Extractor

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The Extractor is what allows the Zerg Swarm to mine the Vespene gas which is needed for production of their more advanced units.

Contents 1 Starcraft II 1.1 Background 2 Starcraft I 2.1 Background 3 Gallery

Starcraft II

Background

The Extractor is an armored-biological-structure built over a Vespene Geyser to allow harvesting of Vespene Gas.

In StarCraft II, each Mineral Field has now two Vespene Geyser to increase the amount of Vespene Gas extracted simultaneously from both geysers. Players may set two groups of Drone units to extract Vespene Gas faster than in Starcraft I.

The mineral cost to morph a Drone into an Extractor structure is far cheaper than in the original game, too.

Advanced Zerg units and structures require an Extractor to obtain the Vespene Gas needed to morph a Larva or a Drone.

StarCraft II Building [e]
Extractor
Race:	Zerg, Tier 1
Role:	Mining
Unit Statistics
Size:	Unknown
Type:	Structure, Biological
Slots:	N/A
Hit Points:	500
Plasma Shields:	N/A
Energy Points:	N/A
Offence
Armament:	N/A
Ground Attack:	N/A
Air Attack:	N/A
Range:	0
Defence
Armor:	1
Sight:	Unknown
Cooldown:	N/A
Special Abilities
None
Production
Hotkey:	E
Supply:	Template:Unknown SC1 +0
Resources:	25 0
Build Time:	30
Produced by:	Drone
Prerequisite:	None
Builds
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Starcraft I

Background

Gallery

• General StarCraft II Shots
  • In-game Shots
  • Concept Art
  • Unit Models

Extractor model.

Extractor closeup.

Extractor wireframe.

Zerg Units (StarCraft II) [e]
(i) = Infested (z) = Zerg-evolution (g) = Swarm Guardian spawn
Ground Units:	Hive Queen | Larva | Drone | Zergling | Baneling (z) | Roach | Hydralisk | Lurker (z) | Nydus Worm | Infestor | Ultralisk
Air Units:	Overlord | Overseer (z) | Mutalisk | Swarm Guardian (z) | Corruptor |
Additional Units:	Broodling (g) | Infested Terran (i) | Infested Protoss (i) | Egg (z) | Lurker egg (z) | Cocoon (z)
Basic Buildings:	Hatchery | Extractor | Creep Tumor | Spawning Pool | Spine Crawler | Roach Den | Baneling Nest | Evolution Chamber | Spore Crawler
Advanced Buildings:	Lair | Hydralisk Den | Deep Warren | Spire | Nydus Network | Hive | Greater Spire | Infestor Pit | Ultralisk Cavern
Cancelled Units:	Shrieker (z)
Cancelled Buildings:	Sunken Colony | Spore Colony | Swarm Clutch

Zerg Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e]
(q) = Queen-infested (z) = Zerg-evolution
Ground Units:	Larva | Drone | Zergling | Hydralisk | Lurker | Defiler | Ultralisk
Air Units:	Overlord | Scourge | Mutalisk | Guardian | Devourer | Queen
Additional Units:	Broodling (q) | Infested Terran (q) | Egg (z) | Lurker egg (z) | Cocoon (z)
Basic Buildings:	Hatchery | Extractor | Evolution Chamber | Spawning Pool | Creep Colony | Spore Colony | Sunken Colony | Hydralisk Den
Advanced Buildings:	Lair | Hive | Spire | Greater Spire | Queen's Nest | Nydus Canal | Defiler Mound | Ultralisk Cavern | Infested Command Center (q)
Hero ground units:	Torrasque (ult) | Matriarch (qu) | Infested Kerrigan (it) | Unclean One (def) | Hunter Killer (hyd) | Devouring One (zlng) | Infested Duran (unk)
Hero air units:	Kukulza (mut, grd) | Yggdrasill (ovl)
(ult) = Ultralisk -- (qu) = Queen -- (it) = Infested Terran -- (def) = Defiler -- (hyd) = Hydralisk -- (zlng) = Zergling -- (unk) = Unknown -- (mut) = Mutalisk -- (grd) = Guardian -- (ovl) = Overlord