How To Deal With Every Creature In Subnautica

Subnautica is a game with many creatures. Some are adorable, some are delicious, and some are both. But there’s also creatures that don’t take so kindly to you being the planet's newest resident, and they have various means of…redacting your existence.
Today we’re gonna be taking a look at these creatures. Learning where they live, how to deal with them, and just how dangerous they really are. So without further ado, let's dive right in.

[@vasagus7718]

12:46 dude, when i get my hands on the prawn suit, my reaper population goes extinct, just get grappler arm and jetpack upgrade and suddenly it's the reapers getting message like "warning, small mammal with exosuit approaching you. Are you certain, whatever you are doing is worth it?"

[@Breathtaker5000]

Reaper: it most certainly is not…but ima attack anyway

[@Glykytim]

I just put two drill arms and go straight on them. They usually try to run away, but it's too late, because when metal plays, I slaughter everything on my way🥰🥰🥰

[@yoshaanimation3192]

How long does it take w dual arms? ​@@Glykytim

[@Bloxfruitsspeedruns-lq3ze]

dude ill just install a mod that gives the prawn suit a gun

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

@@Bloxfruitsspeedruns-lq3zeprawn suit already has gun-like thing… bro

[@Mrlemon748]

ive recently learned if you just give the crabsquid a nice ram with the cyclops it practically dies instantly, if killing big subnautica creatures is your style

[@JubileeCaptcha]

That was usually my plan

[@TheOffcialBT]

Also the crab squid is pretty weak. Only three or five slashes with the thermoblade it’s dead.

[@Wxyvs-]

if you get a stasis rifle and around 3/4 of your inventory filled with gasopod things and dump all them out on a reaper it almost instantly dies everytime

[@Breathtaker5000]

Ah, vehicular squidslaughter, my favorite pastime 🥰

[@Hauke-ph5ui]

@@TheOffcialBT Crabsquids have 500 hp, the thermoblade deals 40 damage (the survival knife deals 20). It takes 13 hits with a thermoblade (26 with a survival knife) to kill a Crabsquid.

[@dagobahstudios3662]

I imagine Riley pulling up this video on his PDA while sitting in the corner of his life pod

[@Breathtaker5000]

🤣

[@helixsol7171]

*Ryley

[@gztxrd]

@@helixsol7171and the world kept spinning

[@robodaltan2464]

​@@helixsol7171 and no one genuinely cares

[@helixsol7171]

@robodaltan2464 You cared enough to respond

[@heartofthewild680]

Another strategy that works with the stalkers (and several other predators) is to swipe at them with your knife. One or two good slices and they decide you’re not worth it, and swim in the other direction as fast as their fins can carry them

[@kevinmiller7408]

Was going to say the same thing, the trusty old knife will send almost anything packing after a couple of pokes.

[@Breathtaker5000]

They can dish it, but the sure can’t take it :)

[@finn_in_the_bin5263]

​@@Breathtaker5000 sounds like me 😂 it's why I don't fight, I've got a mean punch but no pain tolerance lmao

[@isaz2425]

Also, always keep moving while you're in their territory. Usually, I don't even pay attention to them while I'm in the area, and moving around is enough to dodge most of their attacks.

[@Jarl-hr4ij]

Bro I came here to comment that. I always stab bone sharks when they bite my seamoth

[@Mouseno0o]

0:30 Gasopod 1:30 Crashfish 2:30 Stalker 3:15 Mesmer 4:10 Biter 4:40 Sandshark 5:15 Crabsnake 6:10 Cave Crawler 6:55 Bleeder 7:25 Boneshark 8:22 Warper 9:52 Ampeel 10:50 Crabsquid 12:05 Reaper 13:42 Ghost Leviathan 15:08 Blighter 15:30 Blood Crawler 16:00 River Prowler 16:20 Lava Larva 17:40 Lava Lizard 18:28 Sea Dragon All the timestamps yw

[@aesraa800]

omg thank you i needed that

[@johnathanadams3770]

Buddy, you are awesome 👌

[@Mouseno0o]

@@johnathanadams3770 ty

[@Zeta-105]

thanks nawg

[@Mouseno0o]

@@Zeta-105 yw

[@BdaBeast115]

I'll never get over how the game acknowledges your bravery when you scan the Reaper

[@kaciemarshall320]

Mainly because I think the only other person to do so was in pod 4, and they had miss calculated

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

One thing worth noting about bleeders is that they are attracted to blood in game. This includes those of their own kind. If you’re swift and witty enough, you can eliminate them systematically by slashing one with a knife and then backing far enough away. The dead bleeder will attract the attention of several others, which will swarm and focus primarily on it. Then you can slash others as they’re preoccupied with eating the one you killed prior. I have learned how to pacify the entirety of the flooded sections of the aurora with nothing but a survival knife. Also with the Lava Larva, they will seemingly straight up ignore and even run from the Prawn if it has a drill arm equipped. I have had zero instances of them attaching to it with a drill equipped in over a hundred hours of gameplay.

[@lazy6353]

do you know if the lava larva will still drain enough power to get your prawn/cyclops to zero even if you have the thermal upgrade that gives power?

