r/subnautica • • Jun 03 '26

MEGATHREAD: KILLING DEBATE

887 Upvotes

A thread to express opinions and debate on this ongoing controversey.

REMINDER:

Rule 3: Be Courteous.


r/subnautica • • May 02 '26

News/Update - SN 2 Subnautica 2 Early Access Launch Events Spoiler

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Hello, Subnauts!

To celebrate Subnautica 2’s upcoming Early Access launch, we've prepared a series of special events for you all to enjoy. 

Imagine and illustrate the Deepwing Brooder Leviathan in our fan art contest, apply for a role at Alterra Corporation, and tune in to the Pre-Launch Showcase for Drops. There's something for everyone!

Alterra Career Event

 

Alterra Corporation has opened applications for new explorers! 

Complete the aptitude test, check your recommended role, and apply. 

If the community reaches 100,000 total applications during the event period, the Lost River Poster blueprint will be unlocked as an in-game item for all Subnautica 2 players.
 

🔗:  https://unknownworlds.com/en/news/subnautica-2-alterra-pioneer-recruitment
 

Leviathan Awakens Fan Art Contest

Wake the Deepwing Brooder Leviathan with your own hands. 
 

Use the official template to imagine and create your own version of this yet-to-be-revealed Leviathan. 

Winners will receive a variety of rewards, and the Top 1 entry will be crafted into an in-game poster item.
 

🔗: https://unknownworlds.com/en/news/subnautica-2-leviathan-awakens-fanart-contest
 

Pre-launch Showcase & Drops

On May 9, 2026, at 08:00 AM (PDT), the Subnautica 2 Pre-Launch Showcase goes live. 

Join us for a packed showcase with the world-first Gameplay Trailer reveal and a conversation with the development team. 

Watch live on Twitch for at least 20 minutes to receive an in-game Seamoth Statue base decoration. 

A special giveaway event will also be announced during the broadcast.

🔗: https://unknownworlds.com/en/news/subnautica-2-pre-launch-showcase-announce

Join us for all three events, earn rewards, and get ready for Subnautica 2’s Early Access launch together.

Keep Diving!


r/subnautica • • 6h ago

SN2 - News/Update Subnautica 2 updated map size comparison. Spoiler

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233 Upvotes

r/subnautica • • 13h ago

SN2 - News/Update New SN2 screenshots - from "The Voyage to Early Access 2 Begins" video Spoiler

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807 Upvotes

After waiting for a long time.... Finally, some exciting news about new regions and features 🔥
Thank you, Unknown Worlds.


r/subnautica • • 5h ago

SN2 - News/Update Subnautica 2 updated map size comparison [No blur + to scale] Spoiler

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51 Upvotes

r/subnautica • • 3h ago

Video - BZ Hoverfish so goofy Spoiler

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33 Upvotes

Wanted to film the cuddlefishes I successfully hatched, and this little guy decided to do a bit of disco in front of me. Hehe


r/subnautica • • 12h ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question Potential updated map for the EA2 update from Discord Spoiler

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171 Upvotes

Not my image but wanted to share in the excitement of the new announcement.


r/subnautica • • 13h ago

SN2 - News/Update Voyage to Early Access 2 Begins Spoiler

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The voyage to Early Access 2 begins! 

Creative Director Anthony Gallegos is back to introduce our new Dev Vlog series, outlining who you’ll be expecting to hear from across our future episodes, sharing some sneak peeks, and setting the stage for our next big content update.

can continue to speculate and discuss everything about Subnautica 2 in our official Discord server. Join the community and share your thoughts with your fellow Subnauts!

You can buy Subnautica 2 on Steam, Xbox, and Epic Games now. And don’t forget to share ideas and upvote things you’d like to see in Subnautica 2 on Nolt.io.

Keep Diving!


r/subnautica • • 15h ago

Modded - SN Greatest mod ever made? Spoiler

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155 Upvotes

r/subnautica • • 12h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions uhhh you dont have to spoiler i just wanna know what happened here, if its like something that isnt rare and is supossed to happen then you dont gotta say Spoiler

62 Upvotes

r/subnautica • • 7h ago

Question - SN I found this while exploring the edge of the void in creative.

