below-zero-chat

[stoic surge]

Behold, my house-guest

[opaque harbor]

guardian

[latent aurora]

Snowgod

[hard idol]

yup

[stoic surge]

And here's his butt

[hard idol]

anything i can do lol

[opaque harbor]

he was cold

[latent aurora]

Why was my first reaction to start typing "sniff"?

[stoic surge]

He shouldn't be cold, he's in the purple vents area

[latent aurora]

A good way to keep a channel active is to start an argument

[stoic surge]

No it's not, lol

[latent aurora]

It keeps it active until mods deal with it

[stoic surge]

Then don't include me, my shiny reputation could be tarnished

[latent aurora]

If I were to start an argument then don't join

[stoic surge]

OK

[latent aurora]

Nothing to argue about though

[stoic surge]

Hey I know -- Solar is the best power source!

[hard idol]

its a pretty good one

imo

[latent aurora]

Until crystal caves

[stoic surge]

Yes, during the day

[hard idol]

i only beatthe og so far lol

solar was my go to

[latent aurora]

Og has a pretty boring story ngl

[hard idol]

did get this weird thing in the og on switch, one day my base just got stuck with no lights for p much the rest of the game

[stoic surge]

My current base is thermal powered tho -- I figured if the ||Architects|| used it, I should also

[hard idol]

it was this middleground between power on and off

cause it was dark but dark enough t osee and o2 wasnt going down

[latent mantle]

I have finally gotten every seatruck module blueprint except the one that unlocks from story progression idk what one to make at the moment though, anybody got some suggestions on what i should make?

I dont have any modules made right now so i have these choices: storage module, fabricator module, sleeper module, docking module, and aquarium module

[raw eagle]

It's different trust me

[latent mantle]

Eh ig ill just farm resources and try to make them all

[tribal star]

The one that unlocks from story progression.. is it the ||teleportation module||

[stoic surge]

I like to make the fabricator module first, it seems the most useful all around, and even has a locker in

[gleaming linden]

How do i mute the pda

Its so loud

[stoic surge]

Sound settings can be adjusted

[gleaming linden]

Ik but wich one?

[stoic surge]

Not sure, but it will be in 'options'

[latent mantle]

Ive never heard of that one, i only heard that a module unlocks from story progression maybe thats the one idk

[raw eagle]

I wouldn't say it's useful since ||it consumes ion cubes, which are limited||

[latent mantle]

Alright thx for the advice and also i finally managed to get the parallel processing unit

[raw eagle]

Voice probably

[stoic surge]

Nice

[raw eagle]

Anyone know how to create base-attached-pumps like in the first game?

[latent mantle]

I never actually used those in the first one cuz i didnt know what they would even do

[raw eagle]

Same, but now that I'm making a base in a pretty deep location, I thought they would be useful

but even after checking the wiki I can't find a way to make them

[latent mantle]

Maybe they provided oxygen if the base ran out of power

But idk

[stoic surge]

They may not be in BZ at all

[raw eagle]

You attach the pump onto the base, and then put pipes on it

[latent mantle]

I was pretty bummed after finding out that the ultra glide fins werent in below zero

[raw eagle]

and oxygen comes out of the pipes

[raw eagle]

Yeah.. There are a few times when they would be useful

[raw eagle]

The wiki says they are

[stoic surge]

Wiki article may be outdated tho

[latent mantle]

Yep and the swim charge fins dont work that well because u cant charge ur seaglide with them because theres no off switch on it

[odd hill]

Wait wud the seamoth have a use In this game

Cus of the sea truck

[stoic surge]

whaaat

[raw eagle]

? you can charge your seaglide with them

[latent mantle]

I just said cant not can

[raw eagle]

try turning the map and light off, those use extra power which might cancel out the charging

[latent mantle]

Do they charge items if your just sitting still in the water?

[stoic surge]

Swim charge fins charge your held tool, so if you hold the seaglide while swimming, it charges

[raw eagle]

No.

[latent mantle]

Reasonable

[raw eagle]

Personally it works for me, I just try not to use the light much

And the map is almost never helpful anyways, so I keep it off

[tribal star]

I just would love to try it out

[latent mantle]

But the seaglide loses power while you use it so basically lets say you have the swim charge fins on and your seaglide is at 1 percent power every time it would maybe hit 2 percent it would immediately hit back to 1 percent because the seaglide uses power up fast even with the map and light off

So thats why i said the seaglide cant really be charged by those fins

[raw eagle]

Yeah, no

[stoic surge]

I can tell you, at least in the Switch version, the power level goes up

[raw eagle]

it doesn't use power that fast.

[tribal star]

Swim charge fins don’t increase the sea glides amount of power.. it just makes the seaglide lose power in slower duration

[raw eagle]

They do

[stoic surge]

Except in the Switch version

[tribal star]

never works for me

[raw eagle]

they literally do, if you're using a reinforced dive suit and ultra capacity tank though, you get slower, which I'm pretty sure makes it charge less

Which could cause it to not charge

[latent mantle]

Then why can i give my seaglide a new battery and literally not even 2 minutes pass and im at 70 something percent

I dont use the map or light

[raw eagle]

Are you using a reinforced dive suit and ultra tank?

[latent mantle]

Only suits i have at the moment are the cold suit and water filtration suit

[raw eagle]

Hm..

[latent mantle]

But yes i have the ultra high capacity tank

[raw eagle]

What version?

[latent mantle]

Wdym what version?

[raw eagle]

Nvm

[latent mantle]

If u mean what i play on i play on steam version

[raw eagle]

it's probably the ultra tank, I use a reinforced dive suit and high capacity and don't have any problems

[latent mantle]

How would the tank have anything to do with it? It doesnt use up power

I am confused

Welp imma just go i need to get more resources for my seatruck modules

[raw eagle]

It makes you go slightly slower

and as I said before, I'm pretty sure swim charge fins are based on speed

Which would generally make sense

[cedar wadi]

My seatruck has fabricator storage and prawn modules but i dont drive it often

[iron shadow]

what do you do when you get stuck between rocks

on foot

also my alien distress beacons are taking me backwards in progress.. I have already been to many of the places the beacons are taking me now.

[iron shadow]

wow please help. i ran out of oxygen and the game spawned me inside of my docked sea truck... but i am not piloting the sea truck, im just stuck inside the interior with no way to get out.

[glossy prairie]

can you enter the sea truck through a hatch

[eternal garnet]

can you not start driving? or exit

[iron shadow]

i cannot do either.

[glossy prairie]

i had this the other day and i was able to fix it by clicking the hatch at the top where you would normallyexit

[eternal garnet]

load a save then. As for beacons, turn them off!

[iron shadow]

what are beacons? also i just happened to fix it but it was by clicking the bottom right corner of the seat. nothing was obvious about why that would have worked, but the prompt showed up

[eternal garnet]

Ok. Save often. Now check out the tab for beacons in your PDA. Turn off and/or change color for visited

[cedar wadi]

I just witnessed a murder i think

.

The chelacerite sent him flying

[glossy prairie]

what is that

one of the crawly guys or the angry lizard things

[cedar wadi]

The guys near delta station

Cryptosuchus

I didnt know chelaciretes threw them

[raw eagle]

Chelicerates are scary.

I'd go as far as to say they're probably scarier than Shadows

Though the concept of a big shrimp that tries to eat you is kinda silly

Anyone have prawn loadout tips for fighting a ||Shadow Leviathan||? I'm currently using ||boosters, depth, grapple, and drill||

[eternal garnet]

1. Load prawn into seatruck docking module
2. Drive up, use perimeter defense
   Yes, partially a joke reply

[iron shadow]

im in the mercury 2 and i cannot find all 3 fragments to the parallel processing unit...

One was visible on the side of an engine. The other was inside of a small power cable box...

