Biomes (Subnautica)

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Subnautica features a wide range of Biomes to explore and exploit. They all represent miniature ecosystems from the real world.

There is a huge variety of Biomes, from the vibrant Kelp Forest to the sizzling depths of the enigmatic Lava Lakes. Each Biome contains its own set of Flora and Fauna to discover and resources to harvest.

Biomes

Aquatic Biomes

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Blood Kelp Zone	150 - 675 meters (Trench) 200 - 580 meters (Northern)	Ampeel Egg (Trench) Blood Oil Crabsquid Egg (Northern) Deep Shroom Diamond Gel Sack Ghost Weed Seed Gold Large Copper Deposit Large Gold Deposit Large Lead Deposit Lithium Magnetite Quartz Ruby Salt Deposit (Northern) Uraninite Crystal	Destroyed Lifepod (Northern) Blood Kelp Sanctuary (Northern) Large Wreck (Trench)
Bulb Zone	140 - 480 meters	Ampeel Egg Boneshark Egg Bulb Bush Sample Coral Tube Sample Diamond Ghost Weed Seed Gold Large Gold Deposit Large Lithium Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Lead Lithium Mesmer Egg Metal Salvage Ruby Salt Deposit Sea Crown Seed Table Coral Sample	Bulb Zone Arch Cache Destroyed Lifepod Large Wrecks (2) Lava Geysers (3)
Crag Field	125 - 460 meters	Copper Ore Diamond Eye Stalk Seed Gold Large Silver Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Lithium Metal Salvage Quartz Salt Deposit Titanium	Crag Field Arch Cache Destroyed Lifepod
Crash Zone	0 - 370 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Gold Large Lead Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Lead Metal Salvage Quartz Salt Deposit Silver Ore Stalker Teeth Table Coral Sample Titanium Supply Crate	Aurora Destroyed Lifepod
Crater Edge	0 - 8192 meters	N/A	Death
Dunes	65 - 400 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Cuddlefish Egg Gas Pod Gasopod Egg Gel Sack Gold Large Quartz Deposit Large Salt Deposit Large Silver Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Lead Lithium Metal Salvage Quartz Ruby Salt Deposit Sea Crown Seed Silver Ore Titanium	Alien Vent Entrance Point Dunes Sanctuary Giant Sinkhole Large Wrecks (3) Meteor Crater Thermal Vents (9)
Grand Reef	150 - 480 meters	Copper Ore Diamond Gel Sack Gold Large Copper Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Lead Lithium Quartz Ruby Silver Ore Spadefish Egg Titanium Uraninite Crystal	Alien Vent Entrance Point Large Wrecks (2) Thermal Vents (5)
Grassy Plateaus	50 - 170 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Gold Large Salt Deposit Lead Lithium Metal Salvage Quartz Salt Deposit Sand Shark Egg Silver Ore Table Coral Sample Titanium	Destroyed Lifepods (2) Large Wrecks (5) Small Wrecks (6)
Kelp Forest	0 - 160 meters	Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Creepvine Sample Creepvine Seed Cluster Gold Lead Metal Salvage Salt Deposit Silver Ore Stalker Egg Stalker Teeth Titanium	Destroyed Lifepod Large Wrecks (2)
Mountains	0 - 500 meters	Diamond Gel Sack Ghost Weed Seed Gold Large Lead Deposit Large Salt Deposit Large Silver Deposit Lead Lithium Magnetite Silver Ore Uraninite Crystal	Alien Arch Platform Alien Vent Entrance Point Large Wrecks (2) Thermal Vents (10)
Mushroom Forest	75 - 250 meters (Northwestern) 125 - 200 meters (Northeastern)	Acid Mushroom Boneshark Egg Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample (Northwestern) Diamond Fungal Sample Gel Sack (Northwestern) Gold Jellyray Egg Large Copper Deposits Large Lithium Deposits Large Salt Deposits Lead Lithium Salt Deposit Silver Ore Table Coral Sample (Northwestern) Titanium	Alien Vent Entrance Point (Northeastern) Destroyed Lifepod (Northwestern) Large Wreck (Northwestern) Mushroom Forest Arch Cache (Northwestern)
Safe Shallows	0 - 80 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Gas Pod Gasopod Egg Gold Lead Metal Salvage Quartz Rabbit Ray Egg Silver Ore Table Coral Sample Titanium	Large Wrecks (2) Lava Geysers (2) Lifepod 5 Small Wrecks (7)
Sea Treader's Path	170 - 360 meters	Copper Ore Deep Shroom Diamond Gold Lead Lithium Magnetite Quartz Salt Deposit Silver Ore Titanium	Large Wreck
Sparse Reef	40 - 310 meters	Copper Ore Diamond Ruby Gel Sack Eye Stalk Seed Gold Large Lead Deposit Large Lithium Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Lithium Quartz Salt Deposit Table Coral Sample Titanium	Alien Vent Entrance Point
Underwater Islands	35 - 500 meters	Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Diamond Large Gold Deposit Large Silver Deposit Large Uraninite Deposit Lead Lithium Quartz Salt Deposit Silver Ore Spadefish Egg Titanium Boneshark Egg	Alien Vent Entrance Point Large Wreck Lava Geysers (8) Thermal Vents (1)

