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Tier List

Gifting Priority

Which event bees should you gift first? This tier list ranks them by impact on your progression.

What is Gifting?

Gifting a bee transforms it into a "Gifted" version with enhanced stats and a special hive bonus. Star Treats guarantee gifting, while favorite treats have a small chance. Prioritize the bees below for maximum value from your Star Treats.

Primary Gifting Order

Standard recommendation for most players

S

Top

1
🐝

Tabby Bee

Largest core stat boost

Largest core stat boost

2
🐝

Photon Bee

Base bonuses

Base bonuses

A

High

3
🐝

Bear Bee

Overall stats

Overall stats

4
🐝

Gummy Bee

Production bonuses

Production bonuses

B

Good

5
🐝

Cobalt Bee

Blue faction core

Blue faction core

6
🐝

Festive Bee

Event bonuses

Event bonuses

C

OK

7
🐝

Vicious Bee

Reduces mob respawn time

Reduces mob respawn time

8
🐝

Puppy Bee

Support stats

Support stats

Alternative Strategy

Some players prefer this order for faster material farming and SSA progress. Consider this if you're focused on these goals.

1
🐝

Vicious Bee

Reduces mob respawn time, faster material farming

Reduces mob respawn time, faster material farming

2
🐝

Tabby Bee

Core stat boost

Core stat boost

3
🐝

Buoyant Bee

Fast SSA progress

Fast SSA progress

4
🐝

Bear Bee / Cobalt Bee

Overall stats

Overall stats

Key Points

🏆 Why Tabby Bee First?

Tabby Bee provides the largest core stat boost of any event bee. The Tabby Love buff is multiplicative and increases with tabby stacks.

⚔️ Why Vicious Bee?

Gifted Vicious Bee significantly reduces mob respawn time, dramatically speeding up material farming which benefits all other progression.

💎 Star Egg Strategy

Save Star Eggs until you have all Common/Rare/Epic/Legendary gifted bees. This guarantees a gifted Mythic bee from each Star Egg.

📊 SSA Progress

You need 40 unique gifted bee types for SSA. 6 event bees + all Legendary and below = 35/40. The remaining 5 come from Mythics.