Biomes (Subnautica)

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Subnautica features a wide variety of Biomes found on Planet 4546B, from the vibrant Kelp Forest to the dreary depths of the enigmatic Lost River. Each Biome contains its own set of lifeforms and resources to discover.

Aquatic Biomes

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Blood Kelp Zone	100 - 675 meters (Trench)<br>170 - 620 meters (Northern)	Ampeel Egg (Trench)<br>Blood Oil<br>Crabsquid Egg (Northern)<br>Deep Shroom<br>Diamond<br>Gel Sack<br>Ghost Weed Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Copper Deposit<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Salt Deposit (Northern)<br>Uraninite Crystal	Destroyed Lifepod (Northern)<br>Blood Kelp Sanctuary (Northern)<br>Large Wreck (Trench)
Bulb Zone	140 - 540 meters	Ampeel Egg<br>Boneshark Egg<br>[Bulb Bush Sample](/wiki/bulb-bush-sample)<br>[Coral Tube Sample](/wiki/coral-tube-sample)<br>Diamond<br>Ghost Weed Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Mesmer Egg<br>Metal Salvage<br>Ruby<br>Salt Deposit<br>Sea Crown Seed<br>Table Coral Sample	Bulb Zone Arch Cache<br>Destroyed Lifepod<br>Large Wrecks (2)<br>Lava Geysers (3)
Crag Field	45 - 560 meters	Copper Ore<br>Diamond<br>Eye Stalk Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Silver Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Metal Salvage<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Titanium	Crag Field Arch Cache<br>Destroyed Lifepod
Crash Zone	0 - 550 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>Gold<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Lead<br>Metal Salvage<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Silver Ore<br>Stalker Teeth<br>Table Coral Sample<br>Titanium	Supply Crate<br>Aurora<br>Destroyed Lifepod
Crater Edge	0 - 8192 meters	N/A	N/A
Dunes	65 - 530 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Cuddlefish Egg<br>Gas Pod<br>Gasopod Egg<br>Gel Sack<br>Gold<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Large Salt Deposit<br>Large Silver Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Metal Salvage<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Salt Deposit<br>Sea Crown Seed<br>Silver Ore<br>Titanium	Alien Vent Entrance Point<br>Dunes Sanctuary<br>Giant Sinkhole<br>Large Wrecks (3)<br>Meteor Crater<br>Thermal Vents (9)
Grand Reef	90 - 570 meters	Copper Ore<br>Diamond<br>Gel Sack<br>Gold<br>Large Copper Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Silver Ore<br>Spadefish Egg<br>Titanium<br>Uraninite Crystal	Alien Vent Entrance Point<br>Large Wrecks (2)<br>Thermal Vents (5)
Grassy Plateaus	40 - 200 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>Gold<br>Large Salt Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Metal Salvage<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Sand Shark Egg<br>Silver Ore<br>Table Coral Sample<br>Titanium	Destroyed Lifepods (2)<br>Large Wrecks (5)<br>Small Wrecks (6)
Kelp Forest	0 - 160 meters	Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>[Creepvine Sample](/wiki/creepvine-sample)<br>Creepvine Seed Cluster<br>Gold<br>Lead<br>Metal Salvage<br>Salt Deposit<br>Silver Ore<br>Stalker Egg<br>Stalker Teeth<br>Titanium	Destroyed Lifepod<br>Large Wrecks (2)
Mountains	0 - 560 meters	Diamond<br>Gel Sack<br>Ghost Weed Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Large Salt Deposit<br>Large Silver Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite<br>Silver Ore<br>Uraninite Crystal	Alien Arch Platform<br>Alien Vent Entrance Point<br>Large Wrecks (2)<br>Thermal Vents (10)
Mushroom Forest	50 - 230 meters (Northwestern)<br>100 - 250 meters (Northeastern)	Acid Mushroom<br>Boneshark Egg<br>Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample (Northwestern)<br>Diamond<br>Fungal Sample<br>Gel Sack (Northwestern)<br>Gold<br>Jellyray Egg<br>Large Copper Deposits<br>Large Lithium Deposits<br>Large Salt Deposits<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Salt Deposit<br>Silver Ore<br>Table Coral Sample (Northwestern)<br>Titanium	Alien Vent Entrance Point (Northeastern)<br>Destroyed Lifepod (Northwestern)<br>Large Wreck (Northwestern)<br>Mushroom Forest Arch Cache (Northwestern)
Safe Shallows	0 - 80 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>Gas Pod<br>Gasopod Egg<br>Gold<br>Lead<br>Metal Salvage<br>Quartz<br>Rabbit Ray Egg<br>Silver Ore<br>Table Coral Sample<br>Titanium	Large Wrecks (2)<br>Lava Geysers (2)<br>Lifepod 5<br>Small Wrecks (7)
Sea Treader's Path	170 - 425 meters	Copper Ore<br>Deep Shroom<br>Diamond<br>Gold<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Silver Ore<br>Titanium	Large Wreck
Sparse Reef	20 - 310 meters	Copper Ore<br>Diamond<br>Ruby<br>Gel Sack<br>Eye Stalk Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Table Coral Sample<br>Titanium	Alien Vent Entrance Point
Underwater Islands	25 - 540 meters	Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>Diamond<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Silver Deposit<br>Large Uraninite Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Silver Ore<br>Spadefish Egg<br>Titanium<br>Boneshark Egg	Alien Vent Entrance Point<br>Large Wreck<br>Lava Geysers (8)<br>Thermal Vents (1)

Islands

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Floating Island	0 - 85 meters above sea level	N/A	[Degasi Seabases](/wiki/degasi-seabases) (3)<br>Floating Island Arch Cache
Mountain Island	0 - 155 meters above sea level	Diamond<br>Gold<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Salt Deposit<br>Mountain Island Arch Cache	Quarantine Enforcement Platform

