The Spider Forest: Survive the Night – A Co-op Minigame Map for Minecraft
If you love tense, spider-infested nights and strategic daytime preparation, Timbones47’s Spider Forest is a minigame map that deserves a spot in your Minecraft rotation. Built for 1 to 4 players, this survival-style challenge blends base building, NPC trading, and wave-like nocturnal combat into a tightly scripted adventure. The map drops you into a cozy wizard’s tower surrounded by a fenced compound, but when dusk falls, the real game begins: venture into the dark birch grove, collect precious spider eyes, and simply survive until dawn.
What Makes Spider Forest Unique?
Unlike typical survival maps, Spider Forest enforces a strict day-night rhythm. During the day, you farm, trade, upgrade gear, and brew potions inside the safety of the tower. At night, the grove opens for only a minute at dusk, sealing you inside until sunrise. Inside the woods, spiders swarm relentlessly. Your goal is to gather as many spider eyes as possible — the map’s primary currency — while looting hidden caches and lighting campfires to create safe zones. The claustrophobic, low-light atmosphere (the creator recommends setting brightness between Moody and 40%) turns every rustle into a potential ambush.
The Tower: Your Home Base and Marketplace
The Wizard’s Tower isn’t just a spawn point; it’s a bustling hub with seven specialized NPCs, each offering trades that scale your power over multiple nights. The rooms are clearly themed, and you’ll spend most of your daytime hopping between them to spend your hard-earned eyes.
Your Room
This personal space contains a bed, chest, crafting table, and furnace. It’s the only place you can craft and smelt freely. While you can sleep through the night, doing so means missing out on spider eyes and loot — heavily discouraged if you want to progress.
The Merchant
The general trader stocks essentials like sticks, leather, flint & steel, lanterns, and even a bee spawn egg for advanced farming. You can also sell raw cod and bone meal for extra eyes. A notable luxury is the Arachnid Banner, costing a hefty 50 eyes, perfect for showing off your spider-slaying prowess.
The Smith
This NPC is your go-to for gear. Trade eyes for cobblestone, coal, iron ore, chainmail armor pieces, diamonds, shields, and even netherite ingots. The chainmail set is a cost-effective mid-game upgrade, while netherite offers the ultimate protection for later, more brutal nights.
The Apothecary
Brewing is essential, and the Apothecary sells everything you need: glass bottles, nether wart, blaze rods, ghast tears, glistering melons, sugar, rabbit’s feet, fermented spider eyes, glowstone dust, and gunpowder. Two brewing stands and a cauldron let you mass-produce potions that can turn the tide against overwhelming spider hordes.
The Library & Wizard
Enchanting is handled here. The Wizard trades ender pearls, chorus fruit, and powerful enchantment books like Bane of Arthropods II, Looting II, Fire Aspect II, Mending II, and Knockback II. You can also buy golden apples, enchanted golden apples, and even a Totem of Undying for those desperate final stands.
The Watchtower & Archer
Ranged combat gets a dedicated space. The Archer sells bows, crossbows, arrows, spectral arrows, and harming arrows. You can sell string for eyes, making every spider kill doubly rewarding. Advanced books like Power II, Punch II, Quick Charge II, and Multishot let you tailor your archery build. A shooting range on the tower top helps you practice aim between nights.
The Farm & Horticulturalist
Food sustainability is key. The Horticulturalist sells seeds, potatoes, beetroot seeds, and carrots. You can sell surplus crops and even baked potatoes for eyes. Two additional fields are unlockable with levers (costing 7 and 10 eyes respectively), expanding your agricultural output. Composters turn excess into bonemeal, which can be sold back to the Merchant, creating a nice economic loop.
Trading and Progression Flow
Every trade is priced in spider eyes, so every night in the forest directly fuels your growth. The early game is about surviving with a wooden sword and slowly buying better armor and weapons. As you unlock flint & steel, lanterns, and enchanted gear, nights become more manageable — but the spider spawns scale, keeping tension high. The map rewards teamwork: one player can focus on farming and cooking while another specializes in archery or potion brewing, making the 2-4 player experience particularly rich.
Getting the Map Running
Setting up the map is straightforward, and you can even manage it through the foxygame.net launcher — a convenient, flexible, and modern Minecraft launcher where you can download maps right from the menu, making installation a breeze. Once installed, just set the game mode to Survival, stick to the fenced area, and never break blocks you didn’t place yourself. The door to the woods opens only briefly at dusk and dawn, so always be ready when the sun starts dipping.
Why You Should Play Spider Forest
This map shines in its balance of frantic action and thoughtful preparation. The NPC trading system is deep without being overwhelming, and the clear day-night structure gives each session a satisfying rhythm. It’s perfect for small groups of friends who enjoy co-op survival with a twist, and the multiple upgrade paths mean no two playthroughs are exactly alike. Whether you’re a seasoned map connoisseur or just looking for a fresh challenge, Spider Forest delivers a polished, spooky, and deeply engaging experience.
Grab your wooden sword, dim the lights, and see how many nights you can survive. The spiders are waiting.