
Make sure that the areas you’re diving in have an accessible way to the surface. You can carry a couple cooked fillets with you as you roam around, but don’t make more than you’ll need. Food will expire after making it, so it’s best to hold on to the fish you catch and turn it into food when you need it. Hold off on making too much food at once. Large items like parts of plants can be crafted into materials like rubber and fiber (as seen in the recipes of the above tips). Pay attention to item sizes in your inventory Image: Unknown Worlds Entertainment via Polygonĭifferent items take up different amounts of space, so make sure you’re using storage or crafting the resources down into smaller items to avoid running out of room. Titanium can be found from smashing interactable rocks scattered around the water. You’ll need to use your knife to cut down the glowing red Creepvines growing out of the ground. Fiber Mesh is made from two Creepvine Samples. You’ll need two Titanium and one Fiber Mesh to make it. Collect the resources and upgrade your oxygen tank as soon as you can. The more oxygen you have, the farther you can dive. Make an upgraded oxygen tank as soon as you can Though hard to see, you can pluck the seed clusters from the middle of the larger Creepvine plants. Silicon Rubber is made from Creepvine Seed Clusters. You can use the Fabricator in the pod to craft one using Silicon Rubber and Titanium. One of the first things you should make is a Survival Knife. You’ll upgrade your equipment later, allowing for easier movement and more oxygen, so hold off until then. While there are plants and fish that to supply you with oxygen as you dive down, if you start feeling nervous about how deep you’re going, consider that a sign. While it may be tempting to go into every chasm you find, your oxygen levels will be too low. You can do this by opening the menu, going to Options, and checking off the Highlight Interactable box under Accessibility.

The resources that you can actually harvest can be hard to see, but in the settings, you can add a colored outline on harvestable goods. Highlight your interactables for easy resource gathering

In Polygon’s Subnautica: Below Zero beginner’s guide, we show you some starting tips to help you survive when you dive. You have to watch your oxygen, food, and water levels to successfully explore the area. Subnautica : Below Zero puts you in an environment filled with alien penguins and other monsters of the deep, and the dangers of the water still remain.
