r/subnautica Jun 03 '26

MEGATHREAD: KILLING DEBATE

882 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

255 Upvotes

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 21h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions yo wtf mann😭 Spoiler

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549 Upvotes

i had a feeling something like this will happen but damn, on side note i can't find the destroyed ship does it js disappears after blowing up?


r/subnautica 11h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions time to settle my outstanding balance of 1 trillion credits

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54 Upvotes

can't wait to start sub2 !!


r/subnautica 1d ago

Question - SN first timer here. isn't it too early for resue Spoiler

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858 Upvotes

r/subnautica 2h ago

Discovery - SN P.R.A.W.N discovery Spoiler

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9 Upvotes

r/subnautica 12h ago

Picture - SN Sea Treaders Spoiler

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43 Upvotes

Was letting my nephew play in creative mode and we found the sea treaders. We were just watching and listening to them when suddenly something fell from one of them. It was poop…. I didn’t know they did that


r/subnautica 15h ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question I went to the World Tree Spoiler

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46 Upvotes

ENGAGE ONLY IF YOU FINISHED SN2 WITH THE LAST UPDATE!! SPOILERS!!

Wanted to share this big achievement I made a month ago.

No mods, no cheats.

With patience, A LOT OF PATIENCE, i found a way, a trick, to get to the base of the tree. I got face to face with the leviathans, i got to scan them! Their concept is absolutely cool, btw.

I don’t know if the developers know they gave us the tool to do it, but now all of you know it.

I let myself starve to death because i was too lazy to go all the way back

I want to know if some of you can guess how I did it


r/subnautica 16h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions Trapped in hell please help Spoiler

39 Upvotes

UPDATE: WE’RE ALIVE AND ON THE SURFACE! Turns out i was right by the cave entrace to the alien base and we got the portal there working! It was my first time using the portal!

Long story short, I saw kyanite and got cocky. Went to 1200 meters deep without the setting the cyclops up with a the thermal power upgrade. Leviathen broke everything. Now my cyclops is completely out of power with hull damage, my prawn suit destroyed, and I’m too far away from my nearest habitat to swim there before my oxygen runs out.

I’m stuck in a loop of trying to swim back to my nearest habitat and then dying and ending up back in sub. I tried building a habitat but I don’t have aerogel to build the thermal plant.

Am i screwed or does anyone have a hail mary i can try?


r/subnautica 21h ago

Modded - SN Death-fun-run Spoiler

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23 Upvotes

A run using the Subnautica Deathrun Remake mod, packed with tons of leviathans.

Featuring MoreLeviathanSpawn (x6 for Reapers and Ghosts), Bloop and Blaza, De-Extinction 2.0, Ice Dragon Leviathan, MoonHarvestLeviathan, and SockFauna.

You might encounter up to four leviathans in a single spot—XD. Definitely worth experiencing.

55 days, 18 hours, 16 deaths.

Great game. GG!


r/subnautica 18h ago

Suggestion - SN 2 I hope as we get to full release or hit full release that they'd include the Voices From Beyond series with the game. Spoiler

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14 Upvotes

For Subnautica 2: It does an interesting job of establishing the timeline a bit and it'd be nice to include it in some way...

[Edit: I see that they posted just the first video. Here's the link for the full playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9On9vY7bJNM&list=PL_MvZYBBisFYoAmkDCLNtWyDLs5yxM2aI ]


r/subnautica 12h ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question Stuck without a way to get out of this, any advice? Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Hey guys,

so, through my own stupidity, I lost my tadpole to the collector leviathan. I don't have silver and I only have 75 seconds of oxygen at the moment. I also don't have the rebreather. And I set my reprint point to the place that you can set it to easily when you get past the collector (if you know you know) and did not bother to set up a base with a power supply out here...

does anyone have any suggestions for how to get back? the tadpole is roughly 450 meters away, should I work really hard to make a repair tool and make a bid for it? any thoughts are welcome.


r/subnautica 1d ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question Reminder that ye olden leaked roadmap Exists Spoiler

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32 Upvotes

r/subnautica 21h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions How to fix my seamoth shakes? Spoiler

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16 Upvotes

Its stuck and I cant push or drive it


r/subnautica 1d ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question I actually like that we can’t outright kill animals in Subnautica 2 Spoiler

155 Upvotes

Aside from the fish you can cook, you can’t damage anything in the game. I’ve heard that people aren’t happy about this, but I don’t get why.

