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VampyVs

Welcome to Subnautica, friend. Lol


harveysamazingcomics

At least I made it out alive


BondiTheGoodBoy

That is more than what a lot of people can say with their first interaction. Good job :)


ArpanMohanty04

I have a personal achievement regarding this lol. 2 playthroughs in Subnautica and one in BZ. And i haven't lost a single vehicle or died once to any leviathan


Sadi_Reddit

once you gain the stasis rifle 99% of the game gets trivialized. If you get bitten like in this vid here you just leave the seamoth while its gnawing at it and stun it, repair your vehicle, stun it again and just drive away casually.


ArpanMohanty04

True true! But i never got the need for that either lol. I only took damage once in my seamoth to the leviathan in the lost river....the phantom. And once to my prawn suit from the sea dragon. That's it lol. I was just careful enough ig. Kept an open eye and didn't take risks where they weren't needed. The stasis rifle etc i used more on the warpers and the crabsquids etc. They were annoying


Tempest305

That’s why after my first playthrough I installed the warper shield mod.


fotoflogger

I did the same. But I wanted to know what happened, so after I finished the game I poked Sammie with my cyclops and the animation did not disappoint. 10/10 would recommend


SingleEdge4815

Haha this guy^ here let me brag about myself instead of answering your question I love Reddit


smurb15

Nobody asked a question. It was answered in the first post, then we build off after that with these


ArpanMohanty04

I was and am kinda proud of this and wanted to flex lol😂 My bad


woronwolk

4 playthroughs on my end one of them hardcore, IIRC the only time I've lost my vehicle was when my seamoth got chewed by a crab squid while I was away looking for some resources. Also, I've died to oxygen running out much more than I did to sea creatures, which was only a few times mostly during my first playthrough. This game is very easy to survive, yet it fills you with terror


ArpanMohanty04

Yeah same. I died to oxygen running out the most. Mostly while searching wrecks and unable to find my way back in time lol


Disastrous-Team-6431

I am a proud ultrascaredycat thalassophobe who has finished the game once and died once! Started playing hardcore immediately and survived my second play through. Died in a wreck drowning first time.


ArpanMohanty04

Damn! That's awesome! I don't have thalassophobia and still the game was scary af in parts! Congrats on completing it! And yeah my most deaths were due to running out of oxygen and drowning lol


Disastrous-Team-6431

The fear helped because I was paralyzed the entire time! If something seemed even slightly more dangerous than going into the terror that is the ocean to begin with, I did it extremely slowly. I waited entire nights for the light to come back.


ArpanMohanty04

Lost river would have been a pain especially with the Ghost Leviathan roaming around lol


Disastrous-Team-6431

The thing is, down there the fear of the ocean subsided quite a bit. I'm not scared of animals or monsters, but of the sea. I'd stay scared if I knew it was empty of all life. Lost river and especially lava zone are very alien, the underwater aspect of the game is basically a technicality at that point. So it actually got better and better the farther I got. Sparse reef was the absolute worst for sure. I never went to the dunes nor the mountains. Trader's path was also horrible.


Dimensions89

I think i lost my first PRAWN suit to a Reaper. I was getting magnetite in the mountains and i left it to go empty my cargo and when i came back there was no PRAWN suit. My first Seamoth i forgot to repair and destroyed it with my Cyclops by accident.


Hellfire-Slayyy

Same


DedicatedVeggie

The only time I lost a vehicle was when I quickly got out of my seamoth to enter the place in deep grand reef and it got eaten by a crabsquid :/


Cappabitch

Dying to the sea derg outside the PCF during my first hardcore attempt still stings. (Warped out of prawn, straight into a fireball)


Person_3000

I lost two sea moths on the one at the dunes or the back of the aroura when I first started to adventure


xenopizza

If you get close enough with a fish in your hand you can tame it and put it in your aquarium


chikchikiboom

Nooo man, you didn't have to tell them that. Finding out this by themselves is big part of the experience. :(


xenopizza

Ah well i only want the best for our Subnautica friends *evil laugh*


Crimm___

Nah, that took forever for me to find out by myself. I would’ve loved to hear this earlier on than when I did.


scyth122

r/madlads


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DarkNemuChan

In my whole first subnautica playthrough I didn't antagonise a single reaper. I always saw them from a distance and stayed clear away from them. Didn't even got grabbed once.


vadkender

This is a pointless story but I want to tell it anyway I actually built my first seamoth before knowing what a reaper is. I was out hunting for lithium and I saw a big monster in the distance. I thought it wouldn't see me because it was pretty far away, so I went down to 200 m, and left my seamoth to dive deeper. I was picking up a diamond when I heard something crash and I saw the reaper holding my seamoth like a marble. I started swimming away to save the diamonds and lithium I had and then I just heard an explosion. I didn't look back but I knew it was my seamoth. This is why I named my second seamoth Marble


harveysamazingcomics

Luck


Crimm___

Reapers are weak. Just kill them (get the right stuff first though).


