Revision as of 00:31, 7 April 2019

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.

Microsoft Code to Content program (selling keys in retail)
Full documented project postmortem

PC Updates

2018 Updates

Update 85

April 23rd, 2018

Fixed ingredient tooltip sometimes only showing the first three ingredients
Fixed Cyclops upgrade station text display
Fixed Cyclops upgrade station depth module icons
Fixed Cyclops thermal upgrade icon
Fixed physics bug with luggage bags in Cyclops
Fixed exiting vehicles while in ESC menu
Fixed enzyme cure ball being pickupable
Fixed kyanite crystal model
Fixed build drones bug with mobile vehicle bay
Fixed exosuit animation bug
Updated lots of translations

Update 83

March 8th, 2018

Main menu button texts update correctly when switching languages
In-game menu button text colors fixed
F8 panel fully translated
Cyclops flooding leak indicators now clearly outside of the hull
Controller navigation and selection boxes fixed
Builder menu usable with swapped mouse buttons
Lifepod fabricator lighting fixed
Cyclops hatch door collider fixed
Disallow poster placement where wall lockers are disallowed
Non-localized text removed from color customization terminal
Physics bugs with ion cubes and precursor keys fixed
End-game achievements now trigger
Lost river creatures now immune to brine
Player mask now correctly lit
Can not despawn Aurora by building a base next to it anymore
Seamoth hatch animation fixed
Changing quality settings in game reminds player to restart the game
Time capsule UI simplyfied
Pathfinder tool recipe adjusted
Entering exosuit while sprinting fixed

Official Release

January 23rd, 2018

Subnautica is officially completed and out of Early Access
Neptune Escape Rocket added
Ending sequence added
Time Capsule implemented
The Quarantine Enforcement Platform can now be disabled

2017 Updates

Eye Candy Update

December 7th, 2017

New graphics options
- Chromatic aberration
- Bloom
- Lens artefacts
- Dithering
- Motion blur
- Colour grading
- Depth of field
Over 250 bugs fixed, including the Lifepod drift
When drilling a Large Resource Deposit, drilled resources are automatically put in the inventory of the Prawn Suit
Bart Torgal, Paul Torgal, Marguerit Maida, Second Officer Keen, Ozzy, CTO Yu, Berkeley, Captain Hollister, Danby, Jochi Khasar and various Alterra crew now have voice actors and playable voice logs
Scanner Room overhaul
Dive Reel rework

Minor Update 80

October 31st, 2017

Multiple bugs removed
Improved performance

Low-Key Update 79

October 5th, 2017

Multiple bugs fixed
Achievements removed

Cuddlefish Update

September 14th, 2017

Cuddlefish added
Cuddlefish Eggs Implemented
New HUDs for Seamoth, Prawn and remotely operated cameras for the Cyclops and Scanner Room.
Cyclops Engine Efficiency Modules now cost one Computer Chip to fabricate

Ghost Update

File:Subnautica Ghost Update

August 21st, 2017

Ghost Leviathan added
Crash Zone Mesas added
Power Transmitter model added
Mountains/Bulb Zone Lost River Cavern added
PDA Interface enhanced
New Tooltips to indicate ingredients for recipes
Lifepod First Use Animations
Sea Treader Feces model implemented
New Cyclops Upgrade Module Slots
New Reaper Leviathan model added
Enzyme 42 model and cure animation added
Quarantine Enforcement Platform deactivation sequence added
Sea Emperor Leviathan (Babies) added
Sea Emperor Leviathan (Juveniles) added
New Sparse Reef and Dunes Wrecks added
Inactive Lava Zone tunnel in Crash Zone removed
Knives no longer damage bases
Crafting Tree reworked
Reaper Leviathan roar animation
Gravsphere renamed to Grav Trap
Lights added in Disease Research Facility Cavern entrance
Blood Kelp Trench widened
Tree Cove Lost River Cavern widened
Prawn Suit sit animation

