effective ways to farm silk?

[Zekvich]

I would really like to know how to farm silk as I always have trouble advancing due to my shortage of the stuff and since I finally survived my first winter after a silly amount of played time I am now in a situation where I need it for next winter otherwise deerclops will not just claim my base but my life too XD

Btw I tried pigs but I have a lack of meat and I tried using meat plant to kill spiders but that also nearly got me killed.

[JoshnPosh]

make around 4 traps and put it around the nest and lure them over it will trap them you harvest them you get a 1/3 chance to get silk once its over come back the next day or if its a teir 3 do it till the spiders run out destroy it and you get a spider egg then put the egg near some pigs and come back every few days and collect some silk hope it helps :)
also use the monster meat on a bird cage to get eggs

[Spider Jeranimo]

Theres many ways to farm them, at the mo i'm going with this......

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=154221087

It's a short walk from base, they are against the edge of land so can't go anywhere, if nest turns to queen theres tons of traps to take her out.

[J20Hawkz]

Spider☻Monkey a écrit :

Theres many ways to farm them, at the mo i'm going with this......

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=154221087

It's a short walk from base, they are against the edge of land so can't go anywhere, if nest turns to queen theres tons of traps to take her out.

:dswilson:

Very original :)

[Another one]

I'm playing as wolfgang so i just plant a lot of eggs together and attack one of the wandering spiders at dusk. If you do this you'll get swarmed but won't get any spiders soldiers, wich makes them easy to kite as long as you are careful.

[Circle Nine]

You can kill spiders using traps.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=152872923

Doing it this way, you can lure out 2-3 spiders at a time, kill them in the traps, harvest/reset the traps and repeat until there are no spiders left it in. And then do that again the next day and the next until you hit a level 3 den, and then smash it and replant it.

[Zekvich]

no chance of me using tooth traps XD hounds never drop teeth for me. Also don't those traps damage you when you go to loot the drops? :P i'll use rabbit traps for the spiders now but it looks like i'll have to deal with some spider queens somehow. Thanks for the help.

[JoshnPosh]

Zekvich a écrit :

no chance of me using tooth traps XD hounds never drop teeth for me. Also don't those traps damage you when you go to loot the drops? :P i'll use rabbit traps for the spiders now but it looks like i'll have to deal with some spider queens somehow. Thanks for the help.

how to deal with spider queens
destroy a nest when it gets 3 lairs of eggs
you will get a egg and can put it anywere but do it as soon as it gets 3 eggs if you wait to long you will get a spider queen

[Circle Nine]

JoshnPosh³ a écrit :

Zekvich a écrit :

no chance of me using tooth traps XD hounds never drop teeth for me. Also don't those traps damage you when you go to loot the drops? :P i'll use rabbit traps for the spiders now but it looks like i'll have to deal with some spider queens somehow. Thanks for the help.

how to deal with spider queens
destroy a nest when it gets 3 lairs of eggs
you will get a egg and can put it anywere but do it as soon as it gets 3 eggs if you wait to long you will get a spider queen

Yeah, I think a nest needs to be level 3 for a number of days before it can even have a chance of becoming a queen, so as soon as it hits level 3 just clear out the spiders then kill the nest and replant it.

[J20Hawkz]

Let me just put everything together. This is exactly how I farm silk.

First find a tier 3 spider den. Basically its 3 layers of spider sacks. Destroy it and claim silk and your first spider egg. Now go and place it closer to a pig village. Every day check on the spider den. There should be silk lying around after a pig vs spider battle. Keep doing this until it becomes a tier 3 den again. Then repeat the first part as I explained. You can also clear out the den everytime you collect silk left lying around. Just touch the spider web flooring and a few spider will come out. They are easy to kill and will net you monster meat/glands/silk. So no traps, just you bieng organised and planning your days carefully. Simple :)

[Toasty]

Personally, I like to use this:

First, obtain 1+ spider egg(s), and place it a walkable distance from your base. Then, locate and harvest 1+ Meaty Bulb(s) (You should eventually see one spring up next to your campfire, as Lureplants spawn most often in areas the player spends alot of time in.). Once you've got them, plant them just outside the webbing of your eggs so the eyeplants will grow om top of the webbing. Leave and go do whatever you like to do for a in-game week or two, them return to the site. Now, hit the eyeplants with any weapon as they are defeated in one hit, and make your way to the Bulb, destroy the bulb, and it should contain lots of silk, and probaby a few morsels from birds and rabbits that came near. once you've done this, you can replant the bulb and repeat!

