Combat profile
For Minecraft 26.3 / NeoForge, wave base values and supported behavior can be changed per registry entry: see health, damage and base armor and mob abilities. Tier, size and wave scaling still apply.
Behavior
It retains vanilla climbing and adds obstacle mining, invader support, melee combat, and Nexus navigation and attacks. Its melee goal continues after reaching a path destination; normal attack reach and cooldown still apply. See Versus player protection and opposing-owner combat, also used by Jumping Frost Spiders.
Drops
Vanilla Spider loot plus a 25% Small Remnants roll for adults.
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Spider EyeVanilla replacement
Active-Nexus vanilla Spiders may convert with 30% health.
The related Bug Clawer has a narrower hitbox, six legs and enemy-carrying claws. It refuses armor and friendly jockeys and is excluded from the default SPIDER and ARMORED pools.