Tarantula Broodfather

Monstrous Spider who poisons and devours its victims.
— Maddox the Slayer
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Type
Mob Level
10
Mob Type
Stats
Health: 750
Damage: 35 per second
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Type
Mob Level
80[1]
Mob Type
Stats
Health: 30,000
Damage: 55 per second
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Type
Mob Level
470
Mob Type
Stats
Health: 900k
Damage: 260 per second
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Type
Mob Level
770
Mob Type
Stats
Health: 2.4M
Damage: 530 per second
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Type
Mob Level
1580[1] (Initial)
2230[1] (Conjoined Brood)
Mob Type
Stats
Health: 10M (Initial)
20M (Conjoined Brood)
30M (Total)
Damage: 3,500 per second (Initial)
7,000 per second (Conjoined Brood)

The Tarantula Broodfather is a Slayer BOSS in the Spider Slayer branch. It is an agile Spider that reduces the player's healing capabilities.

Spawning

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Tier Cost  Combat XP
Required
Requirement
I 2,000 Coins +250  Combat XP A sprite icon representing Revenant Horror in Hypixel SkyBlock Revenant Horror Tier II
II 7,500 Coins +650  Combat XP A sprite icon representing Tarantula Broodfather in Hypixel SkyBlock Tarantula Broodfather Tier I
III 20,000 Coins +1,500  Combat XP A sprite icon representing Tarantula Broodfather in Hypixel SkyBlock Tarantula Broodfather Tier II
IV 50,000 Coins +3,000  Combat XP A sprite icon representing Tarantula Broodfather in Hypixel SkyBlock Tarantula Broodfather Tier III
V 100,000 Coins +10,000  Combat XP A sprite icon representing Tarantula Broodfather in Hypixel SkyBlock Tarantula Broodfather Tier IV
 Combat XXV (25)
Spider Slayer VII (7)

Drops

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Slot Item LVL Req Odds Pool Weight Chance
Tarantula Web2 1–3 Tarantula Web Guaranteed Token 10,000 100.00% (1 in 1 kills)
Toxic Arrow Poison6 4–8 Toxic Arrow Poison Occasional Main 1,800 15.25% (1 in 6.55 kills)
Brick Red Dye 1 Brick Red Dye RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.00001% (1 in 10,000,000 kills)

Slot Item LVL Req Odds Pool Weight Chance
Tarantula Web13 9–18 Tarantula Web Guaranteed Token 10,000 100.00% (1 in 1 kills)
Toxic Arrow Poison7 6–8 Toxic Arrow Poison Occasional Main 1,800 15.09% (1 in 6.62 kills)
Spider Catalyst 1 Spider Catalyst Extraordinary Main 125 1.05% (1 in 95.4 kills)
Bite Rune 1 Bite Rune Extraordinary Extra 83 0.69% (1 in 144.67 kills)
Brick Red Dye 1 Brick Red Dye RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.00004% (1 in 2,500,000 kills)

Slot Item LVL Req Odds Pool Weight Chance
Tarantula Web24 16–32 Tarantula Web Guaranteed Token 10,000 100.00% (1 in 1 kills)
Toxic Arrow Poison24 16–32 Toxic Arrow Poison Occasional Main 1,800 14.85% (1 in 6.74 kills)
Bite Rune 1 Bite Rune Extraordinary Extra 333 2.67% (1 in 37.41 kills)
Spider Catalyst 1 Spider Catalyst 2 Extraordinary Main 250 2.06% (1 in 48.5 kills)
Tarantula Catalyst 1 Tarantula Catalyst 4 Pray RNGesus Main 30 0.25% (1 in 404.17 kills)
Bane of Arthropods 1 Enchanted Book (Bane of Arthropods VI) 4 Pray RNGesus Main 25 0.21% (1 in 485 kills)
Fly Swatter 1 Fly Swatter 5 Pray RNGesus Main 10 0.082% (1 in 1,212.5 kills)
Tarantula Talisman 1 Tarantula Talisman 6 Pray RNGesus Main 10 0.082% (1 in 1,212.5 kills)
Brick Red Dye 1 Brick Red Dye RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.0001% (1 in 1,000,000 kills)

