Cave Spider

The last boss of the cycle, at 4,500 metres in the Mist Caves. She hangs from the cave roof on a single thread, red eyes glowing, and keeps pace ahead of you.

Where: 4,500 m, Mist Caves
Hits to win: 7
Best ink: Pen or steel
Watch out for: Her drop from the roof, every third attack
First-win badge: Web cutter, 240 coins
Every lap: One more hit to win

What she does

Two attacks, in turn. She spits webs in a lob, with red dots showing the arc. And every third attack she drops: she stops above a spot ahead, her shadow darkens on the ground with a red !, and as the ninja arrives she drops down her thread to bite.

How to beat her

Send her webs back. A line across the dots, tilted toward her, bounces the web into her. Seven hits and she falls on her back and curls up.

For the drop, draw a roof above the spot where her shadow falls. She hits the line instead of the ninja and is stunned for a moment, spinning stars and all.

Step by step

Watch for the web: she lobs it in an arc, with red dots showing the way.
Draw a line across the dots, tilted toward her, and the web bounces back into her.
Every third attack she drops instead. When her shadow darkens on the ground with a red !, draw a roof above that spot.
She hits the roof and is stunned for a moment: that is the time to get ready for the next web.
After the first hit, bridge, burn or crush the spiderlings, and roof the ninja when the cave-in brings stalactites down.

Best ink

Pen or steel for returns. Fire burns a web away, which is safe but doesn't hurt her. Any ink makes a roof for her drop, except fire, which she drops straight through.

Her angry phase

After the first hit she sends two spiderlings scuttling along the ground at the ninja, like the desert scorpions. Bridge over them, or burn or crush them with fire or steel.

She also shakes the cave: a cave-in brings stalactites down on the path ahead. A roof over the ninja catches them.

Common mistakes

Using fire for a roof: she drops straight through it.
Returning a web with a flat line. Tilt it toward her or it only stops.
Forgetting the spiderlings on the ground while you watch her in the air.

Reward

50 coins, points and, the first time, the Web cutter badge. After her, the run starts its next lap with the Giant Archer in Bamboo Valley.