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OSRS Spindel Guide: Strategy & Gear Setup

OSRS Spindel Guide: Strategy & Gear Setup

Spindel is a level 302 boss located in Web Chasm in level 29 wilderness. It is a weaker variant of the Venenatis and is a lot easier and safer to kill. Killing Spindel will count towards the Wilderness dairy, combat achievements, slayer task, when assigned to Venenantis.

 

Recommended stats for Killing Spindel

  • hitpoints70 hitpoints
  • ranged75 ranged
  • strength80 strength
  • attack75 attack
  • defence70 defence
  • magic94 magic

Location of the Spindel

The Web chasm is the lair of Spindel. It is a singles-plus combat dungeon; other players can attack you during a fight with a boss. It is in the eastern ruins, north of the Graveyard of Shadows. Only players who have completed the medium Wilderness diary are allowed into this area. 

 

Entering the lair requires a fee of 50,000 coins, which does not need to be in the player’s inventory as it can be deducted directly from their bank. Players can right-click to peek inside the lair to see if there are other players, but they must have at least 20 kills first.

spindel's location

Here are the fastest ways to get here:

  • Games Necklace: use this teleport to get to the Corporeal Beast, exit the cave, and run north.
  • Carrallanger teleport: This will take players to the Graveyard of Shadow south of the Ruins. Run north
  • Canoe system: this will bring players to a pond to the north of the Web Chasm
  • Wilderness Obelisk; this requires completion of the hard Wilderness Diary

Gear Setup for Killing Spindel

Given the likelihood of running into Pkers in this area, you should only bring three valuable items. Upon death, the three most valuable objects will be retained depending on their grand exchange prices.

 

Melee Gear setup

melee gear for spindel

Head slot: Helm of Neitiznot/Slayer Helm (i) if on slayer task

Neck slot: Amulet of glory

Cape slot: Ardougne cloak 4

Body slot: Black d’hide body

Leg slot: Black d’hide chaps

Weapon slot: Viggora/Ursine chainmaces

Glove slot: Barrows gloves

Boot slot: Dragon boots

Ring slot: Ring of dueling

Ammo Slot: Any blessing

Shield slot: Dragon defender/Avernic Defender

 

Ranged Gear Setup

ranged gear for spindel

Head slot:Guthix coif /Slayer Helm (i) if on a slayer task

Neck slot: Necklace of Anguish

Cape slot: Ava’s accumulator

Body slot: Black d’hide body

Leg slot: Black d’hide chaps

Weapon slot: Craw’s bow

Glove slot: Barrows gloves

Boot slot: Guthix d’hide boots

Ring slot: Archers ring (i)

Ammo Slot: any blessing

 

Inventory Setup for Killing Spindel

inventory setup for spindel

  • Looting bag
  • Stamina potion
  • Divine super combat potion: use divine ranging potion when using ranged
  • Sanfew serum or Anti-venom: to cure venoms for Pkers and poisonous spiders.
  • Blighted super restore
  • Saradomin brews
  • Royal seed pod
  • Darts

Escaping Pkers

All players who enter Spinel’s lair will appear to the north, so it is recommended to fight Spindel from the south as much as possible to get a better chance of escaping Pkers when they enter. It is also recommended that players place another account outside the entrance of the Web Chasm to scout for Pkers. This is effective for escaping PKers giving you enough time to log out or teleport with your main account if one is spotted.

 

Strategy for Fighting Spindel

Spindel can attack with three styles of combat; melee, ranged, and magic. She will use melee only when the player is in her melee range. She is the weakest to crush, so you should use weapons with a high crush bonus. 

 

Spindel’s attacks

Melee attack

melee

She will lunge at the player

 

Ranged attack

ranged

She will launch green spit at the player

 

Magic attack

magic

Launches webs at the player

 

Sticky Web

sticky web

Spindel will often deploy a sticky web which will expand into a 7x5 AoE. Any player caught in it will take rapid hits of 3 damage and have their prayer drained by 3 and run energy by 10. Players should run to the edge of the arena when she is about to deploy this attack, then move after she does. This way, the webs won’t extend to other parts of the arena, making it easier to avoid.

