Spider
The Spider has 16 HP (8 ♥) and deals 2 damage on Normal difficulty (2 on Easy, 3 on Hard). It drops String, Spider Eye, gives 5 XP and spawns in Badlands, Beach, Birch Forest. Everything below comes from the Java 26.3 game files.
Spider stats
Game data- HP
- 16
- Movement speed
- 0.3
- Follow range
- 16 blocks
- Size (width × height)
- 1.4 × 0.9 blocks
- XP when killed
- 5
- Immune to fire
- No
Damage by difficulty
| Difficulty | Damage | Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 2 | |
| Normal | 2 | |
| Hard | 3 |  |
A melee hit on a player with no armor. Easy = half + 1 (never more than Normal), Hard = 1.5× — the game's own formula.
What does the Spider drop?
CalculatedExact chance per kill, with the Looting levels side by side. Rare drops need the kill to come from a player.
| Item | Chance | Looting 1 | Looting 2 | Looting 3 | Count | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 String | 66.7% | 83.3% | 91.7% | 94.4% | 1–5 | 1 |
 Spider Eye | 33.3% | 50% | 66.7% | 77.8% | 1–4 | 0.33 |
XP and player-only drops need the player to have hit the mob within the last 5 seconds. Armor and weapons a mob spawned with drop separately (8.5% per item, +1% per Looting level).
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Where does the Spider spawn?
Game dataMonster light rules: Overworld block light 0 and light ≤ random 0–7; Nether light ≤ 7; needs spawnable block below
Badlands
Beach
Birch Forest
Cherry Grove
Dappled Forest
Dark Forest
Desert
Eroded Badlands
Flower Forest
Forest
Frozen Peaks
Grove
Ice Spikes
Jagged Peaks
Lush Caves
Meadow
Old Growth Birch Forest
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Pale Garden
Plains
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Snowy Beach
Snowy Plains
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
Sparse Jungle
Stony Peaks
Stony Shore
Sunflower Plains
Taiga
Windswept Forest
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Hills
Windswept Savanna
Wooded Badlands
Frozen River
Mangrove Swamp
Swamp
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Ocean
Frozen Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Ocean
Warm Ocean
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Dripstone Caves
RiverAlso spawns in
Share is the mob's slice of its group's spawn attempts in that biome (weight ÷ total weight).
Spider behaviour
Game dataHostile in darkness; in bright light only fights back when hit
Attacks
- Melee: leaps at target — 2 damage
Immune to
- Poison
- Cobweb slowdown
Weaknesses
- Bane of Arthropods (+2.5/level)
Good to know
- Climbs walls
- 1% spawn as spider jockey (skeleton rider)
- Hard: chance (10% × regional multiplier) of Speed, Strength, Regeneration or Invisibility
- Avoids unscared armadillos within 6 blocks
Advancements with the Spider
Monster Hunter
Kill any hostile monster
Monsters Hunted
Kill one of every hostile monster
Spider ID and summon command
The entity ID is minecraft:spider. Spawn egg: Spider Spawn Egg.
/summon minecraft:spider ~ ~ ~Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this
The Spider is a hostile mob with 16 health that hits for 2 on Normal. It's one of the most widespread mobs, spawning in 53 biomes. Killing it drops String, Spider Eye. Each kill gives 5 XP.
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Spider FAQ (Java 26.3)
How much health does the Spider have?
The Spider has 16 health points, which is 8 hearts, and 0 armor.
How much damage does the Spider do?
Its melee attack deals 2 damage on Easy, 2 on Normal and 3 on Hard, before your armor.
What does the Spider drop?
String (66.7%), Spider Eye (33.3%) (chance per kill without Looting), plus 5 XP.
Where does the Spider spawn?
It spawns naturally in 53 biomes, most often in Badlands, Beach, Birch Forest.