Does Unity support nested prefabs?

• A. Yes
• B. No
• C. Only in Pro
• D. Not supported in standard edition

Answer: (A)

Nested prefabs let you place one prefab inside another, and Unity supports this fully. This feature isn’t restricted to a particular edition—the standard Unity and Pro both support it. It started appearing with Unity 2018.3 and has grown since, making it easy to build complex objects by composing reusable pieces.

In practice, you create or reference a child prefab and drop it into a parent prefab’s structure. The nested prefab behaves like a unit inside the parent, so you can maintain modular assets while still applying overrides at the parent level if needed. You can also edit the nested prefab in isolation by opening it in Prefab Mode, and updates to the child prefab asset propagate to all instances unless you’ve overridden specific properties in the parent instance. This workflow is ideal for keeping assets consistent and making updates efficient.