Dread Spider

Dread spiders are a highly poisonous breed of spiders with a shell as hard as steel.

As part of the 15th Update to Publish 43, Dread Spiders were broken into two types:

Dread Spiders that have regular spawns in overland areas and in dungeons. These Dread Spiders had their stats increased significantly in an attempt to thwart unattended script farmers who were using hacks to farm Dread Spiders for up to 2,000,000gp per hour. As of now, this boost is also applied to Dread Spiders that spawn as part of the Arachnid Champion Spawn, but it is believed that this may be changed in the future.
Dread Spiders that spawn as a part of treasure map spawns. Treasure maps are rarely scripted, if ever, so the Dread Spiders that spawn as part of this system were left unchanged.

Statistics: Overland/Champion Spawn Dread Spiders

Dread Spider Statistics
Spawn Locations	Arachnid Champion Spawn, Covetous Level 2, Delucia Passage, Lotus Lakes, Pass of Karnaugh, Solen Hive (Southwest), Sorcerer Dungeon Level 2, Spider Cave
Fame	Level 4 (5000)	Slayer Vulnerability	Arachnid, Spider
Karma	Level 4 (-5000)	Alignment	Evil
First Seen	Shortly after the initial release of UO	Pack Instinct	None
Loot
Gold	450 - 650	Magic Items
Special	8 Spider Silk	Cut Up	None
Attributes
Strength	400	Hit Points	500 - 750
Dexterity	134 - 155	Stamina	134 - 155
Intelligence	291 - 330	Mana	291 - 330
Barding Difficulty	109.4 - 119.1	Taming Difficulty	N/A
Base Damage	6 - 16	Preferred Foods	None
Skills
Wrestling	87.1 - 96.8	Poisoning	80.0
Tactics	85.8 - 97.1	Magery	66.3 - 79.3
Resisting Spells	45.8 - 55.2	Evaluating Intelligence	65.4 - 78.1
Anatomy	0	Meditation	0 - 6.9
Detecting Hidden		Hiding
Parrying		Healing
Necromancy		Spirit Speak
Mysticism		Focus
Spellweaving		Discordance
Bushido		Ninjitsu
Chivalry		Special Abilities	Immune to Level 5 Poison and below. Rare chance to inflict Level 5 Poison.
Resists and Damage

Types	Physical	Fire	Cold	Poison	Energy
Resistances	52 - 57	52 - 60	51 - 59	100	50 - 60
Damage	20%			80%

Dread Spider Statistics
Spawn Locations	Level 4 Treasure Maps
Fame	Level 4 (5000)	Slayer Vulnerability	Arachnid, Spider
Karma	Level 4 (-5000)	Alignment	Evil
First Seen	Shortly after the initial release of UO	Pack Instinct	None
Loot
Gold	450 - 650	Magic Items
Special	8 Spider Silk	Cut Up	None
Attributes
Strength	196 - 220	Hit Points	118 - 132
Dexterity	126 - 145	Stamina	126 - 145
Intelligence	286 - 310	Mana	286 - 310
Barding Difficulty	88.0	Taming Difficulty	N/A
Base Damage	5 - 17	Preferred Foods	Meat
Skills
Wrestling	60.1 - 75.0	Poisoning	80.0
Tactics	55.1 - 70.0	Magery	65.1 - 80.0
Resisting Spells	45.1 - 60.0	Evaluating Intelligence	65.1 - 80.0
Anatomy	0.0	Meditation	0.0
Detecting Hidden		Hiding
Parrying		Healing
Necromancy		Spirit Speak
Mysticism		Focus
Spellweaving		Discordance
Bushido		Ninjitsu
Chivalry		Special Abilities	Immune to Level 5 Poison and below. Rare chance to inflict Level 5 Poison.
Resists and Damage

Types	Physical	Fire	Cold	Poison	Energy
Resistances	40 - 50	20 - 30	20 - 30	100	20 - 30
Damage	20%			80%