Talk:Spider Den/@comment-108.243.191.170-20150625211456

If you aren't trying to farm spiders, here's a foolproof way of destroying any level spider den (as long as a queen hasn't emerged): Only fight them in the daytime. Make sure you have enough time to defeat the spiders from a particular den before it turns to dusk, when spiders emerge and start walking around.

Step 1: Walk on the webbing of a den.

Step 2: Wait until the spiders come out and start following you, then kite them away about one screen. If you're a full screen away, no other spiders will emerge from the den to defend the ones you kited. And because spider warriors don't emerge when you walk on the web in the daytime, you can consistently take down 1, 2 and 3 Tier dens without ever fighting a warrior. It also diminishes your chances of getting a queen to emerge, since the spiders aren't being killed right next to their den.

Step 3: Kill the spiders you kited away. The easiest way to kill them is wait until they try to lunge and walk just far enough away so they can't get you, then you can usually get in a full three hits before they lunge again (it only takes three hits with a spear to kill a spider). Take it one spider at a time if two emerged. They usually lunge at different intervals and one ends up further away from you. If the spiders are too close, I usually hit one quickly and run away. It normally stops to lunge and the other keeps following, so you can switch your attention to the other spider and kill it. If you're working on a Tier 3, this gets a little more complicated since three emerge at once, but use the same basic strategy.

Step 4: Repeat steps 1 - 3 until no more spiders emerge. You will have to do this three times, no matter the size of den. Tier 1 releases one spider at a time three times (total of 3 to kill), Tier 2 release two at a time three times (total of 6) and Tier 3 releases three at a time three times (total of 9). If you start the third wave and all spiders are accounted for, you don't have to kite the spiders away because there are no more spiders inside.

Step 5: Destroy the den.

Tips: Keep count! If you're kicking off a third wave and there are less spiders than you expect, be wary! If you're near pigs, it's possible one or two were killed earlier and haven't respawned. Otherwise, there is a very small chance there is a spider warrior lurking in the den, so when you go to attack it, be ready to run. This has happened to me maybe once out of 100 times, though, so it's really rare, and may have been the result of trying to finish off the den at dusk.