Arctic Peeper in Subnautica: Below Zero

Arctic PeeperSmall herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 9 to 137 m deep.

Data: Subnautica: Below Zero game files (build of 12 Aug 2025), read and drawn by PinDrop. (c) Unknown Worlds Entertainment. PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

Map of Subnautica: Below Zero with the Arctic Peeper drawn on it
heat = where it can spawn (model)Open the map on East Iceberg Zone →
Class
Small herbivores
Depth
9 m to 137 m
Spawns per game
about 2,625
Placed pins
none

“A fast prey fish, camouflaged against the ice. Like the common peeper it is fast and relatively intelligent, allowing it to survive in large numbers.”

Assessment: Edible

Arctic Peeper, in-game databank. The studio's text, quoted short.

Where Arctic Peeper spawns

Median depth 49 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 137 m and 10% shallower than 9 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 220 m to +0 m.

Areas where Arctic Peeper can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
East Iceberg Zone34,458884
Twisty Bridges19,938531
West Iceberg Zone19,089528
Thermal Spires12,455411
Sparse Arctic Zone6,616216
Glacial Basin1,80628
Glacial Bay8,72826
Other areas10.0

Spawn numbers are a model read from the game's spawner tables and 921,892 baked slots, not verified in a running game.

In the same places

The area Arctic Peeper appears in most is East Iceberg Zone. What else spawns there:

About the Arctic Peeper

The Arctic Peeper is filed under small herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 103,091 baked slots that can hold it across 8 area groups, 2,625 expected spawns per new game, mostly in East Iceberg Zone, at 9 to 137 m deep for the middle 80%.

The files do not say how it behaves or what it can do to the player, so this page carries only the studio's databank text above. Depths are metres below sea level; coordinates are the game's world metres, x east and z north.

Spawn numbers are a model (slot tables), not verified in a running game. Placed pins are read as placed.