Editing Megaspider

Wild megaspiders always generate hostile, making them difficult to tame as they will try to attack the animal handler. However, animal interactions during the process will interrupt any attacks. It may be ideal to equip your handler with armor, or to select a handler with a high [[melee]] skill for a higher [[melee dodge chance]] to reduce the risk of harm, though this is not strictly necessary.

Megaspiders are practically impossible to tame when they first spawn from an [[infestation]]. In order to try and tame a megaspider, you will need to [[down]] them, then destroy all [[hive]]s from the infestation. With Too Deep: Infestation event and Wastepack Infestations, there are no hives, so all you need to do is down the insect. This ''does not make them non-hostile'', but it will prevent them from seeking out colonists like a raider would. Note that wild megaspiders unlike other animals cannot be operated on and thus can't be anesthetized, and they are prone to waking up and attacking the pawn treating them, Waiting for [[Ailments#Blood loss|blood loss]] to reach extreme can prevent this.

As tamed pets, megaspiders offer few advantages over [[bear]]s, [[cougar]]s/[[panther]]s, or [[elephant]]s. Although the latter are all easier to tame, Megaspiders can be tamed en-masse depending on how many were downed during an infestation, require less training because of their lower wildness, and produce less filth than comparable animals.

 

Colonists who go near a hostile megaspider will flee from it by default, so you may need to adjust your handler's [[threat response]] setting, or manually order your handler to interact with it.