subnautica-2-chat

[strange spruce]

Yeah fair enough. My family was actually shocked I didn't watch splash down live...I was like I was at work.

[hollow swallow]

it depend where you build you base. if its beside a leviathan it would be too tedious. even though i personally wants a leviathan tear down my base fr.

[west isle]

i didnt watch it either

but i did catch the live bit after

[strange spruce]

Coming back into the atmosphere was really intense.

[lyric acorn]

i wonder if there's gonna be stuff where you can see broken parts like glass or whatever

[strange spruce]

Ooh I was think more mechanical failure. Like maybe we're building with sub optimal materials or refinement of raw materials given we're on an alien moon with limited gear. But aggressive fauna would be neat too

[hollow swallow]

understandable, i like it that Artimus II was not as public and marketed as Apollo, many people didn't even knew about it. makes its peacfull.

[lyric acorn]

oh yeah i'm not that good at being caught up, how will you defend yourself in sn 2

[pliant bay]

So how deep is the game gonna be

[strange spruce]

I would expect there to be some sort of broken glass and other hull materials, like in previous games, when you make under reinforce your base

[raw vault]

we know its at LEAST 600m

[pliant bay]

Like deeper then sub 1

[honest python]

water

[pliant bay]

Cuz below zero was tiny

[hollow swallow]

hmm, just get some lithium, build reinforcement and you are done. having some mechanical failure doesn't fit subnautica. its tedious and boring, if one have to fix.

[strange spruce]

The great thing about it releasing into Early Access is that we can suggest/ask the devs to make it deeper and see what they say.

I expect on release it won't be as deep as they plan for the end state of the game; or at least not really possible to get down that deep with the initial tools and equipment

[hollow swallow]

i remember the destroyed cyclops was a thing in SN1. something like. imagine all the tadpole that got destroyed, the destroyed part are still there in the map.

[lyric acorn]

OH YEAH, i both wonder and really want them to have that same "entering ecological dead zone" thing

[cloud gust]

do yall think they will release subnautica 2 a week after the last episode of the dive into the lagacy?

[pliant bay]

I was thinking maybe a trailer with a. Release date

[strange spruce]

That would be fun to have in game

[pliant bay]

Like hinting at summer release

[cloud gust]

i read somewhere it will release in may

[lyric acorn]

wasn't that the krafton thing with ign

[cloud gust]

ye it said that they would release in may efter that they won the lawsuit

i think

[hollow swallow]

a week will be to early i guess, a month after it could be good assuming if they give us a date with the ep.

[cloud gust]

ye it's comfiremed

[pliant aurora]

not by official sources

[cloud gust]

in may

ohhhh

[pliant aurora]

may does seem likely for entirely different reasons, but it is in no way officially confirmed

[strange spruce]

The game will release 2 to 4 weeks after the announcement. A May relesase if not official.

//discord.com/channels/85342800492634112/85342800492634112/1497839902010904606

#off-topic message

If you're interested about Krafton/lawsuit stuff please keep it to off topic

[cloud gust]

ok

[steep pendant]

i thought sub 2 was coming out mid may

[fathom adder]

omg

[simple hedge]

June 6th, 2026

[fathom adder]

can a staff member please pin a comprehensive thing about the silly May date so we can point people to it, this is getting asked every other minute

[lyric acorn]

[hollow swallow]

wheather its may or not, i dont care. lets just wait and watch. they have so much in work rn. also i dont think we will get a date with the last ep of ditl. it has to be a trailer or something

[pliant aurora]

damn, they actually removed this stuff from the pins
wait no just some of them

[steep pendant]

is that actually accurate

[fathom adder]

No it is not

[simple hedge]

trust

[steep pendant]

thank god

i was gonna say that i cant wait that long

[simple hedge]

youre probably gonna have to wait longer

[pliant aurora]

that's 2 weeks extra from the earliest possible moment

[strange spruce]

What is removed from the pins? This message is still in the pins here

[fathom adder]

There is no release date currently, all we know is 2026. The May rumour was not given by the developers. The developers have stated they will give a 2-6 week heads-up before actually launching the game

[steep pendant]

oh man

[pliant aurora]

yeah I noticed that late, but aryons newer ones are
I think they were more consise and had more relevant info, but no matter

[smoky hatch]

This is correct

[lyric acorn]

so i was right

[steep pendant]

thanks for the info

not sarcasm btw

[simple hedge]

realistically july

[steep pendant]

im really sad now

[smoky hatch]

We're literally discussing how rumours and guesses can end up being mistaken as real info 😭

[steep pendant]

ye

[lyric acorn]

[austere bay]

Subnautica 2 on christmas morning with some hot cocoa. Goated.

[steep pendant]

👌

[dull finch]

I heard that they're adding hot dogs in subnautica 2...

[lyric acorn]

and a snack

[smoky hatch]

You'll definitely have it by then

[strange spruce]

Would happily wait until new years eve. Hopefully during the day so I can continue my tradition of going to bed well before midnight

[austere bay]

Ayeeee 🤙

[steep pendant]

W

[austere bay]

Yw everybody, now we know we get it before christmas. 😎

[strange spruce]

Ooooo we just got at least 6 days shaved off of the 2026 timeline 😂

[steep pendant]

i just realised sam is part of the Uknown worlds team

[strange spruce]

Yes indeed

[lyric acorn]

oh yeah, i wonder if they are going to try and support the steam controller with the game during or after it releases

[steep pendant]

im talking to an important person

[pliant aurora]

the game runs on steamdeck for the devs, but it's not verified for it
you can try running any steam on it (did I get this right?)

[smoky hatch]

We don't need to do anything to support steam controller it supports itself

[lyric acorn]

oh, aight

[pliant aurora]

is the steam controller actually it's own thing? never heard

[smoky hatch]

Yeah I have one it's great. It makes noises from portal when you turn it on and off

It's quite old now though

[pliant aurora]

that's actually amazing lol
thank you

[lyric acorn]

just hoping it's not expensive as heck

[pliant aurora]

oh? then I'm kinda surprised I haven't heard, not that I try to follow this kind of stuff explicitly

but now I know, thanks

[smoky hatch]

I think they're doing a new one soon

[pliant aurora]

yeah I gotta check this out
OH it came out over a decade ago I have literally never heard 1 mention of this thing 😭

[lyric acorn]

they are

[steep pendant]

i want a steam controller

[smoky hatch]

Anyway back to sn2

[trail flame]

Hi sam

[strange spruce]

Favourite fish from our fish page?

[fathom adder]

I’m never getting over water slug

If water slug has 0 fans, I am dead

[steep pendant]

im excited to see all the leviathens and the coral crab and water slug

[pliant aurora]

WHY does a creature that lives UNDERWATER carry WATER

[fathom adder]

There are so many real deep sea creatures that act similarly to the water slug

[steep pendant]

i also wanna see the hammerhead it look cool in the trailer

[strange spruce]

Ballast control

[fathom adder]

And are transparent!

[pliant aurora]

it is a slug we haven't heard any evidence it could swim 😭

for us, it just stays in place

[lyric acorn]

i wonder if there will be a feature where you can save someone from drowning

[pliant aurora]

please give me more subjects to hate, would you kindly?

[strange spruce]

Not a definitive answer, but that is one reason

[steep pendant]

that would be sick

[strange spruce]

I like no. 17; looks so happy to be swimming along

[strange spruce]

Like sharing oxygen from a secondary tube like real diving?

That would be a cool feature

[steep pendant]

yes!

[steep pendant]

isnt it cool how he splits in 2

[lyric acorn]

or like grab and bringing them to the surface or somewhere with oxygen

[steep pendant]

ye thats what i was thinking

[steep pendant]

instead of them drowning u have a small amount of time to grab them and save them by bringing them to the surface

[lyric acorn]

yeah

[iron verge]

Is it true it comes out in open beta the 2 of may

[steep pendant]

probably not

[lyric acorn]

[strange spruce]

My honest answer is that it is mind boggling and a lot of reality that I know ON EARTH needs to be suspended to not say to my self, yeah right. But I choose to believe and so yes it is really cool

[steep pendant]

real

[fathom adder]

Jellyfish? Comb jellies? They’re just transparent sacks of water pretty much as the water keeps their shapes

[lyric acorn]

[smoky hatch]

No. We're not doing a beta and we haven't announced a specific release date yet

Early access will launch sometime this year

[strange spruce]

What a trooper

[pliant aurora]

okay well those are messed up anyway
the waterslug is like a camel carrying air to traverse the desert

[steep pendant]

Sams a real one

[iron verge]

Thanks

[lyric acorn]

insert that one mgsv meme from kaz

[strange spruce]

Send help I'm dying laughing. Those are messed up...lol

[strange spruce]

You should get An Anthology Of Aquatic Life published by DK. It will probably blow your mind

[flint sentinel]

I know this is completely off topic from what y'all are currently talking about, but it's on topic to the last time I was here

Who do you think you're gonna choose to play as and what coloured suit?

