The Biology of Subnautica | Part II
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- More extreme and dangerous life lurks deeper in the oceans of Subnautica. Part two of a nature documentary studying planet 4546B. Part I: • The Biology of Subnaut...
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This video is the finale of my two-part series on the biology of the video game Subnautica. In these alien seas, breathtaking landscapes, enormous predators, and unexpected mysteries are all still waiting to be discovered. And just like how life in earth’s oceans gets stranger the deeper you dive, the depths of Planet 4546B are far more extreme than what’s on the surface.
I’m determined to uncover the secrets of this ocean. So, ride with me in my deep-sea submersible as we conclude this expedition into the unknown…
0:00 Biology of Subnautica
0:50 Mushroom Forest
1:11 Jellyray
1:31 Bulb Zone
2:01 Ampeel
2:52 Bone Sharks
3:26 Mesmer
4:01 Jellyshroom Cave
4:34 Biter
5:04 Crabsnake
5:44 Mountain Island
6:15 Cave Crawler
6:39 Skyray
7:11 ...Aliens?
7:45 Grand Reef
8:03 Sea Treader Leviathans
9:02 Crabsquid
9:42 Lost River
10:25 Ghost Ray + Bloodcrawler
10:53 Ancient Fossil
11:18 River Prowlers
11:41 Cove Tree
12:07 Ghost Leviathans
12:44 Warpers
13:49 Cuddlefish
14:28 Lava Zone
14:48 Crimson Ray + Magmarang
15:05 Lava Larva
15:27 Reaper Leviathan Skeletons
15:48 Lava Lizard
16:22 Sea Dragon Leviathan
17:41 Sea Emperor Leviathan
19:15 Outro
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9:14 fun fact: Crabsquids evolved this as a defensive mechanism against the Ampeel
I mean makes sense if something uses something the prey of said something will try to counter that something
@@piglin469 in the end its *something*
Yeah the crabsquids EMPS looks like it's definitely for the ampeel since they have enough of them
this makes me think, would a real eletromagnetic pulse works on an real eletric fish?
@@italucenaz well we could set that up with some dollar store materials, CRISPR, and an electric eel
I desperately need more videos on biology of video game worlds like this, monster hunter would be a really good candidate espically for this sorta role-playing style of presentation considering the whole theme of tracking down and learning about monsters
yeees monster hunter world is a must
Monster hunter must happen
Fallout biology
@Zekeriya Şentürk huh? Who let you on the internet I think you're a little young to be on youtube
@@YourLocalEldritchHorror 100% that'd be really cool too
Also on 4546b there is a strange anomaly that occurs where there appears to be some kind of techno music that plays when your submarine catches fire...a truly fascinating phenomenon
I like to think that it’s the ship itself playing it to motivate you to get out, rather than just being a soundtrack
I understand how hard it was to research and gather footage for this series, but It was incredibly interesting and I learned a lot about a game that I had previously played to its fullest. I would love to see you make a video on Subnautica below zero as well! I greatly appreciate the time and effort you put into explaining the world of this fantastic game.
He has actually covered a universe by one of the creature designers of below zero before, so I think it's safe to say he will.
You can even see similarities between many creatures and those from Alex Ries other works. Particularly the 4 jointed mouths on many of the animals like the chelicerate. After checking the wiki I can confirm that he did design the chelicerate too.
actually much of this stuff is documented in game and whatever isn't is on the forums. one thing NOT mentioned iirc is that all lifeforms on 2545-b all reproduce a-sexually. that is, they do not "mate". they are fully parthenogenetic and iirc in fact do not have any sexual gametes. this makes them more akin to many earth microbes, where there is not sperm or egg. just an embryo that grows. the lifeforms on this planet also evolve much slower than earth creatures due to the lack of cross breeding and stable environment
The footage gathering, writing and production work are probably behind a ton of practice and effort, but to be honest, all of the lore and writing is mostly just taken straight from the already organized in-game notes. Not to rag on the mockumentaries, though, as I gobbled these up despite having gone through the stuff before for a few times now.