[@cow472]

@@lazy6353it depends if there is enough of them attached to consume more power than is created by the thermal upgrade

[@ProSkillzDragonGal]

All leviathans: "Try to stay away when outside a vehicle" Me, doing a 100% run in hardcore: *uhhhhhhh about that... I need scans*

[@vasilier]

Well, you can just "eliminate" them in your prawn suit and then scan... Drill arm + grapple arm + repair tool, always works. You will need 5-10 minutes, but it's safe and easy... I think Or you could just spam gas torpedos (prawn suit, double torpedo arms)

[@Breathtaker5000]

Subnautica players risking life and limb for a bit more data:

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

@@vasilierDrill arm does less damage than regular arm. Its always better to wait until they come close, use stasis, jump in prawn and grapple on leviathan and then start hitting it. Stasis will make process easier because leviathan wont move for some time and you can attach to it pretty easily.

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

@@Playfast12 litterally my comment: "Use grapple arm on prawn suit to attach to leviatahns and kill them" Also ur response: "No, this wont work on sea dragon! You will need to use prawn suit with grapple arm on it!"

[@Playfast12]

@@Mykolai_Vasylyovych I misread, my bad.

[@VVinterl3ear]

The Mesmer will always be my fav creature, the way it uses your PDA's automated voice just makes it so much more unique

[@tiacat11]

I always thought it was that the PDA was advising you not to look at it, but from the player's POV they're under the influence and hear the opposite because it's what the Mesmer wants them to hear. Still a fascinating and clever touch regardless!

[@VVinterl3ear]

@tiacat11 oh i mean yeah its probably controlling your brain to hear the PDA but its still cool that it uses the PDA voice to manipulate you

[@Fiddlefiddle5000-qv1ly]

​@@tiacat11 he also has the best voice line. " THOSE STRIPPED FROM THE GRACE OF GOLD SHALL ALL MEET DEATH. IN THE EMBRACE OF MESMERS FLAME."

[@thegreatgoobert5847]

Actually for crabsquids i would reccomend killing them on sight since theyre really good at destroying your vehicles but really bad at killing you. Just stay on top of there heads and keep swinging and theyll go down pretty quickly. Id also reccomend killing the ghost leviathans in the lost river since youll be down there alot and by the time you get there youll probably have a stasis rifle.

[@Breathtaker5000]

I’ve got a personal vendetta against the ghost in the main LR chamber

[@tsunami4162]

I was watching a friend play Subnautica. When he got into the Lost River, he just stared down the juvenile Ghost Leviathan. It turned tail and ran

[@B.L.U.S]

​@@tsunami4162that ghost must have retained his memories from past saves of that friens of yours

[@weepyllama]

@@B.L.U.S LOOOLL

[@Allantitan]

@@B.L.U.Sghost leviathan: I fear nothing. But that thing *camera pans to Ryley* ….that thing terrifies me

[@briishcabbage568]

Quick tip for warpers: they cannot turn very quickly, and take only two thermo-knife swings to make them bugger off. Basically, circle around them before quickly changing direction, and you can get behind them: once behind them, they can't do anything. Tip for crabsquids: they cannot attack or EMP above or below themselves. If you do not stay on their depth level, they cannot do anything against you. Source of these facts: I cleared out and based in the Northern Bloodkelp Zone. Right above where i based is a warper spawn.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Very useful!

[@GuidelinesViolator]

@@Breathtaker5000 so you are the one who dealt with george droyd?

[@dylanmiguelsantos5608]

Bros a goat

[@THEMOTHY-h8z]

the fact that reaper leviathans couldve been overpopulating before the aurora crash is possible, and that just makes it way more scary

[@Breathtaker5000]

O_O

[@syrex7076]

The sea dragons would have kept thier population in check

[@LetMeFLY649]

@@syrex7076 too bad that the seadragon's usual haunts rarely touches the rest of the reaper population's census.

[@viviolet7]

​@@LetMeFLY649 they used to come up to hunt them pretty often from a vent that was covered by the aurora crash

[@countrycoffeecup7772]

@@viviolet7 I love how there’s community has just collectively decided that the Hell Mouth the devs removed is canonically still there, just covered by the Aurora.

[@ashthepotato3172]

Also another (surprisingly endearing) means of ridding yourself of a Reaper- or dare I say _befriending_ a Reaper- is Peepers! If you grab yourself a decent amount of peepers (make sure you're holding one out in your hand) in your inventory (say about 7+, usually I have half an inventory full) and a reaper spots you, whether you're low on health or full health they will come to you and Nick your peepers! So long as you have a supply of peepers they'll nibble about 4-5 or 6 per turn and leave you alone after each snack. Which either gives you enough time to shoot off in a different direction OR go grab yourself some more kibble for these darling leviathans. Regarding health, if they happen to take a chomp out of you or by some other means your health is dangerously low you WILL still get the "killing animation" whereby a Reaper will grab you in it's mandibles and pop you in it's jaw.. BUT ALAS! If there are peepers in your inventory (namely in your hand)- after the killing animation all goes black until you open your eyes... You're alive!! And about 10 peepers short but still, scared sh*tless but alive. 😂😂

[@foxylovelace2679]

It changed the game for me entirely when I started treating Reapers like a pet and feeding them constantly

[@ashthepotato3172]

@ Right?! I have a lovely photo of Peter above my bed in my Playthrough.

[@ChaosHuntsman]

I just made this exact comment, it's surprisingly scarce knowledge that you can feed most predatory species as a peace offering. It makes scanning so much easier too.

