How to Get Cash in Into The Hive

Earn Cash for equipment, upgrades, Augments, and armor by combining rewards across the depot and your next expedition.

Combine claimable rewards with mission income

Start at the depot by collecting any available first-drop, Daily Rewards, and Group Reward Cash. Check your three Daily Tasks before choosing an expedition, then select a mission that advances those objectives and has a first-clear or weekly completion bonus available. Complete the mission and extract to collect its payout.

Save the Cash for equipment you use, upgrades, Normal Augment Crates, or Normal Armor Rolls.

Claim first-drop, login and group Cash

1. Complete the tutorial and return to the lobby for the first time to receive 1,000 Cash and your first Equipment Token.
2. Open Daily Rewards and select Claim for the Day 1 reward of 2,500 Cash. Missing a login day resets the streak; see the seven-day login rewards for the full schedule.
3. At the lobby's Group Reward stand, press E, select Join Group & Claim, and join To The Earth's Core. Return to the game to collect 2,500 Cash. This group reward is available once per account.

Match Daily Tasks to your expedition

Check the lobby's Daily Tasks panel for three objectives, their progress, Cash rewards, and the reset countdown. Mining ore, destroying nests, and killing bugs can advance alongside a mission. If a task names a mission, select that mission to work on it. Completed objectives pay Cash and show PAID.

Completed Daily Tasks also advance the weekly task counter. Five completed tasks award one Equipment Token; ten award another, for two total. Use Tokens as an alternative to Cash when an equipment unlock offers both payment options. This counter is separate from weekly mission completion bonuses. See Daily Tasks and weekly Token milestones for the objectives and milestone details.

Collect first-clear and weekly mission bonuses

1. Enter a Pod Bay and open Mission Select. Compare the displayed mission rewards and first-clear Cash with your current Daily Tasks.
2. Choose a mission you can complete while advancing those tasks. A first clear adds extra Cash to the mission payout; a previously cleared mission awards a weekly completion bonus on its first extraction that week.
3. Complete the objectives and extract. Weekly mission completion bonuses reset every Saturday.

You can also play with a Roblox friend who has a mission unlocked and receive its applicable first-clear and weekly bonuses up to one layer beyond your own progression. For example, a player at Layer 1 is eligible for those bonuses in a friend's Layer 2 mission. See mission payouts and bonuses for the reward details.

Use income bonuses and avoid wasteful spending

At Rank 50, every mission pays 25% more Cash. The VIP pass adds 50% Cash from missions. Game passes also include Mastery Booster, which halves the Cash and ore costs of equipment upgrades.

Duplicate armor sets return Cash, but armor rolls cost money: a Normal Roll costs 5,000 Cash, and the fee is spent even if you keep your current armor. Treat the return as part of an armor purchase, not a free income source.

Prioritize upgrading equipment you use regularly. Common through Epic Augments can be extracted for free and moved to compatible equipment, so an early Augment can remain useful after you change gear.

Reward tables and buying choices

Compare Cash with Equipment Tokens and Scrap in the currency overview. For an early spending order and loadout preparation, follow the beginner guide.