LOST RIVER PREPARATION | SUBNAUTICA GUIDE

[@davidbagels]

“If you run into a reaper while following this guide, you did not go into the middle.” The most legendary ‘whomp whomp’ ever

[@SomeDudeInYT]

Literally

[@crisiscoreffv2]

Why the hell did people downvote this video? the guide is actually extremely helpful, it is short, concise and to the point... thank you for the tip on adding lockers to the Cyclops, I never knew that was even possible

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Thank you for this!

[@samuelnickjames6115]

I agree with you

[@LiamDyess]

Agreed

[@xdxdgamer105]

At degassi sea base there is also a cuddle fish egg so make sure to take it!

[@tayo0404]

And don't put them lovelys in the bioreactor

[@Quackenfr]

@@tayo0404 LOL

[@jansonshrock2859]

@@tayo0404 of course its better to let them grow up first

[@user-bm2xf6io3c]

@@jansonshrock2859 D:

[@Monkey-o2y]

🤤🤤🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@JohnTheMutt]

I played this game several years ago and completed main story a couple times. I'm revisiting it again now and since I'm not worried about spoilers I was looking for content to be efficient. The hatching enzyme ingredients...so true lol. Also, bringing supplies to make a temporary bases is so important. Using anything in the cyclops drains the power cells there. I'm 100% with you regarding the 'pop up' bases. Even in early game I setup a few forward bases...near the forward end of the aurora (away from the leviathan of course) and several other spots. I equip the little base with power supply, fabricator and storage. Then I scour the area of wreckage and everything else I can locally and turn them into the highest level of componentry I can. Such as ingots, plasteel, computer chips...wiring and advanced wiring kits and then when my storage is maxed...make my back to base. So much faster than trekking a bunch of low level resources back and forth to your main base. :)

[@simoncawley7219]

By the way if you make your base near a leviathan they won't attack your base or you (while your inside once you leave they will) also if you have a machine such as the seamoth or prawn suit than putting it in the moon pool will make the leviathan ignore it too. Just in case you didn't already know

[@simoncawley7219]

@@macanaeh I should try that

[@isaiahlamers9896]

Great guide, very well done. Here’s what i did for prep for the lost river. I didn’t use the cyclops as the ghost will wreck it and the other mobs will wreck it as well. I would just go in with a prawn suit with the grapple arm and jet upgrade. And for the lava zone bring enough for a base, fabricator, thermal plant and a hatch. Like I said you don’t have to bring your cyclops down there, I have my prawn suit with hull reinforcements

[@RachelShortyRRees]

This (and all your guides) are incredibly helpful. I've been playing this game for a few months casually and just hit the mid game bit. So using the outside grow beds for the things that grow in the deep is a great idea. Gotta say, you've given me some great food for thought with your guides so thank you very much!

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Glad you like them!

[@hazzr2121]

Honestly I think I’ve found my new favourite KZbinr. You’ve helped me: start, get a cuddlefish (alien containment) and finish. I’m setting stuff up right now. Yet again thank you so much, 10/10 KZbinr and I’m sharing to my friends :)

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Wow ty! Before you go to the lost river ..dont forget your purple tablets. Got another coming this week as well snd should serve as a pt 2 so to speak

[@mattiemathis9549]

I have a favorite YTber for each game I play. Granddaddy is my favorite for subnautica. I’m actually thinking about checking out some of the other games he plays to see if I might enjoy them. 😂😂😂

[@coolkumquats]

Fun fact: if you don't bring all the hatching enzyme ingredients with you, the teleportation arches off of the sides of the antechamber to the primary containment unit each lead to one of the biomes where those plants can be found. You don't have to go all the way back out through the lost river to get them - you can just teleport to each biome and then back to primary containment. And yes, you can go through the teleporter in the prawn suit, although I have had it glitch and get stuck in one of the caves, so I recommend saving frequently. The only ingredient without a teleportation arch is the sea crown, which, as the video says, you can find inside of primary containment. You can actually also find sea crown down in the grassy plateau caves (not the same as jellyshroom cave) but they are very rare. I think there are only like 7 sea crowns in the game. I also second the pop-up base strategy, especially with a bioreactor as the power source. Having a way to stop anywhere and set up a powered mini base takes all the stress out of exploring in the cyclops. If you burn through all your power cells escaping from a leviathan, you can just stop in a safe place and recharge. I like to add a scanner room to mine so I can visit a resource-rich area, collect a bunch of materials, store everything in lockers in the cyclops, and then pack up the base and keep exploring.

