Lair of the Spider Queen/Guide

This content is part of the Throne of the Herald Expansion.

This article is a strategy guide for Lair of the Spider Queen.

This guide is meant for single clears and to enable idling with as low as possible requirements. Not to be the most effective method. Information on equipment, mechanics and strategies are on this page.

This page is up to date (v1.3).

Why Idle This?

• Lair of the Spider Queen is mainly cleared for the Royal Toxins Spear as it provides very generous damage boosts, and also provides an additional damage boost for when the enemy is poisoned.
• The only other drop you can get from the dungeon is Spider Queen Eggs used for making the Spider Summoning Tablets.
• The pet from the dungeon, Webbie also reduces your attack speed by 0.1s, which is incredibly useful in many ways.

Dungeon Mechanics

Like most dungeons, Lair of the Spider Queen has many weaker enemies before sending the strongest enemy at you, which in this case is Spider Queen. Normally, you would pick a specific combat style to fight the enemies to get the full advantage of the combat triangle, but in this dungeon, you can't. The Spider Queen has a unique mechanic where they will have a random combat triangle each time. Similarly, the 19 weaker enemies before it are randomised in a way which again, makes the combat styles random. This part isn't very important since the heavy hitter in the dungeon is the last enemy. Since the random combat style gimmick is the only reason this dungeon is difficult to many, it is actually rather simple to manually clear.

Minimum Recommended Levels

• Level 100
• Level 110
• Level 110
• Level 110
• Level 114
• Level 80
• Level 80 - Mastered all the combat Constellations.
• Level 90
• Level 35 Would be advised for The Shimmering Oasis.
• Level 90 To visit (31,17) The Sand-Covered Treasure for 1,000 Damage Reduction Potion IV which you can turn in for 5,000 Damage Reduction Potion IV with Township Hard Task 15.
• Level 90 To craft Damage Reduction Potion IV - alternative to Level 90.
• Centaur Mark Level 4
• Dragon Mark Level 3

Things that greatly impact KPH

• Level 120 - Will allow for less skill levels in Hitpoints and switch the Point of Interest to Bandit Hideout - Increases KPH by about 2.
  • If Level 118 & Level 117 are also obtained on top of Agility - Swap Bandit Hideout back to The Shimmering Oasis and change Holy Aegis to Battleborn - Increases KPH by about 1.5.
• Level 120 - Max out Ashtar - Increases KPH by about 1.3.
• Collecting all base-game Pets - Increases KPH by about 0,5.
• Eradicating Gloves (m) - Direct upgrade to Glacia God Gloves - Increases KPH by about 1.
• Power Crystals - Direct Upgrade to Fervor Scroll - Increases KPH by anout 1.
• Level 118, Level 112, Level 115, Level 115 - for Meteorite Crossbow and Meteorite Bolts - Increases KPH by about 3.
• Level 112, Level 115, Level 119, Level 110 - for Divine Crossbow and Meteorite Bolts - Increases KPH by about 4.

All these changes add up to about 12-13 KPH.

Recommended Buffs

• Prayers: Battleheart & Holy Aegis
• Potion: Damage Reduction Potion IV
• Point of Interest: The Shimmering Oasis
• Leonardo & Erran will be required for this setup. Please don't attempt it without them.

Astrology

As many combat bonuses from Astrology constellations are recommended. In total, Astrology serves as a massive buff to combat and will make the fight easier. The main bonuses are:

• +5 Hidden Levels for Melee Ranged Magic
  • Iridan, Terra, Syllia, and Arachi. The +5 hidden Defence levels in Tellus are redundant.
• 5% reduced Attack Interval and Enemy Damage Reduction decreased by 5%, from Ashtar

