Spider enemy line

Spider as they appear in Dark Dawn.

The Spider, Tarantula, and Recluse are enemies that are randomly fought throughout each game in the Golden Sun series. These monsters, resembling real-life tarantulas, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games.

In Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Spider

A Spider (スパイダー) is a normal-sized variant with a yellowish-orange abdomen and red legs, and it is level 8 in Golden Sun and level 11 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun, Spiders are found in Tret Tree. In The Lost Age, they are only fought in Yampi Desert.

Spiders are generally "small" enemies in where they are fought in both games, being weaker, slower, and less durable than most of the random monsters that are also fought in their areas.

A Spider is especially likely to be affected by Stun-inducing effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Spider	69	0	75	22	22	1
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
48 (Lv 1)   48 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 0)			25	32	Antidote	1/16

A Spider uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	5/8 (62.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Spider Web	3/8 (37.5%)	Level 1	Enemy ability that projects an image of a compact spider web at the position of a targeted Adept, and the target's Defense rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.

Category:The Lost Age enemies

Tarantula

A Tarantula (タランチュラ) is a normal-sized level 13 variant with a yellowish-green abdomen and light green legs. In Golden Sun, they can be fought in the lower levels of Altin Peak.

Even though its attack rating is practically as high as a Rat Warrior, the Tarantula is still weaker than other monsters in the other statistical areas, so it should not be difficult to deal even with large groups of these with area-of-effect offensive Psynergy.

A Tarantula is especially likely to be affected by Stun-inducing effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Tarantula	108	0	144	30	52	5
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
48 (Lv 1)   48 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 0)			58	81	Antidote	1/16

A Tarantula uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	4/8 (50%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Spider Web	2/8 (25%)	Level 1	Enemy ability that projects an image of a compact spider web at the position of a targeted Adept, and the target's Defense rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.
Poison Fang	2/8 (25%)	95 Power Level 1	Enemy ability where a glowing green image of a pair of jaws chomps at the position of a targeted Adept once. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack, and there is a chance that the target will be afflicted with Poison.

Recluse

A Recluse (ポイズンスパイダー Poison Spider) is a larger level 27 variant with a violet abdomen and dark blue legs. Recluses can be fought in the later "dungeon" portion of Venus Lighthouse as one of the "final" random monsters of Golden Sun.

The Recluse continues the theme of its two predecessors, being the statistically lowest of the monsters in the area it is fought randomly throughout. It is certainly the easiest to deal with, even though you might fight rather large amounts of them at a time.

A Recluse is especially likely to be affected by Stun-inducing effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Recluse	221	0	323	122	109	4
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
48 (Lv 1)   48 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 0)			243	153	Unicorn Ring	1/64

A Recluse uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	3/8 (37.5%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Rabid Fang	3/8 (37.5%)	95 Power Level 1	Enemy ability where a glowing red image of a pair of jaws chomps at the position of a targeted Adept once. Deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack with 36 damage points added to the end result, and there is a chance the target will be afflicted by Deadly Poison.
Spider Web	2/8 (25%)	Level 1	Enemy ability that projects an image of a compact spider web at the position of a targeted Adept, and the target's Defense rating may be temporarily lowered by 25%.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Spider

A Spider (スパイダー) is a level 9 variant with orange legs and a yellowish-orange abdomen. They are fought in Konpa Ruins.

A Spider is especially likely to be affected by Stun-inducing effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Spider	78	0	67	25	27	2
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
48 (Lv 1)   48 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 0)			44	38	Antidote	1/16

A Spider uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Spider Web	2/8 (25%)	Level 1	Enemy ability that attempts to temporarily lower a target Adept's Defense rating by 25%.

Tarantula

A Tarantula (タランチュラ) is a level 23 variant with red legs and an orange abdomen. They are fought in the overworld area between Port Rago and Kolima, as well as Phantasmal Bog.

A Tarantula is especially likely to be affected by Stun-inducing effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Tarantula	190	0	183	84	82	4
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
48 (Lv 1)   48 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 0)			176	103	Antidote	1/8

A Tarantula uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Spider Web	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 1	Enemy ability that attempts to temporarily lower a target Adept's Defense rating by 25%.
Poison Fang	1/8 (12.5%)	95 Power	Enemy ability that deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack, and the target has a chance to be afflicted with Poison.

Recluse

A Recluse (ポイズンスパイダー Poison Spider) is a level 48 variant with purple legs and a white abdomen (which resembles a skull). They are fought in Crossbone Isle.

A Recluse is especially likely to be affected by Stun-inducing effects. Its statistics are as follows:

Name	HP	PP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Luck
Recluse	404	0	430	250	190	5
Elemental Resistances and Levels			Exp	Coins	Item Dropped	Drop Rate
48 (Lv 1)   48 (Lv 0)   48 (Lv 0)   25 (Lv 0)			1155	156	Antidote	1/8

A Recluse uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:

Command	Chance to use	Elem. Stats used with *	Description
Attack	6/8 (75%)	--	Standard physical attack.
Spider Web	1/8 (12.5%)	Level 1	Enemy ability that attempts to temporarily lower a target Adept's Defense rating by 25%.
Rabid Fang	1/8 (12.5%)	95 Power	Enemy ability that deals a Venus-aligned standard physical attack, and the target has a chance to be afflicted with Deadly Poison.