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
- Alien Vessel
- Almanac Bases
- Alterra Bases
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Arctic Kelp Forest
- Fissure
- Frozen River
- Glacier
- Hoverzone 3
- Iceberg
- Ice Sheet
- Lilypad Islands
- Methane Ice Caves
- Methane Ice Caves Marguerit Maida's Base (1064 -595 -657)
- Rocket Island
- Sparse Arctic
- Thermal Spires
- Twisty Bridges
- Drop Pod
- Exchanger Rocket
- Fauna
- Arctic Peeper
- Arctic Ray
- Brute Shark
- Frozen Skeleton
- Glow Whale
- More fauna from Subnautica
- Pengling
- Pengwing
- Pinnacarid
- Rock Puncher
- Symbiote
- Titan Holefish
- Flora
- Heating Gel
- New characters
- Precursor Bounty
- Resources
- Story items
- Supply Drop
- Tech Sites
- Arctic Marguerit's Tech Site (1169 -274 -464), (603 -133 -329)
- Arctic Kelp Forest Emergency Supply Cache (-252 -31 21)
- Arctic Spires (-1643 30 -621)
- Iceberg Marguerit's Tech Site (960 7 -1160)
- Lilypad Island (156 -155 -1002)
- Twisty Bridges (-252 -124 -248), (-371 -171 -318)
- Tools
- More tools from Subnautica
- Vesper Station
- Weather System
- Includes ~2 hours of story content and an unfinished map
11 February 2019 - 1.1 [CS#9892]
- Laser Cutter
- Propulsion Cannon
- Stasis Rifle
- Mini-patch including bug fixes and minor changes
- Almanac Cache and Alien Vessel fragments removed
- 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 15 units
- Added Thermal Lily glow/heat effects
- Removed broken Hoverpad drop
- Picking up Habitat Builder gives its blueprint
- Optimized clouds
- Added
cloudscommand
- 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
- Advanced Wiring Kit
- Aquarium, Battery Charger, Power Cell Charger
- Compass
- Deep Twisty Bridges
- Flare
- Flashing Lights Warning
- Enameled Glass
- High Capacity O₂ Tank databox moved to -371 -171 -318
- Mobile Vehicle Bay
- Moonpool
- Pengwings protect each other
- Plasteel Ingot
- Power Cell
- Rocket Island revamp
- Sea Monkey
- Sea Truck
- Modules (Aquarium Module, Fabricator Module, Storage Module)
- Upgrades (Afterburner Upgrade, Depth Module MK1, Energy Efficiency Upgrade Horsepower Upgrade) (Unlock the Sea Truck)
- Skyray
- Spikey Trap
- Squidshark
- Tech Sites
- Rocket Island Sea Truck dock (-139 3 -575)
- Thermal Spires
- Titanium Ingot
- Much, much more
- Ultra High Capacity Tank blueprint (The equipment cannot be crafted in this version)
- Update page
EARLY ACCESS 3 - Snowfox Update
9 May 2019 - EA 3 [CS#13740]
File:Subnautica Below Zero Snowfox Update
Snowfox Update Trailer
- Glow Whale interaction
- Improved Weather
- Limestone Outcrop node chance display
- New Biomes
- New Fauna
- New Flora
- New Sea Truck Modules
- Ore Vein
- Outpost Omega Research Notes removed
- Prawn Suit blueprint (The vehicle cannot be constructed because of Reinforced Glass)
- Purple Vents
- Recipe pinning
- Research Base Omega removed
- Sea Truck Storage Module storage space increased from 38 to 52
- Snowfox
- The use of Sea Truck Afterburner Upgrade consume power
- 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]
- Almanac Artifacts (Exploration Site, Ground Sample, Obelisk, Water Analyzer)
- Crafting UI Grid changed
- Improved weather
- Ion Cube
- Lily Paddler
- New background music of main menu
- Replenish Oxygen function of Air Bladder added
- Scannable Alterra Bounty Poster
- Sea Truck Perimeter Defense (Unlock the Sea Truck)
