OSRS Araxxor Guide: Strategy & Gear Setup

Araxxor is the boss version of Araxytes located in Morytania Spider Cave. It requires 92 slayer and access to Morytania to kill. It can only be killed when on a spider or araxyte slayer task and can also be assigned by only Konar quo Maten as a boss task.

Requirements for Araxxor

• Priest in Peril quest
• 92 slayer
• Aryaxye or SpideSlayerer task

Location of Araxxor

Arraxor’s lair is in the Morytania Spider Cave, accessed through an entrance northeast of Darkmeyer. The entrance to the lair itself is a web tunnel northwest of the cave entrance.

Here are the fastest ways to get here:

• Spider cave teleport: this teleports the player directly to the cave.
• Hallowed crystal shard: Players can teleport to the Hallowed Sepulchre with the Hallowed crystal shard. Exit and use the wall shortcut southeast. This requires 63 agility and 2 long ropes.
• Ectophial or Fairy ring code AIQ: Use any of these teleport, then run south past the small bridge to get to the Spider Cave.

Recommended Stats for Araxxor

• 80+ attack
• 90+ strength
• 80+ magic
• 86+ ranged
• 74+ prayer for piety and Rigour
• 92+ slayer
• 72 smithing and 86 crafting to create Noxious halberd and Amulet of rancour

Gear and Inventory setups for Araxxor

Best Melee gear setup

Head slot: Slayer helm (i)

Neck slot: Amulet of rancour

Cape slot: infernal cape

Body slot: Inquisitor’s hauberk

Leg slot: Inquisitor’s plateskirt

Weapon slot: Scythe of virtur

Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4

Glove slot: Ferocious gloves

Boot slot: Primordial boots

Ring slot: Ultor ring

Cheaper Melee gear setup

Head slot: Serpentine helm

Neck slot: Amulet of torture

Cape slot: Fire cape

Body slot: Torva platebody

Leg slot: Torva platelegs

Weapon slot: Inquisitor’s mace

Shield slot: Dragon defender

Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4

Glove slot: Barrows gloves

Boot slot: Dragon boots

Ring slot: Berserker ring (i)

Inventory setup with melee

• Noxious halberd: Weapon to safely kill the Mirror Araxyte
• A special attack weapon like dragon claws
• Extended anit-venom + potions
• Prayer potions
• Super combat potions
• Good food like Manta ray
• Runes for Vengeance

Best ranged gear setup

Head slot: Slayer helm (i)

Neck slot: Necklace of anguish

Cape slot: Dizana’s quiver

Body slot: Masori body (f)

Leg slot: Masori chaps (f)

Weapon slot: Twisted bow

Ammo slot: Dragon arrows

Glove slot: Zaryte vambraces

Boot slot: Pegasian boots

Ring slot: Venator ring

Cheaper ranged gear setup

Head slot: Slayer helm

Neck slot: Amulet of Fury

Cape slot: Ava’s assembler

Body slot: Karil’s leathertop

Leg slot: Karil’s leatherskirt

Weapon slot: Toxic blowpipe

Glove slot: Barrows gloves

Boot slot: ranger boots

Ring slot: Archer's ring (i)

Inventory setup with ranged

• Elder Maul: A special attack weapon
• Heavy ballista: Weapon to kill the Mirror Araxyte with a shot
• Extended anit-venom + potions
• Prayer potions
• Super combat potions
• Good food like Manta ray
• Runes for Thralls

Strategy for the Araxxor

Araxxor is weak to crush, so it’s best to use a crush weapon throughout the fight. Stand close to him, attacking with the weapon while using protect from melee.

Araxxor’s attacks

Araxxor attacks with melee, but if the player is out of his melee range, he will try to close the distance and attack with either magic or ranged - whichever of the player’s defence bonuses is lowerIts’s attacks can inflict venom on players. 

Below are all of Araxxor’s attacks. The best way to avoid damage from them is to stand close to Araxxor and turn on protect from melee. 

• Melee attack: His melee attacks have a maximum hit of 38 which can be reduced to 5 with protection prayer active. Araxxor will always use a melee attack when the player is in melee range. She will always follow you to use this attack, so you can lure her to any position you want

• Ranged attack: His ranged attacks also have a maximum hit of 38 which can be reduced to 5 with protection prayer active. His ranged attacks also drain 9% of the player’s defence if successful.

