10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Subnautica

Ah, Subnautica . . . this beautiful game sparked a sense within me that few others have managed to achieve. From the moment I set foot outside of that lifepod for the very first time, I was hooked. I often find myself wishing I could go back in time and experience that feeling of wondrous terror for the first time once again. That being said, I’ve learned a lot in the hundreds of hours since my first playthrough, and I wish to impart some of that knowledge onto you. So without further ado, here are 10 things I wish I had known during my first playthrough of Subnautica . . . enjoy!

[TheLastBacon]

Only just got this recommended - great video! :)

[IamDaveDev]

Fun fact: the extra 10 seconds of oxygen was originally a bug, but the developers thought it was a good quality of life feature, so they kept it in.

[smactanya]

I honestly wish I could play this game for the first time again and at number 7 is literally the spot everyone goes through

[zachlandis]

Beacons are also useful because if you have one in your inventory, it will drop if you die, allowing you to locate your lost items easier

[vixendembny]

the scanner room is a super underutilized tool. for example, you can build one in the safe shallows and scan for stalker teeth, rather than farming them yourself.

[YouthRightsRadical]

Trick I found for Stalker Teeth:

Get five pieces of metal salvage and a gravity trap. Find a stalker and drop the salvage and the grav trap. The grav trap keeps the stalker and the salvage together and the stalker will be constantly dropping one piece of metal salvage to pick up a different piece. This produces a massive number of stalker teeth very quickly.

[abaddon]

1:45 in addtion to the +10 seconds, it can be a good idea to carry a couple of Bladderfish when either deep diving with limited oxygen tank or when exploring wrecks. Bladderfish, while being great for water in the beginning, can also be eaten raw and when you do so, they provide the player with 15 oxygen points.

[davegerald]

5:56 Do not ever hold a cuddle fish egg again, you have just lost that right.

[zenphir]

Im pretty sure that “secondary” entrance is the intended route, since it was the default entrance before the prawn bay was added.

[Stambo]

I got this game free on Epic game store because my son wanted to play it.
He kept asking me "how do I do this and that" so I installed it on my PC too.
I played for a short while and was hooked.
Several hundred hours later I keep going back and doing "Just one more play through".
When Below Zero came out I was happy to drop some cash and support the devs.

[hystericalgd]

i'd like to add to the reaper thing: if you want to be safe around reapers (and yes, this is a perfect tip for hardcore runs) always have uncooked peepers onhand. most of the times reapers will come at you, snatch the fish out of your hand, and then swim away for a short time period.

[MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

This is a trick that is used in speed runs but is actually part of the cote game on purpose: if you hold shift (or equivalent) when crafting you can stay in the crafting menu and navigate it while your item is being made. Its not insanely useful, but if you're making a lot of stuff that is multi layered crafting it can be useful for speeding it along.

[yhzjxth]

Did no one see him put 16 CUDDLEFISH EGGS?!?!

[slavking]

One of the funnest challenges is containing a reaper in a 'tank' by trapping it in a space enclosed by the big rooms since it was added to the original game. Such a joy looking at your pet leviathan in your improvised containment area and a real grind on your sanity when constructing such a big project😂

[oliverandom]

My tip: There is no need for a seamoth to get to the aurora. All you need is a seaglide, and you might not even need that. Simply climb on your lifepod, point yourself in the direction of the Aurora, and swim. This worked without fail for me many times. Its also the best way to find the capsized lifepod, forgot what it's called.

[ja-nozreaper]

3:50 also you can just use scaning room and if you have your base near kelp forest, you will find a lot of them.
5:52 monster.

[nutella]

I would recommend carrying 2 beacons at around the time when you get the cyclops (the huge submarine for you newbies) because you probably arent going to go back home after finding a single thing only

[laimis]

There is two more advanced tips with the reaper (that I found).
1. Before reaper approaches you they will not scream for a while.
2. They will most likely come from your back.


So when the reaper goes silent, turn around just in case.

P.S. The wiki and PDA also say that reapers will circle there pray before attacking.

P.S.2 great video I actually didn’t know that only one 3/4 metal salvage can yield stalker teeth and I thought that swimming in the water was faster, turns out it isn’t.

[nicholaslisle]

Use three scraps and a gravity trap for a stalker farm. Pick up any fish that is trapped and materials. Great stalker tooth farm. Though, be sure to collect the gravity trap when you are done. The stalkers will steal them.

[CompLoser]

4:45 “So if you have good timing, and a non-existent self-preservation instinct” 😂 Greatest beginning to any sentence ever