Asian Giant Hornet

*For the special variant, see Emerald Cockroach Wasp and Antlered Wasp.*

The hornet is the 4th rare creature added to the game. It was added along with the bees.

## Asian Giant Hornet

* Regular
* Golden

## General information

This is one of two creatures that strictly requires something specific to be able to attract it; the other creature is the dragonfly needing rain or snow.

These creatures can either be mind-bogglingly difficult to get, or the easiest, depending on player skill at the beehive maze. (Note players can only get 5 per day.)

The hornet has the ability to fly, making it unreachable by enemy soldiers. It's basically a dragonfly with slower attack rate but much tankier. It is slightly better than a dragonfly due to higher health and speed.

Like most flying creatures, the stats make the hornet seem more impressive than it is due to the low damage per second (dps). The hornet's fast attack means that it spots an enemy and attacks quickly. However, it only attacks once for each time it lands and then sits on the ground without attacking before taking off in flight again.

## Description

These hornets can devastate a colony of honeybees. A single hornet can kill as many as 40 bees per minute due to its large mandibles, which can quickly strike and decapitate prey.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

The hornet has very good stats, it has high health, very high attack rate, and good speed. The high health makes it hard to kill while landed.

It has three different damage rates: underground, above ground and fighting flying creatures while flying. It has the weakest damage below ground and the strongest damage when it is above ground and attacking another creature that is on the ground. It's attack rate and attack speed are the same no matter where it is attacking. Note that its stats might appear to be better than it actually is, since flying creatures have much lower DPS.

They can be upgraded a max of 60% per stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Asian Giant Hornet Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold spider)

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Asian Giant Hornet Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1.5 second.**

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Asian Giant Hornet Damage Stats:**

Data is based on attacking a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit. (Air vs air data is based on attack is a 3 star normal dragonfly.)

Damage
 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

A picture of the full Asian Giant Hornet entry can be found below:

## Obtaining

##### Attracting conditions

To attract the hornet, players must complete the beehive maze and select the honeycomb from the reward section.

Once outside the nest, attract a creature with any kind of pheromones **while still holding the honeycomb**. The honeycomb will be used up (disappear) and a hornet will spawn.

A golden hornet can be attracted if a golden summon is done while holding the honeycomb.

##### Defeating

When capturing, it helps to place the garrison in the path of the hornet to give it more targets. This helps keep the player ant from being killed as often.

## PvP

If players can complete the beehive, hornets are the easiest rare creature to attract in large numbers. This makes it very easy to build up a large army of hornets and get them to high star levels. This is especially true of golden hornets.

Hornets are not very useful in the attacking army. They fly off in random directions and don't do much damage to enemy creatures. They can also be eaten by the Venus flytrap if they get too close. Their best use in attacking is being able to attack other flying creatures such as the butterfly, dragonfly, monarch, or the Halloween pennant.

Hornets can be an effective part of the defense army, especially if used in large numbers and paired with the butterfly or Monarch. They don't land long enough to sustain much damage from creatures and can quickly kill soldier ants. They are also unable to be stunned using the chrysanthemum if they are flying. Unfortunately, they don't do much damage to enemy creatures so hornets are basically a distraction measure that is used to slow down attacking players and kill off soldiers until the timer runs out.

## Trivia

The hornet was added to the game on 16-Nov-2020 as part of the **Resin Update - Part II**, v0.0586

The hornet from the game is based on the Asian giant hornet, often referred to as a "murder hornet".