The Queen Wasp can only be encountered in Mystic Ruins. However, a single Queen Wasp can also be fought in Central City, should the player choose to complete the side mission "Queen of the Swarm". in this mission, a great number of Wasp Swarms are on the rooftops, and a young man asks Sonic and his team to defeat the Queen Wasp and all of the wasps will go away. The Queen Wasps' basic attack is stabbing their opponents with their stinger. Their POW moves are Evade (かいひこうどう Kai hikou dō?) and Poison Quill (ポイズンニードル Poizun'nīdoru?, lit. "Poison Needle"), which can inflict Poison.