Venenatis

This article is about the main boss. For the weaker boss, see Spindel.

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Venenatis
Released										13 March 2014 (Update)
Donator										Yes
Combat level										464
Size										4x4
Examine										That'll get your arachnophobia going...
Combat info
XP bonus										+52.5%
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										28 ticks (16.8 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level										None
Slayer XP										956.2 xp
Category										Spiders, Bosses
Assigned by										File:Turael chathead.png File:Spria chathead.png File:Konar chathead.png File:Nieve chathead.png File:Duradel chathead.png
Combat stats
850					300					200					321					300					350
Aggressive stats
+0					+0					+0					+0					+0					+0
Defensive stats
+100						+100						+10						+300						+150
Cannons										Not immune
Thralls										Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID										6610

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.

Strategy

Main article: Venenatis/Strategies

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

Location	Levels	Donator	Spawns	Map
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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 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.

The average solo Venenatis kill is worth 0.

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.

Odds of hitting the unique table ~1/56.67

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Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Weapons and armour

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Runes and ammunition

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Materials

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Other

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price
	Coins	50,000	10/126	1/0	1/0	1/0	1/0	1/0	50,000

Secondary Supply roll

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Tertiary

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Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Wilderness Slayer tertiary

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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.

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

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' graphical rework, by Mod Jerv.

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

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

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#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)

File:Venenatis v1.png
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.