Webs in Rex Infernus will grind your movement to a halt the second a Web Mother or Deathspinner tags you. The Warden’s Hat is the oversized pickup that removes that slow entirely, and you pull it out of the Pack-a-Punch well rather than buying it or crafting it.
Quick answer: In the Nexus Forge, use the Void Claw to ride Web Mothers and get around 75 kills from their backs. Then Void Claw a Web Mother at the Pack-a-Punch well so it leaps inside. The well kills it and spat out the hat. Interact with the hat to wear it.
Warden’s Hat requirements in Rex Infernus
The drop only happens at Pack-a-Punch. You cannot start this anywhere else on the map. Open the Nexus Forge first, then grab a Void Claw from a green pedestal so you can mount a Web Mother and later yank one into the well.
Web Mothers need to be in play, so this is a mid-round task. Starting the farm around Round 16 and finishing near Round 25 is a reliable window. Bring Armor Plates. Enemies still hit you while you sit on the spider’s back.
| Requirement | Role in the drop |
|---|---|
| Nexus Forge Pack-a-Punch | The well is the only place the hat can appear |
| Void Claw | Mounts Web Mothers and pulls one into the well |
| Web Mothers | The ride targets you farm, then sacrifice |
| Armor Plates | You take full damage while mounted |
| Splash weapons | Clear zombies fast from the spider’s back |
| Brain Rot with Big Game | Charms the Web Mother so it keeps you mounted longer |
Echo-12 with the Backlash Launcher, 1911s, Ray Guns, and Warden’s Blight all work well for the mounted kills. You want wide splash, not a precise single-target gun. Brain Rot with the Big Game Major Augment is optional, but it is the cleanest way to stay on a Web Mother without getting thrown off mid-farm.
Farm mounted kills on Web Mothers
The well ignores a Web Mother that has not been fed enough kills. The threshold sits around 75, and most runs hit that number after about three mounts. Get the kills first. Do not drag a fresh Web Mother to Pack-a-Punch and expect it to jump.
Force the Pack-a-Punch well drop
Once the kill count is in, the rest is a single pull at the well. The Web Mother has to leap into Pack-a-Punch on its own after you hook it. You are not stuffing a corpse in by hand.
Warden’s Hat pickup and web immunity
The hat is on you as soon as you interact with it. There is no extra craft step and no second machine. If you can see it on your character, the drop worked.
Web shots from Deathspinners and Web Mothers no longer slow you. You still take the damage from those webs. You just keep your full movement speed, which matters most on high rounds when super sprinters are already closing the gap.
Why the Warden’s Hat does not drop
If the Web Mother refuses to leap into the well, the kill count is still too low. Mount again, get more kills, and retry the Void Claw pull at Pack-a-Punch. Doing the hook in the wrong area will also fail, because the well in the Nexus Forge is the only valid dump point.
Getting thrown off early is the other common stall. Without Brain Rot and Big Game, a Web Mother can dump you before the farm is done, which is why splash weapons and extra mounts matter. Once the hat is on, webs become a damage-only problem, and the slow is gone.
