Black Ant Eggs missing?

[Zeradus]

I have tried the search and just find more posts like mine where people are having issues finding black ant eggs. Under the shed are red ant eggs, I have mapped out the entire black ant hill and found zero black ant eggs, I have even tried starting a different save and still have found zero black ant eggs. Did they bork it after this latest update again? I remember this being an issue before but they fixed it in a previous patch, now it seems like the bug has re-emerged.

Just to be clear, I'm very familiar with how to get ant eggs to spawn. The issue is that they weren't spawning on my saves no matter what. This used to be an issue in earlier versions of the game and it was patched but in the latest update the issue has reared it's ugly head again for me.

[Ensign Toby]

Black Ant Eggs "should" be in the Black Ant Hill (in Egg Chamber, or near Workers/Nurses).
After the 1.4 Update, the Egg Chamber should be located fairly near their Queen.

Also, if the Black (or "any" color) Ant Population has reached "maximum" (including the ants near the shed porch for Black Ants), their Eggs will NOT spawn any more.

This is important, because most people don't re-visit those Black Ant areas frequently after they have completed the story elements in/near that Ant Hill. This allows the ants to freely increase their population back to "maximum" fairly quickly.

So, go on a rampage (especially near the shed, as ants accumulate there) and commit a few (or many :P) atrocities on the Black Ant Population, SLEEP (important!), then revisit their Ant Hill. If your genocide was successful, you should begin to see their eggs again (in 1-3 days).

Note: The larger the atrocities, the more eggs are generated to replenish their population. So, Kill a Bunch = Moar Eggs for you.

[happygiggi]

Build stuffed black ant. The loot luck buff allow to loot eggs from killing black ants.

[Zeradus]

Originally posted by happygiggi:

Build stuffed black ant. The loot luck buff allow to loot eggs from killing black ants.

Didn't realize that, thank you. As for everyone else, I know you're trying to be helpful but the eggs literally weren't spawning in their normal locations no matter what. I committed antocide, checked everywhere that they are supposed to spawn normally, and yet none were spawning. This is a bug that happened before that I never had an issue with after being patched in an earlier update until this new update released.

[Ensign Toby]

Well, lucky Stuffed Black Ants also work, however...

I just "accidentally" pickup up 8 Black Ant Eggs in the Queen's Chamber.
They were delicious BTW.

[Zeradus]

Originally posted by Ensign Toby:

Well, lucky Stuffed Black Ants also work, however...

I just "accidentally" pickup up 8 Black Ant Eggs in the Queen's Chamber.
They were delicious BTW.

There were no eggs in there for me, just the piles that you can collect stuff from if you befriend her.

[Guardian Storm]

There were no eggs in there for me, just the piles that you can collect stuff from if you befriend her.

Those actually spawn a ton of black ant eggs if you befriend her & they respawn pretty fast as well.