Missions
Do you have what it takes to lead the Swarm to ultimate victory? In StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, you must help Sarah Kerrigan fight her way through a vast single-player campaign that will take you to some of the most dangerous worlds of the Koprulu sector. You will face cunning enemies, harsh environments, and challenges that will push your skills on the battlefield to their limit.
Read on to get a sneak peek at some of the missions in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
Char

Even though Raynor’s Raiders and prince Valerian’s forces were able to neutralize the Queen of Blades and cripple the Swarm, a vast number of zerg hives still remain on Char. Without the Queen of Blades' unifying presence, some zerg queens have begun to take control of individual zerg broods.

Kerrigan returns to Char determined to reunite the Swarm under her control. Before her defeat, the Queen of Blades hid caches of eggs on the planet; gathering these eggs and returning them to the spawning pools to hatch will allow Kerrigan to quickly grow her numbers. There is, of course, a catch: one of the rogue queens is collecting Kerrigan’s unhatched eggs as well and spawning them as her own. The only way to ensure Kerrigan’s victory is to hatch as many eggs as possible and to use superior numbers to subdue the rogue queen.

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Kaldir

The zerg are able to infest almost any world they encounter, a testament to their amazing ability to adapt to the universe's most extreme environments. The planet Kaldir is one such environment. Its extreme cold and frequent flash freezes make this one of the most inhospitable worlds in the Koprulu sector... which is exactly what sparked the Queen of Blades’ interest in Kaldir. Hoping to make the Swarm stronger by evolving a way to deal with extreme cold, she sent a brood to infest Kaldir. However, the brood never reunited with the Swarm.

On Kaldir, Kerrigan’s objective is twofold: learn to adapt to the withering cold, and discover what happened to the lost brood. Before long, you will learn the brood's fate... and when you do, the cold of Kaldir will be the least of your worries.

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Macgyver #619
Macgyver
09/02/2012
Shame this will be before D3, but still, looking forward to it!
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dadopornano #112
dadopornano
08/02/2012
be serious guys, do you really think that blizzard will launch diablo and starcraft at the same time losing a lot of money? or launching one at the time , taking 100% of the income and then launch the other and taking again 100%? unfortunately, is it said that diablo will be launched first becouse is more waited than starcraft so i think the game will be released November , December this year.
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CHROMEHOUND #202
CHROMEHOUND
27/03/2012
@dadopornano: They wont lose money if they release both at the same time, just means ppl will buy one before the other, Im gona get it for sure evern if D3 have been release as i get it free with Annual pass :)
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Necromaster #253
Necromaster
04/05/2012
@dadopornano: that is just bull!@#$ they wont lose money on that if your a real diablo player then you go for diablo 3 if your a real SC2 player you go for HOTS so easy is that there are enough ppl who play SC and not Diablo and the other way around
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Fabricator #843
Fabricator
03/07/2012
@Necromaster: Actually no, its financially logical, you release D3 in may, like they have done, then most likely come out with MoP near the end of 2012, similarly to how they released Cataclysm. Then early 2013 they bring out the beta for HotS a few month before a release around the time D3 was the previous year. That way they have the maximum chance to have people who enjoy all the games to purchase it after allowing enough time to have the content of the previous products to be played. If they released it all at once you'd divide the income and have players split which would hurt business because they would be competing with themselves and while they wouldn't be losing out to competitors they'd make much much less than if it was spaced out over several months.
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Illídan #120
Illídan
07/02/2012
it would be cool if blizzard made starcraft but you play like on CoD. that would be awesome!
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Afterburner #122
Afterburner
16/01/2012
Release Date is for around April
Since Sc2 took 3 years to make, and this will take a few months...Trust me....it isn't gonna be a long campaign
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Korfax #147
Korfax
22/01/2012
@Afterburner: It took 3 years to make SC2 because they started from scratch, now they just have to make some new units and change some of the gameplay, that's why it only takes about a year. I have heard that they have delayed it to sometime in August.
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FalconPawnch #891
FalconPawnch
30/01/2012
@Afterburner: 3 years for the whole game, yes. they didn't spent 3 years doing the campaign.
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Necromaster #253
Necromaster
04/05/2012
@Afterburner: its not released yet and it may so i think its between August and October
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ArkkAngel #899
ArkkAngel
16/01/2012
this looks fun, but i havent reach "saturantion" with wings of liberty yet :)). the best game ever.
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@ArkkAngel:

