Seabases (Subnautica)

Seabases are installations created by the player through the use of the Habitat Builder.

A Seabase provides an area where the Player can return for oxygen, and serves as an alternative to Lifepod 5 as a base of operations. Within a seabase, the player can construct additional storage space, grow food, access Appliances not available in Lifepod 5, and add aesthetic options. Thus Seabases provide safe havens away from the Safe Shallows the player starts in.

In all Game Modes except Creative Mode, entering a Seabase secures the player's inventory, so if the player dies, they will return to the last Seabase' they visited and keep all the items in their inventory that they had when they were there (unless they later enter a Cyclops or Lifepod 5).

The player will start out with most of the blueprints they need for a basic Seabase; at bare minimum one needs a Compartment, a Hatch, and a power generator (the Solar Panel is unlocked by default). The initial compartment must be built on or near the ground (or on a Foundation, which is not necessary but provides greater hull integrity and a flat surface to work with), but any additional compartments can overhang without any issue, allowing bases to be built over cliffsides. The player can expand once they've gathered more Blueprints.

Despite their name, Seabases can be built on land. When on land, Hull Integrity is not a factor, and can be built without the need of additional Reinforcements, Foundations, or Bulkheads. Power is still needed for them to operate, however.

Hull Integrity


Hull Integrity refers to the ability of the player's Seabase to withstand the pressure of the surrounding water. The majority of the modules lower the hull integrity. At a greater depth the integrity reduction caused by each module increases.

When the hull integrity of a Seabase is less than or equal to zero, it will begin to form hull breaches. Any corridor or room that is connected to the breach will begin flooding with water. Bulkheads can compartmentalize the base and prevent floodwaters from moving between compartments, but if the integrity remains below zero then eventually every compartment will develop a leak and the base will fill completely with water. To avoid this, quickly increase the base's integrity (by either adding strengthening components or removing weak components) and fix all hull breaches in the base using a Repair Tool.

A Seabase that receives damage to its exterior (or even a knife hit from inside) will also spring leaks, but the hull integrity will be unaffected.

Energy
Energy, like Food, Water and Oxygen, is another game currency. Each Seabase has its own energy storage capacity and energy balance sheet.

Energy Production
Energy is produced by energy generators, all buildable by the player through the use of the Habitat Builder. There are four different ones, two can only be build inside a Multipurpose Room, and the other two are placed individualy on their own. These last two can be located further away from the habitable parts of the seabase and transfer their produced energy over Power Transmitters.

Each piece of energy generator comes with its own energy storage capacity and its own energy generation rate!

Built inside a Multipurpose Room:
 * Bioreactors (capacity 500E, rate 50E/min) convert organic matter into a certain amount of energy at a certain rate
 * Nuclear Reactors (capacity 2500E, rate 250E/min) convert Reactor Rods into a certain amount of energy at a certain rate

Built on their own:
 * Solar Panels (capacity 75E, rate varies) convert light (do not work well in greater depths) at a certain rate
 * Thermal Plants (capacity 250E, rate varies) convert heat energy (build near Lava Geysers and Black Smokers) at a certain rate

Energy Usage
Each appliance consumes a certain amount of energy for a task and it does this at a certain energy consumption rate!

In case no energy is being used, the Bioreactor, e.g., will not burn the contained organic matter!

The following Appliances draw power from the Seabase:
 * Fabricator
 * Battery Charger
 * Power Cell Charger
 * Modification Station
 * Water Filtration Machine
 * Spotlight
 * Floodlight
 * Moonpool
 * Vehicle Upgrade Console (fabricator only)
 * Scanner Room (fabricator and active scanning, along with recharging the Camera Drones)

Seabases do not require energy to operate in Creative Mode. A notable exception to this is the ability to dock a Seamoth in a Moonpool, which does require power.

Energy transfer
Power Transmitters are used to transfer energy. They come with some caveats!

Oxygen
Seabases automatically produce Oxygen as long as there is power supplied. If the power is depleted, the Seabase will slowly lose oxygen, until it is completely gone.

Oxygen is always available in any portion of a seabase that is above water, regardless of power.

How to Build a Seabase
To deconstruct a Seabase module, equip the Habitat Builder and hold (Xbox One and PlayStation 4:) while facing the module. If enough inventory space is available, the module will be deconstructed and all materials used to create the module will be returned to the player's inventory, one item at a time. Note that everything inside the module and attached to the outside of the module must be deconstructed before the module itself can be deconstructed.
 * 1) Find a suitable piece of land.
 * 2) Equip the Habitat Builder and press  (Xbox One:, PlayStation 4:) to bring up a crafting menu.
 * 3) In the Habitat Compartments tab, select the desired module.
 * 4) Aim at the desired building place (the outline of the module will become green if the location is valid).
 * 5) Adjust the rotation with  and  or  and  (Xbox One and PlayStation 4:).
 * 6) Place the module with  (Xbox One:, PlayStation 4:).
 * 7) Once placed, hold  (Xbox One:, PlayStation 4:) to add the required materials to finish the building process.
 * 8) Go to Step 2 and repeat for each room you want to build.

Audio
The Seabase's AI plays various messages that correspond to different circumstances, some accompanied by sound queens:

Available Modules

 * Note that negative changes to hull integrity increase with depth. For more information see Hull Integrity.

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Морские базы Bases marines Unterwasserstützpunkte