No Progression after the lifepods.

[Ryan]

I have been to all the lifepods and both islands, wrecks. but no more messages are popping up on my red beacon/machine majiggy. am I suppose to go back to the alien island again and or find another place I am yet to discover. it's frustrating as I no longer have anything to do now.

[Demolition414]

life pods are just for lore purposes, not really part of the story, theres a PDA on the Floater island which will lead you to another location deeper down.

[Tomas Mac Mordain]

Read your codex. In the clues and codes section it should say something about other alien facilities. Maybe you'd like to pursue finding them...

[Ryan]

Thanks! - Still quiet sketchy about certain areas, I went to the dead zone and it wasn't to bad but areas where you need to go through caves etc just gives me the jitters :)

I will have a good search through my codex.

I didn't want to do things backwards or not in order either or does that not matter?.

[Cougarific]

To add to the excellent suggestions above in case you didn't already know - you don't lose Food or Water when seated. So make a bench or chair, sit down and read your PDA entries, specifically the ones in the category mentioned by kermit but also because they're all very well-written and will add a lot to your understanding of the planet, the game and overall immersion.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by SoLoLzY:

I didn't want to do things backwards or not in order either or does that not matter?.

The game is specifically designed to reward various types of play - you can follow the "clues" to progress through the game or just go out and explore, discover stuff on your own and progress that way.

There's no "one right way" to play Subnautica, which is one of its greatest achievements.

[Tman]

I would recommend revisiting every lifepod and examining the surrounding 200-500 meters to see if you find something else, maybe a cave, maybe a path to a deeper area. Or a wreck you might have missed.

Then go. Further. Deeper.

[PrimeSonic]

Originally posted by SoLoLzY:

Thanks! - Still quiet sketchy about certain areas, I went to the dead zone and it wasn't to bad but areas where you need to go through caves etc just gives me the jitters :)

Dead zone isn't a real place to explore. It's the edge of the map. The end of the playable space.
It's dead and always spawns ghost leviathans when you go there to nudge you back onto the playable area.

And the real "progress" on this game is done by going to deeper and deeper areas.
Entering large cave networks is basically how you get to the rest of the game and story.

[MikeSugs]

Myself, I'm on the verge of uninstalling since the last 5-6 hours of me playing has just been rolling around in the cyclops or seamoth and finding absolutely nothing. I've searched everything within the codex and I can't reach 1200m.

[miklkit]

Go low and slow. Scanner rooms help too. Have you explored all the wrecks thoroughly? Have you explored the island with the big gun? All of it?

There is way more stuff scattered around than you will ever need. And it is possible to complete the storyline without the deepest upgrades. I accidentally did it when I forgot to upgrade the Prawn.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by miklkit:

Go low and slow. Scanner rooms help too. Have you explored all the wrecks thoroughly? Have you explored the island with the big gun? All of it?

There is way more stuff scattered around than you will ever need. And it is possible to complete the storyline without the deepest upgrades. I accidentally did it when I forgot to upgrade the Prawn.

I'm quite a tough lad I like to think, but this game brings me to almost screaming/full on sweats, it scares the absolute ♥♥♥♥ out of me when I get deep and it becomes dark, those things what shock wave you and have big bulb like heads and big eyes scare the sh*t out of me. It's super hard to play through this game.

[miklkit]

I was watching youtube videos of streamers playing Subnautica and their reactions yesterday. I highly recommend doing that. The screaming, throwing headsets, and jumping out of the chairs is great fun to watch.

[ejaksetic]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Originally posted by SoLoLzY:

I didn't want to do things backwards or not in order either or does that not matter?.

The game is specifically designed to reward various types of play - you can follow the "clues" to progress through the game or just go out and explore, discover stuff on your own and progress that way.

There's no "one right way" to play Subnautica, which is one of its greatest achievements.

I agree that Subnautica does a good job of leaving you freedom to progress in the game to suit your preferences. Pick your own pace, explore, build and expand a main base when you can, and follow clues and leads at your own pace. Just don't play too cautious. You can't get through the game without taking a few calculated risks.

[1ostcat]

There's a misconception that in order to "progress" in this game you have to follow messages in the PDAs. Honestly, if you just explore the world you will eventually stumble across everything you need. Sure, paying attention to the accumulated data in the PDA will make it more clear what your next steps are, but if you're just hanging around Lifepod 5 all day, waiting for a radio transmission to tell you what to do next, you're not going to get anywhere.

[cwsumner]

As they said, scanner rooms help a lot. Particularly if you see something on the list that you never saw before! 8-)

And you are -supposed- to be scared. Not "jump-scares" but things that you can see in the distance and all the way in. "Run you sucker" is the operative phrase, I think...

[Nina]

once you get down to the river (dont ask) you will be able to go much further. past the egg tree and down to the inactive and active zones. you will eventuly find things you can use to progress and eventualy do the big end game thingies.. including ending the game. one of those things is the right material to modify the parts to go all the way to the bottom. trying to give you JUST enough to tease but not enough to spoil here. lol