[@ashthepotato3172]

@@ChaosHuntsman Exactly! And overall I really love that the devs added it. Subnautica is definitely still a horror-esque type of game. Both considering the circumstances the player finds himself in, and the many different entities he comes across in the water and above sea level. Most haunting is the infection itself and the fate of the Degasi crew and other members of the Aurora. And leviathans. They're a different category of frightening. So to add that you can temporarily keep their attacks at bay with other smaller sealife (particularly easy ones to obtain) feels so... Forgiving. And it makes for excellent picture opportunities. I confess I've only tried this with Reapers so I'm not certain how many other leviathans can be convinced 😆

[@daffierpython7755]

Another good tip with cave crawlers is just ignore them. They attack by jumping from a distance so if you ignore them they'll jump at you and you would have already gotten out of the way, unless the cave crawler is in front of you though, then it'll hit you

[@Playfast12]

When I visit the aurora I start the crawler space program with my propulsion cannon.

[@Allantitan]

@@Playfast12same

[@DaniilFrolov-f2n]

No need for all this, just stasis rifle everything But if we're being serious, great video! It's great how one can detail strategies for the entirety of subnautica's fauna.

[@JesusChrist-God]

Stasis rifle is for the scaredy cats

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, the stasis rifle is pretty OP when you think about it :)

[@Neuviletteiudexofmemes]

Reaper: Turn on Seamoth lights, use as bait, aim for sea moth with stasis rifle, catch Reaper; Stab until dead, intermittently re-stasising. (If they attack directly, stay near flat surface and hit the surface with the rifle) Using scanner to mark them also helps track them. Repeat until entire population is extinct. Actually enjoy the game.

[@Monochrome847]

It just occured to me that during my playthrough I haven't encountered even a single mesmer and I was confused as to what this creature is when you showed it.

[@Patrick_Bateman71]

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO NEVER ENCOUNTERED ONE OF THESE LMAOOO

[@rod5433]

Ive only encountered it once in the mushroom forest

[@GeneGear]

They are one of the rarer fish encounters. There aren't many of them, and they are most commonly found in deep caves.

[@teclante28]

They are My second fish even to i found it 3 times in 2 diferent save files.

[@bluejay7058]

They're commonly found on the outer edges of creepvine biomes but have very little surface area to spawn. If you look, you might find like 0-2: and if you don't look again? Yeah, never really have to encounter it.

[@Karma-cp6rv]

Thumbnail - Don't run. Sounds like something a Reaper Leviathan Would tell me.

[@Breathtaker5000]

:)

[@involuntaryanalysis]

I don't run from reapers. They run from me, or well, they run from the crashfish I'm launching at their faces.

[@Valentine011]

This video sponsored by Turning Point Reaper

[@GurraDesu]

Just want to add, shutting the cyclops engine off will not stop a leviathan from attacking your cyclops if you are in their patrol route. Just had a sea dragon destroy my cyclops because it was in the way. Leviathans can generally hear further than they can see, but if they get close enough they will attack once or twice if something is in "sight" range.

[@jamesbond3w]

I think they tend to attack the player more than the vechile. I had a sea dragon keep attacking my cyclops so I hopped into my prawn suit to drill it into submission. I was on a rock face like 10 feet away from the Cyclops but the Sea Dragon would always go for me and the prawn suit rather than the Cyclops.

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

@@jamesbond3was a matter of fact, this seems to very much be the case. Leviathans and several other aggressive creatures seem to mainly target a vehicle only if the player is inside it. In numerous instances, i have been able to park my vehicles in relatively accessible spaces to aggressive fauna and get out to collect resources. And they will leave the vehicle well enough alone for the most part, prioritizing me over the submersible. Occasionally they will take a swing at it, but outside of bonesharks, they never really go after an empty vehicle enough to make me particularly worried about loosing it. I have even seen this in Below Zero with the Cryptosuchus (the big angry things in the thermal spires and purple vents). And those things are overly aggressive towards just about anything that moves within proximity.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Best counter to the Lava Larva is to have the Thermal Reactor Module thing. I've managed to get my clops fully coated in the larva and the temperature down there is hot enough that they can't overwhelm your ability to stay powered up with the upgraded power cells.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Very true

[@Playfast12]

I love them for whatever reason I like having a little friend with me.

[@Theomnipotenthuman]

Actually the Cyclops can be used as a leviathan-killer if it is fully upgraded and has ion battery power cells, you just need to select ahead flank speed and shield generator if you see any leviathan(literally, any), and then ram them head-on, do this for a while and keep flickering the shield generator off when not in-use, back up a little and again set ahead flank speed and do it for a while, the leviathan will be licking the seabed soon! Avoid using ahead flank speed when not in-use to prevent overheating, and use a stasis rifle(yes, you can use a stasis rifle from inside the Cyclops).

[@Breathtaker5000]

I’ll have to try this at some point :)

[@Theomnipotenthuman]

@@Breathtaker5000 Thank you.

[@Glykytim]

"Some are both..." Bro...

[@pachtuk2]

What?

[@rjfreemro1234]

Hoovy is friend. Not food

[@Patrick_Bateman71]

​Ikr, it's not hoovy. It's actually CUDDLEFISH 😈😈😈​@@rjfreemro1234

[@Nousername107]

​@@rjfreemro1234delicious 😋

[@ChaosCooperBS]

@@Nousername107 respectfully, get eaten by a reaper.

[@domhopper7402]

A counter that was missed in this video for the Bonesharks is that you can distract them with flares. Bone Sharks are attracted to heat signatures just like how Stalkers are attracted to shiny metal and Crabsquids are attracted to light. Just toss some flares down when wanting to do something without them interrupting you and they'll just go towards the flare until it burns out.

