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The drone is the zerg worker unit.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Known Drones 3 Game Unit 3.1 StarCraft 3.1.1 Upgrades 3.1.2 Abilities 3.2 StarCraft: Ghost 3.3 StarCraft II 3.3.1 Abilities 3.3.2 Upgrades 3.3.3 Development 3.3.4 Images 4 References

OverviewEdit

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]

Known DronesEdit

• Drone (Unity of Races)

Game UnitEdit

StarCraftEdit

Drone
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Hive Worker
Armament	Spines
Properties
Size	Small
Sight range	7
Production
Minerals	50
Control	1
Build time	20
Evolves from	Larva
Hotkey	D
Protection
Hit points	40
Armor	0
Combat
Ground attack	5
Cooldown	22
Attack range	1
Function
Evolves to	Hatchery Extractor Evolution chamber Spawning pool Creep colony Hydralisk den (with spawning pool) Spire (with lair) Queen's nest (with lair) Nydus canal (with hive) Defiler mound (with hive) Ultralisk cavern (with hive)

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 deceased.

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.

UpgradesEdit

Carapace
Evolved at	Evolution chamber
Hotkey	C
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Evolution time 266 298 330 Required Lair Hive
Notes
+1 bonus to armor per level for broodlings, defilers, drones, hydralisks, infested terrans, larvae, ultralisks, and zerglings.

AbilitiesEdit

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

Burrow
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Evolution time 80 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.

StarCraft: GhostEdit

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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]

StarCraft IIEdit

Drone
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Basic worker unit
Armament	Claws
Properties
Transport size	1
Sight range	8
Production
Minerals	50
Control	1
Build time	17
Evolves from	Larva
Hotkey	D
Movement
Speed	2.8125
Acceleration	2.5
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Creep multiplier	1 (no increase)
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Hit points	40
Hit point regen/second	0.2734
Armor	0
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Light
Claws
Damage	5
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.5
Function
Evolves to	Zerg buildings
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	100
Production score	50

In StarCraft II, drones are rallied separately from other units with the "G" key, which can be combined with automine. Unlike their predecessors, they no longer have a ranged attack.

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

AbilitiesEdit

Worker Abilities
Notes
The drone morphs into structures and harvests minerals and vespene gas. Idle drones can be selected by pushing F1.
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Burrow
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Evolution time 100 Evolved at Lair/Hive Hotkey B	Usage Activation/ Build Time 2 seconds to burrow, 1 second to unburrow Hotkey R
Notes
Many zerg ground units may burrow, become invisible and may be revealed primarily by detectors, and may not move or attack. Exceptions are the roach, who may move while burrowed, the infestor, who may move and cast Infested Terran,[4] and the baneling which can detonate while burrowed. Some units can unburrow via autocast, causing them to emerge and attack when an enemy moves into range. The ability is not smartcast.
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UpgradesEdit

Carapace
Evolved at	Evolution chamber
Hotkey	C
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Evolution time 160 190 220 Required Lair Hive
Notes
+1 bonus to armor per level for zerg ground units.
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DevelopmentEdit

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

In earlier builds of StarCraft II, drones were not required to build defensive structures, such a role having been taken over by the queen.^[5] Drones have regained their ability to create defensive structures.^[6][7]

ImagesEdit

ReferencesEdit

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Lurker(BW) · Defiler · Ultralisk
Air units	Overlord · Mutalisk · Guardian · Scourge · Queen • Devourer(BW)
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
Scrapped	Mutation chamber · Nydus pit

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 · Infestor · Ultralisk · Queen · Swarm host (HotS)
Air units	Overlord · Overseer · Mutalisk · Brood lord · Corruptor · Viper (HotS)
Spawned units	Broodling · Changeling (WoL) · Infested terran · Locust (HotS)
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Creep tumor · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Baneling nest · Roach warren
Combat Buildings	Spine crawler · Spore crawler
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Infestation pit · Spire · Greater spire · Hydralisk den · Nydus network · Nydus worm · Ultralisk cavern
Transition units	Egg · Baneling cocoon · Brood lord cocoon · Infested swarm egg · Overseer cocoon
Others	Creep
Campaign-Exclusive Units	Ground units Aberration · Brutalisk · Infested colonist · Infested marine · Omegalisk · Pygalisk · Pygalisk cocoon · Swarmling Air units Leviathan · Sac · Scourge · Swarm guardian Variant units Zergling (Raptor · Swarmling) · Baneling (Gorgeling · Splitterling) · Roach (Leech · Prowler)
Campaign-Exclusive Structures	Infested terran buildings (infested bunker · infested command center) · Spore cannon · Virophage
Canceled Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II