Arachne's Lair

Overview

Arachne's Awakening is a dungeon centered on Arachne, a spider goddess whose cult has expanded her domain beneath Britannia. 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.

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.

Notes

• Receives the 50% dungeon skill gain bonus.
• Cannot recall or gate into this area.

Legend

• 1. From the Lair of the Arachnids
• 2. Shrine of Arachne (Entrance to Venomweb Pass)
• 3. The High Carver (mini boss)
• 4. Feeding Grotto Altar

Boss 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. The shrine only appears once per week!

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.

Descend into her lair

Once all the guards are defeated, Arachne herself will appear in her human form.

Once she is defeated she will retreat to her secret sanctuary.

Follow her for one more fight!

Force Arachne to come out of hiding by destroying her eggs!

Defeating her final (spider) form ends the encounter.

Boss Loot

Arachne's Chest

Arachne’s chest is only available by killing Arachne, and can be kept to be used as a container. Inside the chest can be one random epic from the Arachne’s Lair loot table or a Widow’s Carapace Chest.

Widow's Carapace Armor

Players who receives an “Arachne’s Chest” will have a 1 in 6 chance to get a “Widow’s Carapace Chest”. Opening the chest will reward the player with a random piece of “Widows Carapace” armor.

Arachne's Black Heart

Each time Arachne is vanquished in her spider form, she will drop her black heart. Collecting 25 will grant you an Effigy of Arachne.

Legendary statue of Arachne!

Completed statues will have a 1 in 4 chance of being colored randomly. The combinable item changes appearance as more hearts are added, allowing players to display their progress.

The combinable will take on different forms as you add more hearts. So you can display your work in progress!

Misc. Loot

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.

1. Mine Widow Weave Clay deposits.
2. Collect 10 lumps of Widow Weave Clay.
3. Bring them to the special pottery wheel in Vesper, a crafting station that only responds to this material.
4. 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.