Egg

Egg
Cosmetic Variants: Normal Abyss Kodiak Nocturne Reaper Shadow Toxin Unearthed Normal Egg Abyss Egg Kodiak Egg Nocturne Egg Reaper Egg Shadow Egg Toxin Egg Unearthed Egg
Health 350	Armor 0
Commander Abilities
Abilities: Hatch, Gorge Egg, Lerk Egg, Fade Egg, Onos Egg

Introduction

The Egg is the Alien spawn mechanic. Eggs naturally spawn from the hive every 8 seconds if the hive has fewer than a certain amount of Eggs (including Lifeform Eggs but excluding hatched Eggs). The hive automatically spawns:

• 2 Eggs for 1-6 players
• 3 Eggs for 7-9 players
• 4 Eggs for 10+ players

Alien players will morph into an egg when evolving to another lifeform or when changing one or multiple upgrades. Evolution time varies depending on lifeform and amount of upgrades.

The Alien Commander has the ability to change eggs to higher lifeforms once Aliens gains the appropriate biomass.

Commander Abilities

Spawn Egg	Gorge Egg	Lerk Egg
Hatch Creates Eggs on infestation near the Hive. 2 Eggs for 8 or fewer players. 3 Eggs for 9-11 players. 4 Eggs for 12 or more players. Ability cooldown is shared between all Hives. Is not disabled when Hive is burned by Flamethrower or on fire. Hotkey A TRes 5 Range 11 Cooldown 4 seconds Max Amount 20 Eggs per Hive Targets Ground, Infestation Requires Hive	Create Gorge Egg Creates an egg that a Gorge can spawn from. Hotkey Z TRes 20 Research Time 45 seconds Max Amount 2 Lifeform Eggs per Hive Targets Egg Requires 2 Biomass	Create Lerk Egg Creates an egg that a Lerk can spawn from. Hotkey X TRes 40 Research Time 45 seconds Max Amount 2 Lifeform Eggs per Hive Targets Egg Requires 4 Biomass
Fade Egg	Onos Egg
Create Fade Egg Creates an egg that a Fade can spawn from. Hotkey C TRes 80 Research Time 45 seconds Max Amount 2 Lifeform Eggs per Hive Targets Egg Requires 8 Biomass	Create Onos Egg Creates an egg that a Onos can spawn from. Hotkey V TRes 100 Research Time 45 seconds Max Amount 2 Lifeform Eggs per Hive Targets Egg Requires 9 Biomass

Attributes

Flammable Flammable Kharaa structures will take extra damage from fire-based weapons. Damage Damage x 250% Type Flame Targets Bone Wall, Clog, Cyst, Egg, Hydra, Web Requires Cluster Grenade, Flamethrower, Welder

Variants

There are currently 8 variations of the Egg skin available for Alien Commanders. The Eggs inherit the skin of the Hive that hatched them.

Info:  • Not all variants are available for purchase.           • Skins are purely cosmetic and offer no augmented or additional stats in-game.

Egg Variants

Normal

Abyss

Kodiak

Nocturne

Reaper

Shadow

Toxin

Unearthed

Camouflage variants & availability
Variant	Description	Acquisition	Notes
Normal	Default camouflage.	Provided with game.	N/A
Abyss	Blue highlights and glow.	Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game.	Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336).
Kodiak	Green glow, jungle effect skin.	Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game.	Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336).
Nocturne	Beige skin with purple highlights and a purple glow.	Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game.	Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336).
Reaper	White skin, black features and yellow glow.	Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game.	Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336).
Shadow	Dark blue/purple skin, red glow.	Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game.	Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336).
Toxin	Black with green highlights, spots and glow.	Requires Catalyst Pack DLC.	Released with the Catalyst update (Build 324).
Unearthed	Purple tint and glow, crystalline look for Hive and Harvester.	Was rewarded for playing Unearthed upon its initial release. Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game.	Released with the update (Build 327).

Kharaa

• Lifeforms
• Abilities
• Evolutions
• Commander
• Units / Structures
• Miscellaneous

Classes - Skulk  •  Gorge  •  Lerk  •  Fade  •  Onos

Mechanics - Alien Vision  •  Evolve Menu  •  Hive Sight

Base Abilities
Skulk - (Sneak  •  Wall Walking  •  Bite  •  Parasite)  •  Gorge - (Belly Slide  •  Spit  •  Heal Spray  •  Build Menu)  •  Lerk - (Flight  •  Roost  •  Poison Bite  •  Spikes)  • 
Fade - (Swipe  •  Blink)  •  Onos - (Gore)

Unlockable Abilities
Skulk - (Leap  • Xenocide)  •  Gorge - (Bile Bomb)  •  Lerk - (Spores  •  Umbra)  •  Fade - (Metabolize •  Advanced Metabolize •  Stab) •  Onos - (Charge  •  Bone Shield  •  Stomp)

Shift Hive - (Adrenaline  •  Celerity  •  Crush)
Shade Hive - (Aura  •  Camouflage  •  Focus)
Crag Hive - (Carapace  •  Regeneration  •  Vampirism)

Removed - Frenzy  •  Swarm  •  Phantom  •  Silence  •  Feign Death  •  Hyper-mutation

Mechanics - Alien Commander  •  Biomass  •  Infestation  •  Maturation  •  Consume  •  Resource Model

Abilities - Heal Wave  •  Ink  •  Echo  •  Nutrient Mist  •  Rupture  •  Bone Wall  •  Contamination  •  Enzyme Cloud  •  Hallucination Cloud  •  Mucous Membrane

Gorge - Babbler  •  Hydra  •  Clog  •  Webs
Build - Cyst  •  Harvester  •  Drifter  •  Tunnel  •  Hive (Egg)  •  Pheromones

Advanced - Crag  •  Shade  •  Shift  •  Whip  •  Shell  •  Veil  •  Spur

Game Information - Options  •  Maps  •  Console Commands  •  Patches
In Game - Damage Types •  Status Icons  •  Ranking System  •  Badges

Other - Skins  •  DLC  •  Mapping  •  Matched Play