Cut Content (Subnautica)
This page serves to chronicle any significant content that has been removed from Subnautica.
Accumulator
The Accumulator was a machine meant to store power for Seabases. It is unknown why it was cut.
Amino Acid
Amino Acid was an unimplemented raw material. It was used to create Graphene.
Botanical Analysis Machine
The Botanical Analysis Machine was a machine meant to study Flora, it was cut when the Scanner was added.
Current Generator
The Current Generator was a deployable crafted using the Fabricator. The Current Generator took up four slots in the player's Inventory, that meant the player could carry 12 of them if their inventory was cleared first. The Current Generator used no power and could be left on all the time.
Once the device was deployed and activated, it would produce a column-shaped hydro-current from an emitter on its front. This stream could push small and large objects alike, including Lifepod 5 and the Reefback. However the Seamoth and Cyclops were not affected by the Current Generator.
The Current Generator has been scrapped and is no longer available in the game.
Current Generator being used as a way to quickly move through a giant Coral Tube in the Safe Shallows
Fragment Analyzer
The Fragment Analyzer was a Placeable Item that was used to decode Fragments into Blueprints. Only one fragment was needed to research a blueprint however the Fragment Analyzer could research four fragments at a time. The progress of analysis was displayed when the player looked at the Fragment Analyzer. At one point a Fragment Analyzer was pre-installed inside the Lifepod. The functionality of the Fragment Analyzer was given to the Scanner and the fragment system was reworked.
Graphene
Graphene was a Material that was crafted at the Fabricator.
Lithium Ion Battery
The Lithium Ion Battery was an upgrade to the Battery that was crafted at the Modification Station. The Lithium Ion Battery held twice as much energy as the Battery. The Lithium Ion Battery has been remade and is now called the Ion Battery, instead the crafting recipe uses an Ion Crystal instead of Lithium.
Nanowires
Nanowires were a nano-scale Electronic item that was intended for quantum devices and sensors.
Observatory
The early Observatory was a small primitive glass box that could be constructed with the Mobile Vehicle Bay. Unlike the newer Observatory it was not a Seabase module and was instead freestanding. It had two entrances and was primarily used to observe Fauna and the environment. The only way to move it was to use Floaters.
Old Bioreactor
The old Bioreactor was built outside of a base and could only be powered using Tree Mushroom Samples and Creepvine Samples.
Old Nuclear Reactor
The old Nuclear Generator was built outside of the Seabase and had to be supplied with raw Uranium to function.
Power Generator
The Power Generator was a Placeable Item that generated Power for seabases using Power Cells. The Power Generator had a capacity
Powerglide
The Powerglide was an upgrade for the Seaglide, it was 3x the speed of the Seaglide and had a turbo boost that drastically increased the speed of the Powerglide. It was removed due to the Xbox One barely being able to handle the speed of the Seaglide.
Specimen Analyzer
The Specimen Analyzer was a machine meant to study Eggs. It was removed when the Alien Containment and Scanner were added.