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The Anemone Hills are Subnautica 2's biome of towering pink-and-green anemones about 300 m northwest of the Lifepod, 0 to 151 m deep, where the infected Heat Tolerance Angel Comb waits behind Bloom you clear with the Sonic Resonator.
The Anemone Hills are a biome of towering pink-and-green anemones about 300 m northwest of Subnautica 2's Lifepod, 0 to 151 m deep by All Things How's launch-build reference (May 20, 2026), and the home of the infected Angel Comb that gives the Heat Tolerance Adaptation: clear the Bloom around it with the Sonic Resonator and you can enter the hot Graveyard. "Anemone Hills" is an official name: Unknown Worlds' 1.2 notes fixed "circles of light" seen on bases built there (Unknown Worlds, Aug 19, 2026). It lies beside the Necrolei Hills.
Quick facts
| Depth | 0 to 151 m (All Things How, May 20, 2026) |
| Where | About 300 m northwest of the Lifepod |
| Name | Official (Unknown Worlds' notes) |
| Points of interest | The infected Heat Tolerance Angel Comb, Hills Wreck 1 (Rebreather on the launch build) |
| Resources | Acidic Raion Pouch, Cherimoya Rotsac, Quartz |
| Creatures | Foureye, Geordie, Hammerhead, Halfmoon, Jetocaris, Marrowbreach, Acid Anemone (Beebom) |
| Unlocks | Heat Tolerance, the way into the Graveyard |
Where is the Heat Tolerance Angel Comb in Subnautica 2?
PCGamesN puts the Heat Tolerance Angel Comb 190 to 205 m northwest of the Lifepod, at headings between 285 and 345 (May 20, 2026); All Things How describes it as "south of Anemone Hills". Both are launch-build guides. The Comb is infected, so it does nothing until the Bloom around it is gone. IGN's May 19, 2026 map tour, on the launch build (the clip above), puts the blighted area with this Comb "roughly west southwest of the life pod", with an area of anemones and Necrolei Cysts farther southwest beyond it, so the guides' headings differ here too.
How do you clear the infected Angel Comb?
You need the Sonic Resonator, because the Bloom "cannot be destroyed with brute force" (PCGamesN, May 14, 2026). The story leads you to it: NOA sends you to pioneer Wander's signal in a plague-tainted zone (MeinMMO), and near it a Sonic Resonator lies in an open box past Bloom biofilm that blocks a cave. PCGamesN's steps on the launch build:
- Get the Sonic Resonator from the box near Wander's signal, or scan its fragments: Game Rant finds one in a white box on a metal platform about 235 m out at 248 degrees, with Wander's audio log, and another in Quaker's abandoned base.
- Craft it if needed: 1 Basic Battery, 1 Wiring Kit, 2 Titanium Ingots and 2 Lead (PCGamesN).
- Use it on the three Bloom areas around the Angel Comb; with all three cleared, the Comb opens and you take Heat Tolerance at its core.
Kysen's May 14, 2026 guide, on the launch build, plays it through: a big orange growth marks the place, the Resonator first blasts open the way down a hole beneath it, then you follow the purple tentacles to each glowing blue growth and blast it. With those gone the Angel Comb opens, and while you use it your air stops falling and refills. He used up all his distraction flares and was down to one first aid kit, and warns that "you will be attacked a lot".
Bloom Sap can also block oxygen pockets, so watch your air while you work. See The Bloom and Tools and Modifications. Since 1.1 most creatures go dizzy after a Resonator hit, and since 1.2 the stun lasts 10 seconds (Unknown Worlds).
Resources
All Things How lists Acidic Raion Pouch, Cherimoya Rotsac and Quartz (May 20, 2026); Beebom says many crafting ingredients grow there. TheGamer finds Cherimoya Rotsac in organic cages in the shallows northwest of the Lifepod (May 15, 2026). Acid Raion plants give three pouches each and regrow (Game Rant). All Things How also lists a Rebreather in Hills Wreck 1, a different place from Destructoid's (see Dolerite Spires); 1.1 moved some wreck rewards when it added oxygen puzzles (Unknown Worlds).
Creatures
Beebom lists Foureye, Geordie, Hammerhead, Halfmoon, Jetocaris, Marrowbreach and the Acid Anemone (May 19, 2026). The Marrowbreach is the danger: a sharklike hunter drawn to bright light that circles and test-bumps before it bites, and Hotfix 3 (Jun 1, 2026) raised its damage while spacing its attacks out (Unknown Worlds). Hammerheads ram in herds. See Dangerous Creatures.
Frequently asked questions
Where are the Anemone Hills in Subnautica 2? About 300 m northwest of the Lifepod, 0 to 151 m deep, by All Things How's launch-build reference; look for the giant pink-and-green anemones.
How do you get Heat Tolerance in Subnautica 2? Clear the three Bloom areas around the infected Angel Comb near the Anemone Hills with the Sonic Resonator, then take the Adaptation at the Comb; PCGamesN puts it 190 to 205 m northwest of the Lifepod.
Why can't I use the Angel Comb in Subnautica 2? It is infected by the Bloom. Destroy the Bloom around it with the Sonic Resonator first; the Angel Combs of the Axum ruins also need the Feedback Resonator for their pink cankers.
Can you build a base in the Anemone Hills in Subnautica 2? Yes; update 1.2 even fixed a lighting bug on bases built there. See Best Base Locations for the tradeoffs.
