Discus fish in Subnautica: Below Zero

Discus fishSmall herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 183 to 473 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 Discus fish drawn on it
heat = where it can spawn (model)Open the map on Tree Spires →
Class
Small herbivores
Depth
183 m to 473 m
Spawns per game
about 336
Placed pins
none

“A colorful, small fish with a laterally compressed body, the discus generally survives off of algae or other plant materials.”

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

Where Discus fish spawns

Median depth 383 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 473 m and 10% shallower than 183 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 600 m to 1 m.

Areas where Discus fish can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Tree Spires14,118322
Lily Pads30914

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 Discus fish appears in most is Tree Spires. What else spawns there:

About the Discus fish

The Discus fish is filed under small herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 14,427 baked slots that can hold it across 2 area groups, 336 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Tree Spires, at 183 to 473 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.