Into The Hive missions
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Choose a mission by what you want to do: destroy nests, protect a drill, track a boss, defend a moving drill or enter a separate boss encounter.
Into The Hive has four standard mission types: Nest Clearing, Hold the Drill, Brood Hunt and Escort the Drill. These use Normal, Hard or Insane difficulty. Layer 1 also offers a fixed-difficulty Boss Encounter against Velgrund, the Undermaw. To choose your mission, open Pod Bay > Squad Setup > Choose Mission, select a layer and mission, choose an available difficulty, then press Select Mission.
Mission objectives
Choose Nest Clearing for a route focused on finding and destroying nests. Choose Brood Hunt to follow the brood's trail into a Brood Mother fight.
For drill defense, choose Hold the Drill to protect the mission drill, or Escort the Drill to ride and defend a moving drill, clear nests at cavern stops and fight the Brood Mother at the end.
Boss Encounter is a separate Layer 1 mission against Velgrund, the Undermaw. It uses fixed difficulty rather than the three standard difficulty settings.
Mission directory
Follow the target counter for your current mission: nest and trail counts depend on the specific mission setup. When the objective changes to Get to the drill pod, head for extraction.
Choose a mission by objective and difficulty type.
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Destroy bug nests | Normal / Hard / Insane | 3 nests Granite Caverns · Normal example | ||||||||
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A mission to find and destroy bug nests in the caves. Destroying the required nests changes the objective to extraction.
TipsFollow the current nest counter, destroy each marked nest and switch to extraction after ALL NESTS DESTROYED. Follow the Nest Clearing route for the full sequence. |
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Protect the drill | Normal / Hard / Insane | — | ||||||||
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A mission whose objective is to protect the drill. Bugs can climb onto the mission's drill.
TipsWatch the drill's surface as well as its approaches: bugs can climb onto it. |
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Track and kill the Brood Mother | Normal / Hard / Insane | — | ||||||||
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A mission that begins by following the brood's trail and advances to a Brood Mother fight. Killing her changes the objective to extraction.
TipsFollow the blue route until THE BROOD MOTHER WAKES, then focus on the boss while controlling the surrounding swarm. Use the Brood Hunt walkthrough for preparation and extraction. |
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Ride and defend the drill | Normal / Hard / Insane | — | ||||||||
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A mission in which the squad rides a large drill through the hive and defends it during its descent and cavern stops. The route ends at the Brood Mother.
TipsReturn aboard when THE DRILL IS MOVING ON appears. At the finale, finish the nests and Brood Mother as separate targets. Follow the escort walkthrough for console, defense and repair steps. |
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Face Velgrund, the Undermaw Layer 1 | Fixed difficulty Layer 1 | — | ||||||||
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A separate mission-menu encounter against Velgrund, the Undermaw in Layer 1. It uses fixed difficulty. |
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Select a mission
- Enter a Pod Bay and open Squad Setup.
- Press Choose Mission to open Mission Select.
- Choose a layer, then select a mission from its list.
- For a standard mission, select an available difficulty: Normal, Hard or Insane.
- Press Select Mission to set the squad's departure mission.
Escort the Drill is available in every available layer and on every difficulty. Locked difficulty options still require their displayed prerequisite. If the menu asks you to complete a Normal mission in Layer 1, finish that task before selecting the locked option.
Layer 1's Boss Encounter uses fixed difficulty. See difficulty settings for standard difficulty multipliers and selection requirements.
Hold the Drill
Select Hold the Drill and an available difficulty to defend the mission drill against bugs. Shoot enemies approaching the drill and those climbing onto it.
Watch the drill's surface as well as the surrounding approaches. Bugs can climb onto the drill, so checking only the nearby ground leaves enemies on the equipment unchecked.
Mission walkthroughs and rewards
- Nest Clearing walkthrough: find the marked nests, destroy the required targets and reach the extraction pod.
- Brood Hunt walkthrough: follow the trail, fight the Brood Mother and extract after her death.
- Escort the Drill walkthrough: start the drill, defend it, clear cavern stops, repair it when downed and finish the final boss-and-nest objectives.
- Boss encounters: find Velgrund's entry requirements and the missions featuring the Brood Mother.
- How to extract: follow the return route, board the pod and stay aboard until Extracting.
- Mission payouts, first clears and weekly bonuses: compare reward categories and understand bonus eligibility.
Articles and guides
7Into The Hive difficulty levels: Normal, Hard and Insane
Compare Into The Hive difficulty levels, their Cash and Rank XP multipliers, and the mission prerequisite shown by locked options.
Into The Hive Nest Clearing walkthrough
Complete Nest Clearing in Into The Hive: follow nest markers, break blocked routes, fight the brood, confirm each destroyed nest and extract.
Into The Hive Brood Hunt walkthrough
Complete Brood Hunt in Into The Hive: follow the trail, dig through blocked passages, fight Brood Mother with turret support, and reach extraction.
Into The Hive Escort the Drill walkthrough
Complete Escort the Drill in Into The Hive: start the console, defend the platform, clear nests, repair the drill, defeat Brood Mother and extract.
How to extract in Into The Hive
Find the drill pod in Into The Hive, clear blocked routes, confirm boarding, and stay until Extracting. Learn when you can return before your teammates.
Into The Hive Multiplayer Guide: Squads, Solo Play and Revives
Host or join an Into The Hive squad, play solo, leave a Pod Bay and revive downed teammates.
Into The Hive mission rewards, first clears and weekly bonuses
Read Into The Hive mission rewards, difficulty multipliers and payout examples. Learn how first-clear Cash, Saturday resets and friend bonus eligibility work.