


I was tromping around today in my prawn suit, and it made a few feeble attempts to lash out, but nothing that I couldn't ignore.

There is even less to worry about with the ice worm. You find the leviathan that you know is somewhere around, zip past it, make any needed repairs, and you're good. The truck isn't quite as beefy as the cyclops, but the same tactic holds true. The prawn suit and cyclops both provide such outstanding protection that I solved every encounter in Subnautica by setting my throttle to "full nope ahead," barreling through, then repairing after I had ditched the leviathan. Furthermore, you aren't likely as exposed when encountering these. What about the others? The dragon, ghost, and shadow leviathans all inhabit cave systems in such a way that you aren't surprised to see them if you are going in prepared. To clarify, the reaper shows up far more frequently than any other leviathan in either game, and it inhabits areas that you have to visit regularly to progress, possibly even with nothing but a seaglide.

I think that this has been a matter of the relative safety with which I am able to proceed, coupled with designs and levels of threat that didn't measure up to the reaper. However, I found in playing the full release of Subnautica and EA builds of Below Zero that the leviathans really do not hold the same terror for me as they once did. The reaper still holds a special feeling of dread for me. TL DR: Nothing will replace the fear I once had of the reapers, and the chelicerate doesn't even come close as a replacement in my mind.Īs someone who started playing Subnautica in early access about 5 years ago (back when there was a terraforming tool!), it was always a defining thing about the series for me that I lovingly built a base and hid from the terrors of the deep.