In my most recent survival save file, I’ve been building a dedicated base in the shallows that I’m calling the Garden Project.
I’m planting every plant, catching every fish, and hatching every egg in the game. Every living creature you can grow or keep in an aquarium will be stored in this base.
Each lifeform I can’t keep in the base (notably leviathans) will have dedicated room in the archives section of the base, in which I catalogue every species with picture frames and signs.
I’m doing this because during the play through (probably my 3rd or 4th play through?) I gained a new appreciation for the beautiful ecosystem of 4546B. And hey, it definitely keeps me busy for a while.
Hows the project going?
It seems really interesting, and also challenging.
I remember doing something like this in Starbound.
There are these small creatures that you can find on different planets called "critters". Two of my favourites are "Chev" - little dear/doe looking being and "Quibble" the little raptor from icy planet.
I collected different critters from many planet and build a sanctuary for them on my ship (I used a mod that allows you to build your own ship, I don't remember the name but it was awesome!). I also collected many big creatures in the capture capsules (about 5 to 6 creatures, sometimes more, so they can have an entire pack) and created many specialized biodomes for them!
I had wonderful time with that game with and without mods, and I like the game and the modding community to this day...
But what I don't like is how people got used as unpaid volunteers for the game (I was very upset then I found out about it)
I think that if he hadn't died of the Karaa infection, Bart Toragl would have probably done the same due to his appreciation for the planet's biology.
One of the things I love about this game is it’s intensely entertaining and engrossing without being violent. Don’t get me wrong, I love violent video games, lol (so many hours of killing things in the Elder Scrolls) but it’s nice to get some variety, and a game that has you win, non-preachily, through empathy is super cool
well its clear we didnt play the game in the same way, the second i got a chance i killed my first reaper with a knife and stasis, learning they never came back to life was game changing. i killed everyone. but, i will say using the stasis gun at all is lame as shit. it ruins any threat.
@@FeedMeSalt you definitely can choose which way to play it - I didn’t kill anything I couldn’t eat, or that wasn’t actively attacking me, partly cause it added to the horror/sneak vibes and I wanted to see if I could. But more power to you lol! I kinda like that it has both options
indeed. the game is intended to be played as a "pacifist". though you can slay the beasts if you need to for self preservation (or a hunting trophy if you are a monster yourself...)
@@AlienXtream1 Me who hunted down every single hostile leviathan in the game- nervous sweating intensifies
@@feedthemeat543f Ah but did you kill the baby sea emperors?
Fun fact the reason the kharaa got out into the wild was because a sea dragon destroyed a facility to take its egg back from the precursors. Another fun fact is that sea dragons may be able to create enzyme 42 which cures kharaa but you would need to kill a sea dragon to retrieve it so you couldn't gather enough to save the planet.
Edit: You don't need to kill a sea dragon but only the baby's produce it so you have to get past the mother first.
Wait, doesn't the baby sea dragon product and vomit the enzyme,
I remember seeing the baby sea dragons produce the enzyme in below zero too before they changed the story
So you basically don't need the kill a sea dragon
@@timezone5259 I didn't know that thank you I miss remembered it I heard about it but I never actually played below zero
Sea dragon... Sea emperor?
do you mean the sea emperor?
@@boyblue3485 no the destroyed facility in the lost river was destroyed by a sea dragon the emperor leviathan never tried to forcefully take any of her eggs back
The sea treader leviathan gives me war of the worlds vibes. I wouldnt be surprised if they were inspired by that
There’s a lot of half life influence in subnautica I believe so I think they’re inspired by the striders.
@@vadernation1233 Guess what the Striders where based on. ;)
@@currykingwurst6393 to me it looks like a 3 legged AT-AT From starwars
the lineage goes
sea treader -> hl2 strider -> war of the worlds tripod
So, the places he didn't cover were The Crag, The Underwater Islands, and The Blood Kelp Forest/Trench. Granted, the first one is just a barren rockpile with very little flora. Mostly just a zillion bone sharks. But the other 2 are pretty fascinating in terms of flora and geography. There's at least 1 ghost leviathan in the blood kelp forest, and 2 at the middle edges of the grand reef on either side of the floating island... actually, yeah, that was a missed opportunity too. The floating island, I mean. Could have been included in the grand reef section before diving down into the caverns. Fun place.
what about the sea treaders path?
