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Steam
Jun 2, 2015
Xbox One 729.0
Dec 16, 2015
PS 501.0
Dec 6, 2016
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Spawn Command
cheat summon SpiderS_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Spider-Small/SpiderS_Character_BP.SpiderS_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Araneo
cheat summon SpiderS_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Spider-Small/SpiderS_Character_BP_Aberrant.SpiderS_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Level Requirement
Preferred Food
Equipment
Araneo Saddle Araneo Saddle (Level 40)
4 - 12 °C / 39 - 54 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 8 °C / 46 °F
Incubation Time
1h 25m 42.446s
Baby Time
2h 30m 9.009s
Juvenile Time
10h 36.036s
Adolescent Time
12h 30m 45.045s
Total Maturation Time
1d 1h 1m 30.09s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d

The Araneomorphus, or better known as the Araneo or even simply the Spider, is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info

Dossier

This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.

NoteHelena
Wild

I don't know where to start with Araneomorphus amalgotantibus. It has so many of the nightmare inducing traits of spiders from among many family and genus. It fires webbing like a bola spider, it spits venom like a lynx spider. It has a poisonous bite like a myriad of spiders, and can see in the dark by sensing vibrations. And to top it off, Araneomorphus is larger than an adult human! If that wasn't enough, I'm convinced that some of the caves on the island have actually been dug by Araneomorphus, but this worries me. Either Araneomorphus is a colony-spider (like ants), or there is a much larger Araneomorphus somewhere on the island.

Domesticated

As long as it is kept far from arachnophobics, domesticated Araneomorphus makes an excellent guardian creature for anyone wanting to avoid killing. Their strange web-spraying behavior is also quite helpful while hunting fast, fleeing prey. They are too small to be used as mounts, however...

Behavior

Due to their aggressive temperament, the Araneomorphus will attack the survivor on sight. Like most spiders, it produces webs to snare its food and uses venom to subdue them; however, rather than building elaborate webs, the Araneo opts to shoot webs and spit venom at its prey. They are most commonly found in large swarms deep underground.

Appearance

Found deep underground in dark caverns, or in the lava biome of Ragnarok, the Araneomorphus is a nightmarish chimera of various spider species.

Color Scheme and Regions

This section displays the Araneo's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Araneo. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Araneo will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.

This information can be used to alter the Araneo's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Araneo's "thorax and head" magenta.

Araneo PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Thorax and Head
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X mark

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Araneo PaintRegion2
Region 2:
Lower Abdomen
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Araneo PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Leg
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Araneo PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Scutes
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Araneo PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Upper Abdomen and Markings
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Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 150 +30 +2.7% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 100 +10 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 900 +90 +10%
Weight Weight 100 +2 +8%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 10 / 5 +0.5 / +0.25 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1% 67%
Torpidity Torpidity 80 +4.8 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 200 ? ? 400 320 534.4 15
Swimming 200 ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 1These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.
  • 2These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
  • For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.
Attack Effects
Attack Type Effect Description
Main Attack Tranquilized Tranquilized The target's Torpor Torpor will increase by 10 points over 10 seconds. This effect stacks.
Alt Attack Webbed Webbed Used intermittently. The Araneo shoots a projectile that reduces movement speed by 50% for 10 seconds.
Attack Values
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Araneo bites the target. The target's Torpor Torpor will increase by 10 points over 10 seconds. This effects stacks with each hit from a wild Araneo, however attacks from tamed Araneos stack up to two times for a maximum of 20 seconds torpor debuff.
0 200 0 200
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 10 10
Web Cone Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (Xbox One), the Araneo shoots webbing that reduces movement speed by 50% for 10 seconds.
30 1500 0 800
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Projectile Impact 5 2 100

Wild Stats Level-up

Type in values of a wild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.[1]

Araneo

The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives: Apps

Note that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, so this tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.


Taming

Araneomorphus is tamed non-violently, rather than through the use of tranquilizers. Since it is a naturally aggressive creature, you must first apply Bug Repellent in order to keep it from attacking on sight. The Araneo will not be tameable if it is trying to attack another creature or is feeding on a corpse, so you must either remove any such distractions from the area or lure it to a more secluded area.

Once you have the Bug Repellent applied and distractions dealt with, place the food you wish to feed it in the right-most slot of your hotbar. Then, carefully approach the Araneo until a button prompt to feed it appears - it will eat the piece of food you give it and a taming bar will appear. It is recommended that you do so in the prone position to reduce the chance of it noticing you and becoming aggressive. You must then wait until it becomes hungry enough to be fed again, and repeat the process. If you accidentally get too close and touch the Araneo, it will become aggressive and attack. In order to continue taming it, you must get far enough away for it to lose interest in you.

