A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Start your brand new adventure on Planet 4546B with a revamped story and intro cinematic. Visit the Frostbite site to learn more!
Experience the beginning of an all-new story and intro cinematic
Explore the extensively reworked Glacial Basin
Interact with the new cold mechanics and avoid hypothermia
Discover new Snowball interactions with the Snow Stalkers
Encounter escalating weather conditions
Uncover further improvements and polish to existing biomes
Enjoy crisper, and more clear in-game text
https://youtu.be/SXnjJxMmec0
New Story and Intro Cinematic
Start your brand new adventure on Planet 4546B with a revamped story and intro cinematic. As you crash land on the surface a new mystery awaits you, with further secrets to uncover about Alterra and Robin’s sister, Sam. But a familiar presence is also waiting deep beneath the surface…
Glacial Basin
Explore and traverse the cavernous, newly reworked Glacial Basin biome. With more nooks and crannies to uncover, the Basin now merges more seamlessly with underwater experiences via Glacial Bay.
Cold Mechanics and Escalating Weather
Avoiding hypothermia while exploring the surface of the planet is now a concern with the introduction of cold mechanics. Make sure to plot out routes and take an abundance of coffee on your adventures] to stave off the chill. Weather conditions also naturally escalate, so keep one eye out for any snowstorms slowly rolling in.
Biome Polish and Improvements
Take time out to rediscover and explore the Thermal Vents and Lilypad Connection biomes. With further polish and improvements, these biomes are now more vibrant and varied, with additional detailing work to the terrain.
Quantum Lockers
Utilize this Precursor technology in order to access your Quantum Locker storage across the planet, wherever you place them.
Status Indicators
Wondering about the status and durability of your items? Keep an eye on your power usage with newly introduced status indicators, which will visually prompt you when they need a little care and attention.
Ore Veins
On the hunt for resource-rich areas? Keep an eye out for ore veins in Arctic Spires and Glacial Basin, which will now provide increased materials for all of your crafting needs.
Snowballs and Water Purification Tablets
The dual-use Snowballs can be life saving in more than one instance. A well-timed throw can distract a Snowstalker, to facilitate your quick escape. But they can also be utilized in the new water purification tablets, providing you with a new water source and keep you from dehydrating.
New Ice Worm Animation
The fearsome Ice Worm has all new interactions and animations to uncover, as you attempt to cross its treacherous territory. But this leviathan-class creature doesn’t just have its sights set on you.
Surface Beacons
Worried about losing your way on the surface? You can now place Beacons above ground, so you can mark out any important areas that you’d like to easily rediscover.
Crisper Text
Below Zero’s text is now crisper and cleaner than ever, thanks to an all-new update that improves readability.
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A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Explore the Crashed Ship wreckage, descend into Deep Lilypads, experience the incredible beauty of the Aurora Borealis and more! Visit the Lost Ship site to learn more!
Explore the mysterious Crashed Ship
Interact with the playful Trivalve
Uncover the perilous Brinicles
Descend into the shadowy depths of Deep Lilypads
Encounter the stunning phenomenon of the Aurora Borealis
Further improvements and polish to existing biomes
https://youtu.be/rHfzWyQm82A
Crashed Ship
The wreckage of a mysterious Crashed Ship is scattered across the ocean floor of Planet 4546B. What secrets are hidden inside? You’ll need to be prepared for anything as you explore every crevice for clues!
Trivalve
These adorable and playful creatures are curious about your presence! Interact with and feed them, and you’ll find they’re a friendly companion on your continued journey.
Brinicles
Though enticing and awe-inspiring, don’t venture too close to the protruding Brinicles. These perilous ice formations can cause some serious damage.
Deep Lilypads
Illuminated by the faint light of the flowers that grow there, the Deep Lilypads are ripe with resources and lead to further Architect discoveries to be made.
Aurora Borealis
Encountering this rare event across the skies of 4546B is an incredible sight to behold. The Aurora Borealis is a stunning phenomenon and one you don’t want to miss.
Polish and Improvements
Take some time and re-explore the biomes of Below Zero that you are already familiar with. Additional polish and improvements have been made to Lilypads and Thermal Spires, as well as a tune-up to the Hoverbike!
Below Zero’s Story
This update will be your last opportunity to play Below Zero’s story in its current form. As previously announced, a new story will be coming in our next update!
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A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Explore several new underwater biomes and encounter the fearsome creatures that lurk in the depths, as your continued adventures unfold the secrets and mysteries of Below Zero’s story. Visit the Deep Dive site to learn more!
