← JournalNotes from the Lower Dark

Unlit Drift Jelly

Umbravena lucifuga

Abyssalunrecorded · Drifting · lightless

Field record

Every jelly logged above this depth carries some kind of light of its own; the notes on this one specify that it does not, and that its absence was more unsettling on sonar than any glow would have been. It has been recorded only as a gap where a return should be.

Marginal note: “the only jelly on record that carries no light”

Habitat

ZoneThe Lower Dark

Depth range2,100–2,800 m

DiscoveryOnly shows itself to a drone moving well under its own top speed. Ease off the throttle as you close.

Catching it

A Abyssal-tier catch needs at least a Heavy-Gauge Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 850 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+6% Yield

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.