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Terror Spider

Superiors: The Queen of Terror
Difficulty: Varies depending on spider type, from hard, to very hard.
Guides: This page
Access: Everywhere with an unwelded vent.
Duties: If there is a Queen of Terror, obey her. Otherwise, create and defend a spider nest.

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Terror Spiders are the result of a Syndicate experiment that combined giant space spider and Xenomorph DNA.

Like Xenomorphs, they are intelligent, and form a hive that acts aggressively against humanoids in the area. They also travel through vents.

Like giant space spiders, they tend to wrap things in webs, drink human blood, and multiply by laying eggs that hatch into spiderlings.

They tend to be extremely strong in melee, but weak to ranged weapons. For special attacks, they tend to use a variety of deadly poisons, delivered by biting their targets.

Terror spider infestations typically start with green, white, prince, queen or mother spiders, then grow from there. The higher the tier of spider the start with, the faster and more deadly they will grow.

Terror Spider Types

Type	AKA	Role	Notes	Opens Powered Doors	Breaks Walls
Tier 1: Soldiers
Red Terror	Bloody Butcher spider Crimson Terror spider	Juggernaut / Assault	High health, high melee damage, but very slow speed. Does more damage the lower its health is. Capable of robusting several greytiders at once.	Yes	No
Gray Terror	Invisible Stalker spider	Ambusher	Hides in vents, ambushing prey with webs. Double damage against webbed targets.	No	No
Green Terror	Vicious Bloodsucking spider	Breeding	Drinks the blood of its victims, then lays clutches of eggs that hatch into more spiders. The most common source of an infestation.	No	No
Tier 2: Specialists
Black Terror	Giant Black Widow spider	Poisoner	Uses hit-and-run attacks, and incredibly lethal venom. Anyone bitten by this must get immediate toxins treatment, or they will die.	No	No
White Terror	Ghostly Nightmare spider Corruption spider	Infector	Injects spider eggs into your body. Once these hatch, live spiderlings eat their way out of your skin.	No	No
Purple Terror	Praetorian Guard spider	Nest Guard	A variant of the red, they are stronger, move faster, and spin thick webs that block humanoid vision.	Yes	Yes
Brown Terror	Breaching spider	Breacher	Vent-breaking spider that breaches into new areas.	Yes	Yes
Tier 3: Minibosses
Prince of Terror	Tank spider	Slaughter	This beast has armor comparable to an organic tank. Fast, tough, and deadly, a well armed squad is required to fight it.	Yes	Yes
Mother of Terror	Giant WolfMother spider	Schmuck Bait	Carries hundreds of spiderlings on its back. If killed, its children will stop at nothing to avenge their mother.	Yes	No
Tier 4: Bosses
File:Terror gold.png Queen of Terror	Brood Mother spider Arch Terror spider	Hive Queen	Builds nests. Lays eggs. Directs the brood. Spits mind-warping hallucinogenic toxins. Exterminates non-spider life.	Yes	Yes

Fighting Them

• Weld vents and scrubbers. Even fully-grown Terror Spiders can ventcrawl. They will run around murdering the whole crew if you fail to weld the vents.
• Carry a gun. Melee weapons are not good enough to fight the vast majority of terror spiders. Laser weapons are preferable.
• Travel with friends.
• Don't travel into dark/webbed areas.
• Don't walk into spider webs.
• If bitten by a Black Terror, or White Terror, seek immediate medical help. You will be dead (or worse) within minutes if you don't do this.
• If you're Medical (or the closest thing to a doctor available), get a Medical HUD to tell who's infested with eggs, do Internal Organ Manipulation surgery on their chest to remove said eggs, and have plenty of anti-toxins stocked.
• Don't let them create a nest. The longer their nest exists, the more of them they can produce.
• If you are security, consider arming the crew. Terror spiders can be as dangerous as blobs, even worse in some cases. Arming the crew is safer than having a serious terror spider infestation.
• If you are science, make AEGs. Make sure security have them. Night vision HUDs help too. The best weapon against Terror Spiders are mechs, especially mechs with lasercannons.
• If you are cargo, consider ordering eguns/laserguns.
• If you are command, get the crew organized. Remind people of what to do, and what not to do. Remind the assistants that these things are serious business, and hunting them with a toolbox is suicide.