[eternal garnet]

you probably need to visit more than one wreck. There are 3 of them

[iron shadow]

THREE

are they all close to each other

[eternal garnet]

ya, two large (bow, stern), one small (thrusters)

kinda. two in purple vents, one in lilypads (south-west corner)

[cedar wadi]

Drill is weaker than punch arm

Kinda just attack and then he runs away and comes back giving you time to repair

[iron shadow]

i bet there's a big time discrepancy between the protagonist's sister arriving in the planet, and her arriving there.

@eternal garnet are the thrusters on the floor or floating

[eternal garnet]

thrusters is a small wreck, top of purple vents. Two-three important stuffs far below it, by the way

inside purple vents, it is north-east

[raw eagle]

I did it! (It's in an awkward position, but leviathan spoiler)

Now to hope he never respawns

[stoic surge]

He won't -- until the update, lol

[raw eagle]

?

[eternal garnet]

update is not likely to revive him

[stoic surge]

I've heard game updates resets alot of things tho

[raw eagle]

he better not come back - my base was part of his patrol path

[stoic surge]

Oh dear

[eternal garnet]

just get in - monsters ignore bases

[raw eagle]

More of an outpost luckily

[raw eagle]

Yeah but it made it annoying to get in sometimes

[stoic surge]

I was wondering, are there any large mineral deposits in that area? I never lingered long enough to find any

[raw eagle]

There are a bunch of titanium ones, and probably enough stuff to build a base without importing almost anything

Though gold may prove to be an issue

Only calaverite outcrops seem to be in the main section of the biome

[stoic surge]

I was wondering if it would be worth the trouble to do some mining there, I've always just grabbed a few ||kyanites|| and got the heck out

[raw eagle]

||Magnetite|| is extremely abundant near the ||Deep Purple Vents entrance||. I personally set up a ||scanner room, and it's easier than going to the|||| Glacial Basin||

[latent mantle]

ok i finally got all the seatruck modules i have the blueprints for made

I took a break after 2 were made and now the rest are finally complete

[stoic surge]

Sounds like you're making a Sea Train

[latent mantle]

The main two im gonna use though is the storage and docking

Cuz its a hastle to go back for my prawn suit

[neon juniper]

Me when sea truck

[stoic surge]

I usually just haul one or two modules at a time

[latent mantle]

Thats why im mainly gonna use only the docking and storage

[raw eagle]

I personally just put prawn storage upgrades in my prawn

and then take a fabricator module and docking

[stoic surge]

The best part of the Seatruck is the fact you can switch modules around to suit your mission

[latent mantle]

Also where the heck am i supposed to get kyanite in BZ

[stoic surge]

amongst the crystals

[raw eagle]

I recommend starting your search in the ||deep purple vents||

[latent mantle]

Well crap i hate the shadow dudes

I saw jacksepticeyes reaction to them and i was like nope

[stoic surge]

They love Robin, think she's delicious

[raw eagle]

Proceed with caution. A leviathan class creature is near.

[raw eagle]

||They literally don't eat anything other than human flesh||

[stoic surge]

Yeap

[raw eagle]

They're not that bad. Bring a prawn suit with a grapple and drill. I recommend ||luring one into a trench and drilling at it while it tries to flee. If it attacks your prawn suit a bunch repair the suit when it takes a break from attacking||

[stoic surge]

So, here's my plan ... 1- build a base nearby, 2- swim out and let him eat you, 3- repeat until he's full, then he won't attack any more

[latent mantle]

Theres 3 things all players of subnautica need to know about the creatures of 4546B

1. Everything either wants to eat you or annoy you 2. Its either eat or be eaten and 3. You see something you never seen before and it looks dangerous you be cautious

Am i right or am i right?

[glossy prairie]

my plan is this: dont

[raw eagle]

"When seamonsters are hunting you, you don't hide. You hunt the seamonsters" - that one funny person

[glossy prairie]

• that one guy with too much time on their hands

[raw eagle]

the second one

[latent mantle]

Nah thats marguerit's job

[raw eagle]

she literally just makes ||s a l a d||

[latent mantle]

She is rude but she is also fearless when it comes to leviathans

Anyways imma go now

Imma go hunt for some creature eggs for my alien containment

[glossy prairie]

she killed a reaper right?

[next current]

Yeah.

[latent mantle]

And a chelicerate

[raw eagle]

imo her main redeeming quality is that she ||made a bomb and weaponized a seatruck||

[latent mantle]

Prawn suit not seatruck

[next current]

Well... it's believed she killed one. Presumably a juvenile one because of the size of the mandible on her exosuit.

[raw eagle]

Seatruck too.

[latent mantle]

Yeah

[latent mantle]

Then where is her seatruck? I aint seen it

[raw eagle]

But she likely scapped the seatruck afterward considering the boosters on the prawn suit

[raw eagle]

It's mentioned in an alterra PDA that ||it's possible that a modified seatruck destroyed omega lab|| and in one in ||her greenhouse|| that ||she was talking to sam about how sam needed to destroy omega lab, but then said she(marg) would do it for her||

[latent mantle]

Question is would you steal her prawn suit even if it meant she would try to kill you the entire game

[raw eagle]

How would she kill me???

I would have a weaponized chelicerate arm

[latent mantle]

But would you always be in the prawn suit though?

[glossy prairie]

margeurit watches you

[latent mantle]

How would you get food if your inside the prawn suit at all times

[raw eagle]

Well, no

[latent mantle]

Theres your answer she would have her chances

[raw eagle]

but in the scenario that robin stole her prawn suit

she would probably die

[latent mantle]

Well robin aint really the murderer type

[glossy prairie]

well that would depend on how quick robin is

if marg could take out a power cell or two then the prawn would be useless

[latent mantle]

Marguerit sure is the murderous type though

[raw eagle]

fairly certain she mentions ||that she's getting too old|| so killing her wouldn't be that hard in the scenario robin and her fight to the death

[latent mantle]

Oh and also this is subnautica inventory in a nutshell imagine you pick up a peeper where the heck do you store it? if it was irl you would be swimming around with a fish in your pocket

Ok imma go i really wanna go hunt for some creature eggs my alien containment is empty rn

Bye

[glossy prairie]

||do you know where the golden trivavle eggs are?||

[modest pagoda]

||deep lilypads somewhere, I think||

[glossy prairie]

||underneath the floating island in the mushroom place||

i was asking void if he knew where they were and had them or not

[modest pagoda]

oh, I should probably read context more, mb

[left prawn]

sorry guys but what are reproduction steps

[raw eagle]

?

[gleaming linden]

Where can i find habitat builder?

[glossy prairie]

||delta base on a table right beside the bases, or next to a tube in the deep twisty bridges||

[gleaming linden]

What can i do with thermos? (No spoilers btw)

[glossy prairie]

idk

ive never used it, peppers and salad are a much better source of water

[eternal garnet]

it goes in the coffee machine

[gleaming linden]

Cool

[raw eagle]

You put it in a coffee machine, it restores warmth. Strangely, it decreases hydration.

[glossy prairie]

nut berries or whatever they're called are also cool

they dont rot and they give back 100 body heat

[gleaming linden]

[raw eagle]

Basically early game version of ||salad||

[glossy prairie]

yes

[raw eagle]

Is there any use of ||nickel|| besides ||depth modules||?

[glossy prairie]

i think its used in a couple upgrades but im not that far in the game yet

[raw eagle]

Pretty sure it exists so that you take longer to beat the game..

[open wyvern]

i hate subnautica

[next current]

Same. It stole my can of barbecue pringles.

[modest pagoda]

what subnautica do you have?

[next current]

The one that steals barbecue pringles.

[modest pagoda]

mine just steals my time

[raw eagle]

You got Subnautica: Barbecue Pringle Thief Edition.

[bleak onyx]

Where can I find Diamond

[modest pagoda]

deep twisty bridges has a lot, and there are oxygen plants

[bleak onyx]

Ok thanks

[eternal garnet]

you'll need the rebreather. search twisty bridges at ||170m depth, by a little crane||

[stoic surge]

It seems a lot of people come here and say 'where's diamonds'

[modest pagoda]

I mean, I did that too

[stoic surge]

We probably all had to look for a while, it's not really obvious

I triple-dog-dare someone to make a Randomizer option

[jovial stone]

Heyo people

[stoic surge]

Whassup

[jovial stone]

Just getting some stuff to build my base, how's everyone else doing in BZ?

