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Everything about the island town: where to go, who you'll meet, what to do and how to earn. 75 articles

Getting started

Your first day, the controls and how the town keeps time.

Welcome to HiveVerseHiveVerse is a little island town you play in your browser, shared with other people and with AI neighbours who have their own personalities, memories and moods.Your first dayA newcomer's first 7 steps, each paying a little Nectar, then two weeks of settling in with one new step a day.ControlsHow to walk, run, use things and switch tools with a keyboard, a touch screen or a gamepad.Town time, seasons and weatherThe town keeps its own clock: one town hour is 4 real minutes, so a whole day goes by in about an hour and a half.Guests and accountsYou can play as a guest; an account keeps what you earn and opens HONEY, NFT characters, agents and anything paid.

Places

The square, the islands and every door you can walk through.

The town squareThe middle of everything: the fountain, the pond, the band stage and the buildings around them.Getting aroundWalk, cross the bridges, sail from the harbour, and ask the town to show you the way.Districts and islandsThe islands around the town, each with its own look, host, homes, events and shop.Hivepunk DistrictThe hive's mining quarter: black and gold, rigs humming, and the green where every newcomer pitches a tent.Crossing GreenThe hub island east of the square, where the bridges meet and the morning market sets up.North GroveHomes in the grove north of the square, the Fabric Shop, the Hoverfly meadow and the way into the wilds.The wildsWoods, heath, fens and crags beyond North Grove, with Barrow Tower, hidden places and ponds of their own.LoopbackThe Loopers' side of the hive: a sleepy paved loop by day, every window a glowing screen by night.Musegod ShrineThe Muses' god keeps a shrine under a starfield sky: a great bell anyone can ring, candles always lit, and the rarest Muses on pedestals.Normie ShoalThe Normies' island: off-black on off-white, where awakened Normies live as agents and the Hall is where a Normie wakes up.JPEG BayA boardwalk bay on the harbour island, still here after the hype. You sail there from the town's harbour.The harbourThe pier on the east shore, where a rowing boat takes you to the harbour island and back.The ShopMabel's shop on the square: new furniture every day, counter tools and seeds, and Nectar for nearly anything you bring in.Hive ArcadeCabinets to play with your swarm, the Game Maker, the EARN HIVE sign and Pip's Tickets & Prizes counter.Exhibit and MuseumTwo doors on the square: the Exhibit, for art made by the hive, and the Museum and the Collection, for everything worth keeping.The CommonsThe town's meeting place: meet your next collaborator, and trivia outside every afternoon.Bee GardenThe scenic route through flowers on the square, with your own garden bed beside it.Hive CinemaA screen to another world: movie night every evening, and the Muses' weekly draw on the big screen.Hive BankBuy $HIVE, add credits and trade, at the bank's terminals.Brain HallOn the hill behind the square: boards of the hive's activity, buybacks and rewards.The ClubhouseMeet, watch and unwind in the Hivepunk District, with Hive Radio on the air upstairs.Barrow TowerOld Juniper's lookout on top of Barrow Hill in the wilds, with a map and a telescope.The Fabric ShopTilly's shop in North Grove: new fabrics, wallpapers and floors every day.The Roost caféHoney tea and a sit-down on the square, once the town has built it together.

People

The residents, the shopkeepers and who turns up when.

ResidentsThe AI neighbours who live in town: they remember you, have likes and dislikes, keep their own days and become friends.Friendship, favours and knacksTalk, give gifts, do favours and go places together, and residents become friends who teach you knacks and help out.MabelThe shopkeeper of The Shop, who buys nearly anything for Nectar and sells the day's furniture.ClementineKeeper of the NFT floor upstairs in The Shop.TillyRuns the Fabric Shop in North Grove.Otis HoneycuttThe busker band's manager, at the end of the band stage, who helps you write a song for the band to play.Mayor HoneywellCalls round the first time you're in your own tent, to show you how to decorate.Captain BrineHis submarine runs aground on the east beach every Sunday. Help patch it and he takes you diving.Purrl the cat mermaidGlimpsed offshore but only met on the reef during a Sunday dive. The first to find her each day gets a riddle.PipKeeps the Tickets & Prizes counter in Hive Arcade.Professor DigbyCurator of the Collection: the Aquarium, the Insect House and the Dig Room.Old JuniperWarden of the Wilds, at the top of Barrow Tower.FennelThe naturalist camped in the Wildwood, who pays double for the day's wild creature.SonnyWalks the square with a Walkman, and will tune yours to Hive Radio.ChicoryThe Roost's barista: takes donations to build the café, then serves a daily honey tea.Weekly visitorsEach weekday someone different stands on the square, with something to buy, sell or ask for.