[@lucasjedi2449]

Alright sea emperor! Here I come!!

[@shadowviper7255]

This man’s guide is so damn helpful

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Thank you

[@jaxsoncorley5818]

@@GranddaddyGamer the sea crown can be found in a cave in the grassy Platos

[@FranklinThe1]

why are there so many dislikes? this man is killing it!

[@asmagamer728]

What dislikes?

[@QuartzGhost]

there are none ;)

[@NamedOnes]

This aged well

[@Fungus_Rat]

Ahh yes the not so distant past where we could see the dislikes

[@HighExplosiveShell]

People who cant handle 20 minute videos

[@qutie424]

I like the scanner rooms because I can safely explore with the cameras. Update: Just tried it and accidentally overshot the wreck. Saw the glow of the ghost leviathan and turned tail to run. ON my retreat I did come across the wreck and no warper. Great vid.

[@SHIP_THROWER]

I just killed my first leviathan (ghost) in lost river because my LR base is in the bulb zone entrance, so you HAVE to pass a ghost everytime you wanted to go further

[@georgegaming1365]

Bro i was legit surching for like an hour or so and you popped up and you explained every detail so thank you so much man.

[@lordbezzington8435]

Picked it up on PS for free and can't put it down, it's chilled and terrifying simultaneously!

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Its an amazing game

[@Larri1Cruz]

Same here

[@tysonkrueger5352]

Same here

[@Eddymr12]

Same here

[@therakksoldier1770]

Same

[@conorduh]

Okay but not only did this help me prepare, but this gave me soooooo many answers to all the questions I had

[@sxnburn8455]

This is wonderful. It is an up-to date tutorial. He explains everything precisely. Shows us exactly what we need so we’re prepared. Thanks this helped a lot.

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Thank you kindly

[@gkvaderwolf06]

Hi, relatively new Subnautica player here. I completed the story for the very first time a couple months ago, and now I'm playing again because I love it so much!! Just fyi ... you do NOT have to travel "all the way back to the surface" for materials for the hatching enzymes. If you activate all the portals in the primary containment facility (one in each corner of the main room), each of the 4 portals there will take you to a place where you can find samples of the needed materials. Then the sea crown is in with the Sea Emperor. (Also a side note: In my current play through, I actually found a couple sea crowns in a cave in the grassy plateau!!! So that was actually one of the first things I planted in my base this time around. Very cool discovery!)

[@nicholaspetrovitch7925]

Just finished the game. Holy cow... what an experience. Thank you very much for these guides, they were very helpful whenever I got hardstuck.

[@GranddaddyGamer]

You're very welcome!

[@victortuber9116]

Hadn't tried the lockers on top of lockers idea in Cyclops. Brilliant!

[@RequstingFlyby]

Seriously, one of the best subnautica videos out there: clear, informative, easy to watch, and enjoyable yet without the B.S. of your generic YTuber. Fc*k yes!!! LFGoooooooo!!!!

[@xdxdgamer105]

Fun fact in jelly shroom cave there is a pda that randomly spawns around will tell you where degassi base is in the grand reef also degassi final base is close to lost river entrance so the easier way is to search for it though beware sometimes it doesn't spawn in one of my runs I couldn't find it.

[@Ropen_]

a tip for gel sacks, you need it to hit 3 times to get 3 seeds, but if you hit it 2 times you get the seeds and the gel sack. So if you need the gel sack for something you can hit it 2 times first to get the seeds and use the gel sack.

[@Droodle-ky2gk]

Thx it’s literally inf seee glitch lol

[@onpsxmember]

You can also hit twice, take it and replant to be able to hit it again twice.