@@jamesegg7372 he showed the Sea Treaders on their path.
Yeah the Floating Islands are interesting and the Blood Kelp Trenches are a a spooky place to explore and build an outpost to chill in. He also missed that there are juvenile Ghost Leviathans in the Lost River.
@@jeffumbach oh sorry
He also missed out the mountains but that biome isn't too important
Best game.
You should also do the sequel.
Subnautica below zero.
He probably will
Below zero is such an amazing continuation of this game I would love if they made a third one
@@commandergree6510 sub nautica lava
@@paccie9689 with fairly more sea dragons! Even do they are almost extinct
agreed, favorite series hes done i really hope he does one on below zero
Unfortunate you never talked about the fact that this region is one of the few left habitable on the planet, with most of the rest being ravaged by an alien virus
*bacterium
I thought that the rest of the planet was just open ocean, not ravaged by the Khaara.
@@ChadtronicFan the rest of the planet is many oceanic biomes such as a tropical area similar to the crater and a large icy tundra, both seen when exiting the planet at the end of the game and the tundra also seen in Subnautica: Below Zero
The crater seems to be where some extinction event occurred that only allowed a minority of the species on the planet to survive and also brought the Khaara, which spread throughout the planet and killed off a lot of species
thats about all I know
@@rowbotia Now that you mention it, we've seen the crater and we've seen the tundra, and since I've heard that a third installment is basically confirmed, what if it's going to be set in the tropical areas?
@@nonsensicalhumanoid now that'd be cool, think of all the new leviathans to kill us as well as a probable return of the reaper or a similar entity
There’s a mod in the works that brings the giant fossil back to its former glory and it’s honestly terrifying on how massive it is
Yeah its fucking scary
As a high school biology teacher, I absolutely adored this video. I can only imagine how many hours were spent researching. Thank you for all of your hard work!
Love your videos, but it still doesn’t answer my question of which alien fish is best cooked and served with lemon sauce?
I dont think any of them are edible
Gary fish
Wut
@@CrocodylusCarcharias i thought they were inedible
Is it inedible or unedible
You should do one on Subnautica Below Zero, the sequel to Subnautica, that game has some very interesting new alien life forms to study.
Yeah, like the titan hoopfish and sea monkey.
Fuck the sea monkey, it stole a knife.
That's why i love these kinds of games, so creative and endless options for discovery. The devs can just add creatures without notifications, and you truly "encounter them for the first time." Seeing how in almost every dive we take on earth new creatures get discovered just stumbling upon newly added lifeforms in-game isn't even weird.
@@aesiro1336 later in the game they start giving you stuff
@@ohiologist9256 Ye
bz stinks
Awesome video, I'm a little bummed you didn't cover the blood kelp zone. Scariest biome by far
"This ecological biome matches 7 of the 9 preconditions for stimulating terror in humans." Including spooky music that only plays there as well.
@@jeffumbach Although, we never get to find out what creature is responsible for there being spooky music always present in that environment. Probably some kind of small scavenger like a rock grub or something that lives in large populations in the walls of the zone and produces that as a mating call by echoing it through the rock around you. Scary stuff
It's always very interesting what you talk about love what you do. Wish you just the best
Thank you!
@@CuriousArchive I genuinely wish for you to Hit 1 mil before the end of 2022. Love you and your content
I've finished this game multiple time and have personally scanned every single one of these creatures but its just so cool to see them being explained and elaborated in a documentary style video. Loved this.
Although this series may be over, I would love if you could cover the plants of Subnautica as well(at least ones under the water) like the vine thingies that catch you with its vines and keep you in place, the one that shoota darts, or ones like the gelsacks which for some reason have nutritional value and give you air when consumed.
Vine that catches you?
@@khalilrahme5227 Below Zero I think
@@time4231 oh yeah could be
Yay! Favorite game by one of my favorite creators. This game got me into speculative biology
It's a great one!
