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Vehicles are machines for exploration and transportation available to the player after acquiring their respective fragments and blueprints.
Vehicles are crafted using the Mobile Vehicle Bay, with the exception of the Snowfox which has its own dedicated crafting station.
Vehicles in Subnautica[]
Vehicle | Description | Velocity (M/Sec) | Perks & Upgrades |
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Cyclops | Vast industrial-use submarine. |
Ahead Slow: 5.4 Ahead Standard: 8.2 Ahead Flank: 10.5 Reverse: 4.8 Vertical: 3.1 |
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Neptune Escape Rocket | Single-seat planetary escape vehicle with life support, adaptive power supply, orbital shield and onboard time capsule. Three-stage launch separation. | Phase Gate (speed unknown) |
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Prawn Suit | Epic mech suit designed for navigating challenging environments on foot. |
Forward: 6 Backward: 2.5 Lateral: 4 Vertical (standard, upgraded): 6; 12 |
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Seamoth | One-person sea-and-space vehicle. |
Forward: 12.7 Backward: 5 Lateral: 11.5 Vertical: 11 |
- * A save file in which the Seamoth, Cyclops, Prawn Suit and Neptune Escape Rocket have been acquired is displayed with the respective vehicles' icons.
Vehicles in Subnautica: Below Zero[]
Vehicle | Description | Velocity (m/sec) | Perks & Upgrades |
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Prawn Suit | Epic mech suit designed for navigating challenging environments on foot. |
Forward: 6 Backward: 2.5 Lateral: 4 Vertical (standard, upgraded): 6; 12 |
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Seatruck | Modular submarine |
Forward: 9.2 Backward: 9.2 Lateral: 9.2 Vertical: 9.2 |
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Snowfox | Fast land travel |
Forward: 10.5 Backward: 10.5 Lateral: 10.5 Vertical: N/A |
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Trivia[]
- The original vehicle plans for Subnautica saw the player have access to two small subs, two medium-sized subs, and one or two large subs. Concept art can be found for these other submarines. Ultimately, the Cyclops, prioritized for its "civilian" look, took up so much time that more subs that didn't truly add new gameplay were considered a bad investment of resources and were scrapped.[1]
- Although the Seamoth is unobtainable in Subnautica: Below Zero, it can still be spawned in with console commands (spawn seamoth). All of it's upgrade modules can also be spawned in with console commands as well. However it can't be docked in Moonpools and will appear as a very bright white with the name "Placeholder".
- During early development of Below Zero there were plans for a Hovercraft, which had concept art and even a working prototype, however it was scrapped long before Below Zero went into Early Access.