The Definitive Red Hive Guide | Bee Swarm Simulator — Transcript

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1. 0:00# RED HIVE GUIDE V5
2. 0:00## INTRO Okay, I'm back with
3. 0:00another Bee Swarm guide. You guys really liked  my last one, so this time we're going over **Red
4. 0:05Hive** — which is also my specialty, so I'll  be able to help a lot more in the comments.
5. 0:08This guide is based on the most up-to-date  Red Hive information from Bee Swarm Guide
6. 0:12Help. I'll have the full Google Doc and  their Discord linked in the description.
7. 0:15I'm gonna get straight into it because I  know guides can get boring. Video chapters
8. 0:18are available, and if you have a question, just  ask me in the comments. I promise I'll answer.
9. 0:23--- # SWITCHING REQUIREMENTS & WARNINGS
10. 0:24Before anything else, let's talk about what  you actually need before switching Red.
11. 0:27### MACRO DEPENDENCY First: **Red is heavily dependent on macro.**
12. 0:30There's a common misconception  that Blue needs macro while Red
13. 0:33is mostly manual. That's not really the case. Red uses macro for things like bug runs, Vicious
14. 0:37runs, Mondo hops, Puff runs, maintaining mutations  and nectars, and keeping Balloon Blessing.
15. 0:37**[ON SCREEN: FULL LIST]** So if you don't want to macro,
16. 0:38Red probably isn't the hive color for you. ### BEEQUIPS
17. 0:40Red doesn't need as many alts as Blue — around  **2 to 4** can work — but Red Beequips can be
18. 0:43much harder to obtain because of their price,  demand, supply, and rare Caustic abilities and
19. 0:48hive bonuses. ### ROBO BEAR
20. 0:49You'll also need to be prepared to do  a lot of **Robo Bear Challenge**.
21. 0:52Getting colored and glitched drives is repetitive,  and a lot of Red Hives end up quitting because
22. 0:56they don't want to keep doing drive runs. ### LEVEL 20
23. 1:01You should also be **Hive  Level 20** before switching.
24. 1:03Switching earlier isn't cost-effective  because the honey is better spent leveling
25. 1:06your hive, and Precise and Vector  both benefit heavily from levels.
26. 1:09### HONEY & SSA You'll want around
27. 1:11**1.5 to 2+ quadrillion honey**. For gifting, the recommended approach
28. 1:14is to Royal Jelly for Mythics and use the Ticket  Shop for Star Treats when the price makes sense.
29. 1:19Otherwise, gifted Mythic rolls can be used. The important part is that you should **not switch
30. 1:22unless you can guarantee a fully gifted hive.** For SSA, you're looking specifically for:
31. 1:26**5/5 Scorching Star + Star Saw.** The average cost is
32. 1:30around **945 trillion honey**. **[ON SCREEN: REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST]**
33. 1:32### DARK SCYTHE Dark Scythe is extremely important for Red.
34. 1:34Most starter Reds don't have it because of the  Riley quest requirement, but you should already
35. 1:38have the crafting materials before switching  so you can get it as soon as possible.
36. 1:41Dark Scythe is basically the core of Red  because it turns Flames into Dark Flames,
37. 1:45resets their lifespan, helps build Scorching  Star, and provides Super-Crit Power and Instant
38. 1:49Red Ability Conversion. ### DIGITAL BEE
39. 1:51Digital Bee should also be  unlocked before switching.
40. 1:53At minimum, you want **500 Red Drives  and 500 White Drives** before boosting,
41. 1:56although having more is obviously better.
