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Black Widow Spider

Black Widow Spider

Black widow spiders are dark-colored variants of spider capable of shooting webs, serving as obstacles and then as mounts in Minecraft Mini-Series.

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Contents (7)
  1. Appearance
  2. Behavior
  3. Power and Abilities
  4. Appearances
  5. Quotes
  6. Trivia
  7. Gallery
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Black Widow Spider
Black Widow Spider.jpg: Infobox image for Minecraft species 'Black Widow Spider'
Status Extant
Designation Non-sapient
Habitat File:MSSprite arena-island.pngArena Island
Prey Humans
First appearance Halloween Mash-up
Latest appearance The Finale

Black widow spiders are dark-colored variants of spider capable of shooting webs, serving as obstacles and then as mounts in Minecraft Mini-Series.

Appearance

The Black Widow Spider looks like a normal spider, but has 3 yellow eyes on its face, the rest on the top of its head, a red symbol on its abdomen, and blue pedipalps.

Behavior

Black Widow spiders are usually hostile to humans, and attack them by jumping on walls and shooting webs; however, Durango was able to tame them, although this was never explained in the series.

Power and Abilities

Black Widow Spider, unlike their counterparts from the original game, can jump and have a wall-climbing animation similar to spiders from Minecraft: Story Mode. Also, the Black Widow Spider can shoot webs and can be ridden.

Appearances

Quotes

A brand new type of spider: one that doesn't just spin webs, but flings them!

— CommuniKate describing black widow spiders

Trivia

  • The spider web shoot ability in Minecraft Dungeons was first seen in the Black Widow Spider in the Minecraft Mini-Series.
  • ”Black widow” is the common name for multiple species of spider, generally in the genus Latrodectus. They are known for their potent venom which can cause a disease in humans called latrodectism.
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