Venator

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Venator
Released								30 June 2026 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								246
Size								2x2
Examine								Large, toothy, bloodthirsty dog.
Combat info
Attribute								Vampyre (tier 3)
XP bonus								+17.5%
Max hit								21
Aggressive								No
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Stab, Ranged
Attack speed								5 ticks (3.0 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level								74
Slayer XP								405 xp
Category								Vampyres, Venators
Assigned by
Combat stats
345				200				200				120				100				75
Aggressive stats
+150				+0				+0				+0				+150				+0
Melee defence
-5								+20								+90
Magic defence
+100												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+100								+100								+100
Immunities
Poison								100% resistance
Venom								100% resistance
Cannons								Immune
Thralls								Immune
Burn								Immune (strong)
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Advanced data
Monster ID								15765
Link								MOID

Venators are Slayer monsters that require 74 Slayer and completion of the quest The Blood Moon Rises to fight. Compared to vyrewatch sentinels, they are a higher-intensity encounter with a better drop rate for blood shards, along with a relatively decent supply of dragon arrowtips and dragon dart tips via their fang and teeth drops. Like vyrewatch sentinels, they are considered tier 3 vampyres and can only be killed with specific vampyrebane weapons. If the Bigger and Badder Slayer reward is unlocked, there is a chance for a blood-starved venator to spawn upon killing a venator, even when off-task.

Players may only attack venators on-task if they have been assigned vampyres from their corresponding slayer master, or a venator task if assigned from Mortimer. Players may also kill venators off-task by paying the nearby aranei with Stymphike feathers; each off-task kill requires 30 feathers, costing a total of 1,350 coins.

Venators will attack with melee if next to the player, or ranged otherwise. Praying correctly will negate all ranged damage and most melee damage. Whenever a venator damages a player with melee, it will heal the same amount. Occasionally, a venator will charge up a shriek attack. If the player has a protection prayer active during the shriek, they will see the message The venator's screech disrupts your concentration!, taking damage and losing some prayer points. This will hit once every tick for the duration of the screech. When wearing earmuffs or a Slayer helmet, the damage from the shriek is significantly reduced and it ends one tick sooner.

If killed with a Sunspear special attack, they will additionally add a venator heart directly to the player's inventory if they have free space, displaying the message Your spear pierces the venator's heart and rips it free.. The heart can be sacrificed on an Aranei shrine to restore 50% special attack energy and up to 24 prayer points, useful to extend trip length. Another potential way to extend trips is to utilise either the Saradomin godsword or Ancient godsword special attack. Despite these two weapons not being vampyrebane weapons, their special attacks still work as if you had hit. A garlic cocktail in one's inventory will not make them aggressive.

Venators were bred by the vampyres to be used for blood sport and hunting.^[1] They are believed to be the closest living relative to vampyres.^[2]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Apsul Hunting Ground	246		7	Show map
Virer Hunting Ground	246		12	Show map

The following money making guide is available for Venator:

Drop rates are estimated based on 24,919 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Excluding venator fangs, venator teeth, blood sacs, grapevines, and tarnished items, the average value of a venator kill is 16,049.03.

The average high alch value of a Venator kill is 3,886.95.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	40	0

Blood-starved venators also drop blood shards (very commonly), and can spawn off-task. Assuming Bigger and Badder is unlocked and superiors are killed when they spawn, the effective blood shard drop rate per venator kill is 1/462, or 1/401 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Blood shard	1	1/860	7,955,850	120,000

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	3,000–7,000	~19/131	3,000–7,000	3,000–7,000
	Adamantite ore	3–5 (noted)	~17/131	1,683–2,805	720–1,200
	Fish offcuts	3–5	~5/131	33–55	3–5
	Stymphike feather	15–22	~12/131	675–990	105–154
	Mithril ore	6–7 (noted)	~12/131	918–1,071	582–679
	Hard leather	1	~6/131	182	0
	Fine fish offcuts	2	~3/131	702	2
	Mort myre fungus	5 (noted)	~10/131	1,185	0
	Jug of wine	1	~1/131	4	0
	Grapevine	1	~5/131	Not sold	0
	Blood sac	6–8	~3/131	Not sold	78–104
	Venator fang	10–20	~7/131	19,050–38,100	3,000–6,000
	Venator tooth	15–30	~7/131	17,610–35,220	2,250–4,500
	Letvek	1	~2/131	1,924	144
	Orikalkum gravel	1	~1/131	104,561	102,000
	Runite ore	1 (noted)	~1/131	10,164	1,920

There is an ~18/131 (17.6%) chance of receiving a tarnished item.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Tarnished spear	1	~690/14,803	Not sold	12,000
	Tarnished ring	1	~506/14,803	Not sold	1,800
	Tarnished amulet	1	~253/14,803	Not sold	1,800
	Tarnished bracelet	1	~253/14,803	Not sold	2,100
	Tarnished necklace	1	~253/14,803	Not sold	2,100
	Tarnished 2h sword	1	~115/14,803	Not sold	36,000
	Tarnished battleaxe	1	~115/14,803	Not sold	24,000
	Tarnished halberd	1	~115/14,803	Not sold	36,000
	Tarnished longsword	1	~115/14,803	Not sold	18,000

There is a 1/131 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	1/262.48; Never[d 1]	N/A	N/A
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/524; 1/266.09[d 2]	206	15
	Uncut emerald	1	1/1,048; 1/532.19[d 2]	416	30
	Uncut ruby	1	1/2,096; 1/1,064.38[d 2]	1,011	60
	Nature talisman	1	1/5,589.33; 1/2,838.33[d 2]	159	2
	Uncut diamond	1	1/8,384; 1/4,257.5[d 2]	2,455	120
	Rune javelin	5	1/16,768; 1/8,515[d 2]	650	1,200
	Loop half of key	1	1/16,768; 1/8,515[d 2]	9,737	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/16,768; 1/8,515[d 2]	9,917	60
	Rune spear	1	1/268,288; 1/15,965.63[d 2][d 3]	11,769	12,480
	Shield left half	1	1/536,576; 1/31,931.25[d 2][d 3]	65,429	66,000
	Dragon spear	1	1/715,434.67; 1/42,575[d 2][d 3]	37,749	37,440

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Venator heart	1	Always[d 1]	Not sold	0
	Brimstone key	1	1/56[d 2]	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	~1/1,250[d 3][d 4]	Not sold	12

Venators have 3 collection log items.

Item	Collections	Comp%
Blood shard	Slayer	18.6%
Venator tooth	Slayer	N/A
Venator fang	Slayer	N/A

• 
  Concept art of venators, by Mod Grub.

• "Venator" was also a term used for scouts for the Zarosian Empire.^[3][4]
  • The term is shared as the vampyres would have learned the word from Zaros when he visited Vampyrium and taught them society and culture.
• Despite the examine text stating they are dogs, venators do not count toward dog Slayer tasks.