Sarachnis

Sarachnis
Released	4 July 2019 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	318
Size	5x5
Examine	I'm going to need a really big newspaper...
Combat info
XP bonus	+7.5%
Max hit	31
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Melee, Ranged
Attack speed
Respawn time	17 ticks (10.2 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	430 xp
Category	Spiders, Bosses
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	8713

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Sarachnis, the mother of the temple spiders, is a mid-level boss found in the Forthos Dungeon, in a former burial tomb south of the Spider Den. She can be killed as part of a spider Slayer task.

Players will need a slash weapon or a knife to access the part of the dungeon where Sarachnis is located; run into the south side of the cave to find her lair.

Location[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Forthos Dungeon	318		1	Maplink

Sarachnis attacks with melee when players are adjacent to her, and Ranged when they are out of melee range; it is advised to pray Protect from Melee or Protect from Missiles throughout the fight. She heals upon dealing damage.

She is weak to crush weapons, and has high magic and ranged defence. Therefore, it is recommended to bring high strength bonus equipment and a crush weapon like the elder maul, abyssal bludgeon, or sarachnis cudgel, paired with a defence-reducing special attack such as the dragon warhammer or Bandos godsword. Dragon claws or a crystal halberd are recommended here for their special attacks if the previously mentioned weapons are not available. Using obsidian armour with Tzhaar-ket-em or Verac the Defiled's equipment sets are also viable options. A budget option, especially for mid-level players, is the leaf-bladed battleaxe due to its exceptional crush bonus, as well as a high strength bonus and being able to cut through the web just before her lair. Dragon mace is also a feasible option for lower levelled players, having a convenient prayer bonus and a special attack which can be used to quickly dispose of the minions. Your other gear should include some sort of magic defence bonus. Leaving the lair will result in Sarachnis recovering all her health.

Upon Sarachnis' death, all her spawns will die as well. Sarachnis will then respawn in 10 seconds.

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 33,620 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Sarachnis kill is worth 31,961.99.

The average Sarachnis kill while on a Konar task is worth 34,013.27.

Pre-roll[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Dragon med helm	1	2/384^[1]	58,980	60,000
	Sarachnis cudgel	1	1/384^[1]	518,419	72,000

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Battlestaff	8–10 (noted)	2/100	61,744–77,180	33,600–42,000
Rune platebody	1	2/100	38,426	39,000
Rune med helm	1	2/100	11,097	11,520
Rune 2h sword	1	2/100	37,936	38,400

Runes and ammunition[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Blood rune	80–100	5/100	29,280–36,600	19,200–24,000
Chaos rune	175–200	5/100	12,250–14,000	9,450–10,800
Cosmic rune	125–150	5/100	13,875–16,650	3,750–4,500
Death rune	80–100	5/100	15,280–19,100	8,640–10,800
Soul rune	80–100	5/100	13,360–16,700	14,400–18,000
Mithril arrow	450–600	2/100	1,800–2,400	8,550–11,400
Mithril bolts	175–225	2/100	11,025–14,175	2,100–2,700

Seeds[edit | edit source]

There is a 2/100 chance of rolling the rare seed drop table. Three random seeds are dropped at a time. Maple, yew, and papaya tree seeds are separately dropped alone.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Toadflax seed	3	1/251.1	17,340	18
Irit seed	3	1/368.8	135	9
Belladonna seed	3	1/380.6	153	318
Poison ivy seed	3	1/536.4	63	297
Avantoe seed	3	1/536.4	2,166	12
Cactus seed	3	1/561.9	219	177
Potato cactus seed	3	1/786.7	18	252
Kwuarm seed	3	1/786.7	1,236	18
Snapdragon seed	3	1/1,180	264,228	108
Cadantine seed	3	1/1,685.7	3,414	12
Lantadyme seed	3	1/2,360	2,139	15
Snape grass seed	3–9	1/2,950	9,861–29,583	168–504
Dwarf weed seed	3	1/3,933.3	2,019	9
Torstol seed	3	1/5,900	184,341	126
Maple seed	2	1/100	39,578	56
Papaya tree seed	2	1/100	7,680	138
Yew seed	1	1/100	56,758	85

Herbs[edit | edit source]

There is a 10/100 chance to hit the noted herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy kwuarm	10–15 (noted)	31/1,650	15,850–23,775	120–180
Grimy cadantine	10–15 (noted)	27/1,650	17,620–26,430	130–195
Grimy dwarf weed	10–15 (noted)	25/1,650	9,120–13,680	140–210
Grimy avantoe	5–10 (noted)	22/1,650	8,275–16,550	50–100
Grimy lantadyme	10–15 (noted)	17/1,650	15,970–23,955	130–195
Grimy ranarr weed	5–10 (noted)	16/1,650	44,010–88,020	90–180
Grimy snapdragon	5–10 (noted)	15/1,650	59,600–119,200	60–120
Grimy torstol	5–10 (noted)	12/1,650	42,200–84,400	75–150

