10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Subnautica

Ah, Subnautica . . . this beautiful game sparked a sense within me that few others have managed to achieve. From the moment I set foot outside of that lifepod for the very first time, I was hooked. I often find myself wishing I could go back in time and experience that feeling of wondrous terror for the first time once again. That being said, I’ve learned a lot in the hundreds of hours since my first playthrough, and I wish to impart some of that knowledge onto you. So without further ado, here are 10 things I wish I had known during my first playthrough of Subnautica . . . enjoy!

[@TheLastBacon]

Only just got this recommended - great video! :)

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank You! I love your videos :D

[@LHZOZ777]

Huh same

[@mr.boomguy]

Me too, just 2 days later xD

[@user-ks4jn6vg9s]

TheLastBacon?! I love your vids, and I agree with you. 🙂

[@sacred9813]

Was not expecting you being here

[@YouthRightsRadical]

Trick I found for Stalker Teeth: Get five pieces of metal salvage and a gravity trap. Find a stalker and drop the salvage and the grav trap. The grav trap keeps the stalker and the salvage together and the stalker will be constantly dropping one piece of metal salvage to pick up a different piece. This produces a massive number of stalker teeth very quickly.

[@Breathtaker5000]

That’s clever, I honestly need to experiment with grav traps a lot more

[@brodriguez11000]

Scanner room can track teeth. Don't forget the HUD upgrade.

[@slavking992]

And here I thought trapping them in caves with airpipes and salvage was a big brain move. I shalll be making a stalker tooth farm with grav traps from now on.

[@EdilbertFernando]

Ladies and gentlemen we got him!

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

Man, I always used grav traps for easy food and water, but never thought to use it for farming stalker teeth. I'll have to try that next time!

[@raymanisgoing2eatyrsoul597]

I honestly wish I could play this game for the first time again and at number 7 is literally the spot everyone goes through

[@Breathtaker5000]

Agreed! The first playthrough of this game is something truly special

[@mightyflamingo9336]

indeed, i just discovered with this video that you can enter somewhere else with the propulsion gun

[@kylegraham7363]

The first time I played it I never saw the sea dragon so I never knew it existed until my second playthrough 💀

[@TheSuperDuperLS]

Not me.

[@youtubeknight53]

​@@kylegraham7363lmao

[@zachlandis8728]

Beacons are also useful because if you have one in your inventory, it will drop if you die, allowing you to locate your lost items easier

[@brodriguez11000]

Had one that ended in the ground and in a bad neighborhood.

[@deathkilleraw.o.w3244]

I only play hardcore so no death please .but agree there good for marking places .

[@MortonGoldthwait]

Good to know. Thanks!

[@sharkrancher282]

​@@deathkilleraw.o.w3244; Lol, ditto! I get a little jealous looking at some of the fun stuff you can do in Survival Mode (ESPECIALLY the really neat bases a lot of folks have managed to build); but, for my money, there's no thrill quite like playing Subnautica on Hardcore. I've got a really nice 55+ hour run going right now; where I'm just having a good time building cool bases and (carefully) exploring the map. It's kind of exciting knowing that all of my hard work can be instantly undone by a single unlucky Crashfish blast.

[@noonecaresxhxz8685]

this is actually key knowledge thanks

[@IamDaveDev]

Fun fact: the extra 10 seconds of oxygen was originally a bug, but the developers thought it was a good quality of life feature, so they kept it in.

[@firstname9954]

well its accurate actually,once your oxygen tank is out,you don't instantly lose consciousness

[@gaymer816]

Hate to be that "um, actually" guy, but it's just the brief part where it's pitch black and you're still breathing that was originally a bug but became a Todd Howard special

[@ulysses847]

@@gaymer816it just works

[@vixendembny1711]

the scanner room is a super underutilized tool. for example, you can build one in the safe shallows and scan for stalker teeth, rather than farming them yourself.

[@MortonGoldthwait]

Scanner Bases are the only other bases I construct. They are god tier for farming. I build so many that I wrote down a formula for whenever I want to set up shop in a new biome. 17 titanium 5 Quartz 2 Shelf Coral Sample 4 Copper 2 Gold 3 Scanner Range Upgrades 1 Scanner Speed Upgrade 1 Beacon (be sure to give your base a clever name) Packing all that will give you enough for a scanner base, a hatch, two solar panels, a fabricator and superior radar.

[@user-zo1fk3dd7w]

Except that most teeth it shows have clipped through the seabed. The best way to exploit that is to go to the mushroom cave, check which of those teeth signatures are moving down and wait for them to fall out of the ceiling. It's so stupid.

[@speedude0164]

In a new playthrough, the faster you can get a Scanner Room, Moonpool and Battery Charger, the better.

[@HH-hd7nd]

@@user-zo1fk3dd7w Actually not true in most of the cases. Most people entirely forget that the Kelp Forests have a lot of caves - and the stalkers play inside the caves too. I've seen a lot of people complaining about this while in reality the teeth where just in the caves instead of the surface. It can occasionally happen that something clips into the ground but that is a lot more rare than most people assume.

[@cabriskus4700]

I just started playing this game today, and I just got the scanner room with the hud link and oml does it make the game so much easier

[@zenphir9051]

Im pretty sure that “secondary” entrance is the intended route, since it was the default entrance before the prawn bay was added.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Good point!

[@MrKalidascopeEyes]

The scanner even comments on the spider crabs having human in their digestive tracks over there

[@nnelg8139]

Yeah I never even knew about the propulsion cannon entrance...actually, idk if I ever even used a propulsion cannon.

[@MrKalidascopeEyes]

@@nnelg8139 it's handy either one all sorts of weapons everywhere. But crashfish have to be raised in a tank then stored in inventory

[@Broockle]

@@MrKalidascopeEyes u can only carry so many items and for me the propulsion canon nvr made the cut 😅 The prawn suit even gets a propulsion canon arm I think which I also found very little use for. 🤔

[@abaddon1371]

1:45 in addtion to the +10 seconds, it can be a good idea to carry a couple of Bladderfish when either deep diving with limited oxygen tank or when exploring wrecks. Bladderfish, while being great for water in the beginning, can also be eaten raw and when you do so, they provide the player with 15 oxygen points.

[@garryuyahoo]

Learned that the emergency floatation device made from bladder fish can be used for a bit of oxygen as well.

[@charlesg7926]

Honestly, it’s much better just to carry a spare “ultra high capacity tank”, the game really isn’t that hard lol. It’s epic and immersive though

[@charlesg7926]

Also the pathfinder tool is the best item for wrecks, BAR NONE. It prevents you from getting lost bcuz it illuminates a path back to the surface.

[@charlesg7926]

Here’s the key with the pathfinder tool: put a marker at the entrance (right in the doorway) of each room, then a 2nd marker in the middle of the room (to brighten it up). And put a marker each time a duct/tunnel changes direction.

[@speedude0164]

@@charlesg7926 I never used the Pathfinder Tool since by the time I made it I had enough oxygen and past experience to avoid getting lost and running out, but I may still wanna consider making one in the earlier half of my next playthrough.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

This is a trick that is used in speed runs but is actually part of the cote game on purpose: if you hold shift (or equivalent) when crafting you can stay in the crafting menu and navigate it while your item is being made. Its not insanely useful, but if you're making a lot of stuff that is multi layered crafting it can be useful for speeding it along.

