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Where to Find Limestone in Subnautica: Below Zero

Limestone is likeliest in Twisty Bridges (about 1,124 spawns per new game there). Most modelled spawns lie between -492 m and 4 m (negative is below sea level), and the files place no fixed spot for it: every one is rolled per new game.

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.

No fixed pinsThe haze in the resource colour shows where the model says a spawn is likelier, not where one is in your save.

Where to find Limestone: areas ranked

Top 14 areas by expected spawns per new game, then the share of that area's spawn slots that can hold limestone.

Expected spawns per game
3,203
Fixed pins in the files
0
Depth band (metres)

10%: -492 m · median: -122 m · 90%: 4 m

Areas where Limestone can spawn
RankAreaShare of area slotsChance per eligible slotExpected per game
1Twisty Bridges12%12%1,124
2Lily Pads18%2.3%779
3Thermal Spires13%3.5%264
4Crystal Caverns7.7%3.3%195
5West Iceberg Zone13%2.7%178
6Arctic Spires71%2.3%148
7East Iceberg Zone6.1%2.2%124
8Sparse Arctic Zone5.9%3.1%85.1
9Glacial Bay49%0.9%73.1
10Glacial Basin62%2.3%73.0
11Glacial Pass13%7.2%70.3
12Fabricator Cavern3.0%5.9%47.8
13Arctic Kelp0.4%10%22.9
14Rocket Area Cave100%25%18.8

A model read from the game's code and data (EntitySlot spawner tables, 921,892 baked slots), not verified in a running game; it shows where a resource CAN spawn, not where it is in your save.

How Limestone appears

Forms of Limestone in the game files
Name in the gameFormFile id
Limestone chunkItem you pick upLimestoneChunk

The files name no tool for this resource, so none is given here. Outcrop and item forms come from the spawn-table ids (Breakable, Drillable, or the item itself).

What Limestone is used in

No named recipe in the game files uses limestone as an ingredient.

All recipes are on the crafting page.

About Limestone in Subnautica: Below Zero

Limestone has 14 areas in the spawn model, led by Twisty Bridges with about 1,124 expected spawns per new game. In the model 10% of its spawns lie deeper than -492 m and 10% shallower than 4 m, with the median at -122 m (negative is below sea level). The game files place no fixed pin for it.

The chance model is built from the game's own spawn tables, so it shows where limestone can appear, not where it sits in your save. For the other ores see the resource chance table; blueprints that unlock recipes are on the blueprints page.

A model read from the game's code and data (EntitySlot spawner tables, 921,892 baked slots), not verified in a running game; it shows where a resource CAN spawn, not where it is in your save.