Voice of the Deep

File:Subnautica Voice of the Deep Update

File:Subnautica Voice of the Deep Update Teaser

June 21st, 2017

Primary Containment Facility added
Sea Emperor Leviathan added
Sea Emperor Leviathan (Babies) added
Alien Pipe System added
- Alien Pipe System Vents implemented
Blue Barnacles added
Incubator Device added
Sea Emperor Leviathan Eggs added
Passive Predators (only in Aquarium) added
Hatching Enzymes implemented
Enzyme 42 added
New PDA UI
New Icon UI
Further Cyclops Improvements
New Habitat Builder Menu UI
New Bar Table model
New Lab Counter model
New Coffee Vending Machine model
New Trash Can model
Alien Relics added
Ghost Forest Warp Gate Cache added
Bulb Zone Teleporter Cache added
Crag Field extended
Lifepod 7 implemented
Toy Car implemented
An Unusual Doll implemented
Cyclops Thermal Reactor Module added
Air tanks no longer stackable
Ultra High Capacity Tank added
Lightweight High Capacity Tank added
Performance and Stability Fixes
Batteries and Power Cells now charge to appropriate levels
New Rebreather model
New Wiring Kit model
New Benzene model
New Polyaniline model
New Nutrient Block model
New models for loot cube items
Koosh Zone name now changed to "Bulb Zone"
Koosh Zone Caves -> Bulb Zone Caves
Koosh Bush -> Bulb Bush
Beacon HUD models changed

Silent Running Update

File:Subnautica Silent Running Update

April 28th, 2017

New HUD
- New Toolbar
- New Compass indicators
- New PDA UI
Data Boxes added
New resource models added
Big polish to Grassy Plateaus Caves
New Crabsnake Egg model
Crabsquid Egg added
Lava Lizard Egg added
Massive Cyclops Upgrades
- Added Creature Decoy
- New Damage Display
- Hologram Projector of Dangerous Creatures
- Speed Changes
- Built in Compass
- Cyclops can be destroyed
- Shield Module added
- Sonar Module added
- Fire Suppression Module added
- Decoy Tube Module added
- Docking Bay Repair Module added
- Cyclops Power Efficiency Module and Power Efficiency Module added
- Improved Controls
Sea Dragon Leviathan Egg added to Disease Research Facility
Crag Field Teleporter Cache
Mushroom Forest Teleporter Cache

Infected Update

File:Subnautica Infected Update

March 2nd, 2017

Primary Containment Facility exterior
Disease Research Facility interior
Lost River Laboratory added
Big polish to the Lost River Ghost Canyon
Self scanning implemented
The Kharaa Bacterium now infects the player
Added Crag Field biome
Improved Scanner Room map
PDA drag and drop implemented
Sea Dragon Leviathan, Ancient Skeleton, Disease Research Facility Skeletons implemented
New Crabsnake egg model implemented
Fixed Lava Larva hitbox
Lava Castle smoke implemented
Dunes Sinkhole revamped
Northern Blood Kelp Zone Alien Cache entrance made more visible
New Alien Robot animations
New Crabsquid animations
New Warper animations
New Hoverfish animations
New Bleeder animations
Sea Dragon Leviathan attacks revamped
Deep Grand Reef entrance tunnel to the Inactive Lava Zone removed

Castles & Coffee Update

File:Subnautica Castles & Coffee Update

January 26, 2017

Precursor Thermal Power Generator implemented
Lava Castle revamped and polished
Coffee Vending Machine implemented
- You can now get Coffee
Alien Drone implemented
Blue Alien Artifact implemented
Dunes Crater, Blood Kelp Dunes Transition And Blood Kelp Mountains transition added
New Vending Machine model
Snacks added
Beacon Manager implemented
Oxygen warning shortened
Ion Power Cell and Ion Battery implemented
Halved Seaglide light energy cost
Quartered Seaglide active energy cost
Removed frame-rate dependence problem with Seaglide energy usage
Removed Kyanite from Blood Kelp Zone (only drillable now)
You can now skip time by sleeping in Beds
New Gravsphere model and features
Removed Bases terraforming land
Luggage Bag storage implemented
Lab Trash Can and Trash Can now work
Blood Kelp Zone and Dunes Alien Caches implemented
New Air Bladder model and animations
Added Kyanite to recipe for 3rd stage of the rocket (resource sink)
Reaper Leviathan Skeletons implemented

