Southern Hive VillageReport
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The Southern Hive keeps one village in Greyshelf and one in the Royal Valley. Worker drones mine and farm by day with Droneguards standing over them — the danger is not individual strength, it is headcount.
Southern Hive Villages are the ordinary settlements of the Southern Hive. There are two on the continent, one in Greyshelf and one in the Royal Valley.
Who lives here
The villages hold a large number of Southern Hive worker drones, who mine and farm during the day and sleep at night. A few Droneguards defend them, and patrols run through occasionally.
Individually a Droneguard is not impressive — 25 strength, 40 combat, 40 stealth — but every one of them carries an Ancient-grade Polearm and wears a Leather Hive Vest with coloured armoured rags.
The open ground in Greyshelf and the Royal Valley also produces harder squads — a patrol of 1 Prince with 8 Droneguards, or a scout group of 4 Droneguards — as long as the Queen of the South is alive.
What to watch before going in
What is in the village
A Southern Hive Village usually has four huts, and the contents are worth the trip.
- Basic building materials
- Food — dried fish, rice bowls, dried meat and so on
- Catun-level weapons
- Cats
- Standard quality armour
- Household items like bowls
For a village with no shop in it, that is a decent haul. Catun-grade weapons and standard armour are a genuine upgrade for any squad still carrying rusted gear.
After the Queen dies
Just as with the Western Hive — when the Queen of the South dies, both Southern Hive Villages become Deadhive Overruns, ruined villages occupied by Fogmen.
It is the most direct piece of cause and effect in Kenshi's world state design. Hive society is bound entirely to its queen; remove her and the village stops being a village.
Why the player cares
For most players a Southern Hive Village is a target, not a trading partner. There are no merchants here, and the hive will not do business with you. Its value is the Catun-grade weapons and standard armour, plus one very practical question — can you beat an entire village?
If you cannot, it also makes an excellent stealth exercise. The huts are spread out, the guard count is fixed, and the goods sit in buildings rather than on people.