[@nooneofimportance2110]

I discovered something on accident with Reapers. You can dive under them, and it honestly works better than trying to strafe. If they charge at you and you suddenly dive, they just ... miss.

[@Gloves2111]

It also works if you swim above them, Reapers ain't scary, they're just dumb.

[@MakennaWilson-hb9pr]

Its also because they have horrid eyesight that they don't see you dodging em

[@toastghost9145]

My base had a Reaper in its backyard for most of the mid-late game. The radar scanner picked it up more often than not. And that Reaper taught me a very important lesson: they can breach the surface when chasing you.

[@TheRavenOfDeath-dr5uq]

Another note for Crashfish, if you hit them once with a knife they do the popping animation but don't cause an explosion or do any damage

[@wolfzeldapianomaster]

0:00 Sorry if this sounds weird man but for anyone who is wondering, the background music is called Strollin’ by TrackTime. I’m a pianist myself so I had to find out LOL Amazing video btw. Just started playing Subnautica VR and this helps sooo much!!

[@hoshimidragneel]

0:14 you missed the perfect opportunity to say "swimming with the fishes."

[@scottmadsen7482]

He trying not to make dad jokes but that’s a good one

[@johnnyjoestar9504]

Something I’d like yo add, the EMP from the crab squid is 2D, so you can start to ascend when they use it to dodge it, and the Perimeter defense system will cause it to flee, as well as causing the warper to teleport away instantly, and you can just ram a warper with the seamoth to force it to flee as well

[@DamoGamo]

Hey dude, I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this, but reaper leviathans DO have some bioluminescence on part of the red section of their spine. It’s VERY faint however so it is understandable to not notice it in actual gameplay, but the bioluminescence does exist!

[@Da_waffle1]

I just got subnautica like a week ago and I’ve been watching your videos and I find then extremely entertaining and useful keep up the good work

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thanks! Glad you like the videos!

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Two complaints about the Crash Fish. 1) They don't seem to respawn so their material is limited 2) What biological advantage does it provide to explode when someone swims near you? How does that help the species survive?

[@1th_to_comment.]

Most creatures probably know to avoid them at this point

[@GeneGear]

You only need two cave sulfur at most, and they are in EVERY biome bar the Lava zone/lakes. You can find their eggs. According to the PDA, crashfish prefer to lay their eggs in the sulfur plants, which in turn protects the plants from predators. Everything else under the sun has learned that crashfish are horrifyingly dangerous, and avoid accordingly thanks to instincts. Not you though. You are not native, and the crashfish go after you with a vengeance for it.

[@kosah_hedron]

If you can kill the thing trying to eat your children in nature, your children will live on and have their own children, regardless of if YOU lived or not. Still a bizarre strategy that could only exist on 4546B

[@certifiedmonsterfucker]

they actually do respawn! BradIsBrad did a challenge where he made a day basically last a second, and it was hard for him to get cave sulfur because the same crashfish kept respawning before he even had a chance to grab the sulfur lol

[@Breathtaker5000]

“What evolutionary advantage does exploding give?!?” -Press Start To Laugh

[@randomcontent789]

I love the second strategy for the bleeders, “don’t go AFK for 3 hours” is perfect!

[@Cleo_da_kitr]

1:43 you can also kill the crashfish by slashing them with a survival knife (they will not explode when killed so don’t worry) (do NOT miss)

[@TheMaskedFrenchMan]

8:39 "Avoid getting infected," Well gee wilickers, that's all I got to do? Just NOT get infected? Why didn't I think of that! How silly of my, I always try to speed run my infection cuss being healthy is for punks

[@TheMaskedFrenchMan]

Ok so I kept watching as they explained you actually COULD avoid getting sick, I personally had NO idea that was a thing, I thought it was just a timer or something so now I just feel silly

[@DetectiveWraith]

Hey, I was thinking the same thing lol

[@lolermosskoss1834]

For anyone that's confused, you can avoid getting infected by not progressing the story, like staying in the grassy plateaus or kelp Forrest for to long, not going near the mountains, not going to the lost Forrest or enforcement platform or generally any alien structure required for progressing in the story and not entering the lava zone

[@ygorschuma3059]

You can avoid the Crashfish without a Seaglide by simply removing whatever item you have in your hand and swimming away from it. For some reason most people don't realize your character swims faster when he's not holding any items, and will broke stone crops with one hit if holding a one handed item (like Knife, Repair/Cutter tools)

[@mylowthemute]

13:06 this was written by a reaper levithan

[@wdf_skar]

for warpers, it's infection level 0.33f that they trigger, there are a list of triggers that was listed from a guy on reddit. Post was deleted but but you can find it on the wayback machine but the list is as follows, copy/pasted (post text is within the emdashs): ----- *Things that will result in infection:* • ENTERING the Prawn = 0.25f • ENTERING the Cyclops = 0.25f • Entering the Aurora = 0.50f • Entering Gun Island = 0.50f • Passing 1000 meters will cause the infection to reach maximum progression of 1.0f immediately (corresponding to console command 4) • Being bitten by an infected creature = 0.25f • Being noticed by an aggressive creature if the game thinks you should already be infected = 0.25f • There is code in the game to check this each time an aggressive creature targets the player *Things that will not result in infection:* • Entering the void • Going to the rendezvous island • Visiting any particular biome not listed above • Reaching a depth of 999 meters For build triggers: Constructing the trigger object is not what matters - entering the trigger is. This means that you can build a cyclops without triggering infection, you just can't use it. This may not do you much good but it's an important distinction. It is also important to note that some infection triggers are delayed by timeofday change. This means that your scanner will not tell you that you are infected the moment you enter a cyclops, but that the infection will hit when the sun goes down/comes up. This is likely to obfuscate the actual trigger and make it less obvious. ----- u/Uthgaard later said in a comment that 0.75f is triggered by entering the actual gun, the island itself triggers the 0.50f infection. also note that entering any of the main 3 entrance biomes of lost river (bone fields, ghost forest and mountains corridor) is what will put you at 0.75f not 1.0f (full infection) so you can safely get your cuddlefish, nickel and crystalline sulfur. The wiki states anywhere in the lost river but I did my own test on a fresh playthrough and that part did not infect me, I waited 10 in game days and scanned after, no infection, I then did the same with the ghost forest (nothern blood kelp entrance) and got the dialogue for 0.75f infection.

