OSRS Venenatis Guide: Strategy & Gear Setup

Venenatis is a large spider in the Silk Chasm, at level 35 wilderness. She has one of the most expensive drops from any monster in the wilderness, the Voidwaker gem, worth 47M GP at current grand exchange prices. Players can fight her solo or in a group, but fighting her in a group is recommended when starting. Since she is a spider, she can Dbe killed on a spider slayer task.

Location of Venenatis

Silk Chasm is a multi-combat dungeon in the wilderness, south-east of Callisto’s lair. A fee of 50,000 GP is required to enter the dungeon, and it can be deducted directly from the player’s inventory so they don’t have to bring it along with them. Since you are heading into the wilderness, turn on PK skull protection to avoid getting skulled

Here are the fastest ways to get here:

• Wilderness crabs teleport: this is the fastest way to get to Venenatis. It will teleport you to the dark crab fishing spot, south-east of the lair. 
• Annakarl teleport: this teleport requires 90 magic and the ancient spellbook. It will teleport you into the Demonic Ruins. Go south-east from here to Venenatis. 
• Waka canoe: players with 57 woodcutting can make a Waka canoe and use it to get to the Wilderness. Go east from there to Venenatis.
• Games necklace: players can use the games necklace to go to the Corporeal Beast’s lair then exit the cave and run north-east.
• Wilderness obelisks: this requires a Hard Wilderness diary 

Recommended Combat Stats for Venenatis

• 80+ hitpoints: This is required to survive PKers and withstand Venenatis attacks
• 85+ ranged: if using ranged
• 90+ strength
• 85+ attack
• 75+ defence
• 43+ prayer

Gear setup for Venenantis

Incase you run into a PKer, you should take only 3 valuable items or 4 if you can pray protect item before you die.

Melee Gear Setup

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

Neck slot: Amulet of fury

Cape slot: Ardougne cloak 4

Body slot: Black d’hide body

Leg slot: Black d’hide chaps

Weapon slot: Viggora/Ursine chainmaces: these are the best weapons since Venenatis is weak to crush. Use only a few charges on your chainmaces in case you die to PKers.

Glove slot: Barrows gloves

Boot slot: Dragon boots

Ring slot: Berserker ring (i)

Ammo Slot: Any blessing

Shield slot: Dragon defender/Avernic Defender

Inventory setup for Venenatis with Melee

• Looting bag
• Darts: to defeat the Spiderlings
• Anti-venom
• Blighted super restores
• Food: fill the rest of the inventory with food
• Saradomin brews
• Divine combat potion or Divine ranging potion if using ranged
• Royal seed pod or amulet of glory: to teleport out of level 30 wilderness

Ranged Gear Setup

Head slot: Archer helm/Slayer Helm (i) if on slayer task

Neck slot: Amulet of glory

Cape slot: Ava’s accumulator

Body slot: Black d’hide body

Leg slot: Black d’hide chaps

Weapon slot: Bow of Faerdhinen

Shield slot: Unholy book

Glove slot: Barrows gloves

Boot slot: Pegasian boots

Ring slot: Ring of shadows

Ammo Slot: Any blessing

Inventory setup for Venenatis with Ranged

• Looting bag
• Darts: to defeat the Spiderlings
• Anti-venom
• Blighted super restores
• Food: fill the rest of the inventory with food
• Saradomin brews
• Divine ranging potion if using ranged
• Royal seed pod or amulet of glory: to teleport out of level 30 wilderness. 

Strategy for Killing Venenatis

Venenatis is weakest to crush, so use a weapon with a high-strength bonus. She moves around the chamber after every four of the regular attacks below.

Venenatis’s Attacks

Venenatis has 3 forms of combat, but she will attack the player with only one form at a time. 

• Melee Attack

  She will lunge at the player. Venenatis only performs this attack when the player is in melee distance. So if using melee, you should always pray against melee during the fight.

• Ranged attack

  Venenatis will launch green spit at players. She will alternate between this attack and her magic attack when the player is not in melee range.

• Magic attack

  Her magic attacks are webs launched at players.

The correct protection prayers can block all of these attacks. However, the effectiveness will be reduced for every Spiderling alive in the chamber

Venanatis Unique Attacks

Sticky Web

Venenatis will occasionally launch a sticky white-blue web at a player’s location. Players caught in the web will take rapid 3 damage hits, with their prayer drained by 3 and run energy by 10. You can easily dodge this attack by moving away before it gets to you.

