Update History (Subnautica)

This article's aim is to provide a timeline of the various updates to the stable version and the most important additions of certain updates.

Upcoming Updates
'*Note: These updates have not been implemented into Subnautica, and changes are bound to happen. All information is taken from Trello. '

2016 July: POLISH 2016 June: STORY MODE UPDATE 2016 May: EXOSUIT UPDATE 2016 April: MACHINERY UPDATE
 * Better Cyclops driving
 * Expand Pipes to bases
 * Sea Emperor behaviour
 * Death will have 10-15 seconds of emotion
 * Redo HUD
 * Craftable time capsule
 * Polish Mobile Vehicle Bay and usability
 * Ending Sequence
 * Hatching Sea Emperor eggs
 * Juvenile Sea Emperors
 * Optional story area 1
 * Optional story area 2
 * Transfuser
 * Exosuit
 * Exosuit Jump Jets
 * Depth Gating
 * Exosuit "loot" drilling arm
 * Allow Exosuit to dock like the Seamoth
 * Final cavern for Active Lava Zone
 * Cute Fish for those who bought Subnautica before v1.0
 * Lost River area 3
 * Reimplement Mesmer
 * Map Scanner Room
 * Battery Charging Station
 * Power Cell Charging Station
 * Remake the Thermal Plant and Nuclear Reactor to be in-base Seabase modules
 * Expand the Aurora to have an Exosuit room
 * Lava Castle
 * More Precursor Seabases
 * Lava Castle
 * Lost River Bone Shark
 * Sea Treader
 * Warper
 * Lost River area 1
 * Lost River area 2
 * Crabsquid
 * Sea Dragon Leviathan
 * Lava Lizard
 * Lava Larva
 * Second Blood Kelp Zone
 * Remove Terraforming
 * Creatures that are eaten or killed will respawn

2016
2016 April 5: OCULUS UPDATE 2016 March 16: CRASH SEQUENCE UPDATE 2016 Febuary 25: FARMING UPDATE 2016 January 28: FLOOD OF DEAD BUGS
 * Oculus Rift is now fully supported
 * You can now sit in the Chair
 * Airsack, Bone Shark, Reefback, Stalker, and the Reaper Leviathan have new and better animations
 * Fragments will now spawn mostly within Wrecks
 * Oxygen is now only produced when your Seabase, Seamoth, and Cyclops has power.
 * Intro Sequence added
 * Fire Extinguisher added
 * Medical Kit Fabricator added
 * Abandoned Seabases implemented
 * Large Aquarium added
 * Farming added
 * Spotlight added
 * Planter Shelf added
 * Exterior Growbed added
 * Interior Growbed added
 * Plant Pot added
 * Living Wall added
 * Lightstick added
 * Eggs added
 * Floodlight added
 * 50 bugs fixed

2016 January 14: H2.O UPDATE
 * New water graphics
 * Scanner added
 * Ocean environment updated
 * Items now have proper 3D models
 * Subtitles added

2015 ALPHA STAGE
2015 December 15: GET WRECKED  2015 November 20: WATER FILTRATION MACHINE 
 * Wrecks added
 * Laser Cutter added
 * Posters added
 * Water Filtration Machine added

2015 November 5: SHOCKING UPDATE 2015 September 10: SEAMOTH UPDATE
 * Shocker added
 * Seaglide now has a topographic map
 * Picture Frame added
 * Volume controls in the pause menu added
 * PDA Log section added
 * PDA gallery added
 * Animation added
 * Crabsnake added
 * Ladders can now be placed in more places in the Multipurpose Room
 * Blood Kelp Zone added
 * Blood Biter added
 * Cave Crawler reskinned
 * Spinefish added
 * Blood Crawler added
 * Blood Oil added
 * Seamoth now has an upgrade pannel
 * Vortex Torpedo added
 * Seamoth Perimeter Defense System added
 * Seamoth Sonar Module  added
 * Seamoth Hull Reinforcement Module added
 * Battery Expansion Module added
 * Armour Plating Module added
 * Seamoth can now be customized
 * Upgrade Console added
 * More caves added
 * Mountains Biome added
 * Koosh Zone extended
 * Mushroom Forest extended

2015 August 6: HABITAT UPDATE 2015 June 19: MACWORLD UPDATE
 * Moon Pool added 
 * Observatory added
 * Multipurpose Room added
 * Bulkhead doors added
 * Small locker added
 * Labels and Seabase names added
 * I-Corridor Glass and L-Corridor Glass added
 * Vertical Connector added
 * Grand Reef expanded
 * Subnautica is now playable on Apple (Mac) computers
 * Underwater Islands added
 * Sparse Reef added
 * Repulsion Cannon added

2015 May 28: ALTERRA SCIENCE UPDATE
 * Modification Station added
 * Propulsion Cannon added
 * Survival Knife, Tank, and Fins can now be upgraded
 * Cyclops's doors now open/close
 * Cyclops now has an upgrade console
 * Cyclops's lights improved
 * Cyclops now has upgrades

2015 April 30: CRASH SITE UPDATE
 * Aurora now explodes
 * Radiation now spreads over time
 * Reaper Leviathan added
 * Radiation Suit added
 * Cave Crawler added

2015 March 13:  2015 February 25:  2015 February 5: 
 * Seabases added 
 * Loot system updated
 * Cyclops added 

2015 January 16: DEV UPDATE 8
 * In-game feedback system added
 * Stasis Rifle added
 * Terraformer added
 * Load/Save added
 * Menu updated
 * Pipe added
 * Air Bladder added
 * Bleeder added
 * Bone Shark added
 * Compass added
 * Inventory system updated
 * Beacon is now craftable
 * HUD updated

2014 PRE-ALPHA STAGE
2014 December 23: DEV UPDATE 7 2014 December 16: 2014 December 7:  2014 November 22:  2014 November 14:  2014 November 5:  2014 September 27:  2014 September 5:  2014 August 23:  2014 July 8:  2014 April 24:  2014 April 11: 
 * Gravsphere added
 * Escape Pod storage added
 * Now supports Oculus Rift DK2
 * Storage cube added
 * Oxygen replenishes faster
 * Escape Pod Beacon now doesn't disappear from far distances.
 * Subnautica Early Access released
 * Flare and Sand Shark added to Subnautica
 * Floater added to Subnautica
 * Deformable environment added
 * Experimental Mode is added to Subnautica
 * Gasopod is added to Subnautica
 * Cyclops flooding is being developed
 * Cyclops is announced and being developed
 * Aurora is added to Subnautica
 * Subnautica release at PAX still in Pre-alpha stage
 * Subnautica created still in Pre-alpha stage