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Brute Shark in Subnautica: Below Zero

Brute SharkCarnivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 15 to 299 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 Brute Shark drawn on it
heat = where it can spawn (model)Open the map on Lily Pads →
Class
Carnivores
Depth
15 m to 299 m
Spawns per game
about 106
Placed pins
none

“A common, shark-like predator with low intelligence.”

Assessment: Minor threat

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

Where Brute Shark spawns

Median depth 91 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 299 m and 10% shallower than 15 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 400 m to +0 m.

Areas where Brute Shark can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Lily Pads28,12365
Tree Spires18,56730
Twisty Bridges48912

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

Brute Shark egg

The spawner tables roll the egg about 21 times per game, most in Twisty Bridges.

About the Brute Shark

The Brute Shark is filed under carnivores in the game's databank. The files give it 47,179 baked slots that can hold it across 3 area groups, 106 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Lily Pads, at 15 to 299 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.