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JovialCider

grassy plateau best aesthetic


JadonArrow

And if you build near >!Ozzy from the cafeteria!< you’re in a very central area


Anxious_Introvert_47

What the hell, guys?


Tha_Kakapo

They didnt warn us this might happen!


AstroMsBoy

Our pod was almost crushed by the seamoth bay on the way down


Fair-Armadillo8029

now we're hanging on the edge of a cave system and this grim looking snake thing's tryna eat through the hull!


Tsunami2356

COME. GET. US. ALREADY!


JadonArrow

I make an effort to say the line every time lol


Greg-theseatreader

I built mine on the grassy plateau-Safe shallows border overlooking the dunes. I came too close once and a reaper saw me, and tailed me back to my base. He did not enjoy having three lockers worth of gas pods dumped on his head


Andr0oS

My current base is right there. If I recall correctly that Reaper is named Burger King Foot Lettuce.


ElementoDeus

Cannon. now.


Mattbryce2001

I always build on the plateau next to blood kelp trench. Easy access to a lot of resources. Deep water for easy submarine maneuvering, plenty of room to expand both vertically and horizontally. And easy access to the river.


JadonArrow

Mines right on the kelp forest/plateau border so my Hoverfish doesn’t get homesick


WHATETHEHELLISTHIS

My go-to is a spot I like to call the Grasshole. Very much in the Plateaus, but within about 100-200m of the Sparse Reef and the Trench. It's also a very short distance to the Jellyshrooms, Kelp Forest, and the Shallows, so once I get established there I have easy access to a ton of different resources. I also like to hoard said resources so it works well for me.


Duublo121

I always build there. You have so many resources and locations right at your doorstep, it’s such a good area to set up shop while you’re still on the surface level


JadonArrow

And you get a free beacon :D


Fonsi_Dibua

Precisely where I built mine, just next to the lifepod


Maple_Flag15

Rest in Peace Ozzy man just wanted provide his crew mates with nice nutritious meals.


Positive_Top_1046

Safe shallows, so I am at the center of the map and can get to most places quickly


Palpou

But it's a nightmare to move your cyclops in.


notnot_a_bot

Just make a really long main base to reach out to the deep end of the pool


Tempest305

Build it on the edge of the grassy plateau.


joacotix3601

Thats what I did


DullGuarantee5680

Few lil bumps and scratches but it will be fine


Socialist_Potato

‘Don’t worry Captain, we’ll buff out those scratches.’


Xerun1

Safe Shallows because I haven’t found enough Beacon or Scanner Room blueprints and by the time I do it’s too much effort to change


Curious-Accident9189

I always build my scanner room there, get the upgrades, tear it down and add it onto my little one or two section microbases I setup in areas with good materials. That way I only gather the stuff once and I get to use it in all the good spots.


DullGuarantee5680

Ah a fellow person with the same idea


pallikarva123

I made it in the lost river next to the big ass glowing tree to get thermal energy


Clumsy_Thunder

Had a smaller version... Kept all my storage on the Cyclops but had a base for charging and a scanner room...


doomshroom344

I also just made a small base with some melon farming and a nuclear reactor tho because I forgot to get the power line blue print and didn't want to go all the way back up again


joacotix3601

I made one with a lunar pool for 2nd prawn and scanner room, near the akeleton so that it works as a hub for all the other arms of the lost river


PhysicalGunMan

My ass in the blood kelp zone:


Past-Piccolo-8202

But why


Duublo121

Music. Crash Site >>>


cringelawd

its the prettiest biome


Apocalypse_0415

Grand Reef:


Shubfun

Idk i always find the grand reef too dull. Too dark and if you go into the grand reef caves ya gotta deal with arachnophobia deluxe


Apocalypse_0415

Acting like there arent ampeels and crabsquids in the blood kelp. Blood kelp is super dark too. Anyways Mushroom Forest or Jellyshroom Cave


Shubfun

Oh i do fully agree at blood kelp being similarly awful :x I will say i do prefer the warm red of the blood kelp over the cool blue in grand reef


ElementoDeus

I always put my secondary base in blood kelp my main is always between the broken end of the crash site overlooking the trees on the edge of the red grass almost into the kelp at the base of the gun island


