Creatures

Creature Encyclopedia

Know what's in the dark

Filter by threat colour, by behaviour, or by what a creature drops — then learn where each one lives before you meet it. Mark creatures as scanned to build your PDA log. Green = harmless, yellow = caution, red = danger, purple = leviathan-class.

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Creature	Threat tier	Habitat	Behavior (IGN)	Where found (IGN)	Edible
🌳 World Tree	titan	Abyssal Trench / Planet Core
🐙 Collector Leviathan	leviathan	Sparse Plains / Open ocean	Guards The Abyss and the upper area of the Metal Farms. Attacks on sight; a Tadpole is required to avoid instant death.	The Abyss, Karakorum (Metal Farms)
🦷 Shiver Leviathan	leviathan	The Void	Automatically spawns and attacks when you leave the playable Early Access area. Impossible to survive.	The Void
🦪 Great Jaw	leviathan	Crag Canyons	Closes its mouth if the pink tendrils inside are touched. Several Lithium deposits can be found inside this Leviathan.	Coral Gardens (The Hole)
🥚 Deepwing Brooder	leviathan	Mid-deep waters	Passively roams the deep parts of the ocean surrounding the Coral Gardens.	Coral Gardens (Old Habitat, Blighted Area, The Hole)
🦈 Marrowbreach	alpha	Mid waters	Attacks on sight. Circles before attacking and works alongside smaller Houndgars that distract prey.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Hydrothermal Vents)
🦈 Needler Mango	alpha	Mid waters
🐡 Twin Sitaray	predator	Deep waters	Attacks with bites and electric pulses that can damage the Tadpole.	Karakorum (Power Plant, Metal Farms)
🦐 Cerathecan	predator	Sheltered spots	Medium-size green squid with four tentacles; harmless to the player.	Karakorum (Observatory)
🦞 Sandspear	predator	Canyon sands	Hides buried in the seabed; grabs anything that gets too close.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat), Karakorum (Observatory)
🦑 Bullethead	predator	Open water	Hides on cave walls, detaches and circles you before charging forward to attack.	Coral Gardens (Hydrothermal Vents), Karakorum (Observatory, Power Plant)
⚡ Surge Jelly	carnivore	Mid waters	Touching it electrocutes you.	Coral Gardens (The Hole), Karakorum (Power Plant)
🔨 Epicurean	carnivore	Reefs	Swims near the ocean floor and attacks on sight. Can be stunned with the Sonic Resonator.	Karakorum (Metal Farms)
🦑 Houndgar	carnivore	Mid waters	Swims with Marrowbreaches, distracting and disorienting prey so the Marrowbreach can attack.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Hydrothermal Vents)
🔨 Hammerhead	herbivore	Shallows / Reefs	Charges toward you when you get too close.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Blighted Area)
🦀 Coral Crab	predator	Chap’s Bunker (SSE of Lifepod)	Gigantic crab that can crawl out of the ground near the Blackbox Chap.	Coral Gardens (The Hole)
🐟 Reef Grazer	herbivore	Shallow & reef
🪼 Hycean	gentle	Surface	Large jellyfish-like transparent creature levitating above the water.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat)
🐟 Foureye	gentle	Shallows
🦠 Tongue Thief	parasite	Infested areas	Small yellow four-legged critter that attacks; frequently eaten by Epicurean.	Karakorum (Metal Farms)
🐙 Shiver Male	leviathan	The Void	Male Shiver Leviathan that travels with the Shiver Leviathan.	The Void
🌋 Titan Rockbore	titan	All biomes (via its bores)
🦈 Nibbler Mango	predator	Open ocean	Circles and attacks in small groups.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Blighted Area)
🦠 Bloom Parasite	parasite	Bloom-infected areas	Guards Angel Combs and attacks on sight.	Near Angel Combs
⚡ Electric Geordie	parasite	Karakorum Power Plant / Metal Farms	Attaches to the Tadpole and drains its energy when approached.	Karakorum (Observatory, Power Plant)
🧬 Angel Comb	parasite	On Titan Rockbore bores
🐟 Blackthorn	herbivore	Shallows
🐟 Bluemoon	herbivore	Shallows	Small blue fish; a food source.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Hydrothermal Vents), Karakorum (Power Plant)	Yes — Cooked Bluemoon, Threemoon Temaki
🐌 Flash Slug	herbivore	Overgrown Ruins / Karakorum Power Plant / Root Canyon	Small glowing slug; yields isotonic water.	Karakorum (Observatory, Power Plant)	Yes — Isotonic Water
🐟 Geordie	herbivore	Shallows	Small purple fish with four fins; a food source.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Blighted Area)	Yes — Cooked Geordie
