Blackwidow Spider

* Blackwidow Spider (S2)
* Golden Blackwidow
* Queen Blackwidow
* Bloodwidow (H)
* Classic

"*UPGRADED to Blackwidow Spider!
Blackwidow is a sneaky predator. It traps prey in the web and injects sweat poison.
Press W to spin and throw web.*"

The **Blackwidow Spider** is a tier 14 Desert animal in Mope.io, and is the equivalent of the Elephant, Blue Whale, Mammoth, Giant Spider and Cassowary. It was introduced in the Desert Update on April 27, 2019.

## Technical

* The Blackwidow Spider upgrades from the Komodo Dragon, Hippo, Boa Constrictor, Ostrich, Sabertooth Tiger or Killer Whale at 650K XP.
* It will upgrade to the Pterodactyl, Dragon, T-REX, The Bigfoot, The Kraken, King Crab, The Yeti, The Snowgirl, or The Snowman at 1M XP.
* It can climb hills and rocks.
* It can hide in small/large hiding holes.
* It can walk on Giant Spider webs.
* Eats all food types except for berries, dates and cactus pears. Can eat all animals within Fennec Fox and Komodo Dragon tiers.
* Its ability is to spin a web. It walks slower and spins on the rear end at first, and after pressing W again the web will extend a distance, depending on however long it was spun for. Animals that walk into the web will be brought back to you, and they will rapidly sweat once bitten.
	+ If the ability is used on a rock, the Blackwidow Spider will change graphics to where its legs are tucked in and the part of it on the rock be invisible to other players. It's also unable to be harmed in this state until the player releases W to shoot the web.

## Appearance

### Blackwidow Spider

The Blackwidow Spider, like all spiders, has two main body parts, a head (albeit barely visible) an an abdomen. Its face has a pair chelicerae at the very front, and on the outside of the chelicerae there is a pair of pedipalps, which for some reason just look like a longer pair of chelicerae, rather than a miniature pair of legs (Apparently the game knows a little about a spider's anatomy). Behind its mouthparts are four eyes; the two middle ones are slightly bigger than the edge eyes. It has a single spinneret, contrary to its real-life counterpart, which has six. It has eight stubby legs that come out of its abdomen. On its back is the iconic hourglass marking which characterizes the Blackwidow family.

### Golden Blackwidow

The Golden Blackwidow is, for the most part, identical to the Blackwidow Spider, with the exception of its skin being a golden tone rather than black. It also has slightly longer and sharper chelicerae and pedipalps, a longer spinneret, and each of its legs are sharper. The webs spun by the Golden Blackwidow via its Special Ability are also golden, rather than the generic white webs. Additionally, the hourglass marking is a different shape.

### Queen Blackwidow

The Queen Blackwidow is also rather similar to the Blackwidow Spider in terms of its color scheme. However, like the Golden Blackwidow, its spinneret, pedipalps, chelicerae, and legs are longer. The Queen Blackwidow also has hairier legs too. The red markings on its body are more prominent, and have a light yellow 'border' around them. Around the large red stripe down the middle of the Blackwidow's body, a darker shade of black can be seen in contrast to the rest of its body.

### Bloodwidow Spider

The Bloodwidow Spider is a crimson Animal with a body looking similar to a human skull. Where the teeth of the skull should be is a small head with black mandibles. Its has 8 eyes. Its largest eyes are narrowed with red outlines, while the rest are smaller. Two black spikes are beside its head. Its legs are slender, slightly furry, and end in a sharp black point. On the back of its body is a bright red hourglass and several spines.

## Strategy

Just like every animal that's able to eat it, eat cacti and aloevera to level up. Preferably, use Aloe Vera, or a Healing Stone if there is no Aloe Vera, to counter the damage made by the Cactus. If a predator ambushes you after you've eaten a cactus or if on low health, you can hide in a rock and use your web on the predator to temporarily immobilize them. It's best to do this close by Quicksand so it will get ultimately slowed down. You can also just throw your web to catch prey that is already stuck in it. Look out when a Bison uses their ability as it can knock you into a predator, or the Ocean. Avoid getting grabbed by Pterodactyls by going into a water spot or hole. When you get chased by them, use your ability to get away from them. Also, use it to prevent them to fly

Giant Scorpions are a larger problem, as they are fast in water spots. Whenever you see them, be careful or they will sting you and cause you to die. If you get stung by one, grab some water and run into a hiding hole.

Using your web on prey in real-time normally isn't effective, as in the few seconds it takes to spin the web and extend it out, prey can run away. A strategy to effectively trap prey in your webs is to spin it, and let it go out to somewhere such as a water spot. You could even try getting it to go into the ocean, and try fish for some sea animals. If you see a Desert animal in the Ocean for whatever reason, use your web to bring it back to you and severely damage it (the strategy primarily works on Bison and Komodo Dragons, as Vultures can fly away). With the combined sweating, poison damage, their lack of ability to climb hills and freezing in the ocean, you should easily be able to kill a Bison or Komodo Dragon

Although the method listed above is a faster and more practical way of gaining XP, if you're feeling bored, you can join a Giant Spider's nest. You could also go to the Poison lake, where there will most probably be Giant Spiders, providing sanctuary and XP here and there. To get prey into the poison lake or a cluster of webs from a Giant Spider, shoot a web in any direction (under a bush will increase chances of success), and wait for prey to stroll in. If you're in the poison lake and shoot the web between the lake and the other side, non-hill climbers will be dragged through the hills and to the poison lake, meaning they will be an easy meal.

Another strategy, much more cruel is to hide in a rock while spinning your web near the ocean and wait for a Shark, Octopus, or Killer Whale to come by and shoot your web at them, then they will be dragged onto land and will have almost no chance of going back into the ocean even if they are harmed and the web is released. To make sure they never go back is to drag them onto land into a Giant Spider's nest.

## Gallery

A freshly upgraded Blackwidow SpiderA Blackwidow hiding under a rock, with AI Warthog spawned as bait.A Blackwidow eating a Komodo Dragon that it chased into the sea.Two Queen Blackwidows chasing a Komodo Dragon.Two Blackwidow Spiders hiding on a rock!Two Blackwidows putting up decoys to catch prey!A Blackwidow hiding from a Pterodactyl in a bush. Unfortunately, the Pterodactyl is not fooled by the bait.The reskin of the blackwidow spider.

## Trivia

* This was first hinted by KOA before the premiere came out.
* It is the second spider in the Mope.io World, the first spider being Giant Spider.
	+ It can climb the webs of the Giant Spider.
		- The only other animals that can walk over Giant Spider webs are the Giant Scorpion (one of the three arachnids) and Black Dragon/King Dragon (although the latter two actually fly over them instead of actually climbing over them).
	+ It is also one of the three arachnids in the game, taking second place.
* Their abilities work different from each other, too.
* The Queen Blackwidow used to be called the Firewidow.

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* Poisonous
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* Re-added

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