Best-in-slot gear
| weapon | untradeable | |
| head | 889.6k | |
| body | 147.50m | |
| legs | 90.00m | |
| hands | 8.38m | |
| feet | 141.42m | |
| cape | untradeable | |
| neck | 42.17m | |
| ring | 1,883 | |
| ammo | untradeable |
Special attacks Spec: Sunspear +0.13 DPS
Spec weapon to bring
Switched in with this gear. Energy comes back 10% every 30 seconds, plus a surge potion dose every five minutes.
- Sunspear · 50% energy avg 55.9 a spec (max 60), 93.2% to hit · 111.8 per full bar +0.13 DPS
With the top one: 13.45 DPS over a trip (from 13.313).
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How this is worked out
- Built in: what can reach the target (halberds only for melee on Kree'arra, Zulrah and other flying bosses; no melee where it can't land, like the Kraken), each boss's damage caps, reductions and immunities (Corp, Zulrah, Verzik, Olm, Tekton, the Duke and more), and the bonuses the target's type turns on (salve, slayer helmet on task, dragon, demon and other banes).
- Real gear only: items you can't take to the fight (PvP Arena, Nightmare Zone and minigame copies, League rewards) are never picked. When two pieces are within 0.2% DPS of each other, the sturdier one is shown.
- Your levels: only gear the levels above can wear is searched (Bandos needs 65 Defence, Torva 80), and each style prays the best prayer they allow: Piety needs 70 Prayer and 70 Defence, so a 1 Defence pure prays Ultimate Strength with Incredible Reflexes.
- One phase at a time: bosses with phases or forms (Zulrah, Vorkath, Hydra, Yama) are scored for the one picked above.
- Not in the DPS above: special attacks (listed separately under Special attacks), prayer switching and hitting several targets at once. This is the gear for your steady damage, not a full kill plan.
Every style vs Venator Melee 13.313·Ranged 12.464
| Style | DPS | Max hit | Accuracy | Time to kill | Weapon | Buy cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meleebest | 13.313 | 87 | 93.2% | 25.9s | Sunspear | 430.36m |
| Ranged | 12.464 | 37 | 81.38% | 27.7s | Blisterwood stake | 545.71m |
Venator melee gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunspear Stab · Controlled | 13.313 | - | 87 | 93.2% | | 430.36m+ | |
| 2 | Hallowed flail Slash · Aggressive | 12.568 | -5.6% | 68 | 90.12% |   | 459.34m+ | |
| 3 | Blisterwood flail Crush · Aggressive | 8.879 | -33.3% | 66 | 81.26% |    | 482.26m+ | |
| 4 | Blisterwood sickle Stab · Controlled | 8.267 | -37.9% | 56 | 90.05% |  | 459.34m+ | |
| 5 | Ivandis flail Crush · Aggressive | 8.015 | -39.8% | 61 | 79.81% |  | 482.26m+ |
Venator gear setup: best in slot for every style
The highest-DPS setup against Venator (1) in Old School RuneScape is melee, built around the Sunspear, at 13.313 damage per second - about 26 seconds a kill. That beats the best ranged setup by 7%. The tradeable pieces come to roughly 430.4m gp, plus untradeables. Every slot is searched against the same combat engine the DPS calculator uses, at 99 stats with the buffs listed below - drop your own levels in to see what actually changes.
Venator gear - frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to the Sunspear against Venator?
In melee, the next best setups are built around the Hallowed flail (12.568 DPS), the Blisterwood flail (8.879 DPS) and the Blisterwood sickle (8.267 DPS), with the rest of the gear searched again around that weapon. Each style's top setups are listed above, one per weapon.
What is the best gear for Venator in OSRS?
Melee is the highest-DPS style against Venator, with the Sunspear as the weapon. The full loadout is above, slot by slot, with live Grand Exchange prices totalling about 430.4m gp.
What combat style should I use against Venator?
Melee 13.313 DPS, Ranged 12.464 DPS - so melee wins by 7%. Reach and mechanics still matter: a style listed here may not be usable on every phase.
How long does it take to kill Venator?
About 26 seconds per kill with the best-in-slot loadout at 99 stats, from Venator (1)'s 345 hitpoints and the sustained damage of that setup. No spec cycles or prayer switching are modelled.
What is the best melee setup for Venator?
Sunspear, with Slayer helmet (i), Torva platebody and Torva platelegs: 13.313 DPS (max hit 87). The rest of the slots, the next best melee setups and the special attack to bring are above.
What is the best ranged setup for Venator?
Blisterwood stake, with Slayer helmet (i), Masori body (f) and Masori chaps (f): 12.464 DPS (max hit 37). The rest of the slots, the next best ranged setups and the special attack to bring are above.
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Game data on this page comes from the OSRS Wiki: Venator, used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Damage formulas follow the wiki's DPS calculator, osrs-dps-calc by Weird Gloop (GPL-3.0).