Pick using the reactions below

[flint sentinel]

Donkey Kong?

[lyric acorn]

oh yeah, like customizable character

[warm lion]

idk i would have to try them all to decide

dont think i would pick red suit though

[flint sentinel]

I'm probably gonna pick the guy with the silver hair, but blue suit

[steep pendant]

def green its me favourite colour

[strange spruce]

DK is a book publisher. It stands for Dorling Kindersley Limited, but is branded as DK

[warm lion]

blue looks nice with the glowing blue lines

and orange is a good default

[flint sentinel]

I added emojis so yall could pick :3

[strange spruce]

Undecided but going with 3 for now

[fathom adder]

I love the way the grey mesh on the suits look

[flint sentinel]

Fair,

[flint sentinel]

Same,

[austere rampart]

either the orangey one on the second image or the green one

[flint sentinel]

Oh also I'm numbering the images as you slide through them.

[flint sentinel]

You mean third image?

[austere rampart]

yeah my fault i js woke up 😭

[flint sentinel]

The first girl is 1, first boy is 2, second girl is 3, second boy is 3

[strange spruce]

second boy? his hair is turning white at least call him the young only at heart

[flint sentinel]

Again I reckon I'd go with 4 and the blue suit

[flint sentinel]

Could be dyed like riley

[strange spruce]

Wait can you chuck whatever coloured suit on whatever model you like

[strange spruce]

I was being very much sarcastic....with my overly dry sarcasm that isn't helped by writing

[flint sentinel]

I think so. We've seen all of them in an orange suit at some point so I'm fairly certain

[flint sentinel]

You're fine lol

[strange spruce]

Ooooh well then

3 but maybe in the green suit instead

[flint sentinel]

Select the emojis :3

[steep pendant]

id be num 2 and green or red, probably green

[flint sentinel]

Also when discussing with Sam the other day, he corrected us on the player models but not the suit colours. Therfore I'm fairly confident

[fathom adder]

If we’re only getting those 4 presets to begin with then I’ll probably go with the 1st girl in the blue suit

[flint sentinel]

Peak

[steep pendant]

i would be first boy green suit

[strange spruce]

What did he say about the player models?

[flint sentinel]

Hell yeah

[flint sentinel]

So, we'd seen a handful of other variations of the models and such, we weren't sure what was in game and what was scrapped. For example the black haired girl has been seen with a fade instead, a and a Karen cut too.

Oh he's here

[smoky hatch]

I just pointed out that a couple of the images they thought were different characters were the same character at different times in development

[flint sentinel]

Hey Sam! Could you confirm if suit colour is seperate from character? Or else my whole vote kinda gets thrown in the water lol

[strange spruce]

Ah cool. So the current plan is to release into EA with 4 distinct characters that may look a bit different that what we have seen in current videos?

[flint sentinel]

That's what I've gathered. There's only been at most 4 models we've seen in up-to-date footage

[strange spruce]

Secret 5th model is a mini collector (SARCASM ALERT)

[flint sentinel]

Pffftt

[shrewd harbor]

Guys am new here

[strange spruce]

That model gets locked out of bases and vehicles...

[steep pendant]

same

im really exited for the tadpole

[flint sentinel]

For reference, here are some of the models that were either scrapped or we haven't seen In-game yet.

[strange spruce]

Ooo tell us why!

[smoky hatch]

I cannot confirm or deny

[steep pendant]

i also wanna find out what sub 2's version of the cyclops will be

[raw vault]

i think a lot of people do, but its not gonna be revealed for a whiiiile

[shrewd harbor]

guys, i play on ps4, should i play subnautica the base game or subnautica below zero as a beginner

[steep pendant]

bc i like that it can drag people along and also it has detachable parts

[flint sentinel]

Itz still a long way away, definitely not in development get

[steep pendant]

base game

[steep pendant]

lol

[shrewd harbor]

is it like better?

[flint sentinel]

Unfortunately SN2 won't be on PlayStation 4. Not yet at least.

[shrewd harbor]

yea, ik, i am just asking abt the 2 games that already released

[steep pendant]

idk bc i havent play below zero

[strange spruce]

I'd go base game first, then below zero. They're on the same planet so that way you follow the chronolgy and it makes a bit more sense

[shrewd harbor]

ok thx

[steep pendant]

that aswell

[flint sentinel]

Below Zero I feel often relies on the idea that you've played SN1 already.

[strange spruce]

There are several different detachable parts planned. We'll get at least the glide wings on release

[steep pendant]

im excited

[strange spruce]

It'll be neat to see what else they release later on down the line

[steep pendant]

definitely

[primal turret]

not really, I played bz first and didnt have much of an issue

[flint sentinel]

The "Ray Wings" or "Scout Ray" as it's both been called, is currently the only chassis we've seen in-game as of right now. However, it's been confirmed that in thenEA1 launch there will be more than one chassis you can unlock.

[steep pendant]

some people are saying that the prawn suit with be an attachment thing for the tadpole aswell

[flint sentinel]

Huh, funny. I just felt that having played sn1 first there were things that made more sense, and I felt there were otherwise a few descriptions missing.

[primal turret]

Below Zero was very descriptive imo

sometimes too much for its own good but thats a different topic#

[flint sentinel]

Yes. But that's been confirmed to not be in EA1 unfortunately.

[strange spruce]

I think there was talk of this the other day and it seems really cool

[flint sentinel]

Pffft, maybe I just suck at paying attention then. But below zero is my preffered game, so.

[steep pendant]

oh mann

[primal turret]

Same

[strange spruce]

Can we nickname it the leapfrog?

[flint sentinel]

Mayb

[flint sentinel]

What names would we give these guys?

[steep pendant]

hmmmmmm

the red guy should be called gary

[flint sentinel]

I remember randomly spit balling a handful of names

Zara, Jason, Lily, Tom

[steep pendant]

i like lily and zara but what should be greens name?

[flint sentinel]

I chose Jason, but like. Maybe Tommy, or Karl lol

[cloud hill]

Yo guys does anybody know when subnautica 2 is gonna be out on ps5?

[flint sentinel]

I've also seen 4 be called Fred

[steep pendant]

lol

[steep pendant]

lmao

[cloud hill]

?

[flint sentinel]

It's been confirmed that it won't be coming until after 1.0 launch.

Sony doesn't offer an Early Access Program the same was as Xbox or Steam or Epic do.

[fathom adder]

There won’t be any PlayStation versions until after the game comes out of early access, if even then. It won’t be out of early access for several more years

[steep pendant]

yeesh

[cloud hill]

Ah shoot bro tysm then

[flint sentinel]

No prob dw bout it

[strange spruce]

Ayesha - so she doesn't get killed off in the story line. Quincy - because he likes Jazz music. Zhen Zhu - because a chinese name meaning pearl seems fitting. Ray - because he dyed his hair at the front to catch the sun's rays and be nice a bright

[steep pendant]

thank god i bought a pc when ram prices werent high

[cloud hill]

Ok tysm you too bro

[shrewd harbor]

is SN2 gonna be a sequel or a prequel?

[pliant aurora]

sequel

[shrewd harbor]

oh

[flint sentinel]

Fascinating, you actually tried

[flint sentinel]

Very much a sequal, but it's a lot less directly connected as BZ was

[pliant aurora]

sn2 takes place around 2200's, sn1 and bz happen in 2191 and 2193 respectively

[steep pendant]

cool

[shrewd harbor]

oo

[strange spruce]

I feel got, somehow, maybe, IDK

[shrewd harbor]

oh, so ppl can directly jump into SN2 then if they want can play SN1?

[flint sentinel]

I was simply cheaping out with my names

[flint sentinel]

Oh totally.

[fathom adder]

I'm sure you'll be fine playing SN2 first

[steep pendant]

i like lily and zara tho

[steep pendant]

u should be fine

[strange spruce]

I mean I onlt spent like 4 minutes on mine

[steep pendant]

but i played SN1 with a multiplayer mod, bc im the biggest fan of multiplayer

[flint sentinel]

I spent 30 seconds so-

[pliant aurora]

and also the natural selection games happen in the middle
so TECHNICALLY it wouldn't be that wrong to say that sn1 and bz are prequels to ns, and sn2 is a sequel to those two
(there is no need to know anything about natural selection, either. here it basically just serves as extra stuff for those really invested)

[midnight knoll]

Oh my days the cyclops is an energy guzzler good lord

[flint sentinel]

We do know that there will be a few references to SN1 and seemingly several to BZ (tho they aren't forced)

[fathom adder]

but although the original games are amazing they'll probably feel a bit dated if you do play SN2 first haha, they're quite old at this point. if you're used to older games then that probably won't be a big deal

[pliant aurora]

I do think they will be similar to the news articles in bz, so you don't really need to play the games, still

[flint sentinel]

If there's one thing I think you should engage with before playing Subnautica 2 that would be Voices from Beyond.

