Should I remove the spider den in my base?

[Blazemico]

I choose Webber and since I'm in a single player world and die a lot, made my base around the starter portal thing. I also put the spider den you start with under it. I now have a pretty good base I could say. But there's a huge spider den and the spiders keep breaking my walls. I haven't found any other spider dens and I don't know if I should remove it, if I even can remove it, and if I can move it somewhere else

[tools guy-kun]

if you really care to maintain walls around your base, then yes I'd move them elsewhere that you can easily access them but also isn't going to interfere with your belongings.

[Alucard †]

If you are Webber craft and use the decorating kit on the Den.

It will "pacify" the spiders associated from that den and they won't destroy your walls (or attack allies or players).

Keep in mind if they are attacked by anything including you. The decorating kit will "break" and you will have to reapply it. So walling off the den itself might be a good idea too if you plan on using the deco kit.

However if you want the den to double as defense against hounds and such then this idea goes out of the window and you will be better off just moving the den somewhere else. Take note den spiders can wander very far.

[bob644016]

You can relocate the den once it reaches tier 3 (has 3 humps on it). After you destroy the T3 den, it will turn into a fresh spider egg that you can place anywhere. My recommended way to destroy it is to wait till day (because the webby whistle does not work at dusk or night), blow the webby whistle, feed the spiders any meat items (primarily morsels and monster meat if you have it) until they're all tamed or at least until you've tamed all 3 warrior spiders. Then, fake-attack the den and have the spiders break it.

An alternative solution is to remove the walls. Walls aren't really useful in most situations. I guess it can be used to funnel all the creatures into one spot, or serve as an early warning system, but in any case you are still going to have to fight (or have the spiders fight) whatever is coming in your walls. I guess you could be using the walls for decoration, but at your point in the game you should prioritize function over form.

[Blazemico]

thanks everyone