A bit of additional background I typically play on the TV in the living room, but my wife was watching a show, so I'm at my computer monitor with headphones on. I don't have much of anything yet no Seamoth, not even a Seaglide. So after I get the blueprint for the radiation suit, I figure I'm supposed to make my way to the Aurora.

You can just build Multipurpose rooms, Scanner rooms, etc without them. Completely not needed from what I can tell. Oh, and don't bother building foundations. Makes good resting points and waypoints to the different biomes, and you can search for materials.

The bio-reactor powers the scanner room, and I use the scanner room to search for wrecks/databoxes in several biomes. My plan of attack was to build a two building structure in nearly every biome - one with a bio-reactor, and the other a scanner room. Pro-tip: Don't go crazy making bases everywhere (unless that's something you want to do) if you're just trying to progress. I think its emphasis on exploration, mostly permanent placement for the world (and not being fully procedural), and my drive to always farm and craft new stuff just kept me focused. Normally, I steer clear of survival-esque games, but Subnautica is something special. I've got several little bases built, I've got the Seamoth, Prawn, and Cyclops (this one 5/6) fully upgraded, and I think I'm about roughly half way done the story portion (fully cleared Aurora, learned about why the place is quarantined, and I'm heading into a certain place in the inactive lava zone). Found a grand total of 5 so far, 2 have been used in the anti radiation suit, 2 for the first foundation, and I'm short 1 to build my second for what I would consider a very small base.Ĥ or 5 hours in, having moth, most fragments for cyclops, visited floating island, Alien island, most biomes above 200 feet, including shroom forests but also (some of) the shroom cave, and I don't even have the most basic of bases up yet.Īlso seems lead can only be found in sandstones now (used to be also a somewhat rare drop from limestone), and I haven't seen a large deposit of lead yet, though I read those may be out of the game? What a dumb change (I have a feeling I won't be a fan of silver needed for solar pannels either, as it now competes with wiring kits though I guess it makes other sources of energy more competitive in a way). Why on Earth did they have to mess with the recipe for base foundations? Requiring 2 lead per is downright assinine, and only aggravates me as I cannot seem to find much lead at all.

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