Hive Building

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''This page talks about the Hive Body, what it can build and other various things about it. Its one of the foundations of the Zurganids that is required.''

The Hive Body
Currently you gain the Hive Body the same way as any other body, paying a cost of 1 A$. Once you select it, you respawn at the brood as a quite...interesting sprite, and you have a ability to plant brood. This ability is currently instant. '''YOU ONLY HAVE 5 MINUTES TO PICK THIS BODY. AFTER THAT, IT BECOMES LOCKED. Any HIVES that die from this point on are gone forever.'''

Preferably the Hive should be placed where the Queen wants it to be or where there is a lot of breakers to infest. Nexus and Hydro/Research is typically used as Multiple Hives can easily team up there. The location won't alone ensure victory, but it can help you out a fair bit.

Once you use Plant Brood ability, you will turn into a actual brood. You will now have Power Points or PP for short. This will now be your new HUD.



The HUD shows: Your Hotbar on the left (Used for structures so you can quickly click them.), PP counter in the middle, What RMB and MMB do at the bottom, a Mindless Hotbar at the top of them (Used when you group up Mindless), the currently selected structure to the right of it and finally the menu of said selected structure (Since Brood is selected, only Uproot Brood ability is visible on the menu).

If you want to get out or switch position, either because bugs, mercs or otherwise, you can press "Uproot Hive". Be aware that this takes nearly 10 seconds and has to be clicked twice to confirm. Once its done it will kill all your buildings and turn you mobile again. It will take some time until you can root yourself into a new position, but make sure to use this when the situation looks bleak and run like hell. Any damage you also took as brood will carry over to the mobile form.

The Controls are as follows.

Left Click - Select Building

Right Click - Trigger Selected Structure Ability

Shift+Right Click - Place Structure

Arrowkeys/WASD - Moving The Camera

''Hold Left Click and Drag - Selection Box. Used for making Mindless groups and moving them.''

Shift+MousewheelUp/Down - Change Active Ability

How to Upgrade
The Hive is not a usual body, and does not use CARE at all to upgrade itself. Instead it uses Resin Lumps to pick upgrades.

To upgrade, simply place a Lump next to one of the structures such as your Brood or a Hatchery. Remember that it MUST be one of the four cardinal directions. The max possible upgrades for a structure as a result tends to be 4. The Upgrades are different for each structures. Here are the Brood upgrades for example:


 * Upgrade Regen (4 PP) - Increases the speed/amount of health regen that Resin Wyrms give.
 * Instant PP (-5 PP) - Gives you instantly 5 free PP. 
 * Produce PP (-1 PP) - Increases how much more PP you gain every 2 minute. Can be useful especially in locations with little to no breakers.
 * Upgrade Health (4 PP) - Increases Buildings Total Health. Even having 1 can help you survive bombings and assaults much longer.
 * Upgrade Speed (4 PP) - Decreases the cooldown delays when you do anything. In short you can use abilities and place things down faster.

The Resources
Hives has PP to use

''Power Points/PP - Things you use for making Structures/Upgrading them. As of right now, everything has varied costs except Acid Hydras (+1 Each additional similar structure. 2 Resin Wyrms would mean the next one costs 4 PP and etc) and structures that don't get upgraded by lumps like the mentioned Hydras cost 2 PP to upgrade.''

The Structures
Base Structures

Utility Structures

Defense Structures

Unit Structures