Explore several new biomes, including the captivating Crystal Caverns, mysterious Fabricator Caverns, and more
Uncover the formidable Shadow Leviathan lurking in the depths
Experience the terror of the Hidden Crocodile
Gaze in awe at the spectacular Jellyfish
Discover new additions and tweaks to the Below Zero story
Feast your eyes on improved visuals with Filmic mode
An expansive and stunning new biome awaits you in Crystal Caverns. Colorful crystals protrude the surfaces of this underwater location. But don’t get caught loitering! Crystal Caverns is also home to the formidable Shadow Leviathan.
Fabricator Caverns
The mysteries of the Fabricator Caverns lie in wait for you to uncover them. A hidden Fabricator base nestled in the depths of this biome poses a tantalizing question: what new objects will you be able to construct here?
Marguerit Maida’s Base
This well-hidden seabase is home to the enigmatic Marguerit. Should you find your way inside, will you be considered a welcome guest, or an Alterra foe?
Snowfox Base
Explore this abandoned Alterra facility, formerly used to produce Snowfoxes, to find everything you might need to ensure your stay on 4546B is a little more comfortable.
Shadow Leviathan
An aggressive and formidable leviathan class creature, the Shadow Leviathan lurks in the depths of the Crystal Caverns. Take care as you continue to explore this deep, mysterious location to avoid a deadly encounter.
Hidden Crocodile
Make sure not to dismiss the warnings of the hostile Hidden Crocodile. This creature terrorizes the depths of the Crystal Caves and does not like to be disturbed...
Jellyfish
This stunning fauna species is safe to approach, as long as you don’t move too low! Touching the tentacles can lead to a nasty shock. But aren’t they so beautifully enticing?
Story Updates
The last of Below Zero’s current story will be available to play and enjoy in this update, before we ship a new version in 2020.
Filmic Mode
This new default mode improves the entire look of Below Zero and its captivating biomes, providing a more cinematic experience to your gameplay.
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Hello, Subnauts. We've just released a big, little update (B86) for Subnautica on Steam. Thanks to all of your valuable feedback, this update contains a whole host of bug fixes and improvements for Subnautica. The development team has worked hard to put together this update and we hope that it improves the Subnautica experience for you all!
And please keep sending us your feedback! We'd love to hear from you via the in-game feedback system (press F8 while playing), here on our forums, or in our Discord chat.
Fix for scanner icon being outside of UI safe zones
Tuned streaming/clipmap settings
Unity Engine Upgrade to 2018.2 (future engine upgrades to come)
Under-the-hood memory layout optimizations
Fixed potential crash when culling the light on the noise indicator for the Cyclops
Fixed random issue for invisible cooked and cured fish
Protobuf serializer optimizations
Reinforced dive suit oriented correctly in fabricator
Fix for scanner being dark when fabricated
Fix for skipping images in the gallery tab when using a controller
Fix invalid rotation for Radiation Suit
Fixed DeferredSpawner fatally breaking when an exception is thrown in SpawnAndDestroy
Fix for incorrectly loading world data
Fix for Seamoth not being able to open Cyclops Vehicle Bay when loading from a save game
Merge in fix for player not teleporting correctly
Fix physics issues when piloting Seamoth
Fix for dying in hardcore while the game is saving
Prevent taking of a screenshot when the game is already processing one
Optimized RigidBodies from static objects
Animation culling optimizations
Moved File I/O of LargeWorldStreamer to another thread and yielding coroutine on main thread to prevent stalling
Optimized particle systems used in the CrashedShip and Lifepod
Optimization removing calls to GetComponentInParent for determining if a player is within a vehicle or not
Multiple NullReferenceException fixes
Fixed Reefback turning constantly Save data optimization
Fix for Floaters not attaching
Fix for Cyclops Vehicle Bay hatch not always spawning correctly
Fixed issue with save slot screenshots when returning to the main menu
Fix for floating plants at origin
Fix for stuck floating dropped pickupables
Fixed various items clipping through the terrain due to speed of player
Fixed issues of Cyclops doors & Moonpool not responding to dockable vehicles
Fixed issues with Cyclops power up
Fix for player being able to breathe in unpowered Seamoth
Optimized multiple normal maps
Optimized Prison platform geometry
Async loading of distance fields
Fixed "is still loading" issue when a save game slot couldn't be loaded
Fix for Bladderfish not spawning by entity slots once filtered water is unlocked
Fixes for creature respawn system
Fixed issue with deleting saved games, made it compatible with both controller and keyboard+mouse input
Fixed feedback button action in main menu for PC / Mac
Fixed issue with rocket platform physics
Fixed 'First time menu interaction sends you to top of page in every tab'
Fixed 'Editing labels is interrupted while using gamepad + keyboard on PC
Re-disabled oxygen warnings in hardcore mode
Fixed docking a Seamoth in Cyclops in VR causing physics issues
UI + depth fix backported from Below Zero
Performance optimizations in Kelp Forest area
World-Streaming optimizations
Improved background loading during loading screen
Improved consistency of various progress bars
Ice Worm Update
A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Encounter the fearsome Ice Worm as you explore Arctic Spires, discover Lilypad Islands, visit the Frozen Leviathan Cave, and experience new weather-based Pengwing behaviors. Visit the Ice Worm site to learn more!
