Inside the lifepod, there is a storage chest with a red top, inside the chest, you will find two Nutrient Blocks and 2 Filtered Waters. After the fire has been put out you will boot up your PDA, a tablet that will act as a databank, inventory, beacon and screenshot manager, as well as act as your virtual assistant for the duration of the playthrough, giving game hints and anecdotes. Aim the fire extinguisher at the base of the fires and use it to put the fires out until you can no longer see their bright red and orange glow. A fire has started in the lifepod, move towards the Fire Extinguisher on the ground, (see Key Bindings for game controls), and pick it up. This is when the player will gain control of Ryley.
Following the cinematic sequence, the player will wake up, and after a short struggle to get out of the chair, will stand up. It lands in the Safe Shallows, the first biome the player will enter. Following the ship's catastrophic hull failure and subsequent crash landing, he must find a way to escape from the water planet known as Planet 4546B, and discover the cause for the Aurora's crash.Īfter the Aurora's hull failure, Ryley enters Lifepod 5 and ejects the lifepod. You play as Ryley Robinson, the Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief aboard the Aurora, a spacecraft sent to the Ariadne Arm by the Alterra Corporation to build a phasegate. 16.2 Deactivating the Quarantine Enforcment Platform.That's no worry in Creative mode though, as the default inventory and PDA already has everything it needs to build the vehicles and all the upgrades! So make sure to check out everything available, from Gas Torpedoes to Fire Extinguishers, Drill Arms to Sonar Systems. Many players may never even get to a majority of the upgrades, such as the Seamoth Defensive System or the Prawn Suit Grapple Arm, as each requires a lot of resources and exploration to find the blueprints. Finally, the Cyclops is a huge submarine that doubles as a floating base.Įach of the vehicles has several different upgrades, but only a few of them are required for the game to progress, namely the depth modules that let players explore and progress the story. The Prawn Suit will likely come next, essentially a drilling and mining suit that stands up well to the depths and beasts you will encounter there. The Seamoth is a one-person submersible that will be your earliest best friend, offering a degree of safety and mobility that can't be matched. Subnautica players have three different vehicles at their disposal throughout the game. Promotional/Official Art of the Cyclops Submarine The oxygen, hunger, and thirst indicators will all disappear to indicate that it was done correctly. Type "Creative" and press Enter one last time to finally enter Creative mode.
Pressing F3 again will clear away the settings menu, and pressing Enter will pop up a small text box in the bottom left corner of the screen. Clicking the box clears the checkmark, thus enabling the console. While in the game (not at the loading screen), players should press F3 to bring up the developer settings menu in the top left of the screen, then press F8 to bring up a mouse cursor.Īt the top left of the screen is a checkbox with the description "Disable Console" next to it. From the game's main screen, click 'New Game' and a menu will be presented with the four choices for playing: Survival, Freedom, Hardcore, and Creative.įor those who are already well into a playthrough but want to avail themselves of the joys of Creative mode, fear not, there is a way. The easiest is to start a new game in Creative Mode.
There are two ways to gain access to Subnautica's Creative mode.