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Cave Spider

Mobs & entity

The Cave Spider is a hostile mob that spawns naturally in the Sulfur Caves. It attacks players on sight, so it is a threat to anyone exploring that biome.

Players defeat Cave Spiders to collect the String and Spider Eyes they drop. A spawn egg also exists, which allows players to place one directly into the world.

Contents (7)
  1. Animations
  2. Stats
  3. Advancements
  4. History
  5. Registry entry
  6. Related items
  7. See also

Animations

4 of these were recorded inside the running game, so the movement is the animation Mojang shipped rather than an imitation of it. Transparent background, free to download.

Cave Spider, walking
WalkingDownload
Cave Spider, running
RunningDownload
Cave Spider, idle
IdleDownload
Cave Spider, taking damage
Taking damageDownload
Cave Spider, death
DeathDownload

Stats

Mojang publishes these numbers in the Bedrock behaviour pack (bedrock-samples); the Java edition keeps them in code, not in any data file. Most values match across editions, but not all — treat them as the Bedrock figures.

Health points12
Movement speed0.3
Hitbox size0.7 blocks wide, 0.5 blocks tall
Mob typecavespider, monster, arthropod, mob

Advancements

Advancements whose own criteria name this entry. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w50a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w50a (12 December 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

Registry entry

Identifierminecraft:cave_spider
Registryminecraft:entity_type

See also