Base
- 12
- 5
- 4
- 3–5
- 0
- 0
- 6
- 5
Harvester Locust
Harvester Locust is one of two alternative upgrades of the tier 2 line for Hive. It has the highest speed of any tier 2 creature in the game.
Stats
Bars compare against the best tier 2 creatureHealth
12
Attack
7
Defense
4
Damage
4–5
Morale
0
Luck
0
Initiative
7
Speed
7
Best at tier 2
Movement
Ground
Counterattacks
1
Morale range -5 to 5Luck range -5 to 5Action points 1
HP per gold 0.071Avg damage per gold 0.026Derived from the 170 gold recruit cost — higher is more army per gold
Weekly growth +14HP per week 168Avg damage per week 63Gold per week 2,380
Updated from the game files · build 24128879 · 9 Aug 2026
Abilities
Harvest
1 round cooldown1 energyJumps onto a chosen corpse within 6 hexes and devours it, gaining 4 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.
Hivemind: Vanguard
At the start of battle, for each other unique Hive creature in the army, this creature’s Attack increases by 1. Whenever this creature kills an enemy, it generates 2 Focus Point(s).
Upgrade line
Base form and its two upgrade options — the pair costs the same, so pick on strengths
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
On the adventure map
Guards these battle sites
Lore
While common locusts are the builders, harvesters are the Hive’s “foragers.” These specialized drones scour the raid for resources, processing as much as they can to fuel the Hive’s needs.