i made three, a small starter one near the shallows, one in a fissure near i think the reef, and one near the tree in the river the temporary nature really spoke to me, i actually went to all my bases and vehicles when it was time to leave and shut their power down and removed all their cores and stuff, leaving them dormant like the others who didnt survive, for maybe someone to find and wonder what happened in the future it was nice, completely pointless, but nice
I got a base in the 2nd to top left creep vine forest (relative to big blood kelp area and the safe shallows, safe shallows being the bottom) It has a moon pool, 2 large rooms (stacked) first one on the bottom has an alien containment in the middle and a bunch of storage. on the short sides there is observatories with chairs. second floor has a garden with 8 grow beds, half having lantern fruit, and the other half having bulbo trees. it also has windows. I have lights surrounding my base illuminating the surroundings. the moon pool is connected to the first floor sideways, with the connection between the 2 floors on the opposite side of the moon pool. the connection consists of 2 t pieces facing each other on the 2 middle connections, with 2 glass L pieces connecting them on the 2 loose ends as well, with a command chair in the center of the L's. same on the second floor. vertical connectors connect the 2 extensions with ladders too. and there are 2 hatches on the sides of the t's on the bottom floor. that's it, that is my base
Better spend your life alone on a beautiful planet, enjoying the environment, than be a slave of alterra, trying to pay your trillion credits debt until you die.
There is something special about coming back to the safety of your base after nearly being eaten by a leviathan, really strengthens ones bond with those titanium walls
"No 2 Subnautica bases are the same." Buddy, you should see the one I'm building now. 72 hours in this save and I'm maybe halfway done. It's really scratching my base building itch.
@@icarue993 Funny you should say, I started playing it a while back. I immediately noticed the tribute to Subnautica in the opening air drop. I did enjoy it, but I wanted to give the game more dev time before I burned through it.
I have spent more time in my prawn suit sling shoting myself around than in my base its more of a gas station than a home. A quick pop in refuel drop off some stuff than back into the deep blue
My bases in the Sparse Reef and Blood Trench were both intended strictly for refuelling. The former started as a bioreactor-based battery charger, and never got a moonpool. But the latter was quickly upgraded to nuclear.
I personally went for multiple outposts across the map, one each in most of the surface biomes. It gave me a strong sense that there was always somewhere safe nearby, somewhere I could use the area scanner to locate things I needed, and made it a lot harder for me to get lost with my absolute lack of internal compass
You don't have to leave. Just kick back and enjoy the fruits of your labors! I have a save game where I'm never planning to leave. (Did the same thing in Planet Crafter)
I always based out in the edges of the safe shallows. Sunlight, safe, comfortable. While pretty far from everything, sunlight was the biggest deciding factor for where i based. The second would be Geothermal energy. Im not one for base design really, going for compact. A moon-pool, the giant rectangle living space i forget the name of, observatory, and maybe a platform for growing aquatics outside. All and all, its not exactly flashy, but i noticed i really like windows, with the leafy walls. added much needed color and texture to the titanium white and Altera blue walls. It was spacious, and cozy at the same time. Sci-Fi Cabin vibes, if you will. Water, Crops, Bedding, and an aquarium for pets and company (also food). Edit: Im not proud to admit 2:07 startled me pretty badly
I love Subnautica for many reasons and the bases are one of them. And yes, you are meant to leave and that's most likely for the best. However, there's always a thought in the back of my head saying "Why leave? You have a base, so you have a home. Kharaa is on its way to being cured. Sure, you'll be disconnected from other people, but is that really worth going back and receiving millions (or whatever amount the pda tells you) in debt and, most likely, prison because of it?" (SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON) Plus, the unique situation with the Sea Emperor and its young is fascinating. Sure, all you do is create the agent to allow the eggs to hatch, but that's enough for me to almost form a small, almost fatherly, bond to them. And that is enough to make me hesitant to leave it behind.
I built my base in the entrance to the Lost River biom. Yup, the big hole. Was it scary ? occasionaly. Was it cool ? Pretty much. Was it convenient ? Sort of. Did it feel like home ? ABSOLUTELY.