[@TheGreatCyberwolf]

Idk what that would be on PS4, but it SURE WOULD'VE BEEN HANDY in the 10+ playthroughs I've done

[@davegerald1043]

5:56 Do not ever hold a cuddle fish egg again, you have just lost that right.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yummy omelette go brrrrrr :)

[@vladvulcan]

@@Breathtaker5000 unsubbed

[@larswilms8275]

@@vladvulcan He could have used actual cuddlefish.

[@vladvulcan]

@@larswilms8275 not possible

[@ja-nozreaper5865]

3:50 also you can just use scaning room and if you have your base near kelp forest, you will find a lot of them. 5:52 monster.

[@masterbaiter5283]

In BZ i usually use Baby penguins to fuel my Bioreactor.

[@ja-nozreaper5865]

@@masterbaiter5283 Why penguins? I use bodies Mercury II staff. A little rotten, but still.

[@vladvulcan]

@@masterbaiter5283 sick freak

[@77z5xgqg]

Best way to map is to place 3 beacons, draw a map on a paper and triangulate with the distance from the 3 beacons.

[@Breathtaker5000]

It’s big brain time 🧠

[@gabrieltwinwithulm7466]

Ooo that sounds like so much fun! This method is called "Trilateration." There's lot of info online about how to do map using Trilateration efficiently.

[@oliverandom6808]

My tip: There is no need for a seamoth to get to the aurora. All you need is a seaglide, and you might not even need that. Simply climb on your lifepod, point yourself in the direction of the Aurora, and swim. This worked without fail for me many times. Its also the best way to find the capsized lifepod, forgot what it's called.

[@lodgeAlloy275]

I made a base directly underneath the capsized lifepod without even knowing, and was surprised when i looked up and seen it

[@timklafke4712]

Wait capsized lifepod?? I don’t remember that, but I haven’t played this game in so long. Is it near the aurora

[@seeargee]

@@timklafke4712 yes, i believe it’s life pod 4, it’s pretty close to the aurora

[@asteropax6469]

⁠@@timklafke4712you will eventually find a total of 9 life pods besides your own. Lifepod 4 is the capsized lifepod and is at the water’s surface. You can find it to the northwest of the aurora’s wreck.

[@chadnorris8257]

Pretty sure at one point, there was a Reaper spawn on the left side of the Aurora, to keep you from just swimming to it. It was removed, I guess, because I haven't seen it in recent playthroughs, making the side closest to the lifepod fairly safe.

[@slavking992]

One of the funnest challenges is containing a reaper in a 'tank' by trapping it in a space enclosed by the big rooms since it was added to the original game. Such a joy looking at your pet leviathan in your improvised containment area and a real grind on your sanity when constructing such a big project😂

[@Breathtaker5000]

I’m gonna have to try this at some point

[@alexpena4091]

You probably used a stasis rifle I'm guessing

[@slavking992]

@@alexpena4091 at first I thought it was a good idea, but eventually I just left it for inventory space. Quite a few deaths mind you😂 (I am yet to attempt it on hardcore, I'll keep the stasis rifle then)

[@nicholaslisle7089]

Use three scraps and a gravity trap for a stalker farm. Pick up any fish that is trapped and materials. Great stalker tooth farm. Though, be sure to collect the gravity trap when you are done. The stalkers will steal them.

[@Breathtaker5000]

That’s smart

[@myview5840]

Hence i gave up using drones

[@marcosdheleno]

you can also use the gravity trap for those fishes inside the vents that get cooked. just put it close enough to the entrance, and it will collect them for you.

[@HH-hd7nd]

I have never seen a stalker stealing a grave trap. They steal the drones from the scanner room all the time, but I have never sever seen one talking one of my grav traps.

[@nicholaslisle7089]

They do not grab it. They swim away while being pulled by it. So they steal it.@@HH-hd7nd

[@248nutella9]

I would recommend carrying 2 beacons at around the time when you get the cyclops (the huge submarine for you newbies) because you probably arent going to go back home after finding a single thing only

[@Breathtaker5000]

Good idea!

[@Notmauer2341]

when you have a cyclops can you not just make a fabricator in there and then just build new ones?

[@248nutella9]

You can but its kinda annoying to get the resources on the go for it

[@terraversalvoid5391]

One of the first things I did was make a dozen of them haha.

[@248nutella9]

A dozen is about what you will need total, maybe a bit more if you wanna mark e v e r y t h i n g

[@hystericalgd9497]

i'd like to add to the reaper thing: if you want to be safe around reapers (and yes, this is a perfect tip for hardcore runs) always have uncooked peepers onhand. most of the times reapers will come at you, snatch the fish out of your hand, and then swim away for a short time period.

[@dlievitanz]

Lol

[@user-yh9zj2xt5h]

Did no one see him put 16 CUDDLEFISH EGGS?!?!

[@xasozine]

What a monster

[@laimis763]

There is two more advanced tips with the reaper (that I found). 1. Before reaper approaches you they will not scream for a while. 2. They will most likely come from your back. So when the reaper goes silent, turn around just in case. P.S. The wiki and PDA also say that reapers will circle there pray before attacking. P.S.2 great video I actually didn’t know that only one 3/4 metal salvage can yield stalker teeth and I thought that swimming in the water was faster, turns out it isn’t.

[@Breathtaker5000]

They are also not very agile, and you can avoid them by doing circles around em, it is very funny

[@laimis763]

@@Breathtaker5000 The devs actually did it on purpose to give players time to escape the reaper.

[@theterrorofdimensions1326]

That's the weakness of being able to move as fast as a Reaper does, but also being so large. XD

[@nooneofimportance2110]

I have a great story involving that.

[@jakoblopez5691]

Fun fact about reapers they use echolocation to hunt so that means if u can hear them they can see u

[@thamakil1394]

A small note on the subject of power priority: I have made the experience that with a very large base and especially when using power transmitters, the order can unfortunately change after reloading the game. I think the game first loads what is immediately around the player and only then gradually loads objects further away. For me, the bio-generator in the base regularly became the first device and, for example, thermal generators or solar panels that were further away and connected via transmitters became secondary devices, which was very annoying.

[@wjrneo2]

Yes. Power prioritization is based on which power piece loads in first. So if bioreactor loads before solar panels, the bioreactor is #1. With all the updates to the game I wish the devs had given us the ability to set power priorities without having to resort to Mods. That said, power priority mod works great.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Listen, the Prawn Suit may protect you from the creature that can one shot you. But not if he has some biomechanical backup who happens to have a way to forcibly eject you from your Prawn.

[@canadiangopher4443]

i have never seen one of those alien teleporters (i forget their name) in the lava zone, didn't think they spawned there.

[@Ytcuber280]

​@@canadiangopher4443They're called Warpers btw

[@Madtrack]

yep got me once. i was so close to dying.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

@@canadiangopher4443 There was a time when I first started streaming that I did a playthrough of Subnautica. I was trying to dodge around the Sea Dragon and a Warper got me from off screen. I kid you not, I was teleported about 15ft away from the Dragon's face. The was a brief pause as we just kind of looked at each other and I immediately hightailed it. I was disoriented from the Warp and couldn't find my Prawn. What followed was about 3 minutes of absolute silence on stream, I was completely focused on hiding from the Dragon.

