Subnautica Lore: Crater Edge | Video Game Lore

In today's episode of Video Game Lore, we'll be diving back into Subnautica and exploring one of its most inhospitable biomes: The Crater Edge. I'll tell you everything we know about the place, what inhabits it, how deep you can explore - and some other details you may have missed!

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[swifty]

I think it's more scary to hear "Warning: entering ecological dead zone, adding report to data bank." Than to actually see a ghost leviathan.

[pottoust]

if there is going to be a void type of place in below zero, i wouldnt want there to be a leviathan that already exists in the game. i would want it to be one gigantic creature like the giant skeletal remains in the lost river

[adamoop]

"Entering ecologically dead zone"
Yep OK let's turn around and go bai

[jonnyvue]

The deepest part of Earth's own ocean is actually over 10, 000m. Imagine try going that deep in real life.

[Neo_Silver]

The planet is massive compared to the 2x2 kilometer crater we get to play in, and we see evidence of this when we fly off using the Neptune Escape Rocket, where when completing the "slingshot manuever" to launch to the nearest  gateway, we can see the two dry islands, which are close together and are probably the size of Hawaii compared to the planet. So, we can safely assume either nothing or much, much more lives past Crater's Edge.
Maybe as far down as 10, 000 kilometers is the seabed, where more various, new types of fauna live. New leviathans, fish, plants, and maybe a new alien... I think (and I know Below Zero is coming out, but) this would make a wonderful DLC. Explore past the volcanic crater you've known to find beasts of unimaginable sizes and shapes, passive and aggressive, dangerous and pleasantly safe.
If this to not be a DLC (which is most likely), than maybe a Gargantuan Leviathan would fit this empty, endless dark zone. Evolution from the millions of years of living past Crater's Edge due to being forced out there because of the shrinking geography of the map, they have taken to a lifestyle like that of the Sea Emporer and Ghost Leviathan, feasting on microscopic plankton and prey. Even though massive and beyond looking peaceful, this monstrosity is fretful and territorial, not used to empty, dark living conditions yet.
If straying too deep or too far out past Crater's Edge, somehow dodging Ghost Leviathans, the player begins to hear the earsplitting calls of the nervous Gargantuan Leviathan. Eventually the player will inevitably run into it, and, to return the player to the map, it gobbles them up on a single gulp to get rid of this beasts thought of "threat, " the player.
Of course, the player would not see more than one at a time, due to the almost-extinct condition they'd be in, where I think there should only be one of the Gargantuan Leviathans per side of the square map. This would balance it out.
OK I know this is long but I've wanted to talk about it for a while, and I know the game is in full-release already, so none if this I'd likely to happen. But ya know, wishful thinking...

[gigagogagagio]

I personally think the entire map is on top of a reefback

[pdaa]

"Warning: Entering ecological dead zone. Adding report to databank."

[mellomoose_]

first time i found the craters edge i was swimming on the top of the water. my brother told me if i went in this direction i would find the island. after swimming for a couple minutes i hear the ghost leviathan i look down...and theres two ghost leviathans swimming up at me. it was the scariest thing ive seen in any video game.

[ghostly.]

If you actually imagine that it actually is a crater and somewhere down there there are biomes and animals plants stuff.. woah

[sharkman-pkto]

I love how the devs decided to add the edge instead of just having an invisible wall.

[absolutelyshmooie]

Employee 1: how do we have the map end?
Employee 2: we don’t
Employee 1: wait what?
Employee 2: FRIKK IT PUT A BUNCH OF FUDGING LEVIATHANS

[TechnicallyRenz]

Imagine if the Crater Edge was actually the mouth of an *EXTREMELY LARGE* Reaper Leviathan

[fowardslashmax.]

Whenever I go to the pool with my siblings I tell them that deep end of the pool is called the craters edge, and if you stay there to long a monster will come to you and eat you. I’m such a good brother

[bobtheghostleviathan]

Btw sea dragons always wake me up cuz my cave is near the lava zone and i see these robot things that are fun to-attack what they

[Cristian_that_artist]

I have a deep phobia of deep endless ocean. Especially when I cant se below me. When i visited the dead zone and I heard the ghost leviathans I was completely shook.

[HappyGingerWolf]

The teleport happens at 8192 which is the 13 bit integer limit (2¹³). This is probably the largest value that the game can handle. My guess is that your height is stored in 14 bits with 2 for parity, meaning the sky is as high as the ocean is deep.

[namelessking]

This place reminded me Subnautica is a terror game! And with all these facts you proved it even more

[DustGundam]

So basically
My aunt was playing the game for me and she needed to go to the gun island and she kinda'over shot the location of it and then heard -warning entering ecological dead zone-the last thing my eyes saw where the sea moth being yeeted across the dead zone by the big ghost boi.

[advoneus]

I like how instead of just putting an invisible wall or stopping the player, the devs created lore and made something out of it. Also hey its honestly crazy how you're responding to comments 5 years later, that's insane dedication.

[theyelloweyed]

This was an interesting and fun video to watch! Lovr these lore videos.