
The story starts with Robin crashing in a shuttle pod launched from a passing freighter during a meteor storm. After the intro cutscene, you gain control of Robin. You can use the W A S D keys to walk, Left Shift to sprint, and move your mouse to look around. The game instructs you to press Tab to open the PDA in order to check the entry, which is an essential tool in Subnautica: Below Zero. There are some supplies on the ground collect them. There should be 3 Filtered Water Bottles, 3 Nutrient Blocks, and 9 Flares. If you're having trouble finding everything, consider turning on the "Highlight interactable" setting in the options menu, under Accessibility. While exploring outside the water you should pay attention to your body heat. If hypothermia becomes imminent, you can warm yourself up with the help of Thermal Lilies or the burning wreckage of your shuttle. You can cross a path to an open water area from which you can swim to the Drop Pod. The path exits into the main area of gameplay, known as Sector Zero. The exact biome you are now in is the Shallow Twisty Bridges.Īt this point, your food bar should be at about half. To refill food and water, Robin must eat and drink.įood & Water are two core gameplay threats that need to be managed constantly. The Filtered Water and Nutrient Blocks collected at the crash site will not last forever, and you need to learn to live off the land. Cooked fish can be made using any caught fish at a Fabricator. You can also eat Cured Fish, which are fabricated from fish and Salt Deposits. You will drink Filtered Water, which can be crafted using Bladderfish. There are edible flora in the area such as the Bullseye Shroom which is very prevalent and easier to catch than fish, but require harvesting with a Survival Knife and provide less nutrition.Īlso present is the health bar, which monitors how much damage you can take before dying. Damage usually comes from predatory fauna or flora, though it can also be caused by fall damage and excessive temperatures. Healing requires the use of First Aid Kits, but health will also slowly regenerate if you've refilled your food and water meters enough.įinally, the last two indicators are Oxygen and Temperature. When underwater and in bases/vehicles without power, oxygen slowly runs out at a pace of 1 unit per second, and faster if your depth is below 100 meters and you don't have a Rebreather equipped. Temperature, on the other hand, decreases when outside of water and in cold environments. Note that the speed at which temperature decreases depends on the biome and the current weather. Shortly after exiting the path, Robin arrives at the Drop Pod, a safe location for Robin to store and craft items. Inside the Drop Pod is a 6×8 storage locker and a Fabricator, one of the most essential crafting machines in the game. The Fabricator has four tabs: Resources, for crafting items that are used to craft final products Sustenance, for crafting food and water Personal, for crafting Equipment and Tools and Deployables, useful items that are placed into the world and have a handy effect. Right now, there are three items of vital importance to craft: the Survival Knife, the Scanner, and the Standard O₂ Tank. The quickest tool to craft is the Scanner. Its recipe is one Battery and one Titanium. Titanium can be acquired by breaking open Limestone Outcrops, which litter the floor and walls of many Biomes, including the one you are currently in. The outcrops also drop Copper Ore, which is required to craft batteries. The other resources needed for batteries are two Ribbon Plants, which are small, narrow, yellow and green plants generally found in the caves of the Shallow Twisty Bridges.

Once you have all the items you need, return to the Drop Pod to craft the Scanner. The Scanner allows you to scan fauna, flora, rocks, and most importantly, Fragments.