[stoic surge]

I'm doing well, got my main base powered by a couple purple vents now

Thermal is the way to go

[jovial stone]

Okay offtopic : i feel like im one of the few who equally loves BZ and OG-Subnautica

[eternal garnet]

no no !

[jovial stone]

People seem to really disliked BZ

Honestly, i think BZ's fantastic as the first game

[eternal garnet]

OG is more magical in my head. But I rather play BZ

[stoic surge]

I actually like both titles as well, my hours count is about equal

[jovial stone]

I think Subnautica is more in line with more horror and fear and Below zero leans more on story and exploration

They're like 2 different flavors of the same cake, but like both are still delicious to me

[stoic surge]

Well said, and don't forget, the 2.0 updates will be icing

[jovial stone]

Wait, Subnautica is still getting updated?

Okay aside from like patch updates and bug fixes, like actual content updates?

[stoic surge]

Version 2.0 happening ... "Soon"

[jovial stone]

Niice

[modest pagoda]

I find the map depth and where you need to go weird, and there are like 4 different story lines

[stoic surge]

That's good for me, I kinda like one story better imo

[jovial stone]

BZ'S story imo, is good but really could've been better

Sam's story is like, the structure is there but like it has so many plotholes that i don't want to write a 5 paragraph as to why

Marg is just...there?? Like hey girl wassup? Wanna get out of this place or not?

Alan's really cool tho, love the interaction between him and Robin tho, they cute

[cedar wadi]

Maugarite has a cute pet

[modest pagoda]

the marg and sam interaction feels thrown in

[jovial stone]

Preston right? Is Marg's snow stalker name right?

[cedar wadi]

Yes

[modest pagoda]

yes

[jovial stone]

Cute

[iron shadow]

what are all the yellow bars under each module of my sea truck

[sand nimbus]

Health.

[modest pagoda]

health

[jovial stone]

Health

[cedar wadi]

Theres a health bar?

[sand nimbus]

No. It's all a mirage.

[jovial stone]

Im more scared of the Chelicerate than the Shadow leviathan

But the Reaper leviathan still absolutely traumatizes me, so reaper is the absolute king

[cedar wadi]

If a chelacerite can launch a Cryptosuchus this far surely the same should go for a seatruck and player

[raw eagle]

Same.

[cedar wadi]

🦐

[raw eagle]

Honestly the scariest part of basing in the crystal caves is that a chelicerate lives close to the path inbetween my bases

Maybe I should change that..

[cedar wadi]

How do you have a base there with the shadow leviathan

[raw eagle]

Well I used to just avoid is since fauna ignores habitats

but earlier I got in my prawn suit and drilled it's face in half

Planning on doing so with the other one as well.

[cedar wadi]

Is there only 2?

[raw eagle]

Well there are four total

[cedar wadi]

Oh wow no respawn

[raw eagle]

but the other two won't bother me for a little while

[raw eagle]

Yeah, hoping the same goes for chelicerates

Leviathans are no longer apex predators

[jovial stone]

Once i get the seatruck perimeter defense then yea, it's just...oh hi, go away pls

[raw eagle]

There's one in ||marg's base|| that you can get really early and easily

[cedar wadi]

I thought that was the only way to get it

[jovial stone]

🦐

^ he spooky

[cedar wadi]

🍤 eat him

+100 food
+100 ego

[iron shadow]

dude the red sea monster scares the hell out of me...

it floats around the purple vent area and it's so scary and loud

[jovial stone]

I remember accidently entering the void by following an ice berg, and just seeing that 4 mandibled boiz screeching and rushing towards me is just soul leaving

[glossy prairie]

go to delta island and then head left

that way you can just go around it and still get tons of lithium or whatever else you need from there

[raw eagle]

chelicerates are genuinely harder to kill than shadows 💀

It's got so much open space that when it runs it can potentially take me into a dangerous biome

[sullen finch]

Shadows don’t even do anything

They literally breathe on you

[jovial stone]

Me just looking for lithium, hearing Cryptosuchus roars :- me : ugh, pls shut up

Hearing an ear piercing screech, completely new, me :

[raw eagle]

and their smaller size makes it harder to avoid their jaws

[raw eagle]

Really a big let down, they're basically cryptos if cryptos were leviathans

[jovial stone]

Running from the Ice worm was super scary and fun :p

[raw eagle]

The prawn grapple arm is so broken on land

I almost felt bad for the ice worms

[glossy prairie]

prawn suit in BZ is so much better than subnautica prawn

[sullen finch]

I need to try that

[glossy prairie]

however the grapple arm is a little different

[sullen finch]

Honestly ice worms are the only genuinely dangerous creatures if you ain’t using something like that

[glossy prairie]

i need to get that

im 1/2 on the fragments but couldnt find the last one

im going to need to go back some time

[raw eagle]

It's so broken, ||if you grapple onto a spire you move extremely fast(like faster than snowfox boost) for some reason, and can jump and quickly go back to the spire||

[iron shadow]

i hope i dont experience this. iw ill avoid ice bergs

[sullen finch]

Ice bergs aren’t inherently dangerous but a lot of them are right near the void ||probably because they contain insane loot and they want you to find them later on||

[raw eagle]

Avoid going to far south (||tree spires and lilypads||) or too far east (||east arctic||)

[iron shadow]

is there a rear view mirror for the sea truck

[raw eagle]

I wish.

[sullen finch]

Sadly not

[raw eagle]

Cyclops style camera system would've been amazing

[sullen finch]

Yo I just thought a scanner module would be super cool

[raw eagle]

Yeah

[sullen finch]

It could add cameras to the sea truck too

[raw eagle]

like maybe 100 meters range (since its mobile) + cameras

[sullen finch]

Or maybe a upgrade

[raw eagle]

range upgrade could increase it by 25m per upgrade

[sullen finch]

Since there’s only 4 upgrades on the sea truck it would give you a reason to consider which one to use

[raw eagle]

There are 5 iirc

also guarantee nobody would use it if you had to use seatruck module slots or be forced to have tiny range and low scan speed

[sullen finch]

What ones? I know of after burner, extra speed for extra modules one, depth, and defense

[raw eagle]

Don't think I actually have all of them unlocked

but I remember there being 5

Nevermind, 4

I think horsepower stacks though

[modest pagoda]

does it?

[raw eagle]

Not sure, but it doesn't say it doesn't stack

also, it would make sense, considering the seatruck is supposed to be able to pass for a mobile base

[eternal garnet]

Pretty sure it does not

[raw eagle]

Nevermind yeah. I really need to get my knowledge on seatrucks checked

[iron shadow]

so scanning something you already learned will always reward 2 titanium?? i wish it was a random chance to get one of its components used to craft it.?

[eternal garnet]

this needs updating. Should say 3 or more

[raw eagle]

?

[eternal garnet]

You have full speed with 2 modules. Then speed starts dropping

The upgrade reduces the drop

[raw eagle]

pretty sure it keeps it's speed at cabin + module, but loses a bit after cabin + module + module

[eternal garnet]

no. There's speed on your F1 screen, so you can check

I made a graph. sec

[sullen finch]

Does 2 modules include the cabin itself or 2 extra modules?

[jovial stone]

I still had my fun with BZ tho, new biomes, new threats, PRNGUINS, new story, ending's nicely wrapped, fantastic game, comparable to Subnautica 1, but did fumble a few places like the story and some of the areas being a little too cramped for my seatruck

[raw eagle]

Please do share.

[jovial stone]

Seriously my seatruck takes more damage by bumping into walls, than a leviathan

[eternal garnet]

Truck speed. Upper graph is brief Afterburner speed

note full speed with 2 modules, and 96% speed with 3, if you have the HP upgrade

[iron shadow]

... okay. You can equip 20 modules?

