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{{For||Spider (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox entity
| invimage = Cave Spider Spawn Egg
| health = {{hp|12}}
| behavior = Neutral (if light level 12 or above)<br>Hostile (if light level 11 or below)
| mobtype = {{EntityLink|Monster}}<br>{{EntityLink|Arthropod}}
| damage = '''Melee:''' <br>
Easy: {{hp|2}}<br>Normal: {{hp|2|poisoned=1}}<br>Hard: {{hp|3|poisoned=1}}<br>
<hr>
'''[[File:Poison.png|16px]] Venom:'''<br>{{hp|1|poisoned=1}} per 1.25 seconds<br>Normal: {{EffectLink|Poison}} for 7 seconds ({{hp|6|poisoned=1|notag=1}})<br>Hard: {{EffectLink|Poison}} for 15 seconds ({{hp|12|poisoned=1|notag=1}})
| size = Height: 0.5 blocks<br>Width: 0.7 blocks
| speed = 0.3
| spawn =
* {{EnvLink|Mineshaft}}: from [[Minecraft:monster spawner]]s.
* {{EnvLink|Trial Chambers}}: from [[Minecraft:trial spawner]]s.
* {{BiomeLink|Sulfur Caves}}{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}
}}
A '''cave spider''' is a smaller [[Minecraft:spider]] variant that behaves similarly, but has less health and inflicts [[Minecraft:Poison]] with its attacks. They are only spawned by [[Minecraft:spawner]]s in various [[Minecraft:structure]]s, or they can spawn naturally in [[Minecraft:sulfur caves]]{{upcoming|Chaos Cubed}}.

== Spawning ==
[[File:SpiderSizeComparison.png|thumb|right|Size of a cave spider (left) compared to a regular spider (right).]]
The cave spider is one of the only two mobs in the game to spawn exclusively from spawners,{{until|Chaos Cubed}} the other being the [[Minecraft:breeze]].

=== Monster spawners ===
Cave spiders spawn from [[Minecraft:monster spawner]]s in [[Minecraft:mineshaft]]s at a [[Minecraft:light]] level of 0. These monster spawners are surrounded by [[Minecraft:cobweb]]s in corridors.

=== Trial spawners ===
Cave spiders have a 25% chance to be selected as the "small melee" mob for [[Minecraft:trial spawner]]s in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]].

=== Spider jockeys ===
{{Main|Spider Jockey}}
{{exclusive|bedrock|section=1}}
There is a 1% chance for a cave spider to spawn with a [[Minecraft:skeleton]] riding it, forming a [[Minecraft:Spider Jockey|cave spider jockey]]. The skeleton has an 80% chance to be replaced by a [[Minecraft:stray]], [[Minecraft:bogged]], [[Minecraft:parched]], or [[Minecraft:wither skeleton]] in the biomes where they spawn. Similar to regular spiders, the skeleton controls how both mobs move. Cave spider jockeys can fit through smaller gaps than spider jockeys.

== Drops ==
{{See also|Tutorial:Cave Spider farming}}
=== On death ===
{{DropTable
|{{DropLine|name=String|quantity=0-2|lootingquantity=0-1}}
|{{DropLine|name=Spider Eye|edition=java|notes=player|quantity=-1-1|lootingquantity=0-1}}
|{{DropLine|name=Spider Eye|edition=bedrock|notes=player|quantity=0-1|lootingquantity=0-1}}
}}
* {{xp|5}} when killed by a [[Minecraft:player]] or tamed [[Minecraft:wolf]].

== Behavior ==
Cave spiders inherit their behavior from [[Minecraft:spider]]s:
* They are neutral if under daylight or in [[Minecraft:light]] levels of 12 or above, otherwise hostile toward players and [[Minecraft:iron golem]]s. Once they become hostile, light does not affect them.
* They attack by leaping and biting.
* They are unaffected by [[Minecraft:cobweb]]s and [[Minecraft:Poison]].
* They are scared of [[Minecraft:armadillo]]s.

