Spider enemy line

The Spider, Tarantula, and Recluse are species of monsters found in Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling spiders, are palette swaps of each other and have differing levels of power and defense.

Spider
A Spider is a normal-sized member with a yellowish-orange abdomen and red legs. Spiders have 69 HP, 75 Attack, 22 Defense, 22 Agility, and 1 Luck. It is evenly, but poorly, resistant to Mercury, Jupiter and Venus-based attacks and weak against Mars attacks.

Spiders can attack with a physical attack and the Monster Skill Spider Web, which lowers a single target's defense.

Felling a Spider yields 25 EXP, 32 coins, and in relatively uncommon cases, an Antidote. In Golden Sun, Spiders are found in Tret Tree. They are the only member of their monster line to appear in The Lost Age, where they are fought in Yampi Desert.

Tarantula
A Tarantula is a normal-sized member with a yellowish-green abdomen and light green legs. Tarantulas have 108 HP, 144 Attack, 30 Defense, 52 Agility, and 5 Luck. It is evenly, but poorly, resistant to Mercury, Jupiter and Venus-based attacks and weak against Mars attacks.

Tarantulas have the same attacks as Spiders, but also gain the Monster Skill Poison Fang which, as one would suspect, damages a single target, with the possibility of inflicting standard poison.

Felling a Tarantula yields 58 EXP, 81 coins, and in relatively uncommon cases, an Antidote. They can be fought in the lower levels of Altin Peak.

Recluse
A Recluse is a larger member with a violet abdomen and dark blue legs. Recluse has 221 HP, 323 Attack, 122 Defense, 109 Agility, and 4 Luck. It is evenly, but poorly, resistant to Mercury, Jupiter and Venus-based attacks and weak against Mars attacks.

Recluse has the same attacks as Tarantula, but substitutes Poison Fang for Rabid Fang, which damages a single target and might inflicting them with deadly poison.

Felling a Recluse yields 243 EXP, 153 coins, and in rare cases, a Unicorn Ring, a ring that cures a single ally of Poison or Venom; kill it with a Mars Djinn to increase the chances of it dropping the item. Recluse can be fought in the upper levels of Venus Lighthouse.