Greater spire

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Greater Spire
Structure
Race	Zerg
Properties
Hit points	1000
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	150
Build time	120
Evolves from	Spire
Requires	Hive
Combat
Armor	1
Function
Allows	Guardian Brood War: Devourer
Research	Flyer Attacks, Flyer Carapace

The zerg greater spire is evolved from the spire (if there is a hive present somewhere in the planetary vicinity) and it produces the genetic code that allows the mutalisk to mutate into different forms.

Contents 1 StarCraft 1.1 Upgrades 2 StarCraft II 2.1 Upgrades 3 References

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The greater spire enables mutalisks to mutate into guardians and devourers. It also provides the same upgrades as the spire and will retain the evolutionary progress so that any aerial units keep all upgrades that were completed at the spire.

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Flyer Attacks
Evolved at	Spire Greater spire
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Required Lair Hive
Notes
+1 bonus to attack per level for mutalisks +2 bonus to attack per level for guardians and devourers.

Flyer Carapace
Evolved at	Spire Greater spire
Hotkey	C
Properties
Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Required Lair Hive
Notes
+1 bonus to armor per level for overlords, mutalisks, guardians, devourers, scourge and queen.

[edit] StarCraft II

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Greater Spire
Structure
Race	Zerg
Properties
Hit points	1000[1][2]
Type	Armored, Biological, Structure
Production
Minerals	100[1]
Gas	150[1]
Build time	100[1][2]
Evolves from	Spire[1]
Requires	Hive[3]
Hot key	G[1]
Function
Allows	Mutalisk,[4][5] brood lord[6]
Research	Zerg Flyer Attacks, Zerg Flyer Carapace[1]

In StarCraft II the greater spire enables production of the brood lord.^[6]

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Flyer Attacks
Evolved at	Spire[7] Greater spire[7]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100[7] 150[7] 200[7] Gas 100[7] 150[7] 200[7] Evolution time 140[7] 170[7] 200[7] Required Hatchery[7] Lair[7] Hive[7]
Notes
Increases attack damage of mutalisks, corruptors, and brood lords.[7]
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Flyer Carapace
Evolved at	Spire[7] Greater spire[7]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150[7] 225[7] 300[7] Gas 150[7] 225[7] 300[7] Evolution time 140[7] 170[7] 200[7] Required Hatchery[7] Lair[7] Hive[7]
Notes
+1 bonus to armor per level for overlords, corruptors, mutalisks and brood lords.[7]
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[edit] References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Zerg Building Information . StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-10. ↑ 2.0 2.1 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. WWI 08 Coverage - Zerg Buildings. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-06-23. ↑ StarCraft Legacy staff. 2008-03-13. Zerg - Buildings. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2008-03-22. ↑ StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Zerg Unit Stats. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-09. ↑ StarCraft Legacy staff. 2008-03-11. Zerg - Units. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-06-23. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dustin Browder, Lipton, Karune. 2009-04-22. The Official STARFEEDER Starcraft 2 Q&A. Starfeeder. Accessed 2009-04-22. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Zerg & Protoss Upgrades. SCLegacy. Accessed 2009-06-18

Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998

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 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 · 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