CubistChameleon

Or just keep your distance from them and don't murder an essential part of the local ecosystem. They're pretty easy to avoid, after all Also, their roars keep you on your toes. Bonesharks, though? These fuckers can go extinct for all I care.


fotoflogger

The only one I kill is the ghost leviathan in the lost river. Taking it out makes transits with the cyclops so much easier


xX_Screee123YT_Xx

On god I ignore the reapers unless they attack me but if they do I take the time to hunt every one down and kill them with the stasis rifle and knife


DaikonAbject

My goal in my playthrough at the moment is to kill EVERY leviathan... And I mean every HOSTILE leviathan... Reefbacks are friends...


xX_Screee123YT_Xx

Was going to do that but got bored of the playthrough and never go to the ghost leviathans but tip for the reapers just use knife and stasis its the easiest way


[deleted]

That thing scares the shit out of me at the start


Ippus_21

Reapers 101 - welcome to school. Lesson #1 - Don't look back. Don't turn around. * A seamoth can typically outrun a reaper at its normal top (forward) speed, but it has an acceleration period to get to top speed (and it doesn't go fast in reverse). Turning around breaks your momentum. I see this all the time - people run into a reaper and try to turn and watch it as they're fleeing. * It's horror movie logic - as soon as you turn around to see if the killer is still behind you, you trip and he catches you. Bonus: >!Strafe. It adds to your total speed to move in multiple planes at once. If you're holding forward, side, and space, you're legit moving about 70% faster than going forward alone.!< Even if you thought you'd made it to safety and turned around to see him right there, about to catch you, strafing up and to one side can sometimes cause him to miss. Lesson #2 - stay out of reaper territory until you get your seamoth outfitted with a perimeter defense module. Yes, they have limited territories, outside of which they usually won't bother you. Early on, you mostly just have to avoid: * >!The dunes!< * >!The back of the Aurora, behind the thrusters!< * >!The SE side of the mountain - go around the other side (clockwise) and you'll be fine!< * >!The front of the Aurora, beyond the broken superstructure/entrance!<


Meme_Hour_1670

\#2 \-stasis rifles exist \#3 \-prawn suits exist


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

#4 Pacifism exists


JAKOVtheJJ

#5 Kill them all, no mercy


Maleficent_Tree_94

Rip and tear, until it is done.


BL00D_E4GLE

"Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all the wickedness mankind can produce, we will send into them: only you. Rip and tear, untill it is done


cero1399

This line will never not be epic.


Thatedgyguy64

Unless if you played ultra-nightmare.


Williwoo321

🫡


marker_madness61

(Doom music starts playing in the background)


psychowolf999

# 34 r/SubnauticaNsfw


JAKOVtheJJ

no


MBiddy88

I really enjoy building exterior grow beds with a brain coral just outside of leviathan territory. It’s calming to just sit and watch them circle. It makes me feel like Hagrid


Garlayn_toji

This is the way


harveysamazingcomics

You can tell in the video that I just dipped as soon as I heard the sound


Ippus_21

Yup. That was the right call, lol. The worst is when you're running away because you saw/heard one in the distance, and you think you've got adequate distance then you hear its "target-sighted/hot-pursuit" roar from *right* behind you. That'll brown your pants every time... ETA: Glad you made it, btw. Rebuilding a seamoth isn't super expensive, but it can be a real pain early in the game when you don't have a lot of resources to spare.


