Snow Stalker

This article is about the Snowstalker. You may be looking for the Snowstalker Baby.

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</group> </infobox> The Snow Stalker is a large terrestrial predator present in Subnautica: Below Zero. It is a relative of the aquatic Stalker native to the Crater. The player can interact with it with the Spy Pengling to get Snow Stalker Fur.

Appearance

The Snow Stalker has a broad snout filled with long sharp teeth that stick out even when the mouth is closed, giving a snaggle-toothed appearance. Two pairs of the teeth are greatly enlarged to form tusks that protrude upwards from the bottom jaw. In addition to these two pairs of tusks, a single, smaller tusk is borne on the lower jaw, positioned in the center and pointing forwards.

On top of the head is a fin-shaped crest that appears to be a modified dorsal plate. The crest is grey in color aside from a small cyan strip towards the base that glows in the dark, these strips are likely for the purpose of looking like eyes to intimidate, however the real eyes lie behind the mouth. Oddly, the Snow Stalker's tongue glows the same bright cyan color as the stripes on its head and the tip of its tail.

The animal's body is almost entirely covered in shaggy white fur, with horizontal grey stripes along the back. Areas of the body that are exposed show smooth grey skin. A row of grey, sharp dorsal plates runs from the neck to around one third of the way down the tail.

The Snow Stalker has four squat limbs covered in fur, each limb ending with four long claws on the feet. Additionally, the forelimbs possess a dewclaw on the inside of the ankle. The body ends with a long tail that tapers to a point, the very tip of which glows cyan.

In size the Snow Stalker is comparable to the very largest polar bears, standing around 10–11 feet (3.05-3.35 meters) on its hind legs.

Behavior

When idle the Snow Stalker can be seen pacing the area and on occasion standing upright to survey its surroundings.

When the player is within distance the Snow Stalker becomes aggressive, stalking the player by crouching and slowly approaching players while snarling. When close, it will speed up and leap at the player and proceed to attack them. It is not dissuaded by failed attack attempts and will continue to chase the player down immediately, not stopping until it has inflicted damage upon them. If it successfully attacks the player, it will deal 35 damage, but if the player's health is less than 35%, the attack will be an instant kill with a cinematic showing the player getting attacked and eaten in the creature's jaws. However, the player has a certain probability to avoid an immediate death attack. If the player avoids an immediate death attack, the Snow Stalker will deal only 8 damage. If the player is in a Prawn Suit, the Snow Stalker will approach in a similar manner, but will be unable to damage the Prawn Suit and as such simply bumps repeatedly against the suit, pushing it slightly.

The Snow Stalker can be scared away by a lit Flare. It will shake its body after being hit by a Snowball, presumably to keep warmth.

The Snow Stalker's movement can be redirected away from the player by pointing a Laser Cutter at them and activating it. However the Snow Stalker can still attack the player.

The main source of food for the Snow Stalkers, include Arctic Peepers, Bladderfish, Noot Fish, and even Penglings and Pengwings which are shown by animations of them being consumed by the Snow Stalker.

The Snow Stalker can be fed when it crawls to a player that holds a Preston's Delight. Unlike an interaction with a Snow Stalker Baby, feeding it will trigger an animation. After feeding, it will not attack the player for a while.

Marguerit Maida will note that Preston, when she feeds it, will regurgitate half of the meal. This could possibly be a method of feeding their young, as many species of mammals and birds do this same behavior.

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Design

The Snow Stalker's design is heavily inspired by the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), sharing its thick white fur, and also resembles the wolverine (Gulo gulo) in its design as well as its aggressiveness.

The crocodilian snout, spines, and overall statue of the Snow Stalker greatly resembles that of a Stalker hence it's name. It's appearance suggests a common ancestor. The broader and shorter snout design allows for greater bite force on a smaller area, useful for creatures hunting larger prey.

Its long claws also resemble the claws of anteaters and aardvarks.