They have some distinctions from regular spiders:
* They can fit through a space that is one [[Minecraft:block]] wide and {{frac|1|2}} block tall.
* They can go through the spaces between two different types of (unconnected) [[Minecraft:fence]]s.
* They cannot spawn with [[Minecraft:status effect]]s in Hard difficulty.{{Only|Java}}
* They flip 90° upon death.{{Only|Bedrock}}<ref>{{bug|MCPE-41417|||Won't Fix}}</ref>

Being [[Minecraft:arthropod]]s, they are weak against weapons with the [[Minecraft:Bane of Arthropods]] enchantment.

Unlike other neutral mobs, cave spiders don't count towards the {{cd|AngryAt}} tag.<ref>{{Bug|MC-256289||AngryAt tag is not used by certain neutral mobs, causing them to forget their target upon reloading game}}</ref><ref>{{Bug|MC-195278||If the "universalAnger" is set to true, certain neutral mobs don't fight back when you attack them}}</ref><ref>{{Bug|MC-187857||New neutral mob behaviour improvements were not implemented for llamas, dolphins, and spiders in the daylight}}</ref>

The red eyes of cave spiders are emissive with [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], making them easily distinguishable in the dark caves where they spawn.

=== Poison ===
On Normal or Hard [[Minecraft:difficulty]], cave spiders inflict {{EffectLink|Poison}} upon attacking.<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|109527533149630465|Your health hearts turn yellowish|September 2, 2011}}</ref> On Normal difficulty, the Poison lasts for 7 seconds and causes {{hp|6|poisoned=1}} damage. On Hard difficulty, it lasts for 15 seconds and causes {{hp|12|poisoned=1}}. Poison damage is not taken when the [[Minecraft:player]]'s health is at {{hp|1}}.

=== Jockey ===
{{Exclusive|bedrock|section=1}}
[[File:Baby Zombie Riding Cave Spider.png|thumb|width=165x165|A cave spider ridden by a baby zombie]]
15% of nearby baby [[Minecraft:zombies]], [[Minecraft:husks]], or [[Minecraft:drowned]] may ride a cave spider that was not spawned as a spider jockey, to form a [[Minecraft:jockey]].

== Sounds ==
{{JE}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = java
| {{SoundLine
| sound =Spider idle1.ogg
|sound2=Spider idle2.ogg
|sound3=Spider idle3.ogg
|sound4=Spider idle4.ogg
|subtitle=Spider hisses <ref group=sound name=LousyEvents>The cave spider reuses all of the spider's sound events instead of having its own, resulting in these somewhat unintuitive subtitles - see {{bug|MC-98316}}</ref>
|source=hostile
|description=Randomly
|id=entity.spider.ambient|idnote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.spider.ambient|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Spider death.ogg
|subtitle=Spider dies <ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|source=hostile
|description=When a cave spider dies
|id=entity.spider.death|idnote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.spider.death|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Spider idle1.ogg
|sound2=Spider idle2.ogg
|sound3=Spider idle3.ogg
|sound4=Spider idle4.ogg
|subtitle=Spider hurts <ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|source=hostile
|description=When a cave spider is damaged
|id=entity.spider.hurt|idnote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.spider.hurt|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Spider step1.ogg
|sound2=Spider step2.ogg
|sound3=Spider step3.ogg
|sound4=Spider step4.ogg
|subtitle=Footsteps
|source=hostile
|description=While a cave spider is walking
|id=entity.spider.step|idnote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|translationkey=subtitles.generic.block.footsteps
|volume=0.15
|pitch=1.0
| distance = 16
}}
}}

{{BE}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = bedrock
| {{SoundLine
| sound =Spider idle1.ogg
|sound2=Spider idle2.ogg
|sound3=Spider idle3.ogg
|sound4=Spider idle4.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=Randomly
|id=mob.spider.say
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Spider death.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=When a cave spider dies
|id=mob.spider.death
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
| {{SoundLine
|type=bedrock
|sound=Spider idle1.ogg
|sound2=Spider idle2.ogg
|sound3=Spider idle3.ogg
|sound4=Spider idle4.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=When a cave spider is damaged
|id=mob.spider.say
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Spider step1.ogg
|sound2=Spider step2.ogg
|sound3=Spider step3.ogg
|sound4=Spider step4.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=While a cave spider is walking
|id=mob.spider.step
|volume=0.35
| pitch = 0.9-1.1
}}
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Cave Spider
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=cave_spider
|showentitytags=y
|entitytags=arthropod, no_anger_from_wind_charge, sensitive_to_bane_of_arthropods
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Cave Spider
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=cave_spider
|showentityfamily=y
|entityfamily=arthropod,cavespider,mob,monster
|id=40
|foot=1}}