- Sea Truck Teleportation Module (Unlock by acquiring Tether Tool in the Supply Drop of Precursor Bounty)
- Snowstalker Fur
- Spy Pengling
- Camera
- Inventory
- Remote
- Temperature
- Tether Tool
- Tree Spires
- Ventgarden
- 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]
- Active Mining Site
- Booster Tank
- Cold Suit
- Cold Suit Gloves
- Cold Suit Helmtet
- Control Room
- Flashlight Helmet
- Jukebox
- Jukebox Speaker
- Jukebox Disks
- Divide Music - Survive (Rocket Island Base)
- First Sun - Die Peacefully (Research Base Cappa)
- NerdOut - Diving In Too Deep (Snowfox Base)
- TryHardNinja - Deep Dive (feat. Zach Boucher) (Jeffreys' Bunker)
- Seatruck Sleeper Module jukebox re-enabled
- Large Room
- Location of Marguerit Maida's Base changed to 93 -317 -924
- Location of Research Base Cappa changed to 546 -189 -1065
- Marguerit Maida cutscene 1
- Mineral Detector
- Missing icon of Snow Stalker Fur added
- Modification Station
- Modular Monument
- Multipurpose Room Glass Dome
- Outpost Omega Research Notes readded
- Prawn Suit can be constructed
- Prawn Suit Drill Arm blueprint (The module cannot be crafted in this version)
- Prawn Suit Jump Jet Upgrade (The blueprint of the module cannot be unlocked)
- Return of many more base parts from Subnautica
- Thermoblade
- Ultra High Capacity Tank can be crafted
- 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]
- Almanac redirected Architect
- Alterra Communications Tower
- Arctic Spires
- Arctic Spires Cache
- Ice Worm Debug Area
- Bioreactor
- Chinese Potato Plant
- Coffee Vending Machine
- Crashed Ship
- Crush depth of Seatruck is 200m instead of 275m
- Escape Rocket
- Frozen Leviathan
- Full story rework
- Ice Worm
- Jo Jeffreys renamed to Serik Jevov
- Lilypad Islands
- Lily Paddler and Pinnacarid interaction
- Marblemelon Plant
- Maximum crush depth of Seatruck Depth Upgrade MK1 is 350m instead of 425m
- Meteor Storm of Act I
- New Tech Sites
- Arctic Spires Purple Tablet fragment Tech Site (-1573 64 -141)
- Arctic Spires Thumper Tech Site (-1818 38 -745)
- Glacial Basin Snowfox Hop Module Tech Site (-1468 52 -651)
- Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Observatory
- Power Transmitter
- Prawn Suit Drill Arm can be crafted
- Purple Vents Salvage
- Purple Tablet
- Recipe of Seatruck changes
- Research Base Omega
- Ship Wreck Salvage
- Snowfox Hop Module
- Table Coral Sample harvest quantity changed to 1
- Thumper
- Unlocking method of Habitat Builder changed to unlock by acquiring the item from Supply Crate
- Vehicle Upgrade Console
- Weather-based Pengwing behaviors
- 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]
- Alterra Shuttle
- Al-An's Storage Medium
- Alien Robot
- Benzene
- Crashed Ship thruster
- Cylindrical Sample Flask
- Crush depth of Seatruck is 150m instead of 200m
- Cryptosuchus
- Crystal Caves
- Curl Plant
- Data Chip
- Deep Lilypads Cave Cache
- Deep Purple Vents
- Fabricator Caverns
- Flower Spores
- Glacial Connection
- Hivemind
- Hoverzone 3
- Hydrochloric Acid
- Improved filmic mode
- Jellyfish
- Kelp Root Pustule
- Locations of the data boxes of High Capacity O₂ Tank and Rebreather swapped
- Locker
- Loop Plant
- Marguerit Maida's Base
- Marguerit Maida cutscene 2
- Maximum crush depth of Seatruck Depth Upgrade MK1 is 300m instead of 350m
- More flora can be scanned
- New Architect Artifacts (Energy Generator, Fish Trap, Fossil Analyzer, Greenhouse, Light Fixture, Mineral Distillery, Satellite, Statue)
