Spider Eye

Spider Eye

Rarity tier	Common
Consumption time	32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Hunger	2 ()
Saturation	3.2 ()
Saturation boost‌[JE only]	Heals: 2.133HP × 1.0665 Duration: 1.067 seconds
Status effects	Poison (0:05)
Always consumable	No
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

A spider eye is a food item obtained from spiders and witches that is poisonous to players, but can be safely fed to armadillos for breeding. It is also a brewing ingredient for potions of Poison, and can be fermented for further brewing uses.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Spider[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
	Cave Spider[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
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	21.98%	0.43	0–12	23.98%	0.57	0–15	24.64%	0.71

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Spider[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
	Cave Spider[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
	Witch	0–6	4964⁄27783	2⁄7	0–9	48845⁄222264	3⁄7	0–12	426371⁄1778112	4⁄7	0–15	1478609⁄6001128	5⁄7

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Spider[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)
	Cave Spider[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)
	Witch	0	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	173419⁄222264 (78.02%)	1351741⁄1778112 (76.02%)	4522519⁄6001128 (75.36%)
		1	86⁄1029 (8.36%)	2993⁄37044 (8.08%)	3923⁄65856 (5.96%)	26329⁄666792 (3.95%)
		2	800⁄9261 (8.64%)	3095⁄37044 (8.35%)	2285⁄28224 (8.10%)	33251⁄500094 (6.65%)
		3	157⁄27783 (0.57%)	10211⁄222264 (4.59%)	3145⁄49392 (6.37%)	17023⁄250047 (6.81%)
		4	1⁄343 (0.29%)	52⁄9261 (0.56%)	311⁄12096 (2.57%)	87337⁄2000376 (4.37%)
		5	1⁄9261 (0.01%)	1⁄343 (0.29%)	115⁄21952 (0.52%)	12239⁄666792 (1.84%)
		6	1⁄27783 (0.00%)	185⁄222264 (0.08%)	2729⁄889056 (0.31%)	28289⁄6001128 (0.47%)
		7	0	1⁄12348 (0.01%)	235⁄197568 (0.12%)	2113⁄666792 (0.32%)
		8	0	1⁄37044 (0.00%)	19⁄65856 (0.03%)	1063⁄666792 (0.16%)
		9	0	1⁄222264 (0.00%)	1⁄16464 (0.01%)	3539⁄6001128 (0.06%)
		10	0	0	13⁄592704 (0.00%)	113⁄666792 (0.02%)
		11	0	0	1⁄197568 (0.00%)	103⁄2000376 (0.01%)
		12	0	0	1⁄1778112 (0.00%)	11⁄500094 (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	1⁄142884 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	1⁄666792 (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	1⁄6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	2⁄7 (0.29)	3⁄7 (0.43)	4⁄7 (0.57)	5⁄7 (0.71)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Spider[A]	3.00	1.20	0.75	0.55
	Cave Spider[A]	3.00	1.20	0.75	0.55
	Witch	3.50	2.33	1.75	1.40

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Spider[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
	Cave Spider[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
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	17.87%	0.38	0–12	17.87%	0.48	0–15	17.87%	0.57

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Spider[A]	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–2	1⁄2	3⁄4	0–3	1⁄2	1	0–4	1⁄2	5⁄4
	Cave Spider[A]	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–2	1⁄2	3⁄4	0–3	1⁄2	1	0–4	1⁄2	5⁄4
	Witch	0–6	4964⁄27783	2⁄7	0–9	4964⁄27783	8⁄21	0–12	4964⁄27783	10⁄21	0–15	4964⁄27783	4⁄7

