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.

2016 July: POLISH

• Better Cyclops driving.
• Expand Pipes to bases.
• Sea Emperor behavior.
• Death will have 10-15 seconds of emotion.
• Redo HUD.

2016 June: STORY MODE UPDATE

• Craftable time capsule.
• Polish Mobile Vehicle Bay and usability.
• Ending Sequence.
• Hatching Sea Emperor Eggs.
• Juvenile Sea Emperors.
• Optional story area 1.
• Optional story area 2.

2016 May: EXOSUIT UPDATE

• Transfuser.
• Exosuit.
  • Exosuit Jump Jets.
  • Depth Gating.
  • Exosuit "loot" drilling arm.
• Allow Exosuit to dock like the Seamoth.
• Final cavern for Active Lava Zone.
• Lost River area 3.
• Reimplement Mesmer.

2016

2016 May 6: MACHINERY UPDATE (PC only)

• Map Scanner Room.
• Bioreactor, Nuclear Reactor and Thermal Plant remodeling.
• Lost River area 1.
• Lost River area 2.
• Crabsquid.
• Added the Northen Blood Kelp Zone
• Fauna that are eaten or killed will respawn.

2016 April 5: OCULUS UPDATE (PC only)

• Oculus Rift is now fully supported. 
• You can now sit in the Chair.
• 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.

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

• Intro Sequence added.
• Fire Extinguisher added.
• Medical Kit Fabricator added.

2016 Febuary 25: FARMING UPDATE

• Abandoned Seabases implemented.
• Large Aquarium added.
• Farming added.
• Spotlight added.
• Planter Shelf added.
• Exterior Growbed added.
• Interior Growbed added.
• Plant Pot added.
• Living Wall added.
• Lightstick added.
• Eggs added.

2016 January 28: FLOOD OF DEAD BUGS

• Floodlight added.
• 50 bugs fixed.

2016 January 14: H2.O UPDATE

• New water graphics.
• Scanner added.
• Ocean environment updated.
• Items now have proper 3D models.
• Subtitles added.

2015 ALPHA STAGE

2015 December 15: GET WRECKED 

• Wrecks added.
• Laser Cutter added.
• Posters added. 

2015 November 20: WATER FILTRATION MACHINE

• Water Filtration Machine added.

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.

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.
• Biter added.
• Oculus added.
• Mountains Biome added.
• Koosh Zone extended.
• Mushroom Forest extended.

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.

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

• Modification Station added.
• Propulsion Cannon added.
• Survival Knife, Tank, and Fins can now be upgraded.
• Cyclops's doors now open/close.
• Cyclops now has an upgrade console.
• Cyclops's lights improved.
• Cyclops now has upgrades.

2015 April 30: CRASH SITE UPDATE

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

2015 March 13:

• Seabases added.

2015 February 25:

• Loot system updated.

2015 February 5:

• Cyclops added.

2015 January 16: DEV UPDATE 8

• In-game feedback system added.
• Stasis Rifle added.
• Terraformer added.
• Load/Save added.
• Menu updated.
• Pipe added.
• Air Bladder added.
• Bleeder added.
• Bone Shark added.
• Compass added.
• Inventory system updated.
• Beacon is now craftable.
• HUD updated

2014 PRE-ALPHA STAGE

2014 December 23: DEV UPDATE 7

• Gravsphere added.
• Lifepod 5 storage added.
• Now supports Oculus Rift DK2.
• Storage cube added.
• Oxygen replenishes faster.
• Lifepod Beacon now doesn't disappear from far distances.

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.