2016 Updates

Precursor Update

File:Subnautica Precursor Update

December 15, 2016

Sunbeam implemented
- Avery Quinn's voice lines are implemented
Ion Crystals added
Quarantine Enforcement Platform added
Alien Warp Gates added
Purple Alien Tablet added
Precursor Artifact terminals added
Floating Island and Lost River polish
More Floating Island Beaches added
Fall Damage added
You can now use the PDA in vehicles
Sparse Reef Alien Cache implemented
Mountain Island's caves are expanded
HUD notifications for radio messages
New PDA updates for Wrecks
Continued work on optimization & stability improvements
Land-based movement improvements
Extensive loot balancing for player progression
Constructable Improvements
Special Giveaway Items

Bones Update

File:Subnautica Bones Update

File:Subnautica Xbox Bones Update

October 27, 2016

Lost River Ghost Tree Chamber added
Lost River Bones Field added
Lost River Junction added
Lost River Alien Base exterior added
New Pipe models added
New Reefback additions and improvements added
Mesmers are more mesmerising
Spine Eel implemented
New models for Reinforced Dive Suit and Stillsuit added
Subnautica now works on the HTC Vive

Dangerous Creatures

File:Subnautica Dangerous Creatures Update

September 22, 2016

Lost River - Tree Cove added
Sea Dragon Leviathan added
Warper added
Crabsquid EMP blast added
Heat damage added
Reinforced Dive Suit added
Ghostray added
Crimson Ray added
Deep Grand Reef Degasi Seabase added
Kyanite Crystal added
Main Menu Logo updated

Prawn Update

File:Subnautica PRAWN Update

August 23rd, 2016

Prawn Suit added
Lava Larva added
Lava Lizard added
Lava Eyeye added
Lava Boomerang added
Crashfish eggs added
Sprint ability added
Cyclops cameras now have lights
The Encyclopedia now has icons after scanning
Inactive Lava Zone and Active Lava Zone both get massive overhauls
Kitty, Prawn Suit and Aurora Posters added
It is now possible to quit to the Main Menu

(Micro) Update 67

July 6th, 2016

Improved Performance
VR Bug Fixes
Xbox Controllers can be used on the PC
Main Menu updated

Power Nap Update

File:Subnautica Power Nap Update

File:Subnautica Xbox Update 2

June 1st, 2016

Machinery Update

File:Subnautica Machinery Update

May 6th, 2016

Scanner Room
Bioreactor, Nuclear Reactor and Thermal Plant remodeling
Cyclops 2.0
- The default depth has been increased from 200m to 500m
- Proximity sensors have been added to assist with navigation
- Lockers on lower deck are now functional
- Added exterior stationary hull cameras that can be accessed while driving
- New hatch animations means the hatch opens and closes when approached
Crabsquid
Added the Northen Blood Kelp Zone
Fauna that are eaten or killed will respawn
Waterproof Locker gets new model, features and animations

Oculus Update

April 5th, 2016

Oculus Rift is now fully supported
You can now sit in all the Chairs and on Benches
Sitting in Chairs and on Benches slows down food and water depletion
Airsack, Boneshark, Reefback, Stalker, and the Reaper Leviathan have new and better animations
Fragments will now spawn mostly within Wrecks
Oxygen is now only produced when your Seabase, Seamoth, and Cyclops has power
Different sound effects for multiple Tools
Main Menu has a new background

(Xbox One release): Crash Sequence

March 16th, 2016

File:Subnautica Crash Sequence

File:Subnautica Xbox Update 1

Intro Sequence added
Fire Extinguisher added
Medical Kit Fabricator added
You can now fully repair Lifepod 5
- You can also repair the Communications Relay
New PDA boot up sequence