Islands

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Floating Island	Above sea level	N/A	Degasi Seabases (3) Floating Island Arch Cache
Mountain Island	Above sea level	Diamond Gold Large Lead Deposit Lithium Salt Deposit	Mountain Island Arch Cache Quarantine Enforcement Platform

Cave Biomes

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Blood Kelp Caves	285 - 675 meters	Blood Oil Diamond Ghost Weed Seed Gold Large Copper Deposit Large Gold Deposit Large Uraninite Deposit Lithium Quartz Uraninite Crystal Magnetite	N/A
Bone Fields Caves	610 - 710 meters	Diamond Gel Sack Large Gold Deposit Large Lithium Deposit Magnetite Nickel Ore Ruby	N/A
Bulb Zone Caves	220 - 315 meters	Diamond Eye Stalk Seed Gold Lithium Mesmer Eggs Ruby Uraninite Crystal	Lava Geyser
Deep Grand Reef	425 - 630 meters	Crabsquid Egg Cuddlefish Egg (Degasi Seabase) Diamond Gel Sack Large Lead Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Uraninite Crystal	Degasi Seabase
Deep Sparse Reef	210 - 290 meters	Diamond Eye Stalk Seed Gel Sack Gold Large Lithium Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Lead Lithium Quartz Ruby Silver Ore Spadefish Egg Table Coral Sample	Destroyed Lifepod Sparse Reef Sanctuary
Dunes Caves	400 - 420 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Gold Large Silver Deposits Large Titanium Deposits Lead Quartz Sea Crown Seed Silver Ore Titanium	N/A
Grand Reef Caves	120 - 410 meters	Diamond Gold Lithium Ruby Uraninite Crystal	N/A
Grassy Plateaus Caves	120 - 175 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Gold Lead Quartz Salt Deposit Sea Crown Seed Silver Ore Spadefish Egg Titanium	N/A
Inactive Lava Zone	900 - 1300 meters	Copper Ore Crystalline Sulfur Deep Shroom Diamond Gold Kyanite Large Copper Deposit Large Gold Deposit Large Lead Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Large Silver Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Large Uraninite Deposit Lithium Magnetite Nickel Ore Quartz Ruby	Alien Thermal Plant Lava Castle
Jellyshroom Cave	180 - 300 meters	Crabsnake Egg Diamond Gold Large Gold Deposit Large Lithium Deposit Large Magnetite Deposit Lithium Magnetite	Degasi Seabase
Kelp Forest Caves	90 - 170 meters	Cave Sulfur Crashfish Egg Copper Ore Eye Stalk Seed Gold Lead Quartz Silver Ore Titanium	N/A
Lava Lakes	1300 - 1500 meters	Crystalline Sulfur Kyanite Large Kyanite Deposit	Primary Containment Facility
Lost River	550 - 1000 meters	Acid Mushroom (Mountains Corridor) Copper Ore Crystalline Sulfur Diamond Deep Shroom (Tree Cove) Gel Sack Ghost Weed Seed Gold Large Gold Deposit Large Lithium Deposit Large Nickel Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Large Silver Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Large Uraninite Deposit Lead Lithium Magnetite Mesmer Eggs (Bone Fields) Nickel Ore Quartz Ruby Silver Ore Table Coral Sample (Junction) Titanium Uraninite Crystal	Disease Research Facility Gargantuan Fossil Ghost Forest Arch Cache Lost River Laboratory
Mountains Caves	0 - 380 meters	Coral Tube Sample Diamond Eye Stalk Seed Gold Large Salt Deposit Large Quartz Deposit Lithium Magnetite Ruby Uraninite Crystal	Thermal Vents (2)
Mushroom Forest Caves	170 - 250 meters	Boneshark Egg (Northwestern) Coral Tube Sample (Northeastern) Cuddlefish Egg Diamond Gold Jellyray Egg (Northwestern) Large Lithium Deposit (Northeastern) Lithium	Cuddlefish Egg
Safe Shallows Caves	10 - 75 meters	Acid Mushroom Copper Ore Coral Tube Sample Crashfish Egg Cave Sulfur Gold Lead Quartz Silver Ore Titanium	N/A
Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves	200 - 340 meters	Copper Ore Deep Shroom Diamond Gel Sack Gold Large Lithium Deposit Large Salt Deposit Lithium Quartz Ruby Salt Deposit Titanium	N/A
Underwater Islands Caves	205 - 255 meters	Coral Tube Sample Diamond Gold Lithium Quartz Ruby	N/A

