How to Breed and Command Minions as a Female Broodmother

Selecting the female spider provides a larger, tougher combat body equipped to spawn and lead spider minions for your colony.

Laying and Hatching Egg Sacs

Adult female spiders possess the exclusive Broodmother active ability to breed an army of helpers.

1. Molt by hunting poisoned prey until your female spider reaches adulthood.

2. Trigger the Broodmother ability to lay egg sacs within your territory.

3. Position your egg sacs strategically. Broodmother egg sacs hatch unique spider helpers based directly on the surrounding light level or the dimension they are laid in. Experiment with brightly lit areas, total darkness, or alternate dimensions to yield different minion varieties.

Leading Your Spider Swarm

Wild spiders naturally defend you in combat and refuse to attack you first, allowing you to combine them with your hatched brood.

1. Surround your hatchery with Silken Cobweb blocks. These blocks trap enemy mobs while allowing your allied spiders and minions to walk through freely.

2. Swarm trapped enemies. Thanks to Arachnid Nature, you deal bonus damage against foes trapped in silk blocks and possess complete poison immunity, preventing you from being harmed by friendly venom.