Creep colony

Creep Colony
Structure
Race	Zerg
Role	Expansion building
Production
Minerals	75
Build time	20
Evolves from	Drone
Requires	Hatchery
Protection
Hit points	400
Armor	0
Function
Evolves to	Spore colony or sunken colony

Creep colonies are zerg structures used to extend creep. Colonies have to be established on pre-existing creep.

A creep colony can evolve into defensive structures: the sunken colony for ground defense, or the spore colony for air defense and detection.

Abilities

Mutate into Sunken Colony

Converts a creep colony into a sunken colony

Usage
Hotkey U Cost 50 20 Creep colony

Acquisition
Required Spawning pool

Mutate into Spore Colony

Converts a creep colony into a spore colony

Usage
Hotkey S Cost 50 20 Creep colony

Acquisition
Required Evolution chamber

StarCraft II

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

The creep colony in StarCraft II

At some point, creep colonies were present in the game engine of StarCraft II.

However, the creep colony was replaced by the creep tumor, and the defenses with the spine crawler and the spore crawler respectively.

References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Ground units Larva Drone Zergling Hydralisk Lurker (BW) Defiler Ultralisk Air units Overlord Mutalisk Guardian Scourge Queen Devourer (BW) Infestation units Broodling Infested terran Transition units Egg Lurker egg Cocoon Basic buildings Hatchery Extractor Evolution chamber Spawning pool Hydralisk den Advanced buildings Lair Hive Spire Greater spire Queen's nest Nydus canal Defiler mound Ultralisk cavern Infested command center Defenses Creep Creep colony Spore colony Sunken colony Scrapped Fungal colony Mutation chamber Mutation pit Nydus pit Scoria