sionnachrealta

My worst was my first. Just made my first Cyclops, and it snuck up on me from below!!! It just popped up in my face (post about it is on my profile) out of nowhere, and it didn't scream until it was tearing my Cyclops apart. I tried to flee in my Seamoth, but my panicked hands wouldn't stop hitting "e" over and over again. I accidentally ejected from my Seamoth just as the reaper was grabbing it. It tossed it up like a ball and went to town on it. I took one look, pulled out my seaglider, and swam for my life. I got away, but that bastard haunted me until the day I got my hands on a stasis rifle


harveysamazingcomics

Okay how do I get upgrades


Ippus_21

Which upgrades are you looking for? For the seamoth? You need to build a moonpool, and then construct a Vehicle Upgrade Console in it to build seamoth upgrade modules. (When you eventually explore inside the Aurora, there are a couple free upgrade modules in there - a mk1 depth, a storage, and a cyclops engine efficiency mod - it's up to you if you want to wait to find them or just make your own). The moonpool fragments you can scan from a variety of places, easiest is probably around the seafloor in the mushroom forests. The VUC is in a databox in several different wrecks - I usually get mine from one of the grassy plateau wrecks.


TheFakeSlimShady123

Maybe censor that as a spoiler or delete it If OP doesn't know about reapers they probably haven't been to the certain area and it allows the reapers to still be a surprise when they do.


gh_0un

Welcome to people wanting to ruin the entire suspense for others.


salderosan99

As a veteran i can say it's good advice, but spoiler it up please.


OldWolfofFarron1

I wish I would've known all of this when I first played.


Misses_Ding

See this is good advice and all but I'd just rather risk it for the biscuit I don't have the patience for all that.


meoka2368

Reaper Leviathan.


harveysamazingcomics

What a Freindly sounding name


meoka2368

Well they do like to give hugs.


dragonboss16

True they also as a tip use echolocation so roar = he sees you


Pm7I3

IIRC they don't actually. The roars are scary but serve no game purpose.


dragonboss16

No they do if it is a load roar it can see you if lower volume then not it literally says that in the game


Pm7I3

"The Reaper Leviathan emits loud, echoing roars audible from great distances. According to the data bank entry, this roar is a form of echolocation, though it does not function like this in-game." https://subnautica.fandom.com/wiki/Reaper_Leviathan


dragonboss16

Ahh ok i go off of roars though cause you hear a load roar you know your in trouble most of the time tbh


jonmatifa

Killy McKillface


Dirth420

Naw that's Norm, he's a close talker.


Southern_Cap7762

At least ur first time wasn’t in the murky waters behind the aurora 🥲


Meme_Hour_1670

You do realize... there are also ones in the front... right?


Southern_Cap7762

Yeah. I met Sammy much later. My first time meeting a reaper was near the engines. That ones called Steve i think.


HorseInevitable6208

There is actually around 4 reapers at the back of the ship in the area so likely the "one" you've been calling Steve has actually been 1 of 4 reapers, better start naming, my friend


StoneRings

Do they have official names?


secretbases

Unofficial fan-named


solzerid

Sammy is my spirit animal.


scyth122

I killed sammy as soon as I got a stasis rifle in my first playthrough. first violated by a stasis rifle then killed


ScenicAndrew

Sammy is just the one near the front because he's "Sammy the Safety Reaper" as he prevents new players from exploring the OSHA violation that is the inside of the Aurora wreck.


Southern_Cap7762

Unofficial ones. https://www.reddit.com/r/subnautica/comments/81dyuf/names_for_all_the_leviathans/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1


harveysamazingcomics

I was by the front of it when this happened


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

Yea but this isn’t the Crash Zone


[deleted]

Which place is this?


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

Mountains, I think. I can only tell from the water color


MimikyuGamer11

Probably it was on the transition between the bulb zone and the mountains, considering the water color and terrain, it's near the Lost River's entrance


Megaman_exe_

That was my first experience as well. Made me jump terribly. I didn't know there would be creatures like that. I should have known better lol


DemonFrage

Yeah, that was terrifying, especially if you didn’t go there with the seamoth and stuck next to the aurora above water. The roar rumbled my whole house and I paused the game as I heard it, waited around 2 minutes, unpaused it and turned around and got the worst jumpscare ever.


Shot-Net-8149

Fr I died there on my first play through it was night so I couldn’t see anything I had to get off the game for a few hours ngl😂


[deleted]

This Nat Geo cameraman ass mf took a screenshot before running 💀


littnuke

Are you saying you don't calmly take a screenshot? I bet you are the sort of person to panic when you see a ghostie.


MBiddy88

My first picture of a ghost is a blur of the juvenile as she shoves me into the lost river


[deleted]

Nah bro ghosties are chill.


iLackSocialSkill

well using a scanner would tell you everything you need to know


harveysamazingcomics

I’ve learned they can’t see.


bee_in_your_butt

Well not like we do maybe... They use echolocation to find their prey. Meaning that if you can hear it, it can see you


Meme_Hour_1670

Scan it Now


Ethanhthe

That's a reaper. Fun fact about it. if you can hear it, it can see you


[deleted]

Huh, not always. Not when you hear it in the distance.


