Video walkthrough
Watch the route, then match the frames
Video chapters
5 stepsVideo references
Watch or inspect the route before you dive
Click YouTube cards to load the player. Open frame cards to compare local screenshot notes. Use the evidence to confirm landmarks, movement, and encounter pacing, then follow the written checklist below.
All creature visual database
Watch for: Creature silhouettes, scan targets, danger reads, and quick recognition cues.
Threat read frame review
Watch for: Start with All 46 creatures guide at 17:43. Compare the screenshot cue, route note, and player action before following the guide in-game.
Scan subject frame review
Watch for: Start with All 46 creatures guide at 31:01. Compare the screenshot cue, route note, and player action before following the guide in-game.
Video watch notes
What to pause, compare, and write down
Do not watch the video like entertainment only. Use these notes as a second-screen checklist: pause on landmarks, confirm the player action, then return to the written route.
Watchlist
Pause on Threat read and identify the landmark, depth band, or objective state before following the next step.
Use Scan subject to confirm what changed; if the video only shows a close-up, rebuild the route from the previous landmark.
Treat Large creature as the exit rule: finish the objective, return, and update storage or crafting before adding side goals.
Threat read
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Action: Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.
Scan subject
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Action: Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile.
Large creature
Large wildlife needs a separate safety note from ordinary fauna entries.
Action: Scan only when the return path remains open.
Video route timeline
Turn the video into playable checkpoints
Use this section like a second-screen route sheet. Open each checkpoint, compare the frame, do the action, then stop if your route no longer matches the video evidence. It keeps the guide useful even when Early Access shifts small placements or creature behavior.
17:43Checkpoint 1: Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.Expand
Threat read
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Player action
Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.
Proof before moving on
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Watch this timestampIf this fails
Reset to the last confirmed landmark or objective state, then repeat only the route-critical step.
31:01Checkpoint 2: Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile.A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.Expand
Scan subject
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Player action
Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile.
Proof before moving on
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Watch this timestampIf this fails
Use the video frame as evidence, but record entry, proof, and exit as separate notes.
35:27Checkpoint 3: Scan only when the return path remains open.Large wildlife needs a separate safety note from ordinary fauna entries.Expand
Large creature
Large wildlife needs a separate safety note from ordinary fauna entries.
Player action
Scan only when the return path remains open.
Proof before moving on
Large wildlife needs a separate safety note from ordinary fauna entries.
Watch this timestampIf this fails
Return, craft, sort storage, or retest the route before turning this page into a longer objective chain.
17:43Checkpoint 4: Record biome, depth feel, behavior, and route impact.Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.Expand
Threat read
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Player action
Record biome, depth feel, behavior, and route impact.
Proof before moving on
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Watch this timestampIf this fails
Reset to the last confirmed landmark or objective state, then repeat only the route-critical step.
31:01Checkpoint 5: Update entries after patches change damage, aggression, or spawn range.A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.Expand
Scan subject
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Player action
Update entries after patches change damage, aggression, or spawn range.
Proof before moving on
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Watch this timestampIf this fails
Use the video frame as evidence, but record entry, proof, and exit as separate notes.
Gameplay evidence
Screenshots to match before you keep swimming
Use these frames as visual checkpoints. If the terrain, lighting, or landmark does not match, slow down and re-check the route instead of forcing the next step.
Threat read
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Scan subject
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Large creature
Large wildlife needs a separate safety note from ordinary fauna entries.
Route decision lab
Decide if this route is worth running now
This section turns the video into a practical in-game decision. Use it before leaving base, after the first landmark, and again before entering a deeper or darker area.
Route purpose
Build creature notes around behavior, biome, scan safety, and route impact. A good entry tells players whether to observe, avoid, scan from cover, or leave the area.
Visual checkpoint
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Map anchor
Creatures Database Observation Line in Creature observation corridor. Use it for use this when you need to understand what a creature does, not just what it is called.
Abort rule
Treating every creature as a scan target on first sighting.
