Hive | |
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"Our Hive is complete!" | |
Kharaa | |
Team Resources 40 |
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Health 4000 (6000) |
Armor 750 (1400) |
Abilities and Upgrades | |
Abilities: Heal, Spread Infestation, Hatch |
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Upgrades: Biomass +1/2/3, Upgrade Gorge, Evolve Crag Hive, Evolve Shade Hive, Evolve Shift Hive |
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Miscellaneous | |
Tech Requirements: Build on Tech Point |
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Unlocks: Biomass +1 |
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Build Time: | (auto-build) 360 seconds, (Grow) 144 seconds |
Builds From: | Alien Commander |
Buy From: | Build Tab |
Hotkey: | F
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Maturation Time: | 220 seconds |
Introduction
The Hive is the Kharaa command structure, created and occupied by the Alien Commander. It is an enormous and squid-like alien organism which suspends itself in the air by attaching tentacles to the ceiling. The main body consists of a luminescent circular membrane on each side, masses of tentacles on the front, respiratory flaps on the back, and a vestigial ovipositor on the bottom.
The Hive is the main source of Eggs and Infestation that allow the Bacterium to grow into macroscopic multicellular organisms. It also provides nutrition to Cysts, allowing them to branch outward and spread the infestation beyond Hive boundaries. Due to the heavy concentration of Bacterium around a Hive, Kharaa lifeforms can quickly regenerate from critical conditions.
Any Kharaa player can enter an unoccupied Hive to act as the Alien Commander by interacting with the tentacles that hang down to the ground. The tentacles will retract to indicate that the Hive has a commander.
Passive Abilities
Healing Aura | |||||||||||||||||
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The Hive will periodically heal all nearby wounded Alien lifeforms, allowing them to quickly return to defending or expanding territory. Healing at a hive will always be the fastest form of healing compared to a Gorge or Crag. | ||||||||||||||||
Spread Infestation | |||||||||||||||||
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Auto Hatch | |||||||||||||||||
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The Hive will automatically produce Eggs on nearby Infestation. When lifeforms are dying too quickly, the Alien Commander can cause any Hive to instantly create 2-4 Eggs in response. |
Active Abilities
Hatch | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Alien Commander can cause any Hive to instantly create 2-4 Eggs in in exchange for Team Resources. The amount of Eggs created by this ability depends on the number of players on the team. The cooldown is shared between all Hives. |
Upgrades
Evolve Hive | |||||||||||||||||
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The Hive can evolve into one of three variants to quickly adapt the Kharaa to the changing battlefield. The paths of defense, deception, and speed will unlock new Evolutions, Drifter abilities, and chamber abilities, driving the evolution of the Kharaa according to the Alien Commander's will. | ||||||||||||||||
Biomass +1/2/3 | |||||||||||||||||
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Each Hive can accumulate Biomass to unlock new lifeform and commander abilities, as well as strengthen all lifeforms' maximum health (not armor) Each hive by itself gives an inital Biomass level and can be upgraded to a total of 4 (with a team maximum of 12). | ||||||||||||||||
Research Life Form Abilities | |||||||||||||||||
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The Hive contains the genetic sequences to unlock Additional Abilities of all life forms, but only if enough Biomass has accumulated. |
Attributes
Biomass +1 | |||||||||||||
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Each Hive can accumulate Biomass to unlock new lifeform and commander abilities, as well as strengthen all lifeforms' maximum health. | ||||||||||||
Maturation | |||||||||||||
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Variants
There are currently 8 variations of the Hive skin available for Alien Commanders.
Info: • Not all variants are available for purchase.
• Skins are purely cosmetic and offer no augmented or additional stats in-game. |
Camouflage variants & availability | |||
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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). |
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)
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)
Mechanics - Alien Commander • Biomass • Infestation • Maturation • Consume • Resource Model
Gorge - Babbler • Hydra • Clog • Webs
Build - Cyst • Harvester • Drifter • Tunnel • Hive (Egg) • Pheromones
Game Information - Options • Maps • Console Commands • Patches
In Game - Damage Types • Status Icons • Ranking System • Badges