Blood Kelp Zone

This ecological biome matches 7 of the 9 preconditions for stimulating terror in humans. File:BKZIntro.ogg

― PDA, Dialogue

The Blood Kelp Zones are special biomes in Subnautica, characterized by their depth, darkness, and abundance of giant Bloodvines, some of which carry Blood Oil pustules at the base of their stems.

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Blood Kelp Trench= <infobox layout="stacked">

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   <default>Blood Kelp Zone</default>
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</image> <label>Tab</label> <label>Type</label> <label>Biome</label> <label>Depth Range</label> <label>Temperature Range</label> <label>Biome ID</label> <label>Harvesting Nodes</label> <label>goto ID</label> <label>Coordinates</label> <label>Base ID</label> <group> <label>Point of Interest</label> <label>Music</label> </group> </infobox> The Blood Kelp Trench is located south-west from Lifepod 5, between the Dunes, the Sparse Reef, the Grassy Plateaus and the Sea Treader's Path. The Trench lacks the Crabsquids and the Ghost Leviathan of the Northern Blood Kelp Zone, but still has predators in the form of Blighters, Ampeels, and Warpers. The more confined spaces may make it more difficult to avoid them if one is not careful. It consists of a single deep trench with natural rock bridges spanning from one wall to another, and a small cavern system located below the Bloodvines where their roots can be found. One of the Wrecks can be found in this area, stuck between the trench's walls. This zone is considered unsuitable to explore with the Cyclops due to the trench's narrow width, and an ill-equipped Prawn Suit may get stuck due to this biome's sheer depth. Gel Sacks can only be found in the deepest area of this biome, below 500 meters, in the section below the wreck. Ampeel Eggs can be found at the very bottom of the trench.

Spoiler alert: The following section contains story related material.
A large cave opening that leads directly to the Lost River Laboratory Cache can be found in this biome. Two corridors leading to the Lost River can found in this biome.

<tabber> Data Box= All Data Boxes are found in Wrecks:

• Cyclops Fire Suppression System
• Cyclops Sonar Upgrade

|-| Fragments= All Fragments are found in Wrecks:

• Moonpool Fragment
• Nuclear Reactor Fragment
• Prawn Suit Drill Arm
• Prawn Suit Grappling Arm Fragment
• Prawn Suit Torpedo Arm Fragment

|-| Scannables= All Scannables are found in Wrecks:

• Bench
• Command Chair
• Composite Plane Pot
• Desk
• Floodlight
• Plant Shelf

|-| Resources=

• Ampeel Egg
• Blood Oil
• Deep Shroom
• Diamond
• Gel Sack
• Ghost Weed Seed
• Gold
• Large Copper Deposit
• Large Gold Deposit
• Large Lead Deposit
• Lithium
• Magnetite
• Quartz
• Ruby
• Uraninite Crystal

|-| Fauna=

• Ampeel
• Blighter
• Blood Crawler
• Shoal of Fish
• Spinefish
• Warper

|-| Flora=

• Bloodroot
• Bloodvine
• Deep Shroom
• Gabe's Feather
• Gel Sack
• Ghost Weed

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Gallery

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  Overview of the Blood Kelp Trench

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  A cluster of Deep Shrooms in the Blood Kelp Trench

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  A Ghost Weed in the Blood Kelp Trench

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  A Gabe's Feather and Large Gold Deposit

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  Numerous Quartz crystals found in the Blood Kelp Trench

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  Entrance to the Blood Kelp Trench from the Sparse Reef

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  A Blood Crawler

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  A Blighter in the trench

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  An Ampeel in the trench

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  The Large Wreck

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  Entrance to the Lost River Laboratory Cache cave

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Northern Blood Kelp Zone= <infobox layout="stacked">

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   <default>Blood Kelp Zone</default>
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</image> <label>Tab</label> <label>Type</label> <label>Biome</label> <label>Depth Range</label> <label>Temperature Range</label> <label>Biome ID</label> <label>Harvesting Nodes</label> <label>goto ID</label> <label>Coordinates</label> <label>Base ID</label> <group> <label>Point of Interest</label> <label>Music</label> </group> </infobox> The Northern Blood Kelp Zone can be found to the north of Lifepod 5, in-between the Northwestern Mushroom Forest, Underwater Islands, Mountains and Dunes. This zone is considerably larger than the Trench, albeit being more exposed to the surface and not as deep. It features a cavern system located below the Bloodvines where their roots can be found. Unique to the Northern Blood Kelp Zone are Crabsquids and a single adult Ghost Leviathan, as well as small "underwater islands" supported by Ancient Floaters and Bloodroots. This biome is littered with Quartz. There are Salt Deposits and Gel Sacks around some of the bushes.

Spoiler alert: The following section contains story related material.
The Northern Blood Kelp Zone also harbors a Sanctuary Cache, which is located in the deeper areas of the biome. A large corridor leading to the Lost River is located in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone. This entrance is considered suitable for the Cyclops to go through. One of the five Sea Emperor Juveniles can be found here after the Sea Emperor Leviathan Eggs have been hatched.

<tabber> Data Boxes= All Data Boxes are found in Destroyed Lifepods:

• Cyclops Depth Module MK1

|-| Resources=

• Blood Oil
• Crabsquid Egg
• Deep Shroom
• Diamond
• Gel Sack
• Ghost Weed Seed
• Gold
• Large Copper Deposit
• Large Gold Deposit
• Large Lead Deposit
• Lithium
• Magnetite
• Quartz
• Ruby
• Salt Deposit
• Uraninite Crystal

|-| Fauna=

• Ancient Floater
• Ampeel
• Blighter
• Blood Crawler
• Crabsquid
• Ghost Leviathan
• Shoal of Fish
• Spinefish
• Warper

|-| Flora=

• Bloodroot
• Bloodvine
• Deep Shroom
• Gabe's Feather
• Gel Sack
• Ghost Weed
• Regress Shell
• Rouge Cradle

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Gallery

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  Overview of the Northern Blood Kelp Zone

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  Another view into the Northern Blood Kelp Zone

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  Small islands found in the zone

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  Cave entrances in the area

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  Overview of the central cave, at night

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  The Bloodvines' root system

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  A Bloodroot growing on a cliff side in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone

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  A Crabsquid jumping in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone

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  The Ghost Leviathan located in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone

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  A Bloodroot

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  The adult Ghost Leviathan in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone at night

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  Magnetite on walls

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Audio

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Trivia

• The lack of pigmentation in fauna and flora present is an evolutionary trait often seen in deep sea lifeforms. This is due to the high resources pigment requires to be produced and the lack of such resources in deep sea environments.
  • The lack of sunlight also creates an absence of pigment, due to the absence of harmful UV-radiation.
• The Regress Shell and the Rouge Cradle appear larger in the Northern Blood Kelp Zone than in any other biome.