Sounds

File	Type
File:Sfx creature snowstalker aggro vox 01.ogg	Aggro
File:Sfx creature snowstalker attack bear 01.ogg	Bear attack
File:Sfx creature snowstalker attack leap 01.ogg	Leap attack
File:Sfx creature snowstalker attack swim 01.ogg	Swim attack
File:Sfx creature snowstalker breach 01.ogg	Breach
File:Sfx creature snowstalker chill 01.ogg	Chill
File:Sfx creature snowstalker cinematic playerdeath 01.ogg	Player death
File:Sfx creature snowstalker cinematic playerescape 01.ogg	Player escape
File:Sfx creature snowstalker death land 01.ogg	Land death
File:Sfx creature snowstalker death swim 01.ogg	Water death
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 01.ogg	Distant call 1
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 02.ogg	Distant call 2
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 03.ogg	Distant call 3
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 04.ogg	Distant call 4
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 05.ogg	Distant call 5
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 06.ogg	Distant call 6
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 07.ogg	Distant call 7
File:Sfx creature snowstalker distantcall 08.ogg	Distant call 8
File:Sfx creature snowstalker dry fur 01.ogg	Dry fur
File:Sfx creature snowstalker flinch land 01.ogg	Land flinch 1
File:Sfx creature snowstalker flinch land 02.ogg	Land flinch 2
File:Sfx creature snowstalker flinch land 03.ogg	Land flinch 3
File:Sfx creature snowstalker flinch swim 01.ogg	Water flinch 1
File:Sfx creature snowstalker flinch swim 02.ogg	Water flinch 2
File:Sfx creature snowstalker flinch swim 03.ogg	Water flinch 3
File:Sfx creature snowstalker jump land 01.ogg	Land jump
File:Sfx creature snowstalker jump water 01.ogg	Water jump
File:Sfx creature snowstalker roar land 01.ogg	Land roar
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run loop 01.ogg	Run loop
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 01.ogg	Run 1
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 02.ogg	Run 2
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 03.ogg	Run 3
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 04.ogg	Run 4
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 05.ogg	Run 5
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 06.ogg	Run 6
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 07.ogg	Run 7
File:Sfx creature snowstalker run os 08.ogg	Run 8
File:Sfx creature snowstalker standup end 01.ogg	Stop standing up
File:Sfx creature snowstalker standup howl 01.ogg	Standup howl
File:Sfx creature snowstalker standup sniff 01.ogg	Standup sniff
File:Sfx creature snowstalker standup start 01.ogg	Start standing up
File:Sfx creature snowstalker swim 01.ogg	Swim 1
File:Sfx creature snowstalker swim 02.ogg	Swim 2
File:Sfx creature snowstalker swim 03.ogg	Swim 3
File:Sfx creature snowstalker swim 04.ogg	Swim 4
File:Sfx creature snowstalker swim 05.ogg	Swim 5
File:Sfx creature snowstalker swim 06.ogg	Swim 6
File:Sfx creature snowstalker turn 01.ogg	Turn
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 01.ogg	Walk 1
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 02.ogg	Walk 2
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 03.ogg	Walk 3
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 04.ogg	Walk 4
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 05.ogg	Walk 5
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 06.ogg	Walk 6
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 07.ogg	Walk 7
File:Sfx creature snowstalker walk 08.ogg	Walk 8

Gallery

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  A Snow Stalker in the Glacial Basin

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  A Snow Stalker in the Arctic Spires

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  Side view

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  Front view

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  Dorsal view

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  Ventral view

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  A standing Snow Stalker and baby next to the player

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  A Snow Stalker attacking the player

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  A Snow Stalker killing the player

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  Snow Stalker design - by Alex Ries

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  Snow Stalker A - by Alex Ries

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  Snow Stalker C - by Alex Ries

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  Snow Stalker D - by Alex Ries

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  Snow Stalker E - by Alex Ries

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  Snow Stalker F (Final design)- by Alex Ries

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Trivia

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Marguerit Maida has a Snow Stalker named Preston.