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Eggs are the unhatched forms of certain types of fauna. They can be used for research which will allow the player to create more advanced objects, such as Upgrades. Eggs are currently still in development.

Eggs usually are considered to be belonging to an unidentified fauna until they are analyzed using the Specimen Analyzer. An Egg of a given type can currently belong to up to two different species.

After an egg is analyzed, you can put it inside a Large Aquarium. The egg will take about ten in-game days to hatch, with the exception of the Reefback. When hatched, the creature within the egg will be a smaller version of its respective species.

Eggs currently take up four slots in the inventory, with the exception of the Reefback, Shuttlebug, Mesmer, Rabbit Ray and Spadefish eggs. The Reefback taking up nine and the latter four taking up one slot, respectively.

Eggs can be found in their species' respective biomes.

More information and animations can be found on Trello.

Cycle

After placing an egg inside an Aquarium, it will stay where it was placed. After about one in-game day, the egg will begin to move and pulse. After three to five in-game days, the egg will hatch into a smaller version of it's species. This egg will slowly grow until it is mildly full sized or can fit in the Large Aquarium. Baby creatures can be picked up and placed outside in the water, where they will instantly become fully grown.

Hatchable Eggs

Eggs

The following table shows the available Eggs, their belonging species, and the Biomes in which they can be found. To see which research can be gained from Eggs, refer to the Research page.

Egg	Possible identity 1	Possible identity 2	Biome
Grassy Plateaus Egg	Reefback Egg	Stalker Egg	Grassy Plateaus
Safe Shallows Egg	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Gallery

Rabbit Ray egg
Crabsnake or Shuttlebug egg
Spadefish or Reefback egg render
Sandshark egg render
Mesmer egg render
Gasopod egg render
Bone Shark egg render
Shocker egg render
Stalker egg render
Jellyray egg render
Creatures Eggs from Trello, daytime
Ditto, night time
A list of possible creature eggs, taken from the official Subnautica twitter feed
Concept Art

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 '''Eggs''' usually are considered to be belonging to an unidentified fauna until they are analyzed using the [[Specimen Analyzer]]. An Egg of a given type can currently belong to up to two different [[Fauna|species]].
-After an egg is analyzed, you can put it inside a [[Large Aquarium]]. The egg will take about ten in-game days to hatch, with the exception of the [[Reefback]]. When hatched, the creature within the egg will a smaller version of its respective species.
+After an egg is analyzed, you can put it inside a [[Large Aquarium]]. The egg will take about ten in-game days to hatch, with the exception of the [[Reefback]]. When hatched, the creature within the egg will be a smaller version of its respective species.
 Eggs currently take up four slots in the inventory, with the exception of the [[Reefback]], [[Shuttlebug]], [[Mesmer]], [[Rabbit Ray]] and [[Spadefish]] eggs. The Reefback taking up nine and the latter four taking up one slot, respectively.