Spider

For other uses, see Spider (disambiguation).

Spider

Health points	16HP × 8
Behavior	Neutral
Mob type	Monster Arthropod
Attack strength	Easy: 2HP Normal: 2HP Hard: 3HP
Hitbox size	Height: 0.9 blocks Width: 1.4 blocks
Speed	0.3
Spawn	Light level of 0, 3×1×3 space centered on a solid block (spawns only on top of the central block), except in sulfur caves Monster Room: from monster spawners. Woodland Mansion: from monster spawners. Trial Chambers: from trial spawners.

A spider is a neutral wall-climbing arthropod (arachnid) that attacks players on sight in dark areas by jumping and biting them. Spiders drop string and spider eyes upon death.

Spawning

Spiders can spawn in the Overworld at a light level of 0 within a 3×1×3 space centered on an opaque block. In Java Edition, the block above the spawning space cannot be a full solid block, including transparent ones such as leaves or glass, but non-full blocks, such as soul sand or slabs, are allowed.^[1] Spiders do not spawn in mushroom fields and deep dark biomes, and they are replaced by cave spiders in sulfur caves. In Bedrock Edition, spiders also do not spawn in rivers, frozen rivers, and snowy plains and do not spawn in groups.

Spider spawns in:

Category: Monster	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Bamboo Jungle	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Grove	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Meadow	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Windswept Hills	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Snowy Beach	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Wooded Badlands	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Jungle	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Cherry Grove	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Eroded Badlands	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Flower Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Sparse Jungle	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Birch Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Stony Peaks	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Beach	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Taiga	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Lush Caves	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Stony Shore	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Dappled Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Snowy Taiga	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Windswept Gravelly Hills	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Pale Garden	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Badlands	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Old Growth Birch Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Dark Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Desert	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Windswept Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Swamp	100⁄516	19.38%	4	100	1
Mangrove Swamp	100⁄516	19.38%	4	100	1
Sunflower Plains	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Lukewarm Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Deep Cold Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Plains	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Ice Caves	100⁄520	19.23%	4	50	1
Savanna Plateau	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Deep Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Windswept Savanna	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Savanna	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Warm Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Cold Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Snowy Slopes	100⁄525	19.05%	4	100	1
Jagged Peaks	100⁄525	19.05%	4	100	1
Snowy Plains	100⁄530	18.87%	4	—	—
Old Growth Pine Taiga	100⁄540	18.52%	4	100	1
Ice Spikes	100⁄540	18.52%	4	100	1
Frozen Peaks	100⁄540	18.52%	4	100	1
Frozen River	100⁄541	18.48%	4	—	—
Frozen Ocean	100⁄545	18.35%	4	100	1
Deep Frozen Ocean	100⁄545	18.35%	4	100	1
Dripstone Caves	100⁄610	16.39%	4	100	1
River	100⁄615	16.26%	4	—	—

Monster spawners

Spiders spawn from monster spawners found in monster rooms (25% chance) as well as in secret rooms surrounded by cobwebs in woodland mansions.

Trial spawners

Spiders have a ¹⁄₃ chance to be selected as the "melee" mob for trial spawners in trial chambers.

Status effects

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Spiders occasionally spawn with status effects in Hard difficulty. For each pack spawn, there is a (10×clamped regional difficulty)% chance of the game applying a status effect. This does not apply to cave spiders. These spiders can spawn with one of the 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, lasting forever. If the Invisibility status effect is applied to a spider, its eyes remain visible.

Spider jockeys

There is a 1% chance for a spider to spawn with a skeleton riding it, forming a spider jockey. In Bedrock Edition, the skeleton has an 80% chance to be replaced by a stray, bogged, parched, or wither skeleton when in the biomes where they spawn. A spider jockey can also be spawned by the following commands:

• In Java Edition: /summon minecraft:spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:"minecraft:skeleton",equipment:{mainhand:{id:"minecraft:bow",count:1}}}]}.
• In Bedrock Edition: /summon spider ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ minecraft:entity_spawned_with_default_jockey. This command only works if it's nighttime, or if the executer is underground.

