Achievements

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Achievements are a feature of Subnautica. There are a total of 17 Achievements to obtain, which range from three difficulties to earn. Achievements that are relatively easy to obtain are listed in green, medium difficulty Achievements are listed in yellow, and Achievements that are harder to obtain are listed in red.

If the console is opened and/or Console Commands are used, Achievements will be disabled and can not be earned in the world from then on. The only way to counter this is to create a new world.

Getting Your Feet Wet Dive for the very first time How to obtain: The easiest Achievement to earn, one must simply exit Lifepod 5 via the bottom hatch or jump into the water via the top hatch.

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Settling in for the Long Haul Build a habitat How to obtain: The player has to construct a Seabase module, which requires the Habitat Builder to build.

Extinction Event Avoided Repair the Aurora's Drive Core How to obtain: The player has to fix the breaches in the Aurora's drive core.

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Ancient Technologies Find the Enforcement Platform How to obtain: The player has to reach the Mountain Island and find the Quarantine Enforcement Platform.

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Personal Propulsion Construct a Seamoth How to obtain: The player has to build a Seamoth.

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Ordered the Prawn Build a Prawn Suit How to obtain: A Prawn Suit must be built in order to obtain this Achievement.

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Seaside Living with an Ocean View Find the Degasi habitat on the floating island How to obtain: The player has to discover Degasi Seabase on the Floating Island.

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Follow the Degasi Find the Degasi habitat in the jellyshroom cave How to obtain: The player must discover the Degasi Seabase in the Jellyshroom Cave.

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Seamonsters Find the Degasi habitat in the deep grand reef How to obtain: The player must find the Degasi Seabase in the Deep Grand Reef.

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"Man's Best Friend" Find and hatch a cutefish egg How to obtain: The player must find one of the scattered Cuddlefish Eggs around the world, and hatch it.

40-foot Sub For One Build a cyclops How to obtain: The player must own a Cyclops.

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Follow the Lost River Find the Disease Research Facility How to obtain: The player has to discover the Disease Research Facility in the Lost River.

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Thermal Activity Find the Thermal Plant How to obtain: The player must discover the Alien Thermal Plant inside the Lava Castle.

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Fourteen Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Find the Primary Containment Facility How to obtain: The player must find and enter the Primary Containment Facility in the Lava Lakes.

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Optimal Health Cure the infection How to obtain: The player must communicate with the Sea Emperor Leviathan and hatch the Sea Emperor Infants in order to obtain Enzyme 42.

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Leave Only Time Capsules Create and deploy a time capsule How to obtain: A Time Capsule must be constructed and left in the world for another player to discover.

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Go Among the Stars Launch the neptune rocket How to obtain: The player must find the blueprint, and construct the Neptune Escape Rocket, and escape from Planet 4546B.