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Silk on ground

Silk is a resource mainly obtained from Spiders. It can be used to make many useful items like the Sanity-restoring Top Hat, the Boomerang, the Winter Hat for moderate warmth, the Fishing Rod, and Bird Traps, among other things.

Gathering[]

Silk is typically gathered by killing any type of Spider. Its drop rate is approximately 25%. Silk is also dropped in bulk when a Spider Den is destroyed by any means except burning, in which case all its drops turn to Ashes. A large den yields 6 pieces of Silk, a medium den yields 4 pieces, and a small den 2. Spider Queens drop 4 Silk (and a Spiderhat) when killed.

Drop information
Source Silk amount Drop chance
SpiderSpider WarriorCave SpiderSpitterDangling Depth DwellerShattered SpiderNurse SpiderSea Strider 1 25%
Spider Den 2 / 4 / 6 100%
Shattered Spider Hole 1 / 2 100%
Sea Strider Nest 1 100%
Spider Queen 4 100%
Silky Beard Webber PortraitReign of Giants icon 1 / 3 / 6 100%
Catcoon (Befriended) Reign of Giants icon 1 5.13 (0.86)
Tumbleweed Reign of Giants icon 1 1%

Spilagmite

1 25%
Relic Chair 1 1%
Slotmachine Shipwrecked icon 5 N/A
A Smashing Pot Hamlet icon 1 2%
Spider Monkey Hamlet icon 1 25%
Blue Mushtree Webbed 1-3 30%
'The Sty' Oddities Emporium 1 50%
Cocooned Tree Hamlet icon 1 / 2 / 2 100%

Gift Icon Downloadable Content[]

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Silk can be harvested from Tumbleweeds. Also, Webber can harvest silk by shaving his beard.

In the Hamlet DLC, Silk drops both from killed Spider Monkeys (at a 25% rate) and from chopped-down Cocooned Trees: 1 piece for a small tree, and 2 for a medium or large tree. Silk can also be bought from 'The Sty' Oddities Emporium for 5 Oincs .

Icon Tools Usage[]

Silk
Living Log
2×
Butterfly Wings
68×
Alchemy Engine
Glossamer Saddle
Silk
Twigs
2×
Science Machine
Fishing Rod
Silk
Twigs
3×
Science Machine
Bird Trap
Silk
Twigs
4×
Rope
Science Machine
Bug Net
Silk
Pig Skin
Twigs
6×
Science Machine
Umbrella
Silk
Pig Skin
4×
Rope
2×
Alchemy Engine
Piggyback
Silk
Rope
3×
Twigs
4×
Alchemy Engine
Tent
Silk
Boards
Charcoal
Alchemy Engine
Boomerang
Silk
Science Machine
Top Hat
Silk
Koalefant Trunk
Alchemy Engine
Breezy Vest
Silk
Rope
Alchemy Engine
Beekeeper Hat
Silk
Beefalo Wool
4×
Alchemy Engine
Winter Hat
Silk
Hound's Tooth
8×
Alchemy Engine
Dapper Vest
Silk
Winter Koalefant Trunk
Beefalo Wool
2×
Alchemy Engine
Puffy Vest
Silk
Log
Hound's Tooth
2×
Alchemy Engine
Sewing Kit
Silk
12×
Spider Gland
6×
Papyrus
6×
Interface arrow right
Spider Eggs
Reign of Giants icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
12×
Spider Gland
4×
Papyrus
3×
Interface arrow right
Spider Eggs
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Cat Tail
4×
Alchemy Engine
Cat Cap
Reign of Giants icon
Silk
Cat Tail
1×
Alchemy Engine
Cat Cap
DST icon
Silk
Boards
4×
Rope
3×
Alchemy Engine
Siesta Lean-to
Reign of Giants icon
Silk
Papyrus
3×
Cactus Flower
5×
Science Machine
Floral Shirt
Reign of Giants icon
Silk
Papyrus
3×
Petals
5×
Science Machine
Floral Shirt
Shipwrecked icon
Silk
Rope
Bone Shards
2×
Science Machine
Pirate Hat
Shipwrecked icon
Silk
Rope
2×
Coconut
4×
Science Machine
Fish Farm
Shipwrecked icon
Silk
Pig Collector
Oinc
3×
Hamlet icon
Silk
Pig Hatmaker
Oinc
5×
Hamlet icon
Silk
Boards
1×
Science Machine
Sea Fishing Rod
Don't Starve Together icon
Silk
Rope
3×
Boards
3×
Think Tank
Mast
Don't Starve Together icon
Silk
Malbatross Feather
6×
Alchemy Engine
Feathery Canvas
Don't Starve Together icon
Silk
Boards
2×
Rope
2×
Think Tank
Ocean Trawler Kit
Don't Starve Together icon
Silk
Beefalo Wool
2×
Beard Hair
2×
Interface arrow right
Bernie
Don't Starve Together icon
Willow Portrait
Silk
Electrical Doodad
1×
Interface arrow right
Bio Scanalyzer
DST icon
WX-78 Portrait
Silk
Interface arrow right
Pinetree Pioneer Hat
Don't Starve Together icon
Walter Portrait
Silk
Cut Grass
3×
Interface arrow right
Trusty Tape
Don't Starve Together icon
Winona Portrait
Silk
Papyrus
1×
Boards
2×
Interface arrow right
Den Decorating Set
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Twigs
2×
Interface arrow right
Webby Whistle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Ash
2×
Honey
2×
Interface arrow right
Healing Glop
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
2×
Pig Skin
1×
Interface arrow right
Warrior Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
1×
Bunny Puff
1×
Interface arrow right
Dangler Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
1×
Cut Stone
2×
Interface arrow right
Cave Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
1×
Nitre
4×
Interface arrow right
Spitter Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
2×
Moon Shard
2×
Interface arrow right
Shatter Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
2×
Honey
2×
Interface arrow right
Nurse Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Monster Meat
2×
Fig
2×
Interface arrow right
Strider Switcherdoodle
DST icon
Webber Portrait
Silk
Gold Nugget
1×
Stinger
1×
Beefalo Shrine
Sewing Machine Kit
Don't Starve Together icon
Only during Year of the Beefalo event
Silk
Papyrus
2×
Bookcase
Overcoming Arachnophobia
DST icon
Wickerbottom Portrait

Farming[]

Pig Silk Farm

Silk farming using Pigs.

Lone Spiders can be dangerous, but they can be easily dispatched with any Weapon. Each hit briefly stuns them, so Spiders cannot strike attackers back between consecutive hits. For dealing with clutters of Spiders, the proper fighting equipment (Log Suit and Spear in the early game) can give the player an easier time.

Traps can also ease Silk farming from Spiders. Spiders and Spider Warriors make no attempts to avoid Traps, so they can be lead directly into them. Spiders are killed instantly when the Trap gets picked up, leaving their loot behind.

It is a good strategy to bring a Spider Den closer to home by destroying a large Spider Den and planting its Spider Egg near the player's base. This would allow the player to have a steady stream of Spiders. If a den is planted near a large Pig Village, the Pigs will kill the Spiders, leave their Silk on the ground, and ignore the den.

Unless the player wants a Spiderhat, any Spider Den should be quickly destroyed if it grows too large. Each large den has a chance of growing into a Spider Queen after 12.5 days. As large dens drop Spider Eggs at any time, the Queen is a danger one shouldn't have to deal with.

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