Hammerhead Creature Guide and Details | Subnautica 2

Be careful not to get too close! This creature is very territorial and might ram you straight on!

Hammerhead (tentatively Panoplia hammerhead). An armored, herd-dwelling, territorial herbivore with a powerful ram.

[1] Hammer head
Challenges intruders on its territory, especially other hammerheads. Displays its pectoral finds and closes its enamel head shield before attacking.**

[2] Jet propulsion
Spiracles behind the eyes feed into a jet channel with internal gills. The jet drives the hammerhead's sudden rams.

[3] Large brain
Floats in a protective cyst. The central eye sees color, while two smaller motion-sensitive eyes guide ramming.

[4] Grazing jaw
The muscular vertical jaw suggests a diet of sponges, kelps, tunicates, and possibly crushed coral. The need to protect a grazing area may have evolved the hammerhead's territoriality.

[5] Practiced behavior?
Hammerheads ram coral domes. The adaptive benefit is unclear - perhaps toughening their shields.

Advise caution, especially when piloting vehicles. May have social cognition comparable to Earth's ungulates, some of which were extremely dangerous to humans. Ramming areas (called leks) are a major source of ocean noise.

Coral Domes aren't the only thing Hammerhead rams into! Keep your distance before it charges. You can also scan it using the Bioscanner for a Biomod.

Biomod	Effect
Homing Sense	Detect nearby bases with electrical power.