Somewhat Tameable Spiders

Honey bottles are the key item. Approaching a spider with one tempts it, and a spider keeps following while the player keeps offering the treat until its hearts appear. A trusted spider stops attacking, even in the middle of an attack that has not landed yet, and it may despawn while still behaving as a friend. Trust is lost when a trusted spider is hurt, and trusted spiders cannot be bred. Spiders can also be leashed, and raw meat or rotten meat heals a trusted spider that has taken damage. Food items are read from the item tag somewhat-tameable-spiders:spider_food, which defaults to the common raw meat tag, so modpack food items can be added.

Trusted spiders can carry one player. A saddle is placed by right-clicking the spider, and the saddled spider can climb walls and slide down vertical surfaces, which suits exploration. Low ceilings are a hazard, since the spider can scrape a rider against them. Riders take no fall damage while mounted. Cave spiders are a separate case in the author notes, and the rider is larger than the spider in the sense that the spider is not built to carry a full-sized player comfortably.

The mod runs on Fabric for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, with the latest file for 1.21.1 dated 2026-03-15. It is client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Its license is custom and the code is not open source, though a source repository and an issue tracker are public.