🐟 Halfmoon	herbivore	Shallows	Small blue fish; a common food source.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Hydrothermal Vents), Karakorum (Power Plant)	Yes — Cooked Halfmoon, Halfmoon Jerky, Threemoon Temaki
🐟 Harvestmoon	herbivore	Shallows	Small blue fish; a food source.	Coral Gardens (Shallows), Karakorum (Power Plant)	Yes — Cooked Harvestmoon, Threemoon Temaki
🐟 Hoverthorn	herbivore	Axum Ruins	Small pale fish; a good food source.	Karakorum (Observatory, Power Plant, Metal Farms)	Yes — Cooked Hoverthorn, Hoverthorn Souvalaki
🐟 Pneuma	herbivore	Shallows	Small green fish, often eaten by Cerathecan.	Karakorum (Observatory)	Yes — Cooked Pneuma
🪼 Jelly Ring	gentle	Open ocean	Ring-shaped jelly fauna drifting in open water.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Hydrothermal Vents), Karakorum (Power Plant)
🪸 Jetocaris	gentle	Caves	A blue three-legged crab that crawls on rocks.	Coral Gardens (Old Habitat), Karakorum (Observatory)
👻 Pelagic Ghost	gentle	Karakorum Power Plant
🦀 Periscopic Clowncrab	gentle	Coral Gardens	Extremely cute orange crab that comes out at night in small groups.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat)
🐌 Water Slug	gentle	Seafloor	Can be picked up and converted into water.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Blighted Area, Hydrothermal Vents, The Hole), Karakorum (Observatory, Power Plant)	Yes — Water (restores hydration)
🪸 Waxmoon	gentle	Shallows / open water	Large black fish with blue and yellow fins.	Coral Gardens (Shallows, Old Habitat, Hydrothermal Vents), Karakorum (Power Plant)
🦐 Crimson Shrimp	gentle	Shallows
🪸 Fluttertail	gentle	Open ocean
🪸 Locust	gentle	Open ocean
🪸 Lyre	gentle	Overgrown Ruins
🦐 Microshrimp	gentle	Overgrown Ruins / Axum Observatory
🪸 Mirror Halfmoon	gentle	Open ocean
🪸 Teal Cycloplet	gentle	Open ocean
🧽 Eyeball Sponge	gentle	Axum Observatory
🦀 Crab Teratoma	gentle	Shallows (Crab Tower)
🪸 Branching Coral	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Cage Gorgon	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Coral Dome	gentle	Coral Gardens
🪸 Curtain Gorgon	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Dragon's Scale Coral	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Listening Gorgon	gentle	Graveyard
🪸 Oblast Coral	gentle	Overgrown Ruins
🪸 Radiator Coral	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Whip Gorgon	gentle	Widespread reefs
🪼 BFJ	gentle	Open water
🪼 Jelly Lei	gentle	Hangs from ceilings
🪸 Necrolei	gentle	Open water
🪸 Stagged Mephit	gentle	Graveyard Caves
⚡ Mimic Pylon	gentle	Seafloor
🌺 Acid Raion	gentle	Caves in the Shallows
🪱 Donut of Worms	gentle	Seafloor
🪱 Donut, No Worms	gentle	Seafloor
🌺 Progress Raion	gentle	Axum Observatory
🧽 Aeroshell Sponge	gentle	Reefs
🧽 Amphora Sponge	gentle	Underwater caverns
🧽 Apocalypse Sponge	gentle	Deep trench (Sleep Bay 3)
🧽 Jack Sponge	gentle	Seabed
🧽 Macaron Sponge	gentle	Seabed
🧽 Pebbled Sporal	gentle	Seabed
🧽 Popover Sporal	gentle	Root Canyon
🧽 Teal Sporal	gentle	Graveyard (single cave)
🧽 Toxic Sponge	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Cabbage Shootroot	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Cradle Shootroot	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Cherimoya Rotsac	gentle	Inside Cage Gorgons
🪼 Dangling Salp	gentle	Hangs from overhangs
🪸 Hecaton Tunic	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Lucifer Rotsac	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Oxygen Tunic	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Witch Hand	gentle	Caves beneath Overgrown Ruins
🪸 Blister Oolapu	gentle	Reefs
🪸 Same Stack	gentle	Overgrown Ruins
🪱 Awnworm	gentle	Seafloor
🪱 Fridge Worm	gentle	Seafloor
🌿 Empedocles' Kelp	flora	Overgrown Ruins
🌿 Feather Kelp	flora	Shallows
🌿 Fern Kelp	flora	Graveyard
🪸 False Fission Drum	flora	Not currently in game
🍄 Tallshroom	flora	Graveyard
🍄 Wort Wort	flora	Graveyard Caves / Root Canyon
🌸 Freesia Flower	flora	Overgrown Ruins / Sparse Plains
🦠 Bloom Biofilm	flora	Infected caves & wrecks
🦠 Bloom Canker	flora	Near Bloom Nodes
🦠 Bloom Core	flora	Linked to Titan Rockbore
🦠 Bloom Node	flora	Titan Rockbore
🦠 Bloom Sap	flora	Oxygen vents & crates

Behavior & locations sourced from the IGN Wiki creature list; edible info where verified.

Threat level Safe · harmless Caution · watchful Danger · hostile Leviathan · apex Parasite · manipulative