# \[0.9 Stable\] Spiders wont drop chitin

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 18, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082 "2013-11-18T18:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![PoeSalesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@PoeSalesman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PoeSalesman)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/1 "2013-11-18T18:18:41Z")

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I cleared out an entire house of giant black widow spiders, butchered each of 'em, and didn’t find a single chunk of chitin. I checked the files and they’re flagged with chitin, so to my knowledge they should drop it.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/2 "2013-11-18T20:23:30Z")

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What’s your survival skill and what you’re using to butcher them with?

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**Author:** ![PoeSalesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@PoeSalesman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PoeSalesman)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/3 "2013-11-18T20:30:35Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> What’s your survival skill and what you’re using to butcher them with?

4, and I don’t know if it’s using my Rising Sun or my machete for it, either one. I’ve since ran into two jumping spiders and got chitin from each one.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/4 "2013-11-18T20:34:39Z")

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Do you think a flaming katana or a huge metal knife is good for butchering?

Obviously not the katana, but the machete is probably a lot better. If you find a butchering knife, keep it in your boots (if you wear 'em) or in your inv. If you have any other knives, drop them a bit aways and butcher the body with only the butchering knife.

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**Author:** ![PoeSalesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@PoeSalesman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PoeSalesman)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/5 "2013-11-18T20:38:42Z")

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[quote=“FunsizeNinja123, post:4, topic:4082”]Do you think a flaming katana or a huge metal knife is good for butchering?

Obviously not the katana, but the machete is probably a lot better. If you find a butchering knife, keep it in your boots (if you wear 'em) or in your inv. If you have any other knives, drop them a bit aways and butcher the body with only the butchering knife.[/quote]  
General advice aside, something is up when 20 giant black widow spiders don’t drop chitin. Jumpers do it no problem.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/6 "2013-11-18T20:45:35Z")

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Then that’s weird. KEVVIINNN

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**Author:** ![anon388770](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anon388770](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anon388770)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/7 "2013-11-18T20:49:10Z")

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There’s a boo boo in the game! KEVIN TO THE RESCUEEEE :DDD

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/8 "2013-11-19T01:43:09Z")

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Assuming that you are butchering “giant” jumping spiders and black widows there isn’t anything that I can think of that would cause this other then bad luck/you mangling . Both spiders have literally identical stats for determination of butchery products (both have “CHITIN” and are the same size) so they should return approximately the same returns. Only thing I can think of is you potentially using different weapons for the widows then the jumping spiders? If a corpse is mangled it will return less butchery results, and if you were overkilling the widows more they would return less chitin then the jumping spiders.

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**Author:** ![PoeSalesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@PoeSalesman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PoeSalesman)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-spiders-wont-drop-chitin/4082/9 "2013-11-19T03:43:52Z")

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Yes, they were all giant. I used the Rising Sun to kill all of them too. Like I said, the sample size was at least 20 black widows, and I even savescummed to see if it’d change anything. Then I downloaded the latest version to try it again, and got the same result. Then I savescummed again, drove around town, took a nap, and came back to the entire house being empty.