Update History

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 August : Mechsuit & Aurora 2016 September : Precursor & GUN reveal 2016 July: EXOSUIT UPDATE
 * Better Cyclops driving.
 * Expand Pipes to bases.
 * Sea Emperor behavior.
 * Death will have 10-15 seconds of animation.
 * 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.
 * Lost River area 3.
 * Reimplement Mesmer.

2016
2016 June 1: POWER NAP UPDATE 2016 May 6: MACHINERY UPDATE (PC only)
 * 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 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.
 * 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.