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Floating Island

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Biomes

Type

Islands

Depth Range

• 0 - 85 meters above sea level

Temperature Range

20.2°C-40.9°C

Biome ID

Islands

Point of Interest

• Degasi Seabases
  • Base 1
  • Base 1A
  • Base 1B
• Alien Arch Cache
  • -662 2 -1050

Music

• Arc Lights
• A Tendency to Float
• Tropical Eden

Picking up multiple faint energy signatures on the island's surface.

― PDA, Dialogue

The Floating Island is a unique island biome in Subnautica. It is located southwest of the Aurora. It is a large landmass completely supported by Ancient Floaters located underneath the Island. The climate is tropical, with a great amount of vegetation and a surface temperature that peaks just below 41°C and never lower than 20°C.

The Floating Island was the rendezvous point for survivors of the Aurora, However, only two made it: Second Officer Keen, and CTO Yu. Keen left behind a signal for the rendezvous point at Lifepod 19. An Abandoned PDA is positioned right beneath the signal, laying on the sand.

The Floating Island was also the residence of the Degasi Survivors for a small while. There, they constructed a main base, which has been partially covered by a mudslide. Two smaller observatories doubling as small farms, and a larger farm on the other side of the Island.

Description

The Floating Island is fully explorable and boasts a wide variety of colorful, terrestrial flora that covers most of the Island's surface. It can be accessed from the main beach or via the underwater entrance at its center. The Island is a good source of edible plants, mainly the Lantern Tree, Marblemelon, and Chinese Potato, which are exclusive to the Island and can be found in various abandoned growbeds. Bulbo Trees are also edible and can be found growing wild on the island.

The Alien Arch Cache can be found in a large cave near the centre of the Island. It has two entrances. The first is a little inaccessible. It can be found on a small ledge just above the large lake in the middle. The second is found in a small lump in the ground east of the central lagoon. This one is much easier to access but harder to find. The Arch inside links to the Mountain Island Arch.

There are also three abandoned seabases built by the survivors of the Degasi, one located at the center and one on each of the mountains of the Floating Island. To reach the two mountaintop Seabases, follow the left fork on the dirt path near the beach. The path will fork again before a bridge crossing, with each fork leading to one of the two mountaintops. To reach the central Seabase, take the right fork near the beach and follow it around the edge of the Island (It is also possible to simply climb down from one of the mountains to the central Seabase). An abandoned farm constructed by Bart Torgal can also be found here next to a naturally made land bridge. It consists of Chinese Potato Plants and Marblemelons.

• Resources
• Fauna
• Flora
• Corals
• Fragments
• Scannables
• Others

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Ancient Floater

Cave Crawler

Shoal of Fish

Skyray

• Floating Island
• Degasi Seabase

• Bulbo Tree
• Grub Basket
• Grue Cluster
• Jaffa Cup
• Lantern Tree
• Marblemelon Plant
• Ming Plant
• Pink Cap
• Speckled Raffler
• Voxel Shrub

Chinese Potato

Fern Palm

Lantern Tree

Marblemelon Plant

Small Marblemelon Plant

Veined Shell Plate

All Fragments are found in the Degasi Seabase on the island:

• Stasis Rifle Fragment

All Scannables are found in the Degasi Seabases on the island:

• Bulkhead
• Composite Plant Pot
• Desk
• Exterior Growbed
• Interior Growbed
• Multipurpose Room
• Observatory
• Spotlight
• Swivel Chair
• Wall Planter

All items are found in the Degasi Seabase on the island:

• Disinfected Water
• Purple Tablet

Achievement

Main article: Achievements

Spoiler alert: The following section contains story related material.
	Seaside Living with an Ocean View Find the Degasi habitat on the floating island How to obtain: The player has to discover Degasi Seabase on the Floating Island.

Gallery

• Screenshots
• Concept Art

OverviewAnother view of the Floating IslandAnother viewThe Floating Island's shoreThe Floating Island at nightThe substructure of the Floating Island.Aerial shot of the Floating IslandThe Floating Island at DuskA naturally formed rock arch on the Floating IslandSunrise on the Floating IslandMore of the thick undergrowthThe Floating Island's underwater entrance, viewed above the water surfaceA great diversity of flora on the Floating IslandVarious types of plants growing along the Floating Island's pathwayThe Floating Island's remarkably dense vegetationAn extremely dense jungle on the Floating IslandA type of arboreal flora populating on the Floating Island abundantlyA view inside the Floating Island's small caveThe exit of the cave, leading to the Floating Island's'underwater entranceAnother path leading to the underwater entrance of the areaDitto, viewed underwaterThe Aurora viewed from the Floating IslandA sunset on the Floating IslandA Degasi Seabase on the Floating IslandThe main Degasi SeabaseThe cave entrance to the Arch CacheThe Arch Cache from aboveThe Alien Arch of the Floating Island, unpoweredConcept artConcept Art

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