Spider Queen

The Spider Queen is an aggressive Boss Monster added to the game in the Long Live the Queen update. She has 1250 health (2500 in ) and attacks by biting and stabbing with her sharp claws, doing 80 damage with each attack.
== Behavior ==
The Spider Queen spawns from overgrown tier 3 Spider Dens when the player or other mobs wander close by. After spawning, she will give birth to Spiders every 20 seconds, and if the queen has a combat target, a third of these will be Spider Warriors. A Queen can have a maximum of 16 spiders following her. These spiders are automatically aggressive towards the player, but will retreat back to the Queen if the player gains enough distance away from them.
When a Spider Queen spawns, her Tier 3 den is replaced with a Tier 1 Den, unless there are 4 or more dens/queens within 60m. This tier 1 den grows into a tier 2 den in 60 seconds. The new den can eventually grow into a tier 3 den to spawn another Queen. The Queen will plant herself as a tier 1 den after wandering for 1.5 game days as long as she finds a free space with a radius of 3m that is 20m away from other dens/queens.
Webber will not be attacked by a Queen or her Spiders, unless he attacks first.
A Spider Queen is not nocturnal like other spiders, and will fall asleep at night if not engaged in combat.
Spider Queens (and the spiders spawned by them) are hostile towards Chester, even if Webber is carrying the Eye Bone.
=== Don't Starve Together ===
The Spider Queen will give birth to Spiders twice as fast, doing so every 10 seconds. If the Spider Queen has a combat target, she has a 22.5% chance to spawn Nurse Spiders, 22.5% chance to spawn Spider Warrior, 55% chance to spawn normal spider.
Spider Queen spawning from tier 3 dens can be accelerated by haunting the den. There is 10% chance of a haunt causing tier 3 den to become Spider Queen.
== Strategy ==
=== Kiting ===
Kiting is a process wherein a monster's attack is dodged, and then the monster is hit immediately after, but before the monster can attack again. The Spider Queen attacks relatively quickly, but she is slow, so it is possible to attack her in the pauses between attacks. The recently birthed Spiders/Spider Warriors should be always killed first before attempting to attack the Queen again. As always, good armor and weapons help a lot. If fighting without armor, having a couple of Traps set around to kill the spawned spiders is a good idea. However, the Spider Queen can drain the Character's sanity (unless they are Webber or Walter) completely within thirty seconds (200 sanity), so it is advisable to keep the distance somewhat. Sanity-restoring items such as Taffy and Cooked Green Caps can be brought to counter the sanity drain. 
=== Pigs ===
The Spider Queen can be lured to a Pig Village to let the Pigs attack her. Due to the kiting combat behavior of Pigs, the Queen and her spawned spiders have trouble hitting them. As long as the spiders she hatches are kept away from the Pigs, they should kill her quite quickly. This method also can prevent serious sanity drain.
=== Tentacles ===
If there happens to be a Swamp nearby, the Spider Queen can be lured to the swamp and over the Tentacles as they attack most mobs that pass by. About 3-5 Tentacles could be killed in this process.
=== Beefalo ===
If there is a herd of Beefalos in heat nearby, the Spider Queen can be lured close enough to them for at least one Beefalo to target her, the whole herd will eventually join in on the Queen. The Beefalos will not eat the meat dropped like pigs do. However, due to the fact that Beefalos don't use a kite method of attack like pigs, the Queen will stand her ground and be able to kill at least 3-4 Beefalos single-handedly. Wearing a Beefalo Hat will allow the player to retrieve the drops without being attacked in the process.
=== Spiders ===
If the player has a Spiderhat, it is possible to gather spider allies from Spider Dens and order them to attack the Queen. This is very useful for when on low health. If playing as the character Webber, all the player must do is simply tame spiders with meat instead.
=== Bees ===
The Spider Queen can be lured to a Killer Bee Hive, as Killer Bees have the same kiting technique as Pigs do. When a Killer Bee attacks the Queen, and she strikes back, all nearby bees will become aggressive to the Queen, including normal Bees. Bees can also be captured using a Bug Net and released near the Queen. Bee Mines are another option to ensure that the bees will attack her, though they are more costly to craft than the net.
=== Lureplant ===
If there is a Lureplant that has produced a meat lure or a Leafy Meat, it is possible to have the Spider Queen follow the player and, if any, her Spiders and Spider Warriors toward the Lureplant. The Lureplant's many Eyeplants will attack any of the spiders, including the Spider Queen, that come within their range of attack. Because Eyeplants are able to respawn, they will pop up elsewhere and be able to continue attacking as long as spiders are within their radius. Also, since the Lureplant itself is not capable of attacking or defending itself, it won't be seen as a threat, and will not be attacked. Eyeplants will continue to reappear when destroyed, until the Spider Queen dies and no spiders are left. Once the Spider Queen is killed by the Lureplant, the player must destroy it in order to obtain all the items that the Spider Queen has dropped upon death (if those were consumed by Eyeplants).