• Magic attack: Araxxor’s magic attack has a maximum hit of 21 which also drains 9% of the player’s defence if successful.

• Cleave attack: Araxxor will use this attack in his enraged phase. This attack targets a 1x3 area around the player, dealing melee damage and leaving acid pools on the ground. Players can dodge this attack by moving outside the targeted area when Araxxor shouts “Skree!”. Protect from Melee will also reduce the damage from the attack by approximately 50%.

Eggs and Araxytes

At the start of the fight, eggs in the arena will start to hatch, starting from one in the southeastern most part of the room. The egg that hatches determines the special attack that Araxxor will use throughout the fight. After the first egg hatches, the other eggs will start to hatch afterwards, in a clockwise direction. You can kill the eggs but Araxxor will skip that egg and hatch the next one, so it’s not worth it.

Araxytes are the monsters that hatch from the eggs. The green egg hatches into the Acidic Araxyte, white into the Mirror Araxyte, and Red into the Ruptura Araxyte. Below shows the attacks of the Araxyes and how to kill them 

Acidic Araxytes

These monsters attack with ranged that deal up to 7 damage. If killed, they will explode and splatter acid in a 7x7 AoE surrounding it. Kill the Acidic araxyte with a high ranged or strength weapon, you should be able to do a max hit of 22 with each hit so 2-3 hits should kill it. Watch out for the acidic pool that spawns when it dies.

Mirror Araxytes

These deflect 50% of the damage dealt to it back to the player. It will also reflect 25% of the damage dealt to Araxxor to themselves and direct 50% of that damage to the player. Kill the Mirroback araxyte with a heavy ranged weapon like heavy Ballista to get the max hit on it.

Ruptura Araxytes

These do not directly attack the player but will move towards them and explode when in melee range. The damage from the explosion is proportional to its health, with full health able to deal up to 80 damage. You should move 2 tiles away from it to not take damage. Since the explosion can hit nearby NPCs as well you should lure it to Araxxor before moving away.

Special attacks

Araxxor will use three standard attacks before she hatches an egg or uses a venom special attack. She will always alternate between those 2 actions during the fight. The first egg that hatches determines the venom special attack that Araxxor will use. Below is the special attack that Araxxor will use based on the egg that hatches first.

Acidic Ball

If the first egg that hatches is the green egg. Araxxor’s venom attack for the whole fight is the Acidic ball. Araxxor launches a projectile that flies straight from his direction to the player. The ball has a 3x3 AoE. Standing in its way will deal 18 venom damage. These will explode when they hit a wall and splatter acid on a 7x7 AoE from impact. Move out of the way to avoid damage from this attack.

Acid Splatter

If the first egg that hatches is the white egg. Araxxor’s venom attack for the whole fight is the Acid splatter. Araxxor will launch venom blobs in a wide arc around the player which will leave acid pools behind and hit for low venom damage. This is the easiest one to dodge, as the player only needs to move away from the arc of venom blobs.

Acid Drip

Arraxor will direct a single venom blob on the player, filling them with venom and leaving pools behind as they move for 6 ticks. Just keep moving not to take any damage. Walking during this attack or clicking on a tile at a time is recommended. 

Enraged Phase

Araxxor enters his enraged phase when he reaches 25% of his health. He will coat his 2 front legs with venom and increase his defence level by 35, magic level by 28, ranged level by 31, and attack speed from 6 to 4 ticks. Araxxor will no longer use the venom attacks but will continue to hatch the eggs. He also uses his Cleave attack in this phase. 

If you have high DPS, you can ignore the araxytes and finish the kill. If not, you have to kill them as well. You should attack once and move a few tiles back anytime Araxxor  says “skree!” to avoid damage from her. 

After Araxxor is dead, the player must choose to harvest or destroy the boss’s corpse. Harvesting it will give the regular rewards but destroying it will forfeit all rewards, excluding elite clue scrolls, for a doubled rate of the pet. 