@@CuriousArchive I don't know how. But your documentary of subnautica. Is amazing.
@@CuriousArchive Have you tought about making a video about barotrauma?its a very nice game and even if you dont make a video on it i'd still recomend it.
@@CuriousArchive Good Job And Lets Go to Subnautica Below Zero
I can see the Sea Emperor leviathan Being a real creature on earth and being more intelligent than us.
Imagine a planet where creatures like the Sea Emperor Leviathan having a society, farming lifeforms under their vast oceans.
Like humans on land, they do it underwater.
Yeah, but hopefully they’ll be intelligent enough to overcome the challenge of developing technology that lets them leave their planet. Especially with how limited they are in an ocean and the large sizes of their species.
Now we get into the intresting stuff
Subnautica is such a beautiful game, and while I don't think Below Zero quite lives up to the original, it still has some interesting creatures that I hope you'll cover one day.
I just realized why I loved this 2 part series so much: it has basically the same energy as the chanel Camelworks, who does elder scrolls lore stuff. It has the same storytelling too.
The biters can actually be found in the red grass fields (having my own personal research
base in the fields this things can be more annoying than a crash fish can ever dream of)
bonk bonk bonk bonk bonk bonk
In this game there are only 3 creatures I was scared of: Reaper Leviathans, Warpers, and Crab Squids. I'm terrified of open water, and reaper leviathans alone made me stop playing blind and pull up a map so I could avoid their territory. Seeing a warper meant I pulled a 180 and went back the way I came. And I'd take long paths to avoid crabsquids, only passing near them if I were going at high speed or if an objective was in their area.
Nothing is as scary as a small peeper or something thudding into your sub when you least expect it though
would have been nice to mention how mesmers hunt very similarly to the real world cuttlefish, otherwise really cool part two and really enjoy all the comparisons to real world creatures, very interesting love to see more
It would be cool if he did a video specifically on the Architects/precursors whatever you wanna call em'
Yeeeeeeessss!
Love from Finland!
Also what about subnautica below zero.
I also believe that the stalker and the snow stalker are close relatives and almost like a dolphin and its land relative.
I second this!
Third ☝️
Fourth
This two-part series was beautifully written. I wasn't sure what to expect when this popped up on my homepage, but I'm glad I watched it!
We need a Subnautica: Below Zero expedition by the amazing CA!
very good work, feels like a real documentary. As a big subnautica fan I'm only a little "you missed x species"
For those wondering which ones weren't there to my watching:
Eyeye and the magma variant the red eyeye
Spinefish
The extremely rare "rock grub"
The Bleeder, Blighter, and Biter scavengers *shudder*
And the variant peeper, the Occulus!
This video is so cool, I love the style and it was super interesting! My favorite bit of biology in sub nautical are the floaters and how big they grow, the ancient floaters are some of the coolest creatures I’ve seen and are awe inspiring and also just inspired from a design perspective. So interesting how large they grow, I am surprised they were never mentioned but there was a lot to cover so I’m not complaining!
3:26 The four fins the Mesmer uses.. They psychically grapple and cling to their hypnotized victim until they draw them to their mouth. Not including the psychic part, this seems strikingly similar in behavior to the four grappling mandibles the reaper leviathan utilizes. Interesting...
I don't know how to describe it because i'm strange and am aware of it, but both reefbacks and jelly rays like relax me. Their sounds, the way they look, and their behavior helps me feel at ease when i play the game. They made jelly rays thankfully sound slightly eerie but not enough to scare me while reefbacks are well known for their low bellows
You really gotta appreciate how he didn't just go into information about the fish, but includes bits about some of the interesting plantlife! The tube coral and giant mushrooms are very cool to me, and learning about them here was very fun.
My Heart broke when I went back to see Sea Empress laying there, after I sabe her children.
Amazing vídeo! Keep the good job!
I love the roleplaying that you make. You aren't simply analyzing the game's biosystem as a gamer but as an intergalactic explorer.
14:22 I personally would have called it the “Aang Squid” due to its playful nature and arrow shaped marking
This is such a beautiful set of videos. Subnautica is amazing and you really did it justice.
