Subnautica (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 2.0 – Living Large Update)
On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Subnautica on Nintendo Switch (originally released on May 14th 2021 in Europe, North America, and Japan)!
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Subnautica – Ver. 2.0 (Living Large Update)
- Release date: December 13th 2022 (North America) / December 14th 2022 (Europe, Japan)
- Patch notes:
All Platforms
- Improved font rendering to increase UI readability and visual quality
- Adds accessibility features: UI scaling, PDA pause, option to disable light flashes
- Item bars
- Adds pinned recipes
- Adds run mode
- Improved Air Bladder functionality
- Adds the Large Room and Glass Dome base pieces from Subnautica: Below Zero
- Adds Land Hatches from Subnautica: Below Zero
- Pings are now visible when piloting the Cyclops
- Save system improvements
- Improved performance
- Improved subtitles sync
- Loading screen improvements
- Intro skipping improvements
- Various performance optimizations
- Improved control mapping, for things like transferring items between inventory and storage
- Fixed some creatures not spawning properly
- Fixes for some VFX issues
- Fixed multiple terrain streaming issues (vehicles/items falling through)
- Fixed multiple issues related to base-building, vehicles
- Fixes for many possible photosensitive issues
- … And many more various bug fixes!
Nintendo Switch
- Improvements to Switch-specific UI/UX controls
- Adds Portuguese (Portugal) official support
- Adds Ukrainian unofficial support
- Removed dev menu
- Fix for moon rendering issues
- Fix for “Read More” showing error
- Fix for controls updating correctly for Pro controller after attaching Joy-Cons to a Switch in TV mode
- Fix for some Cyclops modules breaking after the player has saves, quits, then loads back in
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Unknwon Worlds Entertainment
Subnautica – Ver. ???
- Release date: May 25th 2021 (North America) / May 26th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Fix for freeze at 40% of loading saved game
- Fix for crash on loading save game if player saved in Cyclops
- Fix for base rebuild sometimes pushing player outside of the base causing physics simulation issues (and maybe even crash)
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Unknwon Worlds Entertainment
How to download updates for Subnautica for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for Subnautica, you have three options:
- let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
- try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
- select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.
