The Solen Hive

The Solen Hive

A knowledge of the layout of the Solen Hive is useful to characters following the quests <a href="http://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/gameplay/quests/the-ambitious-solen-queen-quest/">The Ambitious Queen Quest</a>, <a href="http://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/gameplay/quests/solen-matriarch-quest/">The Solen Matriarch Quest</a> or the <a href="http://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/gameplay/quests/the-study-of-the-solen-hive-quest/">Study of the Solen Hive Quest</a> There are four entrances: <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5525" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry4.jpg" alt="solen_entry4" width="270" height="270" /></a></td> <td><a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5526" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry2.jpg" alt="solen_entry2" width="270" height="271" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="comment">Minoc Entrance (a route)</td> <td class="comment">Yew Entrance (b route)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5527" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry3.jpg" alt="solen_entry3" width="270" height="275" /></a></td> <td><a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5528" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_entry1.jpg" alt="solen_entry1" width="264" height="270" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="comment">Trinsic Entrance (c route)</td> <td class="comment">Britain Entrance (d route)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> &nbsp; The map below shows the layout of the hive with principle points of interest marked. The key can be found below the map. <a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_hive1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-5529 size-full" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/solen_hive1.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="535" /></a> <p class="inset">M - Solen Matriarch N - Egg Nest QN - Egg Nest with Queen AQ - Ambitious Queen B - Giant Beetle DS - Dread Spider S - Entrance to (and exit from) the Secret Area</p> Additional creatures in the hive are: <ul> <li>Solen Workers, relatively weak creatures found mostly near the entrances</li> <li>Solen Warriors, stronger creatures which spit a corrosive acid</li> <li>Ant Lions, found in the sandy areas, these will tunnel into the ground and emerge under your position.</li> <li>Solen Queens, found in the two nests marked, one per nest. A queen will lay eggs when attacked which hatch into workers or warriors to defend her. Prevent them hatching by cutting them with a blade.</li> </ul> To navigate to the center follow the routes a, b, c or d depending on which entrance you use. From the entrance proceed to the hole marked 1 and double click it. You will emerge at the hole marked 2. Make your way from there to the hole marked 3, from which you will emerge at point 4 in the center.