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All Subnautica: Below Zero cheats and console commands

Players have tons of options to alter the game to their liking.

Jessica Scharnagle

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Vic Hood

Published: Jul 16, 2024 04:20 am

In Subnautica: Below Zero, you explore the terrifying, watery depths of an alien planet. Fortunately, plenty of cheats and console commands are available to make your underwater adventure easier.

How to use cheats and console commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

You need to bring up the cheat console to input Subnautica: Below Zero cheats and console commands. Here’s how you can access the cheat console on PC and console.

How to open the cheat console on PC:

Press shift and Enter at the same time to open up the console command.

How to open the cheat console on Xbox:

Press LB+LT+RB+RT+A at the same time to open up the console command.

How to open the console on PlayStation:

Press Square+X+R1+L1 at the same time to open up the console command.

Tip: Nintendo Switch cheats

You cannot enter cheats on the Nintendo Switch. This feature was disabled on the device in 2022.

All console commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

There are a huge number of console commands that provide cheats or ways for players to alter their game. Below is the full list of Subnautica: Below Zero cheats and commands you can use, as well as what they do.

For reference:

[NAME] is the variable text input.
[#] represents the variable number input.
[x] represents East & West.
[y] represents Altitude.
[z] represent North & South.

More information and examples can be found on the game’s wiki page.

All general console commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

Input	Result
item [NAME] [#]	Adds specified amount of item into the player’s inventory.
spawn [NAME] [#]	Spawns specified amount of item in front of the player.
baseflood [#]	Floods all player-built sea bases.
bobthebuilder	Enables fastbuild, unlockall, nocost, fastgrow, fasthatch, and adds tools to the player’s inventory.
bubbles	Makes air bubbles appear around the player.
charge [#]	Charges batteries.
clearinventory	Clears a player’s inventory.
cold	Toggles the cold effect on the player.
damage [#]	Sets a damage multiplier.

damagebase	Causes a breach in all sea bases.
ency [NAME]	Unlocks specified database entry.
fastbuild	Allows the player to build modules more quickly with the Habitat Builder.
fastgrow	Makes flora grow faster.
fasthatch	Makes eggs hatch faster.
fastscan	Makes scanning go faster.
fastswim	Gives players the ability to boost their speed while holding left shift.
filterfast	Reduces the Water Filtration Machine time.
filtersalt	Instantly makes the Water Filtration Machine produce Salt.
filterwater	Instantly makes the Water Filtration Machine produce Large Filtered Water.

fly	Allows player to continuously jump while in the air.
freedom	Changes game mode to Freedom.
creative	Changes game mode to Creative.
survival	Changes game mode to Survival.
hardcore	Changes game mode to Hardcore.
freeze	Freezes all small fish.
freezeplayer	Freezes the player.
goal [NAME] [NAME]	Triggers the desired story goal: PDA, Radio, Encyclopedia, or Story.
goalreset [NAME]	Unchecks specified story goal.
hoverbickvariant1	Changes Snowfoxes to give infinite boost and jump height. Also has no maximum speed.

hoverbikevariant2	Changes all spawned Snowfoxes to just have infinite boost and jump height.
hypnosis on/off	Turns Lily Paddler’s hypnosis effect on or off.
icewormhuntmode on/off	Turns on or off the Iceworm’s hunt mode.
instagib	Players can one-shot killable creatures.
invisible	Creatures will ignore the player as if they were invisible.
kill	Respawns the player in the drop pod.
noblueprints	Unlocks all blueprints
nobubbles	Disables the player’s breathing bubble animation.
nocost	Allows players to use machines and fabricators whether they have the items or not.
nodamage	Turns off damage.

noenergy	Toggles power usage for all tools, vehicles, and sea bases.
nohints	Toggles game hints.
nopressure	Toggles the pressure effect on sea bases and vehicles.
nosurvival	Disables the players’ food and water requirements.
ongoal [NAME]	Completes the specified story goal.
oxygen	Gives the player unlimited oxygen.
resetmotormode	Forces the player into swim mode while in an underwater Architect Base.
resourcesfor [NAME]	Provides the resources for specified craftable item.
rotfood	Makes all the food in the player’s inventory rotten.
schoolfishrepulsedbyplayer	Makes schools of fish flee from the player.

seaglide	Spawns and unpowered Seaglide.
shotgun	Allows players to kill enemies by right clicking on them.
startexchangerquest	Gives the player a Repair Tool and two Thermoses.
story [NAME]	Advances the story. Check the wiki for parameters.
story help [NAME]	Shows the help description for a story.
supplydrop [NAME]	Initiates the specified drop. Check the wiki for parameters.
supplydropall	Shows the list of supply drops.
takedamage [#]	Damages the player by specified percentage.
unfreeze	Unfreezes all fish.
unfreezeplayer	Unfreezes the player.
unlock [NAME]	Unlocks specified blueprint.
unlockall	Unlocks all of the blueprints in the game.
unlockallbuildables	Unlocks all blueprints used by the Habitat Builder.
unlockdoors	Unlocks Architect Base forcefields.

