Update History (Below Zero)

This page serves to chronicle Subnautica: Below Zero's update history from launch to present.

EARLY ACCESS 1 - Release
30 January 2019 - EA1 [CS#9561]
 * Subnautica: Below Zero is released into public Early Access on Steam, Epic Games, and Discord
 * Includes ~2 hours of story content and an unfinished map

11 February 2019 - 1.1 [CS#9892]
 * Mini-patch including bug fixes and minor changes
 * Changed Rocket Island signal text
 * Supply Drop can be used while falling
 * Pengling hold animations
 * Hot Springs model
 * Improved Frozen River appearance
 * Added two Icebergs to the Shallow Twisty Bridges
 * Increased Titan Holefish oxygen recharge time to 40 seconds
 * Reduced Titan Holefish oxygen from 100 units to 30 units
 * Added Thermal Lily glow/heat effects
 * Removed broken Hoverpad drop
 * Picking up Habitat Builder gives its blueprint
 * Optimized clouds
 * Added  command
 * Exhaustive list of changes can be viewed here

EARLY ACCESS 2 - Seatruck Update
7 March 2019 - EA 2 [CS#11193]
 * Sea Truck
 * Modules
 * Upgrades
 * Deep Twisty Bridges
 * Thermal Spires
 * Sea Monkey
 * Squidshark
 * Rocket Island revamp
 * Battery Charger, Power Cell Charger, Aquarium
 * Moonpool
 * Much, much more
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 3 - Snowfox Update
24 April 2019 - EA 3 [CS#13740]
 * Snowfox
 * Snowfox Hoverpad
 * New Fauna
 * Arrow Ray
 * Chelicerate
 * Feather Fish and Feather Fish (Red)
 * Nootfish
 * Snowstalker and Snowstalker Baby
 * Triops
 * New Biomes
 * Active Mining Site
 * Glacial Basin
 * Purple Vents
 * New Sea Truck Modules
 * Sea Truck Docking Module
 * Sea Truck Sleeper Module
 * Improved Weather
 * Recipe pinning
 * Update page

13 May 2019 - Micro-Update
 * Fix to prevent issues saving or loading while docked in Moondock
 * Fix for Snowfox bug while mounting too quickly causing players to get stuck
 * Snowfox Hoverpad no longer requires power
 * World-streaming improvements to Glacial Basin & Twisty Bridges allowing for smoother in-game loading
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 4 - Spy Pengling Update
5 June 2019 - EA 4 [CS#15125]
 * Spy Pengling
 * Camera
 * Inventory
 * Ventgarden
 * Tree Spires
 * Almanac Artifacts
 * Sea Truck Teleportation Module
 * Tether Tool
 * Temperature
 * Improved weather
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 5 - Arctic Living Update
17 July 2019 - EA 5 [CS#16498]
 * Large Room
 * Large Room Partition
 * Large Room Partition Door
 * Large Room Glass Dome
 * Multipurpose Room Glass Dome
 * Jukebox
 * Jukebox Speaker
 * Jukebox Disks
 * Seatruck Sleeper Module jukebox re-enabled
 * Control Room
 * Mineral Detector
 * Booster Tank
 * Flashlight Helmet
 * Active Mining Site
 * Prawn Suit
 * Marguerit Maida cutscene 1
 * Return of many more base parts from Subnautica
 * Update page

18 July 2019 - Hotfix
 * Ion Battery blueprint now unlocks upon picking up an Ion Cube
 * Fixed bug where Prawn Suits were stuck in the Moonpool

EARLY ACCESS 6 - Ice Worm Update
17 September 2019 - EA6 [CS#19404]
 * Ice Worm
 * Frozen Leviathan
 * Arctic Spires
 * Full story rework
 * Lilypad Islands
 * Weather-based Pengwing behaviors
 * Escape Rocket
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 7 - Deep Dive Update
27 November 2019 - EA7 [CS#21847]
 * Crystal Caves
 * Fabricator Base
 * Shadow Leviathan
 * Cryptosuchus
 * Jellyfish
 * Snowfox Base
 * Marguerit Maida's Base
 * Marguerit Maida cutscene 2
 * New Seabase Modules
 * Story updates
 * Filmic Mode
 * Much more
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 8 - Lost Ship Update
19 February 2020 - EA8 [CS#24222]
 * Aurora Borealis
 * Brinicle
 * Creature Eggs
 * Deep Lilypads Cave
 * Exterior Growbed
 * Indoor Growbed
 * Mercury II
 * New menu option
 * Snowfox HUD update
 * Sparse Arctic Rework
 * Trivalve
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 9 - Frostbite Update
30 April 2020 - EA9 [CS#27520]
 * Architect Teleporters
 * Calls (Dialogue)
 * Cold Mechanics
 * Completely new intro and story
 * Environment Polish
 * Improved Weather
 * Improved UI
 * Cleaner PDA text
 * Hotbar power indicators
 * Status indicators
 * Glacial Bay
 * Major Glacial Basin rework
 * New Ice Worm Animation
 * Quantum Locker
 * Recyclotron
 * Snowballs
 * Snowfox Ice Worm Attack Reduction Module
 * Spicy melon salad
 * Surface Beacon
 * Thumper model
 * Water Purification Tablet
 * Update page

EARLY ACCESS 10 - Salad Days Update
25 June 2020 - EA10 [CS#30171]
 * Architect Artifact signals
 * Arctic changes
 * Arctic Spires changes
 * Deep Purple Vents changes
 * Glacial Bay bridge to Arctic Spires
 * Ice Bubble
 * Kyanite
 * More Story Additions
 * Marguerit's Greenhouse
 * Player Emotes
 * Recyclotron
 * Snow Stalker Improvements
 * Thermos and Coffee Vending Machine changes
 * UI Scaling
 * World Map

Xbox One

 * Release Date TBA

PS4

 * Release Date TBA