Human Spider

Human Spider
Location
Swamp Burned Cottage Final Dreamscene Junkyard
Behavior	Aggressive
Attack type	Ranged and melee
Drops	Odd Meat
Health	Medium
Running Speed	Slow (Player facing monster) Very Fast (Player facing away)
Stamina	Unknown
View Distance	Unknown
Damage	Low
Notes	Hurls body parts. Replicates. Has 360° vision. Can be baited with Meat[unconfirmed].
Release	Alpha 8

The Human Spider is an aggressive creature that appears to be made of multiple merged human bodies, in a similar fashion to other creatures present in Darkwood.

Human Spiders are mostly found randomly roaming around the Swamp. They can be highly mobile, which makes them difficult to outrun if they spot the Protagonist and give chase.

In the Swamp, like for the other Swamp creatures, it is possible that there is a shrine made of human bodies.

Attacks

• The Human Spider swipes at the Protagonist with its arms, dealing 25 damages.
• The Human Spider rips an appendage off of itself and throws it at the Protagonist, dealing some damage.
• The Human Spider rips an entire torso off of itself and hurls it at the Protagonist, dealing some damage. After a short delay, this torso transforms into another Human Spider. The new Human Spider will have less total health than a fresh one.

Strategy

Human Spiders act differently according to the vision of the Protagonist.

• When not looked at, they move much quicker, in huge leaps.
• When looked at, they move very slowly and act less aggressively.

The thrown torso can be killed before it turns into another Human Spider, but doing so won't yield the extra Odd Meat.

There is little chance to run away from a Human Spider, so running away should be avoided. It's best to just kill them.

Human Spiders don't have much health or damage, but stick to you very well if you're not looking at them. Thus when the Human Spider throws a torso, the Protagonist should try to keep both the torso and the Human Spider in his vision, otherwise the Protagonist will probably take some damage from one of the Human Spiders before he can get both of them in his field of vision. When they're being looked at, they're very slow, so even with multiple Human Spiders, as long as they're all being looked at, they shouldn't be too difficult to take out.

The Protagonist should go on the offensive when fighting these; if they throw a torso, the Protagonist can finish the original Human Spider before the other one forms or even before it forms. The Spiders are also able to dodge to the side when being shot at, making them somewhat difficult to hit with a Pistol.

• Molotov Cocktails are a good choice against this creature, due to its large width. One should be enough to quickly dispatch a Human Spider.
• Third Eye is a good skill to have handy if you intend to fight a lot of Human Spiders, as the 360 degree view radius will slow all of the Human Spiders down, especially if you're being attacked from all sides.

Despite their intimidating looks and sounds, they are remarkably weak and easy to dealt with (even when there is more than one), especially when compared to other aggressive creatures in the Swamp.

Gallery

A Human Spider about to hurl a torso at the player.

Human spider emerging from torso.