Mob loot in Minecraft is used in various ways, be it crafting, eating, or even breeding other animals. One such item is spider eyes, a resource that is very important while brewing Minecraft potions. If you’re someone who wants to get their hands on some, keep reading as we show you how to get spider eyes in Minecraft.
You can get Minecraft spider eyes in two different ways, of which the first one is far more reliable and commonly used.
1. Kill Spiders and Witches
As the name suggests, spider eyes naturally belong to spiders. They are dropped when theplayer or theirtamed wolfkills a regular or cave spider. The chances vary depending on whether you have lootingMinecraft enchantment. The chances without looting are about 33%.
Each level of looting adds one possible spider eye and increases the chance of them dropping, with looting 3 granting 66.67%.
Furthermore, witches can also drop spider eyes occasionally. The default number is 0-6, but with looting 3 you can get up to 15 spider eyes from a single witch kill. So the next time you want to get some spider eyes in Minecraft, be sure to kill spiders and witches.
The second method to get spider eyes in Minecraft is more broad. This implies you explore your world, find desert pyramids, and loot them. The chests under these Minecraft pyramids have a28.7%chanceof generating 1-3 spider eyes.
Spider eyes are useful in various ways. These includeeating, crafting fermented spider eyes, brewing poison potions, and breeding armadillos.
The first use isn’t really a great one. You can eat spider eyes, but they only restore one drumstick, 3.2 saturation points, and inflict you with the poison effect lasting for 5 seconds. This makes spider eyes a pretty terribleMinecraft food source.
Spider eyes are a part of the crafting recipe for fermented spider eyes, items that are used in brewing some amazingpotions. Not only that, but spider eyes can produce apotion of poisonand also a mundane potion with no effects.
Finally, you can use two spider eyes on two adultMinecraft armadillosto make them breed and produce a new armadillo mob. Thankfully learninghow to breed armadillosin Minecraft is easy enough. So go to our linked guide if you have queries.
And that is how you get spider eyes in Minecraft. While they might not be the most useful mob drop, but are certainly necessary for some occasions. So, what will you use spider eyes for? Share with us in the comments below!
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