Playing Them

• Destroy lights. You can smell blood, and see in the dark. Crew can't.
• Destroy cameras. They emit light, and let the AI see you.
• Do not kill crew who have the purple 'xeno infection' marker. These crew are likely infected with terror spider eggs.
• Drag dead bodies to a green, who will web them, drink their blood, and lay more eggs. Alternative, drag those bodies to any spider that needs a meal to regenerate faster.
• Spin webs. They stop crew in their tracks, and even block shots to a limited extent. They have no effect on you, or any other terror spiders.
• Ventcrawl to find targets, and to escape groups of armed humans.
• Each spider type has its own strengths and weaknesses. Know them. Don't try to fight a mech with a black, a chemist with a white, or a sec officer with a gray.
• Follow the orders of the Queen of Terror, if one exists. The queen has the right (and the brute strength!) to tear you in half if you don't.
• If you are injured, go after easy targets for awhile. You regenerate slowly over time.

Terror Spider Abilities

Name	Restrictions	Description
Passive Abilities (all spiders)
Regenerate	speed varies	Terror spiders constantly regenerate health at a low rate. Certain actions increase this rate.
Prey Sense	N/A	Terror spiders can sense the health status of their food (humanoids), including whether they are infected with eggs or not.
Hivemind	N/A	Terror spiders speak on their shared hivemind by default, but some of them can also talk with normal crew (via ":9" or ".9").
Sense of Death	N/A	Through the hivemind, the death of any one terror spider is immediately known to all of the others.
Active Abilities
Web	15 second cooldown	Spins a Terror Web. These will block some projectiles one time, and ensnare any humanoid who enters them for several seconds.
Ventcrawl	takes 10 seconds	Alt-click on any non-welded vent or scrubber to enter it. After a few seconds, you can move freely through the pipe system, emerging at any other unwelded vent/scrubber you can reach.
Wrap	once per corpse	Wraps up a corpse, and drains it of blood. All spiders get bonus health regeneration for doing this. Green spiders also get the ability to lay eggs this way.
Green Terrors can also:
Lay Green Eggs	Wrap a corpse first	Lay eggs which can hatch into red, gray, or green terror spiders. Requires using Wrap on a corpse first.
Princes of Terror can also:
Spin Thick Web	None	Spins a web that blocks the crew's vision.
Mothers and Queens can also:
Vent Smash	None	Smashes open a welded vent or scrubber.
Queens of Terror can also:
HiveSense	N/A	Reach out to your brood telepathically, sensing their locations, types, moods, and status.
Lay Queen Eggs	long cooldown	Lay eggs which can hatch into red, gray, green, white, black, or purple terror spiders. Unlike with the green-level ability, Queens do not need to feed before doing this.
Fake Spiderlings	limited uses	Creates a few immature spiderlings, broken and defective. They will never grow up, but they will scare the crew as they move quickly and spread widely.

Objects & Drops

• Spiderling: Non-playable baby spiders. They move very quickly and like to hide in vents. Humans must kill them. Spiders must keep them alive.
• Terror Webs: Extremely sticky webs placed by spiders. Can be destroyed easily. Attempting to walk through them is highly likely to ensnare any human.

Questions

• Do terror spiders need oxygen? Pressure? Temperature? Yes. Lack of proper atmos kills them slowly.
• Can I kill them with toxins? No. They ignore plasma in the air, and syringes/syringeguns don't work on them (they do not process reagents).
• How do I play as one? Click on it as a ghost. There may also be a notice in ghostchat when a terror spider is controllable.
• Can adult terror spiders travel through vents? Yes.

Guide For Xenobio

• Can I spawn these as hostile mobs with a gold slime core? No.
• Can I spawn these as tame mobs with a gold slime core? No.
• Can I use a sentience potion to make one loyal to me? No.
• Will I get brutally murdered if I try interacting with a wild one? Yes!

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