Im a follower from the 600 subs, and now you are over a 150,000! Congrats
Thanks for sticking with me!
been checking for this everyday since part 1
subbing just for those 2 vids
There’s much more in this game than there was when I watched a couple let’s plays about it. Makes the world seem even more real.
Definitely would watch a sequel series for Subnautica Below Zero. It would also be cool to see this style of video for other games. One I'd especially love to see is a free game called Dauntless, loads of interesting Behemoths and smaller fauna
You missed some, in the south end of the River there's corals growing atop of the thermal vents, creating a more cone-shaped which they use to filter the smoke as well as keep warm. There are also incredible life forms called Brine Lilies, floating on the surface of brine pools like lily pads on water.
Subnautica’s got to have one of the most diverse and well thought out ecosystems of any game ever
awesome video, to bad this is the last 1 because i was hoping you would do the arctic biome of Subnautica
This entire channel is so amazing and I'm always waiting for more speculative biology videos, and like others, I think you should cover the sequel, Below Zero, as it boasts many great lifeforms
This game is extremely beautiful even though I have already played it it’s still awesome to know more about the wonderful creatures on 4546-B
I still think the implications of the larger fossils down deep imply thay these where around before that layer to the volcanos mouth had finished forming. Maybe even being taken out and fossilized as it erupted. The reason i love it is bc of the Void and how the game implies Ghosts and Reapers are where they are bc theyre smaller prey in their own shelf. For all we know in the void that type of creature could be around!
Really loving these deep dives into videogame zoology.
I can't wait to see more!
Something that I ponder about the biology of this planet is that a good bit of the animals clearly have nostrils with no sign of gills and some have hands and fins/ flippers with claws or are clearly evolved hands. So it makes me wonder if this planet was flooded and some of the terrestrial life took to the seas and adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. Like look at the Stalkers, lava lizards, sea dragons and the bone sharks.
The lack of gills does make me wonder how they can breath, a lot of creatures make no sense like the Peppers and Eye-Eye who have almost no room for other organs in their bodies. However this is also the same game that has large underwater deposits of salt (which would still dissolve over time) and lithium (which combusts in water.)
This series is making me want to play the game all over again.
Biology of metroid, halo, monster hunter, i need it all now! great work! haha
It's worth remembering that the Sea Emperor is responsible for maintaining all these wonderful life forms within the explorable area of the game, while the outside area is said to be barren.
This is so amazing and interesting. Produced like a normal documentary it takes the work of Subnautica developers to another level. You should keep making this kind of content. It's a really coo way to show it. Maybe one about the species of other games like Horizon Zero Down and other games with their own ecosystems.
Can you make this a series like reviewing game creatures, and next can you do the ark games
Ark has a limited number of unique animals other than the DLC ones, and some might be just giant versions of existing animals. DLC would be pretty wild though.
@@omiheaddev7090 Also ark already have needythenoodle for documentary stuff.
Can't wait for the below zero episode
I loved this so much. I never played subnatica myself but I was fascinated by its creatures. I'm hopping you might do the sub zero expansion too!
I understand that making these videos require an immense amount of effort, but I feel this series would have benifitted greatly from being a 3 part series instead of 2. I felt this lacked the elaboration of the first video and some of the biomes were even skipped. The video was great but I felt it was a little too much for 20 mins and would have been better more spaced out and with greater detail. Keep up the great work.
The first video was what brought me to your channel a few days ago! So cool to see the second one out now 💞
I like that you played the game instead of just opening a wiki.
One overlooked ability of the Sea Dragon is its ability to hyperspace. At least the one in my game, it appeared, shot across the cavern like it had come out a railgun, and I never saw it again...
Ive read some comments and I'm surprised no one has mentioned this.... there is a massive "fish like" partial skeleton in one of the reaserch facilities. Not sure where, havent played the game in years.
I’ve never played this game, but that fossil appearing out of the depths gave me chills. Damn, maybe I should take up gaming.