Field manual translation
Build creature notes around behavior, biome, scan safety, and route impact. A good entry tells players whether to observe, avoid, scan from cover, or leave the area. Use this threat route manual as a second-screen checklist: identify the entry condition, confirm the objective with a visual proof point, then stop when the return rule is met. This keeps the article practical for Early Access patches without pretending every coordinate or state is final.
Primary job
Wildlife - Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.
Best entry habit
Scanner - Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile.
Stop condition
Treating every creature as a scan target on first sighting. - Scan only when the return path remains open.
Patch-safe reading
Exact item positions can shift during Early Access. The useful part of this page is the route logic: what to prepare, what visual cue to confirm, what objective to finish, and when to turn back.
Updated
2026-06-12 / tracking / Early Access
What this guide covers
Requirements
- Scanner
- Safe observation habit
- Patch notes
Use this if
You want a route you can follow from video evidence without needing exact official coordinates. The screenshots and steps are written to help you recognize areas, landmarks, and decisions while playing.
Early Access can move details. Treat this as a video-based walkthrough and verify landmarks in your own build.
Step-by-step walkthrough
Follow the video route without guessing
Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.
Use this step as a route checkpoint, not as a promise that every object spawns in one exact coordinate. Match the landmark, compare the screenshot, then continue only if the return path is still clear.
If your game build looks different, stay with the same decision: keep oxygen safe, scan or collect the current blocker, and return before pushing into the next unknown area.
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile.
Use this step as a route checkpoint, not as a promise that every object spawns in one exact coordinate. Match the landmark, compare the screenshot, then continue only if the return path is still clear.
If your game build looks different, stay with the same decision: keep oxygen safe, scan or collect the current blocker, and return before pushing into the next unknown area.
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
Scan only when the return path remains open.
Use this step as a route checkpoint, not as a promise that every object spawns in one exact coordinate. Match the landmark, compare the screenshot, then continue only if the return path is still clear.
If your game build looks different, stay with the same decision: keep oxygen safe, scan or collect the current blocker, and return before pushing into the next unknown area.
Large wildlife needs a separate safety note from ordinary fauna entries.
Record biome, depth feel, behavior, and route impact.
Use this step as a route checkpoint, not as a promise that every object spawns in one exact coordinate. Match the landmark, compare the screenshot, then continue only if the return path is still clear.
If your game build looks different, stay with the same decision: keep oxygen safe, scan or collect the current blocker, and return before pushing into the next unknown area.
Creature pages should tell players what posture means danger and what posture means observe.
Update entries after patches change damage, aggression, or spawn range.
Use this step as a route checkpoint, not as a promise that every object spawns in one exact coordinate. Match the landmark, compare the screenshot, then continue only if the return path is still clear.
If your game build looks different, stay with the same decision: keep oxygen safe, scan or collect the current blocker, and return before pushing into the next unknown area.
A useful creature entry connects the scan target to behavior, biome, and route risk.
After-action plan
What to do after the guide works
Bank the result
Update entries after patches change damage, aggression, or spawn range.
Clean the inventory
Move route-critical materials into labeled storage so the next dive starts with empty space and a clear job.
Pick the next guide
A versioned Leviathan index for Collector, Shiver, Great Jaw, and Deepwing Brooder routes, with safer scouting habits for Early Access.
Next route queue
Use these as the next blockers to solve after this route. Each queue card keeps the same evidence style: source video, gameplay frames, and a written checklist.
Best immediate follow-upAll Leviathans and Where to Find Them
A versioned Leviathan index for Collector, Shiver, Great Jaw, and Deepwing Brooder routes, with safer scouting habits for Early Access.
Use if the route branchesHammerhead Threat Guide
A patch-tracking guide for Hammerhead behavior, Tadpole interactions, flare response, and safe escape routes.
Save for the next diveCreature Safety Index
A compact creature safety database for deciding whether to observe, avoid, scan from cover, or abort a route.
Detailed notes
Creature entries need verbs
A useful database does not only name a creature. It tells the player what to do: observe, scan, dodge, avoid, bait away, or leave.
Observe
Scan
Avoid
Leave
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
Threat notes versus wildlife notes
Small fauna can use short entries. Large or hostile creatures need route impact, safe angle, retreat advice, and patch tracking. Mixing those formats makes the database harder to trust.
