Spider Families

AKA Spider Family Mod

Only appearing at night or in dark places, the spider family is a simple family, consisting of the mother and up to six of her children. The mother roams the earth looking for god-knows-what, while her children diligently follow. Maybe she's looking for the no-good father who decided to ditch out on them. In any case, they're a happy little family.

One thing that causes a problem is when a nosy player drops by to check on the kids. The children don't mind at all, and mean you no harm by nature, but the mother does NOT like you being near her kids. She will chase you away from the children if you get close (within 6 blocks of her). But whatever you do, don't hit any of the spiders...

Because if you attack any member of the family, the mother will let out her war cry and all of the spiders will come after you! They're all so mad, they have smoke coming out of their heads! The mom is no pushover either! She has 30 health, a massive jump attack, and will stop at nothing to avenge her weak 5-HP children. If you manage to defeat her, however, her children will be very sad...

They certainly miss their mom. In fact, they're so traumatized that they will stop fighting you just to grieve their loss. But of course if you give them another smack or two they'll get just as angry as before. Oh well, such is the life of a cute little baby spider. Thank god they never grow up. Oh, and did I mention they are able to hitch a ride on their mothers' backs, or even on a regular spider's back!

The new update brings back one of the best parts of the original, being able to spawn your own baby spiders. When a mother spider is killed, there is a 50% chance she will drop an egg or two instead of silk. These eggs can be thrown, and on impact they will hatch a baby spider. The baby spider will then immediately look for the nearest creature and blame that creature for killing its mother. If the baby spider manages to kill this new target (it probably won't), then it will calm down and grieve its mother's death as usual. If you collect the dropped egg shell, you can stuff the baby spider back inside of the egg like nothing ever happened, and reuse it! Just right-click the baby spider with the egg shell. Watch out, because if you attempt to steal a baby spider that DOES have a mother, she will become angered.

_303's changes:
 * Added a configuration file
 * Made spider families work better with Brood Maidens
 * Babies teleport to their mothers if they get stuck.

THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THE NORMAL SPIDERS, these are brand new mob types.