Venenatis/Strategies

Venenatis is a level 464 spider boss that is found in the Silk Chasm.

Attacks

Venenatis has many attacks that she uses against her target.

• Melee attack: She simply lunges at the player
• Ranged attack: Launches green spit at players
• Magic attack: Launches webs at players
• Sticky Web: Venenatis will occasionally deploy a sticky web at a player, sending a white-blue web at the target's location. It will then expand into a 7x5 AoE - while in this web, any player caught in it will take rapid hits of 3 damage, have their prayer drained by 3 and run energy by 10.
• Spiderlings: Venenatis will occasionally call some spiderlings to assist her in battle. While fairly weak, they will drain prayer on every hit regardless if prayed against or hits. They will also increase her damage and allow her to hit through prayers if left alive.

Overview

A trio of players fighting Venenatis.

Venenatis can attack with all three forms of combat. While she will only use one combat style at a time, players in melee distance will instead only be attacked by melee. Like Vet'ion, she is weakest to crush.

She will begin the fight using 8 range attacks, followed by 8 magic attacks, all while moving position every 4 attacks. She will spawn spiderlings on the 1st range attack in cycle, and deploy her web attack on the 3rd mage attack in the cycle. This pattern will repeat until Venenatis is defeated.

All players who enter the arena will appear to the north, so it is recommended to hang south as much as possible to escape player killers, as she is no longer under level 30 Wilderness following the 25 January 2023 update.

Players should avoid the webs at all costs, as their ability to drain run energy will prevent them from escaping from player killers. The web can be positioned safely by standing on the outskirt of the arena on the 3rd magic attack to help prevent accidentally walking into the web. Likewise, the spiderlings should be killed as soon as they spawn to prevent them from empowering her too much; fortunately, they only have 5 health and can be killed in one hit by any combat style.

Suggested skills

• 90 (105+ Recommended)
• 70 (85+ Recommended)
• 75 (85+ Recommended)
• 80 (90+ Recommended)
• 75 (85+ Recommended)
• 70 (75+ Recommended)
• 94+

Equipment

Recommended equipment for Melee

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Slayer helmet (i) (only on task)	Torva full helm	Helm of neitiznot	N/A	N/A
	Amulet of strength	Amulet of glory	Unholy symbol	N/A	N/A
	Infernal cape	Mythical cape	Ardougne cloak 4	Cape of legends	N/A
	Fighter torso	Black d'hide body	Proselyte hauberk	N/A	N/A
	Black d'hide chaps	Proselyte cuisse	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ursine chainmace	Viggora's chainmace	Inquisitor's mace	Abyssal bludgeon	Zamorakian hasta
	Avernic defender	Dragon defender (t)	Dragonfire shield	Book of war	N/A
	Barrows gloves	Rune gloves	Adamant gloves	Mithril gloves	Combat bracelet
	Dragon boots	Rune boots	Climbing boots	N/A	N/A
	Lightbearer	Berserker ring (i)	Tyrannical ring (i)	Ring of wealth (i)	N/A
	Dragon warhammer	Dinh's bulwark (to kill spiderling spawns quicker in a 3-4 man team)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• 1 Stamina potion
• 1 (divine) super combat potion
• 1 Sanfew serum (to protect against player killers and poisonous spiders in the Escape Caves)
• Some (blighted) super restores
• Sharks or better, along with karambwans
• A looting bag
• Darts or throwing knives to kill spiderlings
• Royal seed pod for a level 30 wilderness teleport (wearing a charged amulet of glory is a viable substitute)
• An Annakarl teleport (tablet) to reach the Silk Chasm faster (optional) (Wilderness sword 4's fountain of rune teleport is an alternative with similar travel time. Wilderness crabs teleport is superior to both but also much more expensive.)
• Blighted vengeance sacks, Vengeance runes, or runes for thralls (optional)
  • Do not bring a rune pouch or divine rune pouch unless it is one of your protected items.

Note: Melee is strongly recommended over ranged for Venenatis as her crush defenses are much lower than her ranged defenses.

Recommended equipment for Ranged

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Slayer helmet (i) (only on task)	Blessed coif	Archer helm	N/A
	Necklace of anguish	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	N/A
	Ava's assembler	Ava's accumulator	Ranging cape	Ava's attractor
	Blessed body	Black d'hide body	N/A	N/A
	Blessed chaps	Black d'hide chaps	N/A	N/A
	Craw's bow	Armadyl crossbow	Dragon crossbow	N/A
	Book of law	Unholy book	Black d'hide shield	N/A
	Rada's blessing 4 (if using Craw's bow)	God blessing / Rada's blessing 3/2 (if using Craw's bow)	Diamond dragon bolts (e) (if using Armadyl crossbow)	Diamond bolts (e) (if using Armadyl crossbow)
	Barrows gloves	Blessed vambraces	Black d'hide vambraces	N/A
	Pegasian boots	Blessed boots	Snakeskin boots	N/A
	Ring of suffering (i)	Ring of wealth (i)	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• Dinh's bulwark should be set to block in Combat options and equipped if attacked by player killers. If you elect to bring one, ensure you consider your items lost on death interface and turn on Protect item if necessary. You should aim to take 4 valuable items you wish to keep if killed by another player, usually Craw's bow, Necklace of anguish, Pegasian boots, and Dinh's bulwark provide the best balance of damage against Venenatis and survivability against other players.
• The Sanfew serum can be used to restore poison as a result of a mistake
• Royal seed pod acts as a one-click emergency teleport from up to Level 30 wilderness
• Super restore potions can be used in place of Blighted super restores
• Anglerfish can be used in place of Blighted anglerfish

How to get there

Venenatis is located in the Silk Chasm, which is a lair in the far east of the wilderness at level 35.

• A Wilderness crab teleport is the fastest way to reach Venenatis, and will teleport you to the dark crab fishing spot just southeast of the lair.
• With 90 Magic, players on the Ancient spellbook can use Annakarl Teleport, which will teleport them into the Demonic Ruins. Simply go southeast of your location after arriving. Be wary of PK'ers upon arrival.
  • Alternatives to this also include the Annakarl teleport tablet and a portal attuned to Annakarl. Be wary of PK'ers on arrival; if using the house portal, you should have a scrying pool to check the area first.
• With 57 Woodcutting, players can make a Waka canoe and use it to go to the Wilderness. Go east of your location past Vet'ion's rest and the poisonous spiders.
• A games necklace to teleport to the Corporeal Beast's lair, exit the cave then run north east.
• Players who have completed the Hard Wilderness Diary can utilize the wilderness obelisks to teleport to level 19, 35, or 55 to get closer to the Silk Chasm.
• Players who have completed the Hard or Elite Wilderness Diary can use the Wilderness Sword to teleport to the Fountain of Rune and run south-west to Venenatis.