Bumblebee
A flying boulder. Slow to turn, heavy from the start.
Common bugs are free to play. The game shows how to get each one.
Passive: Bulk
Starts 6 mass heavier; +10% food value from every source.
A passive is always on: you never fire it and it never runs out. It is what the Bumblebee does that no other bug does quite the same way.
Stats
Stats are multipliers on the standard bug, which is ×1.00 in everything (the game shows them as percentages: ×1.14 is 114%). Turn is Agility in the game. For Boost drain, lower is cheaper.
| Stat | Bumblebee | Compared with the standard bug |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ×0.96 | 4% slower |
| Turn | ×0.85 | turns 15% slower |
| Bulk | ×1.22 | 22% thicker |
| Growth | ×1.10 | 10% more from food |
| Boost | ×1.02 | boosts 2% faster |
| Boost drain | ×1.00 | the standard |
| Spawn mass | 24 | bigger than the standard 18 |
Power-ups
Every bug has 5 power-up slots. The Bumblebee can carry 11 of the game's 18 power-ups: the 5 core ones every bug carries, and 6 more that its traits from the real animal allow. Its traits are flier, hive, stinger and giant.
Venom Trail
For 8s you leave lingering venom clouds behind you that squish any head entering them.
From its stinger trait.
Hyperdash
Instantly teleport 420u forward; for 0.4s only the wall can kill you.
From its flier trait.
Barbed Carapace
Body swells up to 30% and grows barbs: enemies that hit your body are repelled and stunned instead of dying.
From its giant trait.
Colony Split
Spawns 2 allied bugs that hunt and forage for you for 20s, funnelling food back to your mass.
From its hive trait.
Nectar Bloom
For 10s every mouthful is worth double and you regenerate 6 mass per second.
From its giant trait.
Stinger Strike
Instant jab at the nearest enemy head in front of you (160u): stunned 1.4s, slowed 50% for 3s and pushed back. Never squishes.
From its stinger trait.
Core power-ups: Nitro Wings, Molt Husks, Phase Shift, Pheromone Call, Shockwave.
How bots play it
Bots fill every seat no player is using. A bot playing the Bumblebee plays it as a Tank. Big-bug confidence: shrugs off heads that scare others, passes bodies closer and is slow to boost.
Other tank bugs: Dung Beetle, Rhinoceros Beetle, Elephant Beetle, Titan Beetle.
Skins
The Bumblebee has 7 skins. A skin changes only how it looks, never how it plays. See them in the full skin gallery.
Peach Bumblebee
Peach-coloured fuzz with cocoa-brown bands.
Arctic Bumblebee
Snow-white fuzz with slate-grey bands and icy blue trim.
Redtail Bumblebee
Jet-black fuzz banded in fiery red-orange, after the red-tailed bumblebee.
Cerulean Bumblebee
A powder-blue fuzzball with navy bands and dusky wings, after the blue carpenter bee.
Amethyst Bumblebee
Violet velvet with slim gold bands, gold rings, a gold-washed head and lilac wings.
Peppermint Bumblebee
Candy-red fuzz with crisp white peppermint stripes, a white face and frosted wings.
Pumpkin Bumblebee
A round, fuzzy pumpkin fresh from the patch, striped in dark vine green.
The real animal
The Bumblebee in buggs.io is based on Bombus terrestris, and its traits come from what the real animal does. Read about it on Wikipedia.