Cave Biomes

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Blood Kelp Caves	285 - 675 meters	Blood Oil<br>Diamond<br>Ghost Weed Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Copper Deposit<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Uraninite Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Uraninite Crystal<br>Magnetite	N/A
Bone Fields Caves	610 - 710 meters	Diamond<br>Gel Sack<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Magnetite<br>Nickel Ore<br>Ruby	N/A
Bulb Zone Caves	220 - 315 meters	Diamond<br>Eye Stalk Seed<br>Gold<br>Lithium<br>Mesmer Eggs<br>Ruby<br>Uraninite Crystal	Lava Geyser
Deep Grand Reef	390 - 640 meters	Crabsquid Egg<br>Cuddlefish Egg (Degasi Seabase)<br>Diamond<br>Gel Sack<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Uraninite Crystal	Degasi Seabase
Deep Sparse Reef	210 - 290 meters	Diamond<br>Eye Stalk Seed<br>Gel Sack<br>Gold<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Silver Ore<br>Spadefish Egg<br>Table Coral Sample	Destroyed Lifepod<br>Sparse Reef Sanctuary
Dunes Caves	400 - 420 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Gold<br>Large Silver Deposits<br>Large Titanium Deposits<br>Lead<br>Quartz<br>Sea Crown Seed<br>Silver Ore<br>Titanium	N/A
Grand Reef Caves	120 - 410 meters	Diamond<br>Gold<br>Lithium<br>Ruby<br>Uraninite Crystal	N/A
Grassy Plateaus Caves	120 - 245 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>Gold<br>Lead<br>Quartz<br>Salt Deposit<br>Sea Crown Seed<br>Silver Ore<br>Spadefish Egg<br>Titanium	N/A
Inactive Lava Zone	960 - 1390 meters	Copper Ore<br>Crystalline Sulfur<br>Deep Shroom<br>Diamond<br>Gold<br>Kyanite<br>Large Copper Deposit<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Large Silver Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Large Uraninite Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite<br>Nickel Ore<br>Quartz<br>Ruby	Alien Thermal Plant<br>Lava Castle
Jellyshroom Cave	135 - 305 meters	Crabsnake Egg<br>Diamond<br>Gold<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Large Magnetite Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite	Degasi Seabase
Kelp Forest Caves	90 - 170 meters	Cave Sulfur<br>Crashfish Egg<br>Copper Ore<br>Eye Stalk Seed<br>Gold<br>Lead<br>Quartz<br>Silver Ore<br>Titanium	N/A
Lava Lakes	1280 - 1470 meters	Crystalline Sulfur<br>Kyanite<br>Large Kyanite Deposit	Primary Containment Facility
Lost River	525 - 1065 meters	Acid Mushroom (Mountains Corridor)<br>Copper Ore<br>Crystalline Sulfur<br>Diamond<br>Deep Shroom (Tree Cove)<br>Gel Sack<br>Ghost Weed Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Gold Deposit<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Large Nickel Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Large Silver Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Large Uraninite Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite<br>Mesmer Eggs (Bone Fields)<br>Nickel Ore<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Silver Ore<br>Table Coral Sample (Junction)<br>Titanium<br>Uraninite Crystal	Disease Research Facility<br>Gargantuan Fossil<br>Ghost Forest Arch Cache<br>Lost River Laboratory
Mountains Caves	0 - 380 meters	Coral Tube Sample<br>Diamond<br>Eye Stalk Seed<br>Gold<br>Large Salt Deposit<br>Large Quartz Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Magnetite<br>Ruby<br>Uraninite Crystal	Thermal Vents (2)
Mushroom Forest Caves	170 - 250 meters	Boneshark Egg (Northwestern)<br>Coral Tube Sample (Northeastern)<br>Cuddlefish Egg<br>Diamond<br>Gold<br>Jellyray Egg (Northwestern)<br>Large Lithium Deposit (Northeastern)<br>Lithium<br>Cuddlefish Egg	N/A
Safe Shallows Caves	10 - 75 meters	Acid Mushroom<br>Copper Ore<br>Coral Tube Sample<br>Crashfish Egg<br>Cave Sulfur<br>Gold<br>Lead<br>Quartz<br>Silver Ore<br>Titanium	N/A
Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves	200 - 340 meters	Copper Ore<br>Deep Shroom<br>Diamond<br>Gel Sack<br>Gold<br>Large Lithium Deposit<br>Large Salt Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Salt Deposit<br>Titanium	N/A
Underwater Islands Caves	195 - 370 meters	Coral Tube Sample<br>Diamond<br>Gold<br>Lithium<br>Quartz<br>Ruby	N/A

Mini-Biomes

Biome	Depth Range	Resources	Points of Interest
Crash Zone Mesas	150 - 330 meters	Coral Tube Sample<br>Copper Ore<br>Diamond<br>Gasopod Egg<br>Gold<br>Large Salt Deposit<br>Lead<br>Lithium<br>Metal Salvage<br>Quartz<br>Ruby<br>Salt Deposit<br>Silver Ore<br>Table Coral Sample<br>Titanium	N/A
Lava Geyser	60 - 560 meters	Varies	N/A
Lava Castle	1100 - 1300 meters	Crystalline Sulfur<br>Kyanite<br>Lava Lizard Egg<br>Magnetite	Alien Thermal Plant
Inactive Lava Zone Corridor	800 - 1200 meters	Crystalline Sulfur<br>Diamond<br>Gold<br>Large Copper Deposit<br>Large Kyanite Deposit<br>Large Lead Deposit<br>Large Titanium Deposit<br>Lithium<br>Nickel Ore<br>Silver Ore	N/A

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