Subnautica 2 · Creatures
Confirmed creatures & leviathans
A living record of every creature Unknown Worlds has shown publicly. Source, aggression, size, biome. Updated when new footage lands.
Featured
Collector Leviathan
The first Subnautica 2 leviathan walked end to end, from concept sketches to the AI behavior tree.
Sep 16, 2025 · 10:30
Design pipeline
- 01
Creating the Collector Leviathan
00:40 - 02
Modelling & Sculpting the Leviathan
01:57 - 03
Rigging the Collector
03:27 - 04
Technical Animation
04:54 - 05
Design Docs & Animating the Leviathan
06:21 - 06
Visual Effects
08:23 - 07
AI Behavior Tree
09:04
Ledger · 3 entries
Confirmed creatures
Speculation is marked explicitly. Unknown fields stay blank rather than invented.
| Name | Status | Class | Size | Aggression | Biome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collector Leviathan | Revealed | Leviathan | Large (Leviathan) | Reactive | Not confirmed | Dev Vlog · Sep 16 2025 |
| Small fauna (multiple) | Teased | Small fish | Small | Passive | Multiple biomes | Take a Deep Breath · Multiplayer vlog |
| Mid-size predators | Teased | Aggressive fauna | Medium | Aggressive | Reef + mid-zone | Diving Together · Feb 10 2026 |
Ecosystem · 6 confirmed
How creatures get built
Notes on the design pipeline behind the new alien biome.
Pipeline
UE5 + bespoke AI behavior trees per creature
Animation
Full skeletal rigging, not pre-baked vertex animation
VFX
Custom particle and volumetric passes, shown for Collector
Planet
New ocean world in the Ariadne Arm, not 4546B
S1 carryover
None confirmed. New cast and new ecosystem
Reveal cadence
One full creature breakdown per major dev vlog
Lineage
Subnautica 1's lineup
42 fully-realised creatures shipped in the original. Subnautica 2 inherits the design DNA on a new planet.
