Hello Games has detailed their now available “The Abyss” update for No Man’s Sky.

Featured above, a new trailer was shared alongside the first details for the update, which greatly expands the games underwater mechanics and biomes.

Here’s the full rundown on the update:

The Abyss: Introducing Update 1.7

Explore the terrors of the deep in The Abyss update. Introducing aquatic environments with over 5 times more variety, varied creature behaviours, improved underwater visuals and much more.

Creatures of the Deep

Underwater creatures have become more frequent, and more interesting. Aquatic life inhabits the full depth of the ocean, and unique terrifying creatures can be encountered on the ocean floor.

Exploring the sea bed can be lucrative, yielding Crystallised Sulphur, Living Pearls or Hadal Cores, but avoid the territorial creatures that lurk there. From poisonous Jellyfish, to snapping clams and predator fish rumoured to be larger than Starships. And beware the Abyssal Horror, which has lured many explorers to a grim end.

Aquatic Missions

• The Dreams of the Deep story brings a new context to the depths and a dark narrative to No Man’s Sky.
• Discover the fate of a troubled crew stranded from a freighter crash by the rising tides, or explore underwater ruins to uncover the tale of a lost soul trapped deep beneath the waves.

Sunken Wrecks

• Investigate submerged buildings to find remnants of their lost occupants.
• Discover and scavenge lost cargo from gigantic freighter wrecks. Use the terrain manipulator to excavate treasures buried in the nearby ocean floor.
• Find and repair rare crashed starships to restore them from the seabed to the skies.
• Investigate sunken ruins and find ancient treasures.

Diving Helmet

True aquanauts will want to customise their appearance with the diving helmet, the Lost Bathysphere.

New Underwater Biomes

• We’ve introduced a host of visual improvements, allowing you to explore underwater in even greater detail.
• The variety and visual quality of underwater biomes has been greatly improved.
• Experience rare exotic aquatic biomes as you explore new depths.

Submarine

Master the depths of planets using a new Exocraft, the Nautilon. This submersible vehicle give new meaning to underwater navigation, combat and mining – and can be summoned to any ocean on the planet, as well as docked at underwater buildings.

Upgrade your submersible with installable Submarine Technology and customise the Nautilon to stand out from your fellow explorers.

Submersible Building Modules

• Over a dozen new base parts have been added to unlock more creative possibilities underwater.
• Construct the new Marine Shelter for brief respite from the oceanic pressure, and use its protection to reach new depths.
• New glass corridors, viewing bays and multistory submersible view domes provide travellers the perfect view of the surrounding ocean.
• Bring aquatic life into your habitat with a decorative indoor Aquarium.

Swimming Controls

Controls for swimming and diving have been overhauled. Boost through the ocean with your jetpack, communicate to other divers with underwater gestures, and swim more easily on the water surface.

New Substances

Explore a richer ocean floor with the addition of new aquatic substances, goods, and products to collect, craft, trade, and build. A tiered crafting system allows increasingly valuable products to be crafted by combining harvestable materials.

Vehicle Shop

To accommodate the recent addition of the Pilgrim Exocraft motorbike, the Nautilon Submarine, and extensive reworking of the vehicle technology and upgrade system, a new merchant has set up shop in Space Stations.

Freighter and Frigate Enhancements

In addition to the underwater focus of The Abyss, freighters and frigates have also been enhanced. Both vessel types can now be scanned using the Analysis Visor, and explorers can repair their friends’ frigates in multiplayer.

No Man’s Sky is available now for Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.