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== Barrows Guide ==
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Barrows is a combat minigame released in May 2005, that involves fighting the six barrow brothers. The Barrows brothers were powerful warriors of Saradomin who fought in the God Wars. Their powers were granted to them by a mysterious stranger whose identity is currently unknown. After being wounded and then dying in battle, their army built several mounds in their honour.
Minimum Requirements Currently, Priest in Peril is required in order to access Morytania.
Suggested Stats
- All Classes
- 43 Prayer (Recommended 60+)
- Melee
- 70 Attack
- 70 Strength
- 40 Defense
- Mage
- Slayer Dart
- 50 Magic
- 55 Slayer
- Range
- 70 Ranged
How do I get there?
Barrows is located to the east of Mort 'ton, in Morytania. The slowet method of reaching there, means going through the Mort Myre Swamp. Currently the fastest way to Mort'ton is by using a Fairy Ring and running to Boaty (code is BKR). You can also use the fairy ring to Canifis (code is CKR) Boaty is located behind Canifis, you can climb over the bridge between two trees and then a little further down is the boat. There is currently no charge, and you will be taken right next to the Barrows burial grounds.
What should I bring?
- Spade (To dig into the grave mounds)
- Teleport Runes or Teleport Tablets (For a quick escape)
- Abyssal Whip OR Dragon Scimitar for Melee
- Rune Armour OR Proselyte Armour for Melee (Minimum)
- Rune Crossbow OR Magic Bow for Rangers
- Broad Arrows OR Broad Bolts for Rangers
- Black Dragonhide Armour for Rangers
- Slayer Staff OR Mystic Fire Staff for Mages
- Slayer Dart Runes OR Fire Bolt Runes for Mages
- Mystic Robes for Mages (Dagon'hai robes recommended)
- Amulet of Glory for All Classes
- Combat Bracelet for All Classes
- Low-level players are encouraged to bring at least 3 Prayer Potions for every 1 Run.
- High-level players are encouraged to bring 12 Prayer Potions and complete 6-8 Runs.
- 1 Attack Potion for Melee or Hybrid (Super Attack Always Recommended)
- 2 Strength Potions for Melee or Hybrid (Super Strength Always Recommended)
- 1 Defense Potion for All Classes (Super Defense Always Recommended)
- 4 Sharks
- Bunyip Familiar for summoners.
- You can make space for loot by dropping empty vials, but you shouldn't need more than 6 slots
How to play?
The brothers are located in the six different Grave Mounds spread over the complex. Digging on top of a Grave Mound will gain you access. Entering one of these mounds and clicking on a tomb will disturb the rest of the brother there and they will engage you in combat. During the fight, your prayer will be DRAINED by the Curse of the Barrows Brothers. As you go through each of the Grave Mounds, one of the graves will lead into the Tunnel, a simple maze where the Last Brother and ALL REMAINING Brothers will be waiting. The Tunnel Layout will change after every successful run and the minigame has been reset.
Combat
Each of the brothers has a certain combat style. You are recommended to pray the proper protection prayer, even if you have the Combat Advantage (Example: Ranged into Mage).
- Dharok the Wretched (Specializes in Melee, Recommend Protect Melee, Weak VS Magic.)
The most dangerous brother. He should not be engaged with low prayer! His damage scales with his missing health. He hits 40s consistently and has a maximum hit of 58.
- Guthan the Infested (Specializes in Melee, Recommend Protect Melee, Weak VS Magic.)
His Special Attack causes them to Heal HP in exchange for Damage Dealt. Guthan is extremely weak to magic.
- Karil the Tainted (Specializes in Range, Recommend Protect Missile, Weak VS Melee.)
His Special Attack, Tainted Shot, lowers the player's Agility level by 20%. His attacks are FAST AND ACCURATE. Mages are advised to bring a Melee Weapon to deal with his high magic resistance.
- Torag the Corrupted (Specializes in Melee, Recommend Protect Melee, Weak VS Magic.)
Has a Special Attack that depletes run energy. His melee attacks can hit up to 22 but are inaccurate at best.
- Verac the Defiled (Specializes in Melee, Recommend Protect Melee, Weak VS Ranged/Magic.)
Can hit through Armour and Protection Prayers. Despite popular rumors, protect from melee is recommended because it significantly lowers the max damage of Verac's attacks.
- Ahrim the Blighted (uses Magic, pray Magic, use Melee or Ranged against them.)
Can hit EXTREMELY accurately and fast with Fire Wave, but very weak to melee weapons. His Special Attack lowers your Strength stat and can affect you multiple times if the battle is prolonged.
Tunnels
After you have dispatched the rest of the barrows brothers, you must enter through the hidden tunnel. In the middle of these warrens, you will find the main treasure room. You must navigate the tunnels until you reach the door that allows you access to this room. Sometimes you can enter immediately, but other times you may need to solve a puzzle (They become easily memorizable after 30 runs).
Throughout the tunnels are various monsters you can fight for reward points. These contribute to coins, runes and potions in your final reward. These monsters include…
- Crypt rats (level 43)
- Bloodworms (level 52)
- Crypt Spiders (level 56)
- Giant Crypt Rats (level 76)
- Skeletons (level 77)
- Giant Crypt Spiders (level 79)
You may encounter any Barrow brothers you left undefeated on the way through the tunnels. Usually, the final brother will attack when you open the chest. ALL barrows brothers must be defeated in order to take the treasure. Once you have taken the treasure, you should exit the tunnels quickly since rubble will fall and damage the player.
Tactics and Tips
Combat order There is substantial debate about which brothers to deal with first. Usually this comes down to monitoring use of prayer and player preference. There is no standard recommended order, but we can rate the 6 in the order of “Worst to easiest to fight without Prayer”…
Dharok is a popular first target due to his extreme damage output.
Ahrim and his fire wave magics take the second spot; Even dragonhide can't stop the barrage of damage this brother inflicts.
Karil is the sharpshooter of the group; With his highly accurate twin-shot attacks, he secures the third spot.
Verac is the fourth on this list, and not because he's weaker than the first 3. He easily hits 15s against protection prayer, but without it, He can hit a max of 24 consistently.
From here, both Guthan and Torag can be reasonably handled without prayers.
Some recommend