Araxxor

This fight takes place in an instance. On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave outside the instance. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

This article has a Slayer task guide here. Information comparing locations for Slayer tasks will be on this page.

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Araxxor
Released								28 August 2024 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								890
Size								7x7
Examine								A seriously scary spider.
League region								Morytania✓
Combat info
XP bonus								+67.5%
Max hit								38 (melee) 21 (magic) 34 (ranged)
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								Yes (venom)
Attack style								Crush,[1] Magic, Ranged
Attack speed								6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Respawn time								15 ticks (9 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level								92
Slayer XP								1,708 xp
Category								Araxytes, Bosses, Spiders
Assigned by
Combat stats
1,020				320				320				135				190				210
Aggressive stats
+218				+10				+260				+5				+283				+35
Melee defence
+160								+75								+15
Magic defence
+237												50% weakness
Ranged defence
+218								+218								+218
Immunities
Poison								100% resistance
Venom								100% resistance
Cannons								Immune
Thralls								Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID								13668
Link								MOID

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Araxxor
Released								28 August 2024 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Araxyte
Location								Morytania Spider Cave
League region								Morytania✓
Gender								Male
Options								Harvest, Destroy
Examine								A seriously dead spider.
Advanced data
NPC ID								13669
Link								MOID

Araxxor is the boss version of araxytes found within the Morytania Spider Cave, requiring level 92 Slayer and access to Morytania to kill. As a Slayer boss, he may only be killed while on a spider or araxyte Slayer task. Konar quo Maten can also assign Araxxor specifically when she assigns a boss task.

Araxxor is currently the strongest Slayer boss in-game by combat level. He uniquely drops pieces of the noxious halberd, a strong two-handed slash weapon, and the araxyte fang, which can be combined with the amulet of torture to create the amulet of rancour, the best-in-slot melee amulet.

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
Morytania Spider Cave	890		1	Show map	Morytania✓

Araxxor's lair is accessible from the Morytania Spider Cave, with the cave itself being accessible via an entrance north-east of Darkmeyer. The lair can be entered via a web tunnel just north-west of the cave entrance.

A scoreboard by the web tunnel shows statistics related to Araxxor.

As with all araxytes, Araxxor’s attacks can inflict venom. He spawns in the centre of his chamber and primarily attacks with melee. If the player is outside melee range, Araxxor will close the distance and attack with either magic or ranged, selecting whichever targets the player’s lower^[2] Defence roll [2]. Aranea boots can be worn to negate damage from his ranged attack once every 8 ticks (every other attack); however, they do not protect against his magic attacks.

Around Araxxor’s lair are nine eggs—three red, three white, and three green. The first egg hatches after three standard attacks from Araxxor, beginning clockwise from the south-easternmost egg. Each subsequent egg hatches after every six standard attacks. Both the eggs and the araxytes spawned from them count as on-task monsters for the purpose of receiving the slayer helmet damage bonus, but the spawned araxytes do not reduce the player’s task kill count.

Every six standard attacks, Araxxor will use one of three special attacks. The special attack can be identified by the colour of the south-easternmost egg:

• Red egg first – Acid Drip: Acid lands beneath the player and follows their movement for several seconds.
• White egg first – Acid Spray: Acid sprays randomly outward in the player’s general direction.
• Green egg first – Acid Bullet: An acid projectile travels in a straight line toward the player, leaving a trail of acid and creating an acid spray when it impacts the cave wall.
• All of these attacks leave acid pools, which inflict venom and deal increasingly larger damage (starting from 4) the longer the player stays on them.

When Araxxor reaches 25% health, he enters an enrage phase. During this phase, his Defence level increases by 35 and his attack speed increases from 6 ticks to 4 ticks. He also replaces his melee attack with a cleave attack for the remainder of the fight. The cleave deals melee damage in a 1×3 area and leaves acid pools on the ground. If the player steps underneath Araxxor during the attack, the cleave can damage him and the affected area is reduced to 1×1. As with his ranged attack, aranea boots can negate damage from the cleave once every 12 seconds (20 ticks).

