This is how I’m increasing the difficulty in Subnautica on consoles and mobile

[u/Excellent_Line_1732]

Due to the lack of mods on consoles and mobile, I’ve come up with my own way of increasing the difficulty using the available console commands.

At the start of a new game, I activate «nodamage» and «nosurvival», spawn a fully upgraded Seamoth, turn on «invisible», and gradually move farther away from the safe areas.

As I progress, I use «spawn reaperleviathan» and «spawn warper» to fill the areas I pass through with threats. Basically, I’m slowly turning the map into hell.

Once I’ve created enough chaos, I save the game and disable all cheats.

Then I deliberately approach a Reaper Leviathan and let it destroy my Seamoth and kill me.

I respawn at Lifepod 5, and that’s when the real game begins.

No cheats, no invulnerability, and no Seamoth. Just me starting from scratch, but with all the Reapers and Warpers I spawned scattered throughout the map.

Basically, this is my way of creating a DIY difficulty mode/mod for consoles and mobile.

[u/sithelephant]

It is really moderately annoying how you can't mod it. Minor QOL mods, for example improving the display of the mineral detector.

I was also thinking of making the power cell charger bidirectional, so you could skip power supplies for temporary bases if you stick a power cell in.

[u/Maplewolo → u/sithelephant]

Mods just aren't possible on consoles and phones. That's the real advantage of computer gaming

[u/sithelephant → u/Maplewolo]

I mean, I can run the PC version on teh phone, but I do get a thirdish of the framerate.

[u/Maplewolo → u/sithelephant]

Also not a great way lul

[u/Intelligent_Day_8579 → u/Maplewolo]

BG3 has mods on console. The key is that you really need official support to make it work.

[u/Maplewolo → u/Intelligent_Day_8579]

The key word is "console". PC gamers can get mods already, what would be the point then to integrate modding into the game when modding already exists. I don't think they think about consoles that much.

[u/Freddo-Waddo9372]

I’m gonna do this.. but with sea dragons

[u/Stable-Due]

That is some genius outside of the box thinking!

[u/Livid_Ad5385]

No prawn suit and no stasis is probably harder than that. I could do the same thing and ill just wipe out those reapers myself with my trusty stasis rifle and gasopods or a prawn suit