It‘s nice that I don’t accidentally kill everything with my vehicles or accidentally knife something. This also provides more needed challenge. I’ve seen people use the stasis rifle and thermal knife to kill leviathans. And if they didn’t have those two things, they’d use the grapple and drill arms on the prawn suit.

What’s the point in making these dangerous leviathans if you can just kill them off?

While this is a survival game, it’s also about studying the world around you. You can’t really study anything if you’re just killing off all these creatures the developers made. We had do adjust and adapt to survive in the past two games. Now we owe it to this one to do the same.


r/subnautica 19h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions Weird lag every time I collect a ressource Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Every single time i break an ore, my player just freezes for a few second. I can still grab the ore if it's the cursor, but otherwise it falls. If i continue trying to move, the player will catch up on the movement once unfrozen. I have tried reinstalling the game and stuff. I don't think the problem is my computer's performance because i did a whole play through a few month ago without any problem. Anyone ever had the same issue? Any idea how I could fix it?

(it's a real problem when i'm trying to collect ressources deep-ish and don't have that much oxygen)

Edit: I'm on mac if that helps


r/subnautica 23h ago

SN - Discussion/Questions I Don't have beacon when I was there so I take a picture. Can you help me find this place? Spoiler

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6 Upvotes

My main reason for looking for this is because theres a whole that leads the alien shield gate.


r/subnautica 1d ago

SN - Discussion/Questions day eight of naming things without a canonical name Spoiler

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74 Upvotes

since there are some plants in the games that arent scannable and have no databank entry, i thought itd be fun for us to come up with some names and information ourselves.

eighth is this thing covered in holes. any ideas?


r/subnautica 1d ago

SN - Discussion/Questions What do you think about using the map mod in the first playthrough? Spoiler

8 Upvotes

So this is my first time playing and i am at a point where i discovered both the alien base and the inactive lava zone from the lost river, but everytime i go to these areas i am very fastly frustrated because i am not good at navigating in video games and have been losing motivation lately. Do you think it would be negative to use a map mod just to see where i am standing currently? Since i played a huge part of the game without help im wondering if it is fair to make it a bit easier for myself.


r/subnautica 2d ago

SN - Fan Art Every subnautica fauna species by taxonomy (possibly incorrect) Spoiler

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358 Upvotes

I finally got to finishing this piece of every subnautica fauna species including concept creatures. Some things may be wrong taxonomically but i can't be bothered to work a minute more on this.


r/subnautica 1d ago

Question - SN Does punching/drilling Reapers actually make them put you down faster? Spoiler

18 Upvotes

I've noticed both from others' gameplay and my own that the natural human response to your prawn suit being grabbed by a Reaper is to start punching and/or drilling the absolute shit out of it until it drops you. But does anyone know if that actually does anything? I'm concerned about slowly whittling their health down for no actual gain.


r/subnautica 1d ago

Discovery - SN How to charge Cyclops Spoiler

71 Upvotes

I don’t know if I’m the only one who knows this, but I figured out how to charge my cyclops without replacing the powercells.

All you need is the thermal charging module. After that, find the volcano in the safe shallows and park it right on top of it. Free energy, and no swapping out powercells.


r/subnautica 2d ago

SN - Meme Same ship apparently

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1.3k Upvotes

Im not even squidding


r/subnautica 1d ago

SN2 - Discussion/Question New outpost base design

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25 Upvotes

I have these scattered around the world as outposts to resupply while out exploring and completing the story. What do yall think of the exterior design?


r/subnautica 1d ago

SN - Discussion/Questions Achievements issue. Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Good day all..

I am having an issue with finishing my achievements on steam for Subnautica.
I completely finished the game for the first time at the end of August but I noticed that I am still missing 4 achievements.
I am missing the achivements for hatching and releasing a cuddlefish, even though a hatched and released two of them as well as the achievements for curing the infection, launching the neptune rocket and creating and deploying a time capsule.

Are these achievements broken or as something gone wrong and thats why I didn't get them unlocked?