The skeleton controls how both mobs move. The spider can still climb walls, but the skeleton suffocates if the spider runs into a ceiling. The skeleton and the spider cannot damage each other. If they come into contact with water, they are separated.

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	String	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	83.33%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00	0–5	94.44%	2.50
	Spider Eye[A]	0–1	33.33%	0.33	0–2	66.67%	0.83	0–3	83.33%	1.33	0–4	88.89%	1.83

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	String	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	5⁄6	3⁄2	0–4	11⁄12	2	0–5	17⁄18	5⁄2
	Spider Eye[A]	0–1	1⁄3	1⁄3	0–2	2⁄3	5⁄6	0–3	5⁄6	4⁄3	0–4	8⁄9	11⁄6

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	String	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	3⁄2 (1.50)	2 (2.00)	5⁄2 (2.50)
	Spider Eye[A]	0	2⁄3 (66.67%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄9 (11.11%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	5⁄12 (41.67%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		2	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		3	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1⁄3 (0.33)	5⁄6 (0.83)	4⁄3 (1.33)	11⁄6 (1.83)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	String	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.50
	Spider Eye[A]	0.33	0.83	1.33	1.83

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	String	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00
	Spider Eye[A]	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	50.00%	0.75	0–3	50.00%	1.00	0–4	50.00%	1.25

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	String	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2
	Spider Eye[A]	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–2	1⁄2	3⁄4	0–3	1⁄2	1	0–4	1⁄2	5⁄4

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	String	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)
	Spider Eye[A]	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)
		1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		2	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	1⁄2 (0.50)	3⁄4 (0.75)	1 (1.00)	5⁄4 (1.25)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	String	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00
	Spider Eye[A]	0.50	0.75	1.00	1.25

5XP experience orbs are dropped by a spider when it is killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

A spider stays hostile toward the player or an iron golem as long as the light level immediately around the spider is 11 or less; otherwise, it does not attack unless attacked first. If a spider chases its target into an area where the light level immediately around the spider is above 11, it returns to a neutral state. However, spiders pursue targets regardless of the light level in retaliation to an attack. In Bedrock Edition, spiders become hostile to the player after a short while after noticing them, whereas in Java Edition they become hostile instantly.

Despite being hostile to iron golems in light below 12, villagers and wandering traders are ignored by spiders, regardless of light level. However, a spider can retaliate if a firework rocket set by a villager hits it.

Hostile spiders see up to 16 blocks, and pounce at close range.

Spiders can climb up over solid blocks that are not magma blocks‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}, but do not climb on underside surfaces. A spider pursuing a player can detect a player through blocks. If a spider cannot find an ideal path to the player due to a wall barring the way, it approaches as close as possible to the player's position and proceeds to climb the wall vertically until it gets to the top, even if it loses its aggression toward the player. When a spider loses its aggression, it continues moving forward blindly for 2 seconds; this behavior causes the spider to climb up any walls in its path.

Spiders flee from armadillos that are not in a rolled-up state.

In Java Edition, if a spider tries to go through the world border, it starts climbing the world border instead.

Spider can also climb on full boats, full boats with chests and shulkers.

Even though normal spiders do not inflict the Poison status effect, they are immune to it. They are also immune to the slowing applied to most mobs when walking through cobwebs.

Spiders flip onto their backs when they die, unlike most other mobs, which fall to one side.

The Bane of Arthropods enchantment inflicts Slowness IV and deals more damage to spiders.

When pathfinding, spiders often get stuck in corners and cannot be provoked.

Unlike other neutral mobs, spiders don't count toward the AngryAt tag.^[2][3][4]

The regular texture of spiders makes the red eyes appear bright in contrast to the dark body, but with Vibrant Visuals, the eyes are actually emissive, making them easily distinguishable in dark areas where they spawn.

