Arrow Ray

Appearance

The Arrow Ray has an elongated, teardrop-shaped body with a pale orange dorsal side and white ventral side. It lacks a tail fin, instead having a glowing point at the end of the body. For propulsion, the creature uses a pair of oversized triangular fins on the top and bottom of the head, each adorned with a spike on the front and a second, glowing spike on the back. The front pair of spikes extend beyond the head. The head section is comprised of a pair of large circular eyes and a simple, toothless mouth. Behind the eyes are two pairs of slot-shaped openings.

Behavior

Despite what their PDA entry implies, the Arrow Ray is completely harmless to the player. It swims slowly near the seabed, moving away from players who approach.

Databank Entry

A relatively small ray species capable of fast evasive maneuvers.

• Feeds on plankton
• The fins on its head form an isosceles triangle, which it can tilt to perform fast and unpredictable maneuvers
• Sharp forward fin tips are capable of spearing attackers who manage to catch up

Assessment: Mostly harmless

Consumables

Raw Arrow Ray

• Type: Food & Water
• Description: A ray species small enough to hold in your hand.
• Size: 1 (1×1)
• Bioreactor Energy: +315
• Food: +4
• Water: -3
• Debug ID: arrowray

Cooked Arrow Ray

• Type: Food & Water
• Description: Vascular and protein-rich.
• Size: 1 (1×1)
• Bioreactor Energy: +236.5
• Food: +13
• Water: +5
• Debug ID: cookedarrowray

Cured Arrow Ray

• Type: Food & Water
• Description: Crispy and delicious.
• Size: 1 (1×1)
• Bioreactor Energy: +177.1
• Food: +13
• Water: -2
• Debug ID: curedarrowray

Gallery

Side view

Front view

Dorsal view

Bioluminescence

In hand

Size comparison to the player

Arrow Ray in the Tree Spires

Arrow Ray - By Alex Ries

Arrow Ray variants - By Alex Ries

Creature D (Bottom left) appears very similar in design to the Arrow Ray - artwork by Alex Ries

Creature B seems to be an earlier design for the Arrow Ray.

Model from Sketchfab

Trivia

• The Arrow Ray is unique amongst the other Rays as it is the only one that is edible, the only one that can be caught naturally, and the only one that will defend itself if threatened.
• The Arrow Ray is one of the few side-swimming Rays, the other being the [Arctic Ray](/wiki/arctic-ray).
• Originally, the Arrow Ray was referred to as the Isosceles Ray due to the fact that its fins are shaped like an isosceles triangle.
• When comparing the Arrow Ray's in-game model to its concept art, it can be observed that the mouth is upside-down; while the corners of the mouth point up in the concept art, they point down in-game.
• A likely explanation for this small discrepancy is that the modeller for the Arrow Ray swapped the colors for the two halves of the fish—which can be seen in the Sketchfab upload of the model—and that in order to have the colors arranged properly, the model was simply flipped in-game.