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21 Upvotes

Who knows how, or why this happened?


r/subnautica • • 12h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions Subnautica 2 EA2 map update Spoiler

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51 Upvotes

r/subnautica • • 13h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions Cannot get stalker teeth Spoiler

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Im playing on a handheld computer and was enjoying everything up to now. I’m stuck on getting enamel glass. So I searched for stalker teeth in my scanner room, built the chip to see them but still can’t reach them. It’s like they are below the world gen. How do I fix this? It’s just with the teeth. Everything else is working fine. I tried a grav trap and all


r/subnautica • • 4h ago

Question - SN Strange data download Spoiler

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7 Upvotes

I was looting this wreck in the grassy plateaus and found a data terminal with this message, is it normal or did the game mess up?


r/subnautica • • 49m ago

BZ - Discussion/Questions Where is all the magnetite? Spoiler

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Hi all, first time player here and loving below zero! I just unlocked the nuclear reactor but have yet to find magnetite to build the thermal reactor (and upgrades requiring magnetite). I feel like I might have skipped a step.

Ive got scanner rooms both near the underwater mining facility and in the deep ocean around base zeta(?). None of them have the option for finding magnetite..

So when and where should I have stumbled upon magnetite?


r/subnautica • • 20h ago

Picture - SN The cuclops is so cool Spoiler

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61 Upvotes

I just made my first cuclops after getting the game yesterday and its soo cool, i dont think im even gonna need a base


r/subnautica • • 8h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions Subnautica with Steam Frame Spoiler

6 Upvotes

Has anyone gotten the Frame controllers to work with the game? I can load into VR but only mouse and keyboard work, enable game controller is checked in the subnautica menu

I have Bepin and Submersed mods installed but I can't even see my hands in VR and no buttons work

EDIT Got it working, I had the old 0.1.7 dll inside the bepinex plug-ins folder. Put the new one in and everything works except I cannot change keybinds for some reason. Left, up and right arrows open the PDA. There's no way to access the tools like the scanner so the game is still largely unplayable


r/subnautica • • 17h ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question Video Guide - How to find scannable Empedocles' Kelp, Subnautica 2 Spoiler

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19 Upvotes

Made for a user who has trouble finding it, now up for everyone if they need it.


r/subnautica • • 9h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions I would rather not play with fish Spoiler

4 Upvotes

r/subnautica • • 1d ago

SN - Discussion/Questions What a masterpiece Spoiler

109 Upvotes

I just finished Subnautica 1 and I have to say some videogames are definitely works of art and Subnautica is one of them.

I delved so deep into the world of the game that i forgot the mechanics and that it is a game that tries to sell its world to the player. I was immersed in the world and the fauna and species that i slowly discovered. I kept myself away from spoilers and really took my time to explore, build, expand, and slowly progress through the game. I really felt as part of this alien planet.

The graphics and the physics of the water look insane for 10 years ago that the game was made!

I finished the game and found myself really wanting more after 50-60 hours of gameplay, I want to find more about the lore around the game. I've looked all pieces of trivia, easter eggs, real eggs and I find myself wanting more. I've never felt such a lack of satiation after finishing a game.

I'd love a documentary on the game or long interviews and playthroughs of the devs to see how they built what they built, there's a world to explore behind this masterpiece and I feel the game and the team is not loved enough. It's as closest to an alien planet I've ever felt and it's not even a movie you get to play the main character and explore yourself.

What a privilege videogames are.


r/subnautica • • 18h ago

SN - Meme I will hunt it down Spoiler

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7 Upvotes

(Major Spoilers for Metroid Dread)


r/subnautica • • 23h ago

Hardcore - SN playing since 2019, never beat hardcore Spoiler

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16 Upvotes

First time for everything. Almost died to a crash fish, didnt even move and it did 5%. Also had the traditional warper issues, and a ghost peeked through the cave wall while I was getting ghost weed, bout 10 feet from me. Last time i attempted, i died to being near a heat vent in the bulb zone, i thought only the middle of it hurt you that bad.