[raw eagle]

does 2 modules include the cabin?

[eternal garnet]

you can equip 40.

[raw eagle]

You can but should you?

[eternal garnet]

We don't know the limit

No lol

[sullen finch]

The hell?

Bro that is just an expensive hallway I doubt it would even move

[iron shadow]

you dont even need a base at that point

[eternal garnet]

it gets difficult to move with 20+

[raw eagle]

You could equip 80 theoretically, but at that point, just get a large room

Do modules increase power drain, or can I build a 500km long base running on 2 XL batteries?

[eternal garnet]

I don't think it does. but the afterburner is very hungry

[raw eagle]

probably worth not losing a ton of materials to a chelicerate

[eternal garnet]

I don't know if the HP upgrade uses power

[eternal garnet]

such photo skills

[raw eagle]

Can the recycolotron recycle depleted nuclear rods for the glass, lead, and titanium?

[eternal garnet]

no

[raw eagle]

[sullen finch]

That just made me think, if the front got bit, would the entire thing start shaking violently?

[jovial stone]

am i the only one who keeps bumping into fish in BZ more than OG-Subnautica?

[eternal garnet]

I know it damages the cabin only

[raw eagle]

Don't give speedrunners new noclipping ideas

[sullen finch]

It would take too many materials to build something like that anyway

[raw eagle]

I wonder, can leviathans grab my seatruck if I'm not in the main cabin?

[raw eagle]

fair

[raw eagle]

Will I be forced out, will I fall to the end of my truck and die?

[eternal garnet]

you probably go in the water

But don't let them get you to 0%

[raw eagle]

Anyone else find leviathans to be much scarier while not freediving?

[sullen finch]

Usually if you’re freediving you aren’t getting super important stuff

If you are doing important things you’ll probably have a prawn or sea truck or something

[stoic surge]

Once you've built the Seatruck, you've won the game

[eternal garnet]

so 10 minutes if you are quick, game over

[stoic surge]

I didn't say it was over, I said you won

You can keep playing if you want to

[glossy prairie]

time to get grapple arm

where do i get the|| water filtration machine?||

[stoic surge]

You can find in 2 places, easier spot is in ||outpost zero||

[glossy prairie]

which is where?

[stoic surge]

The map mark shaped like a zero

[glossy prairie]

ahh

can i offer some galena outcrops as a thanks?

[eternal garnet]

hidden under the ice, just east of where you first got in the water. By some ice fruit

[glossy prairie]

how do i turn this off

[eternal garnet]

turn scanner room off

It also draws power while scanning

[stoic surge]

shut off your scanner, or remove the HUD chip

[glossy prairie]

interesting

i think my save file may be corrupted

[raw eagle]

It draws power while not scanning as well.

[glossy prairie]

ive scanned the same fragment in the same place 3 times

[eternal garnet]

very little

[glossy prairie]

my prawn refused to attach to the docking port and then just fell off as soon as i started moving

[raw eagle]

still does, which is vastly annoying in lower depths

[eternal garnet]

The control room actually shows power draw per room

[glossy prairie]

just got grappling arm

[eternal garnet]

Scanning costs 0.5 energy per time, idling 0.15

[jovial stone]

apparently BZ's getting a new base piece called "seatruck dock" nifty but like don't we have the moon pool already? lol

[boreal beacon]

Seatruck dock allows you to keep the modules on as you dock @jovial stone

Saves the effort of taking off your modules and putting them back on after charging

[jovial stone]

that sounds nice yea

[eternal garnet]

it's not life changing. It also repairs. We also get a new custom game mode

[jovial stone]

what kind?

[eternal garnet]

custom. about 20 settings to play with

[jovial stone]

so how does it play out?

well, custom lol

[eternal garnet]

toggle oxygen, resource need, hunger, story. Tweak aggression etc

day length

[jovial stone]

aggression as in, can leviathans see me from like 2 miles away from where i am?

[eternal garnet]

more like chance of an attack. Can be 0

[jovial stone]

like anytime i get closer? if i set it up to max setting they attack much more frequently?

[eternal garnet]

yes

at first, monkeys didn't "attack" me with gifts. I bugged that

[jovial stone]

can't wait to abuse perimeter defense every 5 seconds lol

[glossy prairie]

swim charge fins are so good

[raw eagle]

Aggression makes them aggressively feed you materials?

[glossy prairie]

thought something was wrong with my game when i realized that my seaglide went up to 100% after 15 minutes of use

[raw eagle]

People keep complaining about how they don't charge the seaglide but they literally do

[glossy prairie]

i only need the battery charger for scanner/repair tool now

[eternal garnet]

Custom game options, shot from experimental

[glossy prairie]

still good to have a bunch of fully charged batteries tho

[glossy prairie]

this looks fun

[raw eagle]

Will my save work correctly in experimental, and if I change it back will it?

[eternal garnet]

it will convert, but I don't think it converts back

Game makes a backup of your save folder though. Usable on steam

You can also convert your old save to Custom. Achievements will disable

[stoic surge]

Can you tell us what 'vegetarian diet' does?

[eternal garnet]

You can't eat animals

[stoic surge]

So, if you eat a fish, you explode

[eternal garnet]

no, thery aren't edible. I think the bladder fish is still craftable

but not for water. I think. Maybe.

[stoic surge]

Sorry, I'm imagining Robin just exploding now

Like the guy in jumanji when he ate cake

[eternal garnet]

You can turn off o2 plants/fish. You can make your game really hard

[stoic surge]

So, let's say you start a 'survival' game, then change some of these settings, next time you start, will it still be called 'survival' or 'custom'?

[eternal garnet]

it changes to custom. Many of these settings only work when starting a new game

mostly the spawn rates I think

[stoic surge]

Oh ok ... [I hope it's ok for us to hear this stuff tho]

[eternal garnet]

yes, because it's public in experimental

[stoic surge]

Ah yes

Well I plan to try out all the new stuff, so ... I think the bug-bot may be getting some use sometime soon

Let's hope not, but still ...

[neon ermine]

Haven't had a chance to play anything for weeks

How do I even tell what I was doing in this? Lol

Newest recipe is spicy fruit salad lol

[eternal garnet]

I'll give the after-greenhouse FAQ:
Note that you got a (very OP) salad recipe that you can grow indoors. ||The greenhouse finishes Marges storyline, but it ties into Sam's. Now you can scan stuff in marges kitchen and bathroom, and there's a PDA with her reaper story.
Go find and optionally cure the frozen leviathan. Phi map: the west tower. Find the PDA in the blue rubble of the explosion next to a buried forklift, with the audio||

[hoary bone]

if you hatch a glow whale egg in alien containment does it stay small?

[stoic surge]

Maybe small enough to stay in, but if you release, it growsss

[hoary bone]

whaaat! do they hang around the area you release them?

[stoic surge]

I've not tried with a glow whale, but generally, they do stay nearby

[hoary bone]

sweet thanks. gotta give that a shot

[stoic surge]

Not recommended for shallow areas, lol

[hoary bone]

of course 😛

[next current]

Oh be glad the volume of their screams are what they are now.

They were so much louder.

[warped hinge]

1. will animals go extinct if i pick too many of them up 2. where do i get the vehicle fabrication station fragements

[modest pagoda]

fabrication station?

[stoic surge]

1 - Nope, 2- kelp forests, and caves under them

[warped hinge]

ok thanks

[true relic]

Without spoiling the ending or where to get it, could someone tell me if you get the parallel processing unit after meeting al-an at the warp gate or ate you supposed to get it beforethat?

[modest pagoda]

before that, but it really doesn't matter as the storylines don't really intersect, but they're in the mercury II wrecks laser cutter required

[next current]

You can really get it any time.

[true relic]

Aw bummer, I didn't want to know where to get the processing unit lol. Oh well

[gaunt trench]

you can postpone the pilot mission until you feel like it

I did pretty late myself

[modest pagoda]

yeah, but then you get op food

[gaunt trench]

yup, got a fridge full of those

hm, does the fridge even do anything or is it a decorative storage component?

