Fauna

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These are the life forms found all over the world of Subnautica, from the deepest darkest depths to the vibrant Safe Shallows.

There is a large variety of fauna, ranging from eels that use bioelectricity to incapacitate predators and prey alike, to massive Sea Dragons that spit large chunks of boiling lava.

Future Plans

• In future updates, DNA can be extracted from various fauna, using the transfuser, in order to create diverse serums, each with unique effects and implementations in various upgrades.

Current list of fauna in-game

Carnivores

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Ampeel	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Koosh Zone
Biter	Aggressive	-	Grassy Plateaus Jelly Shroom Caves Mountains Mountain Island Mountain Range Caves
Blighter	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Lost River
Boneshark	Aggressive	-	Koosh Zone Mushroom Forest Underwater Islands
Crabsnake	Aggressive	-	Jelly Shroom Caves
Crabsquid	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Deep Grand Reef Lost River
File:Crash Fauna.png Crashfish	Defensive	-	Kelp Forest Caves Safe Shallows Safe Shallows Caves
Lava Lizard	Aggressive	-	Active Lava Zone Inactive Lava Zone
Mesmer	Aggressive	-	Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Caves Koosh Zone Lost River Mushroom Forest
Reaper Leviathan	Aggressive	-	Aurora Crash Zone Dunes Mountains Mountain Island
River Prowler	Aggressive	-	Lost River
Sand Shark	Aggressive	-	Caves Crash Zone Dunes Grassy Plateaus
Sea Dragon Leviathan	Aggressive	-	Active Lava Zone Inactive Lava Zone
Stalker	Aggressive	-	Crash Zone Kelp Forest Kelp Forest Caves
Warper	Aggressive when target is infected with Carar Passive when target is not infected.	-	Active Lava Zone Blood Kelp Zone Deep Grand Reef Dunes Grand Reef Inactive Lava Zone Lost River Mountain Island Precursor Bases

Herbivores

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Bladderfish	Passive	-	Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Mushroom Forest Safe Shallows Underwater Islands Grand Reef
Boomerang	Passive	-	Crash Zone Deep Grand Reef Grand Reef Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Caves Koosh Zone Mountain Range Caves Safe Shallows Underwater Islands
Crimson Ray	Passive	-	Active Lava Zone Inactive Lava Zone
Eyeye	Passive	-	Crash Zone Dunes Grand Reef Jelly Shroom Caves Kelp Forest Koosh Zone Koosh Zone Caves
Garryfish	Passive	-	Dunes Safe Shallows Caves Safe Shallows Underwater Islands
Gasopod	Defensive	-	Safe Shallows
Ghostray	Passive	-	Lost River
Holefish	Passive	-	Crash Zone Koosh Zone Caves Mushroom Forest Caves Safe Shallows
Hoopfish	Passive	-	Grand Reef Kelp Forest Caves Koosh Zone Sea Treader's Path Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Safe Shallows Underwater Islands
Hoverfish	Passive	-	Crash Zone Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest
Jellyray	Passive	-	Deep Grand Reef Mushroom Forest
Lava Boomerang	Passive	-	Inactive Lava Zone Active Lava Zone
Lava Eyeye	Passive	-	Inactive Lava Zone Active Lava Zone
Oculus	Passive	-	Jelly Shroom Caves
Peeper	Passive	-	Crash Zone Safe Shallows
Rabbit Ray	Passive	-	Crash Zone Kelp Forest Safe Shallows
Reefback	Passive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Grassy Plateaus Koosh Zone Mushroom Forest Sparse Reef Underwater Islands
Reginald	Passive	-	Crash Zone Grand Reef Grassy Plateaus Mountains Mountain Range Caves Sparse Reef Grassy Plateaus Caves Lost River
Sea Treader	Defensive	-	Grand Reef Sea Treader's Path Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves
Spadefish	Passive	-	Dunes Grassy Plateaus Mushroom Forest Caves Mushroom Forest Sparse Reef Underwater Islands Sea Treader's Path Grand Reef Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves
Spinefish	Passive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Blood Kelp Caves Lost River

Scavengers & Parasites

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Bleeder	Aggressive	-	Aurora Kelp Forest Kelp Forest Caves Sparse Reef Grassy Plateaus Caves Lost River
Blood Crawler	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Blood Kelp Caves Lost River
Cave Crawler	Aggressive	-	Aurora Dunes Dunes Caves Mountain Island Mountain Range Caves Underwater Islands Floating Island
Floater	Passive	-	Grassy Plateaus Safe Shallows Floating Island Underwater Islands Blood Kelp Zone
Lava Larva	Passive	-	Active Lava Zone Inactive Lava Zone
Rockgrub	Passive	-	Caves Dunes Koosh Zone Koosh Zone Caves Sparse Reef
Shuttlebug	Passive	-	Crash Zone Dunes Koosh Zone Mountains Mountain Range Caves Mushroom Forest Caves Sparse Reef Sea Treader's Path Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Grassy Plateaus Caves

Other Entities

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Shoal of Fish	Passive	-	All Biomes
Skyray	Passive	-	Aurora Crash Zone Floating Island Mountain Island Safe Shallows
Starfish	Passive	-	Abandoned Seabases Jelly Shroom Caves

In Development

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Bloom Plankton	Passive	* -	-
Blue Barnacles	-	-	Twisty Bridges
Cutefish	Passive	-
Sea Emperor	-	-	-
Sea Emperor Juvenile	Passive	-	-

Unknown

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
File:GhostLeviathanWIP01.pngPhantom/Ghost Leviathan	-	-	-
Rock Puncher	-	-	-

Gallery

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  Subnautica Fauna Sheet 1

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  Various Fauna Concept Art

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  Updated Subnautica Fauna Sheet 1

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  Updated Subnautica Fauna Sheet 2

Trivia

• Fauna were intended to posses inherent attributes, that would have caused them to exhibit unique behaviors. These included, e.g., "Fertile" (occasionally lay eggs that can be hatched), "Alpha" (attacked the player if other creatures were killed by the player in the immediate vicinity), "Complex" (specimens take longer to scan), "Greater" (specimens are of larger size and weight), ... Whether these attributes are currently implemented or will be implemented in future updates is unknown.
• As of the Dangerous Creatures update, all fauna have yellow blood. Before this update, fauna had red blood. This is due to the ESRB giving Subnautica a higher rating than expected due to red blood.
• The Cute Fish is currently the only obtainable pet fauna in development, which is obtainable through the debug console and will only be granted to players whom purchased the early access version of subnautica
• If you hold a small animal in your hand when a carnivorous fauna is about to attack it will eat the animal out of your hand instead of attacking you.