Hatchery

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"The Hatchery is the heart of any Zerg colony. It spontaneously generates larva, which in turn are used to spawn your various warriors and minions."

―Daggoth^[src]

Hatchery
Structure
Race	Zerg
Role	Foundation building
Properties
Hit points	1250
Production
Minerals	300
Control	Provides 1
Combat
Armor	1
Function
Evolves to	Lair
Produces	Larva
Research	Burrow

The hatchery is the foundational building for every zerg colony.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Research 2.1.2 Building Abilities 2.2 StarCraft II 2.2.1 Researched Abilities 2.2.2 Building Abilities 2.2.3 Queen Abilities 3 Gallery 4 References

[edit] Overview

Hatcheries perform three vital functions that no colony can survive without: producing the creep, which most zerg structures require in order to be built, giving birth to larvae that can mutate into the various zerg breeds and digesting minerals and vespene gas to change into a nutrient form that zerg can use to feed their mutations. In addition, the hatchery is one of the only structures that can be built without pre-existing creep and is therefore essential for any expansion attempt.^[1]

[edit] Game Unit

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[edit] Research

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] Building Abilities

The hatchery can mutate into a lair, and later into a hive.^[1]

Mutate into Lair
Acquisition Requires Spawning pool	Usage Minerals 150 Gas 100 Units Hatchery Hotkey L
Notes
Transforms a hatchery into a lair.

[edit] StarCraft II

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Hatchery
Structure
Race	Zerg
Role	Foundation building
Properties
Hit points	1250[2][3][4]
Type	Armored, Biological, Structure[4]
Production
Minerals	300[2][3]
Control	Provides 2[5]
Build time	100[6][3]
Requires	None
Hot key	H[3]
Function
Produces	Larva, queen[7]
Research	Burrow[8][9]

The zerg continue to use hatcheries in StarCraft II. Hatcheries continue to be able to create creep.^[10]

If multiple hatcheries are selected, pressing the "S" hotkey will select all of the available larvae at all the selected hatcheries. The player must press a hotkey (or select a morph icon) once for each unit they wish to build.^[11]

Two rally points are able to be set on a hatchery; one for drones and another for warrior units.^[12][13][14]

Each individual egg can be separately rallied; this overrides rally points set for the hatchery.^[14]

[edit] Researched Abilities

Burrow
Acquisition Minerals 50[15] Gas 50[15] Evolution time 50[16] Evolved at Hatchery/Lair/Hive[8][4] Hotkey B[15]
Notes
Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking.
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[edit] Building Abilities

The hatchery can evolve into a lair.^[17]

Mutate into Lair
Acquisition Requires Spawning pool[3]	Usage Minerals 150[3] Gas 100[3] Units Hatchery[3] Hotkey L[3]
Notes
Transforms a hatchery into a lair.[3]
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[edit] Queen Abilities

Spawn Larva
Usage Energy 25[18][19][20] Duration 25 seconds[18]
Notes
Queens can target a hatchery/lair/hive with Queen Ichor, causing it to swell and grow green sacs which burst, producing four larvae. These join any already-present larvae.[21] The larva-producing structure will not naturally produce any more larvae until the total falls below three.[22] Each hatchery gets an individual cooldown for this ability.[19]
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[edit] Gallery

An incomplete hatchery explodes.

[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

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