Venenatis

Venenatis
Released	13 March 2014 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	464
Size	4x4
Examine	That'll get your arachnophobia going...
Combat info
XP bonus	+12.5%
Max hit	21 (Melee); 35 (Ranged); 30 (Magic)
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Stab, Magic, Ranged
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time	10 ticks (6 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	956.2 xp
Category	Spiders, Bosses
Assigned by	File:Konar chathead.png
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+300	No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID	6610

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

This article has a Slayer task guide here.

Information comparing locations for Slayer tasks will be on this page

Venenatis is a large spider that resides in the Silk Chasm.

According to Phabelle Bile, Venenatis is the last of her kind, who were hunted to extinction by dwarves.

A dwarf multicannon cannot be set up in the Silk Chasm; if attempted, you will receive the message: It doesn't seem safe to set up a cannon here.

Ironmen are eligible for drops from Venenatis when defeating it alongside other players.

Strategy

Venenatis attacks with melee towards any player that's adjacent to her, and either magic or ranged for any player out of her melee range. Protection prayers will fully block the attacks, however, they will have their effectiveness reduced for every spiderling alive in the chamber.

Every four attacks, Venenatis will shuffle to another position in her lair. Every two movements will cause her to alternate between ranged and magic attacks.

When a kill starts, Venenatis begins by summoning two spiderlings, who also increase her max hit along with reducing prayer effectiveness. The spiderlings will drain prayer by 1 for every hit made regardless if it damages or not, however they only have 5 health and players will deal their max hit on them regardless of gear. Venenatis can also launch a sticky web that if stood on, damages and drains prayer by 3 and run energy by 10 every few ticks. Venenatis will always alternate between the spiderlings and the sticky web after moving around twice.

If 5 or more players are in Venenatis' lair, she will move more often and perform a special attack every time she moves, as opposed to every other time.

Location

Levels

Members

Spawns

Map

League region

Silk Chasm

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Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 60,120 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The listed quantities are for soloing Venenatis. In group encounters, Venenatis's drops, including uniques, will be split proportionally based on damage done. Up to 10 players may obtain drops per kill in this manner, and each of the top 10 players will receive at least 25% of the solo loot quantity.

Unique

The drop rates for uniques are for each kill, rather than for each player. At most one item from this table is dropped per kill.^[1]

Odds of hitting the unique table ~1/56.67

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Fangs of venenatis	1	1/196^[2]	48,123	1
Dragon 2h sword	1	1/256^[2]	133,341	132,000
Dragon pickaxe	1	1/256^[2]	846,968	58,770
Voidwaker gem	1	1/360^[2]	45,526,468	1
Treasonous ring	1	1/512^[2]	169,089	30,000

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Mystic air staff	4 (noted)	2/126	100,908	102,000
Rune pickaxe	5 (noted)	8/126	93,305	96,000
Rune dart	150	3/126	26,100	31,500
Rune knife	150	5/126	13,650	15,000
Rune platelegs	4 (noted)	2/126	151,388	153,600
Rune sq shield	4 (noted)	2/126	90,204	92,160
Dragon dagger	6 (noted)	2/126	104,532	108,000

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Chaos rune	500	7/126	51,000	27,000
	Death rune	700	7/126	112,000	75,600
	Blood rune	900	7/126	192,600	216,000
Diamond bolts (e).png: Venenatis drops Diamond bolts (e) with rarity 5/126 in quantity 300	Diamond bolts (e)	300	5/126	19,500	37,800
	Cannonball	600	4/126	127,800	1,800

Materials

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Uncut ruby	75 (noted)	1/126	74,100	4,500
	Uncut diamond	35 (noted)	8/126	74,970	4,200
	Gold ore	675 (noted)	6/126	105,975	60,750
Onyx bolt tips.png: Venenatis drops Onyx bolt tips with rarity 5/126 in quantity 150	Onyx bolt tips	150	5/126	1,309,050	90,000
	Magic logs	225 (noted)	5/126	235,350	43,200
	Limpwurt root	100 (noted)	5/126	53,100	400
	Red spiders' eggs	500 (noted)	3/126	203,000	2,000
	Unicorn horn	225 (noted)	1/126	102,150	2,700
	Uncut dragonstone	5 (noted)	2/126	77,100	3,000
	Grimy ranarr weed	45 (noted)	1/126	301,905	810
	Grimy snapdragon	150 (noted)	1/126	1,242,150	1,800
	Grimy toadflax	45 (noted)	1/126	156,645	495
	Battlestaff	12 (noted)	2/126	99,708	50,400

