Baneling Nest
Structure
Race	Zerg
Properties
Broodlings produced	6
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	50
Build time	60
Evolves from	Drone
Requires	Spawning pool
Hotkey	B
Protection
Hit points	850
Armor	1
Type	Biological Structure
Armor type	Armored
Function
Allows	Baneling

The baneling nest is a zerg structure that allows zerglings to morph into banelings.

Game StructureEdit

Researched UpgradesEdit

Centrifugal Hooks
Campaign	Heart of the Swarm
Cost	1 mutagen point[1]
Evolved at	Baneling nest
Hotkey	C
Properties
Minerals 150 Gas 150 Evolution time 110 Required Lair
Notes
Increases the speed of banelings. Causes banelings to roll instead of walk.
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DevelopmentEdit

The initial game mechanics of the baneling were simple: an upgrade was researched at the spawning pool which allowed zerglings to morph into banelings. Later design decisions thoughtfully concluded that there should be a building to visually indicate the technology available to a zerg player. Thus, the art team developed the baneling nest^[2] The "nest",^[3] as designed by Jesse Brody^[2] appeared prior to WWI 08.^[4]

The final art pass, which deviated from the old "nest" concept, was carried out by Phill Gonzales. He was interested in making a large, bloated baneling "brood mother" planted on the creep, too fat to move and instead serving as a building. Samwise Didier however, liked Brody's old concept and made the baneling brood mother be attached to the main growth of the building, rather than being a building in itself.^[2]

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