[pliant aurora]

I second this
it serves as a great entrée and leads into the story
though we don't know how much of the vfb story we'll see in game, if any

[flint sentinel]

It's not absolutely necessary listening, but it gives a lot of context that I feel will make a player much more informed going in, and besides, it's less than half an hour total.

[flint sentinel]

Imagine every episode of VfB is just in game as audio recordings lmao

[fathom adder]

I could honestly see that

[pliant aurora]

I actually wouldn't mind, but idk if that'd but too much focus on the family. maybe it wouldn't

[flint sentinel]

Imagine it's lke a full prologue before the game starts xD

[smoky hatch]

Sequel but you don't need to have played the other two games

[steep pendant]

that would be way to long for a prologue

[last grotto]

Sam do you know when the Q&A will be?

[pliant aurora]

oh I would really prefer pdas over this 😭
show, don't tell
or in sn2 terms, pdas we can find, not just a full cutscene

[flint sentinel]

VfB is like 15 minutes total lol

[flint sentinel]

But fairly lol.

[steep pendant]

i thought u said 30min mb

[smoky hatch]

We haven't said when it is yet, you'll have to wait and see

[flint sentinel]

I calculated it and realised how off I was

[steep pendant]

lol

[fathom adder]

15 minutes of non-gameplay content straight up for a Subnautica game would be really offputting, imo

[raw vault]

do we get to know who's in it? 👀

[flint sentinel]

No that's absolutely fair and I was joking

[smoky hatch]

Not yet

[flint sentinel]

Something tells me the big thing Obraxis has been teasing will be at the end of DitL episode 4 is the announcement for when the Q&A is

[steep pendant]

DITL?

[flint sentinel]

Dive into the Legacy

[pliant aurora]

I've said this about multiple things, namely lore, but it applies here too

[slate narwhal]

Flare mention

[slate narwhal]

[steep pendant]

thanks

[flint sentinel]

It's not the release date.

[dull finch]

Are YOU gonna be there Mr sam

Dude discord should like
NOT add the reply ping right above the send

[flint sentinel]

It's only being made a big deal within the discord server, haven't seen much build up outside of here lol :/

[flint sentinel]

This would be the most likely answer with all things considered

[fathom adder]

Obraxis has posted multiple times hyping it up on Bluesky

[flint sentinel]

Ah, my apologies. Thanks for the correction, didn't know he had a bsky

[pliant aurora]

that is true, but it is still just so much

[smoky hatch]

It's going to be one frame of a water slug

[dull finch]

YYYEAAAAA

WOOOOOO

[flint sentinel]

Oh pfff

[flint sentinel]

Honestly hype

Sorry Sam for the ping, I sent too quickly

[fathom adder]

As water slugs most enthusiast fan, I would still be happy with this 😌

valid hype.

[flint sentinel]

Tbf Obraxis does this all the dang time

[abstract frost]

If it's the release date I'm dropping out of school bruh

[flint sentinel]

Fellas should I commission an artist to draw me as a waterslug

So I can rename myself to Boris The Waterslug

[abstract frost]

Waterslugs are kinda ugly

Like ugly cute

[fathom adder]

[raw vault]

mods wanna delete this?

[pliant aurora]

this, like, <@&85343211593166848>

[raw vault]

w mods

[pliant aurora]

this HAS to be checkup worthy, right?

oop, taking that as a yes

W

[flint sentinel]

The best kind obviousky

[pliant aurora]

heads up, I'm pretty sure the same dude sent me a friend request

[flint sentinel]

Should I or should I note mwhehehe

[fathom adder]

yeah it's a compromised scam account, they try to send it to dms too, but they're easy bans

[slender rose]

hi

[pliant aurora]

yeah that much is obvious lol

[flint sentinel]

Whats the account called?

[lean siren]

Legit playing with me bro 😭

[pliant aurora]

David0175
I'm not sure how much we should talk about them tho

[rancid jasper]

what's DitL episode. … into the legacy?

[pliant aurora]

dive into the legacy

[fathom adder]

Yeah, Dive into the Legacy

[lean siren]

Yea

[shrewd harbor]

guys i am stuck what to do, i jus crash landed my pod

[fathom adder]

They've been posted in #announcements

[flint sentinel]

Ah thanks, they sent me friend request too.

[shrewd harbor]

like should i swim to the wreckage

[fathom adder]

I think you're looking for #subnautica-chat

[pliant aurora]

probably all of us they saw in chat in that time

[lean siren]

Yea cause I didnt get it

[fathom adder]

I can't even imagine how this would look, but hell yeah

[flint sentinel]

no

[flint sentinel]

You should also probably talk about your time in #subnautica-chat, not here

Ah you found it, cool

[slate narwhal]

Isss enshrined

[shrewd harbor]

yea

[fathom adder]

I kind of get barreleye fish vibes from the water slugs

but, inverted

[hard bane]

I just want news abt the medium/large sized vehicle 😭

[steep pendant]

same

[lean siren]

Ngl I'd rather have that hidden

Something about not knowing what there is, is cool when we make it ourselves

[slate narwhal]

I have done nothing deploy flares for 3 days

[lean siren]

Locked in

[slate narwhal]

[flint sentinel]

[rustic comet]

I swear Anthony said something like we're not gonna make it

[gaunt pasture]

He did

Currently his intent is that you would find it and have to fix it up

[lean siren]

Damn

Just as cool

[slate narwhal]

I wonder if the sub will talk to us “Not like how the Cyclops does”

Actually, I don’t know why that would be important

[gaunt pasture]

The new sub is condescending and rude

[slate narwhal]

I was thinking that maybe it was the ships AI transferred to the sub

But I don’t know if I’m thinking of the right thing

[livid heath]

Having a relationship points system with our Trident AI, and if it enventually hates us, it locks airlocks and drives us to the Collector 😭

[flint sentinel]

Oooh that's fascinating

[primal turret]

"youre the WORST captian on the planet, im not even squidding"

[flint sentinel]

I think it's been soft-confirmed that the name "Trident" is basically scrapped

[primal turret]

isnt trident like trademarked or something

[livid heath]

Yeah, but for chat discussions, that’s the best and shortest we have.

[flint sentinel]

I really like that idea. Even if it would mean we only got one per save.

[livid heath]

I know what he meant, but that sentence is very ominous 🤣 😭

[flint sentinel]

If that were the case I'd hope they at least make it multiplayer-friendly. Like what I've suggested countless times

[gaunt pasture]

He did also say that would be the case yeah

[livid heath]

Yep, 1 per world limit seems real. I don’t have a screen of that, but I have this one about finding it and not crafting it if people are interested.

(Anthony missed the opportunity for the Invincible joke "that’s the neat part...")

[flint sentinel]

I've said before my ideal would be... Basically how pilotting the Cyclops works, but the other players would also be able to control the cameras, the decoys, the shield, the speed, etc.

Like, the pilot can as well, but so can other players.

Multiplayer doesn't allow for exclusive content, but it would allow for cooperation

[livid heath]

Not locking things to multiplayer but enhancing the fun, would be to have multiple consoles to manage the sub, and having friends removes the need to leave one chair to go to another ?

[nocturne charm]

Sooo from that recent video about the fans, Anthomnia and the Red Plague crew got to play Subnautica 2, that must've been super exciting haha

[flint sentinel]

Basically yeah!

Like multiple stations for each player,

Plus like, if a fire starts for example or some repairs need to be done, the other players can go and do that while the pilot keeps driving

[livid heath]

Yeah, and I was away from this chat, I didn’t see if people analysed this new game footage frame by frame.
Do you know of new content was spotted in them ?

[prime helm]

Mark my words early access gonna be 29,99€ early access should be cheaper so it makes sense

[nocturne charm]

Them playing was pretty short and it looks they're just swimming around the beginning area

[gaunt pasture]

Not really as far as I could tell

[nocturne charm]

Whats it called again? The Coral Gardens?

[livid heath]

OK, thank you !

[fathom adder]

Does the bot snipe you if you try to send 10 images at once

[pliant aurora]

there was that tablet thingy, voice log, and sampling pavillion(?)

[gaunt pasture]

no

[midnight knoll]

EA release in May would be one hell of a birthday present, just sayin...

[gaunt pasture]

I’m not sure why these slipped my mind

Most of all was just Anita as a character I suppose

[fathom adder]

These were the frames I grabbed from the players

[pliant aurora]

I'd like to add this

[nocturne charm]

The creature has been grabbed

What will you do next?

[midnight knoll]

Tiny squeeze and release

[pliant aurora]

consume

[warm lion]

hard squeeze

[austere imp]

Dunno. Might be 40 instead,

[midnight knoll]

Damn. Got caps sniped.

[livid heath]

Maybe the annoucement drop on my birthday in may, it is a tuesday.

Ah, I had internet issues, I just saw the images. Thanks !

