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Hatchery[edit]

The Hatchery is the Zerg's primary building, it produces creep on which other Zerg structures can be built as well as larvae. Larvae can be morphed into other units. Up to three larvae will spawn near the Hatchery. The Hatchery is required to build Lair, Extractor, Evolution chamber, Creep colony and Spawning pool.

Statistics
Cost: 300/0
Hit points: 1250
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: H

Lair[edit]

The lair is the evolution of the hatchery. It requires a hatchery and a spawning pool to be built; and is required to build a hive, a spire and queen's nest.

Statistics
Cost: 150/100
Hit points: 1800
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Available upgrades
Burrow
Ventral sacs
Pneumatized carapace
Antennae

Hive[edit]

The hive is the evolution of the lair. It requires a lair and Queen's nest to be built; and is required to build a nydus canal, defiler's mound and ultralisk cavern as well as morphing a spire into a greater spire.

Statistics
Cost: 200/150
Hit points: 2500
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Available upgrades
see Lair's upgrades

Extractor[edit]

The extractor allows drones to collect Vespene Gas, which is needed to build almost every unit. Like its counterparts, the Terran Refinery and the Protoss Assimilator, only one drone can be inside it at any given time. The extractor requires a hatchery to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 50/0
Hit points: 750
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: E

Spawning pool[edit]

The spawning pool is required to create zerglings. The spawning pool requires a hatchery, and is required to build an hydralisk den; as well as to mutate a hatchery into a lair and a creep colony into a sunken colony or a spore colony.

Statistics
Cost: 200/0 (was 150/0 before version 1.08)
Hit points: 750
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: S
Available Upgrades
Metabolic boost
Adrenal glands

Hydralisk den[edit]

The hydralisk den, as its name suggests, allows the production and support of hydralisks. It requires a hatchery and a spawning pool to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 100/50
Hit points: 850
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: D
Available upgrades
Muscular augments
Grooved spines
Lurker aspect

Evolution chamber[edit]

The Zerg ground units upgrades can be found here. The second levels of each upgrade can only be achieved with a lair, and the third levels can only be researched with a hive. It is also required for the spore colony.

Statistics
Cost: 75/0
Hit points: 750
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: V
Available upgrades
Melee attacks
Missile attacks
Carapace

Creep colony[edit]

This building extends the creep as to give more room for buildings. The creep colony can be mutated into a sunken colony or a spore colony for defense purposes. It requires an hatchery to built.

Statistics
Cost: 75/0
Hit points: 400
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: C

Sunken colony[edit]

Mutated from a creep colony. It is the strongest ground defense of any race, dealing 40 explosive damage to any nearby enemy ground units. It requires a creep colony and a spawning pool to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 50/0
Hit points: 300
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 2
Damage type: Explosive
Damage: 40
Hotkey: U

Spore colony[edit]

Mutated from a creep colony. It is the sturdiest air defense of any species, with 400 hit points. Its damage of 15, however, makes this building not as effective at its job as the sunken colony. It requires a creep colony and an evolution chamber to be built. The spore colony is a detector.

Statistics
Cost: 50/0
Hit points: 400
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Damage type: Normal
Damage: 15
Detection range: 10
Hotkey: S

Queen's nest[edit]

This building allows for production of queens. It requires a lair to be built, and is required to build a hive.

Statistics
Cost: 150/100
Hit points: 850
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: Q
Available upgrades
Ensnare
Spawn broodling
Gamete meiosis

Spire[edit]

One of the more important Zerg structures, the spire allows production of basic air units at the hatchery. Also, air unit weapons and armor can be upgraded here. It requires a lair to be built. This structure can be morphed into a #Greater spire when Hive is available.

Statistics
Cost: 200/150
Hit points: 600
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: S
Available upgrades
Flyer attack
Flyer carapace

Greater spire[edit]

The mutation of mutalisks into guardians and devourers and the final levels of air upgrades require this structure. It requires a spire and a hive to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 100/150 (in addition to the spire's cost)
Hit points: 1000
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: G
Available upgrades
Flyer attack
Flyer carapace

Defiler mound[edit]

This is a high-level structure which allows for the production of defilers. It requires a hive to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 100/100
Hit points: 850
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: D
Available upgrades
Consume
Plage
Metasynaptic node

Ultralisk cavern[edit]

Another advanced building, the ultralisk cavern lets the player produce the giant ultralisks. It requires a hive to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 150/200
Hit points: 600
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: U
Available upgrades
Anabolic synthesis
Chitinous plating

Nydus canal[edit]

This is basically a tunnel that transports units instantly across the map. Once an entrance is built, an exit node must be placed (at no additional cost) on either friendly or enemy creep for the canal to start working. It requires a hive to be built.

Statistics
Cost: 150/0
Hit points: 250
Armor type: Heavy
Armor: 1
Hotkey: N