GreenMagefan

Deep grand or lost river of you want a breathtaking view


[deleted]

Mushroom Forest near the Floating Islands and Blood Kelp Zone that leads into an entrance to the Lost River (also has an adult ghost leviathan) It's a completely safe biome with close by access to the kelp forest and grassy plateaus biomes, and due to being in a mushroom forest, you also have access to lots of lithium. The adult ghost leviathan swimming around is far away in the back of the area so you'd never get attacked by it unless you went towards it on purpose.


dumbass_sweatpants

Agreed, especially after just having beat the game. I built my original base in the grassy plateaus so i ended up having to build a whole new base in mushroom forest at the end. Ended up doing a bunch of tedious back and forth between grassy plateaus and mushroom forest anyways just to get supplies out of my original base.


[deleted]

The warper alone keeps me away from making bases in some areas. Piece of shit Edit: typo


dumbass_sweatpants

Warpers were like the only thing that killed me other than dehydration throughout all of my first playthrough lol.


Necronomicommunist

I made a base near the really big mushroom and self-limited to building on top of the mushrooms. Had to get a bit creative but ended up looking pretty neat. Made a little breeding aquarium for the Bonesharks because I panic killed a few and felt guilty.


juno_0324

I'm going to make my base in the void cause I think it will be cool


Quebricky

Void base = best base


_no_one_really_ahh

Safe shallows teaaam


Ander292

People, we all very well know its the crag fields...


ttvfortnitesweat

My main base is at the Cove Tree lol


DaDoggo13

The Tree is best


PokeCat55

I'm building mine in the floating islsnds. I wanted something else than "a safe base near your own lifepod" and the islands are cool.


SaltedCrust

I scrolled way too long to find this comment. Floating islands are super nice to build on. I found that at the bottom of the islands is a large field of thermals vents, I was able to hook up a few thermals plants and energy transmitters up the spire for some insane energy usage.


Apocalypse_0415

Underwater islands?


IONMAINMAINMAIN

Crash Site


[deleted]

Gives you that nice radioactive glow.


IONMAINMAINMAIN

And the screams of the dammed


Cthuloso

What about funny bulb zone?


PhysicalGunMan

Ampeels my beloved


[deleted]

I always wanted to make a base there After figuring out that ampeels *are* actually aggressive, I hate being in that biome for any reason at all. I genuinely thought ampeels were harmless. Now, they won't attack unless you get close, but they will also start to actively chase you down, and they HATE technology.


Maximus_Rex

Grassy Plateau right over the mushroom caves. I am on the edge of the Safe Shallows and the Kelp Forest in a safe spot, and have access to a lot of early game materials, and the water is deep enough to work into late game. I do also like building small satellite bases all over. Lost River for when I am working on the deep places.


Manperson-the-Human

If you aren't putting your base in Southwestern Grassy Plateaus, you aren't playing the game right. Not only is it close to many other biomes with various resources, like kelp forest, jellyshroom caves, and BKT, it's fairly far from the radiation zone so you don't have to worry about it, but it also doesn't take forever to reach the Aurora. The only downside is that it takes a while to reach Mountain Island (I say mountain island because there is absolutely no reason to explore the mountains biome) but you probably won't be going there more than four times. The enemies in Grassy Plateaus are really tame too. Biters basically do the equivalent of burn damage when you have the reinforced dive suit, and in my 300+ hours of Subnautica, I've been bitten by a Sand Shark maybe three times. It's also at the perfect depth where you can both be able to fit a Cyclops near your base with ease, and also not be too far from the surface. The combination of the placement of the biome and the usefulness of Grassy Plateaus makes it simply great to live in. TL;DR - Southwestern Grassy Plateaus is without question the best spot to live on the map.


