The Ghost Leviathan - Studying Subnautica’s Evil Spirit

[@Miliradian]

Once you have a prawn suit, a reinforced dive suit and a repair tool those guys feel like the stalkers

[@1God1Fury]

I don't get it why prawn suit takes a bit less dmg than entire submarine.

[@Plopjes]

Stasis rifle and knife better imo

[@Miliradian]

@@1God1Fury Prawn suit is built different

[@meowmrrpp]

@@1God1Furyits just an absolute unit

[@Disturbedmelloow]

My best trick is having a grappling arm and drill arm. Attach and drill away, fair warning: you may end up getting dragged away.

[@alangreene5776]

I would love a third subnautica game where we explore the absolute depts of this world. Like ghost leviathans can not be the only habitants of the void. It would be an amazing horror game

[@addfghjj]

Unknown worlds has annouced a sub áurica 3

[@addfghjj]

And I think it’s taking place in the void

[@iAletho]

That would be a lot of fun, not good for my nerves though! 😂

[@yblissp3270]

​@@addfghjj DAMN I'll have to explain to my therapist why I'm deliberatly trigering my thalasophobia nightmares again

[@shittetharse]

I hope that subnautica 3 is either a bit more horror focused (not changing the gameplay a ton, just a bit more spooky) , or in the future a official subnautica horror game.

[@Jackryan1213]

Ghosties are my favourite creature in subnautica, I even built a base next to the one in the lost river so it could be my pet. His name is Daniel

[@iAletho]

Haha say Hi to Daniel for me Jack!

[@Jackryan1213]

@@iAletho indeed I will

[@socky85]

Where is he I wanna say hi to him

[@bimmer-777]

I killed one so i could make a base

[@Qwerty45yt]

@@Jackryan1213they look sooooooo cool 😎

[@MeRamblingOnAbout]

The idea that the Ghost Leviathans don’t want to eat you and are just telling you to screw off is pretty cool

[@KumaPlays]

I remember the first time I came across the adult ghost leviathan. It was equal parts terrifying and beautiful. As always, you're deep dive into the creature is amazing. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@GuitarTory]

i played on creative on my brothers game ( i had a run in with a reaper and i was about 8 ok?) and i had no clue what they were, it was really pretty but when i found out what they were i was shitting it

[@bobtheboneboy6531]

I remember the first time I played and it hadn’t set in that the dark pit was endless, only to hear that bone chilling noise. I’m not easily scared, but let’s be real ANY ocean is terrifying.

[@NerdyPenguin223]

Guys, don't make my mistake. Don't find the void and enter it thinking it's a new biome without knowing whatever the hell a ghost leviathan is.

[@alborjat2657]

I just got curious, and went exploring in the crash zone, like other side of the aurora, and I was expecting to encounter like 7-8 reapers on my journey. I encountered 0, which was infinitely more unsettling

[@iAletho]

Sometimes the silent ocean leaves you more on edge, as you're constantly looking for an incoming threat Alborjat!

[@alborjat2657]

@@iAletho yeah, that was definitely the case. I was able to very easily feel my blood pressure rising the entire time I was in the area, despite not even having heard a singe reaper

[@Vhailor_Mithras]

Reminds me of that saying about alien life in the universe. Paraphrasing: Either there's a lot of it, or none of it. Both are equally terrifying. So yeah, finding absolutely nothing when there should be _something_ is extremely unnerving.

[@NumerousStones]

It got to them first

[@Cowboybeardie]

@@Vhailor_Mithrasit makes you think that there’s something else back there

[@sebastianeriksson2951]

"acting as a shield AND a form of protection" 0:27

[@Braxton-m8w]

Hmm yes the floor here is made put of floor

[@Sonic_K]

I'm a pretty new player and I just had my first "meeting" with a Ghost Leviathan yesterday. I was coming back to base after exploring a wreck in the Grand Reef, and suddenly I heard a screech. Then my Seamoth was down to 41% hp. Then I turned around a saw the leviathan. It was truly an amazing experience. Subnautica is awesome.

[@KnightSeril]

Evil glow sticks

[@warduxe]

oh..

[@sandypits]

​@@warduxe unfortunately he beat you to it...

[@warduxe]

@@sandypits by mere seconds but its still a defeat.