Once tamed, the Araneo can itself become a useful tool for taming because of its web attack. Survivors can use this attack to slow down a target animal, rendering it far less dangerous and more manageable.


Araneo Level 1 Feeding Interval Time
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 11 01:13 0:12:14
Raw Meat Raw Meat 69 00:20 0:23:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 172 00:10 0:28:41
Araneo Level 30 Feeding Interval Time
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 19 01:10 0:21:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 127 00:20 0:42:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 317 00:10 0:52:51
Araneo Level 60 Feeding Interval Time
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 28 01:09 0:31:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 187 00:20 1:02:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 467 00:10 1:17:51
Araneo Level 90 Feeding Interval Time
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 37 01:08 0:41:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 247 00:20 1:22:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 617 00:10 1:42:51
Araneo Level 120 Feeding Interval Time
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 46 01:08 0:51:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 307 00:20 1:42:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 767 00:10 2:07:51
Araneo Level 150 Feeding Interval Time
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 55 01:07 1:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 367 00:20 2:02:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 917 00:10 2:32:51

Soothing Balm Araneo Level 1 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 12 01:12 0:13:21
Raw Meat Raw Meat 79 00:20 0:26:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 197 00:10 0:32:51
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 4 01:29 0:04:27
Raw Meat Raw Meat 27 00:20 0:09:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 66 00:10 0:11:01
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 3 00:30 0:01:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 7 00:11 0:01:11
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:00:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:00:11
Soothing Balm Araneo Level 30 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 22 01:09 0:24:27
Raw Meat Raw Meat 145 00:20 0:48:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 362 00:10 1:00:21
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 8 01:16 0:08:54
Raw Meat Raw Meat 49 00:20 0:16:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 121 00:10 0:20:11
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 5 00:25 0:01:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 13 00:10 0:02:11
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:00:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:00:11
Soothing Balm Araneo Level 75 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 38 01:08 0:42:14
Raw Meat Raw Meat 248 00:20 1:22:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 620 00:10 1:43:21
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 13 01:12 0:14:27
Raw Meat Raw Meat 83 00:20 0:27:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 207 00:10 0:34:31
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 2 02:14 0:02:14
Raw Meat Raw Meat 9 00:22 0:03:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 21 00:10 0:03:31
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:00:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2 00:21 0:00:21
Soothing Balm Araneo Level 150 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 63 01:07 1:10:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 420 00:20 2:20:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1048 00:10 2:54:41
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 21 01:10 0:23:21
Raw Meat Raw Meat 140 00:20 0:46:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 350 00:10 0:58:21
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 3 01:40 0:03:21
Raw Meat Raw Meat 14 00:21 0:04:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 35 00:10 0:05:51
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:00:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 3 00:15 0:00:31
Soothing Balm Araneo Level 300 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 115 01:07 2:07:47
Raw Meat Raw Meat 762 00:20 4:14:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1905 00:10 5:17:31
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 39 01:08 0:43:21
Raw Meat Raw Meat 254 00:20 1:24:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 635 00:10 1:45:51
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 4 01:29 0:04:27
Raw Meat Raw Meat 26 00:20 0:08:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 64 00:10 0:10:41
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 00:41 0:00:41
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 5 00:12 0:00:51
Soothing Balm Araneo Level 450 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 166 01:07 3:04:27
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1105 00:20 6:08:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2762 00:10 7:40:21
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 56 01:07 1:02:14
Raw Meat Raw Meat 369 00:20 2:03:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 921 00:10 2:33:31
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 6 01:20 0:06:41
Raw Meat Raw Meat 37 00:20 0:12:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 93 00:10 0:15:31
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 00:00 0:01:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 3 00:30 0:01:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 7 00:11 0:01:11


Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.

Locations

Most times of the year, the Araneomorphus can be found only in caves. However, during the ARK: Fear Evolved event, the Araneos spawned in various places above ground.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Araneomorphus.

General

The Araneo is found in caves and has tranquillizing venom, but to a sufficiently equipped player, this is generally not an issue. They have relatively low health and rely on swarming their opponent to overwhelm them with web and venom attacks.

Strategy

Be careful to avoid their ranged attacks. The web attack impedes your mobility and can leave you vulnerable to ambush by other cave predators. Stay nimble and fight back using a ranged weapon, such as a Crossbow. Pikes and Swords can also work in a pinch, but leave you more vulnerable.

