Pengwing in Subnautica: Below Zero

PengwingCarnivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 13 to 49 m deep. 323 are placed by hand between 10 to 14 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 Pengwing drawn on it
Placed in the world (323)Eggs placed (5)heat = where it can spawn (model)All 323 placed Pengwing pins on the map →
Class
Carnivores
Depth
13 m to 49 m
Spawns per game
about 92
Placed pins
323

“Bird-like creature, hunts small fish below the water, huddles in packs on the ice above.”

Assessment: Less cuddly than they look

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

Where Pengwing spawns

Median depth 25 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 49 m and 10% shallower than 13 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 85 m to 5 m.

Areas where Pengwing can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Sparse Arctic Zone6,61692

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

Placed by hand

323 Pengwing objects sit at fixed coordinates in the game files (Penguin 250, PenguinBaby 73). They are exact, not modelled.

Where Pengwing is placed
AreaPlaced
Glacial Basin78
West Iceberg Zone64
Lily Pads50
Twisty Bridges49
East Iceberg Zone42
Delta Island16
Purple Vents10
Thermal Spires7
Arctic Kelp4
Tree Spires3

Pengwing egg

5 eggs are placed at fixed spots (egg layer on the map).

In the same places

The area Pengwing appears in most is Sparse Arctic Zone. What else spawns there:

About the Pengwing

The Pengwing is filed under carnivores in the game's databank. The files give it 6,616 baked slots that can hold it across 1 area groups, 92 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Sparse Arctic Zone, at 13 to 49 m deep for the middle 80%. 323 are placed by hand, with 5 placed eggs.

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.