[@bigmac7665]

So what does it actually do when you get high infection levels

[@Daniel_45]

Killing guide for every creature type (in order of difficulty): (Difficulty 1-2/10) Up to stalker-size creatures near sea level: ram with Seamoth or stab repeatedly. Also works with crabsquids if you stab from above (they can't hit back). (Difficulty 2/10) Gasopods: stab, they can't do much to fight back. Also, don't make them an endangered species to collect their gas pod things (important for later). (Difficulty 4/10) Mid to large creatures: use the stasis rife + knife combo or Prawn's grapple arm + drill combo. Leviathans: (Difficulty 7.5/10) Slow way: see [mid to large creatures]. (Difficulty 3/10) Smart way: take a bunch of gasopod gas pod things. Then stasis rifle the reaper and drop the gas pods near it and run. I recommend turning on PDA pausing in the settings. You'll need different amounts of gas pods for different leviathans. To give you some sense of scale, dropping most of your inventory worth of gas pods will consistantly kill sea dragons (accounting for some of them to miss). (Difficulty 7+/10) Reefbacks and Cuddlefish: even though they don't fight back, they're tied for the highest HP stat in the game, so killing them takes a really long time. Feel free to use any method. Fastest method for reefbacks (5/10): gasopod method. However, reefbacks are a bit harder to hit woth this. Fastest method for cuddlefish (0/10): usually, cuddlefish killing difficulty is 10/10 because they're small and fast: hard to hit with any method and too small for gas%. However, you do have one chance to kill them easily: after they atched in your containment unit, DON'T place them outside and instead use them as fuel for the bioreactor. Sea emperor (9/10): cure yourself and escape the planet.

[@Daniel_45]

Let me know if I missed anything or if you want specifics

[@K1ttyGam3r]

Markiplier managed to kill a cuddlefish by grabbing it with a propulsion cannon and launching it into a rock so I suppose there IS that

[@labuse718]

Reaper Leviathan: I'd add this one: if you're driving a Seamoth or Prawn with shockwave module: always use it immediately AFTER you get catch: - the shockwave cancels the catch animation, and therefore the dammages over time. If timed well, you can nearly nullify the dammages on your vehicle. - if timed before the catch, it won't cancel it, making the whole animation and maximum dammages. Sea Dragon Leviatha, while driving a prawn equipped with a grab arm: - Yep. Exactly what you think. Go for the belly, and just enjoy the ride. I usually do this to reach the primary containment facility, dropping when I'm close enough to the entry.

[@Lil_Jeffkun]

Since all fauna except for crashfish and small, edible fish can't respawn after dying, I usually just like to kill certain creatures off if they're too much of a nuisance. For example, if a Reaper Leviathan is a direct threat in an area I know I'm gonna be for a while, I usually just kill it off, not with a stasis rifle and knife, but by attaching two drill arms to my Prawn Suit and going all out on its face when it grabs the vehicle. From my experience, it usually takes three or four full direct face drillings to kill them (and I of course repair my Prawn Suit in between attacks). For Cave Crawlers, I actively target them with my propulsion canon, shooting them towards walls so the collision kills them instantly (I like the Aurora and islands completely clear of them so I can wander without worry.) Biters and Bleeders are also creatures I actively target, I've almost completely rid a Grassy Plateau biome of Biters before. Ramming into them with the seamoth is most affective since they're small and their AI often has them prioritize small, dead fish - even corpses of their own species. So, if there's many in an area, after killing one, it's very easy to kill many more (this goes for both Biters and Bleeders). One difference I've found between the Biter and the Bleeder is that the Bleeder makes a very recognizeable sound when it dies, so it's easy to know if you've killed it.

[@RhysDextrin]

my favorite advice for dealing with reapers comes from the admiral in black ops 2 talking about a different type of reaper, "you can run, but you'll die tired" most of the time, if a reaper gets a bead on you, your best bet if youre on foot is to stand your ground and perform a fighting retreat. only pull back when it does, then brace to dodge or toss a stasis shot its way

[@Breathtaker5000]

Yeah, the worst thing you can do is take your eyes off of it and run

[@juggernauttoast]

12:05 you forgot the most useful strategy for Reapers; sit still when they roar. They use echo location, so when they roar they can detect you unless you’re completely still

[@war-thunder-warrior]

Wait fr?! I just got the game, thanks

[@Saintpentiousofficial]

Wait fr?

