How fast is the Tarantula Minion?

It performs one action every 29s at tier I and every 8s at tier XII. Two actions make one cycle, and a cycle yields 1 String.

How much does the Tarantula Minion make per hour?

At tier XII with no fuel or upgrades it makes about 5.3K coins per hour, selling at the best of the NPC price and the Bazaar. Live prices change this figure.

Is the Tarantula Minion worth crafting?

Compare it with every other minion in the Minion Profit Calculator, which prices fuel, upgrades and sell method from live Bazaar data.

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Tarantula Minion

Combat minion, 12 tiers

The Tarantula Minion is a combat minion in Hypixel SkyBlock. It acts every 29s at tier I and every 8s at tier XII, producing 1 String per two-action cycle, plus Spider Eye, Iron Ingot as extra drops. At tier XII that is about 225 String per hour before fuel. Selling at the best available price comes to roughly 5.3K coins per hour.

Drops

Item	Per cycle	Compacted form
String	1	Enchanted String (160 to 1)
Spider Eye	2	Enchanted Spider Eye (160 to 1)
Iron Ingot	0.4	Enchanted Iron (160 to 1)

Tier table

Speeds are seconds between actions with no fuel or upgrades. Profit uses the best of NPC and Bazaar prices.

Tier	Seconds per action	String per hour	Coins per hour
I	29s	62	1.5K
II	29s	62	1.5K
III	26s	69	1.6K
IV	26s	69	1.6K
V	23s	78	1.8K
VI	23s	78	1.8K
VII	19s	95	2.2K
VIII	19s	95	2.2K
IX	14.5s	124	2.9K
X	14.5s	124	2.9K
XI	10s	180	4.3K
XII	8s	225	5.3K

Fuel and upgrades

Fuel adds to the speed of the Tarantula Minion. Everburning Flame gives +40%, the full combat bonus, on this minion. Super Compactor 3000 turns 160 String into one Enchanted String.

Fuel	Tier XII seconds per action
Enchanted Lava Bucket (+25%)	6.4s
Magma Bucket (+30%)	6.2s
Plasma Bucket (+35%)	5.9s
Everburning Flame (+40% combat / +35% other)	5.7s
Hamster Wheel (+50%)	5.3s
Foul Flesh (+90%)	4.2s
Enchanted Coal (+10%)	7.3s
Solar Panel (+25%, day only)	6.4s

Calculators

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the Tarantula Minion?: It performs one action every 29s at tier I and every 8s at tier XII. Two actions make one cycle, and a cycle yields 1 String.
How much does the Tarantula Minion make per hour?: At tier XII with no fuel or upgrades it makes about 5.3K coins per hour, selling at the best of the NPC price and the Bazaar. Live prices change this figure.
Is the Tarantula Minion worth crafting?: Compare it with every other minion in the Minion Profit Calculator, which prices fuel, upgrades and sell method from live Bazaar data.