[@iAletho]

This is a great name for them 😂 I wish I had thought of this one!

[@bobthebuilderman1797]

Real

[@TySharp999]

I love the fact that the cyclops honks when the ghost leviathan hits it

[@deltapig3441]

Great vid as usual! It’s so incredible to see how much your channel has grown, your effort rly allowed it to skyrocket! Congrats on 20k subs and keep up the amazing content!!!

[@iAletho]

Thanks Delta Pig, I appreciate all your support! It's definitely been a crazy ride, having just 1K subs felt like a massive achievement, to have 20 times that number just a few months later is absolutely nuts! I couldn't do it without you and thank you for always leaving such supportive comments! Stay awesome :)

[@msl2299]

Love the content, Subnautica always struck me as one hell of a fun if terrifying alien world game and your videos about various creatures and machines of that world are always a treat

[@tvhead408]

I found your channel recently and I’ve got to say that you got me back into subnautica. So I will say this thank you.

[@iAletho]

Thanks TV Head! Happy diving :)

[@rileymosman2808]

One correction: They dont feed on microscopic organisms once they reach The Void. In The Void they feast entirely on fear.

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

Fun fact: after they reach void *they never stop growing* …

[@Kingspinothegreat]

@@Mykolai_Vasylyovychso they could get as big as a garg?

[@hippieyoda1993]

@@Mykolai_Vasylyovychthere is of course the uppermost limit of body size within the ecosystem to consider, as mentioned in the video.

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

@@hippieyoda1993 Their theoreticall size limit is maximum size of lifeform. Since gargs are 13 kms then ghosts can also be 13 km long

[@jovifidelis]

@@Mykolai_Vasylyovych you forgot that gargs got extinct millions of years ago, meaning that the size limit could have decreased along the ages.

[@AG-ng1ml]

I love this! I used to put my bases near them and watch them too :) I would "study" them, and I'm doing the same thing with the Squidsharks in Below Zero

[@RaphDShark]

Guess who getting their tree cut down for jump scaring me

[@urbestfriend280]

Dude! Thank you for continuing to scratch my subnautica itch. These videos are the chefs' kiss. 👌

[@iAletho]

No problem, I'll be your best Subnautica friend :P

[@sleepdeprivedidoits]

I have a huge fear of ghost leviathans man. I can handle being grabbed by the reaper, being shot at by sea dragons, but something about them sends a chill down my spine. I didn't know about them in the grand reef and blood kelp, so hearing that had my jaw on the floor. Never going there again

[@soapfaces]

Missed the upload somehow but hello again, love it when you post. Ghost leviathans are one of the coolest looking leviathans in the game, but since the area where theyre encountered the most (the lost river) is kinda a late game area they don’t feel too threatening at all, which is disappointing

[@shansheep8292]

Well sure the juvenaials arent tht threatening, but go fight an adult one. Thats a challenge. Need more excietment? Take a vacation into the ecological dead zone...The Void! The ones in there are defiently very threatening.

[@soapfaces]

@@shansheep8292 I don’t think the adults are too bad either, but the void ones are definitely the best

[@AverageIdoit5]

My first experience was in the northern blood kelp area and it flipped my Cyclops

[@StellarCrackhead42]

I wonder how the ghost leviathans lay their eggs in the first place... Honestly I'm afraid to even know

[@iAletho]

Painfully? 😂

[@orhandalegend]

maybe they lay them from the tip of the tail which allows them to use their tail to reach the tree easier

[@devourerofgodsonexpertmode1415]

There are some spots on some leviathans bodies. Perhaps those are scars from laying eggs.

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

@@devourerofgodsonexpertmode1415oh yeah. Hyenas do that too. The baby rips their “exit hole” open and when it heals it is stretchier.

[@knightpal1545]

Most massive creature's don't mate for long periods of time. Such as a breed of shark that lays it's eggs at 150. So going off that, ghost leviathans probably mate every few thousand years. Then the eggs probably take a few decades to actually hatch. So it'd make sense that the ocean changes and the eggs get buried over time.

[@MayinMayo]

Amazing as always, keep up the good work

[@iAletho]

Thanks for the nice comment as always Swindle!

