Foxborn Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 So, occasionally when exploring my island i come across an area that has 8-10 spider nests in a very small space.In my experience they seem to happen most often in rocky areas.My question is what do most of you do upon finding such a wonderfully frightening area. Do you run away never to return? Do you set the place ablaze and take delight as the purging fires level everything in the area?Personally, I build a nice contained bonfire and spend the evening dodging spiders as they set out to patrol the area (gets extremely laggy with that many spiders wandering around though...) and usually by the time it hits true dark enough of them have wandered away that at least one of the nests won't have any spiders near it, I then proceed to hack that nest apart with my trusty axe. The beautiful thing is, since the spiders aren't home, they have no idea their house is under attack. So unless they happen to get close to you, they won't be agro'd. I usually take down 3-4 nests a night (depending on how far the spiders spread) while going through 2 axes. The only downside to this is that I then have 10(ish) spiders per nest i've destroyed (so 80-100 spiders) just wandering aimlessly around my world...and it's so hard to track them all down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toaster Fu Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I normally just clear the area around them then set them all on fire, to me it's just not worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excess Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) Personally, I build a nice contained bonfire and spend the evening dodging spiders as they set out to patrol the area (gets extremely laggy with that many spiders wandering around though...) and usually by the time it hits true dark enough of them have wandered away that at least one of the nests won't have any spiders near it, I then proceed to hack that nest apart with my trusty axe. The beautiful thing is, since the spiders aren't home, they have no idea their house is under attack. So unless they happen to get close to you, they won't be agro'd. I usually take down 3-4 nests a night (depending on how far the spiders spread) while going through 2 axes. The only downside to this is that I then have 10(ish) spiders per nest i've destroyed (so 80-100 spiders) just wandering aimlessly around my world...and it's so hard to track them all down.You didn't knew what would happen the first time you tried that strategy... You, my friend, have SOME BALLS. If you didn't tell us this, it would have never even occur to me to spend a night in between 8 to 10 spider dens. Edited September 25, 2012 by Excess SOME. BALLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyD Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I camp on edge of one of the patrol areas and take out numbers. In day I go in with some piggys. Then I hack 2-3 nests up. Then go back and play it again out in the night killing off spiders on the edges of the patrol region so i dont get flooded. THen again go back in the day and either BURN them or hack them depending how nasty i am feeling towards them. Good idea to have a tent handy and some meat to build yourself up. You got some serious guts hanging out in the middle of all those spiders! I am impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsune Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Burn, BURN FASTER! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxborn Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 You didn't knew what would happen the first time you tried that strategy... You, my friend, have SOME BALLS. If you didn't tell us this, it would have never even occur to me to spend a night in between 8 to 10 spider dens.I can't remember how i first learned that attacking nests at night doesn't aggro spiders who aren't home...but once I learned that, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to collect that many eggs (they're rather good for research too). Unfortunately, if you're attacking a den when it "upgrades" (which happens in the middle of the night usually) it leads to some serious complications...since it gets a fresh supply of spiders along with the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Kill them all! With an axe...One Egg sack yields 40 research points! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigmaElement Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 i just burn them down during the day and laugh at them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellusious Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Make loads of axes and loads of woodsuits. Choppy choppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosFire Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I take one and keep it as a pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosivelimes Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 You, my friend, have SOME BALLS.Dude. Yes. I want to try this now. I never would have thought to do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigmaElement Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Bring me my axe! quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyD Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 FIRE.I want fire and burn baby burnnn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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