Spider

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

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.

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

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

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:

• 👁 Image
  Speed (40% chance)
• 👁 Image
  Strength (20% chance)
• 👁 Image
  Regeneration (20% chance)
• 👁 Image
  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.

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 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.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

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

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 towards 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.

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

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

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

• Spiders are able to climb walls because they are 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]
• Despite being animals in real life, spiders are considered monsters.

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

• 👁 A spider
  
  A spider
• 👁 A spider spawning on a single block
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  A spider jockey
• 👁 Spiders are one of the most visible mobs at night due to their glowing red eyes.
  
  Spiders are one of the most visible mobs at night due to their glowing red eyes.
• 👁 Spiders climbing.
  
  Spiders climbing.
• 👁 A view of a spider from below
  
  A view of a spider from below
• 👁 Spider shot by a skeleton
  
  Spider shot by a skeleton
• 👁 A spider and its monster spawner in a monster room
  
  A spider and its monster spawner in a monster room
• 👁 A spider in a 1.5×1.5 space
  
  A spider in a 1.5×1.5 space
• 👁 A spider's vision when spectating it
  
  A spider's vision when spectating it
• 👁 The bottom of a canyon through a spider's eyes
  
  The bottom of a canyon through a spider's eyes
• 👁 Spiders can even climb soul sand.
  
  Spiders can even climb soul sand.
• 👁 A spider climbing a wall
  
  A spider climbing a wall
• 👁 A spider jockey spawning with skeleton's head in the glass
  
  A spider jockey spawning with skeleton's head in the glass
• 👁 A spider with Invisibility during the night
  
  A spider with Invisibility during the night
• 👁 Another spider with Invisibility during the night
  
  Another spider with Invisibility during the night

• 👁 Spider texture file
  
  Spider texture file
• 👁 Spider eyes texture file
  
  Spider eyes texture file
• 👁 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)
  
  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)

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