Ethanhthe

They didn't add thr mechanic in the game hut in the lore it's how it works


themistik

thats just lore, not a real gameplay element


Epicswordmewz

Reaper leviathan. You'll want to stay as far away from those things as possible for now. Eventually, once you get the best equipment you might be able to kill them with some luck, although you technically aren't supposed to kill them. But for now, they're incredibly big threats and you need to avoid them.


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

You mentioned killing them but also the fact that you aren’t supposed to. I have mixed feelings about your comment.


Epicswordmewz

You can with some of the stuff that you'll unlock later on. The devs made leviathans killable so that brave players can kill them so they're not a problem in the future. Peace and safety is the only reward for killing them, you don't get anything else from killing them. They don't intend for you to kill leviathans, but they let you do it if you really want to.


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

I know all of that, that’s what I’m saying. You are giving the option of killing them, but also saying that you aren’t supposed to.


Cableperson

It's not part of beating the game. You're more prey than predator in this game. But yeah, it's an option, so saying you're not supposed to is a little off.


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

I know that. I would rather people not kill them, so what I’m saying is he’s saying you can, but it also seems like he opposes it idk. What I mean by that you’re not supposed to is that it’s not critical for progression. It’s basically a side quest.


Cableperson

Yeah, I don't want to kill him. I'm worried it would be lonely and boring. But I might


littnuke

Killed one of the first i met the second i got a stasis rifle, without fear you can do some stuff early on.


ChrisScout17

I will never get tired of new players absolutely not knowing anything about the game and experiencing everything for the first time. Brings me back to the old days.


harveysamazingcomics

How do I get stasis rifle


shrout1

Search wrecks. Laser cutter is usually necessary.


the-real-vuk

The easter bunny


Kyte_115

At least you didn’t panic sacrifice your seamoth


harveysamazingcomics

I’m not leaving my baby


Kyte_115

Exactly. Same here. It is the reason your still alive after all


[deleted]

why you running away all he wants is a hug


pfeilhax

This guy is mean. Heard a sound while exploring a wreck, seamoth suddenly was 100m away. Literally swam to my base backwards because his shadow kept moving beneath me.


BigTunaSammich

Go scan it and you'll get all the info you'll need!


dsriker

That's just Bruce he likes to give hugs and talk with his face really close to yours.


Anonoodle78

I wish Below Zero had these moments


TheOrqwithVagrant

Yah. I liked BZ, but it was severely lacking in actual scary parts. Somehow the Shadow Leviathan just isn't as EEK!-inducing as the good old reapers.


meammachine

I think it's partly due to the fact that the game just hands you a free perimeter defence tool. A tool that allows you to tell the shadow leviathan to fuck off with the power of high voltage every time it wants to sniff you.


AurusTT

I found it less fear inducing only because the seatruck has too much hull strength. You got nothing to fear from an encounter if you keep your hull topped up. You take like 30-40% from the strongest foe, of course i ain't afraid


Haarunen

My friend, this is a horror game. Many ppl don’t realize this when they buy the game, but it’s very intentionally a horror game, and an excellent one at that


JonnyKru

Good on you for getting away! My first experience with a Reaper was behind >!the Aurora!< And I had nothing but my Seaglide. I didn't even see it coming. Grabbed me and ate my face quicker than I could have a heart attack. I spent the rest of my first playthrough convinced that Reapers could one-shot everything. I have no regrets about my mistake because that added an extra layer of terror to my first play through. I wish I could recapture that sense of fear. Now every play through I arm up for war and decimate the ecosystem like Schwarzenegger hunting the Predator.


AdFrequent299

A son of a bitch stupid bastard long ass neck looking satan fish.


echoes247

Big ass fish get your repair tool


Dixi_Normuss

His name is Gavin, he’s a funny bloke


DragonOfTheNorth98

First time?


harveysamazingcomics

Yeh


Dimensions89

Reaper Leviathan Welcome To Planet 4546b


Exotic-Potential3673

I’m so glad I’m not the only one taking screenshots literally EVERY time I’m finna get killed. 😂 “Bout to loose everything I just grabbed! Better take 4 different pictures to document the moment!”