[@TlalocTemporal]

Don't forget lining up a lava vomit that shatters the PRAWN faster than you can grapple. Bonus points if you left your cyclops in the inactive lava zone.

[@user-ub1tp3hg4i]

I love the cyclops. its absence from Below Zero is one reason I've even yet to beat that one. theres just something to making it your base, loading in down with 2 dozen storage containers (and any thing else you may need) and taking my base anywhere. only thing i need a regular base for is power cell recharging and food/water resupply

[@Breathtaker5000]

Agreed, not having the cyclops in BZ makes transporting materials a NIGHTMARE

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

you can very easily solve the food/water supply by putting a couple plant pots in the room behind the bridge - you can fit around four per side. Put Bulbo Trees in them and you will never again run out of food or water - and got very good biomatter for kickstarting an outpost-base for recharging the power cells. By the time you ate the third, the first is already (mostly) regrown - and the 4th is for backup.

[@brodriguez11000]

@@Breathtaker5000 Seatruck with the replicator is the only thing really needed. Hardest in below zero is not getting lost.

[@mattpfarr6129]

You can farm quite a bit on the cyclops. Seatruck makes a practical mobile base you customize with modules, but it isn’t quite the same feel as the cyclops.

[@user-oq7xc5qp3y]

@@brodriguez11000 seatruck was intended to be something between a cyclops and a seamoth. And it is. It takes size from a cyclops and customization from a seamoth.

[@christiannozza5469]

excellent advice, I knew that the noise of the cyclops attracts predators but it never occurred to me to turn off the engine! I have to admit that my first play-through of subnatica was very peculiar... I've never been afraid of the game's predators, several times I've come face to face with phantom leviathans etc, but I've never panicked. I even scanned all the leviathans in the game without any security measures and absurdly I only died twice in my first game. But anyway subnatica scared the shit out of me too with its creepy alien structures... I remember the first time I explored the alien cannon. I literally ran to the landing site and when I saw the alien cannon I TOTALLY panicked. With my heart pounding, I explored the structure with the fear that an alien would come out of a corner. And when I realized that that cannon was used to carry out the quarantine procedure and would surely have destroyed the ship that was supposed to save me well I promoted subnatica to my favorite game! no other game has ever made me feel such emotions. At that moment I thought that this was the culmination of subnatica, but I was wrong! The end of the game was able to be even more exciting, I dare say almost perfect! I literally loved the Sea imperator's "philosophical" observations... and well it was a unique emotion to hatch the eggs!

[@mattpfarr6129]

Yeah it’s uncanny how perfectly this game inspires such emotion. You really feel the terror, hopelessness, loneliness, awe, and wonder. I was so horrified when the Sunbeam was shot down. All my hopes dashed like that!

[@uhtred7860]

Shame about Below Zero, it wasn't a patch on the first one.

[@christiannozza5469]

@@uhtred7860 I was planning to buy subnautica below zero, but I have often heard several criticisms about this. Do you recommend it?

[@WaywardPython]

It depends what you're looking for, but I would recommend trying it. There's a lot more story in BZ, including one moment which will have veteran players celebrating, and some of the new creatures are cute. But the map is smaller and on the whole I find the monsters less terrifying. The above-ground elements (the ice) do bring a new dimension to the game. So give it a try and see what you think. @@christiannozza5469

[@shinmalphur2734]

Having and switching to a spare oxygen tank increases how long you can stay underwater. Using this trick I used the sea-moth to go down 900 meters into the lost river and used 3 of the highest capacity oxygen tanks and med kits to go the rest of the way to the primary containment facility. Having small base built just outside of the QEP (big gun) with a fabricator and storage would also be good to have.

[@technokicksyourass]

You can reach the alien thermal plant using only 3 high-cap tanks and a sea glide. The thermal plant has air, so you can refill your tanks once you reach it. You can then return to the surface make a blue tablet, and push on to the primary containment facility.

[@KaiTheMemeKing]

I'm playing deathrun, a super difficult modded version of Subnautica, and I always carry an extra ultra high capacity tank with me because you have to do so much freediving on default settings. Sacrifices some inventory space, but definitely underrated in the normal game

[@quandagdiggle]

One of my greatest tips for beginners he's that when you get Ozzie's distress call scan the bioreactor fragments around it and build one in your base Near a huge coarsl tube you see if you build your base near huge Coral tube you can cut it with a knife to get Coral shards which are able to be put in the bioreactor and the best part is the huge corals you've never disappears so you have Infinit bioreactor fuel

[@testfire3000]

That is a good one! I have never tried that.

[@marcosdheleno]

to me, the most usefull bio fuel is just the mushrooms. put them into a planter outside, and you will have ALOT of fuel that will last a lifetime. mushrooms are also great to have in hand for emergency batteries that you might need.

[@TheGreatCyberwolf]

That's actually a good idea. I've always just used marblemelons, since they're not only a good food source but can literally be grown right next to it

[@LethalOwl]

I’d argue the best item for the bioreactor, by far, is the Reginald fish. Incidentally it’s also the best food item too. As soon you have access to alien containment, stuff it full of reginalds and you have unlimited food and power from the same source. Reginalds have the most power output of any item that only takes up 1 inventory slot, and also gives over 40 food per fish, the best option once you are out of nutrient blocks. Edit, Apparently Oculus is better for power, but having both types of fish in containment is excessive. Oculus is probably the better choice if you do not intend to eat fish anymore and just use plants, for instance.

[@testfire3000]

@@LethalOwl Yes, the Reginald is the best fish for farming hands down.

[@Stambo59]

I got this game free on Epic game store because my son wanted to play it. He kept asking me "how do I do this and that" so I installed it on my PC too. I played for a short while and was hooked. Several hundred hours later I keep going back and doing "Just one more play through". When Below Zero came out I was happy to drop some cash and support the devs.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yup, it’s just such a good game

[@unknowncompany4479]

One thing i personally crutch on is the scanner room. I tell all of my friends that are playing Subnautica for the first time "build a scanner room, maxout its range, and build the hud chip ASAP. You will thank me later."

[@yawningkitty457]

Something that I have noticed about the more aggresive creatures in this game is if you get into a fight with e.g a Stalker and you wound it enough that it tries to escape, if you don't kill it, it will swim towards your lifepod, now scale that up to the Reaper and after two or three such fights, you can have a Reaper swimming arround your lifepod in the supposed 'safe' starting area. This works with all predatory creatures in the game, so be warned about leaving gribblies to swim away from a fight.

[@Breathtaker5000]

I’ve noticed this too. They can also follow you quite far in the cyclops - nothing more terrifying than seeing a reaper in a place where you WEREN’T EXPECTING to see a reaper

[@cursedone2231]

Sea dragon too?

[@yawningkitty457]

@@cursedone2231 Honestly don't know, never tried on one.

[@CollectiveCorgi-hd3hm]

Another tip I would recommend is burst fire with the stasis rifle first, then charge shot. Uncharged shots freeze the targeted area for 6.5 seconds; fully charged shots freeze the targeted area for 30 seconds. Triple tapping a leviathan gives you a good chance to immobilize it long enough to charge a full shot, which then gives you plenty of time to get away. Makes handling everything from Reapers to Ghost leviathans a walk in the park.

[@freakout402]

Thermal vents can be useful for power for your base, cyclops or PRAWN suit ( if the thermal upgrade is installed). And you also have rig for silent running in the cyclops. If I understand it correctly, it makes it more silent when you a piloting it.

