For the Slayer Boss, see Tarantula Broodfather.
The Brood Mother is a hostile Mini-Boss that can be found in the ⏣ Spider's Den.
It can also spawn on stranded islands.
Spawning[]
The Brood Mother spawns at the very top of the ⏣ Spider Mound. It will spawn exactly 10 minutes after the time the previous Brood Mother is killed.
The status of the Brood Mother changes to reflect how much time is left until she respawns.
- Slain: Between 10-9 minutes left.
- Dormant: Between 9-6 minutes left.
- Soon: Between 6-3 minutes left.
- Awakening: Between 3-1 minutes left.
- Imminent: Less than 1 minute left.
- Alive: The Brood Mother has spawned.
Drops[]
| Item drops | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop | Count | Drop Rarity | Chance |
 String | 1 | Common Loot | 100% |
 Spider Eye | 1 | Common Loot | 100% |
 Spider Talisman | 1 | Common Loot | 100% |
 Luxurious Spool | 1 | Uncommon Loot | 5% |
 EPIC Tarantula Pet | 1 | Legendary Loot | 0.02% |
 Travel Scroll to Spider's Den Top of Nest | 1 | Legendary Loot | 0.03% |
| LEGENDARY Tarantula Pet | 1 | RNGesus Loot | 0.008% |
| Non-item drops | |||
| Drop | Count | ||
 Coins | 10 | ||
 Combat XP | 18 | ||
 Experience Orbs | 30 | ||
Behavior[]
The Brood Mother acts like a normal Spider, attacking any nearby players.
The Brood Mother spawns four or five Cave Spiders on death. This is the only place they spawn on Public Islands.
Trivia[]
- The Brood Mother is a very weak boss, often compared in general difficulty to the Revenant Horror Tier
I. - Killing the Brood Mother for the first time gives the Achievement "A good spider is a dead spider", worth 10 Achievement points.
- Damage to the Brood Mother is capped at 300 per hit for most weapons.
- The Brood Mother, unlike other bosses, can appear in a Runic version, which gives it 24000 ❤ Health.
- When waiting for the Brood Mother to spawn, it is recommended to wear a Slime Hat, mount a Rock Pet or posess an Intimidation Artifact, to avoid being pushed off the cliff by Spider Jockeys, Silverfish or other Spiders.
- In ☀ Stranded mode, Brood Mother spawns with 100000 ❤ Health, but has the damage cap removed.
History[]
| SkyBlock Prototype | ||
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2019 | 0.1 |  Added Brood Mother. |
| Aug 2, 2019 | 0.7 | +4,600 ❤ Health (from 1,400 to 6,000). |
| July 1, 2020 | 0.7.11 | Brood Mother now drops 1x Luxurious Spool. |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Changed the base Luxurious Spool drop chance from 100% to 5%. | |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 0.19.2 | Brood Mother now only take a maximum of 5% of their health as damage per hit. |
| Heavily increased the spawn rate of Brood Mothers. | ||