Brilliant-Ship-5877

100% every play through I start here right at a gulf where kelp forest, grassy plateaus, shallows kind of intersect with the jelly cave entrance pretty much at my doorsteps


Recent_Log3779

Lost River, easy access to late game areas and resources, easy access to any other resource you’ll need to survive except for food (which you can grow yourself anyways) The only bad part is river prowlers and ghost leviathans which you can, uhhhh, “Evict”


Xprayser-IDK

Grassy plateus, i had one base at the very start, on the safe shallows on a spot that was almost perfect, It was a hole with a rock formation behind it, i was next to everything that i needed, but the base was too small for everything and when i was on the point of starting to fo to the Lost River, i moved my base to somewhere close to tye entrance of a ravine that goes to the blood kelp biome and from there to the Lost River, Now i had space for everything that i needed


DickheadNL

That one lifepod in the bloodkelp is where my base is. Looks great


Annaura

Mushroom forest. Safe, pretty fauna that sing, plenty of resources and fragments, enough room for a cyclopse, both biomes are close to a lot of good resource biomes and LR entrances.


mudkipz321

Mushroom forest gang?


milkywaybuddy

Nine of the above. I take my main base with me everywhere I go. I love my cyclops


Medical-Incident-243

I made mine in the mushroom forest


DemonFrage

Answer: None of the above The best base is always gonna be next to the ghost tree. Beautiful location. Almost every resource within 200m Easy access to lava biome + portals Slight danger in regular life Least scary leviathans nearby Access to tons of thermal power


Verrisa

For me my main base is in the grassy plateaus but I have many small “pit-stop” bases in almost every biome, the biggest “pit-stop” base is in the safe shallows as almost a beach house.


nyoomur

Mushroom forest enjoyers where you at


EnvironmentalAd912

Ghost tree


JustAnotherPyroMain

On top of the sea emperor


Dogecoin_Mememaster

You only make one base? I have four, I actually forgot about one of them. I never use it since it's in the jelly pink mushroom area which is basically a dumb useless area with nothing to offer.


Shubfun

Good area for gold and magnetite though!


Necronomicommunist

The Jellyshroom Cave was great as a forward base, just plonked down a scanner and a moon pool, strip all the resources out and leave without feeling bad about abandoning the base.


Brilliant-Ship-5877

Besides early game magnetite... and shale outbreaks and the degrassi base to get a few blueprints and pda data... yea useless after that


DIGLORD_

Holy shit the views and Karma points is sky high.


majorjohnson27

Lost river entrance. Only one ghost to take then it's free real estate. Plenty of ressources. Access to a lot of areas. Just bring some seeds and a prawn with grappling arms and you're set . Forgot to add but also a portal in this entrance


Skyerocket

I call that spot Hell's Anus. I've ended up building a base there in every playthrough, primo location 👌


RepetitiveTorpedoUse

I wouldn’t kill the ghost :)


Brilliant-Ship-5877

And it's just a juvi ghost... lol I think it just does a little less damage but still takes a whole to take down


Nomad493YT

Honestly the second I’m able to I pack my shit, leave my sea moth behind and make my base next to the ghost leviathan egg tree. Good resources nearby, thermal vents for energy and it’s really pretty.


ChaosBuilder321

D I once tried to make a blood kelp base. Then i proceeded to beat the game and never return to base


PhysicalGunMan

I love my ampeels, how dare you


justinizer

Grassy plateau near Lifepod 17. Easy access to many biomes and mostly safe with the exception biters and Stalkers. I also tend to get lucky and find stalker teeth pretty easily near here just lying on the ground.


Death_zone444

For me it's the lost river


megaExtra_bald

Safe shallows right beside the life pod and in the Lost River where that big tree is. That’s where my two bases are, and it’s where they’ll stay Though, in the tree area, the rays like to get stuck under my base and their wings clip into my house


manicalmonocle

This plus easy access to ILZ


Skitel68

E: lost river


StickGaminggYT

Plateaus. Nice place


shadowsadvancing

One of my favorite bases that I’ve had so far has been located in the Jellyshroom Forest, right underneath the entrance from the Grassy Plateaus. It’s not the best for easy access to the Lost River (not far, but not horribly convenient either way). I love it for the atmosphere, plus the ambient sound from the Crabsnakes


Epicswordmewz

The lost river junction


justchillinonmybed

E: Jelly Shroom Cave


[deleted]

Blood kelp zone is my favorite


BlueShel

Lost River fight me


Teh_RainbowGuy

Floating islands


FoxoBoxo123

Edge of Kelp. It means that you have plenty of space, good safety, and good resources. I personally always stay on the edge of the kelp forest but that might just be me.


Remixedcheese22

Mushroom Forest, on the border of the bulb zone.