[@theillestwaifu]

another addition to the pop-up base that we found really helpful was to have a scanner room. in the dark, some of those materials are really hard to see and can be pocketed in really specific areas so that just made harvesting resources super easy. have the upgrades already made and in the locker with the supplies, really fast to build and get working

[@TheGhostButterfly]

How ironic, your video comes precisely at the time I’m looking at buffing up my Cyclops to move to the Lost River 😂😂 people rave about the Cove Tree being a nice spot to set up base, but apart from that one room and story progression, I find the Bulb Zone or Grand Reef more attractive overall! Keep it up with the awesome content!

[@GranddaddyGamer]

yeah i actually prefer the NW mushrooom forest myself but yes

[@ruxcooking]

Pop up base tip saved me. I went with the cyclops to the blood kelp entrance you recommend and I almost lost my cyclops twice because of the ghost leviathan, cramped spaces and me basically going in circles. Only reason I didn't was the fact that I'd set up a pop up base nearby. Finally decided to fist fight with the prawn suit, stasis rifle, repair tool and opportunistic use of the base to keep the leviathan at bay. After it was gone I could finally explore at peace.

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

Stasis rifle and a knife solve all problems (killing everything)

[@thunderlord6250]

@@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial stasis rifle and gas pods do it faster (knife as backup)

[@hailleyw5117]

I tried to go to the Lost River for the first time today and the Ghost Leviathan almost destroyed my cyclops. Definitely going to come back to this video so I am better prepared next time.

[@Miliradian]

Wish i found about this guys channel long ago, he got a nice voice and goes straight into the video.

[@Vivid18]

Just started playing subnautica a few days ago and I couldn't have made it this far without these videos

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Ty kindly

[@louisruvalcaba5168]

Somewhere between 10:32 you don't necessarily have to swim all the way back up. Once you get to the structure in the lava zone use ion cubes to activate the portals this will send you to each volume that you need to create the enzyme. The 5th plant that you need for the enzyme is inside with the the sea emperor eggs.

[@Gamerman2910]

This guide was very helpful to point me in the right direction to continue making progress. The game doesnt really tell you where to go or anything, so you kinda have to figure everything out yourself, which is kinda scary

[@lizzygiggs]

Thank you so much for your clear and concise tutorials. This particular one is exactly what I needed to understand how to get to those last materials and that location that scares me! Appreciate all the work and effort! 😊

[@emiliogarduno7294]

There is also a wreck in the grand reef where you can find the cyclops sonar upgrade

[@Trionetic]

Or you can just go to the grassy plateau, near one of the jelly shroom entrance, laser cut inside, and there you go, an easy cyclops sonar.

[@aquifer9480]

Seriously the best and most concise tutorials on this game.

[@meez5824]

Great video, I appreciate this! I’m here 2 years later and this video still helped me out a ton

[@darkavenger0000]

Since I played Subnautica (on early access) I role-played Riley Robinson as some sort of scientist (also, thanks to being a point and click games fan). So I went and cultivated almost one plant specimen of each I encountered in the game. Can you imagine my surprisse when I found out that really was an AWESOME foreshadowing when I had to create the hatching enzimes? The only thing I had to look for was the giant mushroom sample, since those will not grow on a growbed.

[@olenilsen4660]

All solid tips for everything else though - I also found another of your videos with great directions to a few other places to find the shield generator, so thanks a lot for that as well!

[@ameyajoshi742]

Thanks so much I didn’t know you could grow Blood Oil. I tried to knife the blood wine lol.

[@Milo2050]

That has to be the best guide I’ve seen so far. Well done my man and thank you!

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Thank you kindly

[@FissionGamingg]

this dude is helpful i would have never known that there are deepshrooms at blood kelp zones honestly thanks alot your awesome

[@ccvstudios1839]

bruh. I've been loking for cyclops sonar and here it is on your first wreck that you show.

