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.

Upcoming Updates

*Note: These updates have not been implemented into Subnautica, and changes are bound to happen. All information is taken from Trello.

2016 July: POLISH

• Better Cyclops driving
• Expand Pipes to bases
• Sea Emperor behaviour
• Death will have 10-15 seconds of emotion
• Redo HUD

2016 June: STORY MODE UPDATE

• Craftable time capsule
• Polish Mobile Vehicle Bay and usability
• Ending Sequence
• Hatching Sea Emperor eggs
• Juvenile Sea Emperors
• Optional story area 1
• Optional story area 2

2016 May: EXOSUIT UPDATE

• Transfuser
• Exosuit
  • Exosuit Jump Jets
  • Depth Gating
  • Exosuit "loot" drilling arm
• Allow Exosuit to dock like the Seamoth
• Final cavern for Active Lava Zone
• Cute Fish for those who bought Subnautica before v1.0
• Lost River area 3
• Reimplement Mesmer

2016 April: MACHINERY UPDATE

• Map Scanner Room
• Battery Charging Station
• Power Cell Charging Station
• Remake the Thermal Plant and Nuclear Reactor to be in-base Seabase modules
• Expand the Aurora to have an Exosuit room
• Lava Castle
• More Precursor Seabases
  • Lava Castle
• Lost River Bone Shark
• Sea Treader
• Warper
• Lost River area 1
• Lost River area 2
• Crabsquid
• Sea Dragon Leviathan
• Lava Lizard
• Lava Larva
• Second Blood Kelp Zone
• Remove Terraforming
• Creatures that are eaten or killed will respawn

2016

2016 April 5: OCULUS UPDATE

• Oculus Rift is now fully supported 
• You can now sit in the Chair
• Airsack, Bone Shark, 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.

2016 March 16: CRASH SEQUENCE UPDATE

• Intro Sequence added
• Fire Extinguisher added
• Medical Kit Fabricator added

2016 Febuary 25: FARMING UPDATE

• Abandoned Seabases implemented
• Large Aquarium added
• Farming added
• Spotlight added
• Planter Shelf added
• Exterior Growbed added
• Interior Growbed added
• Plant Pot added
• Living Wall added
• Lightstick added
• Eggs added

2016 January 28: FLOOD OF DEAD BUGS

• 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: GET WRECKED 

• Wrecks added
• Laser Cutter added
• Posters added 

2015 November 20: WATER FILTRATION MACHINE

• Water Filtration Machine added

2015 November 5: SHOCKING 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
• 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

2015 September 10: SEAMOTH UPDATE

• Seamoth now has an upgrade pannel
• 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 Biome added
• Koosh Zone extended
• Mushroom Forest extended

2015 August 6: HABITAT UPDATE

• Moon Pool added
• Observatory added
• Multipurpose Room added
• Bulkhead doors added
• Small locker added
• Labels and Seabase names added
• I-Corridor Glass and L-Corridor Glass added
• Vertical Connector added
• Grand Reef expanded

2015 June 19: MACWORLD UPDATE

• Subnautica is now playable on Apple (Mac) 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
• Cave Crawler 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
• Escape Pod Beacon now doesn't disappear from far distances.

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