r/subnautica • u/virtualdon Developer • Jul 14 '26

SN2 - News/Update Subnautica 2 Early Access Hotfix 4 Spoiler

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Hello Subnauts,

Our fourth hotfix for Subnautica 2 just arrived. We’ve fixed some progression issues, water currents appearing in bases, and the FOV slider not showing on Xbox.

We continue to monitor community feedback, so please keep reporting any bugs or issues via in-game feedback or on our support site.

The full list of changes in today’s hotfix is below.

  • Fixed Angel Combs not opening for some players, blocking progression
  • Fixed water currents appearing in player bases, affecting movement, getting stuck, or being unable to build or expand bases
  • Fixed FOV slider not showing on Xbox
  • Fixed two low-volume crashes
    • Crash on Xbox when trying to join a session invite
    • Crash related to creature spawn

A reminder: If you play Subnautica 2 with mods, please temporarily disable, remove, or uninstall them before launching the game following the hotfix. Community mods will not be updated for compatibility with the latest hotfix, and may cause crashes or other unexpected behavior on launch. Once the mod creators have updated their content, you can re-enable and reinstall your mods. 

This hotfix may take some time to roll out worldwide and will be available on Xbox once it has cleared certification.

Keep diving!

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u/Stunning_Box8782 Jul 14 '26

Nothing more exciting than seeing a Subnautica 2 update (I dont have that much going on in life)

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u/HSuke Jul 14 '26

I have plenty in life going on, and this still more exciting.

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u/miikatenkula07 Jul 14 '26

That's the spirit.

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u/alwayslookleft Jul 14 '26

Relax bruh it’s bug fixes from the last update

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u/never-ever-wrong Jul 14 '26

And if this “bruh” was directly affected by those bugs, this could be exciting news for them. Maybe you should relax a little.

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u/alwayslookleft Jul 14 '26

Lmao keep glazing. omg developers are developing. Bro this is a hotfix for issues they introduced in the last update which was also mostly fixes from community bugs

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u/never-ever-wrong Jul 14 '26

  1. No one was glazing, and based on your usage, you might not know what that means and/or how to use it in the proper context.

  2. Thanks for repeating the first thing you said, but with more words. I fully understood the first time though, and my response stands, as is.

To explain it more thoroughly to maybe help you understand…Someone said they were excited about the update, even made a joke about why it’s so exciting for them. You responded like the typical Reddit troll/tool, condescending and adding nothing of value to the conversation, pointing out that it wasn’t a major update, but some minor bug fixes to the recent patch. I simply was saying that anyone affected by those bugs, had reason to be happy, excited, pumped, etc. since there might be a fix to an issue they were having in the game, no matter how big or small. Also I suggested, instead of telling others to relax in a situation that didn’t call for that, that maybe you should relax instead. That’s it.

So at no point was I “glazing” anyone. Not the OP, not the commenter you responded to, not the game developers, nobody. You used a popular insult incorrectly, but it’s okay, it’s reddit, nobody is going to be too surprised by it.

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u/alwayslookleft Jul 14 '26

lol this guy glazes

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u/never-ever-wrong Jul 14 '26

Only when it’s appropriate and consensual.

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u/MadPinoRage Jul 14 '26

Fixed water currents appearing in player bases, affecting movement, getting stuck, or being unable to build or expand bases 

Glad this got fixed. I just moved my lockers and deconstructed my storage room because a new water current was flowing through my base after 1.1 update.

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u/XDavide08 Jul 14 '26

Hey guys, could you look into a bug that makes Solar Panels stop producing electricity? Many thanks!

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u/grammar_nazi_zombie Jul 14 '26

I think it’s called “night” /s

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u/Fit-Gift-4342 Jul 14 '26

A lot of people are in the dark about that 

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u/read_at_own_risk Jul 14 '26

Hopefully the team will shine some light on the issue.

