Arctic Ray in Subnautica: Below Zero

Arctic RayLarge herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 13 to 147 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 Ray drawn on it
heat = where it can spawn (model)Open the map on East Iceberg Zone →
Class
Large herbivores
Depth
13 m to 147 m
Spawns per game
about 487
Placed pins
none

“A fast-moving ray species, well adapted to low temperature environments.”

Assessment: Harmless

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

Where Arctic Ray spawns

Median depth 79 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 147 m and 10% shallower than 13 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 200 m to +0 m.

Areas where Arctic Ray can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
East Iceberg Zone34,458354
West Iceberg Zone19,089106
Twisty Bridges48919
Glacial Bay8,7288.8

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

Arctic ray egg

The spawner tables roll the egg about 40 times per game, most in Sparse Arctic Zone.

In the same places

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

About the Arctic Ray

The Arctic Ray is filed under large herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 62,764 baked slots that can hold it across 4 area groups, 487 expected spawns per new game, mostly in East Iceberg Zone, at 13 to 147 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.