Encounter the Ice Worm
Experience new story updates
Roam Arctic Spires
Discover Lilypad Islands
Investigate the Frozen Creature Site
Enjoy weather-based Pengwing behaviors
https://youtu.be/YVsh-9ZOkPA
Ice Worm
The Leviathan-class Ice Worm is ready to stalk you across the Arctic Spires as you explore the vast biome. Make use of your Thumper to distract the creature and escape quickly to avoid an aggressive encounter!
Story Updates
Due to continued community feedback, we’ve been working hard on bringing you a higher stakes introduction, as well as fleshing out the mid-game story. This Ice Worm update includes all-new, text-only dialog throughout. Voice overs will be coming in a future update.
Arctic Spires
Explore this new and vast frozen landscape, broken up by narrow crevices, tunnels, and huge spires of ice. But take care, though this area appears deserted you are certainly not alone!
Lilypad Islands
Explore the impressive floating lilypads as you gather essential resources and encounter creatures like the Lily Paddler.
Frozen Creature Site
Don’t worry. This huge Leviathan-class creature can’t get to you from behind its frozen encasing. But just what were Alterra chipping away at the ice to discover…
Pengwing Behaviors
You are not the only inhabitant of 4546B affected by the weather! As the climate changes from rain, to hail, to lightning, and more, Pengwings will react accordingly and take cover when needed.
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A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Give your 4645B home the upgrade you’ve always dreamed of! With a Control Room, impressively spacious Large Room, and the all-new Jukebox, the Arctic Living update for Below Zero is going to make your base a whole lot cozier! Visit the Arctic Living site to learn more!
Base Control Room
Large rooms and impressive Glass Domes
Jukebox and Music Disks
Mineral Detector
Booster Tank
Prawn Suit
Alterra Mining Site
Encounter with a familiar voice
https://youtu.be/yhd7_lc2ZHY
Control Room
Gain greater control and customization of your base with the Control Room. You can change the name, access panels to manage your base’s power supply, locate hull breaches, view the weather forecast and more.
Add a Large Room to your base with a Glass Dome to make them look even more impressive! A Multipurpose Room Glass Dome is also available.
Mining Site
Explore the latest biome, an abandoned Alterra Mining Site, which plays host to the PRAWN Suit.
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A new update is available for Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Build a Spy Pengling for remote research and documentation, encounter the mammoth Vent Garden, explore Tree Spires, and more. Check out the Spy Pengling site to learn more!
Spy Pengling community-requested feature
The towering Vent Garden
Tree Spires biome
New weather effects
Added ambient cold mechanics
Fabricator UI grid
Lilly Paddler creature for upcoming biome
Additional improvements and fixes
https://youtu.be/BZ_53oKYiVM
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In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5th, Subnautica will go on sale alongside several other games as part of a Valve special event until June 8th. During this time, we volunteered to donate 15% of Unknown Worlds’ profits from the sales of the original Subnautica to the Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch foundation that aims to develop and apply technologies (directly as well as indirectly) to remove – on a large scale – plastic pollution from the oceans.
Not unlike the virus that threatened Planet 4546B, our planet is threatened by a mass accumulation of garbage in the ocean. Marine debris, out of which 80% is plastic, has been reported to have an impact on 600 marine wildlife species. This marine debris accumulates in patches across the planet by way of ocean currents, waves, and wind. It poses a significant threat to the ecosystem, the health of both marine life and humans, and global economies.
“Of all trash, plastic trash has the greatest potential to harm the environment, wildlife and humans. It can be found floating at the surface, suspended in the water column, or on the bottom of almost all water bodies. It is transported by rivers to the ocean, where it moves with the currents, and is often eaten by birds and fish, concentrating toxic chemicals in their tissues, and filling their stomachs, causing them to starve. Plastic aquatic debris is much more than a mere aesthetic problem.”
