Subnautica: Below Zero Cheats and Console Commands

Looking to play around or maybe make life easier in Subnautica: Below Zero? Well, here's a list of cheats that will help you do that!

Mark Carpenter

Published: May 12, 2021 04:16 am

Our Subnautica: Below Zero Cheats List and Commands Guide has a bunch of cheats and commands you can use to play around or get more out of Below Zero! We'll teach you how to activate and use the console, and list commands that will remove survival features, spawn in items and vehicles, or teleport you around the map.

Activating the Console

Console Commands are an optional feature and is not enabled by default. To activate it, you need to press F3, and a checkbox will appear in the top left corner of the screen.

You'll need to uncheck the Disable Console. To do this press F8 to make a mouse cursor appear, and then uncheck the box. Hit F3 again to close the window.

Entering Commands

Now that you have the ability to enter commands, you'll need to open up the text box that will receive the command. You can do this by either hitting the ~ key, or just hitting Enter to open up the text input field at the bottom left of your screen.

Complete List of Subnautica Below Zero Console Commands

Basic Instructions
[NAME]	Represents a variable text input that depends on the command.
[#]	Represents a number value of the player's choice.
[x] [y] [z]	Represent coordinates. [x] East & West [y] Altitude [z] North & South

General

General Commands
item [NAME] [#]	Adds a specified amount of a certain item to the player's inventory. Default number is one. Example: item copper 5 will add 5 Copper to the player's inventory.
spawn [NAME] [#]	Spawns a specified amount of a certain object in front of the player. Default number is one. Example: spawn spinner fish 5, spawns 5 Spinner Fish in front of the player.
baseflood [#]	Floods all player-built seabases to designated percentage (meaning water level). 0 means not flooded and 1 means completely flooded.
bobthebuilder	This enables the following: fastbuild, unlockall, nocost, fastgrow, fasthatch It also adds a Habitat Builder, Scanner, Survival Knife and a Repair Tool to the player's inventory.
bubbles	Spawns several air bubbles around the player.
charge [#]	Charges all batteries in inventory to given percentage. 0 means completely uncharged and 1 means fully charged.
clearinventory	Wipes everything in the inventory.
cold	Toggles the cold effect on the player.
damage [#]	Sets universal damage multiplier to player's choice.
damagebase	Breaches all Seabases.

dig [#]	Removes all terrain around the player in a sphere with a diameter of # meters (max value: 100). This command can put a severe strain on the gameplay performance.
ency [NAME]	Unlocks a specific data base entry. Example: ency triops will unlock the Triop entry. Doing ency all will give the player all of the data bank entries, even ones not acquirable in-game yet.
fastbuild	Allows the player to build modules quickly with the Habitat Builder.
fastgrow	Plantable flora will grow within a few moments when placed in any type of planter.
fasthatch	Eggs will hatch within a few moments after being placed in an Alien Containment.
fastscan	Reduces the scanning time when using the Scanner.
fastswim	Toggles fastswim mode, which allows you to gain a large speed boost while holding Left Shift.
filterfast	Reduces the time Water Filtration Machines take to filter.
filtersalt	Causes every Water Filtration Machine on the map to instantly fabricate Salt.
filterwater	Causes every Water Filtration Machine on the map to instantly fabricate a Large Filtered Water.

freedom	Changes the game mode
creative	Changes the game mode
survival	Changes the game mode
hardcore	Changes the game mode
freeze	Freezes all small fish
freezeplayer	Freezes the player
goal [NAME] [NAME]	Triggers the desired Story Goal . There are four types of goals: PDA, Radio, Encyclopedia, and Story. To use the command, write the type of goal as the first parameter and the name of the story goal as the second parameter. Usage: goal pda helloworld
goalreset [NAME]	Unchecks a given Story Goal. Uses the same Story Goals as the goal command.
hoverbikevariant1	Changes all spawned Snowfoxes to variant 1, meaning they have infinite boost and increased jump height.
hoverbikevariant2	Changes all spawned Snowfoxes to variant 2, meaning they have infinite boost and increased jump height

hypnosison	Enables the Lily Paddler's hypnosis effect.
hypnosisoff	Disables the Lily Paddler's hypnosis effect.
icewormhuntmodeoff	Turns off Ice Worm hunt mode
icewormhuntmodeon	Turns on Ice Worm hunt mode
instagib	Toggles instagib mode, which allows to player to one-hit kill all killable creatures.
invisible	Creatures will ignore the player completely.
kill	Respawns the player instantly inside the drop pod.
launchrocket	Forces the Exchanger Rocket to launch.
noblueprints	Allows the player to play with all blueprints unlocked.
nobubbles	Disables the player's breath bubbles.