=== Entity data ===
Cave spiders have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
<section begin="entity data"/><div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound}} Entity data
** {{nbt inherit/entity}}
** {{nbt inherit/mob}}
</div><section end="entity data"/>

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Monster Hunter;It Spreads}}

Achievements that apply to all mobs:
{{collapse|content={{load achievements|Overkill;Over-Overkill;Mob Kabob}}
}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Monster Hunter;Monsters Hunted;It Spreads}}

Advancements that apply to all mobs:
{{collapse|content={{load advancements|Take Aim;Arbalistic;A Throwaway Joke;Adventure;Over-Overkill;Mob Kabob}}
}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|[[File:Cave Spider JE1 BE1.png|48px]] Added cave spiders.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Cave spiders now drop 0-1 [[Minecraft:spider eye]] when killed by a [[Minecraft:player]] or tamed [[Minecraft:wolf]].
|The cave spider's health points have been reduced from {{hp|20}} to {{hp|12}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Cave spiders are now immune to the [[Minecraft:Poison]] status effect.
|Cave spiders are now considered [[Minecraft:arthropod]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w06a|Cave spiders now swim extremely fast with the [[Minecraft:water]] stream toward the [[Minecraft:player]], but seem to be almost not moving against the water stream.
|Cave spiders can now climb [[Minecraft:ice]] blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=1.7|Cave spiders no longer attack after being provoked by players in [[Minecraft:Creative]] mode.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Cave spiders no longer draw a line of sight through opaque [[Minecraft:block]]s.
|Cave spiders have been given the new AI that regular [[Minecraft:spider]]s have received.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w11a|Cave spiders now run away from [[Minecraft:creeper]]s that are about to explode.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=unknown|The cave spider's venom is no longer neutralized by [[Minecraft:splash potion]]s of weakness, which may or may not be a bug.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.1|dev=pre1|Cave spiders no longer run away from creepers that are about to explode.}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 16, 2017|link={{tweet|JasperBoerstra|919922884063256576}}|[[File:Cave Spider.png|48px]] [[Minecraft:Jasper Boerstra]] tweets an image of an updated cave spider texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Cave Spider JE2 BE2.png|48px]] The texture of cave spiders has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w10a|[[Minecraft:Firework]] damage now provokes cave spiders.<ref>{{bug|MC-111498||Fireworks and water bottles damage don't make neutral mobs angry or hostile|Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w11a|[[File:Cave Spider JE3 BE3.png|48px]] Fixed texture mapping of cave spiders.<ref>{{bug|MC-127885|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|exp=Update 1.21|dev=23w45a|Cave spiders now spawn in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]] behind the "[[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21|Update 1.21]]" [[Minecraft:experimental]] [[Minecraft:data pack]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|dev=24w03a|Cave spiders are now scared of [[Minecraft:armadillo]]s when not in a rolled up state.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.5|exp=Update 1.21|dev=24w04a|Cave spiders no longer retaliate against attacks from the [[Minecraft:breeze]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap1|Added the [[Minecraft:sulfur caves]], which can naturally spawn cave spiders.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.11.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Cave Spider JE1 BE1.png|48px]] Added cave spiders with their [[Minecraft:jockey]] variant.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Cave spiders now have a walking [[Minecraft:sound]].
|Cave spiders can now spawn with [[Minecraft:wither skeleton]]s riding them when spawning as a [[Minecraft:spider jockey]] in [[Minecraft:the Nether]].
|Cave spiders now drop [[Minecraft:spider eye]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Cave spiders can now be ridden by baby [[Minecraft:zombie]]s and baby [[Minecraft:zombie villager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|dev=build 1|Cave spiders can now spawn with [[Minecraft:stray]]s riding them when spawning as a [[Minecraft:spider jockey]] in snowy [[Minecraft:biome]]s with a view of the [[Minecraft:sky]].
|Cave spiders can now be ridden by baby [[Minecraft:husk]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|The cave spider's Poison time from attack has been changed to be based on [[Minecraft:difficulty]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Cave Spider JE2 BE2.png|48px]] The texture of cave spiders has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.0|dev=Preview 1.19.0.21|[[File:Cave Spider JE3 BE3.png|48px]] Fixed texture mapping of cave spiders.<ref>{{bug|MC-127885|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.60|exp=Update 1.21|dev=Preview 1.20.60.20|Cave spiders now spawn in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]] behind the "[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.21.0|Update 1.21]]" [[Minecraft:experimental]] toggle.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.70|exp=Armadillo and Wolf Armor|dev=Preview 1.20.70.20|Cave spiders now flee from [[Minecraft:armadillos]] that are not rolled up.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.70|exp=Update 1.21|dev=Preview 1.20.70.21|Cave spiders no longer retaliate against attacks from [[Minecraft:breeze]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.130|dev=Preview 1.21.130.26|Baby [[Minecraft:zombie villagers]] can no longer mount cave spiders.}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.0|dev=Preview 26.0.27|Baby [[Minecraft:drowned]] can now search for cave spiders to mount.|Due to a bug, baby husks can no longer mount cave spiders.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-234690}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.10|dev=Preview 26.10.24|Baby husks can once again mount cave spiders.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Cave Spider JE1 BE1.png|48px]] Added cave spiders. They are as large as regular spiders.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU9|The size of cave spiders has been corrected.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU12|Cave spiders now swim extremely fast with the [[Minecraft:water]] stream toward the [[Minecraft:player]], but seem to be almost motionless against the water stream.
|Cave spiders can now climb [[Minecraft:ice]] blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Cave Spider JE2 BE2.png|48px]] The texture of cave spiders has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Cave Spider JE1 BE1.png|48px]] Added cave spiders.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
==== ''Java Edition'' ====
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w32a|The cave spider's [[Minecraft:entity]] ID has been changed from {{cd|CaveSpider}} to {{cd|cave_spider}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.{{info needed|what was this entity's numeric ID?}}}}
}}

