Spider
| Health points |
16 |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Neutral |
| Attack strength |
Easy: 2 |
| Size |
Height: 0.9 Blocks |
| Spawn |
Light level of 7 or less, 3×3×2 space on solid blocks (spawns only on top of the central block). Top half of space may be occupied by transparent blocks (glass, etc.). |
| Common drops |
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| Uncommon drops |
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| Experience |
5 |
| Internal ID | |
| Namespaced ID |
spider |
This article is about regular spiders. For venomous dark-blue spiders found in mineshafts, see Cave Spider. For the Spider being ridden by a skeleton, see Spider Jockey.Spiders are common neutral mobs that have the unique ability to climb walls.
Contents
Spawning[edit]
Spiders spawn in the Overworld in 3×3×2 space on solid block(s) (they need only 1 solid block beneath) at a light level of 7 or less, in groups of 4. The top blocks can be transparent, but not solid.
In Bedrock Edition, leaves may spawn one spider provided that there are 3×3×2 spaces around it; therefore, forested biomes have a greater amount of spiders. Spiders never spawn in groups greater than 1.
Monster spawners[edit]
Spiders spawn from monster spawners found in 25% of dungeons. They also spawn from monster spawners found in rare hidden rooms surrounded by cobwebs in woodland mansions.
Status effects[edit]
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This feature is exclusive to Java Edition and Legacy Console Edition. |
On hard difficulty, spiders occasionally spawn with status effects. For each pack spawn, there is a (10×clamped regional difficulty)% chance of the game applying a status effect. If it decides to do so, then it selects the effect. The spider can spawn with following effects:
- Speed (40% chance)
- Strength (20% chance)
- Regeneration (20% chance)
- Invisibility (20% chance)
The effect is then applied to all entities within the pack for the maximum amount of time possible.
This does not apply to cave spiders.
Drops[edit]
- 0–2 String. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 string with Looting III.
- 5 experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
They have a 1⁄3 chance of dropping a spider eye when killed by a player or tamed wolf. The maximum amount of spider eyes is increased by 1 per level of Looting. The chance of a spider not dropping any spider eyes can be found using the formula 2 / (Looting Level + 3). For example, Looting III gives a 1⁄3 chance of not dropping any spider eyes. All other amounts have an equal chance of occurring.
Behavior[edit]
Spiders are hostile to the player and to iron golems as long as the light level immediately around them is 11 or less; otherwise, they do not attack unless attacked. Hostile spiders continue to chase the player even when exposed to well-lit locations. If a spider sustains damage from a source other than a direct attack from the player, such as falling, its hostility is reset.
Spiders can climb up over walls and other obstacles, but cannot climb signs, doors, fence posts, or overhangs. If a spider cannot find an ideal path to the player (when a player goes behind or on top of a wall), it approaches as close as it can to the player's position from the outside or below, and proceed to climb the wall vertically until it gets to the top, even if it loses its aggression toward the player. Additionally, when a spider loses its aggression on the player, it continues moving forward blindly for about two seconds. This behavior causes the spider to climb up any walls in its path. If a spider tries to go through the world border, it starts climbing the world border instead.
If shot from distance with an arrow when outside detection range, spiders turn and run in the direction from which the arrow was fired. If the player moves away, the spider continues following the same path unless the player enters detection range, in which case the spider changes direction and attacks.
Even though spiders do not inflict the Poison status effect, they are immune to it.
Spiders pounce on their targets at close range. A spider that is swimming in 1-block-deep water pounces on nearby enemies upon touching the submerged floor.
Spiders flip onto their backs when they die, unlike most mobs (which land on their sides).
If Invisibility status effect is applied to a spider, its eyes remain visible.
Spiders are immune to the slowing debuff applied to most mobs when walking through cobwebs.
Spiders, being arthropods, are weak against weapons with the Bane of Arthropods enchantment.
Variants[edit]
Spider jockeys[edit]
There is a 1% chance for a spider to spawn with a skeleton riding it, forming a spider jockey. In the Nether, a spider (spawned with a spawn egg, commands or spawners, since these do not naturally spawn there) has a 0.8% to spawn a wither skeleton on its back and form a wither jockey instead. In snowy biomes, a spider has a 0.8% to spawn a stray on its back and form a stray jockey instead. A spider jockey can also be spawned by the command /summon spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers: [{id:skeleton}]}.