[@voidwalker2456]

Fun fact about silent running is that I'm pretty sure it disables some of your more passive upgrades, for example the engine efficiency module, which is why silent running seems to jack up your power consumption is purely because why silent running does use less power its still eating power faster than with the engine efficiency active

[@freakout402]

@@voidwalker2456 I looked it up online, didnt say about the consumption but it makes it move slower, so less noise

[@clues1908]

@@freakout402 yeah it does consume more energy than normal on silent running, though it isnt really a problem due to being able to have lockers full of power cells and you can swap them for the Ion power cells too if need be.

[@speedude0164]

When going out to find the 3rd Degasi base, my dumb ass decided to leave my Cyclops on silent running before going out instead of just turning off the engine. I came back up to find it with 0 power and I had to take out a few Power Cells and slowly walk back to my base with my Prawn Suit to charge them, then take my Seamoth all the way back over to bring it back (in hindsight I should've just taken a Power Cell from the Prawn Suit and placed it in the Cyclops).

[@clonechoopa31]

5:50 seeing you chuck all those cuddlefish eggs into the bioreactor made me uncontrollably scrunch my face in a deeply snarling scowl with a horrified whimper at the sametime 😆 This the first time I've ever had such a violent reaction to something in a game... and I regularly watch the channel "Let's Game It Out" which makes this experience all the more surprising to me.

[@Breathtaker5000]

“A cuddlefish egg a day keeps the voices in my head away”

[@Notashi0]

​@@Breathtaker5000 I actually don't find the cuddlefish very cute. It reminds me of a pug.

[@antred11]

I wish the grown cuddlefish were as cute as the eggs imply. :-( I find the hatched ones pretty ugly, actually.

[@Notashi0]

@@antred11 ikr? It looks like this adorable little guy in the egg then it hatches and it's just PUG, or like a cow looking thing kind of. I don't know why everyone thinks it's so cute, I get that it's the closest thing to a pet companion in the game, but up close for me it's just a bug eyed, lumpy fish thing.

[@apathyguy8338]

Didn't think I'd encounter anything new but I was unaware of the power priorities. So I'll tell you a trick I picked up ages ago. Near the beginning of the game it's easy to make fire extinguishers and they work like Jets underwater. Much faster than the air bladder if you need to get to the surface fast swim backwards and point it down.

[@praetorianplays9945]

I've been playing subnautica for a very long time and i've got a few of my own tips to share. 1. Leviathans can wander out of their natural spawn locations if you damage one enough to force it to flee or something like a floater moves it out of that area. 2. Subnautica has really cool collision damage with vehicles that you can take advantage of to absolutely annihilate leviathans. The cyclops is your best weapon. You can easily kill a reaper by full speed ramming it with your cyclops around 5-8 times. I do recommend you use a shield upgrade to do this and only activate the shield at the last second before impact to save power. This might not be the safest way to defeat a reaper but its certainly the coolest. I have tested it on ghost leviathans and a sea dragon too and it just takes a few more rams. You'll wanna ram the creature you are targeting, this will cause it to flee a short distance. Then eventually it will aggro back onto you (make sure to go ahead slow while its aggroing back onto you to cool your engine down). Once it aggros you'll want to go to full speed and activate your shield and deactivate it while you collide. If you do this correctly you should only take a few hits and lose around 10% power. 3. If you wanna harvest acid mushrooms or deep shrooms pick them up and knife them away from their cluster to avoid a chain reaction (the chain reaction has a chance of instantly killing you which can be very bad for hardcore runs). 4. Power transmitters get more powerful the more there are in a chain. They start off with terrible range but as you place more this range increases more and more. Keep this in mind when building long power lines. 5. Almost nothing respawns on PC subnautica meaning you can drive species extinct. Keep this in mind when using my cyclops ram strategy. I personally have killed all but 1 of the leviathans on my main hardcore save. 6. Bases don't despawn. No matter what your base won't despawn even when you get far away from it. You can use this to your advantage by dropping items on foundations so they don't clip through the floor. This also makes building reaper cages completely viable since it wont just unload and let them clip through. 7. Yes you can build a reaper cage and it isn't even that hard. All you need is loads of titanium and lithium and a bit of lead. You'll need to build a pretty big foundation (depending on how humane you want the living conditions of your reaper to be) and then you'll want to build a ring of corridors around it. After this build vertical connectors on the straight corridors. They should be at least 5 connectors high. Then put a ceiling of X corridors on it (probably the most expensive part ignoring the reinforcements you'll need.). Make sure to leave an opening for your pet to swim through (you'll need to build this pretty close to where they live) and once they are inside, finish the structure by closing that opening. Now you have a pet reaper! If all is well he shouldn't escape. But he'll be very very loud so you should probably not build your main base too close to it. 8. If you just want to incapacitate a leviathan floaters are your best friend. Just fill your inventory with em and drop them all for the leviathan. If you are lucky they should all target the leviathan. If you are unlucky i'm sure the leviathan doesn't appreciate what you just did. 9. There is green table coral on one of the safe shallows/kelp forest borders. This coral is mostly reserved for the lost river so its just a cool left over thing from development you can find. 10. The bulb zone has been mostly untouched since it was first put into the game. You can find lots of strange things like safe shallows plants and kelp models you see nowhere else in game if you look hard enough. The Bulb zone geyser caves near lifepod 12 also have a lot to see in them and there are some sea crowns at the entrance that you can collect.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Ima have to try and find that table coral from #9

[@praetorianplays9945]

@@Breathtaker5000 Good luck!

[@Nokks_best_friend]

This will definitely be a big help I started saving up money yesterday by helping my dad move some dirt and when I get subnatica I’m definitely coming back and rewatching this video

[@Greirat]

Late comment but don’t watch videos on this game before you play, this is one game you don’t want any spoilers for

[@Comp1337Loser]

4:45 “So if you have good timing, and a non-existent self-preservation instinct” 😂 Greatest beginning to any sentence ever

[@StodaGryph]

An obvious, critical bit of info that I just failed to figure out until my 3rd playthrough - the gravity ball. That thing is FANTASTIC for trapping fish, making catching them no trouble (and no risk).

[@terraversalvoid5391]

The grav trap seriously saved my ass at the start of the game.

[@beginthewar9681]

It's the best way to catch fish. When I built my base (Currently it has 5-6 solar panels and 4 bioreactors) I set up 2 grav traps and set beacons to them as I almost died due to dehydration since I couldn't find them, and I can get 20 fish, which the max of bladders being 5. I'm going to set up another one since these are so successful. Just uh, make sure they're in good locations. I moved one from a good spot to a bad one and my hauls went from 9 to 2-3/grav trap.

[@nowakjim]

One thing I wished I had known before playing Subnautica for the first time was the notion that I'd only, truly, have this one moment to FULLY enjoy the game. I've spent many hours since that first play through. But damn, I too wish I could recapture that first time. This is one game you DON'T want to have spoiled!

[@ford6]

Your "secondary entrance" into the Aurora is actually the primary entrance as the PDA's and scripts are ment to be triggered from that path.

[@Cuteseals2]

that was bugging me too, the path he said was the main is actually a backdoor into the prawn bay area...

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

Kind of ironic, then, given the fact that the prawn bay access is the most obvious entrance...

