How are you guys killing the spiders and surviving?

[Mysticalmaid]

Is there a trick to surviving the level 2 and above spider creatures? They are terrifying and jump huge distances, I feel like I'm in an alien movie sometimes I know I can stop them spawning, but how do I fight these monsters?

[info]

unlock the rifle, use the auto aim ammo and get used to being good with the jet pack

[info]

and use liquid biofuel for the jet pack!!! not solid biofuel

[Aven]

Cheese. Rebar gun them from a distance where they don’t aggro, or build a hut to shoot from where they can’t get it, or wall them into an area with conveyor walls and shoot them through holes.

[Fenix]

Health inhalers + Explosive Rebar + Clusters Bombs + Parachute
Oh and panic shelter Blueprint

[Broseidon]

what the others have said.
and you can also put down 3 nobelisks or so directly infront of you and wait for it to jump into them, to blow them up.

[FinalKingdomHearts]

Xeno-basher 2 hits small small spider.

[TJ]

explosive rebar and jetpack with jet fuel.... biofuel doesnt last longer enough during us or you have to have extra in your inventory ..... Been playing since it first came out through beta so i have killed quite a few... Also they are more active at night or in caves.... just a fyi lol

[Djelighoti]

Hit them with the xeno-zapper

[Shintai]

Nuke Nobelisk!

[DaBa]

Ranged weapons.

- Rebar gun with shatter rebars one shots smaller spiders and only needs a couple to kill the big ones,
- Rebar Gun with stunning rebars will stun the big spider and allow you to bash it to death easily,
- Nobelisks kill multiple smaller spiders at once, only a couple to kill big ones,
- Rifle can kill them from range before they even aggro on you, also does a lot of damage if you can keep it on a target. Smart ammo tears through small spiders.
- Explosive rebars, same deal as with nobelisks but easier to use.

[curtyuiop]

You have a spider coming at you ground level, empty first cartridge as it's approaching, back away from spider (always facing it) using the jetpack, in the air, you are backing away, the spider will now jump at you. As soon as it takes flight towards you, strafe left or right with jetpack and it whizzes right past you, Repeat if necessary.
VS more than 1 you need to run, jump, hide putting obstacles between you and spida. I have never survived combat against 5.
These are worst case scenario tips, I usually approach from above on foundations with the nobelisk like a full on wuss. cheers and back to gaming.

[Mighty Joe Young]

if you're just sporting the running equipment and xeno-basher then i run and slide while doing 2 hits. then sprint away, once it does a large leap, run and slide to dodge attack, land 2 more hits. rinse and repeat. you'll get hit once or so while getting the hang of it, but once you're good then you won't take damage. you'll save time not using other weapons etc. better you are at manuevering and close-combat the better you can handle multiple mobs at once.

[GeminiEclipse]

Stun rebar, rifle, or just melee, med inhaler and swearing.

[BatWingSix]

Originally posted by TJ:

explosive rebar and jetpack with jet fuel.... biofuel doesnt last longer enough during us or you have to have extra in your inventory ..... Been playing since it first came out through beta so i have killed quite a few... Also they are more active at night or in caves.... just a fyi lol

You must have been absent since 1.0 liquid biofuel has a lower burn rate in the jetpack than fuel now. It doesn't have the thrust performance with the tradeoff of longer lasting

[Famine]

get the rifle and a parachute, and build the radar tower. climb to the platform, the spiders cannot jump that high.

when the spider aggros, run for the nearest cliff. jump and parachute, and dodge as they jump after you. easy to dodge them in the air. stay off the ground. build the tower, and get up there. have inhalers ready if you need to heal before your in a safe firing position. have a thousand ammo at least (dimensional depot is great for this)

aside from that, clear-cut any areas where they spawn. build things there, at least foundations. this helps prevent them respawning as much. i managed to clear the stinger swamp in this way, and paved it over.