Yo this is an AMAZING first video The video layout, topic, and presentation are really good It felt like a seasoned UA-camr (is this a 2nd channel or restarting a channel) either way amazing work and great vid
I always build my bases in the red grass plains between the first creepvine forest and the crashed seamoth bay. The gorgeous open area and not too deep dark waters and the soothing ambience of the reefbacks always make me feel so calm and at home. The only other structure I've ever build was a tiny refuelling station at the northern blood kelp entrance to the lost river as well turning my cyclops into a mini home for long scavenging trips
My base was my home... until I made the Cyclops. Then my bases became facilities. Two for manufacturing, refueling and resupply. The rest for resource scanning. The Cyclops is my home.
My base was close to the west of the safe shallows, on the border with the grassy plains and the kelp forest. Also with a geyser nearby for geothermal power. Just big enough for a moonpool, water filtration and lots of storage. Since I mostly played before BZ, there was no big rectangle room. I remember creating the Cyclops. It was amazing. Huge sub, lots of space for storage, food, anything you could want. That became my home, as energy draining as it was.
On my most recent playthrough, I treated the game as if Lifepod 5 ceases to exist when the Aurora explosion happens. It doesn't really vanish of course, it's out there floating around. But for gameplay purposes, I never once went back to it. So I built my first base a moderate distance from the Aurora, at 96 meters down in the Kelp Forest. This was also deliberate, because I wanted to treat the gameplay as though the Warpers might be trying to FIND me. So each base and mini-base I built, I tucked away in a place they don't visit (Jellyshroom cave), or in nooks where there would be excellent local camoflage. Eventually you stop being scared of the Warpers, like after you kill your first Ghost Leviathan Juvenile, and then I started to build bases more openly as I took the paths into the Lost River. But it made it a very memorable game (also, with permadeath on).
Automatic like for using the "Express Yourself" song. I bring that song up all the time around my friends and no one ever knows what I'm talking about. ...Oh yeah, good video too
I’ve built many amazing bases through my numerous playthroughs of Subnautica. I remember all of them fondly and before leaving the planet I always take screenshots. My favorite one is my surface base from my hardcore playthrough after they added the large rooms, I had an alien containment in the middle with lab counters and scientific equipment scavenged from the Aurora and Degasi lab. In a way they both lived on through my base. Break areas with tables, coffee and and vending machines. I grew potted plants from the islands and used them decoratively all of the walls and floors. Many many rooms, even a guest room, though no one ever stayed in it.
I was late at the game, having only recently finished it for the first time. I had two main bases (the first one abandonned after I builded the second, closer to the Island and the dept leading to the Lost River), but also an array of small outposts, really minimalistic, put in strategic spots like near the access to the jellyshroom caves or the alien giant gun. Finally, in the late game, I've built a medium size base in the Lost River, just out of reach of the local Ghost Leviathan but near the lava region, and especially, all the resources. My urge to built giants cities was needed to be kept in check XD
Mine base of operation was a water treatment facility what's provided me with necessary amounts for long range reconnaissance operation in actual base of operation located inside cyclop what was fitted with all the necessary supplies to last as long as possible without visiting that facility for refill. The freedom that offered was invaluable and offered for most intimate connection to all places on the 4546B and with it's local fauna, making me feel most comfortable even while sleeping in Dunes for weeks with roaring reapers swimming above my head as i watched them in fascination while having a breakfast in a cockpit before going out and swimming with them in the dim sunlight that shine through sea of sand particles.
I make one big base on a spot close to where you did yours, then 2 mid sized bases on the entrances of the River and then smaller ones in order to fully cover the entire crater with the scanning rooms
I knew Subnautica for a long time, I watched my sister play it, I remember how scary it was for both of us. Finally I had a need to play it. My base is in the mushroom forest, in the large ravine in which the alien portal is located in, its Perfect! It feels unique its mine and only for me. I crafted the cyclops and the PRAWN suit I know the lore and the story of the game but I dont want it to end... But i need to do it for the trophy. PS. My username is from Subnautica, I use it on my Ps,PC, and everyother game I play, my sister's PS account is trivalve 😉
If I have everything I need to be happy and comfortable, I won't leave. In my eyes, there's little reason to leave 4546B. I don't need friends and self-sufficiency has always been my greatest dream. I'd leave the enforcement platform activated as a bonus to my life. Nobody is coming to save me and I'd keep it that way.
