Subnautica 2 is LIVE in Early Access and I'm diving straight in. This is day one — no guides, no prep, just me, the ocean, and whatever's lurking in the deep. If you're looking for an honest first look at Subnautica 2 gameplay, base building, creatures, and survival mechanics before you buy, this is it. In this stream we're covering everything the Early Access build has to offer — from the new underwater vehicles and Subnautica 2 leviathan encounters, to base building tools and how survival has evolved since the original Subnautica. Whether you're a veteran of Below Zero or picking up the franchise for the first time, I'll walk you through what works, what doesn't, and what genuinely surprised me. Subnautica 2 brings deeper biomes, darker waters, and creatures that make the Reaper Leviathan look friendly. I'm already not ready for this — but that's never stopped me before. Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #firstplaythrough #Subnautica2 #Subnautica2EarlyAccess #Subnautica2Gameplay #Subnautica2BaseBuilding
Subnautica 2 Early Access First Look — Deeper, Darker, Deadlier
Last stream we pushed into the Cursed Swamp and immediately learned it doesn't ease you in. Plague hunters, crocodiles, new ranged enemies, brutal difficulty spike. We fought through ancient debris mines, gathered quagmire powder and ancient scraps, hunted crocs for hides, and slowly unlocked swamp progression — plaguewood, mire metal, new crafting materials, new crops. Multiple relic sites cleared. A foothold established. The swamp let us stay. For now. But surviving it isn't enough. Something in this place is tied to a ritual — a summoning. The Senkamati tablets hold the answer, and if I don't find them fast, whatever the swamp does to people who linger too long might not be reversible. I'm also hunting down Charon's Obols — relics of an ancient being who ferries souls to the realm of the dead. That sentence alone should tell you what kind of stream this is going to be. Oh, and we might build our final ship. Assuming we survive. What we're doing this stream: • Exploring a new Cursed Swamp island • Hunting the Senkamati tablets and uncovering the ritual of summoning • Collecting Charon's Obols before something worse finds us first • Possibly building our final ship Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - Hunting Ancient Tablets Before This Curse Turns Me Into Something Worse
Last stream we finally hunted down Israel Hands — Blackbeard's right-hand man. Multiple wipes through pirate camps, undead ambushes, and naval skirmishes. One very bad halberd experiment. Running on stubbornness and whatever healing we had left, we chipped away at that final fight piece by piece until it was done. Israel Hands is dead. Now the trail leads somewhere worse. The Cursed Swamp. Nobody's told me what's actually in there — what it does to you, what's hunting in the dark, what the curse even means. I just know it's the next step in unraveling Blackbeard's mystery, and the name alone isn't exactly reassuring. This stream we're going in blind. New terrain. New monsters. New dangers I can't prepare for because I don't know what they are yet. We're also working on helping the people of Tortuga and starting to scout locations for our final base — assuming we make it out of the swamp in one piece. What we're doing this stream: • Entering the Cursed Swamp for the first time • Following Blackbeard's mystery deeper • Helping the people of Tortuga • Scouting our final base location Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - Israel Hands Is Dead. The Cursed Swamp Is Next. I'm Not Ready.
Last stream we finally hunted down Israel Hands — Blackbeard's right-hand man. Multiple wipes through pirate camps, undead ambushes, and naval skirmishes. One very bad halberd experiment. Running on stubbornness and whatever healing we had left, we chipped away at that final fight piece by piece until it was done. Israel Hands is dead. Now the trail leads somewhere worse. The Cursed Swamp. Nobody's told me what's actually in there — what it does to you, what's hunting in the dark, what the curse even means. I just know it's the next step in unraveling Blackbeard's mystery, and the name alone isn't exactly reassuring. This stream we're going in blind. New terrain. New monsters. New dangers I can't prepare for because I don't know what they are yet. We're also working on helping the people of Tortuga and starting to scout locations for our final base — assuming we make it out of the swamp in one piece. What we're doing this stream: • Entering the Cursed Swamp for the first time • Following Blackbeard's mystery deeper • Helping the people of Tortuga • Scouting our final base location Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - Israel Hands Is Dead. The Cursed Swamp Is Next. I'm Not Ready.