nocost	Toggles unlimited, free use of the Fabricator, Habitat Builder, Mobile Vehicle Bay, Vehicle Upgrade Console and Modification Station whether the player has the required items or not.
nodamage	Toggles Damage
noenergy	Toggles power usage for all vehicles, tools as well as the Seabases.
nohints	Toggles game hints
nopressure	Toggles pressure effects on Seabases and Vehicles.
nosurvival	Disables the player's Food & Water requirements and removes sustenance value on items. Only applicable for Survival and Hardcore modes.
ongoal [NAME]	Completes a specified Story Goal.
oxygen	Gives the player an unlimited supply of oxygen.
resetmotormode	Forces the player into swim mode while in an underwater Architect Base.
resourcesfor [NAME]	Provides resources for any specific craftable items. Example: resourcesfor knife will give the player Silicone Rubber and Titanium.

rotfood	Rots all the food in the player's inventory.
schoolfishrepulsedbyplayer	Toggles shoals fleeing from the player.
seaglide	Spawns an unpowered Seaglide in front of the player.
shotgun	Toggles shotgun mode, which allows the player to kill creatures by right clicking on them.
startexchangerquest	Warps the player to the Exchanger Rocket and gives you a Repair Tool and two Coffee Americanos.
story [NAME]	Advances the current story to a designated point. These go in place of [NAME]: sendenzyme marg1 sanctuary skipintro radiorepair researchnotes colleaguepda frozencreature radiosalvage collectenzyme
story help [NAME]	Shows the help description for given story command.
supplydrop [NAME]	Initiates a certain drop. If you only type supplydrop you get everything These go in place of [NAME]: drop_bioscannersuppydrop droplifepod precursorscan_level_1 precursorscan_level_2 supplydropforbase log_buildersupplydrop log_vesper_7 log_dropdepthupgrade2 briefing-disabled log_spypenguinsupplydrop testdrop testsupplydrop2 test3
supplydropall	Shows the list of supply drops.
takedamage [#]	Damages player's health % amount equal to value. Max health is 100%.
unfreeze	Unfreezes all small fish.
unfreezeplayer	Unfreezes the player.
unlock [NAME]	Unlocks a specific blueprint. Example: unlock solarpanel unlocks Solar Panels.
unlockall	Unlocks all blueprints.
unlockallbuildables	Unlocks every blueprint used by the Habitat Builder.
unlockdoors	Unlocks all forcefields in Architect Bases.

Item

eggs	Gives the player every creature egg in the game.
exosuitarms	Gives the player every Prawn Suit arm.
exosuitupgrades	Gives the player every Prawn Suit upgrade.
hatchingtime	Gives the player a Seaglide, three Ion Cubes, a Rebreather, Fins, a Lightweight High Capacity Tank, and Hatching Enzymes.
madloot	Gives the player a Survival Knife, Habitat Builder, Scanner, 3x Battery, 4x Computer Chip, 10x Titanium and 10x Glass.
niceloot	Gives the player an Ultra High Capacity Tank, one Metal Salvage, one Quartz, one Copper Ore, one Lead, one Mercury Ore, a Rebreather, a Reinforced Dive Suit, one Salt Deposit, one Gold, one Crystalline Sulfur, one Silver Ore, a Stasis Rifle, a Stillsuit, a Radiation Suit, a Compass, a Standard O₂ Tank, a Uraninite Crystal, one Cave Sulfur, one Kyanite, one Diamond, one Nickel Ore, one Lithium, one Table Coral Sample, one Ruby, one Coral Tube Sample, one Magnetite, and one Stalker Tooth.
precursorkeys	Gives the player one of each color precursor key.
seatruckupgrades	Gives the player every Seatruck upgrade.
spawnloot	Spawns Quartz, Copper Ore, Content Magnesium, Salt Deposit, Gold and 4x Metal Salvage.
tools	Gives the player a Propulsion Cannon, Survival Knife, Flashlight, Habitat Builder, Air Bladder, Pathfinder Tool, Scanner, Repair Tool, Laser Cutter, Flare, and Light Stick.
vehicleupgrades	Gives the player all upgrades
item jukeboxdisksall	Drops a single Jukebox Disk that allows the player to unlock all the Jukebox tracks.