Agility

Slot	Obstacle	Bonuses
1	Cargo Net	+3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP
2	Monkey Bars	-4% Firemaking Interval
3	Pipe Climb	+5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Maximum Hit
4	Coal Stones	-4% Global Skill XP +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP From Thieving
5	Cliff Balance	+5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers
6	Rocky Waters	+50 Maximum Hitpoints
7	Boulder Trap	-20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
8	Raft Building	+1% Damage Reduction +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters
9	Ice Jump	+10 Mining Node Hitpoints +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +5% Chance to Double Items Globally +5% Food Healing Value +20 Maximum Hitpoints
10	Ocean Rafting	+5% Auto Eat Efficiency +5% Damage To All Monsters +10% Slayer Coins
11	Frozen Maze	-20% Rune Preservation -0.1s Monster Respawn Timer +1% Damage Reduction -3 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -20% Ammo Preservation
12	Boulder Balance	-20% Global Accuracy +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit -0.1s Attack Interval
13	Rope Trap	+8% Damage To Bosses -10% Global Mastery XP
14	Freezing Climb	-6% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +30% Accuracy Rating -150% GP From Monsters +30% Global Evasion +15% Damage To Dungeon Monsters
15	Freezing Rafting	+15% Auto Eat Efficiency -10% Cooking Interval +3% Auto Eat Threshold -20% Farming Yield
Pillar	Pillar of Combat	+10% Magic Evasion +10% Ranged Evasion -0.2s Monster Respawn Timer +10% Melee Evasion +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration
Elite Pillar	Elite Pillar of Expertise	+8% Chance to Double Items Globally -3% Interval for all non-Combat Skills +40% Global GP (except Item Sales) +8% Global Mastery XP

Idle Gear

• This setup was tweaked for the absolute minimum to idle Spider Queen at reasonable levels & gear and assumes all recommended levels and buffs. This starts off with only 2 kills per hour, there's several way to increase the KPH.
• If Atlas of Discovery Expansion is owned, you can replace Fervor Scroll for Power Crystals and/or replace Aeris God Gloves for Eradicating Gloves (m) for quite substantially increased kph.

This particular build only works in standard mode. This exact setup is not completely safe in hardcore or adventure mode due to the harder Combat Triangle

• For complete safety in hardcore mode, apply the following changes:
  • Level Hitpoints to 120.
  • Level Agility to 120.
  • The Point of Interest from Atlas of Discovery Expansion is not required.
  • Use the Prayers Stone Skin & Holy Aegis
  • Gather the following Pets Leonardo, Erran, Finn, the Cat, Kiko.
  • Replace Ring of Power with Palladium Runestone Ring. Make sure it is in your passive slot and not your ring slot since it has -1% DR, but when in the passive slot, you do not lose 1% DR.
  • Replace (P) Corundum Shield with (P) Augite Shield.
  • Replace Aeris God Gloves with (U) Elderwood Vambraces.

Always make sure to double-check your setup in the Combat Simulator.

Disclaimer: Gem slot is not required but recommended.

Slot	Item
	Lightning Aura Helmet
	Bundled Protection Body
	Perfect Sight Legs
	Frost Walker Boots
	Aeris God Gloves
	Infernal Cape
	Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
	Wasteful Ring
	Agile Gem
	Shockwave
	(P) Corundum Shield
	Jadestone Bolts
	Ring of Power
	Fervor Scroll
	Centaur Dragon

Ancient Relics Guide

This is the first Throne of the Herald Expansion dungeon where an idle setup for the first clear is near impossible. Stats will be capped at 108 and you'll need 110 for the next big upgrades. Seeing as focusing on skilling should be avoided as much as possible, dungeon/dropped gear is as good as it gets.

You will need to Manually Eat this dungeon and the suggested setup does assume this.

Tested with Relics:

• - 1,2,3,4,5,Master
• - 1,2,3,4,5,Master
• - 1,2,3,4,5,Master
• - 1,2,3,4,5,Master
• - 3
• - 1,2,3,4,5,Master

Skills

• Level 99
• Level 99
• Level 99
• Level 99
• Level 99
• Level 99

Gear

Engulfing Vortex Longbow/ Ancient Arrows is suggested as a swap to the Shockwave/ Shield of Ranged Power.

• Prayers: Stone Skin and Battleheart
• Potion: Damage Reduction Potion IV
• Point of Interest: Bandit Hideout

Slot	Item
	Aeris God Helmet
	Aeris God Platebody
	Aeris God Platelegs
	Aeris God Boots
	Aeris God Gloves
	Ancient Infernal Cape
	Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
	Ring of Power
	Agile Gem
	Shockwave
	Shield of Ranged Power
	Jadestone Bolts
	Elder Crown
	Fervor Scroll
	Witch
	Yak