Spiderlings

During the fight, Venenatis can summon spiderlings which will drain prayer of the player they hit regardless if successful or not. The Spiderlings can also increase her damage and allow her hit through prayers if they are not killed. They have only 5 health and players will deal their max hit on them regardless of gear.  It’s best to kill these quickly to reduce the damage from Venenatis.

Here is the sequence of Venenatis’ attacks and movements 

1. 1. 1st attack - Range/Melee + Spiders Spawn
   2. 2nd attack - Ranged/Melee
   3. 3rd attack - Range/Melee
   4. 4th attack - Range/Melee

• Venenatis moves

1. 1. 1st attack - Range/Melee 
   2. 2nd attack - Ranged/Melee
   3. 3rd attack - Range/Melee
   4. 4th attack - Range/Melee

• Venenatis moves

1. 1. 1st attack - Range/Melee + Spiders Spawn
   2. 2nd attack - Ranged/Melee
   3. 3rd attack - Mage/Melee = Web spawn
   4. 4th attack - Range/Melee

• Venenatis moves

1. 1st attack - Mage/Melee
2. 2nd attack - Mage/Melee
3. 3rd attack - Mage/Melee
4. 4th attack - Mage/Melee

GP per hour from Venenatis

Using the recommended gear and combat stats above, players can kill Venenatis with melee up to 26 times per hour when solo. Each kill is worth approximately 287K. This results in total profit of 7M GP per hour after the cost of food and potions are deducted.

Drops from Venenatis

Unique drops:
1 Fangs of Venenatis (1/196), 1 Dragon 2h sword (1/256), 1 Dragon pickaxe (1/256), 1 Voidwaker gem (1/360), 1 Treasonous ring (1/512)

Weapons and Armour:
5 Rune pickaxe (noted) (1/15.75), 150 Rune knife (1/25.2), 150 Rune dart (1/42), 4 Mystic air staff (1/63), 4 Rune platelegs (noted) (1/63), 4 Rune sq shield (1/63), 6 Dragon dagger (noted) (1/63)

Runes and Ammunition
500 Chaos rune (1/18), 500 Death rune (1/18), 900 Blood rune (1/18), 10 Diamond bolts (e) (1/25.2), 600 Cannonball (1/31.5)

Materials:
35 Uncut diamond (noted) (1/15.75), 675 Gold ore (noted) (1/21), 150 Onyx bolt tips (1/25.2), 225 Magic logs (noted) (1/25.2), 100 Limpwurt root (1/25.2), 500 Red spiders' eggs (noted) (1/42), 5 Uncut dragonstone (1/63), 12 Battlestaff (noted) (1/63), 75 Uncut ruby (noted) (1/126), 225 Unicorn horn (noted) (1/126), 45 Grimy ranarr weed (noted) (1/126), 150 Grimy snapdragon (noted) (1/126), 45 Grimy toadflax (noted) (1/126)

Other:
50,000 Coins (1/12.6), 10 Super restore (4) (noted) (1/25.2), 50 Dark crab (noted) (1/25.2), 225 Supercompost (noted) (1/31.5), 20 Antidote++ (4) (1/42), 4 Wilderness crabs teleport (1/42), 100 Blighted anglerfish (1/126)

Secondary Supply Roll:
5–6 Blighted anglerfish (1/18, 1,710–2,052), 5–6 Blighted karambwan (1/18, 895–1,074), 3–4 Blighted super restore (3) (1/18, not sold), 3–4 Blighted super restore (4) (1/18, 15,390–20,520), 2–3 Ranging potion (2) (1/18, 2,228–3,342), 2–3 Super combat potion (2) (1/18, 13,946–20,919)

Tertiary:
1 Looting bag (1/3, not sold), 1 Strange fruit (1/5, 626), 1 Brimstone key (1/50, not sold), 1 Clue scroll (elite) (1/100; 1/50 with ring of wealth (i), not sold), 1 Long bone (1/400, not sold), 1 Venenatis spiderling (1/1,500, not sold), 1 Curved bone (1/5,013, not sold)

Wilderness Slayer Tertiary:
1 Slayer’s enchantment (1/30, 1,712), 1 Larran’s key (1/50, 153,438)