Hive

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Hive
Structure
Race	Zerg
Base structure	Lair
Properties
Hit points	2500
Production
Minerals	200
Gas	150
Control	+1
Requires	Queen's nest
Combat
Armor	0
Function
Produces	Larva
Research	Burrow Ventral Sacs Antennae Pneumatized Carapace

The hive is the key that unlocks the final stages of zerg evolution. Protected by a dense exoskeleton and granted full access to the Overmind's pool of knowledge, it continues to provide the same functionality that it has since it was a hatchery (birthing larvae, maintaining creep, and digesting minerals/gas). Once the hive is present, the cerebrate commanding it has the potential to unleash the full fury of the zerg.^[1]

The genetic model for a hive is extremely complex, and would be indescipherable by any terran scientist.^[2]

Contents 1 Researched Abilities 2 Researched Upgrades 3 StarCraft II 3.1 Upgrades 3.2 Researched Abilities 3.3 Queen Abilities 4 References

[edit] Researched Abilities

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.

Ventral Sacs
Acquisition Minerals 200 Gas 200 Evolved at Lair/Hive
Notes
Allows overlords to transport units.

[edit] Researched Upgrades

Antennae Evolved at Lair OR Hive Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Notes Increases overlord sight range to 11.

Pneumatized Carapace Evolved at Lair Hive Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Notes Increases overlord speed.

[edit] StarCraft II

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Hive
Structure
Race	Zerg
Base structure	Lair[3]
Properties
Hit points	2500[3][4]
Type	Armored, Biological, Structure
Production
Minerals	200[3]
Gas	150[3]
Build time	100[3]
Requires	Infestation pit[5]
Hot key	H[3]
Function
Research	See below

The hive reappears in StarCraft II. The hive can set two rally points, one for most units and one for Drones.^[6][7]

Each individual egg can be separately rallied; this overrides rally points set for the hive.^[7]

[edit] Upgrades

Pneumatized Carapace
Evolved at	Lair[8] Hive[9]
Properties
Minerals 150[10] Gas 150[10] Evolution time 110[10]
Notes
Increase speed of the overlord.[10]
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The hive researches a speed upgrade for overseers as well.^[11]

Enduring Corruption
Evolved at	Hive[12]
Hotkey	E[12]
Properties
Minerals 150[12] Gas 150[12] Evolution time 80[12]
Notes
Increases lifespan of corruptor's corrupted units.[12]
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[edit] Researched Abilities

Burrow Acquisition Minerals 50[12] Gas 50[12] Evolution time 50[13] Evolved at Hatchery/Lair/Hive[14][5] Hotkey B[12] Notes Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking. Edit

Ventral Sacs Acquisition Evolved at Lair[8] Hive[9] Usage Minerals 200[10] Gas 200[10] Duration 130[10] Notes The overlord can transport units.[10] Edit

[edit] Queen Abilities

Spawn Larva
Usage Energy 25[15][16][17] Duration 25 seconds[15]
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.[18] The larva-producing structure will not naturally produce any more larvae until the total falls below three.[19] Each hatchery gets an individual cooldown for this ability.[16]
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[edit] References

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

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