Coral

This article is about Coral in Subnautica. For the related article on the Below Zero Wiki, see Coral.

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Coral are s life form found all over the world. Samples can be harvested from some of them using the Survival Knife or the Thermoblade, although most are unharvestable.

Currently Available Corals

Coral	Classification	Locations	Comment
Brain Coral	Harvestable	Bulb Zone Bulb Zone Caves Crash Zone Mesas Dunes Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Kelp Forest Caves Mountains Mushroom Forest Mushroom Forest Caves Primary Containment Facility Aquarium Reefback Leviathan Safe Shallows Safe Shallows Caves	Decor Gives Brain Coral Samples
Coral Shell Plate	Harvestable	Floating Island Grassy Plateaus Grassy Plateaus Caves Bulb Zone Mountain Range Caves Mushroom Forest Reefback Leviathan Safe Shallows Underwater Islands	Decor Gives Coral Tube Samples
Earthen Coral Tubes	Non-harvestable	Bulb Zone Caves Grassy Plateaus Underwater Islands Underwater Islands Caves	Decor
Giant Coral Tubes	Harvestable	Crash Zone Kelp Forest Primary Containment Facility Aquarium Safe Shallows Safe Shallows Caves	Decor Gives Coral Tube Sample Contains Limestone Outcrops
Jordi's Tung	Non-harvestable	Grassy Plateaus Mushroom Forest Primary Containment Facility Aquarium	Decor
Pyrocoral	Non-harvestable	Lost River Junction Mountains Corridor	Decor
Slanted Shell Plate	Non-harvestable	Crash Zone Mesas Dunes Dunes Caves Grassy Plateaus Grassy Plateaus Caves Kelp Forest Bulb Zone Mushroom Forest Primary Containment Facility Aquarium Reefback Leviathan Safe Shallows Safe Shallows Caves	Decor Turns grey after being hit multiple times with a knife
Table Coral	Harvestable	Bulb Zone Crash Zone Mesas Deep Sparse Reef Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Kelp Forest Caves Lost River Mushroom Forest Reefback Leviathan Safe Shallows Sparse Reef	Gives Table Coral Sample
Tree Mushroom	Harvestable	Mushroom Forest	Gives Fungal Sample
Unnamed Coral Species A	Non-harvestable	Deep Sparse Reef Sparse Reef	Decor
Unnamed Coral Species B	Non-harvestable	Lost River	Decor
Unnamed Coral Species C	Non-harvestable	Bone Fields Caves	Decor
Unnamed Coral Species D	Non-harvestable	Lost River	Decor
Veined Shell Plate	Non-harvestable	Bulb Zone Floating Island Grassy Plateaus Grassy Plateaus Caves Mountain Range Caves Mushroom Forest Reefback Leviathan Safe Shallows Underwater Islands Underwater Islands Caves	Decor

Currently Unused Coral

Coral	Biome
Unnamed Coral Species E	-
"Brain Coral Small"	-

Trivia

• Unnamed Coral Species C, D and E were originally meant to spawn on the backs of Reefback Leviathans, but C and D were moved to the 'Lost River. it is currently unknown where E will spawn if it does get added.
• Although coral and fauna are sorted separately in the PDA, corals are actually animals. This is because they do not make their own food and eat microscopic creatures instead. The "skeleton" of a coral is actually just limestone, and living in the limestone are animals called polyps that filter said food from the water. Some polyps live in a symbiotic relationship with algae, were the polyps protect the algae and the algae uses photosynthesis to give the polyps extra food.