Triops in Subnautica: Below Zero
Small herbivores in the game's databank. Rolled for each new game at 297 to 861 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.
- Class
- Small herbivores
- Depth
- 297 m to 861 m
- Spawns per game
- about 633
- Placed pins
- none
“An effective bottom-feeder with unusual trioptical vision.”
Assessment: Edible
Where Triops spawns
Median depth 663 m; 10% of the modelled spawns lie deeper than 861 m and 10% shallower than 297 m; the baked slots that can hold it span 957 m to 98 m.
| Area | Slots that can hold it | Expected per game | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Caverns | 8,529 | 353 | |
| Fabricator Caverns | 1,124 | 95 | |
| Koppa Mining Site | 3,452 | 76 | |
| Tree Spires | 1,866 | 55 | |
| Lily Pads | 439 | 29 | |
| Twisty Bridges | 462 | 25 |
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 Triops appears in most is Crystal Caverns. What else spawns there:
Uraninite crystal
Silver
Lithium
Ribbon Plant
Boomerang
Hoopfish
Red Feather Fish
Arctic Peeper
Feather Fish
Spinefish
Arrow Ray
Spinner FishAbout the Triops
The Triops is filed under small herbivores in the game's databank. The files give it 15,872 baked slots that can hold it across 6 area groups, 633 expected spawns per new game, mostly in Crystal Caverns, at 297 to 861 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.