[@juggernauttoast]

@@war-thunder-warrior Not a problem 👍

[@juggernauttoast]

@@Saintpentiousofficial it comes in hella handy, I figured it out after a while

[@chadcatidkimnotachadidenti7973]

i stood still in my prawn suit and he still saw me, the best strategy is staying behind some objects, and running away once the reaper hits that wall, i met a reaper in the edge of the mushroom forest's back end and stood behind some trees, and he almost got me, but couldnt

[@shaden99]

I love your content. You're pleasent to watch, your videos are quite interesting and educative sometimes and also funny and, questionable. Like, why did you built 64 km base to kill boredom? Book is fine 😅. But I am not here to judge. Keep it up with your content and I hope this will help a bit. 😊

[@Breathtaker5000]

Thank you so much! 💙 It’s because of lovely folks like yourself that making these videos is the best part of my day! 😀

[@KingOfEvilYGO]

I won't lie, redacting your existence is a new one

[@Breathtaker5000]

:)

[@agent5333]

“Rectify the anomaly of your continued survival.”

[@keyb]

Stasis Rifle + Thermoblade (for non-spicy fish) Stasis Rifle + Knife (for spicy fish) None are safe.

[@Breathtaker5000]

KILL THEM ALL!!!

[@HezrouDhiaga]

17:41 RIP infected Lava Prowler bro lmao

[@FunStuffXD]

You can actually kill the reaper and ghost leviathans pretty easily with the regular prawnsuit claw arm and the grapple, the jump jet upgrade might also be a bit useful in helping you catch up to them, but I haven't played around with it enough to know a 100% if it helps or not. Some people might prefer the drill arm over the claw arm, but after I tried to kill a ghost leviathan for the 1st time in the lost river with the drill and grapple arms for about 15-20 mins just to finish it off with the claw arm because I got bored, only for me to return through a different entrance killing another one in only 4 minutes with the claw and grapple arms sometime later. The regular reaper leviathans only take 2+ minutes with that combo too.

[@ThunderYT361]

How to avoid Biter and Sandshark? Well… Seamoth: Welcome aboard captain…….. *bonk* Easy

[@JubileeCaptcha]

How to avoid crabsquid? Cyclops: Welcome a board captain...

[@Sanji-q3p]

Bonk

[@ThunderYT361]

@@JubileeCaptcha yeah 😂. But you should watch out for the EMP thing…

[@ThunderYT361]

Oh and besides that great Video Breathtaker!

[@cosmin15234]

Stole them Ankles

[@CruddyScarf]

17:00 my strategy for dealing with the lava larva is to look at where they appear on the cyclops display (where you can see health and damage), then shooting them through the wall with a repulsion cannon. That way I don't need the expensive shield generator or to exit the vehicle

[@etherraichu]

With the reapers, when you do run away make sure to keep going for a while. They'll keep chasing you until you get a certain distance away. If you stop or slow down too much, they have no problem following you across the entire map.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Nothing worse than a reaper following you into the shallows :(

[@Caleb-sk2mg]

The sea dragon is honestly just a chill guy as long as you give him some personal space

[@Nate-dw2pt]

My strategy to deal with lava larvas on the cyclops is to use both the thermal reactor and shield upgrade. Shield can instantly clear them from your Cyclops and Thermal Reactor is good so you dont run out of energy when gone from your cyclops

[@Breathtaker5000]

Good combo

[@countrycoffeecup7772]

The lava lizard model was originally used for the stalker.

[@jacobmills7289]

If you don't move when the crashfish pops out to look around, it won't see you. It looks around for about 30 seconds before retreating. Two hits with the knife when you get on top of it. 2:30

[@PinkJellyfishJuice]

15:14 top right “vehicular fishslaughter” 😂😂😂

[@Lost2Media]

For those who wanna skip through, here are the creatures timestamped, in order of how they’re shown in the video; 0:30 - Gasopod 1:31 - Crashfish 2:32 - Stalker 3:16 - Mesmer 4:09 - Biter 4:39 - Sandshark 5:16 - Crabsnake 6:08 - Cave Crawler 6:52 - Bleeder 7:24 - Boneshark 8:22 - Warper 9:51 - Ampeel 10:49 - Crabsquid 12:04 - Reaper Leviathan 13:41 - Ghost Leviathan 15:08 - Blighter 15:30 - Blood Crawler 15:58 - River Prowler 16:20 - Lava Larva 17:38 - Lava Lizard 18:27 - Sea Dragon Leviathan Leave a like if this helped also like the video too lol it’s a good one

[@jasminenatasha-art]

18:28 The weird thing for me is even a swipe from the sea dragon one shot kills me, and they don't even have to be very close. Like I've never gotten close enough to even see the details of its face or anything and even at a distance they'll swipe and I'm dead instantly

[@reddragon9447]

Tip here, I got attacked so much from one reaper I found tricks out. So to never get seen when their roaring simply just don't be in their direction and your free.

[@reddragon9447]

Btw how I know this is because I got harassed by one reaper near my base 😂

[@nolanc9432]

@@reddragon9447I only found this out cuz I was scoping a reaper in the seamoth so I could see the grab attack, and he kept roaring but not attacking until he finally roared while looking dead at me.

[@GeneGear]

The other option is to hold a fish in your hand when they attack. Instead of doing damage, they'll eat the fish. This works for every predator except the Sea Dragon and Ghost Leviathan. So having a half-filled inventory of Peepers (with one on the quickbar) is a good way to explore dangerous areas.

[@reddragon9447]

@@GeneGear I thought that was a myth or mod? I saw a video on it previously, I guess it isn't a mod or something fake. That's very interesting!

