Mirrorback spider

"Mirrorback" redirects here. For the special attack, see Noxious weaponry.

For the pet, see Gavin.

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MonsterSpecial attack

Mirrorback spider
Release																				28 July 2014 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Actions																				? (edit)
Race																				? (edit)
Examine																				Evolved to deflect damage from others.
Combat info
Combat level																				96
Life points																				3,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				220.3
XP																				72.6
XP (2H/MH/OH)																				13 / 8 / 4
Offensive
Max hit
768															768															768															0
Style																														Rate
																														6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
90																				90																				90
Accuracy
2,458																				2,458																				2,458
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
850										50
Base hit chance
-															45															65															55
Immunities
Immune															? (edit)															Immune															? (edit)
Advanced data
NPC ID															19468
Links															bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Mirrorback spider
Release date	28 July 2014 (Update)
Race	? (edit)
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Varies
Gender	? (edit)
Actions	Examine
Examine	Evolved to deflect damage from others.
Advanced data
NPC ID	19487
Links	MRND19487
Infobox • Talk page

The mirrorback spider is a spider that spawns in the second phase while fighting Araxxor on the top path. They may also spawn on the third phase if the player took the middle/bottom path while the top path was available or on phase four if players used the top path and skipped it. A mirrorback spider will also spawn for 10 seconds when a player with any Noxious weapon uses its special attack.

For the mirrorback spiders encountered while fighting Araxxor and Araxxi, they will reflect all damage dealt to the spider back to the player that caused the damage, which will also scale with enrage similar to their web shield ability, but with a higher scaling rate. Half of the damage the mirrorback spider takes is reflected back to the host spider, including damage higher than the mirrorback spider's health.

A mirrorback spider will also appear as part of the noxious weaponry's special attack. It possesses 3,000 health, but works considerably differently than the ones in the Araxxor and Araxxi encounter. The spider will only absorb 50% of the damage dealt to the host (making it similar to Debilitate, as the remaining damage is taken by them), and only lasts for 9.6 seconds, dying off upon losing all of its health or the allotted time passes. It deflects 100% of the inflicted damage back to the attacker (twice the amount dealt to the spider).

Killing Araxxor with reflected damage from a mirrorback spider he summons is a requirement to unlock Gavin.

Once an araxyte pet has been obtained, a mirrorback spider will spawn from an egg at the end of the top path. This spider does not count towards the 20 spiders Araxxor summons and will continually appear until Araxxor is "killed" from the reflected damage by the spider.

Mirrorback spiders do not count as a spider for Slayer assignments.

A mirrorback spider being summoned by the player.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • The spider minions in the Araxxi fight will now die at the end of her death animation.

• patch 18 April 2016 (Update):
  • Life points for special attack variant reduced from 10,000 to 3,000.

• update 28 July 2014 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• There is currently a glitch while fighting Araxxi, and if she spawns a mirrorback spider, it may become stuck in the centre on the tiles she uses, and cannot be attacked by the player.
• The mirrorback spider is likely based on the real-life mirror spider, which has reflective surfaces on its abdomen.