Crater Edge

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

― PDA, Dialogue

The Dead Zone is an area that borders the entire map of Subnautica, which currently has no use. It is the area beyond the drop off of a massive volcano, which is where the story of Subnautica is set atop of.

The Dead Zone is the end of the map and has a small amount of unfinished terrain at 3000 meters depth. Past that terrain there is another, seemingly infinite drop.

Multiple adult Ghost Leviathans live in the Dead Zone, where they act as a deterrent for wandering players going outside of the playable area.

Description

True to its name, The Dead Zone is a large open ocean devoid of any flora, coral, and all but one fauna species.

Fauna

• Ghost Leviathan

Data Bank Entry

Geological scans of this area show a steep decline in all directions. This data is consistent with the theory that that the Aurora crashed on the edge of a 2km x 2km volcanic crater. It has likely been millenia since an eruption reached the surface, encouraging the ecosystem within the crater to flourish. The ecology of the trench surrounding the crater supports only two kinds of life: microscopic, and leviathan class. Exploration is ill-advised.

Gallery

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  Drop off into the Dead Zone from the Grand Reef

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  The Dead Zone drop off from the Mountains

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  Terrain at the bottom of the Dead Zone

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  A group of Ghost Leviathans in the Dead Zone

Trivia

• Sea Dragon Leviathans, among other fauna, were planned to spawn in the Dead Zone at one point, but this idea was scrapped.