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What is Biomes?
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Subnautica features a wide range of Biomes to explore and exploit. They all represent miniature ecosystems from the real world.
There is a huge variety of Biomes, from the vibrant Kelp Forest to the sizzling depths of the enigmatic Lava Lakes. Each Biome contains its own set of Flora and Fauna to discover and resources to harvest.
Biomes
Surface Biomes
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Gallery
Arctic biome's reference sheet, made by the developers
Early development biomes reference sheet
The Lost River's early map
(Outdated) Latest Subnautica map (17/12/2016)
(Outdated) Latest clean Subnautica map (17/12/2016)
(Outdated) Latest clean Subnautica map (25/02/2017)
(Outdated) Latest clean Subnautica Map (19/05/2017)
Latest clean Subnautica Map (28/10/2017)
(Outdated) Latest Subnautica map with ILZ - made by pie1055
Trivia
- Early development footages of biome generation can be seen on a playlist from Russel Maekim's YouTube channel.
- The game considers the inside of an Observatory, Lifepod, Scanner Room, Alien Containment, and inside the aquarium in the Primary Containment Facility to be completly separate biomes.
- Early surface biome concepts were divided into Kelp Forest, Dense Kelp Forest, Sunny Kelp Forest, Coral Reef, Danger Reef, Safe Shallows, Grand Reefs, and Floating Islands.
- Early lava zone biome concepts were divided into Lava Zone, Lava Bridges, Inactive Lava Zones and Thermal Vents.
- The Lava lakes and the Crater Edge are the only biomes that do not contain any Flora.
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Start a Discussion Discussions about Biomes
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Arctic biome and seasons.
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and will their be anymore fish or leviathans. becuase the PDA says that they're only microscopic life and leviathan life, what could be ...
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Maybe you'll find the gargantuan fossil still alive frozen in ice. I'm definitely not sleeping tonight.
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they need to make the artic biome a thing who agrees
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It's going to be an expansion pack.
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Of course, if you respond ''four months later'', the facts will have changed.
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