Hive Mind

*"The beehive stood still on the Mysterious Chains, little bees coming out once in a while when approaching it. Suddenly, without a moment to react, the beehive shook violently, and out she came. The beehive became her torso, her body, and head, that of a humanoid bee, her neck made of thick pollen covered hairs. Her sharp scythes stared eagerly for a victim, me. She belched honey at me, the bees surrounding her lower half buzzing towards me instantly."*

-Excerpt from [Extracted]'s diary describing the **Hive Mind**.

The ***Hive Mind***, also known as the ***Queen*** or ***Queen Bee***, is one of the nine Hunters and minor antagonists of The Game.

## Gameplay

### External Traits

* **Telepathic Transformation:** *All will bow to the parasite as its god of destruction and power.* The Hive Mind has no true form as it is a parasitic alien that is capable of mutating the queen bee of any beehive that is placed on a Mysterious Chain via telepathy.
* **Honey Explosion:** *The violent shaking of the beehive always causes it to explode honey all over the place.* Upon taking over a beehive, the Hive Mind causes the hive to violently shake and any nearby Survivors will be applied with a layer of Honey Cover.
* **Honey Cover:** *The honey is so sticky, making my footwear not as efficient as it used to be.* Survivors will be covered in honey upon being hit via a projectile caused by Honey Explosion or Honey Production. Honey Cover has three tiers that affect Survivors. At tier one, Survivor speed, vaulting speed, and pallet pulling speed is decreased by -10% of regular speed. At tier two, Survivor speed, vaulting speed, and pallet pulling speed is decreased by -15% of regular speed. At tier three, Survivor speed, vaulting speed, and pallet pulling speed is decreased by -20% of regular speed. Honey Cover automatically removes after 12 seconds.
* **Honey Production:** *The low buzzing from her torso only brings fear, unknowing if she contains enough honey to screw us up.* Upon taking over a beehive, the Hive Mind begins to produce honey which it can use to blech at Survivors. The honey applies the Swarm and Honey Cover external trait.

* **Swarm:** *The tiny bees are also as deadly as the Hive Mind. I wouldn't mess with them.* Any Survivors with a layer of Honey Cover that runs nearby beehives will be automatically attacked by bees for 0.25 damage. Upon being attacked, they lose one tier of their Honey Cover.

### Abilities

* **Switch Minds:** [0 FEAR] [30-second Cooldown] *It seems that the hives must have a mind of their own, but they don't, the Hive Mind controls them.* The Hive Mind can dispose of its host and teleport to another beehive that is on a Purity Chain. Previously used beehives will re-spawn after 120 seconds.
* **Beehive Creation:** [1000 FEAR] [18-second Cooldown] *Those mysterious hives appear out of the blue, emerging from the honey.* The Hive Mind places her body on the floor, creating a giant puddle of honey which applies Honey Cover to Survivors who walk over it. After 8 seconds, a beehive will be created in her place which will attack any Survivor who happens to traverse nearby the honey. A max of 3 beehives can be created.
* **Enhanced Beehive Creation:** [3000 FEAR] [15-second Cooldown] *The hives came to life as if they danced in our pain.* The Hive Mind places her body on the floor, creating a giant puddle of honey which applies Honey Cover to Survivors who walk over it. After 5 seconds, a beehive will be created in her place which will attack any Survivor who happens to traverse nearby the honey. A max of 5 beehives can be created.

## Trivia

* The Hive Mind was originally a snake torso lady with many faces under the alias, The Soul Catcher.
* The Hive Mind is based on the Queen Bee from Don't Starve Together.
* The Hive Mind is the first Hunter with multiple abilities.
	+ This was an experimental feature, that due to the success, stood around.
* The Hive Mind originally had Beehive Bomb as an ability in which she would launch a beehive to a Survivor and they would be covered in two layers of Honey Cover and attacked by bees upon impact.
* The Hive Mind had an earlier counterpart before The Soul Catcher was considered for the original concept art.
	+ The earlier concept was Mama Sowing an immobile Hunter able to attack by sending out its minions and only moving when her wool was fully depleted.
		- The concept for Mama Sowing might make a return.