The Hive Mother is one of the first three bosses in Core Keeper. She may be stationary, but her unending swarm of minions can make quick work of an unwary Explorer. The path to reactivating the Core goes through this monstrous matron, so you'll need to defeat her sooner or later.

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Out of all Core Keeper's early bosses, the Hive Mother is the one that punishes unpreparedness the most. Just getting to her can be a challenge at first, and getting overwhelmed by her brood is a real possibility. With this guide, you'll be able to take her down with little trouble.

Updated June 20, 2022 by Matt Arnold: The Sunken Sea Update has made the Hive Mother a little trickier, adding new capabilities to her minions and an extra step to combat preparations. We've updated this guide to reflect the changes.

How To Find The Hive Mother

The Clay Caverns are home to Larva Hives, dangerous subregions filled with traps, acid, and of course Larva enemies. One (and only one) of these hives houses the Hive Mother. You'll need to explore them one by one until you find her.

Larva Walls are extremely durable, so it's best to only attempt to dig your way into a hive with an Iron Pickax or better. Even then, it will take several swings to excavate a single block. Meals cooked with Orange Cave Guppy increase your mining 🧸damage, which can speed up the process a bit.

Once you've dug your way into a hive, most of the chambers within should be accessible without further excavation﷽. The exceptions are some isolated ch𒀰ambers that contain chests.

To easily track down the Hive Mother once you've located a hive, bring a Hive Mother Scanner. This tool can be crafted at the Statue of Glurch The Abominous Mass once it's been activated at the Core. It costs five Mechanical Parts and five Ancient Gemstones, and you should only need one scanner.

Once you're inside a hive, equip the Hive Mother Scanner and hold the secondary action button until it finishes charging. If the Hive Mother is reasonably nearby (which she should be since you're in her region) her location will be pinned to the map and the Hive Mother Scanner will be discarded.

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How To Defeat The Hive Mother

The Hive Mother will not attack you until you attack her first. Use this to your advantage, preparing the battlefield for the upcoming fight.

Start by using a shovel to clear any acid pools and hive spike traps in the room. Next, surround the Hive Mother with Spike Traps crafted at a Tin Workbench. Each trap costs one Tin Bar and you'll need twenty-four to completely surround the boss. If you have extras, add another ring of trap🍎s, especially at the corn൲ers.

The Hive Mother has tentacles that spread around the floor surrounding her. These must be cleared away with a melee attack before a trap can be place on their tile. Be careful not to hit the Hive Mother while removing the tentacles or the fight will begin prematurely.

Once the Spike Traps are in place, add at least one meal to your item bar that contains Green Blister Head, a fish that can be caught relatively easily in the waters of the Clay Caverns. You'll need this to provide acid immunity in the coming battle.

Add any healing and buff items you would like to your item bar at this time. When you're ready, attack the Hive Mother to begin the fight.

Hold down the attack button and strike relentlessly - you need to eliminate the boss as quickly as possible. The Spike Traps should keep you save from the Larvae that she summons, but you'll need to move to avoid incoming acid bombs. Watch🦋 for the target indicator after the Hive Mother launches a glob and get out of the way.

In earlier versions of the game, Spike Traps would prevent acid pools from forming. This is no longer the case, so watch out for Spike Traps with yellow bubbles. These are covered in acid and will damage you while you're on top of them if you don't have immunity.

When the Hive Mother's HP drops to half, she will enter her second phase. The spawn rate of her Big Larva minions will increase dramatically, but as long as you keep moving the Spike Traps will take care of them.

The Big Larvae that the Hive Mother spawns can smash through walls with their attacks. They can even destroy Larva Hive Walls in a single chomp, so if you need to flee expect them to pursue. Drop a few torches as you withdraw 💯to distract them while you ꦇmake your escape.

The real threat during the second phase are the homing acid bombs that will begin to appear. You may have seen some of these on your way to the fight. They'll spawn in clusters of three and will chase you down before exploding. When a group of homing acid bombs draws near, eat your fish meal to get the acid immunity granted by Green Blister Heads for thirty seconds. Ideally, you will only need one to survive long enough to finish off the Hive Mother. If you're out of food, you can also destroy the acid bombs from a distance using ranged weapons.

If the fight goes wrong, and you are defeated, the Hive Mother will be dormant again when you return. This means you can easily collect your lost items and reset the boss room for the next attempt.

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Rewards For Defeating The Hive Mother

In addition to the Hive Mother's Heart, which activates her statue at the Core, the Hive Mother will drop an assortment of loot chosen from the following list:

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