The Surge Jelly is a drifting jelly in Subnautica 2 that defends itself with electricity. It is not aggressive and never chases a diver, but it discharges a shock through the water around it when approached, in a radius roughly twice its own size. Scanning it contributes to unlocking the Homing Sense biomod.
Overview
Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
Class | Jellies |
Disposition | Defensive; shocks at close range |
Reported habitat | The Dolerite Spires, the Power Plant area of Karakorum, and open water in the Shallows |
Biomod link | Homing Sense, unlocked together with the Hammerhead scan |
Appearance
The Surge Jelly is light blue with bright pink dots ringing its bell and a distinctive arrow-shaped stinger below, patterned in yellow and purple. It drifts through open water rather than anchoring.
Databank Notes
The entry, generated under the name Staurobrachia capacitor, is emphatic that this is a single animal rather than a colony, with tissues far more specialized than any Earth jelly. Two rigid fins contain wire-like electrocytes that build voltage measured at 400 to 1000 volts at one ampere, enough to kill a human. Traces of radioactivity and high-temperature waxes in its tissues point to deep-ocean, hydrothermal origins, and nearby jellies appear to communicate through their electric fields. The assessment is blunt: minor danger in close contact, fascinating research prospect from a distance.
Survival Tips
Scan from maximum range; the shock only covers the water immediately around the bell.
Scanning both the Surge Jelly and the Hammerhead unlocks Homing Sense, which points a diver toward powered seabases without needing a beacon.