Guide Steps
Step 1: Get your first Biomods at the Welcome Center
Go 85m SE of Lifepod. Insert Basic Battery. Use Bio Lab to pick Dash (Active) + Oxygen Control (Passive). Also available: Pathfinder, Sea Skimmer.
Step 2: Craft the Bioscanner
First craft Modification Station (2 Ti + 2 Celestine + 2 Copper). Then Bioscanner (1 Scanner + 3 Conduit Crystal + 2 Enameled Glass). Fragments at Cicada Wreck and Research Outpost.
Step 3: Unlock Active Biomods
Sonic Echo: bioscanner Collector Leviathan (deep trench between Shallows and Alien Ruins). Electric Discharge: bioscan Electric Geordie (Karakorum waters ~345m). Chum Cloud: bioscan Toxic Sponge + Houndgar.
Step 4: Unlock Passive Biomods
Camouflage: bioscan Bullethead (cave walls near Alien Ruins, ~210m). Water Retention: bioscan Coral Crab (Shallows coral domes). Threat Sense: bioscan Hoverthorn (blue fish near Alien Observatory). Slow Metabolism: bioscan Nibbler Mango (common in Shallows). Dermal Garden: bioscan Needler Mango (red eels near Alien Ruins). Water Secretion: bioscan Water Slug (orange seagrass everywhere). Bioluminescence: bioscan Sandspear + Electric Geordie. Homing Sense: bioscan Surge Jelly + Hammerhead.
Step 5: Best Biomod combinations
S-Tier: Dash + Camouflage (Dash away to hold still and become invisible). Resource runs: Sonic Echo + Dermal Garden + Water Secretion. Exploration: Pathfinder + Threat Sense + Oxygen Control.
Step 6: Build your own Bio Lab
Recipe: 3 Ti + 1 Copper Wire + 1 Mild Acid. Draws 5 power/sec. Place at base so you do not need to return to Welcome Center.