Subnautica 2 Questions & Answers

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Yes — you can grab fish into your inventory and they'll die over time, or process them in the Fabricator.

No.

Yes.

Yes for consumable fauna (water slugs, small fish) and small minerals — they regenerate when you leave the area.

No traditional weapons.

Only the standard edition is available at $29.99.

Steam (PC): 14.59 GB.

Survival (story + survival needs, infinite respawn — only mode with story) and Creative (sandbox, infinite resources, no needs, no story).

Yes — day-one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass (via Xbox Game Preview program).

Xbox's equivalent of Steam Early Access — game is unfinished but playable, sold at a discount, gets updated through development, and converts to the full release at no extra charge

EA has an ending but not the ending.

There is no official FOV slider in EA.

True aquariums aren't yet in EA.

Use the Habitat Builder, place a room with vertical clearance, then stack a second room directly on top.

Settings → Language tab → pick from 11 written languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese) → Apply.

Pause the game — your (X, Y, Z) coordinates appear in the bottom-right corner.

Charge the Sonic Resonator, aim at a Bloom Canker, release the blast to break it.

There is no fast travel system.

Travel to coordinates (-330991, 419024, -759) — about 160 m northeast of the Lifepod, directly above Anita's Blackbox.

Travel to (-30280, 455154, -24253) — about 476 m east-southeast of the Lifepod, near Wander's blackbox.

Enter the lower control room near the Angel Comb and interact with the terminal.

Equip the Repair Tool, aim at the vehicle, hold the repair button (PC: RMB / Xbox: RT) until integrity hits 100%.

Craft Isotonic Water at the Fabricator using a Water Slug or Flash Slug + Salt.

Cook fish at the Fabricator, or grab nutrient blocks/fruits from wrecks.

The Lifepod fabricator is permanently corrupted.

Build Wall Lockers (2 Titanium), Floor Lockers (3 Titanium + 1 Quartz), Tailing Chests, and Wall Racks via the Habitat Builder.

Swim to the surface to regain O2 automatically, or equip Air Tanks.

Just swim through it.

Use First Aid Kits (50–100 HP) crafted at the Fabricator, or eat Medical Gel Sacs (10 HP).

Check NoA at any base for a hint about your current objective.

External: Solar Panels (surface biomes), Thermal Plants (hot biomes, needs Power Transmitter), Hydroelectric Turbines (current-rich biomes).

Open the tool and select Reload to swap in fresh cells.

Settings → Debug/Info tab → "Redeem Item Code" → enter the code → Confirm.

Settings → "Refund Bases" → Look At target → Refund.

Get close to a creature/object until the scan prompt appears, then hold the scan button (PC: right mouse / Xbox: RT).

Craft a Flashlight (2 Titanium, 1 Quartz, 1 Basic Battery) or Distraction Flares (1 Titanium, 1 Quartz, permanent underwater glow).

Craft Fins (rubber + fiber), then upgrade to Improved Fins.

Craft Upgrade Modules at the Modification Station (unlock blueprints via data cards found in exploration) and slot them into the vehicle.

Normal: 20+ hours.

Not free to own (paid at $29.99).

No — different planet, different ecosystem.

None in the base game.

Far northeast of the map you can descend to ~10,486 m.

**Available:** PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store), Xbox Series X|S, ROG Xbox Ally.

Yes — pre-purchase opened May 11, 2026 across Steam, Epic, and Microsoft Store.

Opened May 11, 2026 (72 hrs pre-launch).

$29.99 USD on Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store, and Xbox — same flat price everywhere.

Not at launch and no date announced.

May 14, 2026 — Early Access launch (Game Preview on Xbox).

Simultaneous global launch at 08:00 PDT / 15:00 UTC (May 14).

Steam / Epic: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Subnautica2\Saved\SaveGames\` (i.e.

Not required — Subnautica 2 is on a new planet (Proteus) with a new story.

No.

**Min (1080p / Low / 30 FPS):** GTX 1660 / RX 5500XT, i5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600, 12 GB RAM, 6 GB VRAM, Win 10/11.

The keycode is inside Zip's Blackbox in the Hot Caves biome at (-303319, 449788, -30609), ~485 m east-southeast of the Lifepod.

Active campaigns include Pioneer Hull Plate (watch 15 min) and Alterra Corporation (1 sub) running through May 29, 2026.

NoA (the AI mission control) plus pioneer team including Sophie "Butcher" Bouchier (French accent, chief medical officer), Nahema Nokata (ecologist), and the four playable Qualifie

No official VR support at launch.

You respawn at your nearest base (proximity + depth factored).

The playable character class — Pioneers printed by NoA to investigate the lost colony on Proteus.

The planet Proteus (the colony ship Cicada was supposed to reach Zezura but ended up at Proteus).