Sources
- Subnautica 2 Regions and Biomes Reference (Early Access), All Things How (Pallav Pathak), May 20, 2026
- All Subnautica 2 Biomes and Regions, Beebom (Bipradeep Biswas), May 19, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Angel Comb locations - all adaptations, PCGamesN (Paul Kelly), May 20, 2026
- How to get past Bloom in Subnautica 2, PCGamesN (Christian Vaz), May 14, 2026
- Subnautica 2: Story Guide, MeinMMO (Alexander Mehrwald), May 27, 2026
- How to Harvest Large Resource Nodes and Clear Bloom Biofilm, Game Rant (Mehrdad Khayyat), May 14, 2026
- Acidic Raion Pouch, Game Rant (Hamza Haq), May 14, 2026
- All Food, Water, And Health Recipes, TheGamer (Kaitlyn Peterson), May 15, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Early Access Hotfix 3, Unknown Worlds, Jun 1, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.1 - Adaptive Measures Update, Unknown Worlds, Jul 8, 2026
- Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 - Buddy System Update, Unknown Worlds, Aug 19, 2026
- Subnautica 2 - Biome Maps and Secret Locations, IGN, May 19, 2026 (video)
- Subnautica 2 - The Ultimate Beginner Guide!, Kysen, May 14, 2026 (video)
Moments
Subnautica 2 - Biome Maps and Secret Locations
IGN
Subnautica 2 - The Ultimate Beginner Guide!
Kysen
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Coral GardensCoral Gardens and North Coral Gardens are Unknown Worlds' names for Subnautica 2's early coral areas around the Lifepod; update 1.1 (Jul 8, 2026) put a second Biolab and more Silver there, and 1.2 gave North Coral Gardens its own music.
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Dolerite SpiresThe Dolerite Spires are a maze of jagged volcanic pillars in Subnautica 2's starting region, shallow to mid depth, with Lithium and Titanium, Quaker's Meetinghouse and two Spires wrecks that All Things How lists for the High Capacity Air Tank and the Rebreather on the launch build.
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Metal FarmsThe Axum Metal Farms are the far eastern edge of Subnautica 2's Early Access map, about 2,000 to 2,200 m east-northeast of the Lifepod beside the Karakorum Power Plant, the only source of Troilite and Atacamite and where you find the Axum Bacterial Culture to build a Metal Farm of your own.
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Observatory IslandObservatory Island is Subnautica 2's Axum tower rising out of the sea about 1,000 to 1,200 m east of the Lifepod, with the Alien Ruins (Unknown Worlds' Axum Ruins), the Rosetta Stone, a Biolab since 1.1 and the Axum Observatory, where the Early Access story stops.
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PlateausThe Plateaus are Subnautica 2's rocky biome about 300 m northeast of the Lifepod, 23 to 119 m deep by All Things How's count, with Camp One, the Old Habitat and the caves that hold the early Silver; the sandy Lead Zone lies nearby.
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Root CanyonRoot Canyon is Subnautica 2's deepest explorable biome, a pitch-black canyon 365 to 750 m deep in the far east, with root-like walls, the Control Room, Tech Sites, Blight Nodes, a Cold Zone, colonist Dive Elevators and the Axum Metal Farms; the Collector Leviathan patrols its lower reaches.
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ShallowsThe Shallows are Subnautica 2's starting biome, the bright coral reefs around the Lifepod, 3 to 224 m deep by All Things How's count, with the Welcome Center about 85 m southeast, the first Angel Comb, Quartz-filled Coral Domes and caves of Copper and Titanium below.
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Tar CascadesThe Tar Cascades, in the area Unknown Worlds calls the Sparse Plains, are Subnautica 2's dark, tar-coated crossing about 700 m east of the Lifepod, 0 to 250 m deep, where the Collector Leviathan guards the way to the Axum ruins; cross low along the bottom in a Tadpole.
See also
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AdaptationsSubnautica 2 has four Adaptations, permanent body changes taken from Angel Combs, as of Nov 4, 2026. Pressure Tolerance comes in the opening, Digestion from an Angel Comb about 130 to 180 m north-northeast of the Lifepod, Heat Tolerance from an infected Angel Comb about 200 m northwest once the Sonic Resonator clears it, and Axum Vision from an Angel Comb about 1,800 m east.
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GraveyardThe Graveyard is Subnautica 2's hot, orange-watered biome, 0 to 266 m deep, that needs the Heat Tolerance Adaptation; it holds Gold, Salt, Sulfur and Lithium, the Tadpole Pens, Tailings Village, a Cicada Wreck, Nahema's Lab and hundreds of Water Slugs.
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Necrolei HillsThe Necrolei Hills are Subnautica 2's infected hills about 300 m northwest of the Lifepod, the main source of Necrolei Cysts for Strong Acid, with Copper, Titanium, Deepwing Egg Clumps and fauna mutated by the Bloom.
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LeadIn Subnautica 2, Lead lies on the seafloor northeast of the Lifepod at about 60 m deep, below a Cicada Wreck, though guides disagree on the distance (about 254 m or about 340 m). It is needed for the Sonic Resonator, Germanium Ingots and Sugar of Saturn.
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The BloomThe Bloom is Subnautica 2's infection: biofilm, sap, cankers and parasites that block caves, infect creatures and Angel Combs, and cannot be cleared by hand. You get past it with the Sonic Resonator, and the armored pink cankers need the Feedback Resonator; some places and guides call it the Blight.
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Tools and ModificationsSubnautica 2's tools are the Survival Multitool, Scanner, Flashlight, Habitat Builder, Sonic Resonator, Wakemaker, Repair Tool, Air Bladder, Distraction Flare and, since update 1.2, the Tracking Tag, plus two Prototype Tool Modifications made at the Modification Station, the Bioscanner and the Feedback Resonator. There are no weapons. This page gives each tool's recipe, blueprint and use.