Subnautica: Below Zero

The expansion pack is an upcoming paid DLC for Subnautica. The full release date is currently planned for mid 2019. Currently all that is known is that the Arctic Biome will be a large part of the game, possibly the entire map.

The Arctic expansion will be a separate game mode with a different protagonist rather than Ryley Robinson, and takes place in a separate map. It will also be set in a time period after Ryley Robinson has escaped Planet 4546B.

Confirmed Features

Features that have been confirmed through various means.

• Arctic Biome
• New protagonist
• New Fauna, Flora, and Biomes
• Penguin-like creature
• The Vesper
• “Glow Whale”
• New, not yet known vehicle

Potential Features

Features that the developers are still experimenting with that may not be in the final build.

• "Squid Shark” creature
• Rock Puncher
• Arctic Reefback Leviathan
• "Pinnicarid" (Anomalocaris-like creature)
• Weather System

Gallery

• Rock puncher

  Developer Andreas Urwalek testing the Rock Puncher

• Glow whale

  Glow whale testing with a placeholder model

• Pingu

  Experimenting with a placeholder penguin-like creature model

• Pingu 2

  More experimentation with a placeholder penguin-like creature model

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  "Arctic Reefback Leviathan" - by Alex Ries

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  Arctic squid-like creature (possibly Penguin Version A) - by Alex Ries

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  "Alien Penguin Version B" - by Alex Ries

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  ”Alien Penguin 5” the final penguin design - by Alex Ries

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  "Pinnicarid" - by Alex Ries

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  "Squidshark 06" - by Alex Ries

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  The Rock Puncher, possibly to be added to the expansion pack.

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  The unnamed female protangonist confirmed to be in the Expansion Pack

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  Concept Art for the Glow Whale

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  Concept art of the Arctic Biome - by Cory Strader

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  Concept art of the Twisty Bridges - by Cory Strader