Yep, Skyrim has spider grenades

The opposite week on the Skyrim subreddit, a participant defined that, regardless of years of taking part in Bethesda's automobile for cool mods, they'd come throughout one thing they'd by no means seen earlier than: craftable spiders you can throw at people. Spiders that explode into flame, leaping shock spiders, poison spiders, thoughts management spiders, and extra. Over the subsequent a number of days, gamers both admitted they hadn't seen them both, or crankily declared that everyone is aware of in regards to the Skyrim thoughts management spider grenades, come on.

One purpose the spiders flew beneath the radar for a lot of gamers is that they're a part of the Dragonborn DLC, and might solely be discovered on the island of Solstheim. If you wish to see them for your self, you'll must go to Windhelm's dock and discover a ship that may sail to the port of Raven Rock for 250 gold, then get caught on the introductory cutscene because of considered one of your mods and simply use Skyrim's console commands to teleport your self there. 

A dungeon referred to as White Ridge Barrow on the island's north is the place you're headed (the placement code is DLC2WhiteRidgeBarrowExterior01 in case you're utilizing the coc command). Inside are some reavers (lifeless), and spiders (indignant). Be certain that to seize albino spider pods from these you kill, or the eggs mendacity round.

Inside a locked cage within the White Ridge Sanctum space you'll discover a lifeless darkish elf and an imbuing chamber, together with a journal and a e-book of recipes. These comprise pointers for utilizing the imbuing chamber to mix spider pods with gems and different components, thus creating spider scrolls. The UESP has a useful record of spider scroll recipes in case you're not up for experimenting. Word the spider pods on this dungeon don't respawn, although there’s a single spot close to Bloodskal Barrow the place they do.

When you've crafted some spider scrolls, you’ll be able to equip one in every hand and throw them to make use of. These made with broken albino spider pods will explode when enemies are inside vary, whereas undamaged pods lead to pet spiders that observe you round till destroyed. The thoughts management selection latch onto targets and make them your allies for 30 seconds, which will be tremendous helpful in case you're making an attempt to finish the Darkish Brotherhood questline with out technically killing anyone, as YouTuber ymfah did.