Feather Fish in Subnautica: Below Zero

Feather FishSmall herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 9 to 165 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 Feather Fish drawn on it
heat = where it can spawn (model)Open the map on Tree Spires →
Class
Small herbivores
Depth
9 m to 165 m
Spawns per game
about 2,226
Placed pins
none

“The feather fish is a common species that lives in various biomes. Its coloring is distinct but also functional.”

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

Where Feather Fish spawns

Median depth 69 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 165 m and 10% shallower than 9 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 399 m to +0 m.

Areas where Feather Fish can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Tree Spires34,0301,129
Purple Vents20,200568
Lily Pads2,865326
Thermal Spires12,455204

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 Feather Fish appears in most is Tree Spires. What else spawns there:

About the Feather Fish

The Feather Fish is filed under small herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 69,550 baked slots that can hold it across 4 area groups, 2,226 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Tree Spires, at 9 to 165 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.