Skyray in Subnautica: Below Zero

Skyray Large herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 23 to 51 m above sea level. 76 are placed by hand between 5 to 94 m above sea level.

Updated November 2, 2026Data: 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 Skyray drawn on it — Placed in the world (76)heat = where it can spawn (model)All 76 placed Skyray pins on the map →

Placed in the world (76)heat = where it can spawn (model)All 76 placed Skyray pins on the map →

Class: Large herbivores
Depth: +51 m to +23 m
Spawns per game: about 42
Placed pins: 76

“The skyray has a bird-like head, and feathered wings which enable it to fly. Skyrays are commonly found circling floating structures, and rarely venture far out to sea. They will perch on dry land, but are prone to flee on approach.”
Assessment: Presence may indicate nearby dry land.
Skyray, in-game databank. The studio's text, quoted short.

Where Skyray spawns

Median depth +27 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than +23 m and 10% shallower than +51 m; the baked slots that can hold it span +20 m to +59 m.

Areas where Skyray can spawn
Area	Slots that can hold it	Expected per game	Share
Delta Island	42	42

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

76 Skyray objects sit at fixed coordinates in the game files (Skyray 56, Skyray IceWormArena 5, Spawn Skyray Decontaminated NoRoost 13, Spawn Skyray NoRoost 2). They are exact, not modelled.

Where Skyray is placed
Area	Placed
Glacial Basin	52
Glacial Bay	19
Arctic Spires	5

In the same places

The area Skyray appears in most is Delta Island. What else spawns there:

About the Skyray

The Skyray is filed under large herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 42 baked slots that can hold it across 1 area groups, 42 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Delta Island, at 23 to 51 m above sea level for the middle 80%. 76 are placed by hand.

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.