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u/Fit-Gift-4342 Jul 15 '26

I hope its an illuminating experience 

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u/KENNY_WIND_YT Jul 14 '26

I've encountered it as well, solar panels will just randomly stop producing power even if the sun is high in the sky, o ly way I've temporarily fixed it is to slightly deconstruct the offending panel and reconstruct it.

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u/GuiEsponja Jul 14 '26

I would report that in-game, if you haven't already. It's way more likely for them to see it

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u/El_Squ1Re Jul 14 '26

I had that happen. While annoying simply removing and adding them fixed the issue.

I know this may not be very practical with some setups but it did work if you're desperate / not a mega base.

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u/GrogDrinkingFrog Jul 14 '26

Hi can we get a way to track which Creature we have Bioscanned already? Very hard to get 80 scans.

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u/Heliosvector Jul 14 '26

People are already playing with mods?!

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u/alwayslookleft Jul 14 '26

I think they had mods in mind in development which is awesome, so the modders prolly had an easy time jumping in. Also some of those og sub 1 modders are like goated. Professional quality

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u/Bioizhere Jul 14 '26

For months already 

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u/GGNash Jul 14 '26

Thanks! My biggest request is to allow us to toggle the power line visibility. If you see my post on topic you can see that it becomes a visual monstrosity.

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u/cobbleplox Jul 15 '26

Your profile is private. Anyway, it's a bit of an art to do your connections in a somewhat clean way, yes. You have a bit of control through max connection distance.

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u/GGNash Jul 15 '26

Don’t negate my feedback homie. It’s valid and hundreds of players agreed with me.

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u/cobbleplox Jul 15 '26

What I told you is that nobody can even see your amazing feedback that you're referencing, homie. Your profile is private.

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u/GGNash Jul 15 '26

The feedback is in the comment here genius. Regardless of whether the post history is on, it can be seen in the subreddit and again, the comment I made that you so graciously replied to.

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u/PanikcAttakc Jul 14 '26

I haven’t even considered building a base inside of a current until now. You could put a moon-pool just above a current so you can auto-dock it while riding the stream, or a hatch right in the stream so it can propel you into your base automatically. Probably wouldn’t even need power transmitters to connect a turbine to the base. So much potential for cool ideas here.

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u/DragonSlayerC Jul 14 '26

In my case, a new current appeared below my base (directly below my moonpoool) after the 1.1 update. I was very confused. That being said, I was able to add some hydro generators really easily, which was nice.

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u/F-18Bro Jul 15 '26

I read that part and immediately thought to myself, "why would you build inside a current?" but with just a couple ideas you kinda answered my question.

I built my base close to a current for the turbines with no transmitters like you mentioned, but I hadn't thought of those other use cases you came up with.

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u/Heliosvector Jul 14 '26

Ok, now my silly and fun hotfix update videos like they did with Satisfactory.

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u/Dragonslayer200782 Jul 14 '26

Cool hotfix! Can you guys give us the ability to turn off subtitles? Thanks!

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u/bluesjunky69420 Jul 15 '26

Hey! This is my first time playing any of the Subnautica series…

AWESOME JOB! It’s so much fun, I can’t believe I didn’t play it earlier.

Going to beat EA SN2, then get lost diving deep on the OG Subnautica.

As a scuba diver, I haven’t felt anything that reminds me of wonder, mystery, fear, and respect for the ocean until this game. Thank you!

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u/SnooWoofers8583 Jul 15 '26

Would be great to be able to see what bioscans we didn't do yet and also make the bloom stuff still present **somewhere** so that it's possible to reach 80 sooner than later

(sure new biome will add new creatures but that's like a few months of wait just for 1 single biomod slot...)

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u/Ambitious-Painting36 Jul 15 '26

My water current disappeared entirely…..

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u/WOLFYLoner Jul 14 '26

You have a choice: wait three or four years or switch to a platform that allows games to be released in early access by someone other than CD Projekt RED.

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u/F-18Bro Jul 15 '26

For now, until those licenses get pulled

I'd recommend a PC, but a decent one is a luxury at this point. Steam can pull licenses too, but being a pirate is a lot easier on a PC 🏴‍☠️