Finally, be cautious around the edges of the room, as some tiles may appear walkable but cannot be moved onto.

The following money making guide is available for Araxxor:

Drop rates are estimated based on 859,630 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Araxxor kill is worth 47,784.85.

Creating the Noxious halberd and Amulet of rancour (subtracting the cost of Amulet of torture required in creation) result in an additional average of 128,933.60 per kill.

When Araxxor dies, players can either choose to harvest or destroy the corpse; he will not respawn until the player makes their choice or leaves the instance.

• Choosing the "Harvest" option rolls the drop table as normal, with excess loot dropped to the ground.
• Choosing the "Destroy" option will roll for the pet Nid at double the drop rate, but will forfeit the potential loot that comes with harvesting. Elite clue scrolls will still be rolled, however.
  • When selecting "Destroy", players are asked to confirm whether they really wish to destroy their regular loot for a 1/1,500 chance at receiving Nid instead of 1/3,000. Players can disable this prompt by selecting "Yes, and don't ask again."

	Unique drop sound effect
The sound that plays when receiving a unique drop.

There is a 1/150 chance of rolling the unique drop table. Below lists the effective drop rates.^[3]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Noxious pommel	1	1/200[d 1]	Not sold	96,000
	Noxious point	1	1/200[d 1]	Not sold	96,000
	Noxious blade	1	1/200[d 1]	Not sold	96,000
	Araxyte fang	1	1/600	Not sold	120,000

There is approximately a 1/8 chance of getting a supply drop. It will include:

• Either 1 araxyte venom sac or one super combat potion(1)
• One prayer potion(4)
• Either 2-3 wild pies or 2-3 sharks

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Araxyte venom sac	1	~1/16	1,469	300
	Super combat potion(1)	1	~1/16	3,064	24
	Prayer potion(4)	1	~1/8	9,125	114
	Shark	2–3	~1/16	2,058–3,087	204–306
	Wild pie	2–3	~1/16	1,268–1,902	218–327

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Rune kiteshield	2 (noted)	~8/115	63,928	65,280
	Rune platelegs	2 (noted)	~8/115	75,648	76,800
	Dragon mace	2	~6/115	58,246	60,000
	Rune 2h sword	5 (noted)	~1/115	190,375	192,000
	Dragon platelegs	2	~1/115	322,058	324,000

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Death rune	250	~5/115	47,000	27,000
	Nature rune	80	~2/115	13,760	8,640
	Mud rune	100	~1/115	11,400	1,200
	Blood rune	180	~1/115	67,500	43,200

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Yew seed	1	~4/115	19,319	85
	Toadflax seed	4	~3/115	3,952	24
	Ranarr seed	3	~1/115	85,107	90
	Snapdragon seed	3	~1/115	135,894	108
	Magic seed	2	~1/115	141,358	506

There is a 1/115 chance of rolling the tree-herb seed drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Ranarr seed	1	~1/958.3	28,369	30
	Snapdragon seed	1	~1/1,026.8	45,298	36
	Torstol seed	1	~1/1,306.8	15,833	42
	Watermelon seed	15	~1/1,369	3,480	495
	Willow seed	1	~1/1,437.5	53	9
	Mahogany seed	1	~1/1,597.2	206	28
	Maple seed	1	~1/1,597.2	3,385	28
	Teak seed	1	~1/1,597.2	67	28
	Yew seed	1	~1/1,597.2	19,319	85
	Papaya tree seed	1	~1/2,053.6	1,360	69
	Magic seed	1	~1/2,613.6	70,679	253
	Palm tree seed	1	~1/2,875	16,355	152
	Spirit seed	1	~1/3,593.8	Not sold	0
	Dragonfruit tree seed	1	~1/4,791.7	134,451	258
	Celastrus seed	1	~1/7,187.5	16,973	324
	Redwood tree seed	1	~1/7,187.5	14,207	390

