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[Chocolatemilkgod]

What should I do? Tame it? If I do will that make it so that it wont attack unless attacked itself (I saw something like that on the wiki). I'm not sure :L

[Mantonio]

Yeah, tame it. Tamed creatures won't hurt your dwarfs, as long as you they haven't killed one of them already. Once they have the taste of blood, they can be tamed but will still attack your dwarfs. You might need to alter your raws though, since you need a Dungeon Master and they're bugged at the moment.

In your df folder, go to raw > objects > creature_subterranean. Search for the [CREATURE:SPIDER_CAVE_GIANT] entry and change the [PET_EXOTIC] tag to just [PET]. Then you'll be able to tame them with anyone. And they'll breed as well! Since the Dungeon Master is bugged, tamed animals that you bought from Elfs or Humans that have the [PET_EXOTIC] tag don't breed.

If you want to harvest its silk, I suggest that you build a silk farm as shown here

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Giant_cave_spider

Giant cave spider silk is worth a lot more than the regular kind. Should be profitable!

[Chocolatemilkgod]

Ok thanks. But if I were just to put a disarmed goblin in a room with a tamed one, would it start firing silk at it?

[Mantonio]

Yes, it would. They shoot webbing to ensnare their pray.

Hence the silk farm I linked, that abuses this mechanic to get you lots of free silk.