[@Cuteseals2]

@@shinigamimiroku3723 idk the other entrance is literally on a path from the largest landing sort of "beach" area of the Aurora wreck

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

@@Cuteseals2 I must be blind as a bat, then, because it never even occurred to me that that might be a path. But then, I also didn't get the game until after it had its full release (I only ever had a laptop due to my constantly moving around, and a game like Subnautica would never run properly on it).

[@373iimak]

With 1300 hours in Subnautica, (Half are AFK) I could say that I know a few thing about this masterpiece of a game. Yet, I didn’t know about the one with the thermal vents. The video was very good, and was on point! Subscribed.

[@Breathtaker5000]

1300 Hours! Even with AFK time that is insane. Welcome aboard! 😉

[@DamageMaximo]

the fuck have you been doing for 1300 hours in subnautica lmfao, did you replay the game 78 times?

[@daltonhigdon2338]

Why afk???

[@373iimak]

@@daltonhigdon2338 i’m the type of person to leave my computer on for LOOOOOOOOONG periods of time.

[@brodriguez11000]

Fish rots over time.

[@quintonmartin27]

For number 7 I didn't realize that there was need for the cannon. I always just followed the other path in

[@MrLarsgren]

oh i can add to this. 1. planting creepvine give you a free light source to mark points of interrest, the more you put in the plot the more intense light. 2. planting brain coral give you a air vent with bubbles that go all the way to surface and can also refill diving tanks. perfect for free diving. 3. the dragon fruit thing keeps producing and is the optimal source of energy with bio reactors. 4. almost all plants have a purpose. 5. now combine it all for a no sub playtrough. no prawn. no seamoth and cyclops is only allowed as surface vessel. 😄 that is my preferred way. get to experience the depth of the game mechanics soo much more. and you get to meet the locals XD i will give you 1 good tip. the xpipe can fit 16 lockers using a hatch ontop. its only 5 titanite and 1 quarts to drop a camp. all about inventory when freediving.

[@furiousapplesack]

I lived out of an xpipe for almost an entire playthrough once. It was surprisingly efficient and could fit almost everything you'd need for most of the game.

[@LethalOwl]

Big disagree on the optimal bio reactor fuel. Reginald is by far the best energy output item for it’s size. Lasts much longer and you can fit 16 at once. Also the best food item in the game for long journeys.

[@mirakil7636]

@@LethalOwl It's the Oculus that's the best Bioreactor powersource, with each fish providing 630 units of power, compared to the Reginald's 490 units of power. Reginalds are the most filling fish for eating, though.

[@LethalOwl]

@@mirakil7636 Fair. I'd probably still just stick with the Reginalds, in that case. No need to raise both types of fish, with that much power per fish. Reginalds alone can sustain both power and food needs just fine in my playthroughs.

[@mirakil7636]

@@LethalOwl True enough. It's not like the survival aspect is challenging in any way, regardless. Once you get the thermal knife, you'll always be able to get food.

[@keyhaddock8909]

With number 10 you also could jump from the tip of one of the mountains from the other island and most likely just survive if at full health 👍

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, the player must have titanium shins or something 🤣

[@Ch1ck3nB0y]

Yeah, Riley got them long fall boots from Portal.

[@nathanbrinkerhoff5886]

​@Ch1ck3nB0y I think you mean a Chinese knock-off of the Long Fall Boots. You still take damage.

[@HoiImTeMMiE]

don't tell me I am the only one who saw him doing a war crime at 5:50...

[@Breathtaker5000]

Shh… ;)

[@HoiImTeMMiE]

@@Breathtaker5000 Don't worry, won't tell the government, they won't come after you

[@sawbucksgold3727]

came to the comments the second I saw that

[@lool8421]

for reapers, all i really need is just an ability to stun it, a seamoth and a knife just stun the reaper, stab it 100 times and enter the seamoth to regen oxygen, that's basically how you can kill it an alternate option i've seen is to stun it and then drop as much poisonous gas into its face as possible

[@Breathtaker5000]

Subnautica 3: Violation of the Geneva Conventions

[@MichaelLaing71]

Some really good advice, particularly with the beacon and power. Not sure swimming into a vent to collect fish, is really a good idea generally. The thing I wish I had known was that you don't need to pilot the Cyclops and you don't need the prawn suit at all. As long as you collect as many ion cubes as possible, are prepared to swim to the Alien thermal plant and primary containment facility to activate the Alien Arches (which means you will encounter the sea dragon).

[@MortonGoldthwait]

One trick I learned is that if a biome is to deep for solar power, particularly for a Scanner Base, you can construct a series of I connectors until you reach around 170-150 Meters. You will be able to build on top of the connectors. Once your Scanner Base is constructed, you can deconstruct the connectors to salvage Titanium and the Scanner Base will remain hovering in the middle of the deep water.

[@jasonlyons4986]

Dude always carry a beacon is SO important, especially in below zero. If I could only explain the time I collectively spent trying to locate 1. Maude's base, and 2. the shadow leviathan's cave. By the 3rd time I had to go down to each place for something I was fucking carrying 4 beacons to INSURE I didn't get trapped/lost.

[@Feyyore]

An other tip for stalker teeth is to build your base near their spawn and build anscanning room. They pluck those camera orbs out of their housing and shed teeth like nobodies business. Also that secondary entrance to the aurora I always thought it was the main one haha. xD Been cheeky all this time.

[@spacefightertzz]

Oh ya. I can find that true. I have built several bases through my progress in the game. Farming certain things and keeping them in base storages. I did notice they pluck them out haha... And at the end game, it was easy and quick to build the final structure, I just went around to my different bases, collected the things from the storages, and built the structure.

[@HungryWanderer86]

I don't use the Cyclops as a vehicle, I use it more like a mobile base, once I get it as close as possible to the place I wanna go to, I turn off the engine, station it, and completely rely on the sea-moth/prawn-suit to explore, and in areas with more than 2 leviathans prowling like the Lost river, I try to rely even less on my vehicles to avoid drawing their attention.

[@supremefankai5480]

Only got Subnautica a couple of weeks ago, and these kind of videos have really helped me survive, though I figured out the first tip myself, I used the destroyed lifepods as beacons as well simply because they are always available to be used as nav points.

[@zazoreal5536]

Number 11- Get a Prawn suit, grapple arm and drill arm with upgrades. Become Stronk! Except for warpers...run away!

[@Notashi0]

Of note regarding #6, Power Priority, keep in mind it also applies regarding the first power source connected when loading the game. Thermal generators that relay power back to your base from a distance will typically be disconnected from it when you first load your save, and then connect after a couple seconds. This causes the thermal generators to be considered as the last power source connected to your base, meaning you should probably always consider them to be the last power source the game will use unless your base is right next to the thermal vent.

[@jeffreyhughes5972]

one thing I have found that has made navigating much easier is tagging all the wrecks by name, then using that plus a map w/wrecks on your second screen to navigate

[@Breathtaker5000]

Nod a bad idea

[@tvctaswegia497]

Mandatory for me as I get lost or distracted easily. Also I colour code them for easy reference: Red. Danger, critical resource or story location. Orange. Secondary objective, farm location or potential base/unexplored area. Blue. Caches, safe houses, bases and supplies. Remember to turn off beacons/way points you don't need to prevent HUD spam, and retrieve out of date beacons to deploy to new area to prevent confusion. The most scarce resource you have in the game is actually... time. The less of it you waste, the more efficient you'll be and the more productive you'll be per session. ...or just chill out with the fishies and vibe, you do you. :)

[@brodriguez11000]

Include depth in description.