Farming

File:Subnautica Farming Update

February 25th, 2016

Floating Island and Jellyshroom Cave Degasi Bases implemented
Large Aquarium added
Farming added
- Nearly every Flora can be harvested now
Spotlight added
Planter Shelf added
Exterior Growbed added
Interior Growbed added
Plant Pots added
Wall Planter added
Light Stick added
Eggs added
Location accurate lighting (Part of Flood Of Dead Bugs)
Many more Wrecks added

Flood Of Dead Bugs

January 28th, 2016

Floodlight added
>50 bugs fixed
Location accurate lighting (lots of objects now don't reflect the Safe Shallows anymore)

H2.0 Update

File:Subnautica H2.O Update

January 14th, 2016

Massive overhaul of water graphics
Scanner added
Ocean environment updated
Items now have proper 3D models
Subtitles added
Language support added
New Fragment system
PDA Data Bank and Encyclopedia added
Message log in PDA

2015 Alpha Updates

Get Wrecked

December 15th, 2015

File:Get Wrecked Explorable Wreckage

The first Wreck added
Laser Cutter added
NS2 Poster added

Water Filtration Machine

November 20th, 2015

File:Subnautica Water Filtration Machine

Water Filtration Machine added
Big Filtered Water added

Shocking Update

November 5th, 2015

File:Shocking Subnautica Update

Shocker added
Seaglide now has a topographic map
Picture Frame added
Volume controls in the pause menu added
PDA Log section added
PDA gallery added
PDA Animation added
Crabsnake added
Ladders can now be placed in more places in the Multipurpose Room
Blood Kelp Zone added
Blood Biter added
Cave Crawler reskinned
Spinefish added
Blood Crawler added
Blood Oil added
Bloodvine added
Blood Cave Root added
Deep Shroom added
Gabe's Feather added

Seamoth Update

September 10th, 2015

File:Subnautica Seamoth Update

Seamoth now has an upgrade panel
Vortex Torpedo added
Seamoth Perimeter Defense System added
Seamoth Sonar Module added
Seamoth Hull Reinforcement Module added
Battery Expansion Module added
Armour Plating Module added
Seamoth can now be customized
Upgrade Console added
More Caves added
- Mountains Caves added
Biter added
Oculus added
Mountains Biome added
- Mountain Island added
Koosh Zone extended
Mushroom Forest extended
Underwater Islands extended
Kelp Forest extended
Jellyshroom Cave lighting improvements
Creative Mode added
PDA Operating System updated

Habitat Update

File:Subnautica Habitat Update

August 6th, 2015

Moon Pool added
Observatory added
Multipurpose Room added
Bulkhead doors added
Small Locker added
Signs and Seabase names added
I-Corridor Glass and L-Corridor Glass added
Vertical Connector added
Grand Reef expanded
- Deep Grand Reef added
Magnetite added
Creepvine Seed Clusters added

Macworld Update

June 19th, 2015

Subnautica is now playable on Apple (Mac) computers
Underwater Islands added
Sparse Reef added
Repulsion Cannon added

Alterra Science Update

File:Subnautica Alterra Science Update

May 28th, 2015

Workbench added
Propulsion Cannon added
Survival Knife, Tank, and Fins can now be upgraded.
- Heat Knife added
- Diamond Knife/Hardened Blade added
- Swim Charge Fins added
- High Capacity Tank added
- Plasteel Tank added
- Ultra Glide Fins added
New Cyclops additions
- Cyclops' doors now open/close
- Cyclops now has an upgrade console
- Cyclops' lights improved
- Cyclops now has upgrades
- Cyclops can now be customised with colors
Beacons are now nameable

Crash Site Update

File:Subnautica Crash Site Introduction

April 30th, 2015

Aurora now explodes
Aurora now explorable
Radiation now spreads over time
Reaper Leviathan added
Radiation Suit added
Cave Crawler added