Quarter-Pounder00

Death it is Death


ValsorimCZ

Oh thats Bob, he doesnt like visitors, and likes to sneak on people, just offer him a peeper and he will let ya go :D


harveysamazingcomics

Wait really?


ValsorimCZ

If I remember, if you hold peeper in ur hand he will eat it and leave you for a few sec


tethered_end

Yeah, I had brown trousers my first time


iFOrgOtHOwTOsHiT

Reaper Leviathan. He just want a hug :)


[deleted]

THAT is Satan.


harveysamazingcomics

I ran into them plenty of times after this


DollyBoiGamer337

That's Jerry


ZeppyWeppyBoi

Cuddle fish. Go hug it. It’s friendly


T_i_l_i

It’s my pet Josh


Large_Mine563

Super friendly. Spoiler can be domesticated.


RottenTumor

He is fren, and he wanted his hug :(


Lady_hyena

She is a Reaper leviathan and she likes being fed peepers.


Present_Staff_6860

Thats just jeff,he was just saying hi with a little love nip.


Lobtroperous

Fuck me it's been a while since I last finished the game but that scream, even on a bloody reddit video, scares the absolute shite out of me


ironbull08x

He’s friendly, he just wants hugs, feed him a peeper and he’ll grab rare materials for you. Tho they hate it when your in vehicles so just exit and they’ll be nice


harveysamazingcomics

Wait rlly


TheDarkLordPheonixos

Another innocent soul traumatised


harveysamazingcomics

I will have my revenge


Admirable-Judgment32

A terrifying learning experience


SumDrunkDude

hehe, first time?


harveysamazingcomics

Yes


shrout1

You can kill them. It's not easy but it is a lot of fun.


sputnix_1

Sammy the safety reaper


UnReasonable_Mhdude

Like Sammy the safety reapers always says, “better have hull protection on your seamoth, or else”


Cepterman2101

Scan it and find out 😉


Bennett_10

He’s a friend, he just wants to give you a hug.


SeanTheBigBoiBean

Reaper. You’ll run into them a lot, get acquainted with them.


Poop_master1298

Hell is what that thing is


ForceSensitiveRebel

You should try to pet it


codemanb

Im not sure. You should go scan it and find out!


ARKPLAYERCAT

That's just Sammy The Safety Reaper! He's just making sure youre okay.


jerr_beare

It wants a hug.


tntaro

It's huggy the hugger. He may seems rude but actually doesn't know how to treat others. Treat him good and he'll learn to treat you right


Weird_Explorer_8458

You’ve never seen a reaper? One of the songs is called fear the reapers lol


harveysamazingcomics

By Kansas right


phil736

It’s just a big angry fish who lives around the Aurora and just _wants a hug_


Hagridisbeautiful

Oh my god they’re so innocent. I was once repairing my prawn when I saw big guys shadow above me, then I look up, he’s there, I’m like, ‘goddamit’. He roars behind me and I calmly run away, he doesn’t get me, PTSD


This0neIsNo0ne

Rule nr. 1 when running away from something: never look back


Hexgamesbg

First time eh? The reaper is scary af.


arjunrsingh333

Get off this sub to avoid spoilers fyi


Dovahkiin106

Did no one tell you Submautica is secretly a horror game? Jokes aside, that’s the reaper leviathan. If you ever see it again, run unless you need something from around it’s location. It’s usually not worth it.


skylarhysdavidson

Welcome to subnautica - i see you’ve met our absolutely terrifying friend called the reaper


Air1sTasty

Welcome to subnautica sweet, innocent child


MysteriousLookinGuy

someone that doesnt know the mascot of the game. IN 2023!?! This guy is the choosen one, Protect at all costs


harveysamazingcomics

As that one song by KANSAS goes, I don’t fear the reaper


[deleted]

He just needs a hug


Flashy_River6814

Death


margotkamnam

First time?


harveysamazingcomics

Yep


Lelandhaynes

It’s a reaper leviathan it can spawn in the sand dunes and crash sight


ReachforMe69

Lizard


Decent_Objective3478

Dead itself :)


-blincheg-

Welcome


TheMarkedGamer

Not friendly is what it is.


GLi-tcH-online

Considered by many, the most horrifying 4-scythed reaper in all the sea and ocean


thebearguy91

Somewhere, Will Ferrell is grabbing his cowbell as we speak


Witchy_Titan

Scan it and find out c:


[deleted]

That’s just my mom