I'm in the camp of "bases in an exploration game are worthless". I had two bases, but I only used them for food, batteries and when I got tired of hunting for rocks - radar. I don't consider either base a home. Safe Shallows felt like home. Cyclops felt like home. The bases were waystations at best. Even in this video, the basic premise is that "bases are good, because you don't have to suffer them for long".
The only thing I don't fully like about the base building is that sometimes it's buggy but I prefer subnatica base building over Minecraft or raft or more than every other game like rust or ark
0:05 can time capsules repeat? I swear I came across a time capsule with an image of this exact base explaining something about how you can thrive in subnautica?
Automatic water filtration... That would've been nice in Subnautica: Below Zero. Closest we get is a suit that cleans up your piss (very crudely summarized from how it's explained in-game) and makes it drinkable. You're better off nabbing a butt-ton of Bladderfish for that purpose.
I'd say Below Zero has better bases. As a diver the shower is a big component for me, OG Subnautica PC would be 95% mite and 5% ear infection by the end of the game. I also think the Cybertruck dock is the best component in a base builder and the OG game badly misses some sort of Cyclops dock.
The base building made me genuinely wonder why our protagonist wanted to leave the planet. Lonely I guess. But they fucking live in a corporate contract hellscape. Would much rather keep kicking it under the sea than deal with that crap
Well, that was a good video. But i do think subnautica building isnt the best one. You see, theres this game called Ark survival ascended, which meets practically all lf the points made in the video. And on top of that the game makes you want to protect your base, there are many reasons why. Like wanting to protect your dinos, resources or just because you spent much time on building it and were proud of it. That helps your base feel much more like your home. Your base is progressing with you, kind of like in subnautica, you go from stone to metal tools, and your base, if you wish, can too! You tame a metal harvesting dino, build an industrial forge inside your base to smelt all of the metal faster. Also theres like a lot of material tupes for buildings which can lead to some very nice looking buildings.
tell me about your base :)
It's in the crack field
With bonesharks
i made three, a small starter one near the shallows, one in a fissure near i think the reef, and one near the tree in the river
the temporary nature really spoke to me, i actually went to all my bases and vehicles when it was time to leave and shut their power down and removed all their cores and stuff, leaving them dormant like the others who didnt survive, for maybe someone to find and wonder what happened in the future
it was nice, completely pointless, but nice
I got a base in the 2nd to top left creep vine forest (relative to big blood kelp area and the safe shallows, safe shallows being the bottom)
It has a moon pool, 2 large rooms (stacked) first one on the bottom has an alien containment in the middle and a bunch of storage. on the short sides there is observatories with chairs.
second floor has a garden with 8 grow beds, half having lantern fruit, and the other half having bulbo trees. it also has windows. I have lights surrounding my base illuminating the surroundings. the moon pool is connected to the first floor sideways, with the connection between the 2 floors on the opposite side of the moon pool. the connection consists of 2 t pieces facing each other on the 2 middle connections, with 2 glass L pieces connecting them on the 2 loose ends as well, with a command chair in the center of the L's. same on the second floor. vertical connectors connect the 2 extensions with ladders too. and there are 2 hatches on the sides of the t's on the bottom floor. that's it, that is my base
@@underdarkness7692 would be interesting if you could leave a base behind for someone else to find, similar to the time capsules
@@WarioMan_Studios i dig the setup, sounds like a chill spot!
What do you mean? I'm not getting back home. Alterra will NOT see any penny from me. Nuh-uh. No, thanks. This is my new home.
Better spend your life alone on a beautiful planet, enjoying the environment, than be a slave of alterra, trying to pay your trillion credits debt until you die.
There is something special about coming back to the safety of your base after nearly being eaten by a leviathan, really strengthens ones bond with those titanium walls
"No 2 Subnautica bases are the same." Buddy, you should see the one I'm building now. 72 hours in this save and I'm maybe halfway done. It's really scratching my base building itch.
very nice, i haven't found another game that hits the spot quite like it!
