocking the Builder.
2. Load gathered materials, then carry it with your hands free. Put it down when you need a handheld tool.
3. Mount it on a Tadpole attachment point for transport. Standard and Scout Ray configurations take one; the Haul takes two.

   Older footage · checked Oct 25, 2026 · before Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 (Buddy System, August 19, 2026)

   0:19–0:27 · 8 sCarrying a Portable Locker to the Tadpole

   0:19–0:27Carrying a Portable Locker to the Tadpole
4. At base, unload the materials or place the container on a suitable rack. Check the attachment before setting out again.

Put a Tracking Tag in a carryable locker to give it a short-range signal. Hotfix 1 increased tracker detection range; the notes provide no numeric radius. A tag in your hand or inventory when reprinting also extends black-box detection.

Buddy System standardised the name Carryable Rack; older guides may call it a Wall Rack or Hardpoint. Hotfix 1 fixed rack items missing from Refund Base. Save and inspect your stored equipment before rebuilding.

Keep useful supplies out of the Trashcan: it destroys items after a short delay. For co-op handovers, leave the Tadpole before opening inventory sharing.

Kingy’s suggested setup: keep building materials together and put charged spares, food, water and healing where you collect your departure kit. Unload after each trip, then pack for one clear objective. Extra cargo capacity is useful only if the return route and oxygen reserve still work.

Hotfix 2 fixes tools appearing visually duplicated while moving a Carryable Rack. The note describes a display bug, not a way to create additional equipment. Check the actual stored items after the move before counting them in your departure supplies.