The Pioneer's primary intel tool. Holds steady on any object — wreck, plant, creature, Axum panel — for 2–6 seconds and converts it into a databank entry plus, where applicable, a fabrication blueprint. Scan progress is shared across the entire co-op party.
Doesn't scan biology for biomod unlocks — that's the Bioscanner's job. Don't confuse the two.
"If you cannot scan it, you cannot keep it." — NoA, on the first dive.
Where to Find
Default Lifepod Fabricator recipe: 2 Quartz + 2 Titanium + 1 Basic Battery. Craft this first, before anything else, ideally within five minutes of leaving the Prologue.
How to Obtain
Stats
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Notes
Tips: 1) Scan duration varies — Coral Crabs take 6s (one of the longest in the game), most fish take 2s, wrecks 3s. 2) Use Oxygen Control while scanning to halve air burn. 3) Scanning a wreck blueprint counts whether your scan completes or not on death — solo runners abuse this on dangerous wrecks (scan-and-die loop). 4) In co-op, one player's scan unlocks the blueprint for the whole party.