[@Shadowhunterbg]

Ghost Leviathans attack you with a bite, not ramming. I very much believe that it attacks you firstly because you entered it's territory but it also eats you as a second bonus. Your character is very small compared to it, even smaller than it's main prey but not by much if i remember correctly. I don't believe that a predator like that would skip a potential source of protein.

[@dennissolodovnik2168]

shut up bro 😂

[@braixentrainer8676]

I could have sworn that the PDA entry for Ghost Leviathans said that they ate plankton.

[@shitanotosaurus]

it attacks with both. you can see it lunge forward to ram its prey several times.

[@thevalarauka101]

juveniles eat larger stuff but the adults only eat plankton iirc

[@osirisjohnson5165]

@@braixentrainer8676there basically extremely territorial whales

[@cartersmith8904]

It's weird how nobody talks about the fact that the Ghost Leviathan is the actual biggest aggressive Leviathan in the game, with the ones in the void being around 122 meters long, 10 whole meters longer than the Sea Dragon

[@butt_butter]

Gargatuan leviathan left the chat*

[@cartersmith8904]

@@butt_butter LIVING aggressive leviathan

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

@@butt_butterIt can grow up to size of garg, but they grow very slowly.

[@Kingspinothegreat]

@@Mykolai_Vasylyovychthat would be scarier than a garg to be honest

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

@@Kingspinothegreat There are probably a few kilometres long ghosts in void lol

[@williamodowd2607]

Since 3 show up in the void no matter where you are even if you go to one side then go straight across to the other they will show up due to them just spawning in once you enter the void anywhere it kind of implies that there’s many more circling around the crater and just 3 tend to be how many show up when something enters

[@TacticaLLR]

Great vid Aletho!

[@iAletho]

Thanks Levi!

[@Irongarrison.5764]

The protrusions 1:33 on its head help it menuver and turn on a dime much like the head of a hammer head shark does.

[@TKVdaboi]

W video, I was out looking for wrecks and rubys all nice and quietly in grand reef when I heard a low voice, i looked up snd there he was a juvenile ghost leviathan in all its glory, thankfully it just hovered over me before leaving and that gave me enough time to leave and stop the panic attack I was having :(

[@iAletho]

Nothing worse than a surprise attack from a Ghost Leviathan TKV!

[@thevalarauka101]

when you realise the ones in the grand reef and blood kelp are adults

[@lady_pufferfish]

Me with a stasis rifle, knife, doom music, and nothing to lose: 🗿

[@NathanWinn-v9r]

These little guys are adorable. I have never once been afraid of them. Now the reapers on the other hand...

[@chewhan]

0:03 "just like that demon living under your bed"🤣🤣🤣 good joke 🤣

[@morganevans6299]

You're videos are so good! I can't stop watching 🤣

[@dustrockblues7567]

I like to think the clear part is transparent muscle tissue and the dark part is the body cavity with the organs.

[@stevenzizila1050]

Wait a minute. If Aletho says that the Ghost Leviathans are born in the caves, then how would the adults fit through the caves to lay their young there?

[@taudvore259]

I may be weird but I didn’t have much trouble with Ghosts. Because they glow they aren’t too hard to spot early and so long as you stay out of their way, they leave you alone. I had much more trouble with Reapers, since they actively hunt you. The only trouble I really had was when I tried building a scanner room in the Sparse Reef and one kept attacking me, but he wondered off after a while and I was fine.

[@bromodragone8405]

"Acting as a shield and a form of protection." Yes, that's what a shield does.

[@devilspygaming4493]

I fear nothing on planet 4546b but that thing It scares me

[@MangoGeko]

Epic vid - can’t wait for sea dragon!!!

[@Disturbedmelloow]

Okay, after binging about 6 of your vids after coming across your channel you got me. Time to boot my PC and replay subnausceous.

[@iAletho]

It's time for a revisit Disturbed!

[@Disturbedmelloow]

Well, it went alot faster this time😂 seamoth built. Radiation suit done, laser cutter made. I'm half ready... half😂

[@omarshebli3208]

I love these videos, just wish there was a way you could make them longer

[@iAletho]

It depends on how much information is available and how interestingly I can present it, I like to keep things to the point, but if a topic has more info available the video will always be long enough to cover it! Thanks for watching Omar :)

[@thelostone3397]

THANK YOU Aletho !!!

