Top 5 Base Locations in Subnautica Below Zero in 2023

These are 5 most beautiful locations to build a base in Subnautica: Below Zero, as well as some base building tips to make the most out of them.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Twisty Bridges (-375, -116, -353) (10-120m)
3:17 Glacial Basin (-1156, 5, -603) (5m above)
6:12 Purple Vents (81, -33, -550) (33m )
9:01 Crystal Cave (166, -546, -553) (546m)
11:57 Lily Pads (215, -200, -1128) (200m)

My Top 5 Locations to build a base in original Subnautica 2.0 update:

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[AswordZ]

my favorite base location is near the life pod cuz nobody is trying to eat u lol

[partylifedude]

It would be nice if you could have the base struts go up, so you can have a base that hangs off the ceiling of a cave rather than standing on the floor. And have the glass dome on the bottom with a glass floor. That would be cool to put underneath a glacier or in the crystal cave.

[dpwellman]

Interesting list. One location I found was... on land, near a lake that, I think had a waterfall at one end. I liked it so much, I essentially quit playing.

[partylifedude]

The first location you suggested is basically the exact spot I put my base in during my first playthrough the last few days.

[AloisAgos]

I personally like building in the cotton anenome caves. 24/7 illumination, lots of resources, few threats outside the the Lily Paddlers and maybe one Spike Trap, and easy access to the surface if you build right in the central entrance area.

[theflock]

Middle of the twisty bridges near the surface is amazing as it’s close to most starter biomes with plenty resources and has lots of fish and flora, also the view is amazing.

[arellajardin]

I'm going to be boring, and say the Sparse Artic. The area sandwiched between the starting area, the Glacial Bay, and the Kappa Mines. This is not a convenient site, as there's little resources and you havecto go around the island to get to the most important stuff. But it's shallow, flat, and very safe. You can build an expansive base with little to get in the way, and the local penguins and titanhole fish make for nice company. The water is a clear blue, there's ice flows above you for a glass dome view. You can even extend up onto the ice above water.

[Crowlex]

Y'all are sleeping on building in the tree spires, the view of the Ventgardens is insane!

[tausendsonnen]

How much I love the sounds from the reefbacks

[loekiouwerkerk]

Been searching for a good location. This really helped! I like how you go from beginner locations to locations for more skilled players. Really nice thanks!

[xorngoh]

I built near the edge of the Twisty Bridges, right next to this floating Alterra platform where you can find a Mineral Detector, and underwater the platform you can find this broken electric cable and broken metal cage thing. This area is safe with no predators, got lots of fish just outside the base, near the kelps for easy access to Clustervine and its seed. Being near the kelps also mean being near the underwater cave area where I can get Root Pastules for the Bioreactor. A whooping 700 energy provided for just 1 single slot! Just above the base there are many ice sheets when I build upwards.
If I need resources, the Twisty Bridges is just right in front of my door, allowing me to get Quartz, Titanium, Lead, Silver and sometimes Gold. Then if I want to get rarer materials, I can always dive straight down into the Deep Twisty Bridges. I never liked going there to be honest because I hate Squidsharks more than the Chelicerates. I don't mind being attacked in the Seatruck to be honest, for the defense system is there to scare them off and the Seatruck is way way more durable than the Seamoth. What I don't like is being EMPed and then had to sit in the vehicle with no power like a sitting duck. This is why I hate Crabsquids in the original Subnautica too, right after Warpers.
In the original Subnautica, I built in the Grassy Plateau. The sound of the Reefbacks is a welcoming sound. I hear that after returning from those god awful places like Deep Grand Reef or Blood Kelp Zone or Crash Zone or the Dunes or Lost River or Lava Zone and I can finally feel safe.

[natthemadgirl]

I'm planning to build a base at the overlap of lillypad island/ purple vents/ the purple tree place. There's a lovely vent garden... Oh and a massive shrimp

[Jooklz]

Love the little Jacksepticeye reference with the deep down, dark deep down

[stevenramseyuhu]

If you build in the purple crystal caves you are a masochist. I don’t know what they did to the shadow leviathans AI but they hunt me insanely fast.

[henryfontaine]

My Top 5 Locations are: Twisty Bridges, Sparce arctic (Eye Jelly swarm), Lilypad Islands (right above Omega resarch), The Biome below Lilypad Islands (That weird red thing), Crystal Caves (near Fabricator cavern) Maybe not in that order but clearly those 5

[Auxified]

I built my base on one of the eastern glaciers and brought a vertical connector down to the water. Was a fun idea, but I came to dislike how hail would come through the ceiling, and even underwater the view was mostly empty.

[chrxss]

Really nice video. I love the way you built these bases

[partylifedude]

Do you have the structural integrity stuff turned off? I notice I can't have too many windows before rooms start filling with water. But if I add reinforcements to one room, it affects the entire base. So I have my production and reactor area heavily reinforced so I can have more windows in the living area of the base.

[MrJAME]

ONE reminder for building base in the Cave of Shadow Laviatian will be noticed this kinda creature will exploded time by time ur ' vechicle and prawn suit otherwise build Moonpool outside to dock them in base and for energy power I suggest nuclear power and bio power only.

[makkaallthedevious]

I like to have my base at the tree spires. Because you get a Nice view on the yelly thing, and the levithans.