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider hisses | entity.spider.ambient
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subtitles.entity.spider.ambient
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? | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Spider dies | entity.spider.death
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subtitles.entity.spider.death
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? | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Spider hurts | entity.spider.hurt
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subtitles.entity.spider.hurt
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? | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Footsteps | entity.spider.step
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subtitles.generic.block.footsteps
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? | ? | ? | 16 |
Data values[edit]
Spiders have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
Advancements[edit]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Internal ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Adventure, exploration, and combat | — | Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity. | minecraft:adventure/root |
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| Monster Hunter | Kill any hostile monster | Adventure | Kill one of these 25 mobs. Other mobs are ignored for this advancement. | minecraft:adventure/kill_a_mob |
| Monsters Hunted | Kill one of every hostile monster | Monster Hunter | Kill each of these 25 mobs. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for the advancement. | minecraft:adventure/kill_all_mobs |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
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| Java Edition Classic | |||||
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| October 23, 2009 |  Spiders were proposed in a blog post, where they would produce "web tiles". | ||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | Officially added spiders, the second mob added in Survival Test.
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| Spiders currently do not jump very far. | |||||
| Killing spiders gives the player 105 points. | |||||
| The eyes of spiders currently do not glow. | |||||
| 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST |  The texture of spiders has now been changed because of a suggestion from a user on the TIGSource forums[1]. | ||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| February 19, 2010 | Spiders now drop 0–2 string upon death. | ||||
| ? | The eyes on spiders now glow in the dark. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.17 | Added spider jockeys - skeletons spawned riding spiders. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 | Spiders have now been given the ability to climb vertical walls made of any block and could "see" the player through solid blocks to track them down (creepers previously had this ability before it was transferred to the spiders). | ||||
| 1.4 | Spiders no longer trample crops.[3] | ||||
| Spiders no longer make step sounds (or the step sounds are now much quieter).[2] | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | ? | Spiders now become aggressive toward the last mob or player that hit them. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w39a | Spiders have now been given a new walking sound. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | Spiders now have a chance of spawning with the Speed, Strength, Regeneration, or Invisibility status effects on Hard difficulty. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 1.7-pre | Spiders are now no longer provoked when attacked by the player in creative mode. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w06a | Spiders can now no longer see the player through blocks. | |||
| Spiders have now been updated to the new AI system, including AI specially made for spiders, allowing them to better take control of their climbing ability. | |||||
| 14w11a | Spiders now run away from creepers that are about to explode. | ||||
| 1.8.1 | pre1 | Spiders no longer run away from creepers that are about to explode. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w36a | Spiders can now draw lines of sight through blocks again. | |||
| 1.11 | 16w32a | The entity ID has now been changed from Spider to spider. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of spiders has now been changed. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.3.3 | Added spiders. | ||||
| 0.7.3 | The eyes on spiders now glow in the dark. | ||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Leaves now have a chance of spawning spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night. (version exclusive) | |||
| The spider's AI has now been updated. | |||||
| build 4 | The animation for spiders is now twice as fast. | ||||
| 0.9.2 | Spiders no longer draw a line of sight through solid blocks. | ||||
| 0.11.0 | build 1 | Added spider jockeys - skeletons spawned riding spiders. | |||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Spiders now drop spider eyes. | |||
| Spider spawn in nether have 1% chance to spawn as wither jockey. | |||||
| 0.14.0 | build 1 | Baby zombie jockeys now check for nearby spiders to mount prior to attacking the player, villagers, and golems. | |||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Baby husks can now mount spiders. | |||
| Spiders that spawn in snowy biomes in view of sky can now spawn as stray jockeys. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of spiders has now been changed. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added spiders. | |
| TU14 | 1.04 | Spiders now become aggressive toward the last mob or player that hit them. | |||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Spiders can now no longer see the player through blocks. | |
| Spiders have now been updated to the new AI system, including AI specially made for spiders, allowing them to better take control of their climbing ability. | |||||
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | The texture of spiders has now been changed. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Spider" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Spiders are the first insect and arthropod mobs to be added to the game.
Gallery[edit]
A spider.
Spiders are one of the most visible mobs at night due to their glowing red eyes.
Spiders climbing into each other.
A view of a spider from below.
Spider shot by skeleton.
A spider that spawned with the Swiftness potion effect
A spider that naturally spawned with an invisibility potion effect.
A spider in a 1.5×1.5 space.
A spider's vision when spectating it.
Spiders can even climb soul sand.
References[edit]
