Special Encounters

=Description These are special areas found around the world, outside of dungeons. Some simply hold monsters to hunt while others host special boss encounters with valuable rewards.

Arachne's Lair

Arachne's Awakening Arachne's Awakening is a dungeon event centered on the lair of Arachne, a spider goddess whose cult has expanded her domain beneath the earth. The lair is reached through the Venomweb Pass and culminates in a fight against Arachne herself, who transforms between a human cultist form and her true spider form.

Overview

Arachne's cult worships her as a goddess, spinning silk and raising an army in preparation for her ascension. Defeating Arachne and clearing her lair rewards several unique crafting materials, armor sets, and decorative items.

Walkthrough

Shrine of Arachne

Adventurers must first locate the Shrine of Arachne, an unholy site the cult uses to commune with their goddess. The shrine must be destroyed to proceed.

Venomweb Pass

Destroying the shrine reveals a hidden tunnel leading down into the Venomweb Pass, a stretch of forgotten tunnels filled with twisted silk.

Note: A river of venom runs through the Pass. Use the surrounding rocks and bridges to cross without being poisoned.

Chapel of the Silk

Successfully crossing the Venomweb Pass leads to the Chapel of the Silk, where the highest-ranking members of Arachne's cult must be defeated. Clearing the cultists guarding the Chapel reveals the entrance to an underground lair.

Silken Abyss

The Silken Abyss is Arachne's own lair. After defeating the guards stationed there, Arachne appears in her human form.

Defeating her human form causes her to retreat to a secret sanctuary.
Follow her for a second fight.
Destroying her eggs forces her out of hiding.
Defeating her final (spider) form ends the encounter.

Loot

Arachne's Chest

Dropped only by killing Arachne. The chest can be kept as a usable container and holds one random epic item from the Arachne's Lair loot table, or a Widow's Carapace Chest.

Widow's Carapace Armor

Players who receive an Arachne's Chest have a 1-in-6 chance of it containing a Widow's Carapace Chest. Opening this chest awards a random piece of Widow's Carapace armor.

Arachne's Black Heart

Arachne drops a black heart each time she is vanquished in her spider form.

Collecting 25 black hearts grants an Effigy of Arachne, a legendary statue.
Completed statues have a 1-in-4 chance of being randomly colored.
The combinable item changes appearance as more hearts are added, allowing players to display their progress.

Arachne's Suit of Armor

Earned by killing Arachne's human cultist members. Cultists always drop an Arachne's Membership Scroll on death.

Widow's Silk Cloth

Collect 10 Widow's Silk from members of Arachne's army, or by breaking open cocoons and spider nests. Bring the silk to the tailor shop in Vesper, which has a special loom that only works with Widow's Silk, in exchange for a yard of Widow's Silk Cloth.

Silken Toga of Arachne

Collect 100 Spools of Arachne's Silk, which drop from Arachne's elite warriors, to craft a legendary Silken Toga of Arachne.

Widow Weave Pottery

Widow Weave Clay is a rare, greyish-white clay infused with strands of spider silk, found by mining arachnid clay deposits within the lair.

Mine Widow Weave Clay deposits.
Collect 10 lumps of Widow Weave Clay.
Bring them to the special pottery wheel in Vesper, a crafting station that only responds to this material.
Receive a random piece of Widow Weave Pottery — decorative containers with a unique interior appearance.

Feasting Grotto

The Feasting Grotto Altar holds prisoners intended as food for Arachne's brood.

The portal to the Grotto is only available during feeding times.
Touch the gem at the Altar to open the portal.
Prisoners are held behind a magically locked door that can only be picked once all of Arachne's army in the Grotto has been cleared.
The door turns bright silver once the magic barrier is down.
Releasing the prisoners has a chance to free a Maelstrom Nightmare, which can be tamed.

Spider Chow Tree

Spider Chow Trees are used to feed young spider broodlings and can be crafted using ingredients found inside Arachne's Lair. The finished item is a turnable container suitable for home decoration. The required ingredients are listed in a book found inside the High Carver's kitchen.

Widow's Bloom Traps

Widow's Bloom is a hostile plant scattered throughout the lair. Disturbing it triggers a burst of corrosive acid that damages anyone in range.

Note: Widow's Bloom can be used tactically — lure other players or creatures into its radius to trigger the acid burst, which leaves a lingering pool of venomous acid dealing damage over time.

Snake Temple

Whispers of the Snake Temple

Dreadwing

Location: Buccaneer's Den Tunnels
Summoned: Dreadwing spawns on a four hour timer. The entrance to his lair is found in Dead Man's Cavern, in the Buccaneer's Den Tunnels.
Slayer Type: Exorcism
Phase Mechanics:
- On phase change, Dreadwing spawns 3-4 Rumsoaked mobs. These mobs:
  - Leave fire trails
  - Apply AoE drain effects
  - Move in random directions
- Ember Mechanic (Post Phase 2)
  - Boss will occasionally drop embers on the ground
  - Players must step on them quickly!
  - Failure to do so will spawn additional Rumsoaked mobs
Loot:
- Drops up to 4 Power Scrolls and/or Consumable Perks
- Meta Talismans Relic: Chance to drop a flawless relic. If no flawless relic drops, there is a guaranteed drop of a flawed talisman relic.

Location of Entrance to Dead Man's Cavern
Phase 1 form
Phase 2 form
Phase 3 form