Materials[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Mithril ore	60–90 (noted)	6/100	7,560–11,340	5,820–8,730
Red dragonhide	15–25 (noted)	5/100	36,825–61,375	1,305–2,175
Uncut sapphire	20–30 (noted)	4/100	7,700–11,550	300–450
Adamantite ore	30–40 (noted)	3/100	33,000–44,000	7,200–9,600
Uncut emerald	20–30 (noted)	3/100	11,360–17,040	600–900
Onyx bolt tips	8–10	2/100	66,272–82,840	4,800–6,000
Uncut ruby	20–30 (noted)	2/100	24,440–36,660	1,200–1,800
Runite ore	4–6 (noted)	1/100	43,852–65,778	7,680–11,520
Uncut diamond	20–30 (noted)	1/100	60,820–91,230	2,400–3,600

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	17,000–25,000	6/100	17,000–25,000	17,000–25,000
Dragon bones	10–15 (noted)	5/100	29,510–44,265	960–1,440
Egg potato	5–8	5/100	1,455–2,328	35–56
Weapon poison(++)	4–6 (noted)	2/100	13,908–20,862	1,036–1,554
Crystal key	1	1/100	21,214	90
Spider carcass	10 (noted)	1/100	730	90

Gem drop table[edit | edit source]

There is a 1/100 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/200.37; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	1/400; 1/203.13^{[d 2]}	385	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/800; 1/406.25^{[d 2]}	568	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/1,600; 1/812.5^{[d 2]}	1,222	60
Nature talisman	1	1/4,266.67; 1/2,166.67^{[d 2]}	207	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/6,400; 1/3,250^{[d 2]}	3,041	120
Loop half of key	1	1/12,800; 1/6,500^{[d 2]}	10,024	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/12,800; 1/6,500^{[d 2]}	10,041	60
Rune javelin	5	1/12,800; 1/6,500^{[d 2]}	920	1,200
Rune spear	1	1/204,800; 1/12,187.5^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,926	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/409,600; 1/24,375^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,316	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/546,133.33; 1/32,500^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	37,370	37,440

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Tattered moon page	1	1/5^[1]^{[d 1]}	Not sold	1
Tattered sun page	1	1/5^[1]^{[d 1]}	Not sold	1
Tattered temple page	1	1/5^[1]^{[d 1]}	Not sold	1
Giant egg sac(full)	1	1/20^[1]	50,634	6
Grubby key	1	1/15^[1]	42,338	19
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/40^{[d 2]}^[2]	Not sold	12
Brimstone key	1	1/56^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/60^{[d 4]}^[2]	Not sold	12
Jar of eyes	1	1/2,000^[1]	197,854	0
Sraracha	1	1/3,000^[1]	Not sold	N/A

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The drop rate to receive any page is 1/5. When rolled, the player will receive the page they have the fewest of.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/38 with the completion of the hard combat achievements.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/57 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]

The following Combat Achievement tasks involve Sarachnis.

Name	Description	Difficulty	Category
Sarachnis Novice	Kill Sarachnis 10 times.	Easy	Kill count
Sarachnis Champion	Kill Sarachnis 25 times.	Medium	Kill count
Newspaper Enthusiast	Kill Sarachnis with a crush weapon.	Medium	Restriction
Ready to Pounce	Kill Sarachnis without her using her range attack twice in a row.	Hard	Mechanical
Inspect Repellent	Kill Sarachnis without her dealing damage to anyone.	Hard	Perfection

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
26 March 2020 (update \| poll)	Sarachnis's respawn timer has been reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds.
1 August 2019 (update)	Players can no longer avoid Sarachnis' web attack via the use of various items.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Upon examining the egg sacs in Sarachnis' lair, the chatbox will state "It's making sounds inside. It's going to hatch soon!" This is the verbatim message that is given upon checking the status of a Pokémon egg that will hatch soon in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal.
Sarachnis was originally going to be an instanced solo boss, but was reworked into a non-instanced boss in a multicombat area after player complaints about the abundance of bosses being fought in instances already.
Its food drop, Egg potato, could be thematically interpreted as a food made from the spider eggs.
Sarachnis is one of the few NPCs in the game that can sprint. Whenever she uses her web attack, she sprints to her next location moving 2 tiles per tick. This makes hitting her while she moves very inconsistent as her model is not representative of where she is.

References[edit | edit source]

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Jagex. Mod Husky's Twitter account. 1 August 2019. (Archived from the original on 1 August 2019.) Mod Husky: "For those interested, here are the drop-rates for the unique items within the Forthos Dungeon.[1]"
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Jagex. Mod Husky's Twitter account. 1 August 2019. (Archived from the original on 1 August 2019.) Mod Husky: "Clue drops from Forthos are as follows:"

[2] The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.

[row-3] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

[rowm-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

[page-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The drop rate to receive any page is 1/5. When rolled, the player will receive the page they have the fewest of.

[7] The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/38 with the completion of the hard combat achievements.

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

[9] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/57 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

[Forthos_Dungeon_Droprates-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Jagex. Mod Husky's Twitter account. 1 August 2019. (Archived from the original on 1 August 2019.) Mod Husky: "For those interested, here are the drop-rates for the unique items within the Forthos Dungeon.[1]"

[Forthos_Dungeon_clue_scroll_Droprates-6] 2.0 ^2.1 Jagex. Mod Husky's Twitter account. 1 August 2019. (Archived from the original on 1 August 2019.) Mod Husky: "Clue drops from Forthos are as follows:"

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