[@iAletho]

THANK YOU LOST ONE!

[@thelostone3397]

Could you do the sea dragon

[@Gbr991]

bit later than i normally am to these vids but this is a bange

[@bruh-rc8ke]

A ghost leviathan juvenile once destroyed my seamoth, so I hunted it down with a stasis rifle and thermoblade

[@Gorjester]

this video is like biology class. love your videos

[@evankauffman2139]

Ghost Leviathans: You might've bought the game for the Reaper, but your worst scares came from them.

[@Bluebrothersag2]

Welcoemto this amazing enthralling channel again

[@iAletho]

Haha welcome back klag! ;)

[@mr.kitten6657]

Amazing video! I really enjoy your videos and i appreciate the work you put in them. Keep up the amazing work and you will get to 100k subs in notime! I Hope you will make a video about the reaper or maybe shadow leviathan. Also I love the drawn thumbnails they look awsome!

[@iAletho]

Thanks Mr Kitten! I actually already did a video on the Reaper which you can watch right now on my channel! :) Stay awesome

[@ace_clockwork3329]

just found your channel a couple hours ago, you make amazing content

[@iAletho]

Thanks Ace, glad you like it! I appreciate all the support :)

[@Anchorwing.]

Awesome man! I'm looking forward to more!, maybe a subnautica story lore video? Like ur below zero video but like a sumarry on the story?

[@iAletho]

It's certainly something I will look into, expect more Leviathan videos to come soon Anchorwing! :)

[@dawolfmaplays5997]

Aletho, do you draw your own thumbnails? They are excellent.

[@Van_Winkles]

On my first playthrough, these guys were so friendly, they ignored me, the reaper is more aggressive.

[@ZC.Andrew]

This is one of the cooler-looking creatures in this game, IMO

[@xwarrior7290]

When I played Subnautica, I would name each of the leviathans. In the case of the Ghost, I had a theory it was always the same leviathan named Casper.

[@KrisWhitA_ChhShorts]

I love your videos keep up the good work

[@iAletho]

Thanks for watching as always Kris :)

[@The_Obsessed]

Like, genuinely, they're so fucking pretty. One of my favorite creatures in anything ever. Even if they are absolutely terrifying.

[@Dx_Hearted]

That ghost leviathan in lost river may survive my attack but i will come back for my revenge

[@prisle]

Gameplay: "the tree cove is the safest biome in the game! Time to build a base there!" Lore: "Your death might hatch any moment..." 😢

[@venomgaming7014]

Fun fact: the ghost leviathan in the lost river is a juvenile. 3 adults will (eventually) spawn in the crater edge when you stay in the crater edge for too long.

[@seabass273]

yes thats in the video

[@thecharliechannel3368]

Me casually scanning The ghost leviathan

[@clashroyel5584]

your like a teacher no lie😁

[@Ahandledoorone]

I remember seeing an adult ghost leviathan while exploring the grand reef I thought it was just another creature when it went to me and I shocked it with a fully charged perimeter defense they arent too scary

[@strangehappenings69]

i heard that the ghost leviathans filter feed shown by the fact that they swim around in the lost river rather then attack ing other smaller animals

[@socky85]

Ghost leviathans are just big blue hammerhead sharks and you can’t tell me otherwise

[@Happy_Sailor639]

I know most are afraid of reapers, due to their roar l. But my actual fear came from this slimey fish, I ran into one near Degasi base and thought they are just like reapers are afraid of Seamoth shock thing, but when ghost still attacked me even after being zapped, that's when I got terryfied of loosing my hardcore character :D

[@Foamamusic]

They lay eggs inside the tree for protection and nutrients, so they definitely understand parasitism… but I wonder if they understand the player using the seamoth/prawn for transportation or if they think we’re parasites 😂

[@jerrydysard7366]

I think it would so cool if after awhile you could see it migrate in game

[@rieJW]

Hope we get one for shadow leviathans one day :P

[@tootie5619]

Not to be that guy but the PDA says that Ghost Leviathans feed on microscopic plankton or something like that I think but I might be wrong. Still great video btw...

