Locust

Locust

T2HiveHive Spawn130 Gold+14/week

Locust is the base tier 2 creature for Hive.

Stats

Bars compare against the best tier 2 creature
Health
12
Attack
5
Defense
4
Damage
3–5
Morale
0
Luck
0
Initiative
6
Speed
5
Movement
Ground
Counterattacks
1
Morale range -5 to 5Luck range -5 to 5Action points 1
HP per gold0.092Avg damage per gold0.031Derived from the130 Goldrecruit cost — higher is more army per gold
Weekly growth +14HP per week168Avg damage per week56Buy-out per week1,820 Gold
Updated from the game files · build 25672315 · 10 Oct 2026

Abilities

Harvest

1 round cooldown1 energy

Jumps onto a chosen corpse within 3 hexes and devours it, gaining 2 Attack and Defense, 1 Speed and Initiative until the end of the battle.

Traits

Hive Spawn

A part of a hivemind that serves a powerful lord from beyond.

Morale range: –5 to 5.

Luck range: –5 to 5.

Fallen Hive Spawn can be raised as Undead after battle.

Melee Attack

Can only attack adjacent enemies. Provokes counterattacks.

Double Strike

Strikes twice when performing attacks.

Upgrade line

Base form and its two upgrade options — the pair costs the same, so pick on strengths
Base

Locust

12
5
4
3–5
0
0
6
5
Locust
130 Gold
+14/week

Stats are compared against Locust: green is higher, red ▼ lower. A badged glyph is a power the base form does not have; a gold-ringed one is a power it has under the same name but with different rules.

Other tier 2 creatures

Infiltrator
Infiltrator
Dungeon120 Gold+13/week
13
6
4
3–6
0
1
6
5
Crossbowman
Crossbowman
Temple95 Gold+14/week
10
5
3
3–4
0
0
4
3
Hoplet
Hoplet
Grove185 Gold+9/week
18
6
5
4–8
1
1
6
5
Halfling
Halfling
Neutral150 Gold+60/week
6
6
6
3
—
—
6
6
Peasant
Peasant
Neutral150 Gold+60/week
5
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Ghoul
Ghoul
Neutral200 Gold
20
9
6
4–7
—
0
5
5
Wight
Wight
Necropolis100 Gold+19/week
8
3
0
2–4
—
0
5
6
Cultist
Cultist
Schism165 Gold+12/week
15
5
4
4–6
0
0
4
3

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Lore

Locusts serve as the Hive’s basic drones, tasked with delivering resources, building structures, and carrying the essences of those they consumed for further use.