killing the spider mutants in the forest

[scubasteve]

yeah these thing scare me and THEY CAN CLIME OVER WALLS! iv tried to kill them with my axe but it does not work iv also tried fire but that does nothing
does anyone know how to kill theses things?

[InfernusLuminati]

i heard that they can only be killed with traps or explosives , also molotov bombs do damage to them , but i personally have not been able to kill one.

[Hayras]

You can kill them with fire but not instantly. Use 3 or 4 fire arrows and it's done.

[Dragonway]

Me and 2 other buddies took it down with fire axe and fire arrows with the bow. 2 of us ran around it hitting it with the axe and the 3rd buddy kept hitting it with fire arrows

[Mr.MeatMuffins]

Its definitely very very possible to kill with an axe, molotovs also do a lot of damage to them. Keep in mind that you can upgrade your weapons to deal more damage. If you upgrade the fire axe with enough teeth you actually can slap the thing down pretty fast.

[dahni.uru]

I killed some with the wire trap bomb. Never with just an axe. With molotov's you have to hit it, run until the burning stops, repeat 3-4 times. If you hit it with 3-4 molotov's without waiting for the flame to go out it seems to be the same as only one molotov! But they are fast! Back sprint and side sprint works to evade them.

[Frosticlez]

Ahh they are easy my friend was ♥♥♥♥♥ing out of killing it so I went out to kill it. Combine a modern axe with cloth set in on fire and attack. If u keep attacking with enough enenergy while running around it then it barley hits u

[Regyptian]

Originally posted by dahni.uru:

But they are fast!

They are fast, deadly and the sound they make is just horrible. I hate them so much!
(In a positive way) :-)

[FuNeX pHoNeTiC]

3 or 4 fire arrows should do the job :D

[Panwich]

I had one that was glitched or something the other day and was unable to actually damage me. It took probably 15 or so hits with the modern axe (30 feathers) to kill. Kinda disappointing that they don't drop any sort of loot. Can't even be chopped or moved.

[LCBlome99]

My weapon of choice against them when i have no molotovs is the club you can get from the scouting party leaders. It is a club made of a skull and a stick with decorations and a hand on the side of the skull. It kills them fairly quick (Much faster than plain axe and maybe faster than all the axes. I haven't gotten all axes yet) and killing one spider/octo mutant is easy as long as you don't have other mutants or cannibals interfering. You just have to bring them in the open somewhere and only use light attacks (clicking rapidly rather than holding down LMB) unless you are ambushing them or you are experienced at killing them.

You can usually get 2 hits off on them before they can attack you. Don't try to brawl it out, take a few swings and then back off until it uses it's attack and then you can use a heavy attack to get a good hit on it since it is stationary for a few seconds before the next attack and then follow up with a light attack if you went fast enough or back off to be safe. Hope I helped.

[fishbowtie]

bomb +2-3 fire arrows

[Comet Dreamer]

An upgraded spear and a molotove from my treehouse served me great!

[TeaTurtle]

Fire arrows and molotovs are the most effective, safe way to take them down, but if you happen to be low on arrows and booze, the katana takes them down pretty easily and faster than the plane axe if you're careful and pay attention to which side's the front attacking end so you can circle. If I'm bored I like to go for a katana kill, makes things more exciting than just popping her with fire arrows from a distance or from up high. Just be careful about meleeing against the blue ones. Unless you're good at kiting and circling those are best killed from a distance due to how fast and aggressive they are compared to the normal ones (I've gotten some scary fast, incredibly aggressive blues while others seem to act the same as normal mutants. They were epic fights indeed).

If she gets inside your base (she does a lot of damage to structures so be careful) it's easiest to try and lead her out or into a nice open area and start swinging/shooting away. Just pay attention for the jump attack and move out of the way and you've got her. She's pretty easy once you figure out her pattern.

[maxcov4]

Use the swinging rock trap, it kills them in two swings. Just be careful because it can hit you too :P.

[rivaL John]

Enough hits should kill them but you should try... BOMBS