Subnautica: Below Zero
An upcoming paid expansion for the story of Subnautica. The full release date is currently planned for mid 2019. Currently all that is known is that the Arctic will be a large part of the game.
The Arctic expansion will be a separate game mode with a different protagonist rather than Ryley Robinson, and takes place in a separate map. It will also be set in a time period after Ryley Robinson has escaped Planet 4546B.[1]
Confirmed Features
Features that have been confirmed through various means.
- Arctic Mega Biome[2][3]
- Penguin-like creature[4]
- Brute Shark[5]
- New protagonist[6]
- Glow Whale[7]
- Pinnicarid[8]
- The Vesper [9]
- Titan Holefish
- Twisty Bridges [10]
- Spike Trap[11]
- Squidshark[12]
- New, not yet known vehicle
Potential Features
Features that the developers are still experimenting with that may not be in the final build.
- Rock Puncher
- Arctic Reefback Leviathan
- Weather System[13]
Gallery
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Arctic Biome concept art #1 - by Cory Strader
Concept art of the Twisty Bridges - by Cory Strader
Arctic Biome concept art #2 - by Cory Strader
Arctic Biome concept art #3 - by Dima Pertsula
Arctic Biome concept art #4 - by Dina Pertsula
|-| Fauna=
Early "Alien Penguin" - by Alex Ries
Early "Alien Penguin" - by Alex Ries
"Alien Penguin" - by Alex Ries
"Alien Penguin Variants" - by Alex Ries
”Alien Penguin 5” (Final design) - by Alex Ries
"Alien Penguin Foot Detail" - by Alex Ries
Early Pinnicarid concept - by Alex Ries
"Pinnicarid" - by Alex Ries
Color variants of Pinnicarid C - by Alex Ries
Pinnicarid close-up - by Alex Ries
"Pinnicarid Info Sheet" (Final design) - by Alex Ries
Early Squidshark design - by Alex Ries
"Squidshark 06" (Final design) - by Alex Ries
"Brute Shark" - by Alex Ries
"Titan Holefish" - by Alex Ries
"Titan Holefish Symbiote 3" (Final design) - by Alex Ries
"Cheeky Creature Variants" #1 (unused) - by Alex Ries
"Cheeky Creature Variants" #2 (unused) - by Alex Ries
"Grabsquid" (unused) - by Alex Ries
"Shard 01" (unused) - by Alex Ries
"Arctic Reefback Leviathan" - by Alex Ries
The Rock Puncher, possibly to be added to the expansion pack.
Concept Art for the Glow Whale
|-| Player=
The unnamed female protangonist confirmed to be in the Expansion Pack
|-| Videos=
- Rock puncher
Developer Andreas Urwalek testing the Rock Puncher
- Glow whale
Glow whale testing with a placeholder model
- Pingu
Experimenting with a placeholder penguin-like creature model
- Pingu 2
More experimentation with a placeholder penguin-like creature model
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Flayra/status/991434841387237377
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/48J7j
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/JxCEm
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/i2n3p3e
- ↑ https://twitter.com/alexriesart/status/1017449239465431040
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Flayra/status/959888747402850309
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/oQrTr
- ↑ https://twitter.com/alexriesart/status/1017075075483238402
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Flayra/status/991434841387237377
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/mM8P7J9
- ↑ https://trello.com/c/9xiZcQ8g
- ↑ https://twitter.com/alexriesart/status/1017455735699992577
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Sy1K1/status/957062423512600577