GP per hour from Araxxor

Each Araxxor kill is worth roughly 45K GP. Making the Noxious halberd and Amulet of rancour increases this 142K GP per kill. Experienced players with the recommended stats and gear above can kill Araxxor 35 times per hour. This results in a profit of 5.3M GP after the cost of supplies has been deducted.

Drops from Araxxor

Unique Drops

Noxious pommel 1 (1/200), Noxious point 1 (1/200), Noxious blade 1 (1/200), Araxyte fang 1 (1/600).

Supplies
Araxyte venom sack 1 (~1/16), Super combat potion(1) 1 (~1/16), Prayer potion(4) 1 (~1/16), Shark 2–3 (~1/16), Wild pie 2–3 (~1/16).

Weapons and Armour
Rune kiteshield (noted) 2 (1/14.38), Rune platelegs (noted) 2 (1/14.38), Dragon mace 2 (1/19.17), Rune 2h sword (noted) 5 (1/115), Dragon platelegs 2 (1/115).

Runes and Ammunition
Death rune 250 (1/23), Nature rune 100 (~1/57.5), Mud rune 100 (1/115), Blood rune 180 (1/115).

Seeds

Yew seed 4 (1/28.75), Toadflax seed 3 (1/38.33), Snapdragon seed 3 (1/115), Magic seed 1 (1/115).

Tree-Herb Seed Drop Table
Ranarr seed 1 (1/988.3), Snapdragon seed 1 (1/1,207), Torstol seed 1 (1/1,207), Watermelon seed 15 (1/1,369), Willow seed 1 (1/1,597), Mahogany seed 1 (1/1,597), Maple seed 1 (1/1,597), Teak seed 1 (1/1,597), Papaya tree seed 1 (1/2,064), Yew seed 1 (1/2,064), Palm tree seed 1 (1/2,064), Spirit seed 1 (1/3,594), Dragonfruit tree seed 1 (1/4,792), Calquat tree seed 1 (1/7,188), Redwood tree seed 1 (1/7,188).

Resources
Coal (noted) 120 (1/28.75), Adamantite ore (noted) 85 (1/28.75), Raw shark (noted) 105 (1/28.75), Yew logs 70 (1/57.5), Runite ore 12 (1/57.5), Raw shark 100 (1/115), Raw monkfish 100 (1/115), Pure essence 1,200 (1/115).

Other
Spider cave teleport 6 (1/14.38), Earth orb 45 (noted) (1/14.38), Araxyte venom sack 2 (~1/16), Mort myre fungus 24 (noted) (~1/16), Antidote++ (3) 6 (noted) (1/28.75), Red spiders’ eggs 40 (1/57.5), Wine of zamorak 12 (1/115), Bark 15 (noted) (1/115), Araxyte head 1 (1/500), Jar of venom 1 (1/1,500).

Rare Drop Table
Nothing (N/A) (1/63.18; Never), Coins 3,000 (1/701), Loop half of key 1 (1/730.3; 1/725), Tooth half of key 1 (1/730.3; 1/725), Uncut sapphire 1 (1/292.4; 1/602), Runite bar 1 (1/292.4), Nature rune 67 (1/1,407), Rune 2h sword 1 (1/1,407), Rune battleaxe 1 (1/1,407), Uncut emerald 1 (1/5,888; 1/2,990), Law rune 45 (1/7,360), Death rune 45 (1/7,360), Steel arrow 150 (1/7,360), Rune arrow 42 (1/7,360), Adamant javelin 40 (1/7,360), Rune sq shield 1 (1/7,360), Dragonstone 1 (1/7,360), Silver ore (noted) 100 (1/7,360), Uncut ruby 1 (1/11,776; 1/6,988), Rune kiteshield 1 (1/14,740), Dragon med helm 1 (1/14,740), Rune spear 1 (1/15,533; 1/7,576), Shield left half 1 (1/31,403; 1/15,701), Nature talisman 1 (1/31,403; 1/15,701), Dragon spear 1 (1/47,104; 1/23,552), Uncut diamond 1 (1/47,104; 1/23,552), Rune javelin 10 (1/93,208; 1/46,604).

Tertiary Drops
Coagulated venom 1 (Always), Brimstone key 1 (1/40), Clue scroll (elite) 1 (1/60), Nid 1 (1/3,000; 1/1,500).