Hooded Widow

**“**That thing could eat a giant!!**”**
–Wilson

**“**I am NOT getting near that!**”**
–Willow

**“**AAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAHH!!**”**
–Wolfgang

**“**She could eat me in a single bite.**”**
–Wendy

**“**THE APEX PREDATOR. BEHIND ME, OF COURSE**”**
–WX-78

**“**A solidary predator. It appears to be near the top of the food chain.**”**
–Wickerbottom

**“**You can have the trees!!**”**
–Woodie

**“**I want to stay FAR away from her.**”**
–Maxwell

**“**I... I am nöt fearful!**”**
–Wigfrid

**“**We're a spider too!! Why are you attacking us?!**”**
–Webber

**“**I'll, uh, stay over here.**”**
–Winona

**“**I don't think I'm getting any monster meat from it.**”**
–Warly

**“**The soul guardian!**”**
–Wortox

**“**Very big leggy bug mommy!**”**
–Wormwood

**“**Glorp!! Biggest spider ever!**”**
–Wurt

**“**Wow! That could eat anything!**”**
–Walter

**“**She's grown so quickly!**”**
–Wanda

**“**Ah! Who invited you!**”**
–Winky

**“**Apex Arachnid!**”**
–Wathom

The **Hooded Widow** is an aggressive Boss Monster added to the game in the *Hooded Forest update.* She has 8000 health and attacks in a variety of ways. Its monstrous appearance quickly drains Sanity when the player gets too close.

When killed, it will drop 4 pieces of Monster Meat, 4 pieces of Silk, the Widow's Head and the Widow's Claw.

She spawns from the webbing found in the hooded forest, surrounded by Silky Cocoons. Attempting to attack any of the cocoons will spawn her.

The Hooded Widow will return to her web and disappear when she has nothing left to fight. She will Also return to her Web and disappear when another Boss is nearby.

She takes 3 blasts from the Ice Staff to be frozen, and 4 Sleep Darts to be put to sleep.

## Behavior

The Hooded Widow only spawns when her cocoons are attacked. She drops down from the trees and the fight begins there.

* Hooded Widow's basic attack is a regular bite/slash that does 80 damage in an AoE.
* Hooded Widow can leap towards the player to do an AoE attack akin to Bearger's Slam. The player can walk under her while she leaps.
* Hooded Widow shoots out a spread of webs that can either immobilize the player or stick on the ground, which spawn web creep and can be destroyed.
* While the player is immobilized, Hooded Widow can directly attack the player's armor instead, doing heavy damage.
* Hooded Widow can chain multiple of her basic attacks when below half health (she attacks multiple times in a row).
* Hooded Widow will attempt to shoot a web out on any player attempting to run away, and drag them back into the fight.
* Hooded Widow will run away and despawn from any bosses nearby. This excludes Treeguards, however.

## 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. For Hooded Widow, hit the boss 3 times before dodging its attack. If it's the claw swipe, simply back away for a moment and go back to hitting her. If you see her recoiling and getting ready to jump, dodge by walking into her, so that she jumps past you. If she begins to prepare a web with her claws, run away and try to dodge the web balls she slings.

(Note, running too far away from the cocoons will cause her to attempt pulling the player back with strings of silk, bringing them to the center of the arena.)

## Trivia

* Hooded Widow was added in the Hooded Forest update.
* The Gorgon from the Evolve game developed by Turtle Rock Studios was used as a reference for Hooded Widow's design.

## Bugs

* Attempting to spawn her with console commands will result in a crash, because of the fact that she doesn't have an arena. You can still effectively spawn her in by using the command "c\_spawn ("widowwebspawner")".

## Gallery

Widow walkWidow performing a jump attackHooded Widow's appearance before the Fight And Flight update.