Spider armor marks a turning point for a summoner in Hardmode. It gives you more minions, stronger summon damage, and solid defense for its tier. The set rewards preparation more than brute force. If you set up a focused spider farm and know the exact crafting path, you reach it quickly and with purpose.
This guide walks you through that path step by step, from farming Spider Fangs to crafting the full set.
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What Spider Armor Gives You
Spider armor is a Hardmode summoner set made of three pieces:
- Spider Mask
- Spider Breastplate
- Spider Greaves
A full set requires 36 Spider Fangs.
With the full set equipped, you get:
- +20 defense
- +28% summon damage
- +3 minion slots
- An additional set bonus that increases summon damage by 12%
- Light Red rarity
Each piece also boosts you on its own:
Spider Mask
- 5 defense
- +1 max minion
- +5% summon damage
Spider Breastplate
- 8 defense
- +1 max minion
- +5% summon damage
Spider Greaves
- 7 defense
- +1 max minion
- +6% summon damage
For a summoner, these bonuses translate into more active minions and stronger pressure on enemies. The set supports a minion-focused playstyle right when Hardmode begins to ramp up.
Farm Spider Fangs Efficiently
You craft Spider armor with Spider Fangs, so your real goal is a steady fang supply. A compact spider farm handles that.
You can build this farm in Pre-Hardmode, but building it in Hardmode works better if you want additional drops like Souls of Light or Night. The method below focuses on fast spider spawns and safe collection.
Materials You Need for the Farm
The essential ingredients:
- Infested Spider Walls
- Lava bucket
- Basic building blocks
- A hammer
To craft Infested Spider Walls:
- Craft regular Spider Walls using cobwebs in a graveyard biome.
- Throw those walls into Shimmer to convert them into infested versions.
Helpful but optional:
- Battle Potion to increase spawn rates
- Water Candle to increase spawn rates
- A bed to set your spawn point
Where to Build
Choose an area in the underworld where the ceiling reaches up into the cavern layer. This vertical overlap helps the setup work smoothly. If you lack a suitable space, clear one with sticky dynamite.
How to Build the Spider Farm
You can follow this method for collecting a steady amount of spider fangs.
- Set your spawn
- Build a small house at the top of the underworld.
- Place a bed and set your spawn.
- Build a small house at the top of the underworld.
- Create the platform zone
- Layout blocks from the bottom of the cavern layer, or until the area goes off screen at maximum zoom.
- You can get creative at this point. However, you need to place the bricks in a way that can trap the spiders.
- Place infested spider walls behind these platforms to form spawn surfaces.
- Layout blocks from the bottom of the cavern layer, or until the area goes off screen at maximum zoom.
- Shape the lava chamber
- Place walls in the middle to form the lava chamber and stop spiders from jumping out.
- Hammer two key blocks into the slopes as needed for the chamber shape.
- Close the chamber with a ceiling shape and build it high enough so spiders cannot jump over.
- Add lava inside.
- Place walls in the middle to form the lava chamber and stop spiders from jumping out.
- Position yourself
- Move upward until the lava chamber ceiling goes off screen.
- Drink a Battle Potion and place a Water Candle if you have them.
- Place walls behind you to prevent certain dangerous enemies from spawning.
- Move upward until the lava chamber ceiling goes off screen.
Alternatively, you can also use the area’s terrain to trap the spiders for maximum fangs collection.
Speeding Up the Farm
You do not need special tools to make this work. To refresh spawns faster, you can:
- Re log
- Wander away and teleport back using your bed
Both methods clear enemies from the screen and allow new ones to spawn. This keeps the fang flow steady.
Even short sessions can yield many Spider Fangs along with extra loot like Souls of Light when you build in the right biome.
Crafting Spider Armor
Once you collect 36 Spider Fangs, you can craft the full set.
Recipes:
- Spider Mask: 8 Spider Fangs
- Spider Breastplate: 16 Spider Fangs
- Spider Greaves: 12 Spider Fangs
Crafting stations:
- Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
- In some versions, a Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
No Hardmode anvil is strictly required in all cases, but availability can depend on version.
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