Update History (Subnautica)

This article's aim is to provide a timeline of the various updates to the stable version and the most important additions of certain updates.

2016

2016 January 28:

• Floodlight added
• 50 bugs fixed

2016 January 14: H2.O UPDATE

• New water graphics
• Scanner added
• Ocean environment updated
• Items now have proper 3D models
• Subtitles added

2015 ALPHA STAGE

2015 December 15:

• Wrecks added
• Laser Cutter added
• Posters added 

2015 November 5: SHOCKING UPDATE

• Shocker added
• Seaglide now has a maps module on top
• Picture Frame added
• Volume controls in the pause menu added
• PDA Log section added
• PDA gallery added
• Animation added
• Crabsnake added

2015 September 10: SEAMOTH UPDATE

• Seamoth now has an upgrade pannel
• Vortex Torpedoes added
• Electromagnetic Perimeter Defense added
• Seamoth Sonar module added
• Hull Reinforcement Module added
• Battery Expansion Module added
• Armour Plating Module added
• Seamoth can now be customized
• Upgrade Console added
• More caves added
• Mountains Biome added
• Koosh Zone extended
• Mushroom Forest extended

2015 August 6: HABITAT UPDATE

• Moon Pool added
• Observatory added
• Large compartments added
• Bulkhead doors added
• Small locker added
• Labels and Seabase names added

2015 June 19:

• Subnautica is now playable on apple computers
• Underwater Islands added
• Sparse Reef added
• Repulsion Cannon added

2015 May 28: ALTERRA SCIENCE UPDATE

• Modification Station added
• Propulsion Cannon added
• Survival Knife, Tank, and Fins can now be upgraded
• Cyclops's doors now open/close
• Cyclops now has an upgrade console
• Cyclops's lights improved
• Cyclops now has upgrades

2015 April 30: CRASH SITE UPDATE

• Aurora now explodes
• Radiation now spreads over time
• Reaper Leviathan added
• Radiation Suit added

2015 March 13:

• Seabases added

2015 February 25:

• Loot system updated

2015 February 5:

• Cyclops added

2015 January 16: DEV UPDATE 8

• In-game feedback system added
• Stasis Rifle added
• Terraformer added
• Load/Save added
• Menu updated
• Pipe added
• Air Bladder added
• Bleeder added
• Bone Shark added
• Compass added
• Inventory system updated
• Beacon is now craftable
• HUD updated

2014 PRE-ALPHA STAGE

2014 December 23: DEV UPDATE 7

• Gravsphere added
• Escape Pod storage added
• Now supports Oculus Rift DK2
• Storage cube added
• Oxygen replenishes faster

2014 December 16:

• Subnautica Early Access released

2014 December 7:

• Flare and Sand Shark added to Subnautica

2014 November 22:

• Floater added to Subnautica

2014 November 14:

• Deformable environment added

2014 November 5:

• Experimental Mode is added to Subnautica

2014 September 27:

• Gasopod is added to Subnautica

2014 September 5:

• Cyclops flooding is being developed

2014 August 23:

• Cyclops is announced and being developed

2014 July 8:

• Aurora is added to Subnautica

2014 April 24:

• Subnautica release at PAX still in Pre-alpha stage

2014 April 11:

• Subnautica created still in Pre-alpha stage