[modest pagoda]

slows things from spoiling

[gaunt trench]

interesting

I just put excess food(I live off of Preston Delight, Fruit Salad and what was their name again, Fever Peppers?) into bioreactors

[modest pagoda]

fevered peppers are amazing for bio reactors, get two per reactor and you're golden

and then like 4 more for salads

[gaunt trench]

I have 5 fevered pepper plants, like 12 preston plants and a lantern tree

also quick question, is discussing experimental here fair game?

[south hedge]

One thing I’d quite like to see: a docking port base component for Seatruck modules.

[modest pagoda]

yeah, also @south hedge thats coming in 2.0 and is in the experimental branch rn

[gaunt trench]

yeah, I can't use it since my sea truck seems to glitch with it

[south hedge]

Oh, nice. A bit annoying having to disassemble the train so I can get at the back door of the storage module, and then swim out to it every time I need to get something from it.

[gaunt trench]

yeah the docking bay opens it up, so you can either pilot your sea truck or just go through the modules

[warped hinge]

so does the repair tool just magically produce batteries?

[terse apex]

mayhaps

[sullen finch]

Wdym

Oh cause it doesn’t have battery in the recipe I’m guessing?

[south hedge]

Guess that makes up for all the things that do have a battery in the recipe but somehow run forever?

[warped hinge]

yeah it comes out with a battery

[sullen finch]

Yeah I haven’t made a repair tool in a while

[true relic]

Is the propulsion cannon required to get the processing unit or can you go through a vent to get it?

[south hedge]

The Mercury II broke into more than one piece on landing.

[true relic]

So you're saying there are more than one processing units available?

[south hedge]

(But no, you don’t require the propulsion cannon. I don’t think I’ve even found all the pieces for that yet…)

[gaunt trench]

if you played the original subnautica, treat mercury like Aurora

[south hedge]

Wear a radiation suit and approach with caution? 🙂

[warped hinge]

also is there anything i can do with diamonds i have over 60 which is too much, i played the original subnautica twice and below zero once and i had this issue for each playthrough i dont remember anything interesting i could make from them

[gaunt trench]

fair enough, I meant more like "unlocking" wise

just without the repair tool

[true relic]

I don't remember anything special about the ship unlocking wise other than cutting open doors with laser cutters

[raw eagle]

Build an observatory.

or two

plus a bunch of multipurpose and large room glass domes

per base

[warped hinge]

thanks

[stoic surge]

I find it kinda weird, if you recycle an aerogel, you can plant the gel sack's spores and they grow, like it's just as natural as can be

[gaunt trench]

best biome for rubies?

[warped hinge]

do i have to go to the second part of mercury to get the parallel processing unit?

[gaunt trench]

there are multiple per part iirc, but I went to every single one and got 1 out of them

[warped hinge]

i have 2/3 and ii think ive explored the entire ship beside delta, idk this place is a maze

i remember that i went threw the vents on my first playthrough now idk where those vents are

[final flame]

Beacons

[warped hinge]

?

[median knot]

I have started Below Zero

I haven't left the shallows and the closest I've progressed is getting the SeaGlide

[true relic]

The biggest part of the ship is has three parts you can scan

You just need a laser cutter. You see looking for big rectangular power panel boxes

[median knot]

It's visially more stunning than the first game, but there's a teeny bit of hand holding. Is there a way to disable tutorials?

[true relic]

There is one in the control room in the desk right about where a sitting persons knees would be. You might be missing that one

[sullen finch]

The game kinda feels guided throughout

[true relic]

What o.O. the game is basically silent for 50% of the playthrough.

[median knot]

50% is still not enough

[sullen finch]

There’s still exploration as a good chunk of it but you have a lot of signals and are told some places you need to go

If you get close to most places that have use in the progression you are told that something is nearby

[median knot]

I mean, the first one, you're basically thrown in with no choice, and you have to make your own resources, in Below Zero, you have some resources and you're eased into the planet. It's been charted and populated already, and the place is a lot less hostile than how it felt in the first game

[true relic]

There were times I got so bored and almost stopped playing because I was like "ok, I've passed this same biome for the 19th time and there are no hints on what to do next. I guess ill pass it by agai "

[sullen finch]

If you just explore all the caves then you will eventually find something

[median knot]

Yeah, the first game basically says "There's something to be worried about here. Be careful."

[gaunt trench]

AL-AN tends to tell you what to do

[sullen finch]

Shhhh

[true relic]

Yeah I skipped over the sos cave and I didn't think you could enter the m2 ship. So for the longest time I just kept swimming around

[median knot]

Samuel Hayden being exposition dump and the "You can't do this!" so you can do it any way type beat

[true relic]

I got to the fabrication facility before I had gotten any parts

[median knot]

Welp, I'm excited to see how it goes any way

[true relic]

Obviously i couldn't do anything there

[gaunt trench]

honestly, I skipped it because I was like "SOS? Where? PDA didn't update any location..." since I was swimming on the surface

[sullen finch]

It’s still a good game and I don’t mind those factors

[gaunt trench]

and I was like "AL-AN? what that?" when my friend told me that I'm dumb

[gaunt trench]

yeah, I still don't get where the hate towards BZ comes from, it's a great game

[sullen finch]

Partly nostalgia and the fact that Bz is considerably easier in terms of dangers

[gaunt trench]

and I heard land exploration

but that imo is what makes the game nice

[sullen finch]

The leviathans are pointless once you get perimeter defense

At least in the original you can’t really use perimeter defense in alz since sea moth doesn’t go that deep

[gaunt trench]

I thought it was called lava lakes, not alz?

[sullen finch]

I still like them both and at least until subnautica 2.0 comes out I will keep playing BZ for the sake of base building with the new stuff

I think lava lakes is the big lakes near the structure

Alz refers to that area as a whole

[gaunt trench]

oh, you mean inactive lava zone?

OH

ALZ stands for "All Lava Zones"?

[sullen finch]

Active lava zone

[gaunt trench]

I'd keep playing BZ since I like it's visuals and soundscape

[gaunt trench]

huh... kind of a lie there but fair enough

[sullen finch]

In the fiery red areas is the active lava zone

That’s the actual active volcano crater but

[gaunt trench]

wasn't the top one inactive lava zone, and the bottom lava lakes?

[sullen finch]

Honestly I get my biomes mixed up all the time

[gaunt trench]

god I didn't play subnautica for a long while

[sullen finch]

I still can’t freaking differentiate mountains and dunes tbh

[gaunt trench]

I'm one of those "I don't need beacons unless I'm marking a base/special spot" guys

I just somehow just know where everything is

[sullen finch]

I know where stuff is but biome names and stuff confuses me a lot

[true relic]

Yeah I have loved both games. I really didn't care for the machines voice though. It's tone kept trying to put me to sleep

[sullen finch]

Humans are controlled by music

[gaunt trench]

not everything is about control, Alan

but for one thing he's right, humans are VERY inefficient

[median knot]

"That's the beauty of perfection, CLU! It's beautiful because it's unknowable!"

[warped hinge]

can i get a clue to where the afterburner upgrade is?

[gaunt trench]

look for nests underneath flat forests
^kind of a riddle here

[warped hinge]

i know what your thinkin... i have been down there in the kelp forest and the one by marguerites house

[gaunt trench]

wrong forest

meant something else

[warped hinge]

hmmm thanks

[gaunt trench]

can shadow leviathans attack a sea truck while it's not piloted?

[warped hinge]

this is a toughy, i am assuming its a kelp forest or a cluster of similar things, could it be the arctic?

[gaunt trench]

think, Flat Forests

and no, it's a tropical-vibe biome

[warped hinge]

i clearly have not explored this game

thanks a lot though!

