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Festive Spider
| Information | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Festive Spider |
| Categories | Extra Holiday |
| Player species | Beach wolf spider |
| Player units | Funnel-web spider Wood ant shooter (both) Leafcutter ant major (both) Large whip spider |
| Surface | No |
| Features | Powerscaled enemies Uber creatures Timed attacks Tower building |
| Music | Hibernation Theme |
| Remix | No |
Merry Christmas with a secret mission!
Objectives
- Keep at least 1 present.
- Eliminate 7 uber creatures.
Settings
The beach wolf spider must protect its Christmas presents from the greedy ants. The mission is entirely underground.
The nearby chimney spawns a cookie every 60 seconds. Cookies give 20 food. New cookie doesn't appear if the previous one isn't eaten or if the attacking wave hasn't been defeated in time.
There are 30 presents beneath the Christmas tree. The presents quickly teleport back to the starting area after the gatherers are dead. They give 15 food.
You can only play this mission by clicking on the present in the main menu, which appears from December 2nd to January 30th.
Tower building
The playable spider gains the ability to build towers using its own health. You must choose an option in the building tabs then click on any parts of the excavated area to mark it for building. You can click again to cancel the task. You can't build towers near spawners. You must have at least 25 HP higher than the cost to build or upgrade.
You must choose the upgrading tool in the building tabs then click on the chosen tile to mark it for upgrading. Upgrading cost increases by 50% of the original cost after each upgrade. Towers are fully healed and repopulated when they are upgraded.
You have access to both mortar and rapid-fire wood ant shooters, both taunt and stun leafcutter ant majors, funnel-web spiders and large whip spiders.
Notable enemies
Enemies are on the same side. Enemies are powerscaled and have high slow resistance in later waves.
Enemies enter the underground area through 3 spawners (L, M and R). They gather near their spawners for a short time before moving toward the starting area.
Gathering waves will gather any food on the way and leave through the middle spawner. They wander around if they can't find anything to take. They can't attack.
Attacking waves will pursue you after reaching the starting area. Incoming attacking waves will be on hold as long as the uber creatures are still alive.
- Wave 1 (gathering): 5 level 1 black ant soldiers [R]
- Wave 2 (gathering): 8 level 1 wood ant soldiers [L]
- Wave 3 (gathering): 4 level 1 leafcutter ant majors [M]
- Wave 4 (gathering): 20 level 2 black ant soldiers [R]
- Wave 5 (gathering): 8 level 1 army ant majors [L]
- Wave 6 (gathering): 5 level 2 leafcutter ant majors [M]
- Wave 7 (attacking): 8 larval devil's coach horse beetles [M]
- Wave 8 (gathering): 13 level 2 black ant soldiers [L] and 13 level 2 black ant soldiers [R]
- Wave 9 (attacking): 1 adult devil's coach horse beetle [R]
- Wave 10 (attacking): 13 larval green rove beetles [M]
- Wave 11 (gathering): 20 level 2 wood ant soldiers [L]
- Wave 12 (attacking): 3 small hermit crabs [M]
- Wave 13 (attacking): 1 adult devil's coach horse beetle [L], blue rove beetle [M] and 1 adult green rove beetle [R]
- Wave 14 (attacking): 15 level 1 leafcutter ant majors [M]
- Wave 15 (attacking): 5 medium leaf-mimic praying mantises [L]
- Wave 16 (gathering): 60 level 1 gene-thief ant workers [R]
- Wave 17 (attacking): 5 adult devil's coach horse beetles [M]
- Wave 18 (attacking): 30 level 3 trap-jaw ant soldiers [R]
- Wave 19 (attacking): 4 small beach tiger beetles [M]
- Wave 20 (gathering): 40 level 3 slave-maker ant soldiers [L]
- Wave 21 (attacking): 1 star-level 1 large beach tiger beetle [L]
- Wave 22 (attacking): 1 uber hermit crab [M]
- Wave 23 (gathering): 8 star-level 5 level 1 leafcutter ant mediae [L]
- Wave 24 (attacking): 4 star-level 5 small harvestmen [R]
- Wave 25 (gathering): 80 star-level 5 level 3 gene-thief ant workers [M]
- Wave 26 (attacking): 1 star-level 3 large leaf-mimic praying mantis [L]
- Wave 27 (gathering): 20 star-level 5 level 3 leafcutter ant majors [R]
- Wave 28 (attacking): 1 star-level 3 uber devil's coach horse beetle [M]
- Wave 29 (attacking): 20 star-level 3 level 3 trap-jaw ant soldiers [L] and 20 star-level 3 level 3 trap-jaw ant soldiers [R]
- Wave 30 (attacking): 60 star-level 6 level 2 army ant mediae and 30 star-level 2 level 2 army ant majors [M]
- Wave 31 (gathering): 7 star-level 7 level 3 black ant soldiers [L] and 20 star-level 7 level 3 black ant soldiers [R]
- Wave 32 (attacking): 10 star-level 3 jumping spiders [M]
- Wave 33 (attacking): 15 star-level 2 mole crickets [R]
- Wave 34 (attacking): 5 star-level 3 small beach tiger beetles [L]
- Wave 35 (attacking): 2 star-level 3 large spiny devil bush crickets [M]
- Wave 36 (attacking): 6 star-level 6 small beach tiger beetles [L]
- Wave 37 (attacking): 3 star-level 6 large beach tiger beetles [R]
- Wave 38 (attacking): 1 star-level 4 uber beach tiger beetle [M]
- Wave 39 (attacking): 1 star-level 8 large whip spider [R]
- Wave 40 (attacking): 15 star-level 7 large beach wolf spiders [M]
- Wave 41 (gathering): 15 star-level 9 level 2 leafcutter ant minors [L]
- Wave 42 (attacking): 5 star-level 6 large harvestmen [M]
- Wave 43 (attacking): 1 star-level 3 uber leaf-mimic praying mantis [L], 1 star-level 4 uber whip spider [M] and 1 star-level 4 uber jumping spider [R]
- Wave 44 (attacking): 1 star-level 5 uber beach wolf spider [M]
Achievements
| Achievements | ||
| Icons | Name | Requirements |
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Grinch Repelled | Beat the mission. |
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Some Naughty Some Nice | Beat the mission and preserve at least 15 presents. |
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The Perfect Chritmas | Beat the mission and preserve all presents. |
Trivia
- The map is designed to resemble a Christmas tree.
- It starts snowing when the uber hermit crab appears. Snow covers the entire map when the penultimate wave appears.
- During the ending cutscene, tiny wolf spiders come out of the chimney to receive their presents.
- The music tracks in this level are remixes of various Christmas songs: Jingle Bells, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, We Three Kings and Twelve Days of Christmas.
Minimaps
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