Weaponry

Most weapons are fairly effective against the Araneo, with ranged weapons being the most effective. However, most ranged weapons will be incapable of putting down large rushes sufficiently quickly, making a backup melee weapon a necessity. Pikes and Shotguns are effective, as the Pike can keep them out of attack range reliably while dealing substantial damage; the Shotgun, on the other hand, can quickly slaughter the Araneo in tight spaces.

Dangers

The largest danger the Araneo presents is the size of its horde. A single Araneo and its ranged attacks can be a challenge, deadly even, but a swarm can quickly overwhelm even the strongest survivors if they aren't paying attention and get cornered. Watch your Torpor carefully and have an ally nearby if possible to cover you if you fall.

Weakness

Cave walls frequently create close quarters, so Shotguns are highly effective. Tamed creatures can be a great help for taking on the Araneo - but which ones can be used depends on the size of the cave entrance. In larger caves, creatures like the Raptor Raptor, Sabertooth Sabertooth, Direwolf Direwolf, and even Pteranodon Pteranodon can be used. In other caves, only shoulder-mounted animals like the Dimorphodon Dimorphodon can be used.

Utility

Roles

  • Cave mount: When mounted on an Araneo you don't aggro any creatures. That makes this tame ideal for caving. Even when attacking most creatures won't aggro on you. This might be a bug.
  • Base Defense/ Guard Dog: Though the Araneo has abysmal speed and rather low health and damage when compared to the majority of creatures, it makes up for this by having a venemous bite which can induce torpor as well as having a web attack that slows enemies down to just 10% of their original speed. These two traits make them especially deadly when in tight spaces as once an enemy is webbed, the Araneos can close in to tranquilize or kill their prey. Setting the Araneo to only attack creatures and survivors that are awake can make it easy to imprison an offender if the spiders suceed in knocking out the offender, allowing the use of Handcuffs Handcuffs and the Wooden Cage Wooden Cage.
  • Cave/ Base Turret: The Araneo can also be used as slowing turret that helps defend against rocket rushing; this is especially useful when used in caves in which x plants aren't an option since they require sunlight. This can essential be accomplished by overburdening the Araneo and setting it on aggressive as this will cause it to perform its web attack that slows enemies. TIP: try setting them behind tight corners so they can't get sniped out.

Collectibles

Notes/Trivia

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Araneo, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

  • The Web attack can actually have it's damage increased if melee damage is increased.
  • The Dossier for Araneomorphus mentions a "much larger Araneomorphus somewhere on the island"; this actually refers to the Broodmother Lysrix Broodmother Lysrix, one of the bosses in the game.
  • Although usually only found in caves, they can sometimes appear in groups on the surface due to a glitch. On maps like Ragnarok or The Center however, they also spawn on the surface in certain biomes.
  • Despite the Dossier saying that they are too small to be used as mounts, they were made rideable in Patch 221.0.
  • Though the Dossier states they have a "poisonous bite" that is technically incorrect as it would be venomous, not poisonous. Venom is injected, while poison is ingested.
  • Araneae is the scientific name for spiders,[2] the Latin root morphous means "to have the shape of something," amalgam refers to a mixture or combination, and tantibus is literally the Latin word for "nightmare." So Araneomorphus amalgotantibus roughly means "spider-shaped nightmare combination" in Latin, referring to the fact that it possesses features from numerous different families and genera of real-life spiders and that the Dossier describes it as being "nightmare inducing."
  • There is a common glitch while walking up inclined hills or ramps, as Araneomorphus will usually lean forward and perform a sort of "hand-stand," while their faces clip through the ground. Additionally, they appear to lack a swimming animation, as their walking animation is used while swimming.
  • It is possible that all Araneomorphus are the children of the Broodmother Lysrix.
  • Araneo do not produce feces.
  • Real world Spiders hunt for their food or wait to catch their food, however Ark's Araneo have adapted to not only hunt and catch their food but adapted to eating spoiled rotting meat and flesh.
  • Despite being a mix of several spiders it cannot climb walls or ceilings like all spiders can.
    • Along with not being able to climb on walls and ceilings, it also isn't capable of spitting out venom like the dossier says. The Broodmother Lysrix is able to spit venom however.
  • Although Araneo lay unfertilized eggs and can't reproduce they still somehow manage to survive, likely because the Ark itself spawns them.

Gallery

References

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