Swarmer Hive

The Swarmer Hive is an obstacle that appears in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. They are small platforms designed to produce an endless supply of Swarmers.

Description
The Swarmer Hives are tan cylinder-shaped platforms about the size of the Riptide, with a golden rim on top and two rings for foundation. Additionally, their sides can slid down to reveal six golden barrels. They only appear in the sailing sections with the Riptide in River Rush and Crater Lake.

In gameplay, the Swarmer Hives' purpose is to generate an endless stream of Swarmers. When the player approaches a Swarmer Hive on the water, it will pop up to the surface and start releasing Swarmers at the player, though it can only have up to six Swarmers out at the same time. Should one of its Swarmers be destroyed, the Swarmer Hive will soon after deploy a new one as replacement. To permanently get rid of the Swarmers, the player has to destroy the Swarmer Hive which in turn will automatically destroy the Swarmers it has created.

Most Swarmer Hives are immobile, serving more as stationary sentries than anything else, but there are those in the beginning of River Rush which are capable of movement, though only for a short time. When a Swarmer Hive is destroyed, its fundament can be seen in the water.