Begginer Survival

Thank you for considering this! This is my first guide, go easy on me. I thought I'd create a guide good If your starting out to subnautica.

Starting out

When you start, the tutorial explains all of the controls, right? Yeah, not so much...
My first tip is that if you're losing oxygen, you need to get up fast. Try L-Shift (Left shift). that sprints.
F11/F12 Allows you to take screenies, but I recommend you use options to switch it to F6.
Lastly, Space bar is jump and that will help get up above the surface for long periods.

Food

Okay, so maybe I'm not the best person to ask about this particular subject: see screenshot.

This is the only way I catch peepers. Luckily, I swore off survival saves after that.
You need a good frame rate for this, but you can also use quick reflexes. Alternatively, get the knife and spam right click. Then, hope you hit a peeper as it flies across your screen. I'm sure it works. Well, good luck catching peepers!!

Water

Firstly, water runs out fast. Make this your first priority after mastering the controls, or it could be your doom.

The only way to get water is to catch bladderfish (NOT recommended, but if your doing a try not to rage video, give it a shot), or getting salt deposits broken to make bleach. If you can find it, do it.

Things NEVER TO DO!

Here is a list of things not to do, early game. This are common mistakes, don't make them.
- Neglect your search of bladderfish/salt. Water goes down fast, so this could be your death, in fact it was my first.
-Go behind a gaseopod. I am not kidding, instant death.
Other hazards will be explained in my BLOOD KELP ZOME SURVIVAL GUIDE.

Getting the KNIFE

So, first, you'll need silcone rubber. For tips on how to get it, see my BLOOD KELP ZONE SURVIVAL GUIDE (coming soon!). Then, you need to get 2 titanium, which is pretty easy. Find metal salvage (large bits of metal chillin' in the crash zone area, near your pod usually), which'll give you 4 titanium when put in the fabricator. Pretty sweet, huh? You can also find it by breaking limestone outcrops.

CONCLUSION

Thank you for reading this, and sorry I didn't include the repair tool. I decided you didn't need it to survive, but I'm sure I'll explain later. Thanks for reading!

Extra: Subnautica Tips and Tricks to help you survive in hard times.

Tip No 1:
This one is simple. You may not notice it, but creepvine gives you +1 H20 and +3 Food. It may not seem like a lot, but it could save your life in survival, until you get plants. Those fish are fiddly.

Tip No 2: (Credit to tjes609 in the comment section)
"Catch fish, don't kill them. Also, eat them as soon as you can to keep them from rotting."*
Sorry, not the exact wording... Anyway, I have to hand it to tjes609, I didn't notice things rotted until quite recently! Big shout out to tjes609, check him out!

Tip No. 3 (Credit to tjes609 in the comment section)
You feel safer swimming near the reaper leviathan when you hold a peeper. True.

Tip No. 4 (Credit to tjes609 in the comment section)
Play with full volume so you can hear leviathans.
I recommend using surround sound so you can hear the direction.

[TauriOffcial]

Iḿ getting so many tips, Iḿ having to copy and paste names... All good, players helping players.

[tjes609]

also holding peepers will temporarily make it safe to swim around reapers
(or make it feel like that anyway.....)

[tjes609]

another tip, play with sound on as most leviathans are hard to notice until you hear them

[tjes609]

You are welcome

[TauriOffcial]

Will feature that. Thanks mate

[tjes609]

heres a tip catch fish dont kill them and make sure you eat them as soon as you cook them this prevents rotting

[TauriOffcial]

Good news- I am making a revised edition with ALL you guy's tips in it.

[TauriOffcial]

Smart, I didn't know that

[Yaered]

another decent tip that is overlooked, not holding an item allows you to swim faster, good if your just starting out and need the few precious seconds to stop yourself from drowning

[TauriOffcial]

You guys have a good point, Maybe i will create aroura guide