Main Menu

+![The Main Menu in version 1.1](wiki-images/56/5620b18048cbdab0f893a4b51cee9f30.png)+ +The **Main Menu** of *Subnautica 2* is visible after a short few loading screens and disclaimers. It allows you to start the game, edit your settings, or close out the game.+ +## Options+ +The menu features several buttons allowing the player to start, load, or join worlds as well as other options for navigation and troubleshooting.+ +*   **Player Single Player** opens a menu to create or load a single-player world+*   **Host Multiplayer** opens a menu to create or load a [multiplayer](multiplayer) world+*   **Join Friends** opens a menu showing friends playing on multiplayer worlds, allowing the player to join them or add new friends+*   **Import Saves** allows the player to import downloaded save games from the cloud+*   **Settings** opens a set of menus for customizing the game experience+*   **Quit** closes the game+*   The [Website](https://support.subnautica.com/hc/en-us) and [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/subnautica) buttons in the bottom-right corner lead to the official support website and the official Discord, respectively+*   Clicking on the news block opens a menu with the news article and all previous articles+ +## Background+ +The background of the menu features an immobile view of a [Shallows](shallows)-like area with various [Lifeforms](lifeforms) visible in the background. This area does not appear anywhere in the playable game world.+ +The following [mobile lifeforms](lifeforms#mobile-life) appear in the background:+ +*   [Crimson Shrimp](crimson-shrimp)+*   [Fluttertail](fluttertail) schools+*   [Geordie](geordie)+*   [Halfmoon](halfmoon)+*   [Hammerhead](hammerhead)+*   [Harvestmoon](harvestmoon)+*   [Hycean](hycean)+*   [Marrowbreach](marrowbreach)+*   [Periscopic Clowncrab](periscopic-clowncrab)+*   [Water Slug](water-slug)+ +The Shallows-like environment in the background also features the following [anchored lifeforms](lifeforms#anchored-life):+ +*   [Branching Coral](branching-coral)+*   [Cradle Shootroot](cradle-shootroot)+*   [Donut, No Worms](donut-no-worms)+*   [Donut of Worms](donut-of-worms)+*   [Dragon's Scale Coral](dragons-scale-coral)+*   [Fern Kelp](fern-kelp)+*   [Jelly Lei](jelly-lei)+*   [Listening Gorgon](listening-gorgon)+*   [Macaron Sponge](macaron-sponge)+*   [Mimic Pylon](mimic-pylon)