Boomerang in Subnautica: Below Zero

BoomerangSmall herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 11 to 173 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 Boomerang drawn on it
heat = where it can spawn (model)Open the map on Lily Pads →
Class
Small herbivores
Depth
11 m to 173 m
Spawns per game
about 9,862
Placed pins
none

“A herbivore encountered in large numbers, found to frequent shallow waters and move in schools.”

Assessment: Edible

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

Where Boomerang spawns

Median depth 69 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 173 m and 10% shallower than 11 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 322 m to +0 m.

Areas where Boomerang can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Lily Pads28,1233,506
East Iceberg Zone52,5883,016
West Iceberg Zone25,6941,620
Arctic Kelp30,3501,020
Thermal Spires12,038382
Twisty Bridges931297
Glacial Bay8,72822

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 Boomerang appears in most is Lily Pads. What else spawns there:

About the Boomerang

The Boomerang is filed under small herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 158,452 baked slots that can hold it across 7 area groups, 9,862 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Lily Pads, at 11 to 173 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.