Slot Item LVL Req Odds Pool Weight Chance
Tarantula Web40 32–48 Tarantula Web Guaranteed Token 10,000 100.00% (1 in 1 kills)
Toxic Arrow Poison40 32–48 Toxic Arrow Poison Occasional Main 1,800 14.97% (1 in 6.68 kills)
Bite Rune 1 Bite Rune Rare Extra 833 6.45% (1 in 15.5 kills)
Spider Catalyst 1 Spider Catalyst 2 Extraordinary Main 75 0.62% (1 in 160.36 kills)
Darkness Within Rune 1 Darkness Within Rune Pray RNGesus Extra 50 0.39% (1 in 258.2 kills)
Bane of Arthropods 1 Enchanted Book (Bane of Arthropods VI) 4 Extraordinary Main 50 0.42% (1 in 240.54 kills)
Tarantula Catalyst 1 Tarantula Catalyst 4 Pray RNGesus Main 45 0.37% (1 in 267.27 kills)
Fly Swatter 1 Fly Swatter 5 Pray RNGesus Main 20 0.17% (1 in 601.35 kills)
Tarantula Talisman 1 Tarantula Talisman 6 Pray RNGesus Main 20 0.17% (1 in 601.35 kills)
Vial of Venom 1 Vial of Venom 6 Pray RNGesus Main 10 0.083% (1 in 1,202.7 kills)
Digested Mosquito 1 Digested Mosquito 7 Pray RNGesus Main 7 0.058% (1 in 1,718.14 kills)
Brick Red Dye 1 Brick Red Dye RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.0002% (1 in 500,000 kills)
Paragon Shard 1 Paragon Shard 5 RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.25% (1 in 400 kills)

Slot Item LVL Req Odds Pool Weight Chance
Tarantula Web64 64 Tarantula Web Guaranteed Token 10,000 100.00% (1 in 1 kills)
Tarantula Silk 1 Tarantula Silk 2 Occasional Main 2,000 14.13% (1 in 7.08 kills)
Toxic Arrow Poison64 64 Toxic Arrow Poison Occasional Main 1,800 12.72% (1 in 7.86 kills)
Bite Rune 1 Bite Rune Rare Extra 833 5.52% (1 in 18.11 kills)
Primordial Shard 1 Primordial Shard Extraordinary Main 100 0.71% (1 in 141.53 kills)
Darkness Within Rune 1 Darkness Within Rune Pray RNGesus Extra 100 0.66% (1 in 150.86 kills)
Tarantula Catalyst 1 Tarantula Catalyst 4 Pray RNGesus Main 60 0.42% (1 in 235.88 kills)
Bane of Arthropods 1 Enchanted Book (Bane of Arthropods VI) 4 Pray RNGesus Main 50 0.35% (1 in 283.06 kills)
Fly Swatter 1 Fly Swatter 5 Pray RNGesus Main 30 0.21% (1 in 471.77 kills)
Tarantula Talisman 1 Tarantula Talisman 6 Pray RNGesus Main 30 0.21% (1 in 471.77 kills)
Spider Catalyst 1 Spider Catalyst 2 Pray RNGesus Main 25 0.18% (1 in 566.12 kills)
Vial of Venom 1 Vial of Venom 6 Pray RNGesus Main 20 0.14% (1 in 707.65 kills)
Shriveled Wasp 1 Shriveled Wasp 7 Pray RNGesus Main 20 0.14% (1 in 707.65 kills)
Digested Mosquito 1 Digested Mosquito 7 Pray RNGesus Main 10 0.071% (1 in 1,415.3 kills)
Ensnared Snail 1 Ensnared Snail 7 Pray RNGesus Main 6 0.042% (1 in 2,358.83 kills)
Primordial Eye 1 Primordial Eye 7 RNGesus Incarnate Main 2 0.014% (1 in 7,076.5 kills)
Brick Red Dye 1 Brick Red Dye RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.0004% (1 in 250,000 kills)
Paragon Shard 1 Paragon Shard 5 RNGesus Incarnate Separate 0.50% (1 in 200 kills)

Behavior

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The Tarantula Broodfather is a Spider-type mob hostile to all players. It has the appearance of a cave spider riding a spider. It is agile, able to move quickly, climb walls and jump huge distances. It deals melee damage. Often, it will change targets to other nearby players.

