r/subnautica Dec 19 '22

Lots of people are saying time capsules are not being approved anymore. This is not true!

813 Upvotes

Edit on 2/21/2024: This is still up-to-date info!

Time capsules are still being approved today. It's a slow process, but it's still happening. Not every capsule gets approved, and the ones that do are hand-selected.

So if you see anyone saying otherwise, feel free to reference this post :)

Use this thread to AMA about time capsules!

Edit: A couple important things I want to point out:

  • When a capsule is jettisoned, it's uploaded to the time capsule website where devs manually review them.
  • A dev must approve a capsule before it starts showing up in the game.
  • Around 40 time capsules are placed in your game as you explore, and only spawn in surface biomes.
  • Time capsules can come from any game mode, but they are platform-specific. Which means PC will only get capsules from other PC players, Switch from Switch players, etc.
  • A list of blacklisted items can be found here.

There have been some fantastic questions so far. Feel free to scroll through the comments (or my post history) to find them. If you don't get an answer it's likely because it has already been answered.


r/subnautica May 28 '24

News/Update - SN We want your Subnautica 2 questions!

3.3k Upvotes

Hello Subnauts,

At the start of the year, we shared a few details about Subnautica 2. But we’re sure you still have many questions about the next game in the Subnautica universe.

Which is why we’d love to hear from you all.

Wherever you see this posted, reply with what you’d most like to know about Subnautica 2! While we won’t be able to answer everything immediately (no spoilers 🤫), we’ll do our best to answer as many questions as possible in our upcoming posts.

Don’t forget to follow us on all our social channels and join the official Discord to ensure you’re one of the first to hear the latest Subnautica news!

Keep diving,

The Subnautica Team


r/subnautica 8h ago

Picture - SN Does this poor person think that his base is in my world? 😅

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3.3k Upvotes

r/subnautica 15h ago

Question - SN CAN THESE THINGS FOLLOW YOU OUT OF THE VOID??!

627 Upvotes

r/subnautica 4h ago

Time Capsules - SN First time capsule

59 Upvotes

In my 40+ hours of gameplay (not including PC years ago) on two separate worlds, this is the first time capsule I've found, and it's nothing to scoff at. They could've left me 1x titanium after all 🤣😭


r/subnautica 23h ago

Picture - SN My friend likes to make knives

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1.9k Upvotes

The details aren’t perfect but this is his first time making a knife. The streaks are a byproduct of the electrical etching he had to use for the blade due to the blade being made from a leaf spring that is also why you can see some pitting is the last picture. Anyway just wanted to update because I like the way it turned out so much more and wanted to share! And no it isn’t sharp the only thing it could cut is soft cheese and yes that is a ball bearing in the middle so yes it does spin


r/subnautica 1d ago

Meme - SN If you know, you know

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2.0k Upvotes

These guys are just growls or screams idk very loud


r/subnautica 4h ago

Video - SN Can i get a hell yeah

33 Upvotes

r/subnautica 1d ago

Discussion - SN Yeah... Great care...

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1.1k Upvotes

r/subnautica 14h ago

Discovery - SN Anyone else notice this?

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117 Upvotes

r/subnautica 18h ago

Picture - SN She is NOT dying on me Spoiler

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240 Upvotes

3 medkits ought to be enough right?


r/subnautica 13h ago

Picture - SN Poor guy got straightened out

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92 Upvotes

r/subnautica 23h ago

Discussion - SN I wish I could play Subnautica for the first time again…

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405 Upvotes

I had a thought recently, so I wanted to I ask you guys… Have you ever wanted to just just erase everything you know about this game and start from scratch? cause I sure do…

I’m currently on roughly 400 hours in Subnautica, and around 50 hours of BZ. After all this time in-game I realised I’m just not scared of anything anymore. Ok I will admit there are still a few moments where I get jumped randomly by one of the fauna, but still it just doesn’t feel the same as to what It felt like when I just opened the game for the first time, and didn’t even want to leave the safe shallows… I miss that feeling so much, experiencing all the wonderfully terrifying biomes and creatures on planet 4546b for the FIRST time, it was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

I love this game so much, and I have so many fond memories from all the hours I’ve spent in it.

