Spitter

Spitter
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	20 (15 )
Attack Period	6
Attack Range	8
Walking Speed	4
Running Speed	5
Sanity Aura	-40/min (0/min ) (-30/min ) (-36/min ) (-44/min ) -25/min (0/min ) (-12.5/min ) (-18.75/min ) (-22.5/min ) (-27.5/min )
Drops	(50%) or (25%) or 25%
Spawns from	()
	"spider_spitter"

“I hate spiders!”

–Wilson

“Get over here!”

–Willow

“Ptoo! Ptoo!”

–Wolfgang

“It's chewing on something.”

–Wendy

“A PROJECTILE SPIDER”

–WX-78

“An arachnid that spits projectiles.”

–Wickerbottom

“Spitting is rude!”

–Woodie

“Aggressive little thing, isn't it?”

–Maxwell

“It appears arachnids here don't spin webs from their posterior.”

–Wagstaff

“This öne's feisty.”

–Wigfrid

“Lay down some web for us.”

–Webber

“No thank you!”

–Walani

“So many spiders!”

–Warly

“I reckon I can spit further than ye.”

–Woodlegs

“NAY, SPIT NAUGHT AT WILBA!”

–Wilba

“Patuey!”

–Wormwood

“You're not making any friends with your attitude.”

–Wheeler

“Pfft, I can spit further than that!”

–Winona

“Do you spit your goop at me sir?”

–Wortox

“Glurph, spider loogies!!”

–Wurt

“Ooooh! Look at you!”

–Walter

“Leave me alone!”

–Wanda

Spitters are a Cave-dwelling variety of Spiders, which can spit web-projectiles as well as bite. They spawn from Spilagmites along with Cave Spiders. Like Cave Spiders, Spitters will utter low pitched roars as opposed to other spiders high pitched gurgling cries.

Spitters have the same drops as all spiders: Spider Gland, Silk, or Monster Meat. They take one hit from the Ice Staff to be frozen.

Behavior

Spitters are unique among Spiders because they have the ability to shoot webbed balls at the player very rapidly. This makes spelunking very dangerous as it is hard to get within melee range. The projectiles can be dodged, but they are very fast and have a small splash radius.

As with regular Spiders and Spider Warriors, when the player or another enemy is close, instead of shooting, Spitters will instead snap at their target, making them easier to kill. Also like other small spiders, they have a scared-looking animation when they're exposed to a large light source.

Spitters cannot be stun-locked, which makes them very dangerous to try to kill without armor or when there's more than one.

Reign of Giants

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Spitters are neutral to Webber and can be befriended with Meats by him.

Hunting

Because of Spilagmites' low spider count and the spitter's low damage output, the player can simply tank the attacks and kill the spider with a Log Suit or better.

However, if the player desires to avoid any damage, the best way to dodge a Spitter's webbed spit is to run at right angles to it, though they will still sometimes hit the character anyway if the Spitter is close enough.

It is recommended to use a ranged weapon on Spitters, to give the player more time to dodge the webbing. However, it may be easier to kite with a melee weapon if there is only one Spitter to fight, treating it as a Spider Warrior. Dodge its bite, then hit it a few times before it bites again.

Spitters (and other Spiders) can be caught by Traps and will drop their normal loot when murdered.

Spitters along with other Spiders will follow a character that is currently wearing a Spiderhat. However, caution must be taken as the Spiderhat decreases Sanity, which can be difficult to manage since it is always considered 'Night' underground. Also, it is important to watch the Spiderhat's durability level as the Spitters and Cave Spiders will become hostile when it runs out.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Spitters when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Weapon
No. of hits for	42	13	11	7	6	5	3-6	3 or 4	4	3	2	1

Shadow Rift Content

This content is available only after activating the Shadow Rift
If it gets caught in the Acid Rain its damage attack will rises to +50%, move speed will rises to +15% and taking damage decreases by -25%. The fact that it is subject to the effect can be understood by the special breath that he will emit. Also, their spit will visually explode.

Gallery

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  A Spitter.

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  A Spitter in motion.

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  Two Spitters spitting at Wilson.

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  Frozen Spitter.

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  A dead Spitter.

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  A sleeping Spitter.

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  Spitter as seen in the poster for the Underground update.

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  Spitter, as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 105.

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  Happy Spitter concept art from Rhymes With Play #281.