42. 1:58I'd recommend having at least around **100  Glitched Drives** so you can actually get a
43. 2:01decent boost. ### ALTS
44. 2:02Red is not really viable without alts. At minimum, you want **two Fuzzy alts**
45. 2:05for field pollination, and ideally around  **4–5 Supreme Saturators** in the field
46. 2:09to keep your flowers healthy. ### BEEQUIPS & STICKER STACK
47. 2:11Before switching, make sure you have your  mandatory Beequips, especially things like
48. 2:15**Toy Horn and Toy Drum**. You should also have a strong
49. 2:17Sticker Stack before boosting. It's useful for Robo Bear too, so ideally
50. 2:21get this done before switching. ---
51. 2:22# THE HIVE Now let's get into the actual hive.
52. 2:24These hives are **baselines**, not some  permanent copy-and-paste meta hive.
53. 2:27You should eventually change  your composition based on your
54. 2:29Beequips and your own boosting playstyle. There's no single perfect Red Hive because people
55. 2:33are constantly testing new setups. ## BARE-MINIMUM RED HIVE
56. 2:37**[SHOW FULL HIVE ON SCREEN]** The basic setup is:
57. 2:38**11 Spicy 10 Precise
58. 2:409 Vector** Then your support bees:
59. 2:42**1 Carpenter 1 Music
60. 2:432 Baby 1 Riley
61. 2:441 Rad 1 Stubborn
62. 2:451 Basic 1 Crimson
63. 2:461 Digital 1 Bear**
64. 2:47You have around nine flexible slots  after that, so let's go over the
65. 2:50main options. ---
66. 2:50## SHOCKED BEE Shocked gives you **Haste and Token Link**.
67. 2:52Its gifted hive bonus isn't useful  for Red, but it can hold a **Kazoo**,
68. 2:55which makes it much more valuable. It's also one of the better Melody producers,
69. 2:59so it's a very common choice. ---
70. 3:00## RAGE BEE Rage gives you **10% Bee Attack**, which lets you
71. 3:03run Red Bomb Pollen on your Stickbug Amulet. That alone isn't amazing, but once you put a
72. 3:07**Melody Whistle** on it, Rage  becomes much more useful.
73. 3:09It basically becomes an alternative to Shocked,  trading some Beequipped stats for a better
74. 3:14hive bonus. ---
75. 3:14## SECOND RILEY A second Riley gives you
76. 3:16faster Scorch buildup and another Haste source. Ideally, you'd want another good **Toy Drum** to
77. 3:20make this worthwhile. ---
78. 3:21## SHY VS TABBY If you're choosing between Shy and Tabby,
79. 3:24it mostly comes down to personal testing. Shy gives **Red Boost, Token Link, and Bee Ability
80. 3:28Pollen**, but it takes a Beequip slot. Tabby gives a stronger passive bonus and
81. 3:32Tabby Love, but its uptime is low. So you're basically choosing between more
82. 3:35consistent support from Shy or the stronger  passive from Tabby without using another
83. 3:39Beequip slot. ---
84. 3:39## PHOTON Photon gives **5%
85. 3:41Instant Conversion**, plus Haste, Token Link,  and Bee Ability Pollen through its Beequip.
86. 3:45It's generally recommended to keep Photon. The main exception is if you have **permanent Coco
87. 3:49Combo**, where you could consider dropping it. ---
88. 3:52## PUPPY Only really consider Puppy
89. 3:53if you have **Baby Love Antlers**. Puppy gives Focus, 1.1x Capacity,
90. 3:57Puppy Love, and Baby Love. It also produces about as much Baby
91. 4:00Love as a Tadpole. ---
92. 4:01## 11TH PRECISE An extra Precise gives
93. 4:03you more consistent **Precise Shots  and Precise Marks** during Scorch.
94. 4:06It can also make X-Flame and Scorch timing  easier to control, although you have to manage
95. 4:10it correctly. ---
96. 4:11## MORE SPICY The number of Spicies you
97. 4:13run is mostly personal preference. Every extra Spicy helps Scorch grow
98. 4:16and gives you Instant Conversion  and Battle Tokens for X-Flame.
99. 4:19So if you have an extra slot, adding  another Spicy is usually a safe choice.
100. 4:22--- ## MORE VECTOR