Drone

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Drone
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Hive Worker
Properties
Hit points	40
Size	Small
Production
Minerals	50
Control	1
Build time	20
Produced at	Larva
Hot key	D
Combat
Ground attack	5
Cooldown	22
Armor	0
Attack range	1
Sight range	7

The drone is the zerg worker unit.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Upgrades 2.1.2 Abilities 2.2 StarCraft: Ghost 2.3 StarCraft II 2.3.1 Abilities 2.3.2 Upgrades 2.3.3 Development 2.3.4 Images 3 References

[edit] Overview

Drones stem from the savage gashyrr wasps of Eldersthine, absorbed into the Zerg Swarm to serve as resource gatherers. Over time they became drones, engineered with the larvae's ability to break down their own genetic coding and transform themselves into rudimentary zerg structures. A transforming drone needs creep to provide nourishment and mass to support its new form.^[1]

Like the larva, drones are controlled by overlords who monitor their progress. Drones are usually single-minded about their tasks, diligently working through even raging combat.^[1]

Drones possess limited combat ability, but in a swarm, they can present a significant threat, attacking with claws and spines.^[2]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

Drones "mutate" into the buildings they construct. The only way to stop a building from completing is to destroy it or to cancel it; in the latter event the drone is recovered and may be used for some other purpose. Once the building is complete the drone is permanently lost.

Drones benefit from burrow. Unless the enemy brings detectors burrowing can minimize the damage caused by a raid on harvesting operations. Once the enemy is repelled harvesting may immediately resume without requiring the replacement of all workers.

[edit] Upgrades

Carapace
Evolved at	Evolution chamber
Hotkey	C
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Required Lair Hive
Notes
+1 bonus to armor per level for broodlings, defilers, drones, hydralisks, infested terrans, larvae, ultralisks, zerglings.

[edit] Abilities

Worker Abilities Notes The drone morphs into structures and harvests minerals and vespene gas.

Burrow Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Evolved at Hatchery/Lair/Hive Hotkey B Usage Hotkey U Notes Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking.

[edit] StarCraft: Ghost

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The drone was present in StarCraft: Ghost's single-player mode. Nova could mentally control a drone in order to "infest" a computer terminal, then use the terminal to control objects such as a robotic arm.^[3]

[edit] StarCraft II

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Drone
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Hive Worker
Properties
Hit points	40[4][5]
Type	Ground, biological, hovering[4]
Armor type	Light[4]
Production
Minerals	50[5][4]
Control	1[5]
Build time	17[4][6]
Produced at	Larva
Requires	Hatchery[6]
Hot key	D[4]
Combat
Ground attack	5[5][4]
Armor	0[5]
Attack range	1 (melee)[4]

In StarCraft II, drones are rallied separately from other units.^[7] Unlike their predecessors, they no longer have a ranged attack.^[8]

Unlike most other zerg ground units, drones do not gain a speed boost on creep.^[9]

[edit] Abilities

Worker Abilities Notes The drone morphs into structures and harvests minerals and vespene gas. Edit
Burrow Acquisition Minerals 50[10] Gas 50[10] Evolution time 50[11] Evolved at Hatchery/Lair/Hive[12][13] Hotkey B[10] Notes Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking. Edit

[edit] Upgrades

Carapace
Evolved at	Evolution chamber[10]
Hotkey	C[10]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150[10] 225[10] 300[10] Gas 150[10] 225[10] 300[10] Evolution time 140[10] 170[10] 200[10] Required Hatchery[10] Lair[10] Hive[10]
Notes
+1 bonus to armor per level for drones, queen, zerglings, banelings, hydralisks, lurkers, infestors, roaches and ultralisks.[10]
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[edit] Development

In earlier builds of StarCraft II, drones were not required to build defensive structures, such a role having been taken over by the queen.^[14] Drones have regained their ability to create defensive structures.^[15][16]

[edit] Images

Drone portrait in StarCraft II

[edit] References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Defiler · Ultralisk • Brood War only • Lurker
Air units	Overlord · Mutalisk · Guardian · Scourge · Queen • Brood War only • Devourer
Infestation units	Broodling · Infested terran
Transition units	Egg · Lurker egg · Cocoon
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Creep colony · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Hydralisk den
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Spire · Greater spire · Queen's nest · Nydus canal · Defiler mound · Ultralisk cavern · Infested command center
Other	Creep

Zerg Units of StarCraft: Ghost
Ground	PC	Hydralisk · Infested marine · Zergling
	Other	Drone · Infested terran · Infested SCV pilot · Infested scientist · Larva · Lurker · Ultralisk
Aerial	PC	Mutalisk
	Other	Overlord · Brain spectre
Other	Zerg Egg

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Land units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Baneling · Roach · Hydralisk · Lurker · Infestor · Ultralisk · Queen
Air units	Overlord · Overseer · Mutalisk · Brood lord · Corruptor
Spawned units	Broodling · Mantaling · Changeling · Infested terran
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Creep tumor · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Baneling nest · Hydralisk den
Combat Buildings	Spine crawler · Spore crawler
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Infestation pit · Spire · Greater spire · Roach warren · Nydus network · Nydus worm · Ultralisk cavern · Lurker den
Transition units	Egg · Baneling egg · Overlord cocoon · Lurker egg
Others	Creep
Campaign-Exclusive Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Zerg Breeds	Brutalisk · Centaur · Sac
Scrapped	Removed Units	Infested protoss · Large Queen · Huge Queen · Morphalisk · Swarm · Swarm guardian
	Removed Buildings	Infested protoss buildings · Infested terran buildings · Shrieker · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Swarm clutch · Swarm infestation