Bases Update

File:Subnautica Habitat Update

March 13th, 2015

Seabases added
- Habitat Builder added
- Buildable Fabricators added
- Foundations added
- Hatches added
- Corridor added
- L Corridor added
- T Corridor added
- X Corridor added
- Ladders added
- Windows added
- Reinforcements added
- Hull Integrity added

New Loot System

February 25th, 2015

Loot system updated

Cyclops Introduction

File:Subnautica Cyclops Submarine Introduction

February 5th, 2015

Cyclops added
- Seamoth can now be docked (inside Cyclops)
- Cyclops is nameable

Dev Update 8

File:Subnautica Dev Update 8 (Jan 2015)

January 16th, 2015

In-game feedback system added
Stasis Rifle added
Terraformer added
Load/Save added
Menu updated
Pipes added
Air Bladder added
Bleeder added
Boneshark added
Compass added
Current Generator added
Inventory system updated
- You can now dump unwanted loot much easier
Beacons are added and craftable
HUD elements updated

2014 Pre-Alpha Updates

Dev Update 7

File:Subnautica Dev Update 7 (Dec 2014)

December 23rd, 2014

Gravsphere added
Lifepod 5 storage added
Now supports Oculus Rift DK2
Storage Cubes added
Oxygen replenishes faster
Lifepod Beacon now doesn't disappear from far distances
Gasopods now release more defensive gas when you approach them
Fixed the problem when PCs with Nvidia SLI setups don't see the oxygen bar
Lifepod 5's Beacon is now visible from farther distances
Oxygen now replenishes more quickly at the surface
Large Creature's AI is now improved

Early Access Release

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

File:Subnautica PAX East 2014 Booth Tour

Subnautica release at PAX still in Pre-alpha stage

2014 April 11:

Subnautica created still in Pre-alpha stage

2013 Pre-Alpha Updates

2013 December 15

File:Subnautica Welcome

Subnautica first announced

Xbox Updates

2017 Updates

Xbox Infected Update

March 8, 2017

Primary Containment Facility exterior
Disease Research Facility interior
Lost River Laboratory added
Big polish to the Lost River Ghost Canyon
Self scanning implemented
The Kharaa Bacterium now infects the player
Added Crag Field biome
Improved Scanner Room map
PDA drag and drop implemented
Sea Dragon Leviathan, Ancient Skeleton, Disease Research Facility Skeletons implemented
New Crabsnake egg model implemented
Fixed Lava Larva hitbox
Lava Castle smoke implemented
Dunes Sinkhole revamped
Northern Blood Kelp Zone Alien Cache entrance made more visible
New Alien Robot animations
New Crabsquid animations
New Warper animations
New Hoverfish animations
New Bleeder animations
Sea Dragon Leviathan attacks revamped
Deep Grand Reef entrance tunnel to the Inactive Lava Zone removed

Xbox Castles & Coffee + Precursor Update

February 24, 2017

Sunbeam implemented
- Avery Quinn's voice lines are implemented
Ion Crystals added
Quarantine Enforcement Platform added
Alien Warp Gates added
Purple Alien Tablet added
Precursor Artifact terminals added
Floating Island and Lost River polish
More Floating Island Beaches added
Fall Damage added
You can now use the PDA in vehicles
Sparse Reef Alien Cache implemented
Mountain Island's caves are expanded
HUD notifications for radio messages
New PDA updates for Wrecks
Continued work on optimization & stability improvements
Land-based movement improvements
Extensive loot balancing for player progression
Constructable Improvements
Special Giveaway Items
Precursor Thermal Power Generator implemented
Lava Castle revamped and polished
Coffee Vending Machine implemented
- You can now get Coffee
Alien Drone implemented
Blue Alien Artifact implemented
Dunes Crater, Blood Kelp Dunes Transition And Blood Kelp Mountains transition added
New Vending Machine model
Snacks added
Beacon Manager implemented
Oxygen warning shortened
Ion Power Cell and Ion Battery implemented
Halved Seaglide light energy cost
Quartered Seaglide active energy cost
Removed frame-rate dependence problem with Seaglide energy usage
Removed Kyanite from Blood Kelp Zone (only drillable now)
You can now skip time by sleeping in Beds
New Gravsphere model and features
Removed Bases terraforming land
Luggage Bag storage implemented
Lab Trash Can and Trash Can now work
Blood Kelp Zone and Dunes Alien Caches implemented
New Air Bladder model and animations
Added Kyanite to recipe for 3rd stage of the rocket (resource sink)
Reaper Leviathan Skeletons implemented

