Bee Swarm Simulator: How to Get Drives

In Bee Swarm Simulator, Drives are items used to repair Robo Bear, and after his quest, there are varying ways to grind for more Drives and more practical uses for them. Most notably, they can be used to acquire and buff the Digital Bee, which is considered to be one of the best bees in Bee Swarm Simulator.

Let's go over all the ways you can get them, starting with the questline that opens up all the other methods.

Completing The Robo Bear Questline

Before you can start grinding for drives, you'll first need to complete the quest "Repairing Robo Bear" to unlock its services.

There are 4 different Drives you'll need for this:

• White Drive
• Red Drive
• Blue Drive
• Glitched Drive

Here's a step-by-step guide to get all of these initial Drives.

Step 1. How to Get the White Drive

Starting the Quest - Getting the Broken Drive

Obtaining the Broken Drive will initiate the Science Bear's quest, and it can be found by heading to the level 30 Bee Zone:

Once inside the Level 30 Bee Zone, turn left until you find the Robo Pass Dispensers:

Next, head behind the Robo Pass Dispensers, and collect the Broken Drive:

Once collected, you'll then need to visit Science Bear, who can be found near the yellow cannon:

Completing Science Bear's Quest

Next, you'll need to interact with Science Bear. Doing so will initiate the "Repairing The White Drive" quest.

In order to complete the "Repairing The White Drive" quest, you'll need to:

• Get 1 Glue
• Get 4 Micro-Converters
• Get 12 Soft Waxes
• Use Field Booster 4 Times
• Chase 256 Fireflies
• Collect 512 Mark Tokens
• Collect 16,777,216 Pollen with the Spark Staff
• Reach 268,435,456 Total White Pollen Collected

Once you've done all of the above, you'll need to return to Science Bear to receive the White Drive. Next, head to Panda Bear to start the next quest.

Step 2. How to Get the Red Drive

To obtain the Red Drive, you'll need to head to Panda Bear who is found in front of the Global Top Battlers Leaderboard:

Next, you'll need to interact with Panda Bear and finish the dialogue sequence to start the "Ready For The Red Drive Quest?".

To complete this quest, you'll need to do the following:

• Reach 500,000 Total Red Pollen Collected
• Earn a Diamond Amulet in the Ant Challenge
• Earn a Bronze Amulet in the Stick Bug Challenge
• Get Blown Away by Windy Bee 50 times
• Defeat 1 King Beetle

Once you've done all of the above, you'll need to return to Panda Bear to receive the Red Drive. Next, head to Dapper Bear to start the next quest for the Blue Drive.

Step 3. How to Get the Blue Drive

To obtain the Blue Drive, you'll need to head to Dapper Bear who is found at his shop just above the Stump Field:

Next, you'll need to interact with Dapper Bear and finish the dialogue sequence to start the "Barter For The Blue Drive" quest. To complete this quest, you'll need to:

• Reach 500,000,000 Total Blue Pollen Collected
• Collect 25,000,000 Pollen with Planters
• Buy 5 Beequips from Dapper Bear's Shop
• Deal 5,000,000 Damage to Puffshrooms
• Reach 1,000,000 Damage Dealt to a Single Puffshroom

Once you've done all of the above, you'll need to return to Dapper Bear to receive the Blue Drive. With that done, head back to Science Bear to start the next quest for the Glitched Drive.

Step 4. How to Get the Glitched Drive

After starting the "Corrupting the Glitch Drive" quest from Science Bear, which requires completion of the first three Drive quests, you'll need to do one last list of tasks:

• Collect 1,024 Duped Ability Tokens
• Collect 134,217,728 Pollen with Bombs
• Collect 67,108,864 Pollen with Porcelain Dipper Beams
• Collect 33,554,432 Pollen with the Spark Staff
• Craft 128 ingredients with the Blender
• Defeat 2 Tunnel Bears
• Get 12 Hard Waxes
• Get 8 Micro-Converters
• Get 4 Glues

To get Duped Ability Tokens, wait for the Science Bear to say that his device is glitching in chat (happens every 10 minutes). This announcement will tell you which field is currently corrupted, and that's where you'll find these tokens.

Once you've done all of the above, you'll need to return to Science Bear to receive the Glitched Drive!

Step 5. Return to Robo Bear

With all of the drives done, all that's left to do now is to return to Robo Bear and finalize the repairs. From this point onwards, you will now have access to varying activities that can give you Drives.

How to Get Drives (After the Quest)

Once you've repaired Robo Bear, you will now have various methods to actually get Drives, as the first set is only relevant for the quest chain. When that is done, here are the ways you can get more:

Method #1. Buying From Robo Bear

Robo Bear's shop sells every type of drive at varying prices. Here is a table with all the prices, as well as what they do in Robo Bear's Challenge (we'll cover this next):

Method #2. Doing the Robo Bear Challenge

The Robo Bear Challenge is a timed activity where you have to complete a randomized set of quests before the timer runs out.

Completion of each round gives you varying rewards, including Cogs (can be used to buy Drives) and even colored Drives. It's worth noting that you have to spend Cogs in Robo Bear's shop before the challenge ends, as they disappear after.

Whenever you finish a challenge run (even with just 2 rounds), there is a small chance that you get 1-2 White, Red, or Blue Drives. It's not the most reliable way compared to using Cogs, but it's better than nothing.

How to Get Glitched Drives (20-Round Minimum)

It's worth noting that Glitched Drives can only be acquired if you complete at least 10 rounds of Robo Bear's Challenge, and this is not a 100% drop.

At Round 20, you're guaranteed to get at least 1 Glitched Drive upon completion of the challenge. At Round 25, there is a small chance for a second one on top of that.