[@furiousapplesack]

On PC at least, there are some fantastic mods that have been updated and the map mod is essential. It's great, like choosing between "map explored as you go" or starting fully explored, different modes to show biome/depths/etc., you can put notes on locations, all on your PDA. Lots of options, really well-made.

[@furiousapplesack]

@@tvctaswegia497 That's pretty logical. I used green for bases, and the rest to denote how "done" I was with a location because I had a hard time keeping track even when turning off unused beacons. Red for unvisited, yellow for "visited but unfinished," blue for finished and then I'd turn off the blue ones and only turn them back on if I needed to get somewhere specific.

[@lordpalandus11]

Some nice tips, but most of them I knew about. Didn't know of the cooked fish at the bottom of the heat vents though. Also didn't know of the power priority. Some more of my own for the specific sections: Stalker Teeth = The more of the metal bits you give them, the faster they lose teeth. Just make sure to have them do the deed where you can easily spot the teeth. The teeth can blend into the terrain a lot of the time so you might find them in hard to see spots. After It Explodes = I always thought the blocked off entrance was the secret entrance. Because you often had to get the propulsion gun parts from inside the Aurora, to be able to exit from that route. Reapers = Some notes: -> The gas torpedoes are particularly useful against reapers, though collecting the gas nodules is a pain in the booty hole. -> Getting out fast and shooting them with a stasis rifle, and getting back in your sea moth can be a great way to escape. Reapers/Cyclops = Most of the time turning off the engine isn't sufficient. Because if you wandered into their "home" and they were patrolling on the far side and then spots you, they'll hang around you for quite some time... like I did this tactic once, and it took me 40 minutes of slow inching my way out and turning off the engine to avoid getting destroyed. However, there are some ways of handling reapers with the cyclops that you didn't mention. Namely: -> Going stealth mode with the engines to sneak away, but also try to get to the surface. Reapers are more inclined to stay down 300 meters or so, and thus it takes them longer to get to you if they do decide to go after you again. -> Depending on how close you are to a safer region, you could go to maximum speed and try to outrun them. -> Depending on tech available, the cyclops shield can take a beating, especially if you routinely swap out power cells at bases that recharge them. The decoys are extremely useful especially in the lava zone. Drop a decoy and go to max speed. -> Also piloting the cyclops I find is easier in third person, from one of the camera mounts. When in open spaces, i do first person, but in tight spaces or combat, I go third person.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, sometimes I will just use the shield generator, it lasts quite a while with ion power cells

[@antred11]

"-> Getting out fast and shooting them with a stasis rifle, and getting back in your sea moth can be a great way to escape." Is that really necessary? IMO the Seamoth easily outruns ANY of the predators in the game. Just turn and run for a few hundred meters ... done.

[@lordpalandus11]

@@antred11 The seamoth doesn't outrun any of the predators in the game, except for the worms in the purple cavern. It cannot outrun either Leviathan, or the Crab Squids. Most of the time, you don't have a few hundred meters you can flee in a straight line from them. The statis rifle idea however isn't one I've tried.

[@antred11]

@@lordpalandus11 Are you sure? Whenever a predator attacks me, I just turn tail and run, and they've NEVER once managed to catch me.

[@lordpalandus11]

@@antred11 With mods it might be possible; like the mod that lets you dash in the seamoth. But I've never outrun a reaper or ghost leviathan, and crab squids often teleport me out of the sea moth, when I played it without mods.

[@PaterLenzn]

Found this very helpful just now, thanks for taking the time to make your videos! I see to watch them all over time!

[@rvolcano7338]

One piece of info I wish I the first time was just how valuable those nutrition bars were. I ate them as they came along, but as I went deeper food became harder to collect and even when I did it was always fish or farmed goods, things that took up more inventory space than the nutri bars.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, I wish subnautica had a better mobile food source like in BZ

[@honzakozusnik5557]

Tip 10 stasis rifle

[@Ennginneerr]

Unknown opinion Making the Cyclops go slower also makes less noise Or if you have the Silent running upgrade turn it on Decoys also work but i only rarely use them since i dont care about speed i use the cyclops with seamoth if near a surface with the prawn when going into a dangerous area.

[@Breathtaker5000]

My strategy is more or less the same

[@PhasedPrism]

I'm gonna share something helpful of my own. With a stasis gun, a thermoblade, and some patience, you can kill Reaper Leviathans. They do not respawn. Shoot them in the head with the stasis gun, then stabby-stabby ftw. You'll have to repeat the process a few times. Re-fire the stasis gun when the bubble starts to shrink. When the jerk goes belly-up take a photo! You're a badass!

[@Breathtaker5000]

Nothing like hanging a photo of a dead reaper over your bed!

[@evenfunnierguy]

Did you just stick 16 cuddlefish eggs into your bioreactor? YOU MONSTER!!

[@alexandercampbell5136]

Fun fact: Reaper leviathan's scream is actually a form of sonar. This means that they can use it to find you. This also means that submarine warfare spotting/ stealth tactics apply to them. When in a Cyclops, get as close to the sea floor as possible, and engage silent running. The reapers echolocation won't be able to distinguish you from the sea floor. The same works with the seamoth.

[@Bigs-kb5dd]

The Reapers scream is not an actual game mechanic it’s just a very interesting bit of lore

[@gunengineering1338]

A tip i learned from building a giant habitat that spans almost half the world map and growing. You get the most real-estate out of the available materials by making everything out of glass that you can and making reinforcements out of titanium, lead, and lithium. Lithium is easily available in unlimited supply by following the crawler leviathans around and breaking up the rocks they stir up. If you are building a giant habitat, a good place for the reinforcements is in the virtical passage ways. Atm my habitat is around 1500m long by 600m wide by 300m tall yet still has a hull strength of around 300 by following this principle.

[@brodriguez11000]

Sticking most of it above water.

[@gunengineering1338]

@brodriguez11000 there's no durability penalty for anything on the surface. It matters when doing a giant habitat but not as much as you might think. For building a giant habitat, i found the surface mostly useful for solar. ATM i am building my way down to the lava zone. So it will be pretty cool getting surface level solar power down there. My habitat is mostly various posts linked by long walk ways. One of the posts is on the surface along with parts of 3 of the walk ways. Everything else is under water. And hull strength is between 500 and 600. I could have it up to a thousand by now if i were willing to spend the resources on it. There would probably be around a 200 strength penalty if the surface sections were under water. As i said earlier. The best way to keep up in hull strength imo is by putting reinforcements on the vertical sections while using glass for all the walk ways. I am making a video of it for a friend. I will share it here too.

[@gunengineering1338]

@@brodriguez11000 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5TZhaCQjc5obNE

[@mospusthespider1246]

One thing that I haven’t seen mentioned in the comments or the video is that reefbacks can provide a good source of copper before getting the drill arm. Breaking the glowing barnacles on their back gives you copper and sometimes silver. Way more reliable than banking on limestone outcrops, in my opinion.