[It's 2 L compartments, a hatch and a window]
@@scenechasing Planet Crafter is close. Not as good as Subnautica, but could scratch the itch
@@icarue993 Funny you should say, I started playing it a while back. I immediately noticed the tribute to Subnautica in the opening air drop. I did enjoy it, but I wanted to give the game more dev time before I burned through it.
@@ImNeurons The 1.0 released recently
I have spent more time in my prawn suit sling shoting myself around than in my base its more of a gas station than a home. A quick pop in refuel drop off some stuff than back into the deep blue
My bases in the Sparse Reef and Blood Trench were both intended strictly for refuelling. The former started as a bioreactor-based battery charger, and never got a moonpool. But the latter was quickly upgraded to nuclear.
The lost river connects to almost all of the biomes in the game Also, the fastest mode of transportation fast covers 500-700 meters at most.
Two grapple arm mods = frickin' Spiderman!
I personally went for multiple outposts across the map, one each in most of the surface biomes. It gave me a strong sense that there was always somewhere safe nearby, somewhere I could use the area scanner to locate things I needed, and made it a lot harder for me to get lost with my absolute lack of internal compass
Same here, it was the only way I could muster the courage to keep going in some of the scarier zones.
You don't have to leave.
Just kick back and enjoy the fruits of your labors!
I have a save game where I'm never planning to leave.
(Did the same thing in Planet Crafter)
tbf, the best ending for PC
I always based out in the edges of the safe shallows. Sunlight, safe, comfortable. While pretty far from everything, sunlight was the biggest deciding factor for where i based. The second would be Geothermal energy. Im not one for base design really, going for compact. A moon-pool, the giant rectangle living space i forget the name of, observatory, and maybe a platform for growing aquatics outside. All and all, its not exactly flashy, but i noticed i really like windows, with the leafy walls. added much needed color and texture to the titanium white and Altera blue walls.
It was spacious, and cozy at the same time. Sci-Fi Cabin vibes, if you will. Water, Crops, Bedding, and an aquarium for pets and company (also food).
Edit: Im not proud to admit 2:07 startled me pretty badly
Just the 'ocean, scary, aliens, scary, fish... scaly ;)' was enough for me to subscribe, that was hilarious :D
I love Subnautica for many reasons and the bases are one of them.
And yes, you are meant to leave and that's most likely for the best. However, there's always a thought in the back of my head saying "Why leave? You have a base, so you have a home. Kharaa is on its way to being cured. Sure, you'll be disconnected from other people, but is that really worth going back and receiving millions (or whatever amount the pda tells you) in debt and, most likely, prison because of it?"
(SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON)
Plus, the unique situation with the Sea Emperor and its young is fascinating. Sure, all you do is create the agent to allow the eggs to hatch, but that's enough for me to almost form a small, almost fatherly, bond to them. And that is enough to make me hesitant to leave it behind.
The correct option is to cure the kharaa and never turn off the death laser.
I built my base in the entrance to the Lost River biom. Yup, the big hole. Was it scary ? occasionaly. Was it cool ? Pretty much. Was it convenient ? Sort of. Did it feel like home ? ABSOLUTELY.
Yo this is an AMAZING first video
The video layout, topic, and presentation are really good
It felt like a seasoned UA-camr (is this a 2nd channel or restarting a channel) either way amazing work and great vid
I always build my bases in the red grass plains between the first creepvine forest and the crashed seamoth bay. The gorgeous open area and not too deep dark waters and the soothing ambience of the reefbacks always make me feel so calm and at home. The only other structure I've ever build was a tiny refuelling station at the northern blood kelp entrance to the lost river as well turning my cyclops into a mini home for long scavenging trips
for a first video, this is very well edited
Agreed. Well edited, well paced, short yet said what needed to be said.
My base was my home... until I made the Cyclops. Then my bases became facilities. Two for manufacturing, refueling and resupply. The rest for resource scanning. The Cyclops is my home.
