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

• Sea Truck
  • Modules
  • Upgrades
• Deep Twisty Bridges
• Thermal Spires
• Sea Monkey
• Squidshark
• Rocket Island revamp
• Battery Charger, Power Cell Charger, Aquarium
• Moonpool
• 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

EARLY ACCESS 9 - Frostbite Update

30 April 2020 - EA9

• Coffee Changes
• Cold Mechanics

• Environment Polish

• Improved Weather
• Introduction of Architect Teleporters
• Introduction of Call
  File:Subnautica- Below Zero Frostbite Update
• Glacial Bay

• Land Beacon

• Major Glacial Basin rework
• New Ice Worm Animation

• New Intro
• New Story

• Quantum Locker

• Recyclotron

• Snowballs

• Snowfox Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module

• Spicy melon salad
• Status Indicators
• Thumper model

• Water Purification Tablet
• Xenoworx PDA

Xbox One

• Release Date TBA

PS4

• Release Date TBA