[nocturne charm]

Is the May Release window actually real or is it unknown? because i keep seeing that May release window being flunged around, especially on Tiktok lol

[austere imp]

No, if it was, it would of been announced allready tbh

[gaunt pasture]

It hasn’t been confirmed by UWE but the marketing is ramping up currently

[nocturne charm]

Yeah the marketing is definitely ramping up which i really appreciate ✨

[pliant aurora]

now just who might you be :P
I'm pretty sure this is 's second appearance

[nocturne charm]

The voices from beyond videos especially because i like me some lore :3

[left acorn]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[pliant aurora]

were we aware of this second? I wasn't.
are there more?

[pliant aurora]

that's just what the game does to you lol

[left acorn]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[nocturne charm]

Whats this guy called again?

He really gives Mesmer vibes but as a charged attack lol

[pliant aurora]

hammerhead

[gaunt pasture]

Hammerhead

[nocturne charm]

He looks cool!

[livid heath]

I'm a bit late to this, but I see :

• players have a live beacon on them for other ones
• the light level in the early caves seems nice, not too bright, not too dark
• we likely consume the slugs immediately, nothing for harmlessly harvest the water

[austere imp]

I havnt watched any of them. They should be in game.

[rustic comet]

The pda in this makes me think they might do something like the many from system shock 2

[gaunt pasture]

Narratively it would make little sense for them to appear in game

[austere imp]

So its just marketing and not actual lore

[nocturne charm]

Also can i just say, i am GLAD the UI HUD is at the bottom left corner again, seeing it on the upper left corner is so cursed in previous videos lol

[livid heath]

If I wasn’t on this discord and wasn’t aware of them existing, I would be disappointed to discover them after the game.
I hope the main menu will have a YouTube link to them at least on PC.

[gaunt pasture]

It is information that goes over the state of the subnautica universe that leads to Subnautica 2

what I mean is that it would make no sense for these recordings to appear in the game

[nocturne charm]

Also whats with the variable number of slots? It goes from like 4 to 6? Can we actually upgrade our pockets?

[gaunt pasture]

aside from the last episode

[pliant aurora]

wait they might actually be everywhere lol

[brittle raven]

hello guys im new here

[austere imp]

Yeah, so jsut marketing. Make up something to hype up the player 😛 The only lore that matters to me is in game lore. Otherwise its thrown away efford. Alot of games od infact have recordings of past in game.

[livid heath]

Pockets would be inventory, we grow extra arms for hand slots.
🥁

[smoky hatch]

VfB is canon

But also not required to play the game

[gaunt pasture]

Dude what

[livid heath]

(Purple names with a rocket are the game dev^^)

[gaunt pasture]

Why are u disputing whether VfB is canon with a game dev lmao

[austere imp]

You dont say.

[nocturne charm]

I really do hope we get PDA entries for the VFB dad, at least make him one of the survivors a'la the Degasi Survivors

Imagine getting the last PDA and hearing his last moments like he should've stayed at the farm with his daughter and wife

[smoky hatch]

Please be mindful of Rule #1

[livid heath]

Yeah, I hope so too.
But maybe they’ll come up with other clever ways to tell the story.

[smoky hatch]

If you don't want to engage with lore outside the game that's ok but don't be rude about it to people who do enjoy it

[flint sentinel]

Dubious little creature getting up to mischief

[smoky hatch]

Those guys are my second favourite after the slugs

[rustic comet]

I cannot wait to scan them

[flint sentinel]

I can see why, they look so funny. There's a reason why I made them my main status emoji

[nocturne charm]

Garden eel vibes lol

[flint sentinel]

If I recall they're called anemone crabs?

[smoky hatch]

Not sure if that's the official name but yeah

[gaunt pasture]

Or Ostrakonskelos periskopion to his friends

[austere imp]

I jsut dont agree with it being 'lore' or 'cannon' unless it appears inthe game in form of recordings. They didnt have to say you where a dev. I knew you where. I have an opinion like that cause alot of games do post these types of videos and then put recordings in game

[pliant aurora]

please tell me I am not mistaking anything for them 😭

[flint sentinel]

Nah that's definitely all them

[gaunt pasture]

It does appear to be them

[livid heath]

I want to scan EVERYTHING ❤️

[flint sentinel]

Agreed

[nocturne charm]

Metroid Prime and Subnautica made me want to scan EVERYTHING for completion and ocd reasons lol

[flint sentinel]

If they're called anemone crabs that would imply the grass is anemone too..

[pliant aurora]

I am collecting

[flint sentinel]

I was a massive subnautica fan before I even touched a metroid prime game.

Now I've played Remastered and 4 and I can confidently say it felt like subnautica but on land and you actually have a gun

[gaunt pasture]

Seth likened the grasses to gorgonians

Which are soft corals

[flint sentinel]

Fascinating

Seth is such an interesting creature

[flint sentinel]

When are we gonna got the Seth Leviathan

[brittle raven]

the crab is prob the new reefback

[livid heath]

Modders, remember this.
(Don’t)

[gaunt pasture]

He is his own individual

Why must we compare two beautiful creatures

[flint sentinel]

Coral Crabs? Kinda.

Not this lil guy tho, this lil guy is jus a smol

[pliant aurora]

I see nothing here

[flint sentinel]

We're not comparing.

They just both share the same purpose as bein a big guy that roams the oceans and scares the crud out of new players when you first see it before they realise "Oh it frenly :>"

[flint sentinel]

They're kinda more like snails than crabs if you ask me

[brittle raven]

you guys know the gigantic tree

[gaunt pasture]

Yeah I’ve heard of him

[pliant aurora]

this was an air bubble.

[flint sentinel]

Yus

It's neither confirmed nor denied if it's a big crab

[brittle raven]

maybe that will be a precursor base or rather a tree like the ones in the mushroom forest

[flint sentinel]

Imagine calling the Architect's "Precursors" in the big 2026 3

[warm lion]

i always call em precursors

[brittle raven]

it may not be the same maybe the mongolains

[gaunt pasture]

the architects were Mongolians 🧠

[brittle raven]

?

[flint sentinel]

No humans have been to [Ocean Moon] before us. Seth confirmed this.

Ignore the message I replied to that's unrelated

[flint sentinel]

It can't be Mongolians because we are the fir t humans to arrive on this new ocean moon

[brittle raven]

recorded yes but maybe it was a top secret project

[low zealot]

But they're no longer precursors. They're not "those who were here before us"

[gaunt pasture]

Amusing scenario where every time Alterra ends up on a new planet they find out Mongolians secretly already got there first

[low zealot]

I think the Cicada had Mongolians too. It wasn't an Alterran-only mission

[flint sentinel]

I don't believe humanity knew this moon even existed

Which, I saw someone saying not long ago that like, why would Alterra choose Zezura — a barren desert planet — over this thriving ocean moon.

And to that I say, what if somehow Alterra didn't even know this moon existed? Like, what if it was hidden.

[brittle raven]

i hope there are npcs like below zero

[gaunt pasture]

yeah I mean the VfB family are Mongolian

[south summit]

Is it realising on may?

[brittle raven]

i think you are realising

[flint sentinel]

As much as I also hope top, that was like a major complaint people had with Below Zero. So likely not.

[warm lion]

have they never been called precursors?

[viral cairn]

it would be hard to implement it considering that Subnautica 2 is natively multiplayer capable, at least the way BZ did

[south summit]

Releasing

[low zealot]

We don't know. There's no confirmation on anything. Beyond it not releasing on May 2nd, devs don't work on weekends

[low zealot]

There are 0 mentions of the word "precursors" in any of the games

[flint sentinel]

The precursors have never officially been called precursors in-game without the use of console commands.

I believe it was all changed to "Alien". Alien Arch, Alien Tablet, Alien Facility.

The only real acknowledgement is when Robin calls them "The Precursor Race" after meeting Al-An

[south summit]

Ok thx

[warm lion]

ok thanks

[pliant aurora]

I remembered I had a thing for this

[flint sentinel]

Pff

[viral cairn]

oh btw when is the stream planned?

[flint sentinel]

We have no date yet.

[brittle raven]

also subnuatica 3 is confirmed to be releasing eventually

[low zealot]

They likely want to give us some more time to make questions

The last Q&A took a few months, most questions were already answered by then

[flint sentinel]

They haven't announced this new Q&A on their socials yet have they?

[warm lion]

oh yeah i remember in my latest playthrough i spawned myself precursorionbattery at the beginning of the run, dont remember how many

[pliant aurora]

something like, idk, a week is a pretty good time to collect questions imo...
wink wink ditl 4 q&a date reveal, q&a on thursday, cue this

[gaunt pasture]

I never really liked the name Architect

[flint sentinel]

If not then I figure that'll be announced either alongside DitL episode 4, or at the end of DitL episode for. When all eyes are on the game, so they'll get a big influx of questions.

[flint sentinel]

Neither have I. I mean, I get it. The most interesting thing about them is their architecture. But it's also like, only a name humans gave them. The idea that Al-an acknowledges them seems silly to me.

Then again, their original plan was "Almanac".

[gaunt pasture]

In early Below Zero they were named Almanac, which I like more than Architect. I’m not sure why it was changed.