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	50,000	10/126	50,000	50,000
	Supercompost	225 (noted)	4/126	13,050	11,475
Antidote++(4).png: Venenatis drops Antidote++(4) with rarity 3/126 in quantity 20 (noted)	Antidote++(4)	20 (noted)	3/126	119,560	4,320
Super restore(4).png: Venenatis drops Super restore(4) with rarity 5/126 in quantity 10 (noted)	Super restore(4)	10 (noted)	5/126	111,310	1,800
	Dark crab	50 (noted)	5/126	78,950	9,600
	Blighted anglerfish	100 (noted)	1/126	33,800	100
	Wilderness crabs teleport	4	3/126	117,480	148

Secondary Supply roll

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Blighted anglerfish	5–6	1/18	1,690–2,028	5–6
Blighted karambwan	5–6	1/18	955–1,146	5–6
Blighted super restore(3)	3–4	1/18	Not sold	N/A
Blighted super restore(4)	3–4	1/18	15,222–20,296	3–4
Ranging potion(2)	2–3	1/18	2,258–3,387	258–387
Super combat potion(2)	2–3	1/18	15,432–23,148	108–162

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Looting bag	1	1/3	Not sold	N/A
	Strange fruit	1	1/5	689	1
Brimstone key.png: Venenatis drops Brimstone key with rarity 1/50 in quantity 1	Brimstone key	1	1/50^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/100; 1/50^{[d 3]}^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12
	Long bone	1	1/400	Not sold	3
	Venenatis spiderling	1	1/1,500^{[d 4]}^[2]	Not sold	N/A
	Curved bone	1	1/5,012.5	Not sold	4

^ Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/50 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/95; 1/47 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ A pet roll is made for each player that has received a drop, which scales based on contribution. The MvP bonus is not applied to this roll.^[3]

Wilderness Slayer tertiary

The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Larran's key.png: Venenatis drops Larran's key with rarity 1/50 in quantity 1	Larran's key	1	1/50	142,895	1
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/30	1,686	720

Combat Achievements

There are 0 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 0 points) available for Venenatis.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%

Historical

From her release to 25 January 2023, Venenatis could be found roaming just north of the green dragons on the eastern shore of the Wilderness and was the only one of the bosses she was released with to be below level 30 Wilderness. She only attacked with melee and magic and had two mechanics; a prayer drain on her target and could also launch sticky webs at them that could deal up to 60 damage and briefly stun them. Venenatis also had a unique damage reduction mechanic in part that she would only take 1-6 damage from any hit if she was in a single-way area, as the area was partially multi and single combat zones.

Combat stats

2014	255	470	490	490	150	1
2023	850	300	200	321	150	1
Aggressive stats

2014	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
2023	+0	+0	+0	+0	+100	+30
Defensive stats

