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Eye Stalk

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The Eye Stalk is a bioluminescent flora species found in deeper biomes and caves. It serves as a primary light source in areas like the Deep Sparse Reef and is used to craft Hatching Enzymes.

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Eye Stalk

Eye Stalk Flora

AttributeDetails
CategoryFlora
AttitudeHarvestable
BiomesBulb Zone, Bulb Zone Caves, Crag Field, Deep Sparse Reef, Kelp Forest Caves, Mountains Caves, Sparse Reef
Reap YieldEye Stalk Seed (2×2)
Debug Spawneyesplant

Overview

The Eye Stalk is a Flora species found scattered throughout a few of the deeper biomes, as well as the Kelp Forest Caves. It is mostly decoration for the game, being used in only one crafting recipe. It can be harvested for Eye Stalk Seeds by using the knife, which can then be planted in an Exterior Growbed.

It takes 1200 seconds (20 minutes) to grow a full plant from a seed when planted. Each plant has 150 HP and can therefore be harvested 8 times before being destroyed, giving a total of 9 seeds. This is because the eighth knife hit will give two seeds instead of one. The size of the Eye Stalk doesn't matter: smaller plants have the same amount of HP as the biggest ones.

Similar to most flora, the seed takes 2x2 slots of space in the inventory and is worth 70 units of energy when put into a bioreactor.

Appearance

The Eye Stalk consists of twisted purple stems that are crooked and have nearly no round corners, with a few darker purple stripes. Numerous yellow bioluminescent bulbs resembling eyes protrude from smaller stems. The bulbs produce a large amount of light, and are the primary source of light in the Deep Sparse Reef. The light could also be used as lighting outside a seabase when one lacks the blueprint for a floodlight or other lighting apparatus.

An Eye Stalk An Eye Stalk

An Eye Stalk glowing at night An Eye Stalk glowing at night

Uses In Crafting

Spoiler alert: The following section contains story related material.

Hatching Enzymes

Data Bank Entry

Data Bank Entry

A cave-dwelling tuber dotted with luminescent, photosensitive 'eyes'. These eyes may in some way direct the twisted growth of the stems themselves, possibly in reaction to other light sources, proximity of cave walls, or other environmental conditions.

  • Multiple Eye Stalk with Spadefish eggs and a Holefish in the background in the Deep Sparse Reef. Multiple Eye Stalk with Spadefish eggs and a Holefish in the background in the Deep Sparse Reef.
  • Bioluminescence Bioluminescence
  • Eye Stalks in the Kelp Forest Caves Eye Stalks in the Kelp Forest Caves
  • Eye Stalk in the Mountain Island's Caves Eye Stalk in the Mountain Island's Caves
  • An Eye Stalk in the Crag Field An Eye Stalk in the Crag Field
  • The single Eye Stalk in all of the Bulb Zone Caves The single Eye Stalk in all of the Bulb Zone Caves
  • Several Eye Stalks brightly illuminating the Sparse Reef at night Several Eye Stalks brightly illuminating the Sparse Reef at night
  • The only Eye Stalk in the Bulb Zone, located very close to the entrance of the Lost River The only Eye Stalk in the Bulb Zone, located very close to the entrance of the Lost River
  • Size reference with the player and a small Eye Stalk Size reference with the player and a small Eye Stalk
  • Size reference with the player and a big Eye Stalk Size reference with the player and a big Eye Stalk
  • Closeup view of the plant Closeup view of the plant

Trivia

The Eye Stalk was originally called the Eyes Plant.

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