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The downside is that all Monster Meat will be eaten quickly, so only Silk and Glands will be acquired using this method. This will result in a Spider "civil war", where non befriended Spiders will attack the previously befriended ones and result in a snowball effect. At Dusk when Spiders come out to roam - briefly equip the Spiderhat to recruit some Spiders and order them to attack one of the unaffected Spiders that is near a Den, then move out of their aggro range and uneqquip the hat to conserve its durability. For this to work all that is needed are 3-4 Spider Dens and a Spiderhat. The Spiderhat is a great tool for quickly farming large amounts of Silk and Spider Glands. In the Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked DLCs, the Spiderhat provides 20% water resistance during Rain. with a Straw Roll) when controlling Spiders, as the game will consider this "too dangerous". However, giving a hat to a Pig or Bunnyman has no effect on it or surrounding others of their kind.
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While wearing the Spiderhat, all Pigs and Bunnymen as well as following Smallish Tallbirds will see the player as an enemy and attack. They will become friendly again if the hat is reequipped. If the player takes the hat off, the following Spiders in range will become hostile. If the player attacks a Spider Den with the hat equipped, the Spiders that come out to defend the nest will instead start to follow the player, although this will not happen if the player is Webber. If the player attacks following Spiders, they will not become aggressive towards the player. The hat only lasts for 2 minutes (4 game hours), degrading while equipped.Įquipping the Spiderhat will make up to 10 nearby Spiders (except for those spawned by Queens) follow the player and fight for them, just like other followers (e.g. However, Spider Queens will see through this disguise and will attack the player regardless. This also works for all the Spiders in Caves, but they will not follow the player in or out of the caves. The Spiderhat is a hat item dropped by Spider Queens that allows the player to control Spiders.