[@Wxyvs-]

reaper can't turn quickly, when one charges you simply wait until it's close then dart to the right or left with a sea glide or go above it and it won't be able to turn with you quick enough to kill you.

[@sawyermccall2370]

Its amazing how far this channel has come. I remember when your PFP had a black background.

[@Breathtaker5000]

It still feels like yesterday that I was at 300 subs. Amazing how things can change :)

[@HypnoPantsOnline]

Did you never try feeding a Reaper Leviathan a Peeper? You can literally stay in proximity to a Reaper Leviathan without a vehicle, so long as you have enough peepers to keep them busy. One peeper can give you up to 15 seconds of 'friend status' with a reaper, before their teeny tiny brains forget you exist and attack again, so give them another peeper and you get to be friends for another quarter of a minute :D

[@citrusthepenguin]

This is really high quality, good work! I don't even play Subnautica...

[@nikkkkko]

My recent playthrough taught me, I could just kill the Crashfish while it tried to come out of the nest by slicing them. You have to be fast tho. You can also slice them while they try to explode at you. You won't take damage by this

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

Finally, someone else who knows about this. This also works in a prawn suit. And if you’re careful, you can even punch them while they are still in their nest. They just poke their head out and get absolutely obliterated on the spot by a sucker punch. It makes you feel surprisingly badass at times

[@EmilyMuna-r2x]

Every inch of my soul sighs whenever I hear the Crashfish's "Rawarrraahggggh"

[@JustAnotherPest]

13:38 You have to be careful with this one, hitting them with the repulsion cannon resets the origin point of their patrol radius to where you shot them, so you can inadvertently push them closer to somewhere you don't want them. Or, if you're patient, you can push one wherever you want and it will stay around that spot.

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

I never use the repulsion cannon, and i always wondered why they never seemed to “roam” far from their designated patrol area in my experiences. Even though i have heard a ton of horror stories though about Reapers leaving their specified locations, and in extreme situations chasing people into neighboring biomes. A little over 1000 hours in the game, and ya just taught me something new lol.

[@JenXBeauty]

Love your videos! You do a great job and help me be less scared playing lol. As a musician, I love that you have nice jazz in the background! Cheers from Dallas.

[@TheUltimateMonke1]

5:33 that voice rack was tragic bro 😭

[@purepixelgaming]

Fax

[@Breathtaker5000]

Voice.exe has stopped responding…

[@-SpaceNewsNow-]

“The crabsnäæěk”💀

[@MegaChickenfish]

Never occurred to me the crashfish had trouble turning around so you could just go right past it. I struggled at the start of the game for a while finding sulphur because my reaction to those things was always "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH, I AM LEAVING THIS AREA AND NEVER COMING BACK." A note about the sandsharks is while they're not that much of a threat to you, they *will eat your ship.* Weirdly I had less of a problem with this for the metal chewers, at least as long as I didn't clear their area entirely of salvage. They're actually quite docile if you leave them enough to chew on in the area.

[@velocilevon]

"Look who got stasised first." "Prank him, John!" "Hehe, you already know." *Over 30 gas pods get dropped in the creature's face* About warpers, I've heard that the worse the infection is, the more damage they deal to you, is that true? Also, can they be killed nowadays without cheating? I never properly tried, but just thought they're invincible after hitting one many times, and on his 15th teleport I gave up.

[@Breathtaker5000]

I do love violating the Genova conventions 🥰

[@Lunarcreeper]

7:51 Bonesharks are attracted to light so keep them turned off

[@LolO36675]

3:04 they are also wimps and will run away if you stab them once, of you are more experienced then you can easily stab them without them biting you.

[@darkheartplays007]

Yes but they will come back until you kill them

[@LolO36675]

@@darkheartplays007 you aren't ever there for very long, a quick temporary solution that costs nothing is often the best.

[@HasAnRx6400]

Little tip: if youre in a prawn suit and get charged by a ghost leviathan, just jab him with both arms and he almost immediately turns away.

[@Tariq_Splody]

I was attacked by a sea dragon yesterday, i turned into spider prawn for a sec

[@vogonpoet9206]

I did the exact same thing lol. It took abt 10 minutes but I eventually killed it with my drill attachment

[@hezekiahglynn6664]

For the ghost leviathan that was chasing me in my cyclops and after a while I honked my horn at it and it ran off, as soon as I honked my horn at it it’s indicator went from red to yellow and it started retreating back to the blood kelp

[@Snug_bug08]

I went through multiple playthroughs of subnautica without a single Mesmer encounter, the first time I had one was when I tried to figure out what it does 😂

[@ChaosHuntsman]

Fun little alternative to reaper or ghost leviathans. Just like with stalkers, if you carry a supply of uncooked fish you can feed them and avoid the confrontation entirely. It takes multiple fish, and you're best off using exclusively peepers, but it stalls them from attacking you for several seconds.

[@lorenzodalton5939]

I’m not gonna lie most of subnauticas creatures become kind of a joke after you play for a little bit. Not saying they’re bad or anything, but they’re not much of a threat. I always make a base in the dunes and I haven’t been so much as looked at by a reaper my entire playthrough. Wish they could attack bases and were more aggressive but that’s just me and mods can probably fix that.

[@adrih8694]

lucky! last time i went to the quarantine enforcement platform, the reaper came up from the bottom and tried to chew through the walls to get me after i took a dip in the caves below. scared the everloving shit out of me seeing the tail clipping through the walls.

