Spider

See Phase Spider for the monstrosity.

A spider in Baldur's Gate 3

Spiders are a type of Beast and non-playable race in Baldur's Gate 3.

“

Eight-legged, spindly, and generally awful.

„

— In-game racial description

About spiders

Spiders are a type of arthropod that can create  Web surfaces.

Spider are often kept by Drow, as familiars or mounts. The most influential drow goddess, Lolth, is also known as the Queen of Spiders. Cultures that revere Lolth forbid killing spiders.

Non-hostile Spiders can be spoken to using  Speak with Animals. A spider companion,  Aranea (Wolf Spider Companion), is available to  Beast Masters.

Racial features

Base Racial Speed

9m / 30ft

Size

Tiny or Small or Medium

 Darkvision

Can see in the dark up to 12 m / 40 ft.

 Web Walker

Isn't slowed down by  Web surfaces, and can't be  Enwebbed by them.

Spider characters

• Larger Giant Spider
• Smaller Giant Spider
• Lur Fu
• Lur Jox
• Lur Otan
• Lur Xanta

Spider enemy variants

• Sword Spider

Spider summons

•  Aranea (Wolf Spider Companion)
•  Conjured Spider
• Crag Spider

Related items

• Spider Egg Sac - summons five friendly crag spiders
• Spiderstep Boots - cannot be  Enwebbed, ignore webbed surface movement reduction
• Disintegrating Night Walkers - cannot be  Enwebbed
• Poisoner's Robe

See also

• Phase spider (race) - a separate race of spiders that are categorized as Monstrosities rather than Beasts
• Kar'niss - a drider; someone who has been partially transformed into a spider as punishment by Lolth
• Spider meat - a spider carcass found in the Gauntlet of Shar

External links

• Spider on Wikipedia
• Spider on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
• Lolth on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
• Aranea on the Forgotten Realms Wiki