Is there an in-game map in Subnautica 2?

No. Like the earlier Subnautica games, Subnautica 2 has no in-game map — you navigate with the compass at the top of the screen and by dropping beacons on the landmarks and wrecks you want to find again. Getting lost is part of it.

How many biomes are in Subnautica 2?

Around a dozen biomes are in the May 2026 Early Access build — from the surface Shallows down to the Root Canyon, the deepest explorable area. More biomes and whole regions are planned across the two-to-three-year Early Access window, so the map is still growing.

Where is the Cicada wreck in Subnautica 2?

The Cicada is the crashed ship, and it's broken into sections scattered across several biomes — the Lander Garage in the Leadzone, the Canteen in Tufa Towers, and the EVA Prep & Therapy Room near the Power Plant. Each section holds different blueprints, tools and data cards.

Subnautica 2 Map — All Biomes, Points of Interest & Navigation (2026)

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How navigation works (there's no map)

Subnautica 2 keeps the series tradition: no in-game map screen. You orient with the compass at the top of the HUD and by memory. The fix for "where was that wreck again?" is beacons — craft them, drop them on anything you'll want to return to (a base, a rich resource field, a wreck you haven't finished looting), and they show as labelled markers you can rename and toggle. Depth, biome ambience and landmarks are your other cues. Lean on beacons early and you'll never lose your base again.

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Every Biome (Early Access)

Roughly ordered surface-first to deepest. Exact depth bands are still shifting in Early Access, so treat the deep-vs-shallow ordering as the reliable part and specific numbers as approximate.

Biome	Notable resources	Key points of interest
The Shallows	Titanium, Copper, Quartz	Welcome Center, Spider Dome, Anita's Garden
Leadzone	Lead, Titanium, Copper	Cicada Wreck — Lander Garage
Plateaus	Silver, Titanium, Fibrous Pulp	Old Habitat, Camp One, Sophie's Retreat
Anemone Hills	Silver, Necrolei Cyst	Lightly developed so far
Blighted Coral	Under development	Under development
Tufa Towers	Lithium	Cicada Wreck — Canteen, Unauthorized MoA Modification
North Raceway	Salt, Quartz, Copper	Quaker's Meetinghouse
South Raceway	Salt, Titanium, Silver	Nahema's Lab
Graveyard	Gold, Sulfur, Salt	Tailings Village, Tadpole Pens, Hot Cave Base Camp
Observatory	Creature Enamel, Celestine	Rosetta Stone, Axum Observatory, Needler Nest
Power Plant	Conduit Crystals, Celestine	Cicada Wreck — EVA Prep & Therapy Room
Root Canyon deepest	Axum Bacterial Culture, Troilite	Metal Farms, Stairway to Heaven

Resource tip: the deeper biomes (Graveyard, Observatory, Power Plant, Root Canyon) hold the late-game materials — Gold, Celestine, Conduit Crystals, Troilite — but they also hold the leviathans. Bring a vehicle and a plan.

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The landmarks worth finding

The Cicada (crashed ship) multi-part

Your wreck, broken into sections across several biomes — the Lander Garage (Leadzone), the Canteen (Tufa Towers), and the EVA Prep & Therapy Room (Power Plant). Each section holds different blueprints, tools and data cards, so all of them are worth clearing.

Axum Observatory & Rosetta Stone alien

The big alien structures, out in the Observatory biome. The Axum Observatory is a mid-to-late-game destination (you need progression to get in); the Rosetta Stone is tied to the story's alien-language thread.

Colonist bunkers & camps scattered

Old habitats, labs and camps (Sophie's Retreat, Nahema's Lab, Quaker's Meetinghouse, Tailings Village) dotted across the biomes. They hold beds, lockers and scannable furniture — scanning furniture expands your inventory, so don't skip them.

Hot Cave & Needler Nest hazard

Environmental set-pieces — the Hot Cave Base Camp (Graveyard) and the Needler Nest (Observatory). Useful but dangerous; scout before you commit a base nearby.

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This Is Early Access — the map is still growing

Subnautica 2 launched into Early Access on May 14, 2026. The biomes above are what's in the world now; Unknown Worlds has confirmed more biomes and whole regions across the two-to-three-year Early Access roadmap.

Because it's actively being built, biome names, layouts and depth bands can shift between updates — which is why exact depths here are kept loose and the deepest region (Root Canyon) carries a flag. We re-check this page against the game and the wiki when it updates.

Subnautica 2 Map — Biomes & Points of Interest