Editing Shield Spiders (section)

== Usage ==
The solid carapace is a base material for crafting,<ref name="1.30"/> including even armor<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/19/glossary/ The Wandering Inn Glossary]</ref>. Shield Spider Armor is a trade secret of the [[Armored Queen|Armored Antinium]],<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/02/20/4-15-l/]</ref> and used to be made in Liscor.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/07/16/9-54-c/ Chapter 9.54 C]</ref>

When Shield Spider chitin is mixed with [[Acid Flies|Acid Fly]] acid, it creates a glue or tough resin. This tough Shield Spider goo was used to assemble Shield Spider Armor in Liscor.<ref name=":0" />

The Adventurer's Guild of [[Liscor]] has a bounty of an average of eleven pieces of silver per Shield Spider slain and will pay more for their bodies,<ref name="1.30"/> though unbroken carapaces, broken or burnt ones are worth much less.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/21/1-32/ Chapter 1.32], [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/09/5-27/ Chapter 5.27]</ref>

Erin has expressed her intention to make a meal out of Shield Spiders, but has not followed through since.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/04/6-13-k/ Chapter 6.13 K]</ref><!-- or has she?--> [[Garry]] the Antinium cook has however already gone there and done that, having presented a Stuffed Shield Spider abdomen with lentils and fried eggs to [[Free Queen|his Queen]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/30/5-33-b/ Chapter 5.33 B]</ref>

=== As Pets ===
Shield Spiders can't be tamed unless by a very experienced [Beastmaster].<ref name="1.29"/> One Goblin tribe under the command of the [Goblin Lord], namely their chieftain [[Blacktide]], had taken to use living tamed Shield Spiders as mounts.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/10/03/3-20-t/ Chapter 3.20 T], [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/05/22/4-38-n/ Chapter 4.38 B], [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/16/4-46/ Chapter 4.46]</ref> That particular tribe was last prominently seen during the Battle of Invrisil.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/29/4-48/ Chapter 4.48]</ref>

[Necromancers] can try and use dead shield spiders. [[Pisces]] is known to employ tiny undead shield spiders as spies<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/02/06/4-10/ Chapter 4.10], [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/05/19/4-37-o/ Chapter 4.37 O], [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/06/5-26-l/ Chapter 5.26 L]</ref>; while [[Reiss]] used a very large undead Shield Spider as his mount,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/20/5-30-g/ Chapter 5.30 G], [https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/08/5-51-g/ Chapter 5.51 G]</ref> after [[Zel Shivertail]] killed it.<ref name="4.49">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/07/07/4-49/ Chapter 4.49]</ref>

[[Revi|Revi Cotton]] the [Summoner] has captured the spirit of a Shield Spider as a tool to fight for her.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/14/6-16/ Chapter 6.16]</ref> She can also summon an entire horde of Shield Spiders.<ref>[[Chapter 8.18 H]]</ref>