[gaunt trench]

if you need the direct biome, let me know, this one is a weird one

[warped hinge]

i know there is huge forests east of delta im just gonna explore there if i dont find anything then ill figure it out

[gaunt trench]

alr

[gaunt trench]

god, I'm in love with below zero's soundtrack, I just feel like it's so special

[keen flax]

help i cant scan the ||architect skelly||

[wispy creek]

my prawn stuck help

[wispy creek]

😦

why?

[gaunt trench]

don't mind them. They're most likely a troll

[latent wigeon]

Cap

I'm normal I'm just unfunny

:)

[carmine bobcat]

where do I find mobile vehicle bay fragments

[gaunt trench]

Kelp Forests and Twisty Bridges

[rain sail]

Finished Subnautica, then took a few months break. Finished Below Zero, then again a second time. Few months break. Finished Subnautica again.

Then played Raft. Good but the recent episodes were not the same game I loved. Now playing Red Dead Redemption 2 but it's kind of boring - thinking of starting SBZ again.

Moral of the story: I want a new Subnautica game. 🙂

[shadow lantern]

I think we all do 🙂

[carmine bobcat]

How do I use themos

[stoic surge]

You can put 1 or 2 of them in a coffee machine, then retrieve when it's done

[carmine bobcat]

oh thank you

[stoic surge]

Coffee is a little dehydrating tho, the fever peppers would be better long term

[gaunt trench]

or fruit salads

[stoic surge]

Yes, the salads are the ultimate, they don't even go stale

[glossy prairie]

anything i should worry about other than ||ice worms|| past ||the bridge?||

[eternal garnet]

freezing

[glossy prairie]

i have prawn

shoukdnt need to worry about that

[bold monolith]

You shouldn't worry about anything with the prawn suit.

But if you are walking, the snowstalkers are annoying too.

[stoic surge]

Maybe -- terrain clipping

[glossy prairie]

if i stick to the high ground nothing can hurt me

its just a matter of finding it

i found the aurora in BZ guys

turns out it was here all along

[stoic surge]

Sector Zero has 100% more weather than around the crater

[glossy prairie]

yes

[eternal garnet]

actually infinite % more

[glossy prairie]

if i dont enter the areas where you can get attacked by ice worms, i cant be attacked

better get my repair tool ready

[eternal garnet]

well good luck, as they are invisible, and you must go north-east. There's other things too. Green cubes. Secret eggs

There IS a path with no encounters. Extreme right side of the spires map

[glossy prairie]

i was going there

[eternal garnet]

you will end up in the bone yard. Go west from there

[glossy prairie]

got scared because there was a big open area so headed back and took the middle

[amber hemlock]

Aurora borealis?
At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the planet, localized entirely within your biome?

[glossy prairie]

indeed

[amber hemlock]

May I see it?

[eternal garnet]

there's... a picture. Also it's not rare over the sea

[amber hemlock]

I just wanted to do the joke lol

[glossy prairie]

just saw an ice worm out of the corner of my eye

now i cant really remember to go

i think i just stick to the right

[carmine bobcat]

What do I do after visiting ||Marguerit Maida's base||?

and what is the best place to search for Seatruck modules fragments?

[glossy prairie]

there is fabricator and something else down in the area below the tiwsty bridges

there is docking module in ||deep purple vents||

[eternal garnet]

fab and storage, below 300m in twisty

[carmine bobcat]

thanks

[glossy prairie]

i think there are a couple more but i dont know where they are

[eternal garnet]

Maida literally told you what to do. Shut down the tower. By the tower there's a PDA and other clues. Frags to scan ||in the wrecks.||

[carmine bobcat]

but I need a thing I can't craft

[eternal garnet]

oh, don't miss a truck module on her floor

[carmine bobcat]

where do I find the blueprint?

[eternal garnet]

I did say...

in the spoiler tag

[carmine bobcat]

perimeter defence yeah I took it

[eternal garnet]

good. it's manual fire, not a passive thing

[carmine bobcat]

I played sn I know how it works

[worldly adder]

Does anyone know how much Dps the Prawn Suit Drill Arm and the normal Arm have?

[eternal garnet]

some people on SN: "Nice to have, but I don't know if it does anything"

[eternal garnet]

the punch does more damage per second.

[glossy prairie]

enough to take out a cryptosuchus with 3 hits of the hand and continual drilling

[worldly adder]

ok

[glossy prairie]

just got ||the architect tissues||

just one more to go

[next current]

I use those all the time when I sneeze.

[glossy prairie]

lol

well that went much better than expected

turns out the worms cant attack you if you go fast

||how do i get stalker fur?||

[eternal garnet]

spy pengling is easiest. no kill required

Kill does not help

[glossy prairie]

ok

probably going to bring the spy pengling around the basin today so i can get some fur

[stoic surge]

You need a total of 4, and the pengi-bot can carry 4 ... convenient

[real blaze]

If you leave Phi Robotics Center, head south, there will be a Stalker, go by him, and up a little incline to your left. Follow that path and do down by the the little ponds - one to the left and one to the right of you. After you go by them, go up a little incline, and the will be a cave to your left. There will be a Mother Stalker in there with a few Stalker cubs. There will be stalker fur on the ground. Bring a health kit, because Mom Stalker will attack you. She does about 25% of your health.

[stoic surge]

Safer to send the pengi-bot, but ... if you feel adventurous

[real blaze]

heh, true. 🙂

There is a very nice map interactive map that show all PDA, Data boxes, Alien structures, and a lot more information at:|| https://mapgenie.io/subnautica-below-zero/maps/world|| SPOILERS EVERYTHING. Don't look if you find everything on your own.

[stoic surge]

I have already decided, when the next title comes along, I want to go in without any info at all, so I get the full experience

[modest pagoda]

Yep, I agree

[real blaze]

When the game first came out, I did not use any spoilers. Finished the game on my own. After speedrunning Below Zero, I needed the map to find the shortest routes to go.

[broken badge]

Also if you take flares, snow dogs don’t attack

[stoic surge]

I'm the opposite of a speed runner, I like to poke around in all the corners, lol

[real blaze]

Yes, that is true!

[boreal beacon]

To reach the fabrication caverns do I go thru crystal caves

[stoic surge]

Yep, down & eastward

[boreal beacon]

Because I the first time I went down there was to get kyanite but I only got the 3 for organs so I am gonna bring the rest of the resources down, get 2 kyanite and craft the upgrade

[real blaze]

For the first 6 months I had the game, I built a lot of bases and found most everything. After the 1 or 2 times finishing the game, it takes the "am I going to die soon" out of the game. lol.

[worldly adder]

What is in the glacier? I don't know if I found everything

[wispy creek]

i dont know

that a plant?

[next current]

If you mean everything (Including the Glacial Basin, Glacial Bay, Glacial Connection, and the Arctic Spires) there is the ||Frolo, Phi Robotics, A few Spy Pengling Sites here and there, A few tech sites (One with the Jump Module for the Snowfox), the bridge in the Glacial Bay, the Architect Ion Cube Cache (The three large drillable nodes of Ion Cubes), the Arctic Spires Cache (The one with Al-An's Tissue Component), Some Alterra Tech Sites (One with the Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module for the Snowfox), that one dead ice worm you can scan, there's that primary teleporter. And there's that one architect installation in the Glacial Connection.|| And that's about all I could remember.

[worldly adder]

thank you

[boreal beacon]

Guysbi need big help, what direction do I go from crystal cache to leave the crystal caves?? I've been stuck down here 30 minutes

[carmine bobcat]

Do I find the 2nd fruit required for salad in ||greenhouse||?

[boreal beacon]

Please help I wanna leave this god forsaken cave

[modest pagoda]

up

[boreal beacon]

I mean north east South west

[modest pagoda]

honestly, don't know, only up and then follow the shadow until you find a exit

[carmine bobcat]

I have Preston fruit where can I find the second one

[modest pagoda]

glacial basin I think, possibly delta but I don't think so

[carmine bobcat]

the fevered pepper

[modest pagoda]

yep

[carmine bobcat]

Well I found it near the greenhouse

[sullen finch]

Fevered pepper in and around caves, Preston plant in greenhouse

[carmine bobcat]

can I find Bulkhead or Reinforcement in ||Omega Lab||?

