Crashfish (Subnautica)

The Crashfish is a defensive fauna species found only in caves, most of the time in Safe Shallows Caves. The Crashfish lives in a symbiotic relationship with a flora species named the Crashfish Plant.

Appearance
The Crashfish is a round, oval shaped fish with widely spaced nostrils, a wide mouth, and one pale yellow eye, with a large black pupil. The top of the body is red and scaly, whilst its underside and face are covered by smooth, cream colored skin. Many spikes protrude outwards from the Crashfish's body, these spikes are beige in color, tipped with red and are responsible for triggering their characteristic, explosive chemical reaction. The same spikes make up its fins, though these are much more brightly colored than the spikes found elsewhere on the body.

Behavior
Upon sensing the player's presence, the Crashfish Plant opens up like a flower and emits a menacing gurgle, revealing the Crashfish inside. If the player approaches further after the Crashfish's initial warning, the Crashfish will launch itself out of the Crashfish Plant and charge at the player, if the player instead heeds the warning and backs off, the Crashfish will retreat back into the Crashfish Plant.

If the Crashfish explodes next to a Seamoth with the player inside, it can immediately destroy the Seamoth depending on proximity, however the Hull Reinforcement upgrade partially protects against this threat. Should an unaware player not see the Crashfish after hearing its warning noise, it is highly advised to swim in the other direction from where the sound originated. Crashfish also deal about 45% damage to a Prawn Suit, making them a very real threat to it.

The Crashfish swims very fast, so fast that it can even out run a Seamoth, and can also easily catch up with an ill-equipped player, dealing severe damage to their health and also to their Oxygen level.

While the Crashfish is also scannable inside the Crashfish Plant, caution is advised when attempting this process. The easiest and fastest way is to freeze the Crashfish with a Stasis Rifle as it peeks out of its home to scan it.

Crashfish eggs can be found near Crashfish Plants. Take care when collecting them, as a nearby Crashfish explosion will destroy them.

Infant Crashfish can be used as ammo for the Propulsion Cannon, and can be used as a type of bomb. It can be noted that when inside Alien Containment, Crashfish will not explode.

Future Plans

 * Crashfish may occasionally leave their Crashfish Plant and swim around the area near their plant, in this state they will not attack the player.

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Trivia

 * The Crashfish can be used to the advantage to the player, especially if they have a Propulsion Cannon on hand.
 * The old name for the Crashfish was the Crash
 * It was renamed in order to prevent confusion in the changelogs, between "game crashes" and the actual creature itself.
 * The Cuddle Fish was originally supposed to be the Crashfish, but the developers decided it was too cute, and made the Crashfish to replace it.