The Scanner returns from the original games with a major upgrade: an integrated radar hologram that hovers above the device, helping locate scannable objects, materials and fauna across Proteus’s large map.
It generates Data Bank entries and unlocks fabrication blueprints by scanning wreck fragments and creatures — making it a progression tool, not just a lore collectible. It is one of the three day-one craftable tools and is meant to be in-hand almost constantly in the early game. In co-op, a scan unlocks the blueprint for the whole party.