[broken badge]

I place beacons at the entrances to the ||purple crystal caves|| that way I can always find my way out

[wispy creek]

jerry

if you has got big down and over here is shadow leviathan you need go right and up

[modest pagoda]

I believe both?

[wispy creek]

:()

[carmine bobcat]

ok thanks

[wispy creek]

no problem i finish subnautica below zero and normal subnautica

[broken badge]

Bulkhead, yes. Reinforcement is default unlocked once you’ve made a habitat builder

[carmine bobcat]

oh ok I didn't see it

[wispy creek]

do you see shadow leviathan

??

[glossy mountain]

Sorry, this command is disabled. Please enable the command and retry.

[stoic surge]

I know what you mean, after becoming familiar with an area, it's alot less intimidating

Aww, Carl Bot is a widdle turtle

[wispy creek]

is bad turtle

[stoic surge]

How so?

[wispy creek]

how what escape hrystal biome

[stoic surge]

wut?

[wispy creek]

:()

_?

[stoic surge]

Can you rephrase your question

[wispy creek]

you tell how so i tell what what (how so)?

no ligic

logic

[stoic surge]

Sorry, not understanding your question

[wispy creek]

krab squid eat you in the night bay

[stoic surge]

Okay

[iron shadow]

where do i put all my eggs

[stoic surge]

If you want them to hatch, in alien containment, if not, a locker

[iron shadow]

do they do anything other than decoration

[stoic surge]

If they hatch, they are baby animals, they swim around and look cute

[iron shadow]

hmmm ok

[carmine bobcat]

What should I do after visiting ||Omega Lab||

[stoic surge]

Visit the other spots marked on the facility map

[iron shadow]

The First Sun - Die Peacefully song could easily be played at Tomorrowland, Subnautica Team

lol the fins that charge your tools is so weird

[carmine bobcat]

Do my plants have enough water?

[wispy creek]

that winter plant

he dont wanna water

[iron shadow]

funny you posted that. my base also drowned at the same time yours did.

bladderfish are too easy to see and lead is way too common.

[worn thunder]

below zero has been saving for forever

[bold monolith]

You're playing on PC, but you use the stable release?

[worn thunder]

idk i just bought it

[broken badge]

Did the terrain or fish disappear? Before the game started saving forever?

[gaunt trench]

no, they need more

[gaunt trench]

if you haven't messed around with the insider hub/properties in steam then you should be on the stable build

[iron shadow]

how can i get rid of certain terrain. like a big root tree thing.

[broken badge]

Sadly they don’t go away when building😔

[bold monolith]

Steam?

You probably use the stable version though.

[worn thunder]

yup

steam

[iron shadow]

so if im obstructed i need to move my base??

[worn thunder]

i just put qmod in the folders but it doesnt even work so i guess

[bold monolith]

It's unlikely that the game will finish saving.

[worn thunder]

yeahh.. so just go back to my last one?

i gotta say, subnautica is miles better than this even animation wise bz just doesnt compete imo

[carmine bobcat]

Which Alterra outpost should I visit after ||Omega||

[iron shadow]

really...?

arent they the same game basically

[broken badge]

Everyone is different I guess. BZ just looks so much better imo

[worn thunder]

yeah i mean sort of, visually theyre pretty similar, but bz is more vibrant

[glossy prairie]

i like SN more

[worn thunder]

same MUCH more

[carmine bobcat]

BZ looks better tho I prefer subnautica (Although I will make my opinion after I finish the game)

[glossy prairie]

BZ requires quite a lot more from the gpu for basically the same graphics

[worn thunder]

its unlikely ill play bz a second time, i just dont get bored of the og subnautica

[worn thunder]

i get better performance

max graphics and i sit around 140 stable

[broken badge]

I like them both, because they’re both great games, for many different reasons.

[glossy prairie]

might be that my gpu is 5 years out of date but i get around 20-40 in BZ and 60 for SN

[worn thunder]

i got a 6500 xt and i run them both perfectly lol

although the 6500 is new

[glossy prairie]

ive got a gt 1030

there is no beating that

[worn thunder]

lol

[carmine bobcat]

I guess I'll go to ||Koppa mining site||

[worn thunder]

i wanna play subnautica more rn amazing..

[glossy prairie]

probably going to wait until 4060 is released and get that if the price tag isnt the same as the current real estate prices

[worn thunder]

even tho ive fi nished it like 3 times

if i put my mind to i can probably beat subnautica in 10 hours

which is a good time for me

the least ive done is 16 hours on PC, on console it was like a day or something

[glossy prairie]

ive got 19 hours on BZ i think

i can beat the game today but i want to unlock everything first

[worn thunder]

bz is harder for me

i have 0 knowledge of the map + it scares me more

[glossy prairie]

thats me but for SN

[worn thunder]

the shadow leviathan just makes me freeze on the spot and stop playing the game

[worn thunder]

i try to keep out of the sand dunes cus that biome is the scariest place in the subnautica franchise

just freaky

[glossy prairie]

shadow leviathan is one of the 2 reaper knockoffs

[worn thunder]

its the scariest leviathan for me

[glossy prairie]

i was scared of the chelicerates but then i got the perimeter defense module and i dont really care anymore

[worn thunder]

i understand but that never rly scared me it just looks goofy

[glossy prairie]

they are a little weird

[worn thunder]

yeah but goddamn are they annoying when they hit u

[solar gust]

guys im in the deep twisty bridges my base keeps getting flooded

[iron shadow]

yeah same my base is getting absolutely screwed.

im not even deep. im at the top of twisty bridges... the base building is really clunky if you arent building on flat terrain

[solar gust]

this is just nuts

is it a bug

[gaunt trench]

in the og subnautica I had the same issue, I think it had something to do with an enemy being nearby it and hitting the base instead of the target?

[solar gust]

probably

i hear a dunk!! sound or a thing nearby

well time to murder that mister

[worn thunder]

never had such an issue, even when i played through the whole game on BZ and SN

[gaunt trench]

do brute sharks respawn?

[gaunt trench]

in subnautica it happened rarely

[weary drum]

Pretty sure they do

[gaunt trench]

most often it was gasopod's awful pathfinding

[iron shadow]

is anyone else disappointed that the charge flippers make batteries like useless

[gaunt trench]

eh, I feel like ribbon plants are annoying to grow

and I always seem to keep running out of copper

[worn thunder]

i just wanna get done with bz and go back to my SN hardcore world

[iron shadow]

where do you even findd the ribbon plants

[weary drum]

Twisty bridges mainly

[gaunt trench]

twisty bridges it seems

first time I saw ribbon plants "well that's a weird way to say acid mushrooms"

[iron shadow]

does anyone have advice on how to most efficiently move my entire base over....

[weary drum]

Build a new one

[iron shadow]

because apparently the stupid foundations are on their own quadrants and cannot be put on half-quadrants... but bases can be built on half quadrants.

so i have a base that i can never fit a foundation squarely under.

and my hull keeps flooding as a result of poor integrity

[iron shadow]

what is the most efficient way of moving all the material. sea truck storage units?

[weary drum]

Ah

Probably yes

[iron shadow]

ok... time to waste an hour moving bases.

[stoic surge]

I have my holiday decoration up early

[real blaze]

I finished BZ in 38 min 42 sec. 😉 Of course that is speed running it.

[real blaze]

You probably need bulkheads

[stoic surge]

Now that you played in the least time, you should try playing the most time

[iron shadow]

am i supposed to build foundations under my bridges or under my hulls?

what provides the most structural support

all the structures have long steel legs so i dont even understand why i need to build foundations.

[stoic surge]

Foundations, bulkheads, and reinforcements all add to structural integrity, which is needed when building deep ... Try to keep it a positive number to prevent floods

[gray gazelle]

when the base floods you gotta repair it from the inside

[iron shadow]

for some reason my base just doesnt want to build legs....