[flint sentinel]

Idk either, maybe the devs just didn't like it.

[gaunt pasture]

Amusingly the “Al” in “Al-An” comes from Almanac
It never got altered

[flint sentinel]

Someone please enlighten me here, whoever finished the story for BZ wasn't Seth right?

[gaunt pasture]

no

[low zealot]

I have a botanical almanac. It'd be funny

[flint sentinel]

Cuz the name is too funny not to lose

[low zealot]

Seth didn't write BZ, contrary to what ChatGPT says

[gaunt pasture]

I think Al-An still has the same dialogue about picking his name though which no longer makes sense

[flint sentinel]

Don't think about it

[gaunt pasture]

Since if that were the case it would be Ar-An

[low zealot]

Al-an the Alien. Reminds me of Allen the Alien. Such a funny pun

[flint sentinel]

"Aaron" the Alien is still really funny admittedly

[low zealot]

A-a-ron

[flint sentinel]

Jay-quilen

Dee-nice

[pliant aurora]

still robin, but

[flint sentinel]

It's a little awkward to me that the appearance of The Collector's head in the poster art for SN2 is now outdated, yet they still use the image for everything

[gaunt pasture]

remind me

[dull finch]

Reminder

[gaunt pasture]

Thank you

[flint sentinel]

Huh, wait maybe it isn't. But they definitely made it more glowy

[dull finch]

No props hedgefund

[gaunt pasture]

the biggest inconsistency is the eye colour

I’m not sure what you mean with the head

[dull finch]

The biggest inconsistency is the water actually

We've seen like
Five different water surfaces???

[flint sentinel]

Teaser Trailer vs Gameplay Trailer

[nocturne charm]

While waiting for Subnautica 2, might aswell replay this game again

excuse the pro controller

[flint sentinel]

You got the switch 2 upgrade?

[fathom adder]

no, I don't think I will excuse the pro controller smh

[nocturne charm]

Mhm, it looks and plays so much nicer than on Switch 1 lol

[flint sentinel]

Definitely feels like it got taller

[nocturne charm]

Squib

[gaunt pasture]

He worked out at the library

[flint sentinel]

There's a few bugs here and there I notice on both my playthroughs. The Cyclops can get a real lag fest sometimes that immediately disappears the second you leave the vessel. And the edges of these screen when piloting a seamoth are just all outa whack.

Only bug I had in Below Zero tho was that the Shadow Leviathan doesn't let go of your Prawn Suit until it's destroyed.

[nocturne charm]

Below Zero on Switch 2 is also finally playable now because omg that game CRASHES alot on Switch 1

I managed to stomach through it all because i played through Pokemon SV, im use to this lol

[flint sentinel]

Oh rlly? Thank God I held off on trying the switch versions out till they had the upgrade hahhaa

[nocturne charm]

Even then, Pokemon SV didnt crash this much for me as much as Below Zero which is astonishing lmao

[flint sentinel]

Damn I'm so sorry 🙏

[nocturne charm]

Its okay, i still really enjoyed playing Below Zero

[flint sentinel]

Fair, it's a great game imo

[nocturne charm]

If Subnautica 2 gets finished and getting ported to consoles, i can see the game being Switch 2 release only when it comes to nintendo consoles, because omg if this game is on Switch 1, it may aswell be a hand grenade lol

[flint sentinel]

It is not if, but when

[nocturne charm]

English is hard 🫠

[flint sentinel]

Have hope my friend, subnautica 2 will succeed

[nocturne charm]

No no i have hope, its just my vocabulary is screwed up sometimes lmao

[wraith basalt]

whens the stage of Q/A?

[fathom adder]

We're not sure yet

[nocturne charm]

The Collector Leviathan does look like a fun threat to try and overcome in this game, still not too crazy about the design im gonna be honest, it just looks like any other depictions of the Kraken in most media, tbf you can only do so much with Giant Squids lol

[wraith basalt]

And is there any leaks of the price?

[tepid axle]

how is subnautica 2 going?
like with the recent situation I wonder if it will come at all

[fathom adder]

nope

[flint sentinel]

Ueaah,, like tbf what else could they have done with the idea of alien kraken.

It's better than it just being a long eel, like every other leviathan in these Games

[fathom adder]

It's coming this year, sooner rather than later. Content is ramping up and the devs are teasing us for more content next week which might be a release date if we're lucky. They said they will give us 2-6 weeks of a notice before releasing. Everything's looking absolutely fine now

[flint sentinel]

Has anyone figured out how big The Collector is compared to say a reaper?

[nocturne charm]

I did hear, if i remember, there is only ONE Collector Leviathan through out the whole game, stalking the water, which is sick

I always wondered how much more scarier if Leviathans can roam around the whole map

[flint sentinel]

Yep, only one will spawn I believe, no matter how many players are in a game.

[tepid axle]

hell yeah
I heard krafton also got sued but don't know much where it went, I hope it hurt them ngl

[flint sentinel]

They do have multiple spawning locations tho, I think it's bascially anywhere throughout the Sparse Plains, which is its home.

[nocturne charm]

I have said so many times but it really does look like leviathans in Subanutica 2 are balanced around multiple people now, the Collector having alot of tentacles

[flint sentinel]

Admittedly we're yet to see if it can use multiple tentacles at once to grab multiple players, but I really hope it can

Also just because only one can spawn at a time doesn't necessarily mean it's the only member of its species. It could just be a balancing thing, if multiple collectors spawned at the same time and we're brought together it'd be way too difficult to deal with

[nocturne charm]

I also really like this guy too

This will be Subnautica 2's void leviathan, unless names change, rn this guy is called the Shiver Leviathan

Also pretty clever, Shiver is called a group of sharks and...look at this thing, you can feel your spine SHIVER in fear when you see this thing possibly in the void

[flint sentinel]

The Shiver while being a return to the eel shapes, is still a very cool design.

I wonder though if the tiny ones also spawn in.

[nocturne charm]

It also has like a sharp mandible on its face like a Reaper which is neat

Speaking of, the Shiver looks like the largest aggressive Leviathan we see up to this point

Again, there could always be more but OMG this thing is about as large as the Sea Emperor and it is AGGRESSIVE

[gaunt pasture]

really not a big fan of the mandible

don’t know where that part of its anatomy sprouted from

[flint sentinel]

I wonder if it juts it out to stab the player

[zenith nimbus]

Do we know if its droping on all consoles day 1?

[gaunt pasture]

but based on Seth’s cladogram there’s some odd hybridisation going on here

[wise karma]

only xbox and pc im pretty sure

[flint sentinel]

Definitions please I'm stupid

[zenith nimbus]

Guess i gotta buy a Xbox then🥲

[fathom adder]

Day 1 is still going to be early access, most consoles will come after full release in a few years time

[flint sentinel]

Or a pc. It'll run on Steam Deck and laptops too

[nocturne charm]

Xbox or PC, PS and Switch 2 will have to wait until full release

Probably like 2029 to 2030 is my prediction lol unless they officially state that which oops

[flint sentinel]

Idk about that..?

[zenith nimbus]

Never really been a fan of pc because i suck with Keyboard

[flint sentinel]

I don't rlly wanna think about the idea of subnautica 2 in 2030

[nocturne charm]

Hope the world doesnt go kaboom until then

[flint sentinel]

Hence why I said, you can also do a steam Deck.

Or connect your controller to your pc, that's just as easy too

[gaunt pasture]

@flint sentinel I’m referring to this which probably doesn’t help much

[zenith nimbus]

Isnt Steam deck like a Nintendo but with Steam games?

[flint sentinel]

What on earth am I looking at

[nocturne charm]

Steam Decks are more like handheld PCs

[flint sentinel]

It's a hand-held PC created by Valve, the owners of Steam. It's able to play almost the full Steam Library of games, which will include Subnautica 2 on EA1 launch, but it's also not particularly difficult to get past the SteamOS façade and mess around with the Computer itself

[nocturne charm]

Its also nice we see like crustacean or arachnid based Leviathans too with the Sea Treader and The new Coral Hermit Crab leviathan in Subnautica 2

[flint sentinel]

Indeed.

It's jus called the Coral Crab btw.

[nocturne charm]

Now, how about aggressive Arachnid Leviathans?...oh boy lmao, basically imagine a giant creepy crawly leviathan, arachnaphobia stonks go up by 100%

[flint sentinel]

We need a cave crawler leviathan in SN2

Remember when a cave crawler was originally gonna be what caused the Kharaa outbreak in the rest of the galaxy

[nocturne charm]

I dunno why but Araquanid could be a good base for an aggressive arachnid leviathan lol

[flint sentinel]

Pfff

[nocturne charm]

Like just a gigantic super creepy crawling arachnid that can crawl fast and lunge at you

[flint sentinel]

The only problem with an aggressive grounded leviathan is that... It's pretty easy to avoid it. Just swim above it

[nocturne charm]

Again, unless it can lunge at you, like super high jumps, or have water webs or smth

[warm lion]

mucus webs

[flint sentinel]

That is unless the pull a Minecraft Warden and give it a shockwave.