[@tomplayscz8591]

One good tip i can tell you, SAVE TITANIUM. Someone may say "oh i have full inv, so i throw out some titanium bsc its everywhere...". Yes, it is everywhere, but later in game, when you want to build something that cost many titanium ingots, more than a half of the time you will be just searching for titanium.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Fr, people be throwing away until they wanna make a new base, then they realize just how expensive bases actually are

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

@@Breathtaker5000 which is why I typically kept the base builder on my belt regardless. if my inventory filled up, I just slapped down a bunch of unpowered I-sections somewhere for later use/retrieval.

[@selalewow]

I started playing in the Beta and I really miss the excitement of exploring the world and waiting for new content to drop. This was one of the best games ever, especially if you got in early.

[@GG_1318]

6:25 i thought this was the main entrance

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, I’m not sure which one the devs intended the player to go through first

[@NovaHorizon]

I remember back when the Cyclops was invulnerable. You could just sit there and watch the Leviathans attack you and enjoy the zen of their roars. lol

[@Breathtaker5000]

Ah, the good old days :)

[@thatcooldude9147]

*Spoiler for the Reaper Leviathan Scan!* Reaper Leviathans use they Call for Echo-location purposes; so basically, if you can hear them, they can see you Once you figure which roars are Reaper Leviathans (and other Leviathans for that matter), you’ll easily figure out when you’re safe and when you need to keep you’re eyes peeled

[@LegoSpiderman18]

I’ve been using the auroras 2nd entrance this entire time and thought it was the only way to enter

[@Breathtaker5000]

I use it when I’m too lazy to get a propulsion cannon

[@notnull5878]

Wish I knew how useful the shock upgrade for the seamoth is on my first playthrough. They make leviathans into more of a nuisance than a threat

[@Breathtaker5000]

I kind of wish they would nerf it a LITTLE, like having to charge it up more to dislodge bigger creatures, or something like that

[@voidwalker2456]

You can also strafe the leviathan they turn far slower than the playet can and if you do it long enough eventually the leviathan will briefly lose track of you/lose interest where apon you can run towards their tail end and book it

[@furiousapplesack]

I used the hell out of it in playthrough one, but what I wish I'd known about is the sonar system. For some reason I ignored it completely. Turns out it really helps with the thalassophobia I'm stricken with because it gives you a quick peak at EVERYthing around you, and makes the reapers hard to miss so they don't sneak up on you. Especially in bad visibility.

[@halloweagle957]

I've only recently discovered you and I'm really enjoying the content! I have not long finished my first-ever playthrough of Subnautica, wish I had known these tips beforehand lol! But I'll definitely keep them in mind when I replay!

[@jirikahanek2284]

I didn't know about the cooked fish in the vents and the main enterance to the aurora.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad this was able to help out :)

[@jnvs2383]

1 thing that i wish i knew is to avoid ghost leviathans when you're in the cyclops because they push it around and will not stop chasing until you get like 500m away and they will even chase you in the lava zone to just push the cyclops

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, ghost leviathans are definitely the most tricky to avoid. On older versions, I’ve found it best to use glitched to fling the cyclops beyond the void. However, since some of these appear to no longer be working, the best bet would probably be to use creature decoys in conjunction with silent running and the shield generator

[@Jilted84]

I went to the dunes (I didn't know what they where at that time) in my Cyclops and after I scanned a reaper i got chased about 1000m all the way to my life pod( where I got fed up and killed it)

[@Raiderlaker19]

We just not gonna talk about the war crime here? 5:47

[@ElectricXProductions]

Only just started to get interested in Subnautica and you got me even more interested and excited to play it. And you became my first Subnautica youtuber to subscribe to you are a great youtube creator and should continue to make content ❤

[@michaelboughton5158]

A great set of FYIs. I knew most of them. A couple I did not. Thanks for putting on the time and effort. 😁👍

[@MartysRandomStuff]

It seems in the last big update they made adjustments to the position of the boxes to make it much harder to jump over the barrier into the Aurora. Also seems like jumping from the ledge above near the fire area is harder now, so it seems they really want you to make the propulsion cannon to get in. I think it took me a few playthroughs to realize there are enough nickel chunks around to do your upgrades without needing to mine for them with the prawn suit, you just have to keep an eye out for them on the walls in the lost river areas. After you know the map really well it means you can get all the way to the power generation facility without ever building a prawn suit or cyclops, just a seamoth and seagluide will get you there. The real challenge becomes getting there with only one oxygen tank, now that 900 meters is half way down the cove tree area that has become slightly easier.

[@user-oq7xc5qp3y]

Did the devs change boxes? Let me check... Nope, nothing changed. Boxes're placed the same way they were 4 years ago.

[@MartysRandomStuff]

@@user-oq7xc5qp3y Are you still able to jump from the lone box onto the pile and make it into the ship? I haven't been able to do it recently and have seen some players on KZbin also complain that something has changed where you can't make it over anymore.

[@user-oq7xc5qp3y]

@@MartysRandomStuff 1. There are three boxes. 2. If you're talking about the big one - it's still there, not moved at all. Maybe they changed whole jump system, or you just forgot how to do it.

[@MartysRandomStuff]

@@user-oq7xc5qp3y So you haven't done that jump? Yes all the boxes look like they are the same but it would only take a small change to stop the jump from working. Distance in the game has changed so maybe that is it. Down near the cove tree 900 meters used to be the top of the cave, now it's in the middle of the tree.

[@user-oq7xc5qp3y]

@@MartysRandomStuff They would need to change position of those boxes by more than half a meter to make this jump impossible. If you aren't jumping from center of that box, of course, then moving boxes by even a pixel will make it imposible.

[@lttatertots1960]

this was a really well made video, I wasn't expecting it to come from a channel with only a 1000 subs. solid effort and, well yeah. 10/10 video and information.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed

[@corvokoi504]

One of the things I think are the most important are the scan rooms and the microchip that allows you to see the marks in your screen, outside of the scan room. Instead of building bases in key biomes full of resources such as the lost river or the lava zone, or even those glowing mushroom caves, I build scan rooms and use them as bases, because they are far more useful! Great video!!

[@fennextheking2189]

Imma be honest, I didn’t even know about the primary entrance to the aurora until my second play through. That’s probably why I never make a propulsion cannon… like, ever.

[@Sea_dragon_laviathan]

WHY?!?? bro… he put cuddle fish in the bioreactor😭

[@EdricLysharae]

It made me grin and tear up.

[@Damien_Paxton]

HE HAS NO SOUL!

[@peggychu3002]

Beyond 2-3 cuttlefish, where the hell did he get so many? I’ve never seen them reproduce!

[@FireCool2K]

i eat cuddlefish Note: they taste delicous

[@kaiweber1178]

You edit really well and the video was very interesting. Your videos really deserve to get more attention. It was really fun to watch, hope there's coming more to see!

