The Hive Mother an optional early-game boss found within the Larva Hive.
Summoning[]
The Hive Mother can be found approximately 330 tiles from The Core at the center of an extra large Larva Hive. A Hive Mother Scanner can be used to reveal her location on the map.
Once defeated, the Hive Mother can be re-summoned by placing a Hive Mother Summoning Idol on her rune, located below her original spawn point.
Behavior[]
Every 4–5 seconds, the Hive Mother spits acid which will fall from the sky onto the player. The acid deals moderate damage on impact and creates a small patch of Ground Acid Slime, which inflicts 12 acid damage per second when stood on.
Every 17–10 seconds (depending on her health), she will spawn a Larva Hive Egg at one of 5 locations in the arena. In multiplayer, she will spawn a second egg if there are at least 3 players in the world and a third if there are at least 6 players.
Unless they are killed, the Larva Hive Eggs will hatch after 7.4 seconds, spawning a Big Hive Larva plus one of the following enemy groups:
- 6–7 Hive Larvae
- 2 Big Hive Larvae
- 3 Acid Larvae
Once the Hive Mother reaches 60% health she will become enraged and begin shooting acid every 2–2.5 seconds instead. She will also start spawning an additional Larva Hive Egg.
Enemy variants[]
The enemies spawned from the Larva Hive Eggs have slightly different behavior and statistics. They all have a larger aggro radius and can aggro on players outside of line of sight.
- The Hive Larva has more health and damage.
- The Big Hive Larva will break almost any objects/walls in its path.
- The Acid Larva deals significantly more explosive damage.
Drops[]
| Item | Amount | Chance per roll | Chance for one |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hive Mother Chest | 1 | 100% | |
 Larva Meat | 15; +8 | 100% | |
| 1 roll of the following 9 items | |||
 Larva Helm | 1 | 14.29% | |
 Hand Mortar | 1 | 7.14% | |
 Broken Handle | 1 | 7.14% | |
 Fang Necklace | 1 | 14.29% | |
 Hivebone Helm | 1 | 14.29% | |
 Hivebone Breastplate | 1 | 14.29% | |
 Hivebone Pants | 1 | 14.29% | |
 Rift Lens | 1 | 7.14% | |
 Hourglass Ring | 1 | 7.14% | |
| 6 rolls of the following 21 items | |||
 Fiber | 3–5 | 14.75% | 61.61% |
 Ancient Gemstone | 1 | 18.43% | 70.55% |
 Iron Ore | 2–5 | 18.43% | 70.55% |
 Gold Ore | 1–3 | 9.22% | 44.02% |
 Grub Knot | 1 | 1.84% | 10.56% |
 Clot Ring | 1 | 4.61% | 24.65% |
 Grub Egg Necklace | 1 | 4.61% | 24.65% |
 Battle Axe | 1 | 0.92% | 5.4% |
| Larva Helm | 1 | 1.84% | 10.56% |
| Hand Mortar | 1 | 0.92% | 5.4% |
| Broken Handle | 1 | 0.92% | 5.4% |
 Hive Mother Figurine | 1 | 4.15% | 22.44% |
 Rare Candy | 1 | 4.61% | 24.65% |
| Fang Necklace | 1 | 1.84% | 10.56% |
| Hivebone Helm | 1 | 1.84% | 10.56% |
| Hivebone Breastplate | 1 | 1.84% | 10.56% |
| Hivebone Pants | 1 | 1.84% | 10.56% |
| Rift Lens | 1 | 0.92% | 5.4% |
| Hourglass Ring | 1 | 0.92% | 5.4% |
 Carapace Helm | 1 | 2.76% | 15.48% |
 Carapace Breastplate | 1 | 2.76% | 15.48% |
Notes[]
- The Haunted Hive Mother is a special Halloween-exclusive variant of the Hive Mother, summoned by using a Haunted Hive Mother Summoning Idol on her rune.
- In multiplayer, the Hive Mother gains additional health depending on the amount of players in the world. It will automatically adjust whenever a player joins or leaves the world.
Players Max health Casual Standard Hard 1 12336
765 (hive egg)24671
1530 (hive egg)37006
2295 (hive egg)2 21478
1332 (hive egg)42955
2664 (hive egg)64431
3996 (hive egg)3 29708
1842 (hive egg)59413
3685 (hive egg)89119
5527 (hive egg)4 37396
2319 (hive egg)74788
4638 (hive egg)112181
6957 (hive egg)5 44704
2772 (hive egg)89405
5545 (hive egg)134106
8317 (hive egg)6 51724
3208 (hive egg)103445
6415 (hive egg)155165
9623 (hive egg)7 58513
3629 (hive egg)117021
7257 (hive egg)175530
10886 (hive egg)8 65110
4038 (hive egg)130214
8075 (hive egg)195319
12113 (hive egg)
Achievements[]
 | Watch Your Step • "Defeated The Hive Mother" Defeat The Hive Mother or the Haunted Hive Mother for the first time. |
Tips[]
- Placing Wooden Spike Traps or Spike Traps around the arena can alleviate some of the pressure of the spawned enemies.
- Note that the Ground Acid Slime will still affect the tile it has landed on, even though it will be covered by the traps.
- The acid damage can be prevented by consuming a cooked Green Blister Head, fished from the acid water found in the Larva Hive.
- An Iron Hoe is useful for quickly removing large patches of Ground Acid Slime.
- Repeating the Hive Mother fight using a Hive Mother Summoning Idol can be an easy way to raise the Vitality, Melee combat, Range combat, Magic and Summoning skills early-game.
Trivia[]
- Prior to 1.0, the Hive Mother was required for progression and had her own statue next to The Core instead of Malugaz the Corrupted.
Gallery[]
![Official concept art of The Hive Mother.[1]](/wiki/File:The_Hive_Mother_concept_art.png "The Hive Mother concept art.png (225 KB)")
.png "The Hive Mother (pre-1.0).png (7 KB)")
History[]
- 1.0.1.0: The enemies spawned by the Hive Eggs can now (unintentionally) drop loot.
- 1.0.0.1:
- Sprite updated.
- No longer required for progression.
- No longer drops the Heart of the Hive Mother.
- 0.6.0.0-62a8: Hive Mother Figurine drop chance increased from 0.5% to 4.48%.
- 0.4.3-b0ed: Fixed an issue where the Hive Mother could be stunned.
- 0.4.0-3f9c: The Big Larvae from the Larva Hive Eggs can now destroy Hive Walls when chasing the player.
- 0.3.3-d68e: Larva Hive Eggs now always spawn at least one Big Larva to help the other Larvae or Hive Larvae to dig out of any obstacles.
- 0.3.0-297a: Gravestones dropped next to the Hive Mother can now be picked up.
- 0.2.83b2b4a: Introduced.
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