2014	+260	+260	+260	+800	+100
2023	+100	+100	+10	+300	+150

Gallery

Concept art of Venenatis' graphical rework, by Mod Jerv.
Concept art of Venenatis' Silk Chasm, by Mod Jerv.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:17 April 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:17 April 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:17 April 2024\| \|2}}]] (update)	Venenatis will now wait a short period of time after respawning before attacking players.
[[{{#explode:10 April 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:10 April 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:10 April 2024\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Venenatis' respawn time was decreased from 28 ticks (16.8 seconds) to 10 ticks (6 seconds).
[[{{#explode:7 February 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:7 February 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 February 2024\| \|2}}]] (update)	The minimum percentage of regular loot given to the top 10 players in a fight against Venenatis has been increased from 15% to 25%. The drop rate for a Venenatis spiderling has been increased from 1/2,000 to 1/1,500. Venenatis can now drop wilderness crab teleports, dragon daggers, battlestaves, rune platelegs, rune sq shields, and mystic air staves. The weighting on certain drops as been adjusted, slightly decreasing the chance to get coins and rune pickaxes in favour of more valuable drops. The number of rune pickaxes dropped has been increased from 3 to 5. The number of blighted anglerfish dropped has been increased from 45 to 100.
[[{{#explode:30 August 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:30 August 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 August 2023\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Random events have been disabled in the Wilderness boss lairs.
[[{{#explode:14 June 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:14 June 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:14 June 2023\| \|2}}]] (update)	Venenatis now drops strange fruits at a rate of 1 in 5.
[[{{#explode:15 March 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:15 March 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:15 March 2023\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	To prevent players from attacking those attempting to enter the boss chamber safely (as the entrance was multi-combat, whereas the area to the east was single-combat) the following changes were implemented: The cave entrance now faces west instead of south. Trees have been added to the area behind the cave.
[[{{#explode:22 February 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:22 February 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:22 February 2023\| \|2}}]] (update)	Ring of wealth now works correctly for Venenatis.
[[{{#explode:8 February 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:8 February 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:8 February 2023\| \|2}}]] (update)	Fixed an issue where Venenatis' hitpoints bar was moving during attack animations.
[[{{#explode:2 February 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:2 February 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:2 February 2023\| \|2}}]] (update)	Increased the minimum loot reward from 0% to 15%. Reduced maximum number of players able to receive loot from 15 to 10. Increased quantity of base rewards. Venenatis is now immune to Ring of recoil and similar effects. Rearranged Venenatis’ damage through Prayer from being rolled then capped at 30 to being capped at 30 and then rolled.
[[{{#explode:25 January 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:25 January 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 January 2023\| \|2}}]] (update)	Venenatis is now located in a cave, and her combat behaviour has been adjusted. Venenatis has been graphically updated.
Date unknown	The tree stump found south-east of the trees in 24 Wilderness has been moved a square south to discourage safespotting.
[[{{#explode:30 July 2015\| \|0}} {{#explode:30 July 2015\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 July 2015\| \|2}}]] (update)	A game engine bug affecting the retaliation of ranging/maging NPCs has been fixed. In particular, this affects Venenatis and their behaviour when they have moved far from their spawn points, so it will make certain safespots considerably less effective, and will have similar effects on other NPCs with long-range attacks.
[[{{#explode:19 March 2015\| \|0}} {{#explode:19 March 2015\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:19 March 2015\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Scorpia, Venenatis, Vet'ion and Callisto now have a very slim chance of dropping a pet version of themselves when killed.
[[{{#explode:26 June 2014\| \|0}} {{#explode:26 June 2014\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:26 June 2014\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Treasonous ring added and other drop table improvements.
[[{{#explode:20 March 2014\| \|0}} {{#explode:20 March 2014\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:20 March 2014\| \|2}}]] (update)	The drop tables for Callisto, Vet'ion, Venenatis and the Lava dragons have been buffed.

Gallery (historical)


13 March 2014– 25 January 2023	25 January 2023 – present

Trivia

Venenatis' 2014 model was a recoloured version of Kalrag.
She was a player-suggested boss, which was adopted into the game after a substantial amount of positive forum feedback.
The term Venenatis comes from the Latin "venēnātīs", which means "venomous" or "poisoned".
Despite her name's origin and Phabelle Bile mentioning Venenatis does indeed produce venom, she and her spiderlings are not venomous or poisonous to players. This is leftover from before the Wilderness boss rework, when her attacks inflicted poison.
If someone starts a battle with Venenatis, but leaves the cave with out killing her, she will de-spawn after 10 minutes.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Mod Ash: "The game decides whether or not one will be dropped from the kill, and then decides which of the rewarded players will receive it, which each player's chance of being that recipient depending on their relative contribution."
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Poll 78 Updates & More". RuneScape News. Jagex. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 February 2025. Mod Ash: "Looks like it's doing a straight scaling based on your proportion of the damage done, so 50% would make you half as likely to get the pet as if you'd done 100%. Didn't look like MvP status would affect this."

[3] Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[4] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/50 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn.

[5] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/95; 1/47 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

[7] A pet roll is made for each player that has received a drop, which scales based on contribution. The MvP bonus is not applied to this roll.^[3]

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Mod Ash: "The game decides whether or not one will be dropped from the kill, and then decides which of the rewarded players will receive it, which each player's chance of being that recipient depending on their relative contribution."

[news-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Poll 78 Updates & More". RuneScape News. Jagex. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original.

[6] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 February 2025. Mod Ash: "Looks like it's doing a straight scaling based on your proportion of the damage done, so 50% would make you half as likely to get the pet as if you'd done 100%. Didn't look like MvP status would affect this."

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