Scuttler Jr

Overview

Scuttler Jr is a young / infantile Scuttler Goliath, marked as a separate species for clarity and safety. It spends most of its youth on its mother's back, and off it, it leaps around as the ocean carries it — its muscles are not developed enough to walk or crawl yet. The log says the youngsters are quite intelligent and empathetic, with a supposed fear of violence: if attacked, or if it witnesses another marine animal attacked, it may begin crying at a frequency Scuttler Goliaths can hear from up to a mile away — and a mother can arrive from a distant place, digging at incredibly fast speeds. Divers are advised not to attack the Scuttler Jr or other marine life while one is around.

Creature details

Attribute	Value
Type	Danger: Minimal
Source	Official in-game monster log (community transcription); named by the developer on Discord ("4 new monsters including deus snail and Scuttler jr", 2026-09-20)
Confirmed	Yes

Notes

• One of the four new monsters shipped with the Grimcave update (2026-09-22).
• Displaying a pickaxe around a Scuttler Jr or a Scuttler Goliath aggros the Scuttler, even unused (community wiki).
• Unlike adults, a Scuttler Jr can be reasonably killed with good weaponry per community strategy notes.

Other Saturation Diving entities

• Vampire Coral — Coral with sharp spines that prick divers and absorb blood. Just walk around it.
• Brineglass — A nearly invisible bacterial colony that forms ice-like, zero-traction sheets on the seafloor.
• Fire Worm — A narwhal-like worm with one large tooth. Easily angered — leave it alone.
• Slate-Bellied Cowfish — Friendly fish that turns aggressive the moment you carry Sanguinite.
• Cutie Pi — A social octopus that waves at divers — until loud noise sets it off.
• Deus Snail — A cone snail nothing can hurt — and anything it touches explodes. Just don't touch it.

See every creature in the monsters & entities list, learn how to avoid these in the survival guide, or find where they appear on each dive site.