[@FullovButter]

thankyou, i haven't played in a while and was stuck on what to do past this lol. this is so helpful. :)

[@xdxdgamer105]

Pro tip go to underwater blood kelp islands early on and search for a life pod there.

[@kotzugi]

Very cool :) This is going to be very helpful. I am doing a story-driven base building, which is basically like your pop-up base, but with more stuff, including scanner room (I find the slow, methodical way of playing pretty rewarding). Safe Shallows for the starting game (this makes super sense) with fully upgraded scanner room and some nice stuff. Then at some point, I migrated a lot of stuff with the cyclops to the Northern Blood Kelp, there is a very nice and safe spot nestled there about 500m east (I think) from one big entrance to the Lost River. I got myself an alien containment and a lot of stuff to grow, and most of my lockers are up in the cyclops. Once in a while I would take the cyclops with the prawn suit into the Lost River and drill for stuff, mostly titanium. I'm now in the phase where I want to go down and build my third base, probably close to the Lava Zone entrance, but having trouble with the ghost leviathan and a bit with resources (running out of titanium in the first cavern) including power. Probably need to get those torpedoes first and the crucial upgrades such as thermal. Wondering if anybody had this approach.

[@angelmendoza540]

Thanks to your directions I found the last degassi base quickly. Suggest an MK3 depth module as the bastard crab squids will push your seamoth down 500+. Killing you as you can’t get any oxygen once it’s gone

[@GranddaddyGamer]

i hide it under that platform everytimne so they leave it alone

[@feroxino1051]

Or you can just scour around for fancy lithium, rubies and get a Mk3 like I did just now watching your vid lel I’m still pre lost and have no cyclops but I’m fairly advanced in the farmings rn, just gotta gather the other arm and the drill arm, hope for Cyclops MK1 to spawn somewhere that is not Dunes as I’m terrified. I need to get cyclops frags tho

[@Ghost-xb8pl]

at the final alien base there are actually 4 portals that lead to the places where you get the materials for hatching enzymes

[@GranddaddyGamer]

yup but i hate the fetch quest .. easier to bring it all with me

[@scrawnyraysgameplay]

Hey thanks for this post my dude. Just started playiny this game a couple weeks ago and its very addictive!

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@madmadammoll]

As long as you leave your lights off, the crab squid leave you alone

[@raphaelbruts]

But when you are near the end, it's very easy to get the plants required for enzyme : in the last big alien structure, each 4 portal will bring you to locations where you can find plants. What you really need to bring down would be materials to build a fabricator.

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Yup that’s a definite way to do it. Personally I prefer to grab them as I go, but that’s me

[@Yue117]

And here I am taking my time (taking way too long) exploring, collecting, constructing bases and useless stuff like multiple vehicles of the same type xD Awesome guide btw, nothing to add 👍

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Ty kindly but let me just say this for what it’s worth. Take your time enjoy the game who cares how I play .. play how you want.

[@gui.vivaldomedeiros5096]

2024,i came back here because I'm playing Subnautica and,i need help,i didn't remember anything from the game 😅. thanks for the help man👍🏼

[@gideonthegamingboy5524]

Idk y but you are one of the only guys that help me no joke

[@bnothinglm377]

Went to venture to the deep for the first time and came here without knowing its reputation. Wondered why there were so many levithians attacking my cyclops.

[@ghostmedic86]

This has vibes from the original playstation game Treasures of the Deep.

[@loftypenalty91]

The data box you said was for the Cyclops Shield Generator was actually for the Cyclops Depth Module.

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Interesting it’s always the shield for me

[@loftypenalty91]

I've always found the Shield Generator in the Proposed Degasi habitat at 500m.

[@carterenneper8223]

Thank you for giving me the pop-up base idea, this will really help!

[@feliscape]

I picked up the shield generator databox a while ago, when I was trying to get ruby. I dont have it. It says "Ingredients Unknown" and the PDA says I still need one thing. Edit: I found it at the degasi seabase!

[@het_bob2078]

The planting of the blood oil and the deep shrooms is a really good idea

[@uurrjur920]

ذس

[@fire_blaze4178]

Thanks for the help, I’ve been trying to get prepared for a adventure down there and this helped so much.

