Spider Queen

he Maelstrom Spider Queen is a giant female Maelstrom Spider created by Paradox using Maelstrom Infected Bricks.

The Spider Queen was created in the Paradox Research Facility, where Paradox researchers such as Wisp Lee studied her in hopes of finding a weakness in the Maelstrom. However, the Spider Queen broke free in an explosion of Maelstrom energy which corrupted most of the researchers and Defense Robots into Stromlings and Stromling Mechs. The Spider Queen fled to the Maelstrom Mine, where she spawned her offspring Dark Spiderlings.

As the power of the Nexus Force increased, the Spider Queen retreated even further into the depths of the Maelstrom Mine, where she found an old unused launchpad and damaged Paradox Darkwarp Rockets. She and her Dark Spiderlings repaired the launchpad and a Darkwarp Rocket, allowing her to leave the Maelstrom Mine and travel to Block Yard.[1]

Wisp Lee sends players to collect Maelstrom samples from the Maelstrom goo left in the Spider Queen's trail. Later,Melodie Foxtrot investigates the Maelstrom Mine and, with the help of players, learned that the Spider Queen was sending at least five postcards from Block Yard to the Dark Spiderlings in the Maelstrom Mine.

At Block Yard, the Maelstrom Spider Queen's power created a cloud of Maelstrom fog over the Launch Area. Vance Bulwark flew to Block Yard to fight the creature, but was unable to do so by himself and loans Trial Faction Gear to players so they may stand a chance against the powerful Spider Queen.

The Maelstrom Spider Queen is fought by players trying to claim their Block Yard properties. She has about 100 health and four different attacks. At two intervals in the battle, she summons Dark Spiderlings to aid her and screams in anguish when players smash her offspring. When players defeat the Spider Queen, the Maelstrom fog clears and the property can be claimed.

Up to two players can return to fight the Maelstrom Spider Queen in a separate Spider Queen Battle instance that can be accessed from the Maelstrom Mine launchpad.