(6) Getting inside the Hive nightclub Deus Ex: HR Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Map legend: 1 - Main entrance to the Hive nightclub; 2 - Ventilation shaft; 3 - Sewer grate.

The Hive can be found in the Kuaigan district, so this means you'll have to leave Youzhao district and get back to the area where you've started exploring Hengsha. Use the same passageway as before. Once you've reached Kuaigan district head over to the northern part of the second level. It shouldn't be a big problem to locate the club (screen above).

There are several ways to gain access to the nightclub. The most obvious choice is to purchase a membership card. You would have to approach the bouncer #1, initiate a conversation and confirm the purchase #2. The membership card is not cheap, because you would have to spend 1000 credits on it. As a result it's best to choose one of the alternative methods describe below.

Reward: 250 experience points.

You don't have to spend any money on the card, because you may as well attack the bouncer. If you're planning to use a weapon, then you should consider moving as far away from the entrance to the club as possible #1. Use a stun gun or something similar and make sure that you're not seen nor heard by anyone carrying a weapon, because otherwise you'll alarm Belltower soldiers and you'll probably have to get rid of them as well. A much better choice is to defeat the bouncer in melee combat #2, because he won't be allowed to fight back and there's a big chance that your actions won't alarm anyone. Check bouncer's body if you wish to in order to collect the membership card.

Reward: 250 experience points.

Map legend: 1 - Main entrance to the Hung Hua hotel (level 2); 2 - Entrance to the Hung Hua hotel located on the roof (level 3).

Another way to get inside the Hive club is to find a membership card. In order to do that you would have to travel to the Hung Hua hotel located in the southern section of the Kuaigan district. There are two entrances to this hotel - you can choose the main entrance located on the second level #1 or the roof entrance located on the third level #2 (this one is easier to find, because it's very close to the landing pad where you've started exploring Hengsha).

Use one of the available entrances and proceed towards the staircase located in the north-eastern part of the hotel. Use the stairs to get to level three and begin exploring this floor. You'll have to enter the first room starting from the left #1. The membership card can be found on a glass table #2. Pick it up and return to the Hive. You won't have to talk to the bouncer, because you'll be automatically allowed to enter the nightclub.

Reward: 250 experience points.

Another option to enter the Hive is to use the ventilation shaft. In this case you'll have to start by heading towards an alley located to the west of the main entrance to the nightclub #1. Move north and make a stop once you've reached a large fenced area #2.

Turn right and you should notice an entrance to a ventilation shaft #1. Consider placing a cardboard box beneath the vent cover if you're having difficulties reaching it. Enter the shaft and use it to get to the Hive #2. You'll be automatically transported to the club's public restroom.

Reward: 250 experience points.

The last possible option is to travel through the sewers. Doing this would allow you to reach Hive's basement and I'd recommend considering this path only if you're planning to skip the conversation with Tong Si Hung. The first step is to locate the entrance to the sewers and you'll have to go an alley located to the west of the nightclub #1. Proceed north, but turn left (west) as soon as you have a chance to do so #2. You'll soon reach a sewer grate. Interact with it and use the ladder to make your way to the sewers.

Start moving east as soon as you've entered the sewers #1, collecting a datapad along the way. Turn south and then east again. You'll soon find a tunnel filled with toxic gas #2 and you'll have to plan your next steps here.

If you've already unlocked an augmentation called Implanted Rebreather, then you can proceed forward, because the fumes won't hurt you in any way. Otherwise you'll have to get rid of them. In order to achieve this you must destroy a fragment of the wall to your right #1, however you need to have a Punch Through Wall augmentation. Look around after you've taken down a wall to find applications and then interact with a valve #2.

It doesn't really matter how you'll get through the toxic trap, because in both cases you'll get to a ladder located in the north-eastern part of the sewers #1. Use this ladder to find yourself standing in front of the door leading to Hive's basement #2.

Reward: 250 experience points.

Make sure to take cover behind the left wall after arriving in the basement, because there's a security camera to the west from here. Wait until the camera turns to your right and then start running towards it #1. Stop directly under the camera, wait for it to turn again and now move north #2.

It would be a good idea to check the area to your left along the way. There's an entrance to a new ventilation shaft here #1. Use it to make your way to a small room with a dead body. Examine the body to collect a datapad and also look around the room to find a valuable weapon mod #2.

Return to the main corridor and continue exploring the basement. You'll have to be very careful, because the northern part of the basement is being patrolled by a single guard #1. You can attack the guard from a large distance, neutralize him in melee combat #2 or try avoiding him (his move pattern is rather predictable).

Defeat or avoid the guard and use the stairs located to your right #1. Turn right for the second time and you should be able to reach a door leading to the main floor of the nightclub #2.