[@Mauro118ful]

The Crown plant you can also find it on one cave from the grassy pleatu, I cant remember if it is north, west or east. But is a big rounded cave on the floor, it goes deep like 90-100m

[@gamehunter8882]

The reaper just wants to cuddle like the cuddle fish

[@o0b.a.d.fluppy0o39]

cool i already have a sample of all the plants planted in my base . looks lke i m full on track... btw i trapped the ghostleviathan in the big skull twice now...makes the area bit more relaxed

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Nice work!

[@Cctv-camera550]

Bruh

[@floogleborp9603]

The way he explains this stuff may sound monotone and boring to most people, but I personally love his tone of voice, it's definitely better than people who express fake energy.

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Ty kindly … I think 🤔

[@floogleborp9603]

@@GranddaddyGamer it is a compliment.

[@CamlovesFishing53]

2024 anyone?

[@jasongilpatric3200]

🙋‍♂️😂

[@natedogg538]

Jan 7th 2025!!

[@Coast2CoastTuber]

January 12, 2025

[@Manguinya]

LOL

[@Therianmoon-l7b]

2025

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

Yeah, hatching enzymes… if you trust the portals, they will spit you out exactly next to all of the ingredients, but I’ve fallen out of the world in Hardcore runs too many times at that point to trust the portals anymore, so… yeah, collect the plans early. Although i think there are a few places where you can find Sea Crowns outside of the emperor’s aquarium… for some reason i remember one being near the Cuddlefish in the sinkhole…

[@SearaChar]

LIKE SWEEP!! Great content man, keep it up :D

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Thanks! Will do!

[@craigslitzer4857]

11:37 I don't know the coordinates, but it's right next to Lifepod 6. There's a somewhat hidden cavern you can explore that contains Sea Crowns if you'd rather collect one early on in the game. It also has a good selection of limestone, sandstone, quartz, and salt.

[@TheQuiltedNorthern]

Sea crown can be found earlier, there’s a cave in one of the grassy plateaues

[@ShotgunIcy]

Thanks for the tips man I’m getting into the lost seas now and bad part is I don’t have a cyclops lol

[@GranddaddyGamer]

after this last playthrough im pretty sure i dont need the cyclops ..just the prawn suit and the prawns mk2 depth .. but you can get that kyanite with the mk1 for the prawn soooo .. honestly imo good choice you dont need the cyclops

[@delmar3255]

Last time went to the lost river a ghost attacked me so I ran away to the surface but didn’t know that they follow you out of the cave and chased me all the way to the grassy plateau then it let me go, make sure you bring backup pants bcs it’s going to be scary

[@Zuukk]

Well ,you can also get sea crown in Red Grass biome caves ,i found 6 sea crowns there

[@Tiffygg89]

Idk if it was like this 3 years ago but now I think close to zero point there's a hole that goes down into a cave system has a bunch of resources down there and lol and behold I found a seacrown it almost looks like the trenches in the sea emperor's home but it's a bigger hole. I've never noticed it in all my years of subnautica.

[@marcusstapert2728]

Thank you ive been close to a lost river entrance but i didnt know what i bring in to not die

[@badwolf9208]

Tip I found seat crown by pod 19 in the cave where you said the eggs was

[@Xxasers]

At the last Degassi base there is a cyclops shield generator

[@connoraustin1110]

Iv been looking for the grapple and drill arm for ages thank you

[@turtlelover4373]

I found them on the first day cause i had no work that day and even less self control. Then a reaper got me. And that is when i peed myself just a little.

[@TheLastSoundNL]

knowledge of where to go, 4 high capacity oxygen tanks, a purple tablet, Ion cube, medkit and a fire under your ass got me to the lava castle base.

[@rodgermurphy5721]

It's a great game. I've been playing for a few months now. You need to get Nickel ore, and Crystalline sulfur from the lost river

[@WolfRose11]

My pop-up bases are a scanner room with a powercell charger attached to a heat power.