All Tarantula Broodfathers are immune to the abilities of Aspect of the Dragons and Ice Spray Wand.

As with all Slayer bosses, if the Tarantula Broodfather has not dealt damage to a player for some time, it will begin rapidly regenerating health. The regeneration immediately stops when it hits a player again. Additionally, if either it or its target stays in the same block for too long, it performs a slam-dunk attack, knocking the target towards it and dealing True Damage. If 3 minutes pass without the boss being defeated, it will despawn, failing the Slayer quest. A timer is shown above its head indicating the remaining time.

Each tier has all of the abilities from the ones before it.

Tier Level Health Damage Ability Slayer XP Reward
I 10 1000 35 Backstab Occasionally leaps behind you. Attacks from behind deal +20%/+30%/+40%/+60%/+80% Damage. 5 XP
II 80 30k 55 Noxious Paralysis Reduces your Vitality by 15%/30%/50%/75% & Speed by 10%/25%/50%/75%. Disables Absorption at Tier V. 25 XP
III 470 900k 260 Web of Lies Spews webbing along the ground, disabling teleportation abilities until they are cleared. Also spawns 2/3/4 Egg Sacs with 3/6/9 Health per Egg Sac, which must be broken before they hatch. (At 66% and 33% HP) 100 XP
IV 770 2.4M 530 Bat Barrage Releases a horde of evil bats. Take 0.1%/0.2% of max Health as Damage per second for each Bat alive. (starting at 66% Health) 500 XP
V 1580 (Initial)
2230 (Conjoined Brood)
10M 2200 Till Death Do Us Part Upon death, will call out to the Primordial Broodmother and fuse with her to form the Conjoined Brood. The Brood has 2x Health and Damage but only uses passive abilities. 1500 XP

Tier I

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  • Backstab - The Broodfather will occasionally leap behind the player and inflict 20% more Damage.

Tier II

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  • Backstab - The Broodfather will occasionally leap behind the player and inflict 30% more Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis - The Broodfather reduces the player's Vitality & Speed by 15% and 10% respectively when the boss is alive.

Tier III

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  • Backstab - The Broodfather will occasionally leap behind the player and inflict 40% more Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis - The Broodfather reduces the player's Vitality & Speed by 30% and 25% respectively when the boss is alive.
  • Web of Lies - Occurs at 600k (66%) & 300k (33%). The Broodfather will leap to a nearby area and begins spewing web to surround itself. While the Web of Lies is ongoing, it disables teleportation magic unless the player breaks 2 Egg Sacs above the boss with 3 Health per Egg Sac. If the egg sacs hatch, then they spawn the Broodfather's minions to attack the player.

Tier IV

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  • Backstab - The Broodfather will occasionally leap behind the player and inflict 60% more Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis - The Broodfather reduces the player's Vitality & Speed by 50% and 50% respectively when the boss is alive.
  • Web of Lies - Occurs at 1.6M (66%) & 800k (33%). The player needs to deal with 3 Egg Sacs above the boss with each Egg Sac having 6 Health.
  • Bat Barrage - The Broodfather will periodically spawn a horde of Primordial Bats to inflict 0.1% of max Health as Damage while becoming immune to Magic Damage.

Tier V (Primordial Broodfather)

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Like the A sprite icon representing Revenant Horror in Hypixel SkyBlock Revenant Horror Tier V, the Broodfather has a natural regeneration effect and immunity to Ability Damage.

