Spiderhat/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“I hope I got all of the spider goo out of it.”

–Wilson

“Who's your mommy!”

–Willow

“Is like smooch from giant bug.”

–Wolfgang

“Time to stare into the abyss.”

–Wendy

“IT WIRELESSLY TRANSMITS THOUGHTS TO SPIDERS”

–WX-78

“With this I should be able to exert psionic control over the spiders.”

–Wickerbottom

“She's a real beaut, ain't she?”

–Woodie

“Spiders have such malleable wills.”

–Maxwell

“A brain wave converter! Incredible!”

–Wagstaff

“A perfect way tö infiltrate the enemy camp.”

–Wigfrid

“Very upsetting.”

–Webber

“Ha! I'm your boss now, spiders!”

–Walani

“Well, it is on my head now. Best make the most of it.”

–Warly

“Wear a spider on me head? Bah!”

–Woodlegs

“FOR SPIDERS TO LEND WILBA THEIR EARS”

–Wilba

“Leggy Bug head thing”

–Wormwood

“It'll be all the rage in the murky places.”

–Wheeler

“This is disgusting.”

–Winona

“Hyuyu, this is grotesque!”

–Wortox

“Ha ha, look like Webby boy.”

–Wurt

“Woby keeps growling at me when I wear it...”

–Walter

“A lovely reminder of that time I was almost eaten by a giant spider.”

–Wanda

“Up to 10 Spiders nearby will follow the wearer, but creatures who attack spiders will also attack the wearer.

Does not work on Spiders spawned by a Spider Queen.”

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The Spiderhat is a Hat Item dropped by Spider Queens that allows the player to control Spiders. This also works for all the Spiders in Caves, but they will not follow the player in or out of the caves. However, Spider Queens will see through this disguise and will attack the player regardless. The hat only lasts for 2 minutes (6 game hours), degrading while equipped.

Equipping the Spiderhat will make up to 10 nearby Spiders (except for those spawned by Queens) follow the player and fight for them, just like other followers (e.g. Pigs, Smallbirds, etc.). If the player attacks following Spiders, they will not become aggressive towards the player. If the player attacks a Spider Den with the hat equipped, the Spiders that come out to defend the nest will instead start to follow the player, although this will not happen if the player is Webber. If the player takes the hat off, the following Spiders in range will become hostile. They will become friendly again if the hat is reequipped.

While wearing the Spiderhat, all Pigs and Bunnymen as well as following Smallish Tallbirds will see the player as an enemy and attack. However, giving a hat to a Pig or Bunnyman has no effect on it or surrounding others of their kind.

The player cannot sleep (e.g. with a Straw Roll) when controlling Spiders, as the game will consider this "too dangerous".

In Don't Starve Together, the Spiderhat can be deconstructed using a Deconstruction Staff for 4 Silk, 2 Spider Gland and 1 Monster Meat.

Tips

The Spiderhat is a great tool for quickly farming large amounts of Silk and Spider Glands. For this to work all that is needed are 3-4 Spider Dens and a Spiderhat. At Dusk when Spiders come out to roam - briefly equip the Spiderhat to recruit some Spiders and order them to attack one of the unaffected Spiders that is near a Den, then move out of their aggro range and unequip the hat to conserve its durability. This will result in a Spider "civil war", where non befriended Spiders will attack the previously befriended ones and result in a snowball effect.

The downside is that all Monster Meat will be eaten quickly, so only Silk and Glands will be acquired using this method. Spiders respawn quickly and if there are several Tier 3 Dens around, this can be repeated at Dusk everyday.

This method is also very efficient for clearing out large amounts of Spiders and destroying Dens (clearing Spider-infested Rockyland for example).

Trivia

The old Spiderhat crafting window.

• The Spiderhat was added in the Long Live the Queen update.
• Before Spoiled Rotten, the Spiderhat was craftable. It required a Straw Hat, a Spider Egg, and 4 Monster Meat. Its crafting description was "Spiders will call you 'mom'.".

Gallery

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  Spiderhat Equipped
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  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
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  Spiders fighting each other and attacking a Den.
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  A Pig wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Other Pigs are unaffected by a Spiderhat-wearing Pig.
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  Spiderhat as seen in the poster for the Long Live the Queen! update.
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  Wilson wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Willow wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wolfgang wearing a Spider Hat.
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  Wendy wearing a Spiderhat.
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  WX-78 wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wickerbottom wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Woodie wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wes wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Maxwell wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wigfrid wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Webber wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Walani wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Warly wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wilbur wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Woodlegs wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wilba wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wormwood wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wheeler wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Winona wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wortox wearing a Spiderhat.
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  Wurt wearing a Spiderhat.

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