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Elemental Arachnids

by HiddenThorn

Elemental Arachnids adds nine spiders to Minecraft, each tied to a biome or element and each with its own drops and combat behavior.

NeoForgeClient and serverCreative Commons Attribution 4.01.21.1 – 26.1.2

What it does

Each of the nine spiders spawns in a specific biome and drops its own loot alongside the usual string and spider eyes. The Arctic Spider appears in cold biomes such as Ice Spikes and Snow Slopes, and it drops powdered snow and snowballs. The Combustion Spider causes a small explosion when it attacks and a larger one on defeat, and its loot includes TNT, sand and gunpowder. The Earth Spider lives in temperate climates and caves, hits harder and has a large health pool, dropping stone and golden items. The Ender Spider is summoned in its biome, calls five Endermites into the fight and drops ender pearls.

The Forest Spider regenerates health quickly and drops saplings, the Lightning Spider summons lightning onto the player from the peaks of Jagged Mountains, the Water Spider lives in rivers and on beaches and drops lily pads, and the Wind Spider moves very fast through windswept biomes and can launch the player back with wind charges. The mod runs on the client and on the server, so both need it, and it is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License without open source status. Files target NeoForge for 1.21.1, 1.21.4, 1.21.8 and 26.1.2, with 1.0.7 for 26.1.2 as the latest build.

Key features

  1. Nine elemental spiders

    Nine new spiders join the world, each with its own element, behavior and set of drops.

  2. Biome-based spawns

    Each spider spawns in a particular biome, such as the Nether, rivers, cold snowy areas or mountains.

  3. Area and summon attacks

    Some spiders explode on attack, summon Endermites or call lightning onto the player.

  4. Element-specific loot

    Every spider drops its own items, such as powdered snow, TNT, ender pearls or wind charges, in addition to standard spider drops.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.1.21.0.7
1.21.81.0.6
1.21.41.0.5
1.21.11.0.4
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want more variety in hostile spiders and server owners who want biome-specific spider encounters in a NeoForge world.

How it compares

Full comparison

Elemental Creepers Continued is an open source NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is also client and server. Spider Moon 2 covers Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1 with all rights reserved, and it is not open source. Spiders Produce Webs is server-side only, with a closed license and files for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.16.5 – 26.3.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Elemental ArachnidsNeoForge1.21.1 – 26.1.2Client and server2026-08-21
Elemental Creepers ContinuedNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-03-06
Spider Moon 2Fabric and NeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-08-15
Spiders Produce WebsFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.16.5 – 26.3Server-side only2026-10-02

Questions

Does Elemental Arachnids need to be installed on the server?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

Which loader does Elemental Arachnids support?

Only NeoForge. Files are not published for Fabric or Forge.

Which game versions have files for Elemental Arachnids?

Files exist for 1.21.1, 1.21.4, 1.21.8 and 26.1.2, with 1.0.7 as the latest NeoForge build for 26.1.2.

In the catalog

Elemental Arachnids is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.

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What the author says

Welcome to the Elemental Arachnids, this mod adds in nine new spiders, each spider has it's own special challenge, spawns in certain biomes, and drops the normal spider drops of string and spider eyes, as well as something that matches up with their element. The Arctic Spider can be found in cold biomes like the Ice…
HiddenThorn, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
HiddenThorn
Published
2024-10-30
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-21
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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