Technical

cambob	Toggles camera bobbing.
camerabobbing	Toggles camera bobbing.
camshake	Initates a camera shake.
collect	Performs a garbage collection script.
debughoverbike	Toggles the Snowfox debug menu. Only visible while riding a Snowfox.
debugmusic	Lists music currently playing, if one is playing.
debugstartmap	Places 1000 black cubes at the starting area.
entreset	Resets all loaded entities.
farplane [#]	Changes your viewing distance. 1000 is default.
fog	Toggles in-game fog.

fps	Shows FPS.
freecam	Allows you to freely leave your character and roam the terrain, even fly through solid objects. Use the command again to go back to your character. WARNING: Very sensitive movements, cannot open menu or inventory while in freecam. DO NOT use while seated in/on a chair or vehicle, this will make an irreversible bug, forcing you to reload to your last save in order to fix. ) To manipulate freecam movement, use shift to accelerate. Pressing the numbers 1-5 also changes the speed at which you move.
gamereset	Resets the terrain. WARNING! Do not use command while you are inside of a vehicle
ghost	Same as freecam, except player model is teleported to camera position when cancelled rather than vice versa. Very useful for making size references.
iceworm	Forces all spawned Ice Worms to start their ground-exit animation, wait a few seconds, and subsequently return into the ground.
interpolate	Toggles interpolation of player movement.
killvehicle	Makes all Seatrucks and their modules explode.
limitshadow [#]	Limits shadows to a certain radius around the player.
listambience	Lists all ambience files implemented in the game, as well as the biome ID they are associated with.
listmusic	Lists all music files implemented in the game, as well as the biome ID they are associated with.

nobloom	Removes bloom. Game restart needed to re-apply.
noshadows	Removes shadows. Game restart needed to re-apply.
pcannon	Gives all objects that can be picked up by the propulsion cannon a blue glow, similar to the effect while scanning an object.
printbiome	Shows on screen what biome the player is currently in.
rib	Toggles background running for the game.
scene [NAME]	Loads a scene based on the NAME parameter.
sizeref	Spawns the "Wasabi One" diver. Can be used as a size reference. Must be looking at terrain.
skiptrack	Ends the current playing track and moves onto the next.
spikeytraphunt	Forces all spawned Spike Traps into hunting mode.
spikeytraprest	Forces all spawned Spike Traps into resting mode.
target	Toggles target debug.
targetframerate [#]	Sets maximum game framerate.
techtype [NAME]	Prints the techtype for a given name.
vranim	Toggles VR animations.
vsync	Toggles VSync.
weathergui	Toggles the weather debug GUI.

Teleport

biome [NAME]	Teleports the player to a specific Biome. Example: biome shallowtwistybridges, teleports the player to the Shallow Twisty Bridges.
goto [NAME]	Teleports the player to a specific location. Example: goto rocket, teleports the player to the Communications Tower at the top of the Delta Island.
warp [x] [y] [z]	Warps the player to the coordinates of their choice. Example: warp 1 1 1
batch [x] [y] [z]	Warps the player to the center of a batch of their choice
chunk [x] [y] [z]	Teleports the player to the chunk of their choice.
gotofast [NAME]	Same as goto command, except teleports the player instead of moving them quickly.
gotospam	Teleports the player between two locations until the game is exited or the Teleports the player between two locations until the game is exited or the gotostop command is used.
gotostop	If the player has used gotospam, this stops the loop.
spawnnearby	Teleports the player half a meter in a random direction. Good for getting unstuck. Does not work while in vehicles.
warpforward [#]	Warps the player forward by [#] meters. Does not work while in vehicles.

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