[@АлександрПанков-ю6й]

Chill bros, zero bad thoughts about them

[@Lively_Naviagtor]

But….they are cool as heck

[@dplocksmith91]

I think that the only ghost leviathan in the egg is the thing that looks like it has a stem. The rest are polar bodies, which are parts of an egg cell that are the remains of the other daughter cells that result from meiosis.

[@barubary218]

I always thought the ghost leviathans were filter feeders. They were just aggressive assholes

[@daviddaniels2204]

Doesn’t the data entry say they’re filter feeders?

[@raionshishi8290]

@@daviddaniels2204 Yes it does

[@iAletho]

They are filter feeders, but also seem to hunt other smaller prey when they get the chance! Luckily human doesn't appear to be on the menu though, they're just super aggressive and territorial

[@Zerg_Mutalisk]

Ahh yes a nightmare fish I love it

[@scarredclawsgibberish]

*makes an omelette with ghost leviathan eggs*

[@zemocha1989]

I already don't play the game because of the sea thing, but these Ghost Leviathans scare the crap outta me. 😢

[@Kingspinothegreat]

Waiting for someone to make a garg sized ghost mod in the void

[@koffeelily]

I hope you cover all the leviathans

[@iAletho]

I'm planning to do just that in this series KoffeeFyre!

[@Newie69MK]

The Ghost Leviathans too me are far less scary than Reaper Leviathans despite being stronger and more damaging. They're simply easier to spot and sidestep when agitated compared to the Reaper.

[@davidstaffen6783]

Whenever I'm playing subnautica and I'm afraid of going to a new area I role play as a researcher exploring a planet that has just been discovered whether it's been discovered but just needs more documentation just cuz I helps me cope

[@kieferholster4900]

Ah yes, my favorite ghost boy.

[@emeraldpistol1251]

Wait… so I built my checkpoint next to ghost leviathan eggs? Oh no…

[@rPenek]

All i need is seamoth for oxygen, statis rifle and heat knife, then i can those guys feel like sand sharks.

[@AceStriker-b6j]

For any one wondering what damage juveniles do: Human: 55 Seamoth: 27 Cyclops: 165 Prawn Suit: 9 This is assuming that the 34% less damage applies. Again, I could be wrong about this.

[@BVRNERMVSIC]

They're related to the Ampeels

[@glukkogobrrr]

From the 3 aggresive leviathans, ghost is my favorite

[@iAletho]

I think it has one of the most interesting designs in the game Glukko!

[@orhandalegend]

its just a beautiful wormie

[@Auto_Owl-X446V]

1:39 "Used to protect them whi-" *HHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNN-*

[@sevensatori1249]

I can’t lie, Ghost leviathans do not scare me in the slightest. The one in the tunnel leading to the North Blood Kelp (also know as Blood Kelp Islands), I named Jeff. He’s special because he swims up to me and then gets stuck on the roots, but doesn’t actually do the screech, which makes me think he likes me

[@monsterhandlergabe]

Can we have a frozen leviathan video please

[@headhunter1541]

Gargantuan Leviathan: Scooby Snack

[@C-goated]

Do sea dragon next!

[@iAletho]

Working on it Mobile Gamer!

[@godzillamanz8139]

Typical ghost: hehee ha, i am very spooky, >:D Ghost leviathan: do you have lore? Typical ghost: uhh- Ghost leviathan: *AND BE SPOOKY?* Typical ghost: uhhhh- Ghost leviathan: *AND BE HUGE?* Typical ghost: *UHHH-*

[@Jayy0360]

Just commenting to help the algorithm

[@DR_Nothing]

I love ghost leiathans

[@fastlearning8162]

I did the math is adult ghost leviathans grow by 15% then they are 123.05 meters long

[@Devconomy]

Isn't the only adult ghost leviathan in the playable area in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone? I thought the one in the Deep Grand Reef was juvenile.

[@ZetaOliver0_0]

nice video

[@iAletho]

Thanks Super Creeper!

[@Spacefish_vr]

I always thought the ghost eggs lookes kinda like the cuddlefish egg

[@Lagi42800]

They seem to be rather territorial filter-feeders ...

[@thefloppaguy4245]

omg imagine a toast leviathan

[@skeetus]

as you swim over the edge of the sea treaders path, a gargantuan wall begins accelerating towards you, you recognize it as a slice of toast moments before in envelopes you into a sandwich