Or what you said.

[nocturne charm]

Or unless its a closed off cavern biome like the Lost River

[flint sentinel]

Or yeaheven better, it lives in tight narrow caves

[warm lion]

crawl upside down

[nocturne charm]

Trap door spider but bigger

More variety with the leviathans is always nice

You know what they say? The more the merrier-

[white hearth]

when is subnautica 2 releasing?

[spare knoll]

did someone know how much will subnautica 2 cost?

[warm lion]

i knew but i forgot

[nocturne charm]

Not known yet in both questions

[flint sentinel]

Oh God that'd be terrible

[nocturne charm]

they havent said anything about EA release or price

[flint sentinel]

"More than a pizza, less than a car" is the official answer from Aryon.

[spare knoll]

i think so

[nocturne charm]

Ngl that was something i wished the Shadow Leviathan in BZ was, a giant stealth predator, would've been more engaging

Imagine that demonic centipede almost out of your sight then standing still then it lunges you

[warm lion]

the reaper is a stealth predator

[flint sentinel]

As much as I agree the problem with making the crystal caves any darker is that you jst can't see anything at all.

But it would be very intruiging to have a closed-off biome in SN2 that's void of bioluminescene. Or magically glowing crystals.

[nocturne charm]

The Shadow Leviathan already looks dark and can blend in with the darker parts of the cavern, or heck just have it stalk the ceiling

If you hear like skittering noises above you, look up then it drops down on you lmao

[flint sentinel]

I recall the mandables on the Shadow originally being planned to have possible crawling purposes, but ultimately the idea was scrapped because it's impractical.

Swimming is far easier

[nocturne charm]

Ehhh, debatable, though i can see it since it has no bioluminence and relies in roars

[flint sentinel]

Now, with that being said, an intelligent leviathan that blends itself in with its surroundings, like a spike trap, and only pounces when you get too close.... That would be interesting.

[nocturne charm]

Dang :(

The Shadow Leviathan is a great leviathan design wise but could've been executed better

[nocturne charm]

I would love that lmao

More scary feeshies

[flint sentinel]

Agreed. Then again I do still think it's the best leviathan in BZ

The Ice Worm is the biggest disappointment. It's still the second best leviathan in the game, sure. But it's also the leviathan you will interact with the least.

[gaunt pasture]

Shadow Lev crawling would have made it so much better

[nocturne charm]

The competition isnt exactly fair imo lmao, you got giant shrimps and a 1000 degree knife worm

[warm lion]

i wanted the giant bird

[gaunt pasture]

If Shadow Levs sometimes chose to crawl around the crystal caves like a centipede they would be so much scarier

[nocturne charm]

I would say on a good day

The Shadow Leviathan is about as scary as the Reaper in terms of just general design

I still think Ghost, Reaper and Dragons are 100x more scarier but i can see the Shadow being put against them as my favorite

[warm lion]

the mouth makes it less scary for me

[nocturne charm]

It hiss, but if it sees you, you hear a really gut wrenching roar from them

[warm lion]

it just sucks on your truck

but i like the black snake eel spider design

[nocturne charm]

According to the pokedex entry

Its trying to digest you away with that blue mouth

[gaunt pasture]

The grab should have focused on the legs more

It should grab and try to pierce with its legs

[nocturne charm]

Again, i wish it could crawl on like ceilings and walls to make its glowing blue mouth harder to see therefore be more threatening

The Reaper is still the best Leviathan in this franchise lmao

[flint sentinel]

Must've been the wind

[nocturne charm]

Like it has EVERYTHING going for it, scary early game threat, no bioluminescence, that utterly DEMONIC roar

[flint sentinel]

I accidently swore again cuz I was talking about how bad Unity is

[warm lion]

sorry your long message was automodded

[flint sentinel]

Nah I said the b word in reference to the Unity engine

[nocturne charm]

I have gotten multiple warnings for swearing accidently lmao

[low zealot]

I like the Collector a lot more than any of the previous leviathans

[nocturne charm]

Squib 🦑

[warm lion]

the collector is doing a lot more

[sick geyser]

ALL leviathans are peak,change my mind

[flint sentinel]

Massive agree here.

It's far more unique and interesting, both in its design and how it interacts with the world.

[warm lion]

a kraken design that changes colors and grabs you with tentacles

[nocturne charm]

I love how much more advanced the Collector's behavioural AI is like its pretty intelligent

[fathom adder]

May isn't even confirmed by the development team, the people who initiated the May myth did not do so with good intentions. We have no date yet and won't until UWE posts themselves

[low zealot]

What the Sea Treaders don't have in size, they have in poop

[distant willow]

void chelicirate is lazy, but still cool

[sick geyser]

Their poop was genuinely life saving at times

[nocturne charm]

But thats not gonna stop me from wanting to eat the Collector leviathan because imagine gigantic fried Squid Rings, i'll be in heaven lol

[low zealot]

Far better than void ghosts...

[distant willow]

ghosts were cooler imo

[nocturne charm]

I do think Void Chelis are so much more terrifying than the Ghosts because they look really zombified and just much more aggressive

[low zealot]

They also grab you. Ghosts wish they could do that

[flint sentinel]

What I was gonna say earlier was that... Below Zero's leviathan problem is grounded in one depressing fact: it takes a lot of time and effort to code a creature that does more than just swim, hunt, roars, grab, eat.

And the thing is, Alex Ries is an incredibly talented creature designer, who's creations ooze with function, features, abilities, and description. If you look a pt the concept art for the shadow leviathan, every single part of it has an annotation explaining what it's for.

The problem is none of that is shown in game in the slightest, all it does is swim and grab

[fathom adder]

Once we do get a date announcement we should only have a 2-6 week wait, though! And content has been ramping up and the devs have been teasing us. We could be getting more news pretty soon.

[flint sentinel]

Void cheli's can't grab the player, they're too big.

[low zealot]

They can't grab the vehicles?

[torpid tendon]

2 days till something in ditl

[flint sentinel]

Don't believe they can

[fathom adder]

Late May is still a possibility technically but it's just not confirmed yet

[nocturne charm]

I have this random idea of a Subnautica spinoff game where the protagonist is talking again but the game is so much more horror focused and the game starts with you at the BOTTOM of the map and have to work your way UP

Like you are stuck 2000m below the ocean, the bends could be your depth problem and have to make it to 0m upwards

[flint sentinel]

Wiki confirms it.

Again they're too big to reuse the same grabbing animations, they would've had to redo them.

[low zealot]

Reminder that the devs don't work on weekends, the game won't release when there's nobody at work

[nocturne charm]

Void Chelis dont grab your vehicles, which is fine by me because you cant just taze them with your seamoth tazer to get off of you

[fathom adder]

please don't make it look like I was talking to myself

[low zealot]

Why are you always talking to yourself?

[flint sentinel]

Eat it's babies.

[fathom adder]

[carmine cobalt]

unless its a shadow drop 😮 (kidding)

[flint sentinel]

These shots go so hard

[flint sentinel]

Granted the first image most likey will never happen in game, despite It being from the gameplay trailer

[nocturne charm]

Evil squib, that 2nd image be really scary, only its head glows

[flint sentinel]

Honestly I'd prefer if just the head glowed, not the markings as welk

[flint sentinel]

Reminder I'd love to hear peeps' preferences. It intrigues me

[warm lion]

PINK

[pliant aurora]

I want purple 😔

[warm lion]

aye purple would look good

[nocturne charm]

Multiplayer for Subnautica 2 is definitely gonna give the game so much more replayability

I mean Subnautica is already pretty replayable but this is making it more so

[gleaming harness]

You can fling yourself with friends now

[woeful galleon]

can it just be out already i friggin want this game so badly

i heard they fired their corrupt ceo

[nocturne charm]

Stealing your friend's Tadpole when theres a Leviathan nearby

[fervent jolt]

When is subnautica-2 dropping?

[gleaming harness]

Cyclops can finally be piloted with the correct number of people

[flint sentinel]

I feel you,, purple is best colour (I'm Bisexual so obviously)

[gleaming harness]

please cyclops be in the game

[flint sentinel]

Would definitely Agree

IF I HAD ANY FRIENDS

[nocturne charm]

Will the void in Subnautica 2 be an actual biome to explore or is it still going to be an out of bounds map? Or both?

[pliant aurora]

would be wild if I got sn2 and my grades back on the same day

[flint sentinel]

The CEO wasn't "corrupt" he was just a plant.

[warm lion]

no plants in sn2

[nocturne charm]

no water in sn2

[flint sentinel]

Who gave me an israel flag???

[warm lion]

Clay_1121

[pliant aurora]

wait for seth to come out and say all we have is D2O

[flint sentinel]

So, one fun fact.