If you don't have access to Meaty bulbs yet, you can just do the same thing but instead, once you've planted the spider eggs, wait until it's reached tier 3. At that point, grab all your pig friends and attack the Egg itself while the pigs distract the spiders. Collect the silk from the egg and the silk from the battle, and then replant the egg and repeat!

Hope this helped!

[J20Hawkz]

Toasty a écrit :

Personally, I like to use this:

First, obtain 1+ spider egg(s), and place it a walkable distance from your base. Then, locate and harvest 1+ Meaty Bulb(s) (You should eventually see one spring up next to your campfire, as Lureplants spawn most often in areas the player spends alot of time in.). Once you've got them, plant them just outside the webbing of your eggs so the eyeplants will grow om top of the webbing. Leave and go do whatever you like to do for a in-game week or two, them return to the site. Now, hit the eyeplants with any weapon as they are defeated in one hit, and make your way to the Bulb, destroy the bulb, and it should contain lots of silk, and probaby a few morsels from birds and rabbits that came near. once you've done this, you can replant the bulb and repeat!

If you don't have access to Meaty bulbs yet, you can just do the same thing but instead, once you've planted the spider eggs, wait until it's reached tier 3. At that point, grab all your pig friends and attack the Egg itself while the pigs distract the spiders. Collect the silk from the egg and the silk from the battle, and then replant the egg and repeat!

Hope this helped!

I didnt mention this coz I'm actually in the middle of testing it. You say 1 week ingame later all the silk and auch will still be in the plant? So only meat gets digested? How long does it take for meat to digest?

[Toasty]

J20Hawkz a écrit :

Toasty a écrit :

Personally, I like to use this:

First, obtain 1+ spider egg(s), and place it a walkable distance from your base. Then, locate and harvest 1+ Meaty Bulb(s) (You should eventually see one spring up next to your campfire, as Lureplants spawn most often in areas the player spends alot of time in.). Once you've got them, plant them just outside the webbing of your eggs so the eyeplants will grow om top of the webbing. Leave and go do whatever you like to do for a in-game week or two, them return to the site. Now, hit the eyeplants with any weapon as they are defeated in one hit, and make your way to the Bulb, destroy the bulb, and it should contain lots of silk, and probaby a few morsels from birds and rabbits that came near. once you've done this, you can replant the bulb and repeat!

If you don't have access to Meaty bulbs yet, you can just do the same thing but instead, once you've planted the spider eggs, wait until it's reached tier 3. At that point, grab all your pig friends and attack the Egg itself while the pigs distract the spiders. Collect the silk from the egg and the silk from the battle, and then replant the egg and repeat!

Hope this helped!

I didnt mention this coz I'm actually in the middle of testing it. You say 1 week ingame later all the silk and auch will still be in the plant? So only meat gets digested? How long does it take for meat to digest?

Hmm, well I can't determine how long ago the meat was consumed, but yes, it stayed in. Although the one problem I've encountered is that the amount of silk is very inconsistent, as eyeplants kinda suck at fighting spiders, but can gang up on spiders. Back to meats, I'm not sure as the meats I collected had been recently eaten, but I've been told food spoils normaly inside lureplants.

[thelasthour]

What I do is make 3 rock wall areas right next to each other, with one wall cut out. I put a spider nest in each section, and plant traps outside the open wall. I never don't have silk when I need it now.

[J20Hawkz]

thelasthour a écrit :

What I do is make 3 rock wall areas right next to each other, with one wall cut out. I put a spider nest in each section, and plant traps outside the open wall. I never don't have silk when I need it now.

Got a pic to show us please. Thanks.

[Zekvich]

dont the spiders destroy the walls? i'd also like to see how you do it. :) sounds very useful