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.'

Precursor Gun Experience - December 15th, 2016 Lava Zone Precursor Base & Prison Exterior - January 24th, 2017 Aquarium Experience - February 21st, 2017 Rocket Platform - March 21st, 2017 New UI & Cutefish - April, 2017 Final Story Mode & v1.0 - Mid-May, 2017
 * Precursor Gun experience
 * Gun emplacement interior
 * Record VOs
 * Remove Terraforming
 * Dive Reel  improvements
 * Make Sea Dragon more interesting
 * Juvenile Emperors
 * Craftable Time Capsule
 * VR improvements
 * Prison exterior
 * Lost River Precursor Base interior
 * Lava Zone Precursor Base
 * Finish Gravsphere
 * Silent running Cyclops tech
 * Fix Floaters
 * Prison Interior
 * Prison Antechamber
 * Prison moonpool room
 * Prison aquarium
 * New UI
 * New Airbladder model
 * Make Scanner Room more useful
 * Address pop-in
 * FOV Slider
 * Pass on Grassy Plateaus
 * Rework some of Crash Zone area
 * Detail remaining sandy areas
 * Land movement physics
 * Start PS4 port
 * Cutefish
 * Rework game modes into custom UI
 * Redo crafting icons
 * Quality of life update
 * Launch trailer
 * Polish Constructor and usability
 * Pass on a couple lower-detail Kelp Forest areas
 * Fix terrain seams
 * Performance update
 * Blast-off sequence
 * Fix the void or make it dangerous to be in

2016
Precursor Update - December 15th, 2016
 * Sunbeam implemented
 * Avery Quinn
 * Ion Crystals added
 * Precursor Array added
 * Precursor Teleporters added
 * Purple Precursor Artifact added
 * Floating Island and Lost River polish
 * Fall Damage added
 * You can now use the PDA in vehicles
 * Sparse Reef Precursor Cache implemented
 * Mountain Island's caves are expanded
 * HUD notifications for radio messages
 * New PDA updates for Wrecks

Bones Update - October 27th, 2016  Dangerous Creatures/Tree Cove - September 22nd, 2016 2016 August 23: PRAWN UPDATE 2016 June 1: POWER NAP UPDATE 2016 May 6: MACHINERY UPDATE (PC only)
 * Lost River Ghost Tree Chamber added
 * Lost River Bones Field added
 * Lost River Junction added
 * Lost River Precursor Base exterior added
 * New Pipe models added
 * New Reefback additions added
 * Mesmers are more mesmerising
 * River Prowler implemented
 * New models for Reinforced Dive Suit and Stillsuit added
 * Subnautica now works on the HTC Vive
 * Lost River - Tree Cove added
 * Sea Dragon Leviathan added
 * Warper added
 * Crabsquid EMP blast added
 * Heat damage added
 * Reinforced Dive Suit added
 * Ghost Ray added
 * Crimson Ray added
 * Deep Grand Reef Abandoned Seabase added
 * Prawn Suit added
 * Prawn Suit Drill Arm
 * Prawn Suit Grappling Arm
 * Prawn Suit Jump Jet Upgrade
 * Prawn Suit Propulsion Cannon
 * Prawn Suit Thermal Reactor
 * Prawn Suit Torpedo Arm
 * Lava Larva added
 * Lava Lizard added
 * Aurora expanded
 * Crashfish eggs added
 * Sprint ability added
 * Cyclops cameras now have lights
 * Beds added
 * Sea Treader added
 * Power Cell Charger added
 * Battery Charger added
 * Seamoth Gas Torpedo added
 * New Solar Panel model
 * Map Scanner Room.
 * Bioreactor, Nuclear Reactor and Thermal Plant remodeling.
 * Lost River area 1.
 * Lost River area 2.
 * Crabsquid.
 * Added the Northen Blood Kelp Zone
 * Fauna that are eaten or killed will respawn.

2016 April 5: OCULUS UPDATE (PC only) 2016 March 16/May 17 (Xbox One release): 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 on 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.
 * Different sound effects for multiple Tools.
 * 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.
 * Bloodvine added.
 * Blood Cave Root added.
 * Deep Shroom added.
 * Seamoth now has an upgrade panel
 * 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.
 * Biter added.
 * Oculus 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.
 * Signs 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.
 * Lifepod 5 storage added.
 * Now supports Oculus Rift DK2.
 * Storage cube added.
 * Oxygen replenishes faster.
 * Lifepod 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.