 

Spiderlings

spiderlings

At certain points during the fight, Spindel will spawn some spiderlings. They will increase her damage and allow her to hit through prayers. They are fairly weak and will drain the prayer on every hit, regardless if it is successful or is prayed against. Bring darts, throwing knives or Chinchompas so you can kill these from a distance

 

If the player is not in melee range, she will begin the fight with 8 range attacks, followed by 8 magic attacks, while changing position every 4 attacks. She will spawn spiderlings on the 1st range attack cycle and deploy her web attack on the third web attack cycle. This pattern is repeated until Spindel is defeated. 

 

Here is the sequence of Spindel’s attacks and movements 

  1. 1st attack - Range/Melee + Spiders Spawn
  2. 2nd attack - Ranged/Melee
  3. 3rd attack - Range/Melee
  4. 4th attack - Range/Melee
  5. Spindel Moves
  6. 1st attack - Range/Melee 
  7. 2nd attack - Ranged/Melee
  8. 3rd attack - Range/Melee
  9. 4th attack - Range/Melee
  10. Spindel Moves
  11. 1st attack - Range/Melee + Spiders Spawn
  12. 2nd attack - Ranged/Melee
  13. 3rd attack - Mage/Melee = Web spawn
  14. 4th attack - Range/Melee
  15. Spidel Moves
  16. 1st attack - Mage/Melee
  17. 2nd attack - Mage/Melee
  18. 3rd attack - Mage/Melee
  19. 4th attack - Mage/Melee

GP per hour from Killing Spindel

An average Spindel kill is worth 95K GP or 97K GP when on a Konar’s slayer task. Players with the suggested stats above can kill Spindel about 52 times each hour. This results in a profit of 5.1M GP each hour after the costs of food and potions have been deducted. Your profit may be lower or higher depending on your speed and luck.

 

Drops from Spindel

100% drops

big bonesBig bones


Spindel's uniqueUnique drops
Dragon 2h sword (1/358), Dragon pickaxe (1/358), Fangs of Venenatis (1/588), Treasonous ring (1/588), Voidwaker gem (1/912).

dark crabsFood and potions:
Dark crab (8) (1/25.6), Super restore (4) (3) (1/25.6).

swordWeapons and armour:
Rune pickaxe (1/10.67), Rune knife (30) (1/25.6), Rune 2h sword (1/42.67).

runesRunes and ammunition:
Chaos rune (180) (1/18.29), Blood rune (150) (1/18.29), Death rune (220) (1/18.29), Diamond bolts (x) (12) (1/25.6), Cannonball (20) (1/32).

gemMaterials:
Uncut diamond (9 noted) (1/12.8), Gold ore (180 noted) (1/25.6), Magic logs (60 noted) (1/25.6), Limpwurt root (20 noted) (1/42.67), Red spiders' eggs (80 noted) (1/42.67), Uncut dragonstone (1) (1/64), Uncut ruby (20 noted) (1/128), Grimy snapdragon (3) (1/128), Unicorn horn (60 noted) (1/128).

bucketOther:
14,000 coins (1/6.095), 60 noted supercompost (1/32), 6 noted Antidote++(4) (1/42.67), 200 dark fishing bait (1/128), 1 magic seed (1/128), 1 palm tree seed (1/128)

anglerfishSecondary supply roll:
5–6 Blighted anglerfish (1/10.8), 3–4 Blighted karambwan (1/10.8), 3–4 Blighted super restore(3) (1/10.8), 3–4 Blighted super restore(4) (1/10.8), 2–3 Ranging potion(2) (1/10.8), 2–3 Super combat potion(2) (1/10.8)

Venenatis spiderlingsTertiary:
1 looting bag (1/3), 1 strange fruit (1/5) , 1 Brimstone key (1/60) , 1 Clue scroll (elite) (1/100; 1/50), 1 Venenatis spiderling (1/2,800)






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