Subnautica Below Zero: How to Use Unstuck When You Are Trapped

Identify a trapped player position

The Unstuck feature is intended for a player caught out of bounds. It was added with What the Dock. Use that scope when deciding whether it addresses your problem: a misplaced character, a missing vehicle and a save that never finishes are different symptoms. [1]

The documented destination is your last safe location. The feature is not described as free travel to any chosen biome or a way to recreate lost inventory. [1]

Open Options and select Unstuck

The recovery flow is built into Options, so no console command or downloaded repair tool is needed for this documented step. [1]

Steps

1. Open the Options menu while dealing with the trapped character. [1]
2. Select Unstuck and return to the last safe location, then check whether the player can move normally. [1]

Do not confuse the button with the Snowfox deployment fix

The 2025 patch separately fixes the Snowfox falling into terrain during deployment. That is a vehicle-deployment correction. The Unstuck announcement does not say it restores a vehicle that already disappeared, so avoid repeating it under that assumption. [2]

The same patch reduces Snowfox terrain-impact damage from 100% to 12%. Damage behaviour and the player’s out-of-bounds recovery remain separate features. [2]

Check patch history if the game itself is unresponsive

If the world stops streaming and the game becomes unresponsive while saving, the 2025 patch records a specific fix. That is not the same as a responsive game with a character wedged in geometry; an unresponsive save should not be advertised as universally fixed by the Options button. [2]