Arachni's Haunt

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Arachni's Haunt
Arachni's Haunt page.jpg
Campaign Eye of the North
Region Depths of Tyria
Type Dungeon
Levels 2
Reward chest Arachni's Spoils
Required quest Scrambled Reinforcements
Party size 8
Exit(s) Magus Stones
Images
Arachni's Haunt route.jpg
Getting there from Rata Sum
Arachni's Haunt Level 1.jpg
Map of the first level.
Arachni Haunt Lvl 2.1.jpg
Map of the second level.
Arachni Haunt level 2 bone pit.jpg
Arachni's bone pit in the second level.
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Arachni's Haunt is the lair of a mighty spider and her brood of matriarchs. The web-strewn caverns also contain potent energy veins the Asura tap to fuel their creations. Commander Hixx and his battle krewe were station [sic] here to protect this resource, and they're still locked in an unending battle against the matriarchs. These creatures spin webs that no normal fire can burn through. In response to this sticky development, Mamp developed a super-heated staff capable of burning through the silk and setting the matriarch's massive egg sacs ablaze. Fragments of destroyed young can still be found littered amongst the corpses of Hixx's shattered patrol. Destroying the egg sacs, it seems, is a sure way to enrage the spider matriarchs, as well as Arachni herself.

— Master Dungeon Guide

NPCs[edit]

These quests will affect the spawns in this area:

Allies[edit]

Light of Deldrimor Rewards[edit]

Level 1[edit]
  • Warrior 24 (24) Dwarven Ghost can be found in the rectangular chamber with the poison arrow traps.
  • Dwarven Ghost can be found near the Spider Matriarch, on the ledges above the eggs. Go behind the left hand eggs to find it
  • Unknown 1 (20) Secret Switch in level 1, at the bottom southwest of the map, near Lok The Mischievous, which opens the door to a secret area that contains multiple Hidden Treasures and a Dwarven Ghost.
  • Hidden Treasure can be found next to the dungeon key.
  • Hidden Treasure can be found near Dagnor Grubeater.
  • Note that though you can walk past them easily, burning the spider eggs is the only way to spawn bosses - and thus get the keys you need.
Level 2[edit]
  • There is a secret passage way that opens at the Area Map if you use Light of Deldrimor at the nearest intersection to the Area Map and then activate the switch. This passage way will lead you straight to the Flame Guardian. The passage also contains two Hidden Treasures, side by side.
  • A Hidden Treasure is located under the Flame Guardian, the elimination of whom will greatly ease your passage through this area, as it will immediately shut down the flame dart traps that will likely just be starting to seriously tax your healers' energy right as you approach the Flame Guardian's little alcove. A brisk pace up to that encounter is recommended. Once the traps are down, you can explore at your leisure.
  • If you have been following the above points as a walkthrough and have used the secret passage to reach the Flame Guardian, then the layout immediately following the Flame Guardian's alcove will consist of an overall curve to the right over some stairs, through a candle-filled, short corridor, and on into a shallow tar-filled room with headstones. There is a Hidden Treasure in that candlelit corridor just before the tar room.
  • In the tar room itself, there are two Hidden Treasures and a Dwarven Ghost by the coffins in the tar (the glowing effect is invisible here). The Treasures are placed towards the back, approximately three Zhed-Lengths into the tar. One is approximately central to the (overgrown) exit, while the other is approximately central to the large ramp. A little trial and error may be in order.
  • There will also be a Hidden Treasure in a dead-end southward corridor, which starts from the Beacon of Droknar you encounter shortly after leaving the tar room.

Foes[edit]

Charmable animals

Arachnids (all levels)

Elementals

Ettin

Incubi (level 2)

Insects (level 2)

Jellies (level 1)

Plants (level 1)

Skelk (level 2)

Bosses[edit]

Arachnids

Elementals

Boss-like foes[edit]

Arachnid

Interactive objects[edit]

Chest

Notes[edit]

  • You earn 1,500 Asuran reputation points the first time you complete this dungeon in normal mode (2,250 in hard mode); subsequent visits reward half that (750 and 1,125 points respectively).
  • Lok The Mischievous's fiery boulders will kill you instantly if you are struck by them, although they do not cause any Death Penalty.
  • To disable the fire traps on Level 2, kill the Flame Guardian in the southeastern corner.
Anomaly Anomaly.In first person mode, you can see behind the walls if you stand next to them at certain points:
  • On Level 1: an extra normal gate and several hidden rooms.
  • On Level 2: an extra Asura Gate behind one of the walls.
Anomaly Anomaly.On Level 2, there is an Albino Rat that occasionally spawns behind the walls. You can shadow step or teleport to it (e.g. using Consume Corpse), which will leave you stuck behind the wall (unless you can jump back, e.g. via Recall).

Trivia[edit]

  • Arachni's nest is located within a ring of colossal bones covered in webs.
  • Prior to the July 19, 2012 update, players could reach the second level behind the door by scraping the right side.
EOTNDungeonIncomplete.png Dungeons
One-level Ooze Pit • Fronis Irontoe's Lair • Secret Lair of the Snowmen
Two-level Arachni's Haunt • Bogroot Growths • Sepulchre of Dragrimmar
Three-level Bloodstone Caves • Catacombs of Kathandrax • Cathedral of Flames • Darkrime Delves • Heart of the Shiverpeaks • Oola's Lab • Raven's Point • Rragar's Menagerie • Shards of Orr • Vloxen Excavations
Five-level Frostmaw's Burrows • Slavers' Exile
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