Enameled Glass is a basic crafting material in Subnautica 2, used as a sturdier alternative to plain Glass for higher-tier construction. It is produced at the Fabricator and requires one piece of Creature Enamel, which is the only resource that gates the recipe.
Enameled Glass recipe
The recipe lives in the Basic Materials category of the Fabricator. You only need two ingredients, but one of them must be crafted first from raw Quartz.
| Item | Station | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Glass | Fabricator | Quartz x2 |
| Enameled Glass | Fabricator | Glass x1, Creature Enamel x1 |
Quartz is plentiful in shallow and mid-depth biomes, so the real bottleneck is finding Creature Enamel.
Where to find Creature Enamel
Creature Enamel spawns as harvestable deposits on the seafloor in deeper zones. You pick it up directly with no tool requirement, the same way you would grab Quartz or Salt.
The densest cluster sits roughly 250 meters south-southeast of the Alien Ruins map marker. A tall stone spire rises from the ocean floor up to around 170 meters in depth, and several enamel nodes are stuck to it along with a few research platforms worth scanning.
How to craft it
Step 1: Mine at least 2 Quartz from any shallow biome. Quartz appears as white crystalline outcrops on rocks and sand.
Step 2: Travel to the Alien Ruins marker, then head about 250 meters south-southeast until you reach the large stone spire. Pick up one or more Creature Enamel deposits along the spire.
Step 3: Return to any Fabricator (lifepod or base). Open Basic Materials and craft Glass from your Quartz, then craft Enameled Glass using the Glass and Creature Enamel.
You will know it worked when Enameled Glass appears in your inventory as a finished Basic Material, ready to drop into recipes that call for it.
Why you need it
Enameled Glass is the pressure-rated cousin of standard Glass. In the Subnautica series, it has historically been required for reinforced windows, advanced vehicles, and habitat modules that need to survive depth. Keeping a small stockpile on hand avoids backtracking when blueprints for deeper-water construction unlock.
If you only need it for one or two recipes, a single farming run to the spire south-southeast of the Alien Ruins will cover most early needs without dedicating a Growbed or a longer expedition.