One of the strongest Slayer monsters inOld School RuneScapehas been nerfed just two weeks after they were initially buffed, leaving the community to grieve the loss of such an easy money-making method.
The surprise buff saw several valuable items added to the Fever Spider drop table. This included loot that could be Alchemised for coins like Rune Battleaxes, Rune Medium Helms, and Water Battlestaves. Using a Dwarf Cannon at maximum efficiency,it was possible to earn 2.5 million profit per hour, more than some end-game bosses like Corporeal Beast, K’ril Tsutsaroth, and The Nightmare.
Old School RuneScape players have been grieving the loss of this money-making method, with one highlyupvoted thread on Redditexpressing, “You Will Be Missed,” while one of the top replies said, “Probably best for the game but I will miss it lol.”
Others thought the drop table wasunbalanced, and were happy it was nerfed, commenting, “Their new loot table was so ridiculous that I started suspecting someone at Jagex to be making content for bots,” and, “It was insanely busted.”
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Now that Fever Spiders have been nerfed, OSRS players must return to other AFK methods to make money. Some popular methods to make low-effort money include killing Gargoyles or Zombie Pirates and fishing Infernal Eels.
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