Into The Hive extraction guide: the return after a mission

Into The Hive supports one to four players in randomly generated caves containing insect swarms. That puts the return journey within the same cave exploration and combat setting as the mission itself, whether you entered alone or with a squad.

Two general cave mechanics are useful to understand for that journey:

• Breaking through destructible terrain can open a route. A wall can be something you break through to create a passage. This is a traversal option; it does not establish one fixed route to extraction. See the wall-breaking guide for that mechanic.
• Deploying a turret can provide cover for your squad. Its role is defensive support, while breaking terrain serves to open a route. The turret guide covers that equipment separately.

These are general tools for cave traversal and squad defense.

Between expeditions, base is where you prepare for another run. There, you can customize equipment with Augments and prepare your next loadout. This gives the mission cycle two distinct destinations: extraction is the endpoint of your return through the cave, while base is the place for equipment preparation between runs. For that preparation, continue with the base guide.