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Oxygen (O2) is a gas that is needed by the player to survive. When diving the player uses a reserve of oxygen that diminishes over time. The Oxygen reserve automatically replenishes whenever the player comes back to the surface, enters a submarine, or a seabase. Oxygen can also be replenished by swimming through bubbles produced by Purple Brain Coral.

The HUD indicator for the player's Oxygen supply is on the left side of the screen. The player has a base reserve of 40 units of Oxygen but this can be expanded by using tanks which allow an additional 30 units for every tank used. The maximum Oxygen supply is 400 units after using 12 tanks. When the Oxygen reserves are empty, the screen slowly fades to black and after about 6 seconds, the player dies and respawns.

In all non-Hardcore game modes, there are alerts for when the player has 30 seconds and 10 seconds of Oxygen remaining. However, the 30 seconds alert doesn't play unless the player has a tank equipped.

Depth is a factor that effects Oxygen consumption. When diving less than 200m the player will consume one unit per second however when diving 200m or deeper the consumption is two units per second. While the depth effect is supposed to be counteracted by equipping a Rebreather as of 07/05/15 the rebreather does not affect Oxygen consumption.

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-Diving is the most important thing you do in ''Subnautica''. '''Oxygen '''(O2) is needed to breathe underwater, and the player only has a very limited reserve. The '''Oxygen''' automatically replenishes whenever the player comes back to the surface, enters a submarine or a [[Seabases|seabase]]. '''Oxygen''' can also be replenished by swimming through bubbles produced by [[Purple Brain Coral|Purple Brain Corals]].
+'''Oxygen ''' (O2) is a gas that is needed by the player to survive. When diving the player uses a reserve of '''oxygen''' that diminishes over time. The '''Oxygen''' reserve automatically replenishes whenever the player comes back to the surface, enters a submarine, or a [[Seabases|seabase]]. '''Oxygen''' can also be replenished by swimming through bubbles produced by [[Purple Brain Coral]].
-The HUD indicator for the player's '''Oxygen''' supply is on the left side of the screen. When the '''Oxygen''' reserves are empty, the screen slowly fades to black and after about 6 seconds, the player dies and respawns.
+The HUD indicator for the player's '''Oxygen''' supply is on the left side of the screen. The player has a base reserve of 40 units of '''Oxygen''' but this can be expanded by using [[Tank|tanks]] which allow an additional 30 units for every tank used. The maximum '''Oxygen''' supply is 400 units after using 12 tanks. When the '''Oxygen''' reserves are empty, the screen slowly fades to black and after about 6 seconds, the player dies and respawns.
-In all non-Hardcore [[Game Modes|game modes]], there are alerts for when the player has 30 seconds and 10 seconds of '''Oxygen''' remaining. However, the 30 seconds alert doesn't play until the player has acquired [[Tank|tanks]] to boost their '''Oxygen''' capacity beyond the default values.
+In all non-Hardcore [[Game Modes|game modes]], there are alerts for when the player has 30 seconds and 10 seconds of '''Oxygen''' remaining. However, the 30 seconds alert doesn't play unless the player has a tank equipped.
-The [[depth|deeper]] the player is, the more '''Oxygen''' is used up, meaning that the reserves of '''Oxygen''' deplete faster. This can be counteracted by equipping a [[Rebreather]].
+[[Depth]] is a factor that effects '''Oxygen''' consumption. When diving less than 200m the player will consume one unit per second however when diving 200m or deeper the consumption is two units per second. While the depth effect is supposed to be counteracted by equipping a [[Rebreather]] as of 07/05/15 the rebreather does not affect '''Oxygen''' consumption.
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