Unlike in below zero where the map's general shape was basically set in stone from EA1, SN1 will be a lot like SN1 where, parts of the map that are completely empty void with shivers on launch, might be thriving with life by 1.0

[nocturne charm]

Cant wait to go to the wrong way and get bombarded with Shivers

[fathom adder]

2026, we have no confirmed date outside of that. Check back in next week though in case the ramped up content and developer teasers are leading up to a release date announcement

[flint sentinel]

The world will constantly be changing and the void will constantly be moving. But aside from that, it's still seeming like it'll very much be a "out of bounds" location you're not intended to enter.

I believe in one test, a developer didn't survive more than 5 seconds with a Shiver

[gaunt pasture]

what’s the plan for when the Collector pulls out this manoeuvre

[nocturne charm]

I'll cry

[flint sentinel]

Mwheehhehe

Nah realistically The Collector is too big to do something like that. Theyd hit solid rock beneath the sand before even their mouth is under the surface.

[warm lion]

collector will grab sand and throw it at you

[nocturne charm]

Pocket sand

[flint sentinel]

That'd be awesome tho like, it collecting a clump of sand in its lil grabber and then tossing it in the water like a smoke bomb

[nocturne charm]

Sand bombs

[gaunt pasture]

That would be a really cool attack for it actually

[nocturne charm]

Am i crazy for saying i hope we get another talking protagonist for like another spinoff Subnautica game? I like Robin enough lol

[gaunt pasture]

The Collector has sonar so it can still detect its prey through the murk

[chrome pagoda]

Someone said the collector leviathan has prejudice against black women

[gaunt pasture]

ok

[nocturne charm]

??

[chrome pagoda]

disappointing if true

Just Ignorant

[flint sentinel]

Lmao?

[stable knoll]

[stiff coral]

Wai is this the first thing I see when logging on today?

[flint sentinel]

Idk sobs

[fathom adder]

gemma check their message history, they were trolling earlier today too

[primal turret]

people just be saying things these days

[warm lion]

i did, i pre ignored him a few minutes ago

[stiff coral]

They're on all the copium they could get

[chrome pagoda]

😢

[nocturne charm]

Could we get a horseshoe crab creature in Subnautica 2? Unless one already exist and i missed it

[primal turret]

great reference image

[gaunt pasture]

the Shadow Leviathan is kind of like a horseshoe crab

[warm lion]

collector giant ink cloud

[flint sentinel]

I hope we get a leviathan tho that genuinely takes the whole bug from SN1 and BZ where some big Bois would just swim through the walls of the world and turns it into a feature.

A leviathan that'sable to bury itself would be cool.

[warm lion]

invertebrate leviathan

[nocturne charm]

More like an Eel oe Centipede than Horseshoe honestly

[flint sentinel]

Also reminds me, I've been experimenting in my head with the idea of a leviathan that can inflate itself in a way?? Yes haha funny pyrocynical or whatever, but like, a leviathan that can essentially grow in size to take on a more intimidating form, only to then deflate itself to hide amongst the terrain... Could be interesting.

[nocturne charm]

Like a pufferfish?

[flint sentinel]

Yeah basically.

A Puffer Leviathan

[slate narwhal]

Horned Lizards inflate themselves so they cant be swallowed

[gaunt pasture]

Honestly I’m not sure how the horseshoe crab-ishness of this design didn’t occur to me earlier

[ivory onyx]

What does lmao mean?

[gaunt pasture]

horseshoe crabs also have the mouth placed on the underside surrounded by legs with serrated bases

[slate narwhal]

Just look it up

[nocturne charm]

Mmmm okay yeah i can see it

[flint sentinel]

Interesting,

Problem is most of these examples are for prey that use inflating as a defense mechanism. I'm talking about a predator that uses this to become more of a threat.

[slate narwhal]

Like the Paulumu

[flint sentinel]

Do elaborate

[gaunt pasture]

I mean that’s kind of only something you would do if you need to intimidate a predator

[slate narwhal]

From monster hunter

[gaunt pasture]

Or conspecific I suppose

[nocturne charm]

If you think about it, the ocean is a soup

[flint sentinel]

Let me put it this way, what if the "inflated" state is its normal size, and it can deflate or roll itself up to appear non-threatening or at least less intimidating,

[nocturne charm]

You got the veggies which are the seaweed, the meat which is the fish and the spices which are the minerals

[flint sentinel]

To trick pray (us) into getting closer.

[signal gale]

laughing my ahh out

[flint sentinel]

By this logic [Ocean Moon] is a carnivores soup

[nocturne charm]

Yummi

[flint sentinel]

I was at Universal Studios Japan the other day (when I was still in Japan) and there was a Monster Hunter Cafe. Food looked good, but I didn't want to fill up, cuz we still had Toad's Cafe to go to.

[slate narwhal]

Nice

[flint sentinel]

I'd feel terrible for any poor soul that goes to Nintendo World and wants to eat at Toad's Cafe, but they hate mushrooms.

because every food item had mushrooms in it

Do there exist any like ocean mushroom

Like underwater fungi

[gaunt pasture]

not ocean but underwater mushrooms yeah

Psathyrella aquatica

[stiff coral]

Blub Shroom

[primal turret]

they looks like fun guys

[flint sentinel]

Aquatica

Funny

When are we gonna get last of us but underwater

[gaunt pasture]

this reminded me of something I needed to run by Seth about Rotsacs

[flint sentinel]

Oh?

[vernal grail]

Freshwater mushroom iirc

[sour patio]

Something that always intrigues me is that one of the fruiting triggers for mushrooms is evaporation, so how does this happen underwater?????

[chrome pagoda]

Can warpers possibly be on zezura

[slate narwhal]

Idk, we arent on Zezura

[sour patio]

More so how does the network even survive under such a body without rotting or simply "drowning" so to speak?

[stiff coral]

Zezura is a desert planet so no

[gaunt pasture]

these mushrooms only fruit underwater

[gaunt pasture]

actually it has lakes…

[chrome pagoda]

Oh we’re on a moon of zezura right

[slate narwhal]

No

[gaunt pasture]

We can’t rule out that one Warper is chilling on Zezura

[gaunt pasture]

We are on a moon but not of Zezura

[primal turret]

were nowhere near zezura as far as i know

[slate narwhal]

Facts

[stiff coral]

Well duh, that's the only way there could be proper developed life. Water is essential

[warm lion]

warped too hard

[sour patio]

This is so insane I'll have to look into it

[pliant aurora]

THIS reminded ME of something I thought up about your convos.
he asked chat about biota while ago, right? and whether we'd know what it means?
couldn't biota be included for similar reasons as teuthis?

[gaunt pasture]

That is what I thought

[warm lion]

aw wrong reply

[slate narwhal]

Had one of those "Bad warps" I talked about

[gaunt pasture]

I tried to convey this at the time

Like the first time I played subnautica I genuinely had never heard the term fauna before

I’m doing a zoology degree now

[pliant aurora]

ah, I apologize
I tried to check if this had been discussed, but I didn't find a mention

[stiff coral]

I heard it from No Mans Sky

[flint sentinel]

If I had a nickel for everytime we've had to explain that were not on Zezura I'd probably be able to buy Subnautica 2

[distant willow]

do yall think the precursors are gonna play some role in the story / have bases on the new moon we r on?

[gaunt pasture]

No

[stiff coral]

They said they will have no major part

[steep pendant]

I'm back

[primal turret]

thats a really common occurance it seems because none of me friends and i knew what fauna or flora meant before subnautica. Though it did get adressed in bilingual bioligy class once after we played the game

[slate narwhal]

Not a large one, They still exist in the whole story

[distant willow]

hm okay, will be interesting to have a subnautica game without precursor bases

[flint sentinel]

We don't know, but dev's have hinted that they may be referenced.

They're not integral to the story of this game, that's the main thing.

They're might be like a hint that they've been to this planet or something

[stiff coral]

We will likely have a new alien race

[distant willow]

yeah that makes sense

[warm lion]

or humans that arent human anymore

[pliant aurora]

I'm not that big on the idea of a new race
the alien race card was used already, I kinda wanna see what else they can do
but I'll take any story, tbf

[gaunt pasture]

I’d be more interested in an alien race that was less technologically advanced than humanity

[gaunt pasture]

but yeah me too

[flint sentinel]

I'm personally still on the fence of if there is one. I know I know "Axum" and all that blah blah, but like...

The asset and folder names tied to them seemed more like a description for some kind of human base. At least in my opinion.

[stiff coral]

I keep seeing YouTube videos of people going over everything we know about SN2 and so many say it WILL release in May or other misinformation. It's just sad at this point, they can't even be bothered to do the proper research

[distant willow]

same, it would make the precursor race feel less special

[chrome pagoda]

Egyptians

[gaunt pasture]

The ancient egyptians are in subnautica 2

[stiff coral]

But the ruin-like structures we saw.

