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. 

Prison without Aquarium - February 21, 2017

• Prison Exterior
  • Prison Antechamber
• Lost River Precursor Base interior
• Make Scanner Room more useful (range, etc) 
• Fix performance after 10-20 hour save game 
• Launch XB1 and PC simultaneously if possible (practice process) 
• Silent Running Cyclops tech
• Internal 
• Fill in some empty spaces 
• Make escape pod cinematic 
• Play cinematics but disable camera for VR? 
• New UI 
• Self Scanning

Aquarium Experience - March 21, 2017

• Prison Aquarium
  • Prison moonpool room
• FOV Slider
• Rework some of Crash Zone area
• Detail remaining sandy areas
• Start PS4 port 
• Fix 1 second pause between switching Tools
• Try fade checkbox in XB branch to reduce pop-in  
• Tune algorithm for choosing what to load next to reduce pop-in 
• Detailing remaining sandy areas 
• Rework some of the Crash Zone area near the edge of the Aurora

New UI & Cutefish - April, 2017

• Cutefish (for people who bought before V1.0) 
• Fix terrain seams
• Redo crafting icons
• Quality of life update (save game slots, 10 things from the community) 
• Polish Constructor and usability
• Pass on a couple lower-detail Kelp Forest areas
• Pass on Grassy Plateaus
• Fix missing and extra coliders near Aurora (esp, getting in) 
• Internal 
• Design and start filming trailer 
• Start design of launch site 

Final Story Mode & v1.0 - Mid-May, 2017

• Performance update
• Rework game modes into custom UI
• Blast-off sequence
• Fix the void or make it dangerous to be in (Sea Dragons, etc) 
• Credits screen 
• Internal 
• Nice Launch Site 
• Cyclops Trademark Notice 
• Polish Polish Polish 
• End Game Tasks 
• Xbox Trailer 

2017

Castles & Coffee Update - January 26, 2017

• Precursor Thermal Power Generator implemented
• Lava Castle revamped and polished                                       
• Coffee Vending Machines implemented
  • You can now get Coffee
• Alien Drones implemented 
• Blue Precursor Artifact implemented 
• Dunes Crater, Blood Kelp Dunes Transition And Blood Kelp Mountains transition added 
• New Vending Machine model 
• Snacks added 
• Ping Manager implemented 
• Oxygen warning shortened 
• Ion Power Cells And Ion Batteries 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 (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 and Dunes Precursor Caches implemented 
• New Airbladder model and animations 
• Added Kyanite to recipe for 3rd stage of the rocket (resource sink)

2016

Precursor Update - December 15, 2016

• Sunbeam implemented
  • Avery Quinn
• Ion Crystals added
• Quarantine Enforcement Platform added
• Precursor Teleporters added
• Purple Precursor Artifact 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 Precursor 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 - October 27, 2016

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

Dangerous Creatures/Tree Cove - 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
• Ghost Ray added
• Crimson Ray added
• Deep Grand Reef Abandoned Seabase added 
• Kyanite Crystal Added 
• Main Menu Logo updated

2016 August 23: PRAWN UPDATE

• Prawn Suit added
  • Prawn Suit Drill Arm
  • Prawn Suit Grappling Arm
  • Prawn Suit Jump Jet Upgrade
  • Prawn Suit Propulsion Cannon
  • Prawn Suit Thermal Reactor
  • Prawn Suit Torpedo Arm
• Lava Larva added
• Lava Lizard 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 Posters and Aurora Posters added 

2016 June 1: POWER NAP UPDATE

• Beds added
• Sea Treader added
• Power Cell Charger added
• Battery Charger added
• Seamoth Gas Torpedo added
• New Solar Panel model 
• Starship Souvenir added 
• Wall Shelves added 
• Single Wall Shelves added 
• Arcade Gorge Toy added
• Luggage Bag added
• Caps added
• Trash Can added
• Lab Trash Can added

2016 May 6: MACHINERY UPDATE (PC only)

• Map 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 

2016 April 5: OCULUS UPDATE (PC only)

• 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, 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.
• Different sound effects for multiple Tools. 
• Main Menu has a new background 

2016 March 16/May 17 (Xbox One release): CRASH SEQUENCE

• 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 

2016 February 25: FARMING 

• Abandoned Seabases 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.
• Living Wall added.
• Lightstick added.
• Eggs added. 
• Location accurate lighting (Part of Flood Of Dead Bugs) 
• Many more Wrecks added 

2016 January 28: FLOOD OF DEAD BUGS

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

2016 January 14: H2.O UPDATE

• 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 STAGE

2015 December 15: GET WRECKED 

• The first Wreck added 
• Laser Cutter added.
• NS2 Poster added 

2015 November 20: WATER FILTRATION MACHINE

• Water Filtration Machine added
  • Big Filtered Water added too

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.
• Bloodvine added.
• Blood Cave Root added.
• Deep Shroom added. 
• Gabe's Feather added 

2015 September 10: 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.
  • Mountain Range Caves added
• Biter added.
• Oculus added.
• Mountains Biome added.
  • Mountain Island added
• Koosh Zone extended.
• Mushroom Forest extended. 
• Underwater Islands extended 
• Kelp Forest extended 
• Jelly Shroom Caves lighting improvements 
• Creative Mode added 
• PDA Operating System updated 

2015 August 6: HABITAT UPDATE

• 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

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

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

2015 April 30: CRASH SITE UPDATE

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

2015 March 13: BASES UPDATE

• 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

2015 February 25: NEW LOOT SYSTEM

• Loot system updated.

2015 February 5: CYCLOPS INTRODUCTION

• Cyclops added.
  • Seamoth can now be docked (inside Cyclops
  • Cyclops is nameable

2015 January 16: DEV UPDATE 8

• In-game feedback system added.
• Stasis Rifle added.
• Terraformer added.
• Load/Save added.
• Menu updated.
• Pipes added.
• Air Bladder added.
• Bleeder added.
• Bone Shark 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 STAGE

2014 December 23: DEV UPDATE 7

• 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 

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.