Minecraft:Cave Spider

Template:ForTemplate:Infobox entity 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:spawners in various Minecraft:structures, or they can spawn naturally in Minecraft:sulfur cavesTemplate:Upcoming.

Spawning

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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,Template:Until the other being the Minecraft:breeze.

Monster spawners

Cave spiders spawn from Minecraft:monster spawners in Minecraft:mineshafts at a Minecraft:light level of 0. These monster spawners are surrounded by Minecraft:cobwebs in corridors.

Trial spawners

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

Spider jockeys

Template:Main Template:Exclusive There is a 1% chance for a cave spider to spawn with a Minecraft:skeleton riding it, forming a 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

On death

• Template:Xp when killed by a Minecraft:player or tamed Minecraft:wolf.

Behavior

Cave spiders inherit their behavior from Minecraft:spiders:

• They are neutral if under daylight or in Minecraft:light levels of 12 or above, otherwise hostile toward players and Minecraft:iron golems. Once they become hostile, light does not affect them.
• They attack by leaping and biting.
• They are unaffected by Minecraft:cobwebs and Minecraft:Poison.
• They are scared of Minecraft:armadillos.

They have some distinctions from regular spiders:

• They can fit through a space that is one Minecraft:block wide and Template:Frac block tall.
• They can go through the spaces between two different types of (unconnected) Minecraft:fences.
• They cannot spawn with Minecraft:status effects in Hard difficulty.Template:Only
• They flip 90° upon death.Template:Only<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Being Minecraft:arthropods, they are weak against weapons with the Minecraft:Bane of Arthropods enchantment.

Unlike other neutral mobs, cave spiders don't count towards the Template:Cd tag.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</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 Template:EffectLink upon attacking.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> On Normal difficulty, the Poison lasts for 7 seconds and causes Template:Hp damage. On Hard difficulty, it lasts for 15 seconds and causes Template:Hp. Poison damage is not taken when the Minecraft:player's health is at Template:Hp.

Jockey

File:Baby Zombie Riding Cave Spider.png

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

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

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

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

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

• A cave spider.
  A cave spider.
• A cave spider and its Minecraft:monster spawner.
  A cave spider and its Minecraft:monster spawner.
• The Minecraft:health bar turns yellow-green when bitten by a cave spider.
  The Minecraft:health bar turns yellow-green when bitten by a cave spider.
• Size comparison between a cave spider and a regular Minecraft:spider.
  Size comparison between a cave spider and a regular Minecraft:spider.
• Picture of cave spider going through a 1×1×0.5 Minecraft:block.
  Picture of cave spider going through a 1×1×0.5 Minecraft:block.
• Four cave spider monster spawners generated in close proximity.
  Four cave spider monster spawners generated in close proximity.
• Cave spider monster spawner enclosed in an area, able to be safely killed.
  Cave spider monster spawner enclosed in an area, able to be safely killed.
• Another cave spider farm generated in a Minecraft:mineshaft.
  Another cave spider farm generated in a Minecraft:mineshaft.
• A group of cave spiders trying to swim after the Minecraft:player in a mineshaft.
  A group of cave spiders trying to swim after the Minecraft:player in a mineshaft.
• A cave spider Template:In before Minecraft:TU9, having the same size as a regular spider.
  A cave spider Template:In before Minecraft:TU9, having the same size as a regular spider.

Textures

• Cave spider texture file.
  Cave spider texture file.
• Spider eyes texture file.
  Spider eyes texture file.

In other media

• Minecraft:Lego Minecraft Cave Spider.
  Minecraft:Lego Minecraft Cave Spider.
• Cave spider plush made by JINX.
  Cave spider plush made by JINX.
• "Spider Cave," an official T-Shirt design.
  "Spider Cave," an official T-Shirt design.
• A Cave Spider, as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
  A Cave Spider, as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
• A Cave Spider, as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Story Mode.
  A Cave Spider, as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Story Mode.

External links

• Meet the Cave Spider – Minecraft.net on September 5, 2017