Mother Spider

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"Mother Spider"
Details
Code name	MotherSpider
Behavior	Fearful to Aggressive (when a creature keeps on following it or in close proximity)
HP	1.1
Food Pips	6 6 3 1
Points	4
Regions : Chimney Canopy, Subterranean : Chimney Canopy : Chimney Canopy, Subterranean : Chimney Canopy : Chimney Canopy : Chimney Canopy, Looks to the Moon (region) : Undergrowth

Mother Spiders are a type of spider exclusive to Downpour. They are large, agile, and have a green coloration on the ends of their quills. When killed, they release several Coalescipedes from their body.

Appearance

Mother Spiders resemble large arachnids, being similar to Big Spiders and Spitter Spiders. They possess a swollen abdomen due to carrying their brood, and appear to have a head that juts out to one side. Their legs are long and slender, easily surpassing their body in height.

Tips

Combat

Mother Spiders, despite their low speed and strength, can dodge incoming ranged attacks by leaping above or ducking. However, they are unable to dodge in quick succession, so throwing an object such as Rubbish before striking it with a Spear is a viable strategy to defeat one.

When killed, the Mother Spider's abdomen releases a swarm of Coalescipedes and dull green particles. This swarm may target another creature rather than the Slugcat, giving an opportunity to escape.

Explosives can be used to kill Mother Spiders along with their Coalescipedes, although the timed fuse of Explosive Spears can allow Coalescipedes to escape before being killed.

Taming

Mother Spiders can be fed to Lizards to tame them, though this is highly dangerous due to the Coalescipede swarm that results after their death. Feeding them live is also heavily impractical, as it is only possible to pick one up if stunned.

Abilities & Behavior

Mother Spiders are reclusive and skittish, choosing to run from anything they deem a threat. They ignore Big Spiders, Spitter Spiders, and Coalescipedes. When a creature persistently follows Mother Spiders, they resort to lunging at them to stun them. Mother Spiders can lunge at, catch and kill Slugcat.

Dodge

Mother Spiders are able to leap or duck away from ranged attacks.

Relationships

Default relationship	Ignores (0)
Wants to eat	Lantern Mouse (0.8)  •   Blue Lizard (0.5)  •  Scavengers ( Scavenger Elite Scavenger Chieftain Scavenger) (0.45)  •   Slugcat (0.4)  •   Slugpup (0.4)  •   Centiwing (0.4)  •   Squidcada (0.4)  •   Noodlefly (Adult) (0.3)  •   Lizards (0.3)  •   Dropwig (0.25)  •   Centipede (Infant) (0.2)  •   Noodlefly (Infant) (0.15)  •   Centipedes (0.11)  •   Aquapede (0.11)  •   Hazer (0.1)  •   Vulture Grub (0.1)
Afraid of	Leviathan (1)  •   Vulture ( King Vulture) (1)  •   Miros Vulture (1)  •   Miros Bird (0.9)  •   Stowaway (0.9)  •   Red Centipede (0.8)  •   Monster Kelp (0.6)  •   Green Lizard (0.4)  •   Caramel Lizard (0.4)  •   Red Lizard (0.4)  •   Pole Plant (0.3)  •   Giant Jellyfish (0.2)

Note: They seem to not have a unique table and instead borrow the one from Big Spiders

Trivia

• The Mother Spider's behavior and unique ability bears close resemblance to a large number of real-life spiders, such as wolf spiders, who carry their spiderlings near or on their abdomens, typically in an egg sac underneath their abdomens and cephalothorax.
• Like Spitter Spiders, Mother Spiders are not killed by Flashbangs. The Coalescipedes also survive Flashbangs as long as they are on the Mother Spider's body.

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