How to collect scrap with the Plasma Gun
After the opening jellyfish sale, the recorded player unlocks the Plasma Gun and uses its beam on scrap. Select that resource tool, aim at a resource deposit and keep the beam on the target until it breaks apart. Then return to the submarine and check the named expedition-result line. Jellyfish sales produce shells; resource collection supplies separate balances for skill costs.
- Unlock and select the Plasma Gun resource tool.
- Aim its beam at a resource deposit until the cluster breaks apart.
- Return to the submarine before oxygen runs out.
- Read the named result line to confirm the material collected.
Read the named result line
The expedition result names what was collected. The opening resource run lists scrap, a later glacial run lists crystals, and a volcanic run lists obsidians. Do not relabel every resource as scrap just because the first tool tutorial uses scrap.
| Resource observed | Where the evidence places it | Result example |
|---|---|---|
| Scrap | Opening Ocean Shallows runs | Separate from the jellyfish count |
| Crystals | Glacial-region expeditions | 3,237 crystals in one result |
| Obsidians | Magma-region expeditions | 716 obsidians in one result |
Use both the icon and the amount
A Store Speed III level shows a red crystal cost of 20. Shell Insurance II instead shows a shell cost of 7,500. These costs belong to different currencies, so compare each with its matching balance.
Missing air can affect the material you keep
The Shell Insurance II tooltip explicitly reduces losses of jellyfish and resources when asphyxiating. Its shown preview changes the loss value from 70% to 45%. That is a displayed upgrade effect, not a controlled test of the final retained amount.
Collect mushrooms in the Swamp Waters example
Select Swamp Waters 700 m and confirm the trip. The arrival header names the same destination. Among the green walls are blue-and-yellow resource clusters, visually distinct from the nearby pink jellyfish. Select the plasma resource tool and aim its beam at a cluster.
The continuous sequence shows the nearby cluster breaking into pieces during firing. The blue resource balance subsequently increases. Keep that action separate from the bubble-gun attempt later in the same trip; the two tools are selected at different times.
Verify the named mushroom result after return
Return to the submarine area and end the expedition. At the settled result, Mushrooms Collected reads +160, while Jellyfishes Collected separately reads +1. The village resource balance is also 160 after return.
Use the named line to identify the material you kept. The 160 belongs to this whole trip, not one mushroom cluster or a guaranteed yield. Do not relabel it as scrap or treat the separate jellyfish count as another resource amount.