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coal	120 (noted)	~4/115	17,640	3,240
	Adamantite ore	85 (noted)	~4/115	46,325	20,400
	Raw shark	21 (noted)	~4/115	15,330	2,142
	Yew logs	70 (noted)	~3/115	7,560	6,720
	Runite ore	12 (noted)	~2/115	122,676	23,040
	Raw shark	100 (noted)	~1/115	73,000	10,200
	Raw monkfish	120 (noted)	~1/115	14,280	16,560
	Pure essence	1,200 (noted)	~1/115	2,400	2,400

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Spider cave teleport	3	~8/115	109,983	18
	Earth orb	45 (noted)	~6/115	75,735	8,100
	Araxyte venom sac	6	~5/115	8,814	1,800
	Mort myre fungus	24 (noted)	~4/115	6,408	0
	Antidote++(3)	6 (noted)	~4/115	37,644	1,032
	Wine of zamorak	8 (noted)	~3/115	8,296	0
	Red spiders' eggs	40 (noted)	~2/115	7,440	160
	Araxyte venom sac	12	~2/115	17,628	3,600
	Bark	15 (noted)	~1/115	675	0
	Araxyte head	1	1/250	Not sold	N/A
	Jar of venom	1	1/1,500	Not sold	120,000

There is a ~1/115 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	~1/633.83; Never[d 1]	N/A	N/A
	Coins	3,000	~1/700.95	3,000	3,000
	Uncut sapphire	1	~1/2,944; ~1/1,495[d 2]	231	15
	Loop half of key	1	~1/730.29; ~1/724.85[d 2]	9,679	60
	Tooth half of key	1	~1/730.29; ~1/724.85[d 2]	9,771	60
	Uncut emerald	1	~1/5,888; ~1/2,990[d 2]	467	30
	Uncut ruby	1	~1/11,776; ~1/5,980[d 2]	1,104	60
	Runite bar	1	~1/2,944	12,263	3,000
	Nature rune	67	~1/4,906.67	11,524	7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	~1/4,906.67	38,075	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	~1/4,906.67	24,449	24,960
	Law rune	45	~1/7,360	5,535	6,480
	Death rune	45	~1/7,360	8,460	4,860
	Steel arrow	150	~1/7,360	900	1,050
	Rune arrow	42	~1/7,360	1,974	10,080
	Adamant javelin	20	~1/7,360	760	1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	~1/7,360	22,553	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	~1/7,360	10,748	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	~1/7,360	6,100	4,500
	Nature talisman	1	~1/31,402.67; ~1/15,946.67[d 2]	280	2
	Uncut diamond	1	~1/47,104; ~1/23,920[d 2]	2,441	120
	Rune kiteshield	1	~1/14,720	31,964	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	~1/14,720	58,453	60,000
	Rune spear	1	~1/15,539.46; ~1/1,803.02[d 2][d 3]	11,622	12,480
	Rune javelin	5	~1/94,208; ~1/47,840[d 2]	675	1,200
	Shield left half	1	~1/31,078.93; ~1/3,606.03[d 2][d 3]	65,036	66,000
	Dragon spear	1	~1/41,438.57; ~1/4,808.04[d 2][d 3]	38,083	37,440

There are 12 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 60 points) available for Araxxor.

• Concept art of Araxxor, by Mod Skylark.
• Work-in-progress model of Araxxor at various angles, by Mod Harold.
• Poster announcing Araxxor's release date, made by FalcoAJ and commissioned by Jagex.
• The poster in high-quality without text and overlays.
• The logo for Araxxor, used in marketing and social media.