- New Seabase Modules
- New Tech Sites
- Arctic Kelp Forest (113 -32 -12)
- Glacial Basin Large Ice Cave (-1335 9 -504)
- Shallow Twisty Bridges floating Tech Site (-125 3 -198)
- Twisty Bridges (-131 -55 -175)
- New Vesper Station Model
- Nuclear Reactor
- Polyaniline
- Prawn Suit Propulsion Cannon
- Prawn Suit Thermal Reactor blueprint (The module cannot be fabricated in this version)
- Prawn Suit Torpedo Arm
- Reactor Rod
- Reinforced Dive Suit
- Repulsion Cannon
- Ribbon Plant seeds
- Rockgrub
- Scanner Room does not come with Camera Drones after constructing
- Seatruck Depth Upgrade MK2 (Unlock by Data Chip in Supply Drop)
- Seatruck Depth Upgrade MK3 (Unlock by Data Chip in Supply Drop)
- Seatruck Planter Module fragments (The module cannot be constructed)
- Side base of Rocket Island Base
- Shadow Leviathan
- Small Sample Flask
- Snowfox Base
- Spiral Plant
- Story updates
- Synthetic Fibers
- Thermal Plant
- The key toggle light of Seaglide added
- Twisty Bridges extended
- Unlocking method of Seatruck Perimeter Defense Upgrade changed to unlock by acquring built upgrade
- Uraninite Crystal
- Voice acting for almost all transmissions
- 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]
- Afrikaans, Estonian, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America) language support
- Al-An's perception of Architect Bases and Architect Artifacts
- Aurora Borealis at night
- Brinicle
- Creature Eggs
- Crystal Plant
- Deep Lilypads Cave
- Deep Lily Pad Mushroom
- Dialogue character image
- Exterior Growbed
- Gamma correction added to options
- Hatchable Sea Monkey
- Ice Bergs
- Ice Fruit Plant
- Icon of First Aid Kit changed to white cross over a green background
- Indoor Growbed
- Leafy Fruit Plant
- Mercury II
- Missing icons of Snowfox Hoverpad, Fridge, Shower, Sink, Toilet added
- New menu option
- New Tech Site
- The tech site in junction of Twisty Bridges and Thermal Spires (-494 -57 -497)
- Seatruck Fabricator Module storage locker can be used
- Size of Snowfox changed to 3x3
- Snowfox HUD update
- Sparse Arctic Rework
- Trivalve
- Update page
EARLY ACCESS 8.1 - Original Story Final Build
6 March 2020 - 8.1 [CS#24857]
EARLY ACCESS 9 - Frostbite Update
File:Subnautica- Below Zero Frostbite Update
Frostbite Update Trailer
30 April 2020 - EA9 [CS#27520]
- Addition minor Alterra installations
- Architect Teleporters
- Calls (Dialogue)
- Chic Plant Pot
- Coffee Americano's icon changed
- Cold Mechanics
- Completely new intro and story
- Composite Plant Pot
- Edible Twisty Bridges Mushroom Chunk
- Environment Polish
- Frozen River Plant 02 item
- Glacial Bay
- Glass Compartment (Unlock the Window)
- Ice Bubble
- Improved Weather
- Improved UI
- Cleaner PDA text
- Hotbar power indicators
- Status indicators
- Ion Power Cell (Unlocked by scanning Architect Artifacts)
- Major Glacial Basin rework
- Marguerit's Greenhouse
- Metal Salvage
- New Animations of climbing ladders and dock
- New Ice Worm Animation
- New animation of Ice Worm hunts Snow Stalker
- New animation of Player will be got down from Snowfox by Ice Worm
- New research site of Spy Pengling in Arctic Spires
- New Tech Sites
- Changes of Twisty Bridges High Capacity O₂ Tank Tech Site (-252 -124 -248)
- Changes of Twisty Bridges Rebreather Tech Site (-371 -171 -318)
- Glacial Bay Dock Tech Site (-1021 9 -389)
