The Tarantula Queen

The Tarantula Queen is a Mid-Game boss summoned in the Tarantula Cave using a Boss Key: Tarantula Queen. She has 1850 Health, 100 defense, 25 attack, and an assortment of annoying abilities to make you lose. She is the after-boss of the Abandoned Sewers.

Drops

 * String: 1-2, 100% Drop rate
 * Spider Eye: 0-1, 50% Drop Rate
 * Shadow Walker Boots: 100% Drop Rate
 * Tarantula Fang: 10%
 * Tarantula Queen's Crown: 15%
 * Tarantula Leggings: 5%

Skills

 * Web Trap: Nearby players have a 20% chance to be stunned by the Tarantula Queen
 * Tornado: The spider dashes forward sucking in nearby players and throwing them back, dealing heavy damage
 * Devour: Gives you 10 seconds to do 10 hits, if you do not do enough hits in time, tarantula queen will do 1 million damage to all players
 * Spider Rage: Grants the spider queen +20% Speed and +130% Damage
 * Summon Brood: Summon 5 Tarantula Brood with 100 Health and extremely low damage

Strategy
When entering the Tarantula's Cave, be sure to clear out any remaining tarantula brood or natural mob spawns before spawning the boss, as they can distract you during the boss. Use a weapon with rapid attacks like a rapier or use a weapon that can use fire aspect. Luring the tarantula into the pond provides the highest chance of success as her movement gets impaired.

When she uses Tornado, she usually will throw the player into the cobwebs, where you can recover, if you get cornered, you will most likely take rapid damage and die instantly. Use a shield weapon such as Recovery Splash when rage is used to prevent taking more damage than needed. When the brood spawns, use a metal cleaver to make faster work out of them so you can target the boss.

Once devour is used, you can strike the boss rapidly to disable it, else you can block it with a shield if your timing is good. Once you have trained more, you will be able to take out the boss easily and get all the drops.

Trivia

 * The Tarantula Queen is often regarded as the hardest boss due to her high health and high damage she can dish out.
 * The Tarantula Queen has the highest effective health points out of all mobs in the game.
 * The Tarantula Queen is the first boss that is a spider.
 * She is the first boss to feature an instant kill ability that is not a melee ability.
 * She is the first and only boss that has an attack that requires damage to be taken to cancel it.