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
How the images should be used
The frame gallery demonstrates the visual job of a creature page: identify posture, confirm the scan subject, and separate large-creature risk from ordinary wildlife.
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
Practical field read
Creatures Database Guide works best when you treat it as a threat read with a narrow job. Start with the loadout check: Scanner. Then follow the first action without adding side goals: Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.. The page should help you recognize the behavior cue that tells you to approach, wait, or leave before you risk a longer dive. If the route starts producing unrelated discoveries, bank the note and return to the original objective instead of turning one guide into a full map sweep.
Loadout check: Scanner
Route check: Safe observation habit
First action: Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.
Proof point: Wildlife
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
How to turn this into the next dive
After the first proof point, decide whether the route is solved, blocked, or worth repeating. Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile.. If it is solved, return and convert the result into crafting, storage, a map note, or the next related guide. If it is blocked, change only one variable: bring the missing tool, clear inventory, enter from a cleaner landmark, or wait for better oxygen and vehicle support. Scan only when the return path remains open.. Avoid the two habits that make this route feel unreliable: Treating every creature as a scan target on first sighting.; Writing a creature note without behavior context..
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
Video route notes
Creatures Database Guide should be followed as a threat route, not as a memory test. Start by watching the first route movement and naming the entry condition before copying the path in-game. Observe posture and movement before swimming closer. Then pause again when the video reaches the first visible proof point, because that is where the guide changes from general advice into an action you can repeat. Classify the creature as harmless, curious, territorial, or hostile. If the route starts to feel different in your build, keep the same player goal: recognize the danger window before committing to the approach.
Entry check: Scanner
Route action: Observe posture and movement before swimming closer.
Proof to look for: creature behavior proof
Version note: Early Access / tracking
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
Screenshot checkpoints
Use screenshots as checkpoints instead of decoration. The first image should answer where the route begins, the second should show what confirms progress, and the third should explain what to do after the scan, pickup, puzzle state, or threat read is visible. Scan only when the return path remains open. This is especially important in Early Access because exact positions can drift while landmarks, depth bands, room states, and player decisions stay useful. A good screenshot lets you say, "I am at the right kind of place," before you risk oxygen, storage space, or vehicle safety.
Entry frame: match the landmark before moving deeper
Proof frame: confirm creature behavior proof
Exit frame: know the return direction before adding side goals
Loadout frame: check Safe observation habit
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
Stop rule and next dive
The most useful part of this page is the stop rule. Treating every creature as a scan target on first sighting. Writing a creature note without behavior context. When the objective is confirmed, return and convert it into progress: craft the upgrade, sort the material, save the route note, or mark the blocker as solved. If the route fails, do not repeat the same swim blindly. Change one variable at a time: enter from a clearer landmark, reduce inventory clutter, bring the missing tool, or wait until oxygen and vehicle support match the route. That turns a failed threat route into better field knowledge instead of another late retreat.
How to use this in-game
Turn this note into one action before leaving base: decide the objective, keep only the materials or tools that support it, then stop the route once the scan, pickup, or landmark is confirmed. This keeps the guide useful even when Early Access patches move small details.
Common mistakes
Treating every creature as a scan target on first sighting.
Writing a creature note without behavior context.
Ignoring patch changes that alter aggression or damage.
FAQ
Is this guide for the current Subnautica 2 build?
This page is written for Early Access and includes a visible update date. Treat exact values as tracking notes until the current build is field-tested.
Does this page use official screenshots?
Pages combine attributed official Steam / Unknown Worlds media, local gameplay frame captures, and source-video evidence cards. New player-submitted captures should keep the route, timestamp, and build context attached.
Community notes
Add a field report
Player reports enter a moderation queue. Approved notes can load from Supabase; pending drafts stay visible in this browser for follow-up.
Near starter shallows
Approx. 70-120m from pod
Confirm oxygen before leaving the first landmark. The route is much safer when you mark the return path before collecting side materials.
Guide-wide
N/A
Creature patrol ranges and fragment placement can shift between builds, so treat exact distances as field estimates until multiple players confirm them.