Arachnophobia Mode - Turn off All Spiders

731 votes

Note from Toast: We added a partial arachnophobia mode to disable the small decorative spiders sprinkled throughout the game, I've split this ticket into a new one for the suggestion to be able to disable ALL spiders, not just those ones.

Please get players the chance to remove the spiders or change them to anything else. The animations from smashing things is absolutely horrifying. Me and many others can deal with spiders in cellars bc we are aware they could be there but the spiders out of nowhere is just stressfull. Please let players turn these things off as an option in the menu like many other games did before (Grounded, Satisfactory, Green Hell, Lethal company)

Thank you.l

Done Suggested by: Holla (31 Jan, '24) • Upvoted: 2 days ago • Comments: 20

Comments: 20

10 Apr, '24
Toast Admin Pinned
This was added with Update 4: Patch 6, with an update to arachnophobia mode to change the model of all spiders :)

Here is the old ticket: https://enshrouded.featureupvote.com/suggestions/529913/arachnophobia-mode-turn-off-small-spiders
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11 Apr, '24
Christian
Would it be difficult to change the spiders sprite? Like maybe to the scorpions we encounter later, or the shroud bugs?
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17 Apr, '24
superpebble
if this is in the game on a server side, i think its only fair that the server is marked as a spider icon with a big red X over it so players know they are playing a server that has quite the large reduction of content so they dont invest time into a game and have to learn the hard way that they wont be experiencing all of the gameplay.
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23 Apr, '24
Broderick
I guess it's just a testament to your animators but whatever they did with the spiders makes me unable to even look at the screen so I look away while I press the attack button over and over, hoping for the best. They absolutely make my skin crawl for some reason!!
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02 Jun, '24
psyduck
i play this game with my gf and she cant even look at bugs but really enjoys this game would love to see a way to make them less bug like.
03 Jul, '24
Merlin
I love Enshrouded and really enjoy playing it, but I don't go to certain places just because of the spiders and stuff. Also, I have a world where I'm already slowly moving towards the wasteland and I still don't have a handspindle and stuff because of the spiders. So it would be very handy to have a setting when you've created a world where all the spiders in that world are replaced with something else like the bugs or normal vukahs or scavengers or something.
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06 Aug, '24
Logan
Got a long time friend I was really looking forward to playing this with, so a more in-depth arachnophobia or insectophobia mod would be super appreciated. As it stands, I can't run with them at all cause they panic-ALT+F4'd at the first Fell Beetle and now they feel really bad that it's too late for a refund on the copy my girlfriend bought for them.
Some kind of replacement option would be super appreciated, maybe with customizable options. (i.e. "replace all bugs, replace only beetles, replace only spiders, replace only scorpions, replace only bee swarms" etc, maybe with the option of what model to replace them with.)
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06 Aug, '24
Logan Merged
I already mentioned it in a comment on another suggestion thread, but just what it says on the tin.

My partner bought copies for her, me, and a long time friend of ours who is cripplingly insectophobic. We hadn't realized there were bugs to worry about in-game until said friend ran into a Fell Beetle and panic-ALT-F4'd out of the game.
After looking into the bestiary online, they now feel really bad that it's outside of Steam's refund window to get my gf her money back on a game they can't play.

So it'd be nice if there was another set of options like the "disable small spiders" toggle. My personal thought is basic model-replacement toggle options. Same health, damage, etc of what you're replacing, just options in the menu to change the model to something else. Maybe one each for spiders, beetles, scorpions, and bee swarms.

Obviously I don't make video games, so the devs would have a better idea for implementation, but it's at least an idea.
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06 Aug, '24
Primoris Admin
"More In-Depth Insectophobia Options" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-08-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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06 Aug, '24
Angus Wilson Merged
Please add a mode to disable/replace all insectoid/arachnid enemies and effects throughout the game. I fully support the addition of an arachnophobia mode for spiders but some players are equally distressed by the scorpions. My friend can't bring themself to play the game as they get panic attacks from 'giant' insect enemies in games. I love Enshrouded and I really want them and others to be able to enjoy it as well!
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07 Aug, '24
Primoris Admin
"Entomophobia Mode" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-08-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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14 Sep, '24
Thunderlion
Is anything happening with this? This has a similar number of upvotes as the original did when it became planned and implemented.
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08 Nov, '24
Aphelion
Arachnophobia mode only for small ambience spiders doesn't make any sense for me.
Please expand it to any crawling critters one could possibly encounter unexpectedly :I
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09 Nov, '24
Seriy500
Please add arachnophobia mode, arachnophobia is among top 5 phobias.
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12 Nov, '24
ot Merged
Can add a new arachnophobia mode? I'm not afraid of other monsters, just spiders.
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13 Nov, '24
CoolUsernameBro Admin
"arachnophobia mode" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-11-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
13 Nov, '24
FreeFall
We really need a real arachnophobia mod , let steal this WoW crab mode, I don't think it will cause problem
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17 Nov, '24
Paris
I wanna vouch for this to be implemented. Spiders are in every game.... This feels like a hate crime lol
My solo games just halt progression wherever there are spiders.... Balefire Garrison EXCUSE ME.... I had goosebumps for an hour after I spotted that MONSTER just waiting. I almost jumped down from the roof onto it, I would have DIED.
Not everyone likes spiders, I don't know how all you devs just LOVE adding them to games... how is there not like a portion of you that vote NO for spiders. Eebie Jeebies all over seriously ugh....
Make a setting that not only turns them into, I dunno kittens, but pacifies them... or something.... if you turn them into kittens, make me believe they are kittens, let me pet them, and have them jump on each other to play... but by all means DO NOT have a kitten attack me like that giant spider would attack me with it's creepy sounds effects and animations... and add and that option as a permasetting optional... for those who know it won;t ever be active
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23 Nov, '24
Kalnaur
Yeah, a true arachnophobia/insectophobia mode would be top tier. By true I mean not just turning the body into a blob but leaving animations, because it's still gonna MOVE like a spider in that case. And also nothing that does the hisses and chittering that is commonly associated with big ol' bugs.

It'd have to be something entirely different; making it have 4 legs just makes it a 4 legged spider, making it into a blob that bobs up and down moving like a spider will still make it a spider. It has to be entirely, totally NOT a spider. Less than that is . . . fine, I guess? But by god it's not really gonna have the best impact. I myself try and kill the giant freaking things from as far away as possible, when one first came near me I ran until I could climb out of reach and then warped home and turned the game off for HOURS. Nothing else in this game has made me want to do that, not even frustrating boss fights.
10 Dec, '24
Kitty
So I appreciate that the small spiders are changed into something else. As a person who deals with arachnophobia, I would *really* appreciate **all** of the nasty things be hidden. What I see now is "hey, we know there are people who are afraid of them and that's valid so we will hide the little ones. But the big ones? The ones the size of a horse? Yeah, those are all for you. Enjoy your nightmares!"

Please, for the love of all things holy, hide all of the spiders. Please.