Update History (Below Zero)

This article is about Update History (Below Zero) in Subnautica. For the related article on the Below Zero Wiki, see Update History (Below Zero).

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This page serves to chronicle Subnautica: Below Zero's update history from launch to present.

PC

EARLY ACCESS 1 - Release

30 January 2019 - EA1 [CS#9561]

File:Subnautica Below Zero Early Access Trailer

Early Access Trailer

• Subnautica: Below Zero is released into public Early Access on Steam, Epic Games, and Discord
  • Includes ~2 hours of story content and an unfinished map

11 February 2019 - 1.1 [CS#9892]

• Mini-patch including bug fixes and minor changes
  • Changed Rocket Island signal text
  • Supply Drop can be used while falling
  • Pengling hold animations
  • Hot Springs model
  • Improved Frozen River appearance
  • Added two Icebergs to the Shallow Twisty Bridges
  • Increased Titan Holefish oxygen recharge time to 40 seconds
  • Reduced Titan Holefish oxygen from 100 units to 30 units
  • Added Thermal Lily glow/heat effects
  • Removed broken Hoverpad drop
  • Picking up Habitat Builder gives its blueprint
  • Optimized clouds
  • Added clouds command
• Exhaustive list of changes can be viewed here

EARLY ACCESS 2 - Seatruck Update

7 March 2019 - EA 2 [CS#11193]

File:Subnautica Below Zero Seatruck Update

Seatruck Update Trailer

• Aquarium, Battery Charger, Power Cell Charger
• Deep Twisty Bridges
• Moonpool
• Sea Truck
  • Modules (Fabricator Module, Storage Module)
  • Upgrades
• Rocket Island revamp
• Sea Monkey
• Squidshark
• Thermal Spires
• Much, much more
• Update page

EARLY ACCESS 3 - Snowfox Update

24 April 2019 - EA 3 [CS#13740]

File:Subnautica Below Zero Snowfox Update

Snowfox Update Trailer

• Snowfox
  • Snowfox Hoverpad
• New Fauna
  • Arrow Ray
  • Chelicerate
  • Feather Fish and Feather Fish (Red)
  • Nootfish
  • Snowstalker and Snowstalker Baby
  • Triops
• New Biomes
  • Active Mining Site
  • Glacial Basin
  • Purple Vents
• New Sea Truck Modules
  • Sea Truck Docking Module
  • Sea Truck Sleeper Module
• Improved Weather
• Recipe pinning
• Update page

13 May 2019 - Micro-Update

• Fix to prevent issues saving or loading while docked in Moondock
• Fix for Snowfox bug while mounting too quickly causing players to get stuck
• Snowfox Hoverpad no longer requires power
• World-streaming improvements to Glacial Basin & Twisty Bridges allowing for smoother in-game loading
• Update page

EARLY ACCESS 4 - Spy Pengling Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Spy Pengling Update

Spy Pengling Update Trailer

5 June 2019 - EA 4 [CS#15125]

• Spy Pengling
  • Camera
  • Inventory
• Ventgarden
• Tree Spires
• Almanac Artifacts
• Sea Truck Teleportation Module
• Tether Tool
• Temperature
• Improved weather
• Update page

EARLY ACCESS 5 - Arctic Living Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Arctic Living Update

Arctic Living Update Trailer

17 July 2019 - EA 5 [CS#16498]

• Large Room
  • Large Room Partition
  • Large Room Partition Door
  • Large Room Glass Dome
• Multipurpose Room Glass Dome
• Jukebox
  • Jukebox Speaker
  • Jukebox Disks
  • Seatruck Sleeper Module jukebox re-enabled
• Control Room
• Mineral Detector
• Booster Tank
• Flashlight Helmet
• Active Mining Site
• Prawn Suit
• Marguerit Maida cutscene 1
• Return of many more base parts from Subnautica
• Update page

18 July 2019 - Hotfix

• Ion Battery blueprint now unlocks upon picking up an Ion Cube
• Fixed bug where Prawn Suits were stuck in the Moonpool

EARLY ACCESS 6 - Ice Worm Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Ice Worm Update

Ice Worm Update Trailer

17 September 2019 - EA6 [CS#19404]

• Ice Worm
• Frozen Leviathan
• Arctic Spires
• Full story rework
• Lilypad Islands
• Weather-based Pengwing behaviors
• Escape Rocket
• Update page
  

EARLY ACCESS 7 - Deep Dive Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Deep Dive Update

Deep Dive Update Trailer

27 November 2019 - EA7 [CS#21847]

• Crystal Caves
• Fabricator Base
• Shadow Leviathan
• Cryptosuchus
• Jellyfish
• Snowfox Base
• Marguerit Maida's Base
• Marguerit Maida cutscene 2
• New Seabase Modules
• Story updates
• Filmic Mode
• Much more
• Update page

EARLY ACCESS 8 - Lost Ship Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Lost Ship Update

Lost Ship Update Trailer

19 February 2020 - EA8 [CS#24222]

• Aurora Borealis
• Brinicle
• Creature Eggs
• Deep Lilypads Cave
• Exterior Growbed
• Indoor Growbed
• Mercury II
• New menu option
• Snowfox HUD update
• Sparse Arctic Rework
• Trivalve
• Update page

