Ribbon Plant in Subnautica: Below Zero

Ribbon PlantSmall plant containing acidic fluid. Rolled for each new game at 543 to 713 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 Ribbon Plant drawn on it
Placed in the world (221)heat = where it can spawn (model)Switch the ribbon plant layer on the map →
Depth
543 m to 713 m
Spawns per game
about 117
Placed pins
221
Gives
-

“The ribbon plant contains a highly concentrated sulfuric acid and can be harvested for use in battery fabrication. The sulfuric acid evolved as an evolutionary defense mechanism to discourage fauna from eating the leaves of the ribbon plant.”

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

Where Ribbon Plant grows

The spawner tables hold 1 prefab type for it; 529 baked slots can hold one. Median depth 679 m, 10% deeper than 713 m, 10% shallower than 543 m.

Areas where Ribbon Plant can spawn
AreaSlots that can hold itExpected per gameShare
Crystal Caverns529117

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 as well

221 ribbon plant objects sit at fixed coordinates in the game files; these are exact. They come on top of the rolled spawns above, and unlike them they are the same in every game.

Where Ribbon Plant is placed
AreaPlaced
Twisty Bridges155
Glacial Basin33
Lily Pads31
Crystal Caverns2

What it gives and what uses it

Harvest

The item table names no harvest for it.

Used in 3 recipes

  • Architect Organs via Ribbon Plant
  • Battery via Ribbon Plant
  • Benzene via Ribbon Plant

All recipes →

Nearby

Ribbon Plant is most often found in Crystal Caverns, where these also spawn:

About the ribbon plant

The spawner tables roll the ribbon plant into 529 baked slots, about 117 per new game, mostly in Crystal Caverns, at 543 to 713 m deep for the middle 80%. 3 named recipes use it or its harvest.

Spawn numbers are a model (slot tables), not verified in a running game. Placed pins are read as placed. Depths are metres below sea level.