[@sarahbell2643]

I just realised that eyefestation from pressure is probably inspired by this. It also mimics the voices of higher ups and pulls your vision in.

[@Shadow-hm3uq]

When you mentioner caves, I think we all knew what was coming... Those little beasts were a nightmare on my first playthrough, and their sounds annoy me to this day

[@Breathtaker5000]

They do be annoying

[@HydraKittten]

Prawn Suit with the grapple arm and drill arm are a universal Leviathan killer combo, as long as you take a moment to repair every now and then

[@TheOffcialBT]

18:37 They are easy to aviod if you just hook your prawnsuit grapple arm onto the leviathan. They can do nothing.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Fair point

[@thegrimhorseman]

"Their bio luminescence means you can almost always see them coming" as he shows a clip of a ghost fading into the near blue

[@Fawful81080]

As long as you have a prawn suit with a grapple and a saw you have nothing to fear. In fact every creature will start fearing you. You can take that as gospel. (⁠✷⁠‿⁠✷⁠)

[@Breathtaker5000]

It do be OP

[@Nob6969]

Awww, look at those ghost leviathans! They wouldn't even hurt a fly! Because there are no flies in that planet

[@FIXINIT3]

I thought you needed a knife to get bleeders off, I litteraly lost a hardcore run because I couldent put my knife in my hotbar fast enough

[@Breathtaker5000]

I thought so as well, but any tool, or even just punching them will work, although you will have to click a few more times

[@Gloves2111]

You don't keep a knife in your hotbar? Legit curious now, could you let me know what you usually have on it? Personally, I have a seaglide, knife, scanner, habitat builder and a repair tool

[@FIXINIT3]

@@Gloves2111 this was my life first time doing deathrun, so I bassicly assumed, if anything attacks me knifes are going to be too risky to be effective, but I forgot those guys exist, and I was already at like half or so health

[@chattycatty3336]

So for the crashfish, the reason swimming directly at them works is because they explode from a sudden change in direction. In other words, if you have one following you, usually just taking a sharp turn around a corner is enough to get away and cause an explosion. This is helpful if youre in an area where swimming directly at them isnt very easy 😊👍

[@LolO36675]

3:41 if you are playing any subnautica version with a controller it is impossible to break free from a mesmir unless you play with incredibly high sensitivity

[@IsaiahKoch]

If you could counter strike a mesmir trying to shank you with its tongue blade thing I would literally be like. Nah I shank you

[@guythasawesome]

Breathtaker: "here's ways to outmaneuver the leviathans to stay safe!' Me, activating the cyclops shield before ramming things at top speed blaring the horn

[@clowningvr]

Breathtaker never fails to make me wiggle my left toe

[@Breathtaker5000]

🦶👌

[@Kaleb-fi8vz]

I found that flares and I quote from the game”can distract or make some creatures scared or attracted to the flare” so there is use in that.

[@arzadu1138]

Tooth locker a la GeminiTay? An individual of taste I see

[@isaz2425]

A tip for several of those (stalkers, sandsharks, cave crawlers, Warper's teleport, ...) : just keep moving while you're in their territory Hey attack mostly in a straight line, and aren't very fast. As long as you don't stop, you'll dodge most of the attacks without having to pay attention to them.

[@Screamfancast]

Played 60 hours never seen a messmer? Wild

[@daffierpython7755]

If you want to find them, they usually spawn between the the lost river entrance and that ampeel biome right under the front of the Aurora

[@DetectiveWraith]

Oh, you’ve seen one. They have that effect on you.

[@Patrick_Bateman71]

Wow are these things that rare or do they just blend in so well that so many of us have missed them?

[@Olivia-pj8wy]

Me too

[@Simply_better22343]

​@@Patrick_Bateman71 They're pretty rare

[@cryptnymph]

4:38 love how the guy is doing the Absolute Cinema pose

[@GungusTheFungus]

lol you uploaded this video as soon as I killed a reaper

[@Breathtaker5000]

Nicely done!

[@onealericcisan805]

11:00 leviathan and this are really scary 😬

[@slayer4501]

2:30 I also wanted to add, maybe it's just my luck, but when I encountered a crashfish I wanted to try playing red light green light with it, and when it opened up i stopped moving, and then it closed up again and I moved again and it opened up and didn't see me. Either It's vision is based on movement or just a feature or a glitch I dunno for sure.

[@ModelT-690]

Oh well, if you don’t get too close, they just give you a little peek before going back in. Maybe that was it.

[@Breathtaker5000]

I feel like I had something similar happen to me while filming for this vid, I’ll definitely need to look into it further

[@elijahmahn2394]

​@Breathtaker5000 It is designed to do so. It gives a warning cry, if you come closer after the cry, it attacks, if you don't, or if you swim away, it goes inactive again.

[@Lunarcreeper]

2:17 another thing you can do it to get right up where it exits from and slashing it with a knife, they don't have much health so as long as u hit it, it will die.

[@doctorsus7042]

Hi What happened to the area outside the mountains were void had floor 2000 Meters deep

[@YourLocalYter]

Got removed a while back

[@Breathtaker5000]

I imagine it got removed after early access, but I didn’t pick up the game until Nov 2020, so I’m not 100% sure

[@doctorsus7042]

I think I got removed in the 2020 little things update

[@realryushiro]

"If you're in a prawn suit. Stay close to the ground" *Yes.*

[@Breathtaker5000]

Not gonna lie, that one sounded a lot smarter in my head 😆