Spider Nest

Spider Nests are mini-biomes located in the cavern layer. They feature distinct black background walls and there are numerous Cobwebs filling the area. The Cobwebs rapidly grow back, which is a unique feature of the biome. Spider Nests can rarely contain Web Covered Chests, which they may generate with during world creation. The bound Stylist NPC can spawn here.

Contents

Characters

In pre-Hardmode:

• Wall Creeper
• Webbed Stylist(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)

In Hardmode:

• Black Recluse

Unique Treasures

• Web Slinger

Unique Drops

From Black Recluses:

• Poison Staff
• Spider Fang(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)

Through plundering:

• Web Covered Chest

Notes

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Cobwebs in a Spider Nest as seen while using a Dangersense Potion.

• The spider- and Cobweb-spawning properties of the biome are a result of the special wall tile present. Removing all the wall tiles with a hammer will effectively remove the biome.
  • Another unique property of the background wall type is the reduced chance of dropping Cobwebs. Instead of every Cobweb destroyed dropping one Cobweb item, only 1/4th (25%) of Cobwebs in front of this background wall will drop a Cobweb item.

Achievement

Jeepers Creepers • “Stumble into a spider cavern in the underground.”

Enter your first underground Spider Nest. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Explorer

Tips

• The Dangersense Potion can be useful in locating Spider Nests, because the Cobwebs inside sparkle in a unique pattern.
• Creating three-block-high diagonal tunnels into a Spider Nest using a hammer to slope the floor and ceiling will prohibit spiders from exiting (or entering, if they spawn outside), but not the player. This can be a good tactic to trap and easily kill spiders. Similarly, spiders can not fit into two-block-wide vertical tunnels and can be used the same way.

Trivia

• The biome features unique background objects, such as a human corpse covered in webs.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.2.3: The Stylist NPC can now be found within Spider Nests.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.