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Spider[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)
	Cave Spider[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)
	Witch	0	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)
		1	86⁄1029 (8.36%)	43⁄1029 (4.18%)	43⁄2058 (2.09%)	43⁄3087 (1.39%)
		2	800⁄9261 (8.64%)	223⁄2646 (8.43%)	4657⁄74088 (6.29%)	997⁄23814 (4.19%)
		3	157⁄27783 (0.57%)	9913⁄222264 (4.46%)	113329⁄1778112 (6.37%)	337177⁄6001128 (5.62%)
		4	1⁄343 (0.29%)	157⁄37044 (0.42%)	4649⁄197568 (2.35%)	1369⁄31752 (4.31%)
		5	1⁄9261 (0.01%)	71⁄24696 (0.29%)	523⁄148176 (0.35%)	4651⁄285768 (1.63%)
		6	1⁄27783 (0.00%)	22⁄27783 (0.08%)	397⁄148176 (0.27%)	157⁄55566 (0.28%)
		7	0	5⁄74088 (0.01%)	37⁄32928 (0.11%)	4751⁄2000376 (0.24%)
		8	0	1⁄37044 (0.00%)	73⁄296352 (0.02%)	919⁄666792 (0.14%)
		9	0	1⁄222264 (0.00%)	1⁄21168 (0.00%)	1583⁄3000564 (0.05%)
		10	0	0	1⁄49392 (0.00%)	29⁄222264 (0.01%)
		11	0	0	1⁄197568 (0.00%)	71⁄2000376 (0.00%)
		12	0	0	1⁄1778112 (0.00%)	1⁄55566 (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	13⁄2000376 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	1⁄666792 (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	1⁄6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	2⁄7 (0.29)	8⁄21 (0.38)	10⁄21 (0.48)	4⁄7 (0.57)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Spider[A]	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80
	Cave Spider[A]	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80
	Witch	3.50	2.62	2.10	1.75

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Spider Eye	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1–3	27.1% { "item": "Spider Eye", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.27118891094046904, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

Food

When eaten, a spider eye restores 2 () hunger points and 3.2 saturation points, giving a nourishment value of 1.6. It also applies a Poison effect lasting 5 seconds to the player, causing 4HP damage, which reduces hunger/saturation by 6 points.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Fermented Spider Eye	Brown Mushroom + Sugar + Spider Eye

Brewing ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Mundane Potion	Spider Eye + Water Bottle
Potion of Poison	Spider Eye + Awkward Potion

Breeding

Spider eyes can be used to breed adult armadillos and to speed up the growth of baby armadillos. Armadillos that are not rolled up also follow a player who is holding spider eyes.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Spider Eye	spider_eye	Item	item.minecraft.spider_eye

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Spider Eye	spider_eye	278	Item	item.spider_eye.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 17​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/18​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Freezing Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Oozing Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/35​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Freezing Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored 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.
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	Eat each of these 40 foods: Apple Baked Potato Beetroot Beetroot Soup Bread Carrot Chorus Fruit Cooked Chicken Cooked Cod Cooked Mutton Cooked Porkchop Cooked Rabbit Cooked Salmon Cookie Dried Kelp Enchanted Golden Apple Glow Berries Golden Apple Golden Carrot Honey Bottle Melon Slice Mushroom Stew Poisonous Potato Potato Pufferfish Pumpkin Pie Rabbit Stew Raw Beef Raw Chicken Raw Cod Raw Mutton Raw Porkchop Raw Rabbit Raw Salmon Rotten Flesh Spider Eye Steak Suspicious Stew Sweet Berries Tropical Fish Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Added spider eyes.
							Spider eyes can be used to craft fermented spider eyes.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Spider eyes can now be brewed in a water bottle to create a mundane potion, or in an awkward potion to create a potion of Poison.
1.4.2			12w38b				Spider eyes can now be dropped by witches.
1.9			15w44a				Spider eyes can now be found in desert pyramid chests.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of spider eyes has been changed.
1.20.5			23w51a				Spider eyes can now be used to breed armadillos.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added spider eyes.
							Spider eyes can be used to craft fermented spider eyes and for brewing.
v0.13.0			build 1				Spider eyes can now be found in desert pyramid chests.
v0.14.0			build 1				Spider eyes can now dropped by witches.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of spider eyes has been changed.
1.20.60 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.60.23				Spider eyes can now be used to breed armadillos.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added spider eyes.
							Spider eyes can be used to craft fermented spider eyes.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added witches, which have a chance to drop spider eyes.
			1.90				The texture of spider eyes has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added spider eyes.

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

In other media

• 
  A spider eye as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
• 
  A LEGO Minecraft spider eye

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Spider Eye" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 1, 2019.