Me too I haven't reached the saturation point with WoL yet..... nevermind the dealy with HoTS.... anyway I am more keen to have D3 before HoTS.
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Matix #229
Matix
11/01/2012
WTB COLLECTORS EDITION ANNOUNCE PLS
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CrapySoft #319
CrapySoft
10/01/2012
So no one knows when the relise date is??
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JohnnyR #503
JohnnyR
10/01/2012
What is it going to be ? What will be included ? Are these additional campaigns ?
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CrapySoft #319
CrapySoft
10/01/2012
@JohnnyR: yea a new campain new units and a some more stuffs
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TSAshadoW #934
TSAshadoW
08/01/2012
heart of the swarm must be intresting and very good game but i have a question from my frieds:look i bought starcraft 2 original for multiplayer and i wanna know when heart of the swarm come i can play with this code and wings of liberty or not i need to buy a new one?look i bought starcraft NA and its already not helpfull for me i am in iran and in iran dont play starcraft 2 us i wanna know who is in this forrum wanna starcraft 2 na?i can send him very easy and it is already free for my friend....i dont tell you lie believe me i say you true trost me if you want you can see it if every body wanna this account plz email me this is my email: ali_danger7573@yahoo.com send me...but i give you this account if you answer my question if you answer true i'll give you FREE......!!!!hurry up its your turn
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Object #538
Object
03/01/2012
Is there going to be another campain after that one... campain with the protoss maybe?
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Korrex #626
Korrex
07/01/2012
@capitane: Legacy of the Void will be the last in the Starcraft 2 Trilogy
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@Korrex:
After that Starcraft 3: Quadrology

The Queen of Heart
The People's Hero
Another Day, Another Life
The Sun Rising from the West
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Hoods #777
Hoods
02/01/2012
Jim saved Kerrigan but she did not side with Jim, she is trying to rebuild the Swarm again.
She is not the Queen of Blades atlest :P
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remote #796
remote
01/01/2012
wait, in starcraft 2 wings of liberty you kill zergs, and here you ARE zerg? awesome twist
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Mike #1778
Mike
02/01/2012
@remote: I quess you haven't played SC1...
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CrapySoft #319
CrapySoft
10/01/2012
@remote: yea in sc1 you play as all teams
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Afterburner #122
Afterburner
16/01/2012
@remote: DUDE AFTER HOTS, LOTV IS COMING OUT Legacy of the Void, You play protoss and you can upgrade... looking forward to it? =P Btw, is this your 1st time gonna play zerg....?
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CcLaW #237
CcLaW
31/12/2011
for the sworm
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Spock #733
Spock
21/12/2011
I didnt understand, did jim save kerrigan or not? Is she returining back?
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Raka #316
Raka
24/12/2011
@Spock: you should really play out the campaign with Raynor. If you would have, you wouldn't be posing such questions...
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RunciS #998
RunciS
17/12/2011
need more forces, but its cool!
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LIQUIDDOER #338
LIQUIDDOER
08/12/2011
good and cool
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Ozzy #978
Ozzy
29/11/2011
Cool very Cool
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Kilo #201
Kilo
20/11/2011
warning zerg swarm incoming only chance for survival: pull back any forces in area
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OmegaWarrior #538
OmegaWarrior
23/11/2011
@Kilo: Alternatively do this:
1.- mass marine marauder medivac
2.- reseach stim, combat shield and conc shells
3.- engage battle
4.- micro
5.- WIN
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SMASHER #899
SMASHER
09/12/2011
@OmegaWarrior: he was not reffered at 10 hidras and 20 lings and few mutas. HE REFFERED AT THE ENTIRE SWARM : UNLIMITEZ ZERGLINGS ,1000 HIDRAS ,700 ROACHES ,200 ULTRALISKS ,1000 MUTAS AND BROOD LORDS ! and more ;D
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Wolf #1710
Wolf
15/12/2011
@SMASHER: then do this 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 marines on stim + 100000000000000000000000000 medivacs 1000000000000000000000000000000000 BC's with yam cannon and 100000000000000000000000000000 thor's and BTW the swarm is x100000000000000000000000 the ammout the said xD
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Afterburner #122
Afterburner
16/01/2012
@Wolf: You guys are forgetting about Supply! ^_^
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@Wolf:

Mine one %!*! is enuf :)
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simon #1471
simon
16/11/2011
JA SE TESIM
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MrCaptainOdd #138
MrCaptainOdd
22/10/2011
get*
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MrCaptainOdd #138
MrCaptainOdd
22/10/2011
cool new game i hope i fet it soon^^