| Minecraft Spider | |||
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| General information | |||
| Universe | Minecraft | ||
| Classification | Dioriginaranus hexoculus | ||
| Species type | Spider | ||
| Homeworld | Overworld | ||
| Intelligence | Non-sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based lifeform | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Reproduction | Sexual | ||
| Locomotion | Normal: Crawling about on six legs | ||
| Feeding behavior | Liquivorous | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Cultural information | |||
| Personality | Predator | ||
| Organization | Solitary | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | Earth | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | ||
| Subkingdom | Eumetazoa | ||
| Infrakingdom | Bilateria | ||
| Superphylum | Ecdysozoa | ||
| Phylum | Arthropoda | ||
| Subphylum | Chelicerata | ||
| Class | Arachnida | ||
| Order | Araneae | ||
| Family | Cubiaranidae (Cuboid spiders) | ||
| Genus | Dioriginaranus (Cuboid spiders with two points of origin of the legs) | ||
| Species | D. hexoculus | ||
| Other information | |||
| Status | Data Deficient | ||
Spiders in Minecraft
Minecraft Spiders (Dioriginaranus hexoculus) are common hostile mobs that spawn at night. They move faster than other hostile mobs and make creepy noises as they move. Spiders will attack any players nearby after dark. They can see through all blocks, making them especially dangerous. Spiders can climb walls and fit through small spaces most mobs can't.
During the day, spiders will ignore players unless provoked. Sometimes skeletons ride on spiders to create spider jockeys. Spiders may also spawn with random potion effects on Hard difficulty.
Fighting Strategies
Spiders can be tricky to battle at night since their dark color blends into shadows. Use bows and arrows to attack from a distance. Melee weapons work too but require getting very close. Try hitting spiders from below or trapping them behind fences and slabs they can't climb over.
Jumping and moving backward while hitting spiders can help avoid their leap attacks. Retreat if low on health and unable to kill the spider.
Spider Variants
Regular spiders spawn at light level 7 or lower. Cave spiders are smaller, poisonous, and blue. They spawn from spawners in abandoned mineshafts. Spider jockeys have a skeleton or wither skeleton riding spiders.
Fun Facts
Spiders take fall damage from clumsy climbing. Their eyes glow red in darkness. Baby spiders sound different than adults. Spider jockeys can spawn spiders with invisibility effects. Spiders used to be a different shade of brown. Their model floats above the ground. Catgory:Dioriginaranus