Jockey

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

15% of nearby baby zombies, husks, or drowned may ride a spider that was not spawned as a spider jockey, to form a jockey.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Spider	spider	arthropod dismounts_underwater no_anger_from_wind_charge sensitive_to_bane_of_arthropods	entity.minecraft.spider

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Spider	spider	35	arthropod mob monster spider	entity.spider.name

Entity data

Spiders have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 41​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 41​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Development

October 23, 2009							Spiders were proposed in a blog post, where they would produce "web tiles".
Java Edition Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST/Development							Tested spiders.
							They had a different texture, which is brown instead of black.

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							Added spiders.
							The texture of spiders was changed from brown to black on October 23, 2009, at 23:45 UTC, roughly 28 minutes before the release of this version, because of a suggestion from a user on the TIGSource forums.[5]
							Spiders are the fifth mob added in Survival Test.
							Spiders currently cannot jump far.
							Killing spiders gives the player 10 points.
							The eyes of spiders currently do not glow.
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST							Spiders now give 105 points when killed.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Spiders and other mobs no longer spawn naturally.
			20100202				Spiders and other mobs now spawn naturally again. However, they are currently passive.
			20100204-2027				Spiders are now hostile again.
20100213							The eyes on spiders now glow in the dark.
							Spiders now don't attack the player in daylight unless provoked.
20100219							Spiders now drop 0–2 string upon death.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3							Added unique idle and hurt sounds for spiders. Previously, they had no idle sounds and used the hurt sound for players.
Java Edition Beta
1.2							Spiders have been given the ability to climb vertical walls made of any block and could "see" the player through solid blocks to track them down.
1.4							Spiders no longer trample crops.[6]
							Spiders now make quieter step sounds.[7]
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Spiders now drop 0-1 spider eye when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
							The health points of spiders have been reduced from 20HP × 10 to 16HP × 8.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Spiders are now immune to the Poison effect.
							Spiders are now considered arthropods.
1.3.1			?				Spiders now become aggressive toward the last mob or player that hit them.
1.4.2			12w39a				Spiders have 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				Spiders are no longer provoked when attacked by the player in creative mode.
1.8			14w06a				Spiders can no longer see the player through blocks.
							Spiders have 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.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of spiders has been changed.
							As a result of the spider texture change, the spiders that spawn with the Speed, Strength, or Regeneration status effects on Hard difficulty now have a different look.
1.16			20w10a				Firework damage now provokes spiders.[8]
1.19			22w11a				Fixed texture mapping of spiders.[9]
1.19.4			pre4				Natural potion effects on spiders now last infinitely long instead of about 3.3 years.[10]
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Spiders now spawn in trial chambers.
1.20.5			24w03a				Spiders are now scared of armadillos when not in a rolled up state.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w04a				No longer retaliates against attacks from the breeze.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.3							Added spiders.
							On Android mobile devices, the abdomen on spiders is sometimes missing.[11][12]
v0.7.3							The eyes on spiders now glow in the dark.
v0.8.0			build 1				Spiders now have abdomens on Android mobile devices.
			build 3				Spiders are a little faster.
v0.9.0			build 1				Leaves now have a chance of spawning spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night.
							The spider's AI has been updated.
			build 4				The animation for spiders is now twice as fast.
v0.9.2							Spiders no longer draw a line of sight through solid blocks.
v0.12.1			build 1				Spiders now drop spider eyes.
v0.15.0			build 1				Baby husks can now mount spiders.
Bedrock Edition
?							Spiders can now draw lines of sight through blocks again.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of spiders has been changed.
1.18.30			Preview 1.18.20.28				Spiders now deal 2HP damage on Normal difficulty instead of 3HP, matching Java Edition.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Fixed texture mapping of spiders.[13]
1.19.80			Preview 1.19.80.20				Spiders can no longer ride boats and boats with chests.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Spiders now spawn in trial chambers behind the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
1.20.70 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.70.20				Spiders now flee from armadillos that are not rolled up.
1.20.70 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.70.21				Spiders no longer retaliate against attacks from breezes.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.26				Baby zombie villagers can no longer mount spiders.
26.0			Preview 26.0.27				Baby drowned can now search for spiders to mount.
							Due to a bug, baby husks can no longer mount spiders.[14]
26.10			Preview 26.10.24				Baby husks can once again mount spiders.
26.30			Preview 26.30.29				Spiders no longer spawn in sulfur caves, being replaced by cave spiders.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added spiders.
TU14		1.04					Spiders now become aggressive toward the last mob or player that hit them.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Spiders now have a chance of spawning with the Speed, Strength, Regeneration, or Invisibility status effects on Hard difficulty.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Spiders can no longer see the player through blocks.
							Spiders have been updated to the new AI system, including AI specially made for spiders, allowing them to better take control of their climbing ability.
			1.90				The texture of spiders has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added spiders.

