Talk:Spider Den/@comment-71.178.104.208-20130603074431

I'm wondering what weapon/tool is better to take down these dens. I easily took down the groups of spider warriors and regular spiders that spawned from the tier 3 den I was farming, using the lone spear that I had for a looong time. It still had 40% durability on it when I started whacking the den itself...and broke before the den was destroyed. Night came, that den promptly spawned yet another spider, and I had to retreat with no weapon in my hands.

Load game and I tried it again, ths time bringing a hammer with me. I thought I could just hammer it since it was a structure, but turns out I had to attack using the hammer as if it was a living enemy. So after a couple whacks, it didn't seem to be especially effective and I switched back to the spear for the rest of the way. My spear broke again, but this time with its last whack the den was also destroyed. Hmm... So obviously the hammer did some extra damage to account for it, but is it more or less effective than the spear at taking down a den?