Agility

Slot	Obstacle	Bonuses
1	Cargo Net	+3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP
2	Monkey Bars	-4% Firemaking Interval
3	Pipe Climb	+5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Maximum Hit
4	Coal Stones	-4% Global Skill XP +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP From Thieving
5	Cliff Balance	+5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers
6	Lake Swim	+1% Damage Reduction +5% Damage To All Monsters +3% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points
7	Boulder Trap	-20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
8	Raft Building	+1% Damage Reduction +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters
9	Ice Jump	+10 Mining Node Hitpoints +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +5% Chance to Double Items Globally +5% Food Healing Value +20 Maximum Hitpoints
10	Ocean Rafting	+5% Auto Eat Efficiency +5% Damage To All Monsters +10% Slayer Coins
Pillar	Pillar of Combat	+10% Magic Evasion +10% Ranged Evasion -0.2s Monster Respawn Timer +10% Melee Evasion +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration

Monsters & Combat

Combat Areas Farmlands Plant  • Chicken  • Cow  • Junior Farmer  • Adult Farmer  • Master Farmer Golbin Village Golbin  • Ranged Golbin Eye-conic Cave Blind Warrior  • Blind Archer  • Blind Mage  • Blind Ghost Graveyard Skeleton  • Zombie Hand  • Zombie  • Ghost Sandy Shores Seagull  • Tentacle  • Giant Crab  • Confused Pirate Wet Forest Leech  • Sweaty Monster  • Wet Monster  • Moist Monster Bandit Hideout Bandit Trainee  • Bandit Mucky Cave Green Slime  • Vampiric Bat  • Slime Shooter Giant Dungeon Hill Giant  • Moss Giant Icy Hills Frozen Archer  • Frozen Mammoth  • Ice Monster Castle of Kings Steel Knight  • Black Knight  • Mithril Knight  • Adamant Knight  • Rune Knight Wizard Tower Wizard  • Master Wizard  • Dark Wizard Dragon Valley Green Dragon  • Blue Dragon  • Red Dragon  • Black Dragon Elerine Battlegrounds Elerine Archer  • Elerine Warrior  • Elerine Mage Tree Overgrowth Evil Oak  • Grumpy Willow  • Angry Teak  • Raging Maple Collapsed City Poison Leecher  • Poison Roamer  • Poison Slime  • Poison Bloater Lost Temple Magic Mirror  • Possessed Barrel  • Fake Door  • Illusive Roots Ritual Site Cult Member  • Cult Imp  • Lich  • Cult Monster Shipwreck Cove Ghost Sailor  • Ghost Mercenary  • Shipwreck Beast  • Cursed Pirate Captain Underwater Ruins Merman  • Mermaid Archer  • Merman Guard  • Treacherous Jellyfish Slayer Areas Penumbra Mummy  • Statue  • Stone Snake  • Undead Werewolf  • Vampire  • Fierce Devil Forest of Goo Goo Monster  • Green Goo Monster  • Purple Goo Monster  • Scattered Goo Monster Strange Cave Lots of Eyes  • Many Eyed Monster  • Strange Eyed Monster  • Eyes  • Superior Eyed Monster  • Eye of Fear Holy Isles Fairy  • Valkyrie  • Angel  • Holy Archer  • Paladin  • Priest Runic Ruins Druid  • Thief  • Shaman  • Necromancer  • Elementalist Crystal Caves Crystal Barrager  • Crystal Smasher  • Crystal Prowler Dark Quarry Granite Golem  • Ranged Golem  • Earth Golem  • Magic Golem Arid Plains Turkul Riders  • Turkul Archers  • Turkul Throwers  • Turkul Giant  • Turkul General  • Sand Beast High Lands Griffin  • Pegasus Toxic Swamps Noxious Serpent  • Venomous Snake  • Giant Moth Desolate Plains Raging Horned Elite  • Seething Horned Elite  • Dark Horned Elite  • Furious Horned Elite Shrouded Badlands Rancora Spider  • Elder Vampire  • Cursed Maiden  • Bounty Hunter Perilous Peaks Wicked Greater Dragon  • Hunting Greater Dragon  • Chaotic Greater Dragon Crystal Depths Crystal Manipulator  • Crystal Shatterer  • Crystal Behemoth Dark Waters Umbora  • Rokken  • Ku-tul Unhallowed Wasteland Legaran Wurm  • Cursed Lich  • Spiked Red Claw  • Greater Skeletal Dragon Jungle Labyrinth Hungry Plant  • Poison