Yo! I’ve been waiting for this🤣 I randomly saw this pop up on my recommended and now I’m super hook on this dude’s way of delivering me a cool biology episode (Planet-Earth Style) on Subnautica🤣✊🏻👏🏻
This was great. Can't wait for the video(s) on Subnautica: Below Zero.
Fantastic. See if you can get an interview with the Devs on this!?!
3:48 A similar creature to this that can be found on Earth is the Cuttlefish! It can create hypnotic patterns on it's skin that can temporarily stun it's prey, after which the Cuttlefish grabs and eat it.
You are the reason why i love biology =D
Take a shot every time he says Abyss XD
I kid, this series of videos is legitimately one of my favorites I've seen on Subnautica
The roar from the Sea Dragons scared the crap out of me my first play-through.
Now i need one about below zero, this was do good
I would have liked to see some notes on other bits - the way the Sea Emperor communicates with everything around it to make the entire habitat passive to you, the other notable skeletons of the Lost River, the juvenile ghost leviathans, and even the Blood Kelp zone with its haunting appearance, showing translucence and bioluminescence in flora.
This is the closest to the beginning I have ever been
Thanks for stopping by!
This little series on subnautica is amazing. Love it my dude!
My Favorite Creatures From Subnautica Are The:
Lava Lizard
Lava Larva
Crimson Ray
River Prowler
Ghost Ray
Skyray
Crabsnake
Mesmer
Jelly Ray
Bone Shark
Sand Shark
Hoverfish
Rabbit Ray
Btw My Favorite Leviathans Are The Reefback, Reaper, Sea Dragon and Ghost Leviathan.
you basically just named all the leviathans 💀
@@thatwaterriver3824 I liked a lot of the creatures, ok? But, I do agree I overdid it a bit.
The thoughtful narrative structure and parallels to real world organisms make experiencing these creatures once again feel like an entirely new and exciting experience. Wonderful content, keep it up!
Love your channel man! Been here since 500
Glad to be back!
I love mushroom forest, the place is just so peaceful with absolutely nothing dangerous
I think this is one of my favorite videos I’ve ever seen on TH-cam
Hoping to see this continued in a Below Zero Biology vid, this was awesome!
19:25 I'm sorry, I cannot get enough of how those two baby sea emperors ran into each other
Loving this channel man. Keep it up 👍🏼
Mind-bending and stunning--and that ending . . .!!!
Yes, I loved the first subnatica video and was hope for another one soon and this is perfect.
You've made me realise just how much I haven't explored in Subnautica... I shall try once again to push past my primal fear and... venture into the depths again. And maybe convince others I know to do the same - venture in again.
Been looking for a video like this, this video reminds me of those zoo safari tours that you go on.
This was amazing!!! Would love more content like this!!!
the fact that these creatures are actually much bigger than they seem makes this even more interesting. really, the Ampeel seems big in game but not super big, if you use commands to spawn an unmoving Ampeel model, then spawn the player model, you can see that the Ampeel's head alone is as long as the player character, and you could literally stand underneath the Blood crawlers legs. another youtuber did some video's on this, you should check it out.
Aight, crabsquid raises a question: how the absolute metric fuck does the crabsquids EMP counter Ampeels? Don't emps like, kill electronics exclusively, and would therefore have no effect on the eels bio electriciry? Does every squid carry a uno reverse card in every single appendage?
The way I see it. Crabsquids use that pulse to disorient or stun the Amp Eel and escape. They're alien life so earth logic can't be used to fully explain how.
I would give my right lung just to have the same feeling as I did when I played this game for the first time. Subnautica is a masterpiece.
Biters have a cousin, the Blighters same design, but smaller and in different depths. And in that same cave, an Eyeye fish swims around, an herbivore with a cyclops-like face.
I've been waiting this for so long!!
This is awesome! I've always loved playing this game and it makes me really happy hearing you explain there biology and anatomy. It would be so cool if you could play the second game, subnautica: below zero
Best series
I would love to see a video or two on Below Zero, as it greatly expands and diversifies the biology of 4546B!
Wonderfully made! Thank you!
I've been waiting so long for this video