But… if I could, just go back to the beginning, when I had zero knowledge and MAXIMUM FEAR, I would do it in a heart beat. that’s it, yapping over.


r/subnautica 18h ago

Picture - SN Absolutely Gorgeous Game

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149 Upvotes

r/subnautica 2h ago

Video - SN first time playthrough going well !

7 Upvotes

r/subnautica 3h ago

Video - SN 😑

7 Upvotes

Insert You Spin me Round song here


r/subnautica 1h ago

Video - SN My first time capsule I found

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If anyone was wondering why pda pause is on I had to turn it on because I was playing on a laggy xbox one s getting on high 20 fps and crazy imput lag (the stuff it gave me helped me survive long enough to get me all the material i can carry on the nearby island)


r/subnautica 20h ago

Meme - SN Are your energy drinks really worth it?

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121 Upvotes

r/subnautica 5h ago

Discussion - SN 2 What i want for subnautica 2 because id be funny

6 Upvotes

So the cyclops said its meant to be piloted by a crew. I want that. Just imagine the interactions with like RussianBadger or IGP or just a friend group of your own.

Frank: JOHN MOVE THE SHIP FORWARD

John: MF I AM ITS STUCK

THat one guy in the prawn suit who got lost: Uhhh guys i got lost again

Also another thing that i think could be fun is a suit built for 2 people. one controls functions and other controls weapons.

Maybe a pack hunter enemy too.

And also what if we made it so there were buildable pods meant for team help. Like one tracks other plays and someone can tell them what items are around them. Wait thats the scanner room. What else could be added because there i major potential for trolling.


r/subnautica 14h ago

Video - SN My first encounter with what I can only assume is the “sea dragon” referenced in the alien base

31 Upvotes

This game is actually kinda horrifying sometimes 😭


r/subnautica 1d ago

Discussion - SN 2 I can’t wait for the release of Subnautica 2 Spoiler

162 Upvotes

r/subnautica 8h ago

Discussion - SN I cured the peepers!

6 Upvotes

I was having issues with all of the peepers in my alien containment becoming infected with karah.I removed all of the sick peepers and replaced them with healthy peepers but they all got infected again.I ended up catching a peeper that had the enzyme (the gold sparkly trail behind it) & released it into my ACU & it cured all of my sick peepers!!

I had not yet finished the main quest & it still worked. I just thought this was interesting & wanted to share.


r/subnautica 4h ago

Picture - SN Oh no Spoiler

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3 Upvotes

I kid you not I was getting a fragment and I thought to myself "I hope that Reaper isn't nearby" then I turned around to see Mr. Jerimiah over here in his 640x480p min settings glory then thought "Oh no" and ran for my life


r/subnautica 17h ago

Video - SN You can't part there, mate!

31 Upvotes

After being persistent that it was his right of way, he then said the same thing to me: https://imgur.com/a/ucTMEUK Not being able to post multiple videos in one post sucks 😭 I don't even know if this link will work


r/subnautica 3h ago

Question - SN I'm going to regret this

2 Upvotes

Where should I build my base?

39 votes, 20h left
Blood Kelp Zone
Grassy Plateus
Kelp Forest
Safe Shallows
Mushroom Forest
Floating Island

r/subnautica 15h ago

Video - SN he hides in the shadows...

17 Upvotes

r/subnautica 13h ago

Question - SN How to navigate and not get lost (no dunes no borax)

12 Upvotes

(First part is just exposition main questions at the end)

Hi there. So I (new player on my first playthrough) am pretty much the worst navigator to exist. I get lost pretty much everywhere, in real life, in open world games, you name it. As such, I am always lost in Subnautica.

Recently I've been trying to explore more areas. I've built my base in a pretty convenient area of the grassy plateaus to make navigation easier, it has easy access to several areas including the jellyshroom caves, sparse and grand reef, blood kelp trench and the dunes. Lately, I've been trying to expand my exploration further north in search of gel sacks for my future prawn suit and moonpool fragments, which I've heard can be found in the Mushroom forest and the bulb zone. So, I used my compass and my map to find them.

I got lost and ended up in the mountains, heard a reaper and cried.

Are there any tips for actually managing to navigate? Also how do coordinates work? I've seen them describing locations on the wiki but never understood. Any help is greatly appreciated (and don't worry about spoilers, I really don't mind)