EARLY ACCESS 9 - Frostbite Update

File:Subnautica- Below Zero Frostbite Update

Frostbite Update Trailer

30 April 2020 - EA9 [CS#27520]

• Architect Teleporters
• Calls (Dialogue)
• Cold Mechanics
• Completely new intro and story
• Environment Polish
• Improved Weather
• Improved UI
  • Cleaner PDA text
  • Hotbar power indicators
  • Status indicators
• Glacial Bay
• Major Glacial Basin rework
• New Ice Worm Animation
• Quantum Locker
• Recyclotron
• Snowballs
• Snowfox Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module
• Spicy melon salad
• Surface Beacon
• Thumper model
• Water Purification Tablet
• Update page

EARLY ACCESS 10 - Salad Days Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Salad Days Update

Salad Days Update Trailer

25 June 2020 - EA10 [CS#30171]

• Architect Artifacts signals
• Arctic changes
• Arctic Spires changes
• Deep Purple Vents changes
• Glacial Bay bridge to Arctic Spires
• Ice Bubble
• Kyanite
• More Story Additions
• Marguerit's Greenhouse
• Player Emotes
• Recyclotron
• Snow Stalker Improvements
• Thermos and Coffee Vending Machine changes
• UI Scaling
• World Map
• Update Page

EARLY ACCESS 11 - Stranger Pings Update

File:Subnautica Below Zero Stranger Pings Update

Stranger Pings Update Trailer

13 August 2020 - EA11 [CS#32698]

• Accessibility improvements (Highlight, UI scale)
• Alterra employee profiles
• Arctic changes
• Aromatherapy Lamp
• Artifact pings
• Crystal Caves changes
• Deep Lilypads changes
• Environmental storytelling
• Executive Toy
• Missing icons added
• Necklace
• Recipes of Architect components changes
• Removed Hoverzone 3 from the world
• Rock Puncher improvements
• Seabase stairs
• Spicy fruit salad (Unlock by picking up a PDA in Marguerit's Greenhouse)
• Squidshark electrical attack
• Terrain fading improvements
• Vortex Torpedo
• Update Page

EARLY ACCESS 12 - Relics of the Past Update

File:Subnautica- Below Zero Relics of the Past Update

Relics of the Past Update Trailer

29 October 2020 - EA12 [CS#37024]

• Ancient Ornamental Plant and the Polycage
• Aquarium and Plant Shelves are scannable again
• Creature Eggs (Arctic Ray, Brinewing, Crashfish, Cryptosuchus, Glow Whale, Jellyfish, Lily Paddler, Pengwing, Pinnacarid, Rock Puncher, and Squidshark)
• Buildable Alterra Employee Beds, Executive Desk, Snowman, and Wall Planter
• Carried Beacons now always drop upon death to help the player locate dropped items
• Complete Voice Acting
• Creature rideability disabled for Lily Paddlers and Pinnacarids
• Crystal Caves Crystal polish
• Deep Lilypads Cave Cache Makeover
• Discus Fish
• Exchange in locations for the Architect Tissues and Architect Skeleton
• Exploration Site changes
• Extra UI tips
• Finalized Flora Names
• Finalized item icons
• Finalized World Map
• Glacial Connection changes
• Moonpool, Stillsuit, Swim Charge Fins, and second Booster Tank Data Boxes
• PDA Pause Feature
• Posters
• Prawn Suit Grappling Arm
• Repulsion Cannon removed
• Robin Ayou player model update
• Seatruck Modules Polish
  • Increased storage capacity with the Seatruck Storage Module
  • Ion Cubes can be used 3 times to teleport to a Seatruck Teleportation Module
  • Increased module hauling speed
• Talking character portraits
• The Discus Fish
• Void Chelicerate Reskin
• West Arctic changes
• Update Page

Teeny-Tiny Update

4 December 2020 - EA12.5 [CS#39027]

• Art performance optimization
• Complete Databank, tooltips, names, descriptions, and PDA text.
• Eye Jellies new name
• Gas Torpedoes
• Improved Creative Mode
• New Icons for the Feather Fish, Feather Fish (Red), Rock Puncher, and Rock Puncher Eggs
• Lots of new Music
• Story presentation improvements and databank organization
• Streaming and memory optimizations
• Tons of bug fixing, world polish, and merging
• Updated Robin/ player model
• Weather quality option
• Update Page

EARLY ACCESS 13 - Seaworthy Update

File:Subnautica- Below Zero Seaworthy Update

Seaworthy Update Trailer

25 February 2021 - EA 13 [CS#42690]

• Air Bladder now gives 15 O2 instead of 10

• Arctic Spires Architect Elevator
• Crystal Caves Cache Rework
• Complete OST
• Credits button accessible through the main menu
• Enhanced Prawn Suit
  • Storage Module readded (Unlock Prawn Suit)
• Gamepad and Rumble Support
• Large Resource Deposits added to World Edge, and Arctic
• Mercury II Crew Logs
• Sanctuary Zero Signal
• Scanner Room energy cost reduced
• Steam Cloud Support
• Tons of Bug Fixing
• Unlockable Flare blueprint
• Update Page

Final Release

• Release Date May 14th 2021

Console Release

• Release Date May 14th 2021