What a simple and effective explanation! Bravo!
My base was close to the west of the safe shallows, on the border with the grassy plains and the kelp forest. Also with a geyser nearby for geothermal power. Just big enough for a moonpool, water filtration and lots of storage.
Since I mostly played before BZ, there was no big rectangle room.
I remember creating the Cyclops. It was amazing. Huge sub, lots of space for storage, food, anything you could want. That became my home, as energy draining as it was.
On my most recent playthrough, I treated the game as if Lifepod 5 ceases to exist when the Aurora explosion happens. It doesn't really vanish of course, it's out there floating around. But for gameplay purposes, I never once went back to it. So I built my first base a moderate distance from the Aurora, at 96 meters down in the Kelp Forest. This was also deliberate, because I wanted to treat the gameplay as though the Warpers might be trying to FIND me. So each base and mini-base I built, I tucked away in a place they don't visit (Jellyshroom cave), or in nooks where there would be excellent local camoflage. Eventually you stop being scared of the Warpers, like after you kill your first Ghost Leviathan Juvenile, and then I started to build bases more openly as I took the paths into the Lost River. But it made it a very memorable game (also, with permadeath on).
Automatic like for using the "Express Yourself" song. I bring that song up all the time around my friends and no one ever knows what I'm talking about.
...Oh yeah, good video too
I thought u had 100,000 subs. You are underrated as hell u earned a sub
I’ve built many amazing bases through my numerous playthroughs of Subnautica. I remember all of them fondly and before leaving the planet I always take screenshots. My favorite one is my surface base from my hardcore playthrough after they added the large rooms, I had an alien containment in the middle with lab counters and scientific equipment scavenged from the Aurora and Degasi lab. In a way they both lived on through my base. Break areas with tables, coffee and and vending machines. I grew potted plants from the islands and used them decoratively all of the walls and floors. Many many rooms, even a guest room, though no one ever stayed in it.
Wait you have to leave? I never did. I have so many rockets built at my base it makes SpaceX Rocket Farm look like a deserted parking lot.
Love this type of video, cool and short and to the point
Well done
Now i feel bad because I only made 2 bases and each of them were literally just a moonpool and a scanner room
i mostly lived out of my cyclops
I like this video!
I do hope you'll make more ^^
I was late at the game, having only recently finished it for the first time. I had two main bases (the first one abandonned after I builded the second, closer to the Island and the dept leading to the Lost River), but also an array of small outposts, really minimalistic, put in strategic spots like near the access to the jellyshroom caves or the alien giant gun. Finally, in the late game, I've built a medium size base in the Lost River, just out of reach of the local Ghost Leviathan but near the lava region, and especially, all the resources.
My urge to built giants cities was needed to be kept in check XD
I use to build in the shallows, but the need to park the cyclops somewhere made me move to the grassy plains, lately i like the mushroom forest
Mine base of operation was a water treatment facility what's provided me with necessary amounts for long range reconnaissance operation in actual base of operation located inside cyclop what was fitted with all the necessary supplies to last as long as possible without visiting that facility for refill. The freedom that offered was invaluable and offered for most intimate connection to all places on the 4546B and with it's local fauna, making me feel most comfortable even while sleeping in Dunes for weeks with roaring reapers swimming above my head as i watched them in fascination while having a breakfast in a cockpit before going out and swimming with them in the dim sunlight that shine through sea of sand particles.
Excited to see more from this channel!
Subnautica is my JAM!
GOATed game
@scenechasing Subnautica 2 is out in 2025!
great video! well structured and concise, eager to see where you go from here
I make one big base on a spot close to where you did yours, then 2 mid sized bases on the entrances of the River and then smaller ones in order to fully cover the entire crater with the scanning rooms
The type of channel that you first like and sub then see the video
I'm actually a big fan of video essays that are just 4 minutes
I knew Subnautica for a long time, I watched my sister play it, I remember how scary it was for both of us. Finally I had a need to play it. My base is in the mushroom forest, in the large ravine in which the alien portal is located in, its Perfect! It feels unique its mine and only for me. I crafted the cyclops and the PRAWN suit I know the lore and the story of the game but I dont want it to end... But i need to do it for the trophy.