Things to do

Fishing, cooking, the arcade, dancing and the rest of a day in town.

Daily tasks and goals4 tasks a day for Nectar, a bonus for finishing them, and goals with stamps to collect.ToolsNet, rod, axe, shovel and watering can, each in Plain, Sturdy and Royal, and only the one in your hand does anything.Bug catchingFace a bug, get close and press E to swing your net. What's out depends on the hour, the weather and the place.FishingCast, hook it when it bites, then reel. Fish in the fountain, the pond, the sea or the wild ponds.Shaking, chopping and diggingShake trees for fruit and branches, fell them with an axe, smash rocks and dig up finds.GardeningWater flowers to grow new colours, grow fruit trees and graft them, and grow crops in a home's vegetable patch.CraftingMake tools and furniture at the workbench with a tap in time.CookingCook dishes at a stove for a boost that helps you catch, gather or grow, and cook them well for a longer one.DivingSwim out to the reef from the dive rock with your diving kit, or dive deeper from Captain Brine's submarine on Sundays.Playing at the arcadeEarn tickets on the cabinets, trade them at Pip's counter, and catch the EARN HIVE sign for a share of the Honey Jar.HoverflyHide and seek: find three hidden residents, hide yourself with Mimic, or play a round with your party.Night Mode and the dance-offLoopback's club, open 11 PM to 4 AM town time, where the dance-off pays Nectar for hitting the arrows on the beat.The Starfall VigilFridays at 8 PM New York time, everyone at the Musegod Shrine fills one meter of light together for an hour.The BurnerBurn your own HIVE in the Hivepunk District's furnace room for Nectar, bee pieces and titles.CollectingThe Collection shows one of everything with its first finder's name; series and your own log track the rest.Town projects and BloomLamplight, the pier, the Roost café and the observatory, built by everyone giving toward them.Chat, parties and tradingTalk in town chat, whisper, react, party up and trade with other players.Photo modeFive looks, six poses, and Nectar once a day for posting your photo on X with the day's code.

Homes

From your first tent to a home with a garden and a loft.

Tents and homesNewcomers start in a tent; 3 days of play and one day of finished tasks earn a home, which you can grow with upgrades.Decorating and the home designerPlace, drag and turn furniture, paper the walls, tidy up in one press and design a room from a few words.Home ratings and homes of the weekHomes are rated from Just moved in to Dreamy, neighbours vote, and the best homes each week win Nectar.

Money and shops

Nectar, HONEY, tickets, credits and HIVE, and where to spend them.

NectarThe town's money: earned by selling, tasks, favours and play, and spent on furniture, fabrics, bee pieces, upgrades and projects.HONEYA lifetime record of what you've given the town, never spent, with seven levels that bring free picks.Arcade ticketsEarned on the arcade's cabinets and traded at Pip's counter for prizes, Nectar or HIVE.CreditsHivemindOS credits, bought at the bank, pay for songs, 3D characters, upgrades and catalogue furniture.HIVEThe hive's token on Base: bought at the bank, earned from the arcade, and burned at the Burner and for public places.Shops and the catalogueWhere to buy furniture, fabrics, NFTs and more, and how each shop restocks.

Agents and pets

AI agents who live in town, and Buddies who follow you around.

Agents in townBring your own AI agents into HiveVerse to live in the square or your home, walk with you and go out working.Playing as a bee or an NFTPlay as a bee you dress yourself, or, signed in, as one of your NFTs.BuddiesBase Rooms OS Buddies kept as pets in town: bring one out and it follows you, its mood showing in how it moves.