Floating Island

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This article is about the Floating Island. You may be looking for the Mountain Island or the Underwater Islands.

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Picking up multiple faint energy signatures on the island's surface. File:FloatingIslandIntro.ogg

― PDA, Dialogue

The Floating Island is a unique island biome in Subnautica. It is located towards the southwest of the Aurora. It is a large landmass completely supported by ancient Floaters located underneath the Island.

The Floating Island was the rendezvous point for survivors of the Aurora, However, only two made it: Second Officer Keen, and CTO Yu. Keen left behind a signal for the rendezvous point at Lifepod 19.

The Floating Island was also the residence of the Degasi Survivors for a small while. There, they constructed a main base, which has been partially covered by a mudslide. Two smaller observatories doubling as small farms, and a larger farm on the other side of the Island.

Description

The Floating Island is fully explorable and quite hot; the temperature on this island reaches upwards of 40°C. The island boasts a grand variety of colorful, terrestrial flora that covers most of the Island's surface. It can be accessed from one the main beach or via the underwater entrance at its center. The Island is a good source of edible plants, namely the Lantern Tree, Marblemelon, and Chinese Potato, which are exclusive to this Island and can be found in various abandoned growbeds.

The Alien Arch Cache can be found in a large cave near the centre of the Island. It has two entrances. The first is a little inaccessible. It can be found on a small ledge just above the large lake in the middle. The second is found in a small lump in the ground. This one is much easier to access but harder to find. The Arch inside links to the Mountain Island Arch Cache.

Lithium crystals, along with salt deposits can be found scattered across the Island.

There are also three abandoned seabases built by the survivors of the Degasi, one located at the center and one on each of the mountains of the Floating Island. To reach the two mountaintop seabases, follow the left fork on the dirt path near the beach. The path will fork again before a bridge crossing, with each fork leading to one of the two mountaintops. To reach the central seabase, take the right fork near the beach and follow it around the edge of the Island (It is also possible to simply climb down from one of the mountains to the central seabase). An abandoned farm constructed by Bart Torgal can also be found here next to a naturally made land bridge. It consists of Chinese Potato Plants and Marblemelons.

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• Bulbo Tree Sample
• Chinese Potato
• Fern Palm Seed
• Grub Basket Seed
• Jaffa Cup Seed
• Lantern Fruit
• Lithium
• Ming Plant Seed
• Pink Cap Spore
• Salt Deposit
• Speckled Rattler Spore

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• Cave Crawler
• Shoal of Fish
• Skyray

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• Bulbo Tree
• Chinese Potato Plant
• Fern Palm
• Grub Basket
• Grue Cluster
• Jaffa Cup
• Lantern Tree
• Marblemelon Plant
• Ming Plant
• Pink Cap
• Speckled Raffler
• Voxel Shrub

|-| Corals=

• Coral Shell Plate

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• Multipurpose Room
• Observatory

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Gallery

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  Overview

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  Another view of the Floating Island

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  Another view

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  The Floating Island's shore

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  The Floating Island at night

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  The substructure of the Floating Island.

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  Aerial shot of the Floating Island

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  The Floating Island at Dusk

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  A naturally formed rock arch on the Floating Island

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  Sunrise on the Floating Island

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  More of the thick undergrowth

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  The Floating Island's underwater entrance, viewed above the water surface

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  A great diversity of flora on the Floating Island

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  Various types of plants growing along the Floating Island's pathway

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  The Floating Island's remarkably dense vegetation

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  An extremely dense jungle on the Floating Island

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  A type of arboreal flora populating on the Floating Island abundantly

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  A view inside the Floating Island's small cave

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  The exit of the cave, leading to the Floating Island's'underwater entrance

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  Another path leading to the underwater entrance of the area

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  Ditto, viewed underwater

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  The Aurora viewed from the Floating Island

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  A sunset on the Floating Island

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  A Degasi Seabase on the Floating Island

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  The main Degasi Seabase

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  Concept Art

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