• 
  The original spider in 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST development; Notch made it black with red eyes before releasing that version.
• 
  A recreation of the original brown spider texture.
• 
  A spider during late alpha.
• 
  Image of a giant spider shared by Jeb.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Spider" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Spiders are able to climb walls because they were programmed by Jens Bergensten to treat the sides of blocks as ladders.^[15]
• In normal conditions, spiders actually float above the ground, but this is often not noticeable due to the difference between the player's height and a spider's height.
• When a spider wanders inside an enclosed space, it often climbs up a wall until reaching the ceiling, after which it becomes stuck, unable to exit the climbing state even if it is attacked or becomes hostile to the player.^[16]
• Daniel Rosenfeld revealed that the spider sounds were created by distorting garden hose sounds.^[17] Similarly, Daniel's downloads from Freesound reveal a leaking hydrant sound file, which matches the spider sounds, undistorted.^[18][19]

Gallery

Renders

• 
  A spider with the Speed effect
• 
  A spider with the Strength effect
• 
  A spider with the Regeneration effect
• 
  A spider with the Invisibility effect

Screenshots

• 
  A spider
• 
  A spider spawning on a single block
• 
  With the same amount of space given, these spiders can spawn under the bottom slabs, but not under the glass blocks, because glass is a full block, even though it is transparent, but slabs are not full blocks.
• 
  A spider jockey
• 
  Spiders are one of the most visible mobs at night due to their glowing red eyes.
• 
  Spiders climbing
• 
  A view of a spider from below
• 
  Spider shot by a skeleton
• 
  A spider and its monster spawner in a monster room
• 
  A spider in a 1.5×1.5 space
• 
  A spider's vision when spectating it
• 
  The bottom of a canyon through a spider's eyes
• 
  Spiders can even climb soul sand.
• 
  A spider climbing a wall
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  A spider jockey spawning with skeleton's head in the glass
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  A spider with Invisibility during the night
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  Another spider with Invisibility during the night

Textures

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  Spider texture file
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  Spider eyes texture file
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  A spider texture template showing red for the head, cyan for the legs, and yellow for the body, split into middle section (top) and abdomen (bottom)

In other media

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  Artwork of a spider
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  Spiders in promotional artwork for the second Caves & Cliffs update
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  A spider artwork
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  An artwork of a spider casting shadows
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  A render of a spider with six legs
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  A render of spiders in a near-isometric perspective
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  Kai fighting a spider, from the Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer
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  LEGO Minecraft spider
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  The spider plush made by JINX
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  The potato spider from 24w14potato
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  A spider, as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons
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  A spider, as it appears in Minecraft: Story Mode
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  A spider on fire, from How We Make Minecraft
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  Spider concept art for A Minecraft Movie
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  A spider as it appears in Dungeon Crawl!
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  Hot Wheels spider truck

References