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank you so much! I’m already scripting out a new video :)

[@lexslate2476]

I always thought the entrance in to the Aurora that you suggest as an alternative was the main one, as it had a bunch of supply boxes one he way in, a scannable broken propulsion cannon, and a PDA hinting at what the cannon was for, plus an interactable console in the room on the right with the poster that makes your computer helper voice tell you that you need to get deeper in to the ship to get its black box data. That said, those are good tips. Here are some of mine: Scanning room picks up loads of stalker teeth, if you have one in range of a kelp forest. Thermal vents can't hurt you much if you have a reinforced dive suit, though that's hardly an early-game item. I put potted plants in the same room as my bioreactors, mostly lantern fruit as they require no replanting and they can hold a lot of usable fruits per plant. If Reapers are a concern, plant a scanner room with a couple solar panels on it near their turf and tell it to watch for them. If you install the scanner HUD chip thingy (i forget the exact name), then you'll be able to see exactly where they are at all times. I suggest building little bases wherever you might need them, each with plants on the inside for food and plants on an exterior growbed for other resources. A knife slash will get you plantable bits from most usable plants and some useless ones. Once you're immune to tiger plant spikes, consider putting an exterior growbed with a few of those near bases with hostile creatures nearby to keep the mean fish away. Once you have the resources, put a moonpool in so that you can recharge your seamoth. Build moonpools at multiple bases and use them as battery chargers. The resources you need to make a moonpool are much more attainable, especially in the early game, then the ones you need to make a power cell charger, so when your Cyclops needs juice, you can grab all of the cells that are below 100 charge and take them, with your seamoth, in to the moonpool. Just swap the battery in the mini-sub while it's docked. While you run around the base snacking on the plants and seeing if the scanners found anything interesting and making fish jerky with the salt from the water purifier, you just need to occasionally swap a cell. The vending machine and coffee maker work. Both require a powered base. Interact withe the coffee machine and it will go off, while the chip machine requires that you press the chip selection panel. Neither is an especially practical source of food or water. I use potted plants a lot for that. Even in the cyclops. Carry a stasis rifle. When in hostile territory, freezing a hostile fish in a time bubble is a great way to make it hold still for scanning, or so that you can get the hell away from it before it bites you. Or so that you can stab it repeatedly if you are feeling vindictive.

[@furiousapplesack]

All that is good. Stasis rifle is a life-saver, so much so that just having it reduces some of the fear I have. Also, a single Bulbo tree is pretty much enough to get by on, in base or on the Cyclops. It has generally regrown by the time you are in dire straits in term of sustenance, gives a great balance of water/food and doesn't take up too much space.

[@lexslate2476]

@@furiousapplesack Lots of room in the Cyclops, or on most bases. Plant two Bulbo trees if you like those, so that if you finish eating one of them and have to replant, there's still some more snacks. Or go melons for their water content and use a on-board fabricator to cook fish. Or make some fish jerky for the road.

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

Thermal vents are also an excellent source of power for bases, particularly bases deep enough that solar just won't work anymore. Thermal generators are entirely passive, just like solar, and can be used to either entirely or at least significantly power a forward base. There's thermal vents down by the jellyshroom cave, for example, that can power a base down there where a lot of resources can be found. Small but efficient forward outposts can really help make normally hard to reach resources much easier to obtain.

[@patrickmartin4594]

Another tip would be: when sunbeam comes and gets you, don't leave right away or else you will be AFK for about 25 minutes or longer.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Relatable, I’ve gotten to a point where I don’t even go over anymore…

[@arnostthemandoade2941]

You can use that time to explore the alien structure and the island.

[@patrickmartin4594]

@@arnostthemandoade2941 oh, I never knew that.

[@alexzendraw]

The video editing is very good! Hope your videos get way more attention! I enjoyed this

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank You! I’ve been learning a lot about editing recently, and I hope to keep improving every step of the way. :D

[@5PctJuice]

The "alternate entrance" to the Aurora was the *only* entrance during much of early access, so it took me until about 6 months after the full release to even find out that there was another entrance that you were "supposed to use."

[@Tschudenizer]

Tip 11. You can use a spare breathing tank and swap it with the active one if air gets low. Tipp 12. Do not forget to refill your spare tank if you used it, yes I am talking from experience 😅

[@tvctaswegia497]

And if you're really pushing your luck always carry a bladder for emergency blow to the surface. I super hate blacking out 5m from the air...

[@Tschudenizer]

@@tvctaswegia497 Yes true, but make sure that your way straight up is not blocked by anything like wreckage, cave walls or ice etc.

[@virt1one]

I feel your pain! Forgetting to refill my tanks when I hit a base, then I'm out far somewhere and oh low o2, swap tanks... O2 didn't go up, swap to 3rd tank... noooooo.... but you can see the fill level by the crescent color indicator even when not equipped. More than once I've been out a ways and glanced at my other tanks and ooooooooo no back to base back to base! I also tend to leave the tanks with a little o2 when swapping, in case I get in a pinch I can "juggle" my remaining tanks

[@votkagaming4023]

This kinda helped even tho im playing the whole game a second time

[@Breathtaker5000]

That’s good!

[@Hanshotchewie]

I've been playing for years and have never known there was an upper entrance on the aurora. I thought you had to have the propulsion canon.

[@killwalker]

The Reaper at the front of the Aurora followed me halfway to me lifepod yesterday. Freaked me right out lol.

[@killwalker]

Stalker teeth are rather easy to get. Just follow a stalker after he picks up metal. The location he brings it to, will/should have a handful spread around. If starting a new game, could take a few minutes for the teeth to spawn, otherwise, 4 or 5 easy.

[@Kai-1138]

For #9, THERES A REASON THERES A BUTTON TO RIG IT FOR SILENT RUNNING.

[@Excalibur-Sonic]

Also suggest making the alien containment and getting Reginalds and Oculus. Reginalds are the best food option for fish and the Oculus is the best for the bio fuel.

[@electrothehedgehog-en7vd]

Interesting, I knew about the Reginald thing but not the oculus one

[@marcosdheleno]

why? just put a planter with lanterns. they are far easier to find and make. take less space, and dont require any special room. as for bio fuel, just put a planter outside with mushrooms. they grow incredibly fast, give ALOT of power per shroom, are easier to stock, and again, do not need an alien containment and another large room.

[@Hans-pt7qf]

Dude I freaking loved your video, the way you talk, the edition and the music, keep up the great work!

[@Breathtaker5000]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😀

[@TGlovescultistchan]

Heck in most playthroughs of subnautica I just don't build a cyclops, and just grapple around in my prawn suit like a mecha spider man

[@Breathtaker5000]

It’s definitely the most FUN way to travel

[@Jdog_6704]

Honestly great video and great tips to give. I played Subnautica a while back and picked up some of these early on. However I didnt know about the power priority and cyclops tip to dismiss Reaper Leviathans. Definitely will have to reevaluate my power sources when I go back to my save. A good tip I have for the cyclops is building a bed and garden with fruit, that way you quickly will be able to pass time and not worry about hunger. Although a later tip as well, making a moon pool and searching the lifepods are good ways of gathering useful locations to scavenge and getting modules to craft and apply to the Seamoth. Great video man though, definitely taught me some stuff here ❤

[@laytonrim1489]

Im amazed by the pure quality of your videos, when i saw it i thought you had millions of subscribers , but no you only have just below 500, so i think you should have atleast 1M subs! Also, these tips helped me alot! So im definitely going to subscribe to you!

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks so much for the support! I’m glad these tips were able to be of some use to you. :D

[@XBLUnlimitedPow3r]

Great video, just subbed. Been having a ton of fun re-playing the game recently after the first time I played it about 3 years ago, added about 40 mods this time too haha

[@Breathtaker5000]

That sounds like a lot of fun! Modded subnautica is something I definitely want to try at some point

[@erkkipyra8086]

Its amazing that you had under 400 subs 2 months ago but now over 5k its cool to see you progress so fast

[@SusDoctor]

Ah Subnautica, the game where the cyclops is fully capable of spontaneous flingous.