Subnautica is a game about exploration and survival in an underwater world. When you die, your body is left behind on the seafloor. This is true for both players and creatures in the game. If you are killed by another player, their corpse will remain on the floor until it decays or is scavenged by other players. If you are killed by a creature, their body will remain on the floor until it decays or is scavenged by other creatures.
Now, what happens when you die in Subnautica:
Your character is now dead. The game will give you a little speech about your character’s passing and then start the game over again.
In Subnautica, there are two ways to kill a character: by taking damage, or by getting too far away from land. A death by taking damage is pretty much instantaneous: you take damage and drop to zero health, and the game counts you as being “dead”. A death by getting too far away from land happens gradually: your character will fall off a cliff, and you will take damage for each frame that passes. The exact number of frames that pass between your character falling off the cliff and dying is determined by the distance that you are from the coast, and the amount of damage you’ve taken. In practice, if you’re below about 30 feet, you’ll most likely die before you reach the coast, but will take a long time to die. If you’re above about 50 feet, you’ll die within the first 10 or so seconds, but will take only a short time to do so.
So, if you want to try and live, you should stay near the shoreline. If you’re just floating around the ocean, it won’t matter that much where you are, but if you’re in the middle of the ocean and are near the coast, you’ll probably have a chance to survive.
What happens to the player’s possessions?
When you die in Subnautica, your possessions are scattered all over the ocean. Your belongings can be found in different places, such as inside derelict buildings or at the bottom of the sea. If you’re lucky, you might find some of your items near your body. Unfortunately, most of your belongings will be lost forever.
Final words:
When you die in subnautica, you are likely to end up at the bottom of the ocean. There, you will likely be food for fish and other sea creatures. Although there is no confirmed way to cheat death in the game, some players have reportedly been able to find their way back to the surface after dying. Whether or not this is true remains to be seen. So, if you want to avoid an underwater grave, be sure to exercise caution when playing subnautica.