  • Backstab - The Broodfather will occasionally leap behind the player and inflict 80% more Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis - The Broodfather reduces the player's Vitality & Speed by 75% and 75% respectively when the boss is alive. It also disables Absorption from all sources.
  • Web of Lies - Occurs at 6.7M (66%) & 3.3M (33%). The player must deal with 4 Egg Sacs above the boss with each Egg Sac having 9 Health.
  • Bat Barrage - The Broodfather will periodically spawn a horde of Primordial Bats to inflict 0.2% of max Health as Damage.
  • Till Death Do Us Part - Upon killing the Broodfather, it summons the Primordial Broodmother and fuses to become the Conjoined Brood. Its stats doubles that of A sprite icon representing Tarantula Broodfather in Hypixel SkyBlock Tarantula Broodfather Tier V and only retains its passive abilities (Backstab & Noxious Paralysis).

Minibosses

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The following Minibosses have a chance to spawn when killing a A sprite icon representing Spider in Hypixel SkyBlock Spider while a Tarantula Broodfather slayer quest of Tier III or higher is ongoing. These Minibosses provide more  Combat XP, therefore speeding up the process to spawning a Tarantula Broodfather.

It is also possible that after killing one of these Minibosses, another one could spawn immediately.

Minibosses
Image Name Health Damage Experience Tier Drops
Tarantula Vermin 54,000 Health 260 Damage 150 Tier III Tarantula Web 1 Tarantula Web
Tarantula Beast 144,000 Health 1,000 Damage 300 Tier IV Tarantula Web 2 Tarantula Web
Mutant Tarantula 576,000 Health 2,000 Damage 500 Tier IV Tarantula Web 5 Tarantula Web
Primordial Jockey 1,000,000 Health 750 Damage 1,350 Tier V Tarantula Web 4 Tarantula Web
Primordial Viscount 4,000,000 Health 2,500 Damage 2,600 Tier V Tarantula Web 8 Tarantula Web
  • It is recommended to use Tarantula Helmet.png Tarantula Armor to kill a Tarantula Broodfather Tier IV with at least 10,000 kills on the armor, as its piece bonus grants higher Defense against spiders, the more spiders have been killed with the set equipped.
  • A Radiant Power Orb Radiant Power Orb or higher, paired with a Spider Hat Spider Hat is recommended for fighting Tarantula Broodfather Tier III and above, as an alternative to Tarantula Helmet.png Tarantula Armor.
  • It is highly recommended to use Healing Enchantments like Life Steal and Vampirism on weapons. If the player's Health gets too low while fighting a Tarantula Broodfather, killing a couple of nearby spiders can activate Vampirism and keep the player alive.
  • While fighting the Tarantula Broodfather, backing up into a corner reduces the effect of its leaps and makes it much easier to land hits on the boss.
  • If the player has a high amount of Intelligence, a Voodoo Doll Voodoo Doll can be used to drain the Tarantula Broodfather's Health quickly.
  • It used to be possible to sword-swap between a Giant's Sword Giant's Sword and a Scorpion Foil Scorpion Foil to one-shot a Tarantula Broodfather Tier IV. This method is no longer available, however, as since sword-swapping has since been patched.
  • While the bats themselves are immune to Magic Damage, the ability from Giant's Sword Giant's Sword counts as melee and it can be used to clear them.
  • Since the release of 0.23.5, it is recommended to bring a Spider Shortbow Spider Shortbow or better to deal with Egg Sacs at higher tiers.
    • On a ♲ Ironman profile, is recommended to grind Tier III bosses until one obtains Spider Catalyst 3 Spider Catalyst to craft one, as it is much rarer from higher tiers.
  • When dealing with the Tarantula Broodfather Tier V, it is recommended to be aware of multiple A sprite icon representing Arachne's Keeper in Hypixel SkyBlock Arachne's Keepers as the combination of their Venom Shot and the Broodfather's Noxious Paralysis will quickly drain the player's current health.
  • Using a Tarantula Pet and/or Tarantula/Primordial Chestplate is very useful for combating Noxious Paralysis.
  • The best area to spawn the Tarantula Broodfather quickly is the Burning Desert in the Crimson Isle by killing Flaming Spiders .
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History