Mini-Biomes

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Crash Zone Mesas	150 - 330 meters	Coral Tube Sample Copper Ore Diamond Gasopod Egg Gold Large Salt Deposit Lead Lithium Metal Salvage Quartz Ruby Salt Deposit Silver Ore Table Coral Sample Titanium	N/A
Lava Geyser	60 - 560 meters	Varies	N/A
Lava Castle	1100 - 1300 meters	Crystalline Sulfur Kyanite Lava Lizard Egg Magnetite	Alien Thermal Plant
Inactive Lava Zone Corridor	800 - 1200 meters	Crystalline Sulfur Diamond Gold Large Copper Deposit Large Kyanite Deposit Large Lead Deposit Large Titanium Deposit Lithium Nickel Ore Silver Ore	N/A

Gallery

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  Depth Chart of Biomes and Vehicles

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  Latest Clean Subnautica Map (28/10/2017)

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  Early development biomes reference sheet

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  The Lost River's early map

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  Map that shows the names and terrain of subnautica

Trivia

• There were three unused biomes during Subnautica's development, not including unused Biome IDs. These three biomes were the Arctic (represented as a light blue on the biome map), Twisty Bridges (represented as a green-blue color on the biome map), and the Lilypad Islands, which never received an associated biome color or were ever placed on the biome map during development.
  • The arctic biome received a few unique objects for it, such as snowy rocks, sounds, and even an unused cold effect.
  • One of the Twisty Bridge regions actually appeared during development, and were seen in the first Early Access build. They also had a unique cut plant and unused reference models for the bridges.
  • The only thing the Lilypad Islands received were some models.
  • All three of these biomes were later repurposed for Below Zero.
• Early development footages of biome generation can be seen on a playlist from Russel Maekim's YouTube channel.
  • This includes the unused Twisty Bridges biome.
• The game considers the inside of an Observatory, Lifepod, Scanner Room, Alien Containment, and inside the aquarium in the Primary Containment Facility to be completely separate biomes.
• Early surface biome concepts were divided into Kelp Forest, Dense Kelp Forest, Sunny Kelp Forest, Coral Reef, Danger Reef, Safe Shallows, Grand Reefs, and Floating Islands.
• Early lava zone biome concepts were divided into Lava Zone, Lava Bridges, Inactive Lava Zones, and Thermal Vents.
• The Lava Lakes and the Crater Edge are the only biomes that do not contain any Flora.