[distant willow]

ong, i also see countdown videos on tiktok to may 2nd when the general month isnt even confirmed

[gaunt pasture]

May 2nd is already out of the question

Since they have said we will get minimum 2 weeks notice

[distant willow]

yes lol ik thats one of the reasons why those videos are so stupid

i do think it would line up pretty nicely for a release date trailer the week after the next and final dive into legacy video

[stiff coral]

I've seen some that are still convinced we are on Zezura after all this time -_-

[flint sentinel]

This is what I'm refering to.

Farmlands, Contact Lab, Crops, etc.

Sounds more like human stuff to me, and we've already seen locations in footage of ruined survivor bases that look like a laboratory.

[distant willow]

either on the thursday or some day the week afterwards

[gaunt pasture]

Yeah I think Axum is just the name they gave the colony they built

[stiff coral]

What's going on with the ruin-like structures then?

[slate narwhal]

Might just be rocks

[flint sentinel]

In the teaser trailer? That's been confirmed to be just random assets given to studio that animated the trailer.

[distant willow]

yes that does sound quite human, "ruins" might be the thing throwing people of but its probably just their base structures being ruins

[flint sentinel]

Agreed

[gaunt pasture]

That’s not quite what he said

[stiff coral]

I missed that. But that's interesting then, so I was just thrown off thr whole time :(

[flint sentinel]

Do you have a link or screenshot? I know I was wildly paraphrasing. I'd love to see what was actually said again.

[quiet cedar]

[torpid tendon]

im scared

[quasi flame]

do we know when the QnA will take place?

[slate narwhal]

Soon

[stiff coral]

Obraxis, is it true that we need to watch to the end of the next DITL episode for something? If so, is it a secret? Like, one you can't just tell us now? I wanna know :(

[flint sentinel]

Here's the thing, it's unconfirmed whether or not what we saw in the teaser was or ws not some ancient ruins,

However, the asset I question awfully resembles the shape of these natural structures that seem to take up a whole biome. My guess is it was just something from this biome, and the animation studio decided to place it in the bsckground cuz it looked cool.

I'm HAPPY to be proven wrong tho.

[stiff coral]

soon™

[slate narwhal]

No thats the game

[warm lion]

surely you can wait a few days to find out

[chrome pagoda]

Korea is involved

[acoustic ether]

More than a car less than a pizza

[quiet cedar]

You need to watch the DitL ep and stay to the end

[stiff coral]

Bri'ain™

[flint sentinel]

Is it something that we don't know about already. That's all I wanna know.

[pliant aurora]

youtube premier?

[quasi flame]

"son" 😭

[stiff coral]

Like a release date? 👀

[warm lion]

delease rate

[raw vault]

i reckon q&a announcement stuff

[flint sentinel]

Cuz my guess is it'll jut be a proper formal announcement of the Q&A, but then again why would this man by hyping that up.

[distant willow]

i cant wait for the collector leviathan to be modded into shrek

[tulip cave]

Just wait and see. Only a few days left

[flint sentinel]

I'm awaraaareeeee

[gaunt pasture]

I support making it a YouTube premier just so people can’t skip

[raw vault]

yes i second this

[distant willow]

i third this

[raw vault]

larpers who only care about sn2 are gonna skip through it all. force them to observe every detail

[compact jasper]

[gaunt pasture]

Also make it 0.25x speed

[gleaming sentinel]

Idk maybe some ppl just want to play the game for the gameplay and not the story

[distant willow]

leave that to the youtubers who will observe it frame by frame

[compact jasper]

Dont need to be a youtuber

[gaunt pasture]

I do that for free

[quasi flame]

who plays subnautica like that?!

[flint sentinel]

I feel that the final episode will in general be about SN2 so like...

[stiff coral]

Me :(

[gleaming sentinel]

Speedrunners

[compact jasper]

We will have bacon :)

[distant willow]

omg now i want bacon

[quasi flame]

its always the gremlins

[stiff coral]

Father

[quasi flame]

Im talking about first time playing

[flint sentinel]

We saw bacon and someone else discussing presumably the story for SN2, along with reused footage from the OG Teaser Trailer

[compact jasper]

Into your hands I commend my spirit

[torpid tendon]

remember it comes out on <t:1777388400:f>

[distant willow]

u the goat

[flint sentinel]

Sighhh that's 1 am for me :')

[stiff coral]

Wai thank you fine gentleman (do i sound enough like a British man?)

[compact jasper]

Why have you forsaken me?

[flint sentinel]

And also still 3 days away

[stiff coral]

You go in my collection :)

[distant willow]

thats 5pm for me :) right in time to get home from school

[fresh gazelle]

On everyones soul we will be there ✅️

[flint sentinel]

Tbf I usually stay up till 1 am most days.

[warm lion]

5 or 6

[stiff coral]

4pm for me, 1 hour after i get home from school :P

[distant willow]

same, just not during school days lol

[thorn cradle]

5 pm

[flint sentinel]

For reference it's currently 9:16 PM on the 26th of April for me.

This says DitL episode 4 will be 1 AM on the 29th of April.

[warm lion]

idk if i should stay up another 2-3 hours just for the video

[primal turret]

getting home from school at 5pm? damn schools long

[flint sentinel]

Woah how many people here still go to school lol

[flint sentinel]

Probably a long bus ride or trip home is more likely

[stiff coral]

Im a LITTLE gremlin, not just a gremlin

[compact jasper]

[flint sentinel]

Im still at school soooo

Not like right this second, it's 9 pm lmao

[sour patio]

That mushroom is such an interesting find

From what I read both above and below water fruiting seems to be possible, but it is only ever observed having fruiting bodies underwater

[stiff coral]

It's not even 1pm for me

[flint sentinel]

Just over 48 hours away

[sour patio]

And with every mushroom ever being dependent on evaporation, I am curious as to what one of the triggers to fruit may be for this specific species

[flint sentinel]

I'm australian sooo

[quasi flame]

I think your title may go even beyond that of a "little gremlin"

like... annoying gremlin

[stiff coral]

Agreed, we need "Daughter of Buvara" in there

[gleaming sentinel]

Bruh first time I played subnautica I didn’t even know it had a story until like I started finding the abandoned bases

[sour patio]

Definitely dependent on some sort of gas flow, I'm thinking hydrogen as oxygen bubbles are observed to be coming off of the cap

My b, "gas" bubbles

So dependent on either a steady source of hydrogen or oxygen once the fruiting body forms, but initial fruiting is still a mystery

[flint sentinel]

Something tells me this is why below zero was made far more story oriented

[stiff coral]

TOO story oriented

[flint sentinel]

So like.

Where even is this

[stiff coral]

My basement?

[flint sentinel]

My initial thought was somewhere on board the Cicada, as like a prologue to the game.

[primal turret]

Thats the NoA terminal (oh you meant the room oops)

[flint sentinel]

But those are quite clearly clouds in the sky.

[primal turret]

a part of the intro

[torpid tendon]

huh

[flint sentinel]

This is definitely our tutorial though, see the "Open PDA" message?

[torpid tendon]

clouds in deepstart

[flint sentinel]

Oh pfft that too LMAO

[primal turret]

im guessing this is like a part of the cicada during the intro? perhaps before we go into the lifepod?

[flint sentinel]

But then why are there clouds

[stiff coral]

That would be sick, actually having to escape to a lifepod

[flint sentinel]

I strongly believe that's what this is, but again why are there clouds??? Unless like we're in time limit and we're falling through the sky.

[primal turret]

idk, maybe this is also a boarding sequence? We dont know to what extend the intro goes since the ones in the games before were all just the crash. Since our flight is a lot more aligned with the idea of us landing somewhere and colonizing we get to go through a short boarding part or something

[raw vault]

maybe original bodies during the crash, then we get reprinted later on after the colony died?

[flint sentinel]

That could be it,

[flint sentinel]

This too

Whatever it is, it's clear they're going for a Below Zero OG story sorta situation, where there's a full on active intro with gameplay.

[primal turret]

yeah that would be cool

[flint sentinel]

I always adored that about below Zero's into. The idea that this wasn't some crash landing, but we already lived here, we knew these people. it was our temporary home. This was our place of research, and suddenly everything's gone to chaos.

[placid marsh]

Maybe the start of game

[flint sentinel]

Notably, these three screenshots from DitL Episode 1 are all from the "DeepStartIntro"

[placid marsh]

Like thats a start lobby where all you friends join in and then you go out in the water together

[cobalt blade]

Is it like able to be played yet?

[primal turret]

not yet, sometime this year. THe pins have more info

[placid marsh]

Nope early access releases later this year

[cobalt blade]

Ok

[stiff coral]

soon™

[gaunt pasture]

yeah I miss that intro

[primal turret]

we also dont have any oxygen, are we sure those are clouds and maybe not a weird water light reflection?

[placid marsh]

Maybe that’s a bug with the oxygen?

[flint sentinel]

This is also appears to be the same location as these screenshots and concept art.

Second screenshot here is from the credits of VfB

[primal turret]

or nvm thats probably just the moons air composition not being breathable for humans

[flint sentinel]

I was thinking that

[primal turret]

is the second shot even underwater? it doesnt really looks like it that much