Rakk Hive

A Rakk Hive

The Rakk Hive is a gigantic rhino-type creature with holes on its back that release swarms of Rakks. This was the first boss revealed for the game.

Swarms of Rakks emerge from the back of these massive monsters. The backs of these Hives can be seen throughout Pandora, half-buried in the sand. Rakks escape from their back when approached. The Rakk Hives are the most dormant of the indigenous species of Pandora, not emerging from their hibernation until after most of the other species. The player encounters one as it wakes on their way to retrieving a piece of the Vault Key.

Combat

The Rakk Hive moves very slowly, so keeping your distance is fairly easy, as well as highly recommended due to its powerful stomping attack. He can also spit explosive balls of corrosive acid at the player.

Throughout the battle, the Hive will shake its back to release a swarm of Rakks from its back to defend itself from the players. These are either white Defender Rakk or yellowish Kamikaze Rakk. These are unique to the battle with the Rakk Hive. Defender Rakk behave just like most other Rakk in the game, flocking together and divebombing the player until they are killed. Kamikaze Rakk are smaller and behave in a similar way, but rather than striking the player they instead explode, killing themselves and dealing damage. They will also explode when shot.

The Rakk Hive's weak spots are its glowing, orb-like eyes. After the eyes rupture and explode, the crater they leave is also a weak spot. Shots to the eye or eye-hole both deal critical damage. Criticals can also be achieved by firing directly into the mouth like oriface.

Trivia

He has a resemblance of a species of blue on Blue Gender.

Little has changed in the Rakk Hive's appearance from the original, awesome looking Borderlands of yore.