PS. My username is from Subnautica, I use it on my Ps,PC, and everyother game I play, my sister's PS account is trivalve 😉
After completing the game you can continue playing from your most recent save
It's a shame there isn't more interior customization like Below Zero, I wish they would add the things BZ had
If I have everything I need to be happy and comfortable, I won't leave. In my eyes, there's little reason to leave 4546B. I don't need friends and self-sufficiency has always been my greatest dream. I'd leave the enforcement platform activated as a bonus to my life. Nobody is coming to save me and I'd keep it that way.
I'm in the camp of "bases in an exploration game are worthless". I had two bases, but I only used them for food, batteries and when I got tired of hunting for rocks - radar. I don't consider either base a home. Safe Shallows felt like home. Cyclops felt like home. The bases were waystations at best. Even in this video, the basic premise is that "bases are good, because you don't have to suffer them for long".
I gotta say, I really enjoyed this video, and I agree with . . . literally every point you brought up lol. Sub well earned I guess xD
amazing video, remember me when youre famous bro
As somebody whos playing The Forest rn, i cannot agree more with this video (fuck cranes in particular)
I saw that cheeky little Subnautica BZ clip at 2:37
thats... not bz...
you can tell by the color of kelp seeds being yellow, which in bz they were red
@@Mast3rKK wrong timestamp, I meant 2:47
I’m glad I see videos like this a lot 😃
thank you brooo God bless you!
All those bases you showed look so much better than mine^^
this was great!
The only thing I don't fully like about the base building is that sometimes it's buggy but I prefer subnatica base building over Minecraft or raft or more than every other game like rust or ark
poetry man
i was 100 subscriber
this man does not have NEARLY enough subscribers.
no wonder shelter is so important for humans to survive and thrive.... Should be a human right honestly
81 subs, underated
you need more subs
it looks nice, but building is not friendly to OCD. i waste too much time trying to align and create symmetry.
I have my first base in the same exact spot😁
0:05 can time capsules repeat? I swear I came across a time capsule with an image of this exact base explaining something about how you can thrive in subnautica?
Here before you become famous
I never really build much of a base I just speed run the cyclops and live out of that (I will still have a small base to recharge my batteries.
Automatic water filtration... That would've been nice in Subnautica: Below Zero. Closest we get is a suit that cleans up your piss (very crudely summarized from how it's explained in-game) and makes it drinkable.
You're better off nabbing a butt-ton of Bladderfish for that purpose.
Actually, it gets more from your sweat rather than urine. And, you still have those in BZ, it's in Mercury 2 bow section.
@blowedup3207 Huh. Never found the auto-filter when I was playing; I must not have looked hard enough.
you spat only facts
I'd say Below Zero has better bases. As a diver the shower is a big component for me, OG Subnautica PC would be 95% mite and 5% ear infection by the end of the game. I also think the Cybertruck dock is the best component in a base builder and the OG game badly misses some sort of Cyclops dock.
😱
The base building made me genuinely wonder why our protagonist wanted to leave the planet. Lonely I guess. But they fucking live in a corporate contract hellscape. Would much rather keep kicking it under the sea than deal with that crap
Imagine if this game had faction raids like Grounded
Well, that was a good video. But i do think subnautica building isnt the best one. You see, theres this game called Ark survival ascended, which meets practically all lf the points made in the video. And on top of that the game makes you want to protect your base, there are many reasons why. Like wanting to protect your dinos, resources or just because you spent much time on building it and were proud of it. That helps your base feel much more like your home. Your base is progressing with you, kind of like in subnautica, you go from stone to metal tools, and your base, if you wish, can too! You tame a metal harvesting dino, build an industrial forge inside your base to smelt all of the metal faster. Also theres like a lot of material tupes for buildings which can lead to some very nice looking buildings.
short form video slop? i guess thats better than 1 hour slop essay. 0:44 yeah i wounder what the tiltle says
Subnautica has the best base building, sons of the forest 2 let me introduce my self.
No it does not! Not at all! Its quite bad, even ark is better