How to Molt and Grow Your Spider Form

Unlike standard creatures that age automatically over time, playable spiders in this mod grow larger exclusively through molting. To trigger a molt, you must hunt prey and completely fill your Silk Essence meter.

Hunting and Poisoning Prey

Because spider legs cannot hold standard tools, swords, bows, or crossbows, you must rely on natural hunting abilities to secure kills.

1. Activate Spider Sense to locate potential prey. This passive skill highlights ground mobs through walls using distinct outline colors.

2. Ambush targets using critical hits to trigger Necrotic Venom, poisoning your target over time.

3. Follow up with quick strikes. Necrotic Venom increases your follow-up physical damage against weakened prey.

4. Deliver the final blow while the enemy is still poisoned to refill your Silk Essence meter.

Completing the Molt

Continue hunting until your Silk Essence meter is entirely full. Once filled, your spider molts to grow bigger, permanently increasing your size and presence.

While roaming for prey, pass through any normal cobwebs you encounter. Your Web Harvester passive immediately destroys vanilla cobwebs on contact and drops two string items directly into your inventory. Keep your distance from open lava and fire sources while hunting, as silk-covered bristles make your spider body take extra damage from fire.