=== Blow Darts ===
This is the easiest way to defeat the Spider Queen. Make 13 Blow Darts (25 in ) and shoot the Spider Queen as fast as possible, without letting her or her spiders catch up.
=== Pan Flute ===
The Pan Flute can be used to put the Spider Queen and her Spiders to sleep. The queen will remain asleep if the player attacks the spiders around her. With the Pan Flute's 10 uses providing intermittent chances to clear all of the queen's spider spawns, it is far easier to engage the queen one on one.
=== Gunpowder ===
The Spider Queen can be easily killed by freezing her with an Ice Staff, placing 5 Gunpowder near her, lighting it on fire, and then finishing her off with a Spear. However, if she is killed with 6 Gunpowder or more (12 or more in ), all she will drop is Ashes and Cooked Monster Meat, since she took fire damage after the explosion, and thus, died by fire.
=== Number of Hits ===
== Tips ==
* Spider Queens will not aggro if spiders around them are attacked. This allows players to draw their attention and isolate the queen for a one on one fight if they can get the spiders to aggro without getting too close to the queen.
* When playing as Webber in the Hamlet DLC, the Spider Queen is the best way to spread Spider Dens around the map, by letting the initial den from his Spider Eggs grow, and waiting for her to create another den in the map, this allows safer harvesting of Silk and Spider Glands rather than dealing with the more powerful Spider Monkeys, which are hostile towards Webber.
== Trivia ==
* Real world spiders have eight legs, but the spider queen only has six. This is a trend with all of the variations of Spiders in Don't Starve. same with their eyes, unlike the real ones, only normal and warriors have 8 eyes, the others usually have less or more in one case
* In real life, there are few species of social spiders, none of which have a queen. The queens seen in Don't Starve are similar to queen bees, ants, and even termites.
* As a giant female spider, the Spider Queen is similar in appearance to Shelob from the Lord of the Rings books.
* Spiders in her entourage will seem to 'cower' before her, with their legs raised and their faces fearful. This behavior also occurs when the player wears the Spiderhat, or befriends Spiders while playing as Webber.
*Webber's quote may be a reference to the real world spider known as a Daddy Longlegs.
== Bugs ==
* Fighting other mobs in the presence of a Spider Queen will cause "E.F.S." (the boss monster song) to play. As long as the player is not within her (and her spiders') aggro radius, the Spider Queen does not become aggressive to the player. This also applies to fighting near a Treeguard.
* Sometimes, when the Spider Queen is killed as she plants herself, she'll drop loot but still will leave a den.
** Sometimes, she'll also try to and often succeed in birthing a new spider before she fully disappears.
* Sometimes, when the Den is destroyed with loot dropping, the Spider Queen will still spawn before the Den fully disappears.
* If a Spider Queen emerges from a Spider Den that is too close to the ocean, it's possible for the Spider Queen to appear on the water, and not be able to get back on land.
* If a Spider Queen is spawning a spider while frozen, she may be stuck in a loop of spawning the spider until she dies.
== Animations ==
Spider Queen Walking Animation.gif|Animation of Spider Queen walking.
Spider Queen Attack Animation.gif|Animation of Spider Queen attacking.
Spider Queen Sleeping Animation.gif|Animation of Spider Queen sleeping.
Spider Queen Death Animation.gif|Animation of Spider Queen dying.
Spider Queen Despawn Animation.gif|Animation of Spider Queen despawning.
== Gallery ==
Spider Queen All Sides.png
Spider Queen 2.png|Spider Queen about to spawn a Spider.
Frozen Spider Queen.PNG|A frozen Spider Queen.
Queen Attack.png|A Queen preparing to attack.
Spider Queen with warriors.png|Spider Queen with her entourage. Warriors indicate they had fought something.
Spider Queen sleeping at night.png|The Spider Queen goes to sleep at night, while her spawn stay awake. She will ignore mobs until she is attacked.
Queen Dead.png|A dead Spider Queen.
Spider Queen spawning.png|Spider Queen spawning.
Spiders left outside.png|Spiders left outside after the queen they accompanied settled down.
The Spider Queen can amass quite a following.png|The Spider Queen can amass quite a following.
Spider Queen On Water.png|Spider Queen after spawning too close to the ocean.
Ds spiderqueen.jpg|Spider Queen wallpaper.
Long Live the Queen.jpg|Spider Queen and Spiders in the update poster for Long Live the Queen.
DST Loading Screen 8.png|A Spider Queen found on a Don't Starve Together loading screen.
Art Stream 8 Spider Queen.png|A Spider Queen as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 8.
Insecticide Regicide.jpg|In "Insecticide Regicide" achievement
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