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Hostile · Melee

Minecraft Spider

Spider has 16 health points (8 hearts). Find damage, all drops and their chances, spawn biomes, and ready-to-use /summon commands for Java and Bedrock here.

Built by Florian Galz

English: Spider · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.

Want to test Spider? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.

Health

Hostile

16

Spider has 16 health points, or 8 hearts. Attacks you as soon as it sees you.

Damage

2

Melee, Normal

Attack

Melee

Armor

0

Spawns in

Overworld

Damage by difficulty

Damage from one hit without armor, in health points.

Easy
2
Normal
2
Heavy
3

Drops

  • String

    +1 per Looting level

    0–2 items

  • Spider Eye

    +1 per Looting level · only if killed by a player

    0–1 items

Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.

Spawn

OverworldLight level 0–7, no block light
BiomeShareGroup
Badlands19.4 %4
Beach19.4 %4
Birch Forest19.4 %4
Cherry Grove19.4 %4
Dappled Forest19.4 %4
Dark Forest19.4 %4
Desert19.4 %4
Eroded Badlands19.4 %4
Flower Forest19.4 %4
Forest19.4 %4
Frozen Peaks19.4 %4
Frozen River19.4 %4

Share = this mob's weight among all mobs in the same category in the biome.

/summon command

Spawns the mob at your position. Works in chat with cheats enabled, or in the server console with coordinates instead of ~ ~ ~.

/summon minecraft:spider ~ ~ ~

Discover more

More mobs: Hostile

Other mobs with the same behavior.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Spider.

In Java Edition, Spider has 16 health points, or 8 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 16 health points.

When killed, Spider drops String, Spider Eye. Quantities, chances and special drops are listed above.

In Java Edition, Spider spawns in these biomes, among others: Badlands, Beach, Birch Forest, Cherry Grove, Dappled Forest. The full list, including spawn rates and group sizes, is above.

With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:spider ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon spider ~ ~ ~.

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