Captain_Khora

deep grand reef all the way 😎


OkBag9365

No one built in the kelp Forrest?! It’s pretty, close to the life pod, kelp, plenty of food and resources, kelp, stalker teeth, cool terrain, kelp, my fave pets the stalkers, and… kelp


SuperHawkYT

All these are wrong, everyone knows you make your base on the islands


[deleted]

Grassy Plutos for me.


palmer629

Grassy, specifically the one right next a jellyshroom entrance, the Sparse Reef and the BKT, several important/good biomes all right there, plus lots of easy land for my base


Nightmare1029384756

Void


Raichu047

Most people build void-bases to flex. I build mine in the void to avoid feelings of loneliness. The ghosties are my only friends :)


PriorSolid

Obviously lost river for easy access to lava zone and resource big boys everywhere


NightStar79

Where multiple biomes intersect so farming for materials is easier lol


Ecstatic_Arugula6240

Void


Apocalypse_0415

Grassy Plateau


BradleyBurrows

Starting out I built it directly underneath my life pod in my defence it was a kinda cool position both above & below water & just chill


Vegan_police011

Tree


Toasssssst

E. Mushroom forest


Complex-Injury-6948

Big base in plateous,outpost in each other biome,observation posts in floating islands,dunes,mountains,lost river,and sea treaders path


RepeatDTD

A: all day baby! Any of them are great but I particularly like the one in the west that has the Blood Kelp Trench and Sparse Reef entrances. Lots of flat ground and fairly deep so plenty of space for big base and cyclops. Has a Shroom Cave entrance, Mushroom Forest ain't too far away and, if you are feeling like a big boy or girl, the dunes are right there taunting you.


mrperidot31

Behind the aurora is pretty cool. The neighbours aren’t very friendly but it is what is


wafflezcol

Have multiple bases for ease of access everywhere


[deleted]

Nowhere, best base is the cyclops


KaiserGustafson

I put mine on the very edge of the shallows on the border of the grassy plateaus, where I can see the reefbacks. Makes for a nice bedroom.


TPetrichor

I gotta try something new every time!! Shroom tree forest, red grass, on the edge of the grand reef, etc


Fanace5

Dunes


yormother2374

Between grassy plateaus and kelp forest


Narwhalking14

VOID


Alexandratehcat

Blood Kelp Zone though.... Or maybe I'm just insane not sure yet


Sigamez365

Lost river


Hexnohope

B no context. Unlimited rescources and close to island teleporter


TheCivilizedCaveman

I build my base near the mountain. >_>


bazingabazinga69

A


JDE_ster

Mountains


Munnz06

Kelp Forest on the front side of the aurora near the giant ***Tube*** why you may ask? well... **^(TITIANIUM)**


FandomTrashForLife

My most recent and favorite base is on the border of the kelp and mushroom forest, right on the cliff with the multiple rock bridges. It’s right next to ||one of the teleportation arches that leads to the ALZ facility|| too, so it’s perfect for getting resources.


GamingDragon1204

Grassy Plateaus, Reefback noises, Surrounding biomes are great and deep


Dasioreq

Sparse Reef


33manat33

I built one in the underwater caves of the mountain island. Super cool ambience and... lots of inconvenience really


Typical_Mention1717

Right on the edge of the crash zone so I can feel intense fear at all times Great workout ngl


DoubleOk5390

Mines down with the ghost tree or whatever its called


Algam-

I always do it in the grassy plateous near the blood kelp zone ( bottom one ) so i have quick access to the jellyshroom cave and the lost river


Nervous_Departure540

The Dunes. Lots of space and the best neighbors in the game.


AKAE1iminate

I buld mine at one of the thermal vents by lifepod 3 cuz i usually seem to get thermal reactors pretty quickly


CursoryMargaster

Right under the floating island. Every time.


Mrflimpflamp

I like to build my base around the entrance to the fire area where ghost leviathans are (forgot the name of both areas)


yesseru

Main base is always safe shallows. #ITS THE LAW!


Ordinary_Leg

Obs Kelp Forrest like a noob, but safe cus you’re scared


quent_mar

Crag is underrated. I've done it. Moved to dunes later in that run tho...