[real blaze]

I am only 4th fastest...Reski did it 36m 36s. That is with glitchless (no cheating the game). With cheating the game (going out of bounds, propulsion cannon/booster tank combo, ghost storage, ect.) the WR is 24m 23s. I have over 994 hours playing BZ, so does that count for playing the game a lot? 😉

[stoic surge]

They don't really need legs, they're carefully calibrated to be neutrally bouyant in the oceans of that planet

[stoic surge]

You would have a good rank in my book

[iron shadow]

then why is my base always flooding.. it seems structurally fine but it's not.

[real blaze]

Are you near gyser?

[iron shadow]

what gyser

[real blaze]

In Purple Vents

[real blaze]

Those will flood your bank

[iron shadow]

im right between the twisty bridges and stalagmite biomes

[stoic surge]

It could have a not high enough integrity for its depth, or could be near something that's actively damaging it, like those exploding purple vents

[iron shadow]

im failing to understand how to increase the integrity. i assumed it was the legs touching the ocean floor, but it doesnt seem to be. when my base gets too big it just floods.

im only trying to make a moonpool, control room, and large room connected by a few bridges.

[real blaze]

Yep, vents in Thermal Geysers do the same thing.

[stoic surge]

Here's a couple methods to try - build an I section between each larger room, with a bulkhead installed, add reinforcements to the larger rooms ... these 2 things will help greatly

[real blaze]

Ok, if the base is to big, you need bulkheads.

[iron shadow]

bulkheads separate rooms?

[real blaze]

I think you can get them in Omega Lab, or even Outpost Zero.

[iron shadow]

i have it.

is it an internal door?

[stoic surge]

Like put an I section between larger rooms, add a bulkhead in it

[iron shadow]

i think i get it. okay i think this advice helps--foundations aren't enough, I need bulkheads and reinforced walls.

[stoic surge]

Just a couple reinforcements in each larger room will help alot, and lithium is plentiful toward the purple vent area

[iron shadow]

does keeping the bulkhead door open even matter

[real blaze]

Does not matter. Can leave them open.

[jovial stone]

OMG i didn't notice this, if you stand still in BZ, your temperature gauge also goes down, so not only can you drown but can also get hypothermia if you don't move an inch :p

[stoic surge]

This is true in cold water, but in the warmer spots, it won't happen

[jovial stone]

the area around my base has always blue water so guess that's cold water

[iron shadow]

what goes into the water filter system

[stoic surge]

You mean to build it?

[iron shadow]

no what do i put inside of it

[stoic surge]

Seawater, and electrons

And you'll get bottles of water, and salts

[iron shadow]

how do i feed it seawater? its already on my wall

[jovial stone]

and alien salt water

alot of alien salt water

[iron shadow]

is it working rn?

[stoic surge]

It has an intake on the outside, it pulls in water on its own

[stoic surge]

If you can see bubbles in the glass tanks, it's running

[jovial stone]

the salad is OP oml

[stoic surge]

Yea Verily

[jovial stone]

"im about to die of hypothermia" eats salad much better

[stoic surge]

And the salad never goes stale, either

[jovial stone]

once you have that salad, you're basically OP lol

[stoic surge]

No wonder ||Marg|| is so tough, she has the salad power

[jovial stone]

she goddamn ripped off a chelicerate's mandible, manage to one hand kill a reaper while swimming down the void, this woman can't die oml

[stoic surge]

If she had a mustache, she'd be Omni-man

[weary drum]

Fr

[carmine bobcat]

where do you recommend to relocate my base

[stoic surge]

Did you see the pic I posted a while ago? It's my favorite spot

[carmine bobcat]

I'm afraid not

[stoic surge]

Just off the east coast of delta island, a nice flat spot with central location, thermal vents for power, lots of minerals nearby

[jovial stone]

is it possible to scan the void chelly without getting panic attacks?

[tidal sparrow]

Fabricator Caverns, the best biome

[stoic surge]

If you do it while standing in a safe spot

[jovial stone]

does the void chelly get a seperate entry?

[stoic surge]

No idea

[iron shadow]

where do you get the scan for the large rectangle room. like the one that chick with the prawn suit has

i scanned the ceiling of that room, but didn't get the room. not sure if i could have scanned it at her base or not

[jovial stone]

you should be able to scan the large room

[stoic surge]

I usually scan the one at ||phi robotics||

[iron shadow]

i havnt found the spoiler location yet

ill try her base again i guess

[stoic surge]

Also at ||outpost zero||

[jovial stone]

wish the chellies and squid sharks swap, squid sharks are actually frickin' scary while chellies are just shrimps 🦐

[stoic surge]

The worst one for me is the ||shadow|| cuz you have to go through there

[jovial stone]

im just more annoyed by the shadows than actually scared of them, they constantly persue and i already have the sea truck tazer, it's just like "get off me"

[stoic surge]

Yea, the zapper is really good to have when going through there

[carmine bobcat]

yeah I got constant jumpscares when I was searching for ||Seatruck modules||

[jovial stone]

i have ion power cells, and just unlimited power

[warped hinge]

marguerites greenhouse is a pain to find any tips?

[eternal garnet]

it's 1150m east of the beacon, but also south a tiny bit

[warped hinge]

i wish idk where to unlock them

thanks meatie

[stoic surge]

Search at night, her ice berg has light sticks on the coast

[jovial stone]

just scan alot of architect ruins and you'll get em

[carmine bobcat]

I scanned 3 already

[jovial stone]

scan more

[boreal beacon]

Just beat the game

Feeling wonderful

[carmine bobcat]

I have a ||body part||

and a 4th beacon

but i'll go there tomorrow

[boreal beacon]

Doesn't he like not give you locations for the caches? I thought you find then yourself

Or maybe he gives u 1 cache and then u find the rest

[carmine bobcat]

he gives for the artifacts

[jovial stone]

gotta love Architect location PK8

hello shrimp

[boreal beacon]

I hated that one so much

[warped hinge]

this game has a lot less guidance than the previous imo

[jovial stone]

ironic since ALAN is pointing you stuff

[boreal beacon]

This game hand holds you what you on about

[carmine bobcat]

I think i didn't have that one

I had thing that scans water, rock robot and statue

[jovial stone]

just sayin' get the perimeter defense back at Marg's base, you're basically immune to leviathans now

[warped hinge]

im at a point where i havent gotten any calls or anything for 45 minutes

[warped hinge]

wait its at margs base!?!

[carmine bobcat]

yes

[warped hinge]

thanks

[iron shadow]

how do i put eggs in the alien container, i cant even interact with th ething

[jovial stone]

its actually pretty well hidden lol

[carmine bobcat]

oh I didn't have much problem with it

[eternal garnet]

build a hatch on it.

[carmine bobcat]

hatch and drop them there

[jovial stone]

guess im just blind :'p

which, yea lol

[carmine bobcat]

Guys

I visited ||Omega and Koppa facilities|| which facility should I go to now and should I make depth module mk2 or prawn first

[iron shadow]

i cant put my big 2x2 creature egg in there???

[warped hinge]

prawn uses a lot of power also be sure you get the jump jet and the grapple hook arm

[iron shadow]

wait do i just drop the egg in there or do i use the planter

[carmine bobcat]

where grapple

[carmine bobcat]

drop

[eternal garnet]

planter is for plants. drop

[jovial stone]

the glow whale egg took up like 3x3 in my inventory

thas a huge egg

[carmine bobcat]

and I couldn't scan drill arm on site

[warped hinge]

i know there is some about 650m e/se of delta beacon, also there is some in the huge mining spot near delta too

i could be wrong

[weary drum]

Is it just me or did anyone else go out of their way to make sure that every hostile leviathan dies

[iron shadow]

lol man some of the songs that have singers are just.... so bad lol

[warped hinge]

yeah

wow

[jovial stone]

i thought they cool

[warped hinge]

this is insan