Into The Hive How to Play With Friends: Co-Op Squad Guide

How Co-op Works in Into The Hive

Insect swarms pour out of the walls, the ammo counter is blinking red, and something just dropped from the ceiling. That's when you'll be glad you figured out Into The Hive how to play with friends before your first deep run. This Roblox PvE shooter from To The Earth's Core is a co-op game for 1–4 players, though you can also go in alone.

Here's the core setup:

• Squad size: Each mission supports 1–4 players, so you can go in solo or bring up to three friends.
• Server size: Servers hold up to 32 players, but your actual cave expedition is a squad of four or fewer.
• The loop: Your team drops into large, randomly generated caves, completes the mission, then fights its way back to extraction.
• Between runs: Everyone returns to base to upgrade and customize gear before the next expedition.

To get started, launch Into The Hive on Roblox, meet up with your crew, and head out together. Since caves are randomly generated, talk through routes as you go instead of relying on memory.

Finish the Tutorial Before You Squad Up

Every player in your group should clear the tutorial first, because it teaches the exact skills a team relies on. Follow the blue guide line and you'll be walked through:

Image: Roblox / To The Earth's Core

1. Mining a few spots along the path.
2. Shooting insect swarms and reloading when your magazine runs dry.
3. Placing a guard tower (turret) to cover an approach.
4. Destroying a target structure to clear the way.
5. Moving to the marked zone and entering it to finish.

Keep an eye on your sides during the combat section. In the tutorial, a wave shows up on the left side, and you'll run dry on ammo more than once, so reload between bursts instead of getting caught empty. A teammate who already knows the reload rhythm and turret placement saves the whole squad a lot of grief.

Team Tactics Inside the Caves

The terrain in Into The Hive is destructible, and that changes how a squad should move. Use it:

• Carve your own routes. Break through walls to open shortcuts or escape a bad corridor. Have one player dig while the others watch the flanks.
• Deploy turrets to cover the squad. Drop one at a choke point before a wave hits, then fight from behind it. Spread placements so a single wall of bugs can't wreck every turret at once.
• Hold your ground together. When the swarm closes in, bunch up and focus fire rather than scattering into separate tunnels.
• Watch the ceiling. The game itself warns about this. Assign someone to glance up in open caverns.
• Plan the extraction run. Completing the mission is only half the job. Don't burn every turret and grenade before the run back to extraction.

Stagger your reloads with teammates so someone is always shooting. Never let one player wander too far ahead; even the tutorial ends with a squadmate getting pounced on by a beast.

Build Complementary Loadouts at Base

Before each run you choose weapons and tools, and back at base you can upgrade them and slot Augments. A smart upgrade order keeps the whole squad strong without wasting cash:

Step	What to do	Why
1	Skip the 5,000 gun (AR 02)	It performs about the same as the starting AR 01
2	Upgrade your starting weapon	A better use of early cash than the 5,000 gun
3	Spin for an Augment	Even a common rarity helps early
4	Log in on day two	You get a free epic Augment
5	Spin for armor	Common armor is fine early on
6	Buy a 12K or 20K weapon	A real upgrade once the basics are set
7	Add grenades and turrets	Rounds out your kit for team play

A few extra details worth knowing:

• Augments can be removed and moved to a stronger weapon later, so equipping one on your rifle now costs you nothing long term.
• Reaching mastery level four on a weapon unlocks a second Augment slot.
• The cannon costs 3,000 and hits much harder than a 60-damage option, which makes it an easy early buy if your cash allows.

Coordinate with friends so your loadouts complement each other. Have one player lean into turrets and utility while others focus on raw damage, and your squad covers more situations in tight caves.

Grab the Free Code and Check the Game Passes

One working code gives everyone in your squad a head start:

Code	Reward
HIVE1	1 Equipment Token

To redeem it, open the game, click the Shop button, find the code box near the bottom of the shop window, type the code in uppercase, and hit Redeem. Equipment Tokens feed into Augments, so get every friend to claim it before your first group run. New codes tend to arrive with updates. Join the official Discord server and the To The Earth's Core Roblox group to catch them early.

If you want to spend Robux, the game sells three passes:

Game pass	Price	Effect
Phoenix Armor	799 Robux	Once per mission, revive when downed, knock back nearby bugs, and get a 5-second shield dome
VIP	199 Robux	+50% Cash from missions, +50% Scrap, +25% Rank XP, VIP tag
Mastery Booster	199 Robux	Double Mastery XP on all gear, half Cash and ore cost for equipment upgrades