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Alpha Hypixel Network
Jul 31, 2024 Added Brick Red Dye Brick Red Dye to the Tarantula Broodfather loot pool.
Jul 8, 20250.23.1 Added Tier V.
Added +250 HP for Tier I (from 750 to 1000).
Added +10 DPS for Tier II (from 45 to 55).
Added +50 DPS for Tier III (from 210 to 260).
Increased the amount of  Combat XP required to spawn Tier II from 600 to 650.
Increased the amount of  Combat XP required to spawn Tier III from 1000 to 1500.
Increased the amount of  Combat XP required to spawn Tier IV from 2000 to 3000.
Jul 15, 2026Nerfed Noxious Paralysis Vitality reduction from 25%/50%/75%/100% to 15%/30%/50%/75%.
Jul 10, 2026Added Primordial Shard Primordial Shard and Paragon Shard Paragon Shard to the loot pool.
SkyBlock Prototype
Oct 11, 20190.7.2 Added Tarantula Broodfather.
Oct 14, 2019Buffed XP from Tier IV boss by +100 (from 400 to 500).
Reduced kills required for Tier IV by -25%.
Added a +40% delay before regeneration kicks in when out of combat.
Mar 30, 20210.11.3Reduced DPS by 65 for Tier II (from 110 to 45).
Reduced DPS by 370 for Tier III (from 525 to 155).
Reduced DPS by 925 for Tier IV (from 1325 to 400).
Unknown DateAdded +55 DPS for Tier III (from 155 to 210).
Added +130 DPS for Tier IV (from 400 to 530).
Jul 12, 20230.19.1Fixed Hoppers being able to pick up Cobwebs dropped from the Tarantula Broodfather jump effect.
Aug 6, 20240.20.5Added Brick Red Dye Brick Red Dye to the Tarantula Broodfather loot pool.
Jul 22, 20250.23.2 Added Tier V.
Added +250 HP for Tier I (from 750 to 1000).
Added +10 DPS for Tier II (from 45 to 55).
Added +50 DPS for Tier III (from 210 to 260).
Increased the amount of  Combat XP required to spawn Tier II from 600 to 650.
Increased the amount of  Combat XP required to spawn Tier III from 1000 to 1500.
Increased the amount of  Combat XP required to spawn Tier IV from 2000 to 3000.
May 6, 20260.24.5Added the ability for the Piercing enchantment to damage multiple Tarantula Broodfather egg sacs at once
Added a prompt in Tier III telling players to shoot Tarantula Broodfather's egg sacs when the phase begins
Tarantula Broodfather's "Web of Lies" animation is now significantly faster
Adjusted Tarantula Broodfather's "Backstab" in accordance with the mob dealing AOE damage
Tarantula Broodfather's "Noxious Paralysis" now reduce your Vitality & Speed by a flat amount
Egg Sacs are now affected by Swing Range
Reduced HP of Primordial Bats
Jul 8, 20260.26Fixed Conjoined Brood sometimes not spawning when using certain abilites, like Crimson Armor.
Jul 22, 20260.26.1Nefred Backstab damage from +50%/+75%/+100%/+125%/+150% to +20%/+30%/+40%/+60%/+80%.
Nerfed Noxious Paralysis Vitality reduction from 25%/50%/75%/100% to 15%/30%/50%/75%.
Nefred Bat Barrage damage from 1%/2% to 0.1%/0.2% per second for each Bat alive.
Aug 4, 20260.27Added Primordial Shard Primordial Shard and Paragon Shard Paragon Shard to the loot pool.

References

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  1. a b c Discord message from a Hypixel staff member in a restricted channel in the Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki server – @mrkeith, 7/24/26, 1:33 PM (EST).
    as far as i can tell it's a function of the max health of the entity
    int lvl = Math.sqrt(maxHealth) / 2
    
    rounded to nearest 10

    Admin message incorrectly states nearest instead of lowest and later clarified
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