Queen of the Hill

A prime location on the beach will not go unchallenged.

The sands are also home to burrowed creatures waiting for a meal to wander near their hole. *(challenge)*

## **Rewards**

* *Base value*: 8 territory, 800 food, 28 Royal Jelly

* *Difficulty bonus*: 115%/ 130%/ 150%/ 175%/ 210%

* *First-time bonus*: + 125%

* *Challenge bonus*: + 50%

* *Completion bonus*: + 100%

## **Settings**

In this mission, a wood ant colony must defend itself from 2 rival colonies. Your nest is located on the 1st layer of the beach. Nest entrance will be excavated automatically when attacking waves are about to arrive.

The mission starts during the day.

Water rises in the evening and only recedes partially in the morning. It washes away both dead and alive creatures.

You have access to 2 aphid farms. You can only reach the fish on the 3rd layer on the 1st and the 2nd day.

You must choose either mortar or rapid-fire shooters before playing the mission.

## **Enemy colonies**

The enemy black ant colony and wood ant colony are on the same side. You can't invade their nests.

The enemy wood ant colony only has access to rapid-fire shooters.

Both colonies are active during the day and stay underground at night. They gather fish on the 1st and the 2nd day. They gather honeydew on the 4th day.

The enemy colonies don't actually invade your nest. Attacking waves, however, come from the corresponding spawners in their nests to invade your nest during the day. Enemy wood ants have both mortar and rapid-fire shooters. The final wave has a black ant queen and a wood ant queen. The inbetween time is 70 seconds.

* *Day 1 - Wave 1*: Black ants

* *Day 1 - Wave 2*: Wood ants

* *Day 2 - Wave 1*: Black ants

* *Day 2 - Wave 2*: Wood ants

* *Day 2 - Wave 3*: Black ants

* *Day 2 - Wave 4*: Wood ants

* *Day 3 - Wave 1*: Black ants

* *Day 3 - Wave 2*: Wood ants

* *Day 3 - Wave 3*: Black ants and wood ants

* *Day 3 - Wave 4*: Black ants and wood ants

* *Day 4 - Wave 1*: Black ants

* *Day 4 - Wave 2*: Wood ants

* *Day 4 - Wave 3*: Black ants and wood ants

* *Day 4 - Wave 4*: Black ants and wood ants

On the 4th night, both nests are entirely flooded.

## **Notable enemies**

Other enemies are on the same side and are hostile to the ants.

Devil's coach horse beetles inhabit in your nest.

Surface enemies only appear at night and don't invade your nest. Nearby enemies are attracted to the battle area every 5 seconds.

Devil's coach horse beetles and hermit crabs gather around your aphid farms. Large hermit crabs and sand bear wolf spiders roam the 2nd layer of the beach.

Ladybird beetles constantly attack the aphid farms, increasing in number at night.

**Challenge**:

Larval dune tiger beetles appear on the edge of the map and around the aphid farms over time.

## **Trivia**

* Because the objective is only about surviving, you can disable attacking and keep the migrating queens alive next to your queen. They are still dead by the end of the mission.

* The enemy colonies have functional nests. However, you can't invade their nests and the attacking waves are spawned for free. This is done to make the narrated events consistent and prevent you from wearing them down too early.

## **Community screenshots**

Root aphids and ladybird beetles (by Antbzk64)Enemy black ant queen (by RandomSlightlyLongName)

## **References**

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K\_FNnDNe1Dw