Last stream we finally built the Brig, upgraded our gear and weapons, and took the new ship out for a full naval combat test run — tearing through gunboats, transports, and boarding fights while stacking up supplies, money, and reputation. After that we pushed deeper into the Iron Foothills, hunting sulfur, unlocking gunpowder crafting, clearing pirate camps, and fighting our way through some brutal close-quarters battles while continuing the search for Blackbeard’s crew and the mysterious artifact. Oh — and after stream I did a little extra exploring, hunted some ships, unlocked new building parts, did some fishing... and sunk a ship called the Unsinkable. You're welcome. Now the trail leads to Israel Hands — Blackbeard's right-hand man and the name that keeps coming up every time we pull on this smuggler thread. This stream we're finding him and dealing with it. We've also got smugglers to help, a better Rapier to track down, and more of the map to uncover.The story is getting good. What we're doing this stream: • Hunting down Israel Hands — Blackbeard's Lackey • Helping out the Smugglers faction • Searching for a better Rapier • Uncovering more of the map Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - Israel Hands Has to Answer
We finally have everything we need — so it's time to build the Brig. Then we will be we're pushing into the Iron Foothills to upgrade our gear and make sure we're ready for whatever comes next. Last Stream Recap: We upgraded our starter hut into a full coastal pirate base, then spent most of the night out at sea — battling ships, boarding crews, hunting treasure, and unlocking new upgrades and blueprints. Thomas Richards humbled us more than once, but we stuck with it and finally took him down, unlocking the Iron Foothills, higher-tier crafting, and the next stage of progression. This Stream: 🗺️ Exploring the Iron Foothills ⚔️ Upgrading our gear for the next chapter ⛵ Building the Brig — we have everything, let's go 📖 Continuing the story Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - Upgrading to the Brig and It's a Game Changer
We're heading out to fight our first boss — Thomas Richards — and then pushing into the next biome to unlock iron, upgrade the ship, and start the next chapter of progression. Last Stream Recap: We jumped back in with a major base upgrade — expanding our starter hut into a full coastal build with crafting stations, storage, and a proper dock. From there we set sail toward Tortuga, getting constantly sidetracked by naval combat: taking down gunboats and haulers, boarding ships for loot, and learning (the hard way) how punishing boarding fights can be. Along the way we unlocked new factions, sold off loot, upgraded gear, and picked up new quests — eventually reaching Tortuga and discovering multiple faction systems, better gear paths, and the next stage of progression. This Stream: ⚔️ Taking down Thomas Richards — our first real boss fight 🗺️ Pushing into the next biome 🪨 Getting our hands on iron ⛵ Upgrading the Ketch to a Brig 🔓 Unlocking new items and recipes Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - We're Picking a Fight With the First Boss
Last stream we pushed deep into the jungle, cleared enemy camps, and rescued ourselves a crew. We found a wrecked ship, fought through some brutal stamina-draining battles (yes, there were deaths), and somehow managed to launch our first vessel and test out naval combat for the first time. Oh — and a mysterious artifact and a "not-so-dead" situation are starting to raise some serious questions about what's actually going on in this world. Between streams I finished up the remaining island quests and built out a proper base — there was a lot of mining involved. Also took the time to upgrade our ship and get the armor sorted so we're not going into Tortuga looking like castaways. In this stream we will be heading to Tortuga for the first time — grinding quests, exploring the port, and hopefully figuring out the trading system so we can buy and sell our way into something worth having. The mystery is deepening and Tortuga might have some answers. New to the channel? I'm WaywardEko — Dad, Gamer, Builder. I make videos about survival games with a focus on smart building strategies and teaching new players how to thrive. Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #windrose #firstplaythrough
Windrose - We Have a Ship, Now What?
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