Cave spider
s cave spider 
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| Difficulty | 3 |
| Attacks |
Bite 1d2 |
| Base level | 1 |
| Base experience | 8 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 3 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 50 |
| Nutritional value | 50 |
| Size | Tiny |
| Resistances | Poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
Poison (7%) |
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A cave spider:
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| Reference | monst.c#line844 |
A cave spider, s, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. They are tiny oviparous spiders with a bite attack and the ability to hide under items in order to catch you by surprise. Cave spiders have poison resistance.
Eating the corpse or tin of a cave spider has a 7% chance of conveying intrinsic poison resistance.
Generation
Cave spiders are always generated hostile, and often appear in groups. Like all spiders, cave spiders that are randomly generated on level creation will have a random item placed on their square.[1]
Strategy
While cave spiders are not particularly dangerous for the first hiding monsters you will likely encounter, their AC that can make hitting them slightly difficult. Due to the spider's hiding habits, a thrown projectile causes them to "stick" in place often, allowing you to freely pick them off or even escape if the situation warrants it. This can also be put to use in some treasure zoos, where a hiding cave spider can block the door and hem in the other monsters; you can then attack them from range at your leisure, e.g. with a polearm or lance.
Encyclopedia entry
- See the encyclopedia entry for spider.