All item commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

Input	Result
eggs	Gives the player all creature eggs in the game.
exosuitarms	Gives the player all Prawn Suit arms.
exosuitupgrades	Gives the player all Prawn Suit upgrades.
hatchingtime	Gives the player a variety of loot.
niceloot	Gives the player a variety of loot.
precursorkeys	Gives the player each color precursor key.
seatruckupgrades	Gives the player every Seatruck upgrade.
spawnloot	Spawns a variety of loot.
tools	Gives the player tools.
vehicleupgrades	Gives the player all vehicle upgrades.
item jukeboxdisksall	Drops a disc that unlocks all of the Jukebox tracks.

All weather and time commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

Input	Result
day	Sets time to day.
night	Sets time to night.
accelweather [#]	Accelerates a future weather event.
daynight [#]	Sets the time of day.
daynightspeed [#]	Sets the day/night cycle slower/faster.
forcenextweather	Advances current weather to the next event.
lightning	Toggles lightning.
precipitation	Toggles rain.
resetweather	Re-rolls all the weather in the game for the next 24 hours.
skiptime [#]	Skips a number of seconds.
weather	Toggles weather on/off.
weatherevent [NAME]	Sets the weather to specified name.
wind	Toggles wind.

All technical commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

Input	Result
cambob	Toggles camera bobbing.
camerabobbing	Toggles camera bobbing.
camshake	Enables camera shake.
collect	Enacts a garbage collection script.
debughoverbike	Enables Snowfox debug menu. Only available when on a Snowfox.
debugmusic	Shows music that is currently playing if any is playing.
debugstartmap	Puts 1000 black cubes around the starting area.
entreset	Resets all loaded entities.
`farplane [#]`	Increases or decreases viewing distance from the defaulted, 1000.

fog	Enables in-game fog.
fps	Displays FPS.
freecam	Allows you to enter spectate mode. You can fly through objects and roam over land. Toggle again to return to your character.
gamereset	Resets the terrain.
ghost	Allows you to enter spectator mode with a ghost-like figure of your character.
iceworm	Makes all iceworms return to ground.
`interpolate`	Toggles interpolation of player movement.
killvehicle	Makes all Seartruck vehicles with their modules, explode.
`limitshadow [#]`	Reduces shadows to a certain radius around the player.
listambience	Lists all ambiences found in the game with the biome they are associated with.

nobloom	Gets rid of bloom. A restart is needed for this to apply.
noshadows	Gets rid of shadows. A restart is needed for this to apply.
pcannon	Gives items that can be picked up by the propulsion cannon a blue glow.
printbiome	Displays biome players are currently in.
resetachievements	Resets all achievements.
rib	Enables background running for the game.
`scene [NAME]`	Loads scenes based on the NAME parameter.
`dbc`	Enables creature debugger.
`debugcreatures`	Enables creature debugger.
sizeref	Spawns in a model of Robin Ayou.

skiptrack	Skips current in game music and goes to another one.
spikeytraphunt	Puts all Spike Traps in hunting mode.
spikeytraprest	Puts all Spike Traps in sleeping mode.
target	Turns on target debug.
`targetframerate [#]`	Sets the maximum framerate.
`techtype [NAME]`	Prints the techtype for a given name.
`vranim`	Turns on VR animations.
vsync	Turns on Vsync.
weathergui	Turns on the weather debug GUI.

All teleport commands in Subnautica: Below Zero

Input	Result
biome [NAME]	Teleports player to specified biome.
goto [NAME]	Teleports player to specified location.
warp [x] [y] [z]	Warps player to specified coordinates.
batch [x] [y] [z]	Warps player to center of specified batch.
chunk [x] [y] [z]	Warps player to specified chunk.
gotofast [NAME]	Warps player to specified location instantly.
gotospam	Warps player between two locations until gotostop is used.
gotostop	Stops gotospam.
spawnnearby	Teleports player to random location a short distance away.
warpforward [#]	Warps player forward specified meters.

These commands can get you out of sticky situations, make combat easier, and reduce annoying gameplay effects—plus much more. Whatever you use them for, they are listed here to make your gameplay experience the best in Subnautica: Below Zero.

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