Arantula

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The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Arantula
An Arantula, as it appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 81-83, 85-88)
Max HP 16
Attack 7
Defense 0
Moves Spider-spit (7), Multispit (4x3)
Items None
Coins 1 - 4
Log A spider-like creature that lives deep underground and spits web-wads. Its coloring is intimidating, but don't worry; it's not poisonous.
More
Level 34
Exp. points 1
Sleep? 70%
Dizzy? 30%
Confuse? 70%
Tiny? 80%
Burn? 100%
Freeze? 70%
Stop? 70%
Soft? 85%
Fright? 80%
Gale Force? 30%
KO? 30%
Tattle

That's an Arantula. It's a spiderlike creature that lives deep underground. Max HP is 16, Attack is 7, and Defense is 0. Yeah... It's pretty tough. It'll spit web-wads at you. Sometimes it even attacks several times in a row. That coloring freaks me out. ...I'm kinda scared of spiders. So let's do this quickly!!

Tattle Log #:
63

Arantulas are black spider-like creatures in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They only appear deep within the Pit of 100 Trials. Arantulas are much stronger relatives of Piders, and are even named similarly: the Pider's name is "spider" without the "S", and Arantula comes from "tarantula", without the "T". They attack in much the same way that Piders do, however their spit hits harder, and the way they perform the three-spit attack is different: they fire one ball of normal speed, one slower ball in a high arc, and a much faster ball at a low angle, making it trickier to guard against all three.

In Super Paper Mario there is a Sammer Guy called "Hairy Arantula in the Grass". His name is a reference to the Arantula.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チュランタラー[?]
Churantarā
Anagram of English "Tarantula"
German Grottenfadula[?] Grotto Fadula ("Fadula" is the German name of the Pider)
Italian Starantola[?] "Tarantola" (tarantula) with an S
Spanish Arántula[?] Arantula

Trivia

  • If there's an even amount of Arantulas in the battle, they will alternate between half being high up and half being down low. However, if there's an odd amount of Arantulas in the battle, they will all be at the same height.
    • If any Arantula in battle is unable to move, all the other Arantulas won't move up or down.