==== ''Bedrock Edition'' ====
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|The cave spider's [[Minecraft:entity]] ID has been changed from {{cd|cavespider}} to {{cd|cave_spider}}.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* While a cave spider's hitbox is only 13.9% the volume of a normal spider's, its model's volume is 34.3% as large. The shadow is even larger: compared to the normal spider's shadow it has an area of 49%.

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Cavespider 1.8.png|A cave spider.
Cave Spider Cave.png|A cave spider and its [[Minecraft:monster spawner]].
Yellowhbar.png|The [[Minecraft:health]] bar turns yellow-green when bitten by a cave spider.
Spiders.png|Size comparison between a cave spider and a regular [[Minecraft:spider]].
Cave spider crawl through slab.png|Picture of cave spider going through a 1×1×0.5 [[Minecraft:block]].
4xCaveSpiderSpawner.png|Four cave spider monster spawners generated in close proximity.
Cavespiderleveler.png|Cave spider monster spawner enclosed in an area, able to be safely killed.
Cave spider farming.png|Another cave spider farm generated in a [[Minecraft:mineshaft]].
Cave Spider Mineshaft.jpg|A group of cave spiders trying to swim after the [[Minecraft:player]] in a mineshaft.
LCE large cave spider.png|A cave spider {{in|xbox 360}} before [[Minecraft:TU9]], having the same size as a regular spider.
</gallery>

=== Textures ===
<gallery class="pixel-image">
Cave Spider (texture).png|Cave spider texture file.
Spider (eyes texture) JE1 BE1.png|Spider eyes texture file.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
LEGO Cave Spider.jpg|[[Minecraft:Lego Minecraft]] Cave Spider.
Cave Spider Plush JINX.jpg|Cave spider plush made by JINX.
Spider Cave Shirt.png|"Spider Cave," an official T-Shirt design.
Cave Spider (Dungeons).png|A [[Minecraft:MCD:Cave Spider|Cave Spider]], as it appears in [[Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons]].
Cave Spider (Story Mode).png|A [[Minecraft:MCSM:Cave Spider|Cave Spider]], as it appears in [[Minecraft:Minecraft Story Mode]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/meet-cave-spider Meet the Cave Spider] – Minecraft.net on September 5, 2017

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