Subnautica 2 Metal Farm Blueprint Guide: Axum Cell Culture and Meteoric Iron Locations

In Subnautica 2, the Metal Farm Blueprint is located in the alien building in the Green Lake area. This guide details the unlock steps: starting from the eastern Alien Ruins, dive east to 450 meters, find the Green Lake, collect 5 Axum Cell Cultures, and scan the alien building to unlock the blueprint. Also covers collecting and cultivating Meteoric Iron and Conductive Crystals to help players achieve rare resource freedom.

• Guide Topic: Equipment Unlock

Prerequisites

• Arrived at the eastern Alien Ruins
• Tadpole Depth Module (450 meter depth)

Identification Corrections

• Axum Cell Culture (not Axom Cell)
• Meteoric Iron (not Meteoric Ore/Meteoric Steel)
• Tadpole (keep original name)

Quick Steps

Travel to the Green Lake Area

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Travel to the Green Lake Area

From the Alien Ruins, dive due east to a depth of 450 meters (requires Tadpole Depth Module). After passing the Alien Power Plant, you will see a corpse of a Titan Drilling Worm. Follow the corpse northeast to reach the Green Lake. Above the lake is a giant squid; maintain depth to pass safely.

Key Points:

• Direction: Due East
• Depth: 450 meters
• En Route: Alien Power Plant, Titan Drilling Worm corpse
• Destination: Green Lake

Unlock Metal Farm Blueprint and Collect Cells

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Unlock Metal Farm Blueprint and Collect Cells

There are 5 Axum Cell Cultures in the Green Lake area (3 in the right pool, 2 in the left pool). Cells can get stuck in terrain, so save before collecting. Scan 3 points on the nearby alien building to unlock the Metal Farm Blueprint. Cells are limited to 5 and do not respawn.

Key Points:

• Axum Cell Culture: 5
• Right large pool: 3, left small pool: 2
• Scan alien building to unlock Metal Farm
• Limited resource

Collect Meteoric Iron

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Collect Meteoric Iron

There are 19 Meteoric Iron deposits in the Green Lake area (especially around and below the left small pool). Meteoric Iron is limited but can be infinitely produced via the Metal Farm. Be sure to collect all.

Key Points:

• Meteoric Iron count: 19
• Location: Green Lake area ground
• Limited, but farmable

Build the Metal Farm

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Build the Metal Farm

Use Meteoric Iron and Green Copper Ore in a Fabricator to craft Manganese Alloy Ingots. Green Copper Ore is found at the bottom of the cliff east of the Alien Ruins, many in a north-south direction. The Metal Farm requires a lot of power; build the base near the sheep and cattle. It is recommended to leave some seeds to produce Meteoric Iron to avoid save corruption.

Key Points:

• Craft Manganese Alloy Ingot: Meteoric Iron + Green Copper Ore
• Green Copper Ore location: bottom of cliff east of ruins
• Metal Farm consumes high power

Cultivate Conductive Crystals

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Cultivate Conductive Crystals

The Metal Farm can cultivate Conductive Crystals: insert a seed and they automatically produce, one cycle every 10 minutes, yielding 2 crystals per cycle. Cultivation is recommended to supplement scarce resources. The seed is not consumed.

Key Points:

• Cultivation time: 10 minutes
• Yield per cycle: 2
• Seed not consumed

Conductive Crystal Locations

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Conductive Crystal Locations

From the Alien Ruins, dive southeast at 120 degrees to a depth of 300 meters to find an alien building. There are 7 locations: at the bottom edge of the building, beside the pagoda lamppost, on the east upper side, and at the bottom edge of the building at 30 degrees north (3 clustered together).

Key Points:

• Direction: Southeast 120 degrees
• Depth: 300 meters
• Total 7 locations
• Clustered area at the bottom edge of alien building

Frequently Asked Questions

• Subnautica 2 Metal Farm Blueprint location
• How to get Axum Cell Culture
• Where to collect Meteoric Iron
• Conductive Crystal spawn points