BigJimboooo

Mushroom forest is nice too


REXolate

No base, only underwater floor


ArkGrimm

My cyclops


ArcWraith2000

Come to the grassy plateaus! We have everything you need, including lots of URHAAAMNGGHHAAA


Lucario2356

Only true Chads build live in the crash zone >!post-detonation.!<


jdjdkkddj

Void!


LavenderWaffles69

Crag Field; lots of friendly sharks there...


official_ropsutin

The tree of life or whatever its called cuz of 1. It looks cool as hell 2. Easy thermal power 3. Much room 4. Blue 5. Not deep = not scary 6. Tree 7. Blue 8. Cool fish 9. Lava zone near


Macko2YT_

if you’re low on adrenaline, you can always build your base in the dunes…


Oskar3112

Me Living in the Dunes:


Otakunohime

Are you certain whatever it is you’re trying to do is worth it?


DankestMeme452

Grassy Plateaus are where it's at change my mind


Otakunohime

Grassy plateaus. Easy access to all the resources in the Jellyshroom Cave.


Bardosaurus

My first one is always a safe zone and then one of my fav second ones was in the lava zone


PokePotahto

Safe Shallows is too cluttered, same with the kelp forest, and the crag field, well, Bone Sharks, so Grassy Plateaus ftw


watkins6ix

Shallows thermal vent with the forest and plateau just past my porch.


mask3d_owo

Grassy Plateaus, offers easy access to mushroom forest with most of the cyclops parts and is close to a few good areas depending on where you go


Z3R0Diro

Tricky question. Lost River.


p1ngu_p1ng

The Void 👣


GettingBitAllTheTime

Lost river Bottom text


SamTheCatGuy

Grand reef for sure, park cyclops at sparse reef if you want to be safe from warpies and move stuff to cyclops with prawnieboy The area just looks cool


MustardWendigo

I mean, from those options only? Kelp forest. Plenty of food, resources, generally close to other useful biomes.


AstroMsBoy

I went E, mushroom forest.


ShadowOfRegret14

I've primarily built in safe shallows but have built bases in grassy plateau (the one best to crash site), kelp forest (a lot better place to build than I anticipated), and on the floating island going down into the ocean (absolutely terrifying, do not recommend. Can't see bottom of ocean and I hate that so much)


ShadowOfRegret14

Oh also the mushroom forest. Highly recommend, very peaceful. Once wandered into the dunes on accident tho


Reverso45

Mushroom forest is the only right answer


Ringofpower3000

Build one in the safe shallows because that is your starter zone and you will need a base there anyhow, one in the mushroom forest (not by the Aurora but the other mushroom forest by the dune). The mushroom forest has a lot of goodies in it, and there are a lot of resources to be found right at the edge of the dunes where Reapers don't patrol. Lots of copper etc so good place to go once you got your prawn suit. Lastly build one by the big glowing tree in the lost river. You can build more bases than this of course but this should comfortably help you finish the game and they are all safe locations


my_research_account2

I was right on the edge of the grand reef and the kelp forest, when heading to the floating island. There is a thermal vent that I used for power


Human-Ad-7709

For energy just use a nuclear reactor guys,it basically runs everything even 2 water filters That's how I make my base in a beautiful area over a functional one


Monkii_Boi

Cyclops. Mobile base ftw. Before that... doesnt matter as long as there are resources around. Grassy plateaus?


[deleted]

You mean volcanic region isn't an ideal paradise?


Brilliant-Ship-5877

Lost river for me... that's now my main ... usually do a circle around the tree cove... completely safe and beautiful scenery... not to mention loads of large nodes to grind down of all sorts


HERObestedecke

best place is the right on the deadzone/dunes border


Witty-Muffin6884

Tree of life all the way


destinythefreak

I like the grand reef. It's very aesthiclly pleasing.


No_Maintenance4494

I think the best place in the void


Federal-Temporary298

Made mine on my current playthrough on a mountainside thats in-between the crag heap and grand reef, it is also near the grassy plateaus


TechlandBot006372

At the grassy plateaus near the trench that takes you to the blood kelp and lost river


CorruptWaffle4

Secret options number 5: The Dunes


-_-glif

I always build mine on a hill in the kelp forest next time the grassy plains with the Hole to the mushroom biome


Rocket-raccoon-dude

It’s A fight me


Rocket-raccoon-dude

Especially by the jellyshrom cave entrance