Cleaning up these garbage patches is a tough job, but not an impossible one. Through intense research, advanced technology, and the clever use of natural ocean systems, the Ocean Cleanup has set their sights on removing 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. To learn more about how they plan to do this, you can read in-depth explanations and reports on the Ocean Cleanup website.
In Subnautica, you were affected by a major environmental threat and, through scientific efforts and hard work, elimited that threat. Now is your chance to do the same for our home planet. Let your friends and family know that Subnautica is on sale and working towards a cleaner ocean!
About World Environment Day
The United Nations, aware that the protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue, which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, designated 5 June as World Environment Day. The celebration of this day provides us with an opportunity to broaden the basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment.
About The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup specifies the following objectives:
To develop and apply technologies (directly as well as indirectly) to remove – on a large scale – plastic pollution from the oceans;
To develop and apply technologies (directly as well as indirectly) to remove plastic pollution from waste streams to prevent it from reaching the oceans;
To increase social awareness of the pollution of the marine environment by plastic; and other acts which in the broadest sense relate or may be conducive to the aforesaid objectives.
Travel quickly across the snowy tundra on a Snowfox, hide from terrifying beasts, explore two new biomes, and more in the latest update to Subnautica: Below Zero Early Access. Check out the Snowfox Update site to learn more!
Snowfox vehicle
Chelicerate & Snow Stalker
Two new, beautiful biomes
New fishy friends and foes
Seatruck Sleeper and Docking Modules, Perimeter Upgrade
Pinnable recipes
New music
Additional improvements and fixes
https://youtu.be/k_wESwRh-Uc
The Snowfox
The Snowfox is the first above-water vehicle in the Subnautica universe. Travel quickly over land, all without touching the ground! The Snowfox can be upgraded with a jump module (coming soon), and comes with a speed boost ability built in. Build a Snowfox Hoverpad (with power) to craft the Snowfox and customize it however you like!
Snow Stalkers
A new beast appears on land in the latest update. A deadly creature with long claws and a powerful charge, Snow Stalkers are aggressive and best avoided. Especially when they are with their offspring!
Glacial Basin
Beautiful no matter the weather, the new Glacial Basin biome is home to an array of creatures including the Snow Stalker. Teeming with icy nooks to explore, this biome has a lot to uncover.
Chelicerate
Lurking in the new Purple Vents biome, the Chelicerate is a Leviathan-class creature with a nasty bite. Not much is known about this massive monster of the water.
Purple Vents
Explore the hauntingly beautiful Purple Vents biome, a shallow-depth environment. Underground thermal activity erupts into bright purple particulate, providing the perfect ecosystem for many creatures.
Seatruck Additions
Three new additions to The Seatruck are now available; The Sleeper Module, the Docking Module, and the Perimeter Upgrade.
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Intricately detailed Cargo Transfer Launchpad island
Lots of small Early Access improvements
The Seatruck
The Seatruck is a modular Underwater Utility Vehicle. Start by building a cab, then add and remove modules based on your mission requirements. Each additional module slows the Seatruck down. A reversing camera is included as standard. In an emergency, you can detach all modules and escape quickly.
https://youtu.be/OhK_LERt4so
Seatruck Modules
Cab - Provides power, live support, cockpit
Fabricator - Mobile field equipment fabricator
Storage - Ample space for equipment & supplies
Aquarium - Collect live specimens
Look out for more Seatruck modules in future Early Access updates!
Squidshark
Lurking within the new Deep Twisty Bridges biome, the Squidshark is a serious threat. Its tentacles can ensnare even the most agile diver. Shark teeth and a powerful bite cause great damage.
Seamonkey
An ocean trickster, the Seamonkey will actively seek to steal your kit and swim off with it. Follow them back to their nests and you might find other valuable things they have collected.
Deep Twisty Bridges
Deep Twisty Bridges is a dark, red-accented region with depths exceeding 200 meters. Look out - Some of the plant life is not passive, and might ensnare you in the depths.
Thermal Spires
Rockpunchers and Bonesharks roam between these pointed ocean stacks.
Cargo Transfer Launchpad
Explore a richly detailed island, home to the Cargo Transfer Launchpad. Black sandy beaches, thermal pools, snow-dusted cliffs and intricate caves await you. At the peak, you will find a new Cargo Transfer Base along with attendant rocket launchpad.
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