Submarine Hunt is a game mode introduced in Metal Slug: Awakening. that appears occasionally.

Information[]
The popularity of oceanic exploration reached a new high after the discovery of the underwater world of Atlan. The Regular Army even sought out Andrew the Vehicle Merchant to make exquisite modifications and equip its vehicles with devices so that they could explore under the sea.
As the technology improved, Submarine Hunt, a deep-sea exploration project, was officially launched. You can now drive non-biological vehicles underwater to explore the geography, biology, mineral deposits, and information about this ancient civilization at the bottom of the sea. However, it is far more dangerous than expected at the bottom of the sea, and enemies will be coming from all directions, which means you will need to extend your exploration time as much as possible to collect more data.
Match Description[]
1. You will face a large number of enemies during the underwater exploration. Defeat the enemies to pick up the EXP Stones they drop and use them to upgrade your vehicles.
2. When upgrading a vehicle, you can choose to obtain new weapons or Cores, or to upgrade your existing weapons or Cores. Obtain certain weapons and Cores to craft powerful Super Weapons.
3. The weapons and Cores obtained from vehicle upgrades will only be effective in this match.
4. After exploring each stage for 11 minutes, you can defeat the final underwater boss to clear the stage.
Match Attributes[]
Your vehicles' own base attributes and base attributes such as ATK, DEF, and HP are ineffective Submarine Hunt. Vehicles' Deep Dive Technology bonuses will be fully applied in matches.
Deep Dive Technology[]
During Deep Dive, the detector will obtain Technology Points based on the depth dived, exploration time, and the number of enemies defeated. 2. Andrew can use your Technology Points to upgrade vehicles, improve their strength, and granting them special effects. You can spend Diamonds to reset the Technology. Please remember that you can't upgrade or reset Technology while the stage progress is being saved.
Draw Description[]
During Submarine Hunt, the detector will obtain Exploration Points based on the stage progress, exploration time, and the number of enemies defeated.
The Regular Army will provide prize pools with prizes that can be redeemed with Exploration Points. Each prize pool has a grand prize. After winning the grand prize, you can choose to draw all the rewards in the current prize pool or to start drawing prizes from the next prize pool. 3. You can return to prize pools that have already been unlocked at any time to draw prizes from them.
Deep Dive Achievements[]
To encourage Commanders to proactively explore underwater, the Regular Army has announced a series of Deep Dive Achievements. 2. Commanders can redeem rewards from the Regular Army after completing achievements, and some achievements can unlock more diverse barrels and in-match gear.