Webber

"Spiders understand us."

- Webber

Webber is one of the two playable Characters exclusive to the Reign of Giants DLC. They're the only one of the two that is not unlocked via Experience. They are also one of the 10 playable Characters in Don't Starve Together. Webber looks like a humanoid spider, though they're actually a young boy who lives inside the spider who tried to eat him long ago. Both spider and human have since merged to a single body— though with two minds.

Webber is able to grow a beard made of Silk and starts the game with 2 pieces of Monster Meat and Spider Eggs. They only have 100 maximum Sanity but has more Health and Hunger at 175 points each. Due to their appearance, Spiders will be neutral towards them, and can be befriended. Meanwhile, Mobs hostile towards Spiders will be hostile towards Webber too. Webber's playstyle and strength relies on making friends out of normally hostile mobs, living among them and using them as "bodyguards".

Unlocking


To unlock Webber one must be playing in a Reign of Giants save game. The player has to find Webber's Skull as a drop from Spiders, then bury the skull inside a dug up Grave mound. After that, Lightning will immediately strike the grave. Webber will rise from the mound and become unlocked. Following this, numerous Spiders will proceed to spawn from the grave, but killing them is not required to unlock Webber.

Special Power
Webber can grow a beard made of Silk much like Wilson grows a normal one. This beard grows faster than Wilson's, each stage taking 3 days to grow for a total of 9 days for full length (Compared to 16 days for Wilson). They can shave this beard to obtain Silk and 10 using a Razor. A silk beard provides 3/4 the insulation from freezing that Wilson's beard would but like Wilson's beard it will increase the rate at which Webber overheats in Summer. When Webber is revived via touch stone, the beard will disappear.

Below is the days it takes Webber to grow his beard to the next stage, along with the number of Silk gained and Insulation provided with each stage.

Webber also receives no health and sanity penalties when eating Monster Food. They start with 2 Monster Meat and one Spider Eggs in their inventory at the start of the game.

Spiders (including Spider Queens) also are neutral towards Webber and don't drain their Sanity when they're close. Walking on a sticky webbing will not alarm the Spiders inside the Den and will not slow Webber down. They are also able to craft Spider Dens from 12 Silk, 6 Spider Glands, and 6 Papyrus, as well as upgrading existing dens with 5 Silk per tier. Furthermore, giving Meats to a Spider will make it, and up to 4 additional Spiders within 15 unit radius (3.75 Pitchfork tiles) around it to follow Webber for up to 2.5 Days (20 minutes) and attack enemies for Webber. The amount of time that the Spiders will follow depends on the Hunger value of the given Meats. Each point of Hunger value makes the Spiders follow Webber for 19.2 seconds. E.g. Giving them a Morsel will make them follow for 4 minutes (half a Day).

Disadvantage
The downside to Webber's spidery traits is that "good" mobs that are neutral towards other characters but hostile toward Spiders will attack Webber on sight. This means that Pigs, Bunnymen and Catcoons will attack Webber on sight and cannot be befriended.

Their lower maximum Sanity also means that Webber can go insane very quickly if the player does not take precautions.

Downloadable Content
In the Shipwrecked DLC, Bottlenosed Ballphins found in the Ocean and Wildbores will also attack Webber on sight.

While Webber can befriend the new venomous version of the Spider Warrior, Spiders cannot swim making them trapped in their island, and less useful because of that.

