Into The Hive Layers and Unlock Requirements
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Choose a cave environment in Mission Select and prepare for the Rank and boss requirements needed to select deeper layers.
Granite Caverns is Layer 1, Basalt Rifts is Layer 2, Deepstone Hollows is Layer 3, and Caustic Sumps is Layer 4. To select Layers 2, 3, and 4, reach Rank 10, 20, and 30 respectively and defeat the preceding layer's boss.
Cave environments
Caves are randomly generated, so routes do not follow fixed coordinates. Follow mission markers and use an excavation tool to open blocked paths.
Layer directory
Compare each environment's layer and selection requirements. Expand a name for its mission and ore connections.
Find cave layers, Rank requirements and boss prerequisites.
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The Layer 1 cave environment containing the Rusty tutorial and several mission types. Its Boss Encounter is Velgrund, the Undermaw.
TipsLook for orange Bronze deposits and gray Iron deposits during Layer 1 missions. |
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2 | 10 Layer selection | Defeat the Layer 1 boss Layer selection |
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The Layer 2 cave environment. Selecting it requires Rank 10 and defeating the Layer 1 boss.
TipsReach Rank 10 and defeat the Layer 1 boss to unlock Layer 2 selection. |
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3 | 20 Layer selection | Defeat the Layer 2 boss Layer selection |
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The Layer 3 cave environment. Selecting it requires Rank 20 and defeating the Layer 2 boss.
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4 | 30 Layer selection | Defeat the Layer 3 boss Layer selection |
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The Layer 4 cave environment. Brood Hunt takes place here, with Adamantine and Mithril recoverable during an Insane run.
TipsLayer 4 Brood Hunt on Insane provides Adamantine and Mithril recovery alongside the boss objective. |
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Unlock the next layer
- Enter an open Pod Bay, open Squad Setup, and choose Choose Mission to reach Mission Select.
- Reach the Rank shown for the layer you want and defeat the boss of the preceding layer. Both conditions are required to unlock that layer's selection.
- Select the unlocked layer and a mission.
For Basalt Rifts, defeat Velgrund, the Undermaw and reach Rank 10. Deepstone Hollows requires Rank 20 and the Layer 2 boss; Caustic Sumps requires Rank 30 and the Layer 3 boss. See Rank XP and rewards for Rank progression.
Missions, bosses and ore
Granite Caverns includes Nest Clearing, Hold the Drill, Brood Hunt, Escort the Drill, and the Velgrund Boss Encounter. Velgrund's encounter requires Rank 10 and has a fixed difficulty. Compare the mission types and boss encounters before choosing an objective.
Layer 1 missions offer Bronze and Iron; look for orange Bronze deposits and gray Iron deposits. In Caustic Sumps, Adamantine and Mithril can be recovered during Brood Hunt on Insane. See ores and shared mining haul for resource locations and mining.
Articles and guides
2Into The Hive bosses
Find Brood Mother in Brood Hunt and Escort the Drill, and unlock Velgrund's fixed-difficulty Boss Encounter at Rank 10 in Granite Caverns.
Into The Hive Ores and Shared Mining Haul
Find Into The Hive ores, identify Bronze and Iron deposits, and learn how shared mining haul and equipment upgrades work.