As players make their way through Skyview Temple, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's first dungeon, they will come across a number of Skulltulas. Indeed, these spiders look to impede Link's progress several times, and fans will need to dispatch them in order to proceed. That said, the way to kill a spider in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword may not be immediately obvious to all players, and this guide is here to provide assistance.
To start simply, all of the Skulltulas in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Skyview Temple are eliminated by landing blows against their weak spots. Those spots are located on the underbelly of the spiders, and their purple glow makes identifying them quite easy. However, accessing this part of a Skulltula's body and striking it can prove to be a bit difficult at times, as fans will need to turn to a couple of different sword techniques.
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With the spiders that are hanging from the ceiling, those techniques are a horizontal slash to get the Skulltula spinning and a thrust to stab its weak spot. For full clarity, a thrust attack is performed by pressing down the right analogue stick when using button controls and by stabbing the right Joy-Con forward when using motion controls. Notably, some fans that are playing Skyward Sword with motion controls report that they are unable to perform thrust attacks with this action, but fortunately there are some other options.
Specifically, motion control players can use a Skyward Strike against a spider's weak point if they are not able to execute a thrust. This move is performed by holding the right Joy-Con vertically to raise Link's sword above his head and then flicking it forward to release a projectile once the Skyward Strike has charged. Alternatively, Legend of Zelda fans can temporarily change to button controls so that they can use thrust attacks in these sections, though that is certainly not an ideal workaround.
One final thing to mention is that players may encounter spiders that are crawling on the ground during their time in Skyview Temple, and these are addressed in a different way. Simply, fans should perform an upward slash to flip one of these Skulltula onto its back and then perform a Fatal Blow to finish it off. For the uninitiated, this deadly technique is administered by locking onto an enemy that is on its back, moving toward it until "Fatal Blow" appears at the bottom of the screen, and the pressing up, down, up on the right analogue stick or shaking both Joy-Cons down.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is available now for Switch.
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