Tips

 * As the beard doesn't grow longer after 9 days and the player loses it on resurrection or by changing characters, it is most efficient to shave after every 9th night.
 * The beard will take exactly 9 days to grow to its full length (full length at the beginning of day 10), and since Winter starts on day 21 on default settings, the player can shave once to get the Silk and still be able to get a full beard for Winter. The player can easily survive Winter with just a full beard and a Thermal Stone.
 * It is advised to shave at the beginning of Summer due to the beard accelerating the rate at which Webber overheats and providing no benefits when fully grown.
 * Webber keeps the beard when they use a Wooden Thing to move to a new world. This proves useful in Adventure Mode when "King of Winter" or "The Game is Afoot" are still to be encountered.
 * Due to this perk, Webber makes an excellent character for Caves and Ruins exploration as there are far more Spiders underground than there are Bunnymen.
 * Befriended Spiders will eat any Meats, Pig Skins and Bunny Puffs dropped from their kill after a short time, the player needs to act quickly if they want to collect these drops.
 * Spiders will occasionally attack walls, so it is recommended to place any walls away from the Spider Dens.
 * Spiders will attack Chester on sight. This can be used to player's advantage with smaller dens, using Chester as bait. However, with larger dens, it is recommended to either leave Chester away from the base or place Spider Dens away from the base.
 * Since Webber does not trigger the spawning of Spiders when they walk on webbing, it is advised to use Glommer to make the Spiders come out whenever they are needed. It can trigger the webbing even when in flight and Spiders are not hostile to Glommer so there's no risk to it.
 * A better method would require a Spiderhat. It will cause Webber to trigger Spider Dens' webbing without aggravating them. Combined with Webber's ability to upgrade dens and thus speed up a Spider Queen's spawning, this is a much preferred method.
 * Feeding a Spider Meats or Pig Skin will cause multiple spiders to follow the player Character within a small radius. With only a few pieces of easily acquired meat (i.e. Frog Legs, Morsels), Webber can amass a very large following by only feeding a few spiders.
 * Since Webber can use Meats to recruit new Spiders under their control, one can have the Spiders attack any creatures that drop Meat upon death, and in addition to the fresh Meat to potentially be used to recruit even more Spiders, any Spiders that should fall in battle could leave behind Monster Meat, also usable to recruit.
 * It is advised to befriend Cave Spiders and Spitters for one's personal army. While Cave Spiders and Webber can tank the enemy, Spitters can decimate them from afar, away from danger.
 * Webber is able to eat Monster Meat raw without any ill effects. Cooking Monster Meat still does not increase its hunger value. However, it is still advisable to cook any meat the player won't be eating immediately because of the cooked meat's 15 day spoil time, more than twice as long as its uncooked form takes to turn into Rot.
 * Befriended Spider Warriors can be used to easily hunt small animals (Butterflies, Rabbits etc.) as their jump attack has enough range to kill small prey before they can run.
 * To safely and easily collect large amounts of Monster Meat, Silk, and Spider Glands players can use the following technique:
 * Plant multiple Spider Dens around their base.
 * When Spiders are wandering around during the dusk/night, feed one a piece of Meat and order it to attack another Spider.
 * This will cause all of the Spiders nearby to swarm the offending follower.
 * This will cause a huge war amongst the spiders with all spiders nearby killing each other.
 * Simply hold Spacebar in the middle of the battlefield to collect dropped items.

Trivia

 * It is possible that Webber came into the Don't Starve world before Wilson, and died in the world. This would explain Spiders taking his skull. If this is true, then Webber is revived once his skull is buried in the Grave.
 * When asked if Webber's voice was "a synthesizer being dropped down a flight of stairs"; the response from Klei was "maybe".
 * According to Webber's quote about the Alchemy Engine, the eaten human had a father that might've been a scientist. On the other hand, they also state that their father kept goats.
 * It could also be a reference to a milking machine, noting the similarity between the two, and the use it could have with herding goats.
 * When Webber eats stale food they state, "Stale like mum's leftovers". This is most likely the human speaking.
 * A grandfather is also mentioned at times when examining certain items, for example the Fishing Rod.
 * Webber's favorite color is red, according to their inspection comment for a Redbird.
 * Although age is somewhat ambiguous for most Don’t Starve characters, it is safe to presume Webber is still relatively young. Also taking into note, having two minds, the spider and human might have differing ages. Though they act childish at times, this could be due to the human not having a normal childhood.
 * Both spider and human both exist as one while also having their own thoughts and opinions. The two have an odd, though not a negative relationship. This is shown by their character quote, “We’re always together, and never alone!”
 * Webber uses multiple pronouns, usually sticking to the royal “We/We’re” when referring to themselves. When referring to the human-side, most use “He/Him”; though since Webber is technically two ‘people’, it is better to use ‘They/Them’. The gender of the spider is unknown, or even if the spider has a gender.
 * At the end of Adventure Mode in Don't Starve, the game uses 'It' pronouns to describe Webber.


 * Webber's low sanity has some possible explanations, all of which could be true:
 * It could be caused by having to put up with the terrifying scenario of living inside a spider for many years.
 * Additionally, Webber seems to refer to themselves with both singular (I, Me, My) and plural (We, Us, Our) pronouns, showing their two-minds-one-body relation. Whether Webber is referring to the human or spider half when using singular pronouns is up to Player interpretation.
 * Since Webber was only a child when they were eaten, they lack the psychological development and corresponding coping skills that would've been learned had the child grown up normally.
 * If Webber truly was already deceased, being brought back from the dead would have been a terrifying occurrence which would definitely contribute to a lower base sanity.


 * They are one of five characters that can't be unlocked via experience, alongside Wes, Maxwell, Wilbur and Woodlegs.


 * If we look at Webber as solely a spider, they only have eight legs. This breaks the Don't Starve trend of the Spiders only having 6 legs. This is most likely due to the fact Webber is part-human.
 * When struck by Lightning a Spider skull is shown instead of a human skull, suggesting that the human's head is actually inside the spider's skull.
 * Their quote when examining Maxwell, "That jerk tricked us." and their quote for the Maxwell Statue, "That's the guy who said he could help us." suggests that they have been fooled into entering the Don't Starve world by being promised something which they immensely desires by Maxwell. This is similar to the backstory of Wilson where Maxwell tricks him with what he desires, which may also be the case for other characters.
 * According to Webber's description while in formal attire in Don't Starve Together, they love parties. As opposed to Wilson.