Araxxor is a boss in RuneScape 3 that was released on 28 July 2014, just over ten years before the boss released in Old School RuneScape on 28 August 2024. However, the later version is not considered a backport, and instead features a fight unique from the RuneScape counterpart:

• Araxxor in RuneScape 3 consists of four phases, and is a high-level boss with no Slayer requirement. In the last phase, he is eaten by his mate, Araxxi, who gives the drops at the end of the encounter.
  • Araxxor can also be fought in a solo or duo encounter in RuneScape 3, whereas the Old School variant is solo-only and can only be killed as part of an araxyte or spider slayer task. The RuneScape 3 variant also utilises an enrage system that resets daily.
  • Much fewer spiders partake in the overall fight; in RuneScape 3, there are five different types of araxytes that could support Araxxor, while in Old School RuneScape, only three types do so.
    • While both variants have a "mirrorback", their mechanics are different:
      • In RuneScape 3, the Mirrorback spider reflects all damage to the player which also scales with enrage. Attacking the spider also reflected 50% of the damage it would have taken to Araxxor. It is also unaggressive. In Old School RuneScape, the Mirrorback Araxyte instead reduces the damage Araxxor takes by 20%, taking that amount as damage to itself and reflecting 50% of that absorbed damage back to the player. If the player attacked it with melee, it would reflect 50% of the damage it took back to them unless countered with Vengeance.
  • Araxxor acts much like Araxxi does in RuneScape 3 terms of loot, with the player searching his corpse for rewards. This also includes a pet drop, though Araxxor's pet, Nid, has a static 1/3000 rate, or 1/1500 if the player chooses to destroy his body, with no chance to see the sacrificed loot. In RuneScape, the first araxyte pet has a drop rate of 1/1000 to 1/500, depending on the enrage accumulated during the fight. Similarly to Old School, gambling the drops increased the drop rate by 50%. They are also given a chance to see their loot before deciding to gamble it.
• Araxxor in Old School RuneScape is primarily a melee-based encounter. In RuneScape, the player can determine Araxxor's primary combat style with an araxyte pheromone or an instance, which also changes his affinity (defence).
  • In RuneScape 3, this would result in Araxxor being mage, ranged or melee dominant. Both the magic and ranged forms could also use melee, though not as often compared to the primary style. In Old School, Araxxor uses all three combat styles, but only using magic and ranged attacks if the player is not in melee distance. He still decides to use ranged or magic attacks depending on the player's defence bonuses.
    • The ranged attack also drains stats (Defence for ranged, Prayer for magic); in RuneScape 3, Araxxor's magic attack drains all combat stats, whereas the ranged attack inflicts poison.
• Araxxor can only inflict poison in RuneScape (only in its ranged form), as venom does not exist.
• The rewards are also different:
  • In RuneScape 3, Araxxi drops parts of a spider leg (determined by the path selected in phase 1), which can be combined with a "hilt" piece (fang, eye, or web) to create noxious weaponry, powerful two-handed tier 90 weapons. Additionally, it drops a unique kind of arrow. In Old School RuneScape, only the noxious halberd can be created, though it is still made from three separate pieces to create.
  • An araxyte fang is also dropped, used to convert the amulet of torture to an amulet of rancour with 86 Crafting. There are no amulet upgrades in the RuneScape 3 variant.
  • An araxyte head is also a potential drop to recolour the slayer helmet into an Araxyte slayer helmet with 1,000 slayer points. This does not exist in RuneScape 3.

• Despite common misconceptions, Araxxor is a male spider. His mate, the colossus araxyte Araxxi, is not present ingame, but is referenced during A Night at the Theatre.^[4]
• Unlike most other jar-dropping bosses, Araxxor's jar drop, the jar of venom, is untradeable. This is because the Old School Team considered boss jars overall to be in a position of being a rare "flex" cosmetic that can be traded between players, and wished to try having the jar of venom be more exclusive.^[5]
• Unlike most other bosses with speed-based Combat Achievements, Araxxor's speed-based Combat Achievements are based on a set amount of kills in a set amount of time, rather than one kill only. This is due to player complaints over other speed-based Combat Achievements, such as Whisperer Speed-Runner and Vorkath Speed-Runner, requiring luck more than consistently good performance.^[6] Since his release, some other bosses have had their speed times also function in the same way, like Yama and the Shellbane gryphon.

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