[@sergiomelendez285]

It's a zone like any other, except this one has more interesting stuff to look at. So basically, just be observant and inspect things more closely, this is one of the most interesting areas in the game.

[@hvshdhdhhdh9612]

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[@doublewideshine5410]

Where you get the recipe for the enzyme has teleporters that go straight to each biome with the ingredients, with the sea crown being found inside the containment itself. only thing needed is a crafting station to make it.

[@GranddaddyGamer]

yup .. and if you have all those already you only need to sea crown ..like i said its a quality of life thing

[@sxlty1012]

I need some help. The databank in the grand reef wreck gave me the first depth module for the cyclops as I didnt have it. I've been trying to find the shield generator and was happy to find your video but the game seems to have let me down. Any suggestions? Update: I found it at another wreck. Still good video though!

[@Cctv-camera550]

Enjoy you're game😊

[@hlosiiis1235]

At what wreck please help i didnt found it there too

[@PanguinBoy2]

you can easily find the shield gen at the last degasi base

[@treverreed1550]

Another great video

[@smolcan4984]

With sea of thieves water and sky and Subnatica they would make a masterpiece of a game ❤️

[@ad4ms0n1]

Yeah the water in SoT is so good

[@nvasilev]

The samples aren't really a problem even if you haven't collected them. You don't have to backtrack to the surface to get them. Spoilers ahead: The portals in the main containment facility will lead you right to four of them. The only one not present there is the Sea crown seed. You can however get that from the Sea Emperor habitat itself... Just remember to either bring 4 ion cubes to power the portals, or a prawn suit with a drill arm so you can mine the cubes in the facility ;)

[@IceBear-qx7es]

Bro i encountered a ghost Leviathan in the Grand Reef to th weck but you still doing good

[@JaxFabila]

When he said reaper I was like ok I’m getting the defense upgrade

[@thomasstewart1059]

I live in the lost River and there are tons of jell sacks and deeps shrooms are the easiest things to find ever just go into the tree zone also bring creepvine for seeds one stalker egg for teeth going up for teeth is torture and the most important thing is a prawn prawn is the most important vehicle down there make sure it’s upgraded other than that good

[@hiwrenhere]

This was a great video! Thanks for this!

[@jshorts637]

This guy is insane, thank you so much :D

[@Mrblabarga]

18:20 side note: you can also build a outpost at the tree, there are many reasons to build one but I like to build one with a hatch, a scanner room, a foundation, and a thermal plant

[@kevinkennedy4386]

The data box that you said was for the shield generator gave me the the depth module instead, did they change the location?

[@GranddaddyGamer]

no that is just a very common spot, there is multiple locations it can spawn .. so sorry it wasnt there for you this time around

[@alxt1k798]

My most helpful tip for lavazone is to take all your power cells out of the cyclops before you leave through your PRAWN suit

[@nicydarko552]

I use lockers instead of wall lockers (a quartz more but SOO much more room) but just me so if it works for you do it

[@Farewelltokingz]

You can also put a power cell charger inside the cyclops if you aren’t using too much power already in order to be able to go way longer underwater

[@jean-hn1dt]

You would make a great math teacher or any instructor with a voice for asmr.

[@nicolasmuller9468]

Thanks man for such good explanations,really great video

[@GranddaddyGamer]

Glad you liked it!

[@fullbinky]

This is an excellent guide, thank you very much.

[@olenilsen4660]

Been there. Done that. No shield generator for me in that box ;/ Can´t remember what it was though, the box is there for sure, but I haven´t got the shield generator. It´s a great area for those other resources though, and always grab seeds or replant things like the gelsack to grow them at your base. They will grow just fine even in the shallows. I´ve got gelsacks and deep shrooms at 30m in the shallows.

[@rubenc3589]

The shield generator now is located at the degasi base in the grand reef(found it today)

[@samuelnickjames6115]

Another tip go to the blood kelp trench for blood oil and deep shrooms

[@jdzencelowcz]

I remember when gel sacks split into a bunch of unusable copies when U cut them, also red medkits, also also, I play on Xone