Toad  • Kongamato  • Conda  • Alraune Lava Lake Burning Snake  • Infernal Golem  • Magic Fire Demon  • Manticore  • Gret-Yun Forsaken Tundra Large Ice Troll  • Frost Golem  • Polar Bear  • Spectral Ice Wolf  • Ice Hydra Foggy Lake Siren  • Monster Croc  • Leviathan  • Twin Sea Dragon Serpent Afflicted City Shadow Beast  • Plague Doctor  • Cockatrice  • Goliath Werewolf Midnight Valley Phantom  • Banshee  • Spectre Golden Cloud Mountains Torvair  • Arctair  • Harkair Millennium Gate Vorloran Devastator  • Vorloran Watcher  • Vorloran Protector  • Guardian of the Herald Dungeons Chicken Coop Chicken  • Chick  • Mumma Chicken Undead Graveyard Zombie Hand  • Zombie  • Ghost  • Zombie Leader Bandit Base Bandit Trainee  • Bandit  • Bandit Leader Hall of Wizards Wizard  • Master Wizard  • Dark Wizard  • Elder Wizard Spider Forest Spider  • Brown Spider  • Evil Spider  • Spider King Miolite Caves Miolite Sprig  • Miolite Trio  • Miolite Warden  • Miolite Monarch Deep Sea Ship Pirate  • First Mate  • Pirate Captain  • The Kraken Frozen Cove Ice Monster  • Ice Troll  • Ice  • Protector of Ice Golem Territory Granite Golem  • Ranged Golem  • Earth Golem  • Magic Golem  • Lava Golem Unholy Forest Evil Oak  • Grumpy Willow  • Angry Teak  • Raging Maple  • Furious Mahogany Dragons Den Green Dragon  • Blue Dragon  • Red Dragon  • Black Dragon  • Elder Dragon Trickery Temple Magic Mirror  • Possessed Barrel  • Fake Door  • Illusive Roots  • Puppet Master Volcanic Cave Bat  • Big Bat  • The Eye  • Resurrected Eye  • Vicious Serpent  • Fire Spirit  • Prat, the Protector of Secrets  • Malcs, the Guardian of Melvor Infernal Stronghold Cerberus  • Fearful Eye  • Red Devil  • Phoenix  • Incendius  • Prat, the Guardian of Secrets  • Malcs, the Leader of Dragons Cult Grounds Cult Member  • Cult Imp  • Lich  • Cult Monster  • Soul Taker Witch Air God Dungeon Air Guard  • Air Monster  • Air Golem  • Aleron  • Voltaire  • Aeris Water God Dungeon Water Guard  • Water Monster  • Water Golem  • Lissia  • Murtia  • Glacia Earth God Dungeon Earth Guard  • Earth Monster  • Earth Golem  • Mistral  • Ophidia  • Terran Fire God Dungeon Fire Guard  • Fire Monster  • Fire Golem  • Pyra  • Ignis  • Ragnar Into the Mist Afflicted Monsters  • Mysterious Figure - Phase 1  • Mysterious Figure - Phase 2  • Ahrenia Underwater City Merman  • Mermaid Archer  • Merman Guard  • Treacherous Jellyfish  • Nagaia Impending Darkness Event Slayer Areas  • Bane  • Bane, Instrument of Fear Ancient Sanctuary Hungry Plant  • Poison Toad  • Kongamato  • Conda  • Alraune  • Morellia Underground Lava Lake Burning Snake  • Infernal Golem  • Magic Fire Demon  • Manticore  • Gret-Yun  • Trogark Lightning Region Lightning Spirit  • Lightning Monkey  • Lightning Golem  • RaZu, Lord of the Skies Lair of the Spider Queen Basher Spider  • Enforcer Spider  • Guardian Spider  • Scouter Spider  • Trapper Spider  • Wicked Spider  • Spider Queen Cursed Forest Tree Giant  • Tree Spirit  • Cursed Spirit  • Lady Darkheart Necromancers Palace Cursed Skeleton Warrior  • Bel-Noth  • Dark Knight  • Fiozor, the Ancient Necromancer Throne of the Herald The Herald Phase 1  • The Herald Phase 2  • The Herald Guides Chicken Coop  • Undead Graveyard  • Bandit Base  • Hall of Wizards  • Spider Forest  • Miolite Caves  • Dead Sea Ship  • Frozen Cove  • Golem Territory  • Unholy Forest  • Dragons Den  • Trickery Temple  • Volcanic Cave  • Infernal Stronghold  • Cult Grounds  • Air God Dungeon  • Water God Dungeon  • Earth God Dungeon  • Fire God Dungeon  • Into the Mist  • Underwater City  • Impending Darkness Event  • Ancient Sanctuary  • Underground Lava Lake  • Lightning Region  • Lair of the Spider Queen  • Cursed Forest  • Necromancers Palace  • Throne of the Herald

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