Just kept my base in the shallows, two moon pools and a large room. Also, if you read this far, you get the secret ending. My habitat builder glitched i think? it didnt need a battery while I was in my base. dead batter or no battery, it just worked. as soon as i left the base, the no power notice would show up and it wouldnt work anymore, like usual. never seen that.


r/subnautica • • 1d ago

Base - SN should i remove the glass tube? Spoiler

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185 Upvotes

do i remove the observatory cause the leviathans dont even spawn when im in it and i could probably use that glass for other things


r/subnautica • • 1d ago

BZ - Discussion/Questions Below Zero is a weird game Spoiler

96 Upvotes

I finished Below Zero in 24 hours. When the end cutscene played if you asked me my feelings I'd say it was a neat game with a lot of problems I likely wouldn't return to.

But, near the start I began picking up pictures and posters and all the little decorative items. I'd pressed through the game quicker than normal to have it done before playing Subnautica 2, and after a buggy crash filled experience with my buddy I realized I had a lot more time before I would be really digging into Subnautica 2. So I came back to spend maybe an hour to decorate my base and be done with it. I have since put in 10 more hours with many more on the horizon. I want to shout out the hero of the decoration that really bought me in, the jukebox. Hearing fan songs from creators I'd heard years ago was really nice and make the whole decoration stage really chill. The atmospheric music in the game is nice, but when you are doing the menial stuff inside, it's nice to have a radio to listen to.

I want to get some criticism out of the way because they exist. The game is smaller, the sea monkey nests felt like odd places to find the fragments especially for upgrades, the land segment being split by the bridge with one side being the side story and the other being the main story, the snow fox has no reason to exist, the thumper is not nearly useful enough and since it was assumed you'd use many there are few uses for magnetite in the game, the mercenary is a massive plot hole, and the fact you can leave without ever completing any segment of the side story.

The Seatruck is the first thing I really want to dig into because it's an anxiety crisis. You get the Seatruck early and it's too big and slow to match the Seamoth. You can't fit it into as many squeezes which then left caves inaccessible without larger tanks or the oxygen plants. Then you start adding modules and it should act like a Cyclops. However the lack of customization left much to be desired compared to the incredible utility the Cyclops could provide. My main thought was with food, in my cyclops one indoor growbed could keep my food and water up, but without passing over a number of bladderfish you won't get the same value from an aquarium and fabricator module combo. The most intrusive problem however was the shocking and depth upgrades. The Seamoth could shock leviathans, but it couldn't reach you to the end of the game. The Seatruck was available all the way to the bottom. I first entered the red crystal cavern with a prawn suit and the Shadows there were intimidating, having to tuck away to repair to get deeper. Then on my next attempt with all the endgame supplies I came down in the Seatruck. The second a Shadow grabbed me I was a button click into freedom with no damage. However with the Seatruck being the primary mobility vehicle of the game, taking it away would feel clunky. I personally think the Seatruck shouldn't have been able to reach into the red crystal cavern, but overall it is just a signal to how the Seatruck struggled to figure out what vehicle it was trying to be.

The creatures of Below Zero though, I found to be much more interesting. Don't get me wrong, the Reaper is iconic and you won't find something as intimidating in Below Zero. But man, the Chelicerate was such a cool creature. It was neat every time I saw its shadow lingering around. The other main hostile leviathan, the Shadow Leviathan, was so interesting. I had seen them before in plenty of videos about leviathans. But nothing could have prepared me for seeing it come up from the purple crystals and wind around its territory from the outside. I saved my game immediately as I had a feeling I wouldn't be coming back to the surface. The Vent Garden was such a neat find as well. I didn't spend a lot of time near it because of the Chelicerate over there, but I will be building a base there in a bit.

Below Zero is weird because nothing seemed as individually impressive as the og Subnautica. The story wasn't as good as the original. The vehicles weren't as interesting. The game felt more rushed. But of the two games, I find myself wanting to come back to Below Zero more often than wanting to return to the original game.


r/subnautica • • 1d ago

Picture - SN Primeira vez terminando subnautica. Bom jogo! Spoiler

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12 Upvotes

A todos os que encontrarem, um bom jogo pra vocês!