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Hive Commander

Leave your engineer life behind and become the director of a biter hive. Absorb wild biters at nests, grow your network across the map, research the hive-only tech tree, and take the fight back to the engineer. Full RTS-style unit control is integrated: select, group (Alt+1..9), and command your swarm, order reinforcements from barracks and the Mutation Altar through a real production queue with ×1..×5 speed scaling, and send them to war through pheromone lures or Pheromone Vents. Features: - Play as a hive director with no body — command your swarm from a god view - Pentapod-style pollution economy: absorb biters, spend on buildings and science - Full unit management (integrated Unit Control): selection, movement, attack, patrol, hold position, follow, and 9 hotkey groups - 4 biter tiers (tanky melee), 4 spitter tiers (fragile ranged), 3 pentapod classes (wriggler / strafer / stomper) - Production queue at Barracks and Mutation Altar: pause, cancel, ×1..×5 speed with fair refund - Hive Supremacy, Pheromone lures, Pheromone Vents with attack-group dispatch - Fog of war that remembers only what your units actually saw - Demolish hive buildings from a button in their GUI, or send a biter to tear them down with Alt+Right-Click - Full Space Age integration: pentapod units, Gleba-inspired visuals

Latest version
1.4.0
Downloads
50
Updated
2 mo ago

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1.4.0release17 Sept 2026

Hive_Commander_1.4.0.zip · for 2.0

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Frequently asked

How do I install Hive Commander?

Install the matching loader first, then put the downloaded file in your mods folder and start the game. The loader, the mod and Factorio all have to be on the same version, which is the usual reason a mod does not appear in game.

Where do I download Hive Commander safely?

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Which Factorio versions does Hive Commander work on?

The author has not declared a supported version in the metadata we sync, so there is nothing here we can state as fact. Check the project's own page before installing it, and treat an old mod with no declared version as untested on modern Factorio.

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