Xbox Bones Update

January 3, 2017

Lost River Ghost Tree Chamber added
Lost River Bones Field added
Lost River Junction added
Lost River Alien Bases exterior added
New Pipe models added
New Reefback Leviathan additions and improvements added
Mesmers are more mesmerizing
Spine Eel implemented
New models for Reinforced Dive Suit and Stillsuit added
Subnautica now works on the HTC Vive

2016 Updates

Xbox Dangerous Creatures Update

October 6, 2016

Lost River - Tree Cove added
Sea Dragon Leviathan added
Warper added
Crabsquid EMP blast added
Heat damage added
Reinforced Dive Suit added
Ghostray added
Crimson Ray added
Deep Grand Reef Degasi Seabase added
Kyanite Crystal added
Main Menu Logo updated

Xbox PRAWN Update

August 29, 2016

Prawn Suit added
Lava Larva added
Lava Lizard added
Lava Eyeye added
Lava Boomerang added
Crashfish eggs added
Sprint ability added
Cyclops cameras now have lights
The Encyclopedia now has icons after scanning
Inactive Lava Zone and Active Lava Zone both get massive overhauls
Kitty, Prawn Suit and Aurora Posters added
It is now possible to quit to the Main Menu

Xbox Update 2

File:Subnautica Xbox Update 2

August 16th, 2016

Many Performance Improvements
Language Options Added

Xbox Update 1

File:Subnautica Xbox Update 1

July 10th, 2016

Beds added
Sea Treader Leviathan added
Power Cell Charger added
Battery Charger added
Seamoth Gas Torpedo added
New Solar Panel model
Starship Souvenir added
Wall Shelves added
Single Wall Shelf added
Arcade Gorge Toy added
Luggage Bag added
Caps added
Trash Can added
Lab Trash Can added
Scanner Room
Bioreactor, Nuclear Reactor and Thermal Plant remodeling
Cyclops 2.0
- The default depth has been increased from 200m to 500m
- Proximity sensors have been added to assist with navigation
- Lockers on lower deck are now functional
- Added exterior stationary hull cameras that can be accessed while driving
- New hatch animations means the hatch opens and closes when approached
Crabsquid
Added the Northen Blood Kelp Zone
Fauna that are eaten or killed will respawn
Waterproof Locker gets new model, features and animations
Oculus Rift is now fully supported
You can now sit in all the Chairs and on Benches
Sitting in Chairs and on Benches slows down food and water depletion
Airsack, Boneshark, Reefback, Stalker, and the Reaper Leviathan have new and better animations
Fragments will now spawn mostly within Wrecks
Oxygen is now only produced when your Seabase, Seamoth, and Cyclops has power
Different sound effects for multiple Tools
Main Menu has a new background
Intro Sequence added
Fire Extinguisher added
Medical Kit Fabricator added
You can now fully repair Lifepod 5
- You can also repair the Communications Relay
New PDA boot up sequence
Floating Island and Jellyshroom Caves Degasi Bases implemented
Large Aquarium added
Farming added
- Nearly every Flora can be harvested now
Spotlight added
Planter Shelf added
Exterior Growbed added
Interior Growbed added
Plant Pots added
Wall Planter added
Light Stick added
Eggs added
Location accurate lighting (Part of Flood Of Dead Bugs)
Many more Wrecks added
Floodlight added
>50 bugs fixed
Location accurate lighting (lots of objects now don't reflect the Safe Shallows anymore)