- Location of Glacial Basin Snowfox Hop Module Tech Site changed to -1510 11 -1043
- Player can hold tools while running
- Quantum Locker
- Saves for EA1-EA8 can not be available
- Sea Monkey can offer gifts when Al-An's consciousness in Robin's brain
- Size of Seaglide changed to 2x2
- Snowballs
- Snow Stalker's fear reaction to Flare
- Spicy Melon Salad (Unlock by Scanning Heat Fruit Plant and Marblemelon Plant)
- Spiral Chunk
- Stasis Rifle Removed
- Surface Beacon
- Thumper model
- Unlocking method of Habitat Builder changed to unlock by scanning fragments
- Unlocking methods of Ion Battery, Seatruck Teleportation Module, Tether Tool changed to unlock by scanning Architect Artifacts
- Water Purification Tablet
- Update page
EARLY ACCESS 10 - Salad Days Update
File:Subnautica Below Zero Salad Days Update
Salad Days Update Trailer
13 July 2020 - EA10 [CS#31042]
- Architect Artifacts signals
- Architect Gate Base
- Architect Greenhouse moved to -874 70 260
- Arctic changes
- Arctic Spires changes
- Arctic Spires Cache moved to -1011 21 720
- Ice Worm Graveyard
- Ion Cube Cache
- Basic Plant Pot
- Brute Shark and Titan Holefish Eggs
- Communications Tower changes
- Cuttable Ice Hole
- Deep Purple Vents changes
- Fossil Excavator moved to 409 -309 -641
- Glacial Basin Map
- Glacial Bay bridge to Arctic Spires
- Glacial Forest
- Hydraulic Fluid
- Kyanite
- Lantern Tree
- Lightning Flashes
- Modified Mineral Detector recipe
- More Story Additions
- Marguerit's Greenhouse changes
- Marguerit's tech site
- Master Architect Teleporter moved to -1080 56 93
- Missing icons of Snowball and Water Purification Tablet added
- New Tech Sites
- Arctic Spires Diamond Mining Site (-966 68 -84)
- New type of Posters
- Parallel Processing Unit
- Player Emotes
- Prawn Suit Depth Module (Unlock the Prawn Suit)
- Prawn Suit Thermal Reactor can be fabricated
- Recyclotron
- Snowfox Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module
- Snow Stalker Fruit Plant
- Snow Stalker Fruit
- Snow Stalker Plant Leaf
- Snow Stalker Improvements
- Feeding of Snow Stalker Baby
- Test Override Module
- Thermos and Coffee Vending Machine changes
- Thumper 3.0
- UI Scaling
- World Map
- Updates to Delta Station, Outpost Omega, Parvan's Bunker, Phi Robotics Lab and Research Base Zero
- Xenoworx PDA
- Update Page
EARLY ACCESS 11 - Stranger Pings Update
File:Subnautica Below Zero Stranger Pings Update
Stranger Pings Update Trailer
13 August 2020 - EA11 [CS#32698]
- Accessibility improvements (Highlight)
- Achievements
- Alterra employee profiles
- Arctic changes
- Aromatherapy Lamp
- Artifact pings
- Crystal Caves changes
- Deep Lilypads changes
- Environmental storytelling
- Executive Toy
- Feeding of Snow Stalker (Snow Stalker Fruit)
- Forcefields can be unlocked when Al-An's consciousness in Robin's brain
- Kharaa Antidote
- Light Fixture Removed
- Maroon Plant Fruit
- Maroon Plant Seed
- Missing icons added
- Necklace
- Phi Excavation Site
- Purple Tablet removed
- Plantable Heat Fruit Plant
- Recipes of Architect components changes
- Removed Hoverzone 3 from the world
- Rock Puncher improvements
- Seabase stairs
- Spicy fruit salad (Unlock by knifing a Snow Stalker Fruit Plant in Marguerit's Greenhouse)
- Squidshark electrical attack
- Terrain fading improvements
- Vortex Torpedo
- World Edge
- Update Page
EARLY ACCESS 12 - Relics of the Past Update
File:Subnautica- Below Zero Relics of the Past Update
Relics of the Past Update Trailer
29 October 2020 - EA12 [CS#37024]
- Ancient Ornamental Plant and the Polycage
- Aquarium and Plant Shelves are scannable again
- Creature Eggs (Arctic Ray, Brinewing, Crashfish, Cryptosuchus, Glow Whale, Jellyfish, Lily Paddler, Pengwing, Pinnacarid, Rock Puncher, and Squidshark)
- Buildable Alterra Employee Beds, Executive Desk, Snowman, and Wall Planter
- Carried Beacons now always drop upon death to help the player locate dropped items
- Complete Voice Acting
- Creature rideability disabled for Lily Paddlers and Pinnacarids
- Crystal Caves Crystal polish
- Deep Lilypads Cave Cache Makeover
- Delta Island dock changes
- Discus Fish
- Edible Antennae Fruit
- Edible Preston's Delight
- Exchange in locations for the Architect Tissues and Architect Skeleton
- Exploration Site changes
- Extra UI tips
- Finalized Flora Names
- Finalized item icons
- Finalized World Map
- Fred's Shaving Kit
- Glacial Connection changes
- H₂O of Filtered Water is 25 instead of 20
- Moonpool, Stillsuit, Swim Charge Fins, and second Booster Tank Data Boxes
- PDA Pause Feature
- Plenty of Calaverite Outcrop on Delta Island
- Posters
- Prawn Suit Grappling Arm
- Repulsion Cannon removed
- Robin Ayou player model update
- Seatruck Modules Polish
- Increased storage capacity with the Seatruck Storage Module
- Ion Cubes can be used 3 times to teleport to a Seatruck Teleportation Module
- Increased module hauling speed
- Talking character portraits
- Void Chelicerate Reskin
- West Arctic changes
- Update Page
Teeny-Tiny Update
4 December 2020 - EA12.5 [CS#39027]
- Art performance optimization
- Complete Databank, tooltips, names, descriptions, and PDA text.
- Eye Jellies new name
- Gas Torpedoes
- Improved Creative Mode
- New Icons for the Feather Fish, Feather Fish (Red), Rock Puncher, and Rock Puncher Eggs
- Lots of new Music
- Seatruck changes
- Story presentation improvements and databank organization
- Streaming and memory optimizations
- Tons of bug fixing, world polish, and merging
- Updated Robin/ player model
- Weather quality option
- Update Page
EARLY ACCESS 13 - Seaworthy Update
File:Subnautica- Below Zero Seaworthy Update
Seaworthy Update Trailer
25 February 2021 - EA 13 [CS#42690]
- Air Bladder now gives 15 O2 instead of 10
- Arctic Spires Architect Elevator
- Crystal Caves Cache Rework
- Complete OST
- Credits button accessible through the main menu
- Enhanced Prawn Suit
- Horizontal Boost (Shift Key)
- Jumping speed improve
- Storage Module readded (Unlock the Prawn Suit)
- Gamepad and Rumble Support
- H₂O of Disinfected Water is 35 instead of 30
- Large Resource Deposits added to World Edge, and Arctic
- Loading Pengling
- Mercury II Crew Logs
- Sanctuary Zero Signal
- Scanner Room energy cost reduced
- Small Stove
- Steam Cloud Support
- Tons of Bug Fixing
- Unlockable Flare blueprint
- Update Page
Final Release
14 May 2021 - Final Release [CS#44290]
- Ending
- Architect Home World
- Final storyline of Architect Phase Gate Facility
- Finalized Fridge, Shower, Small Stove, Toilet icons
- Full Achievements
- Final Achievement Into the Unknown added
- Unlockable Antidote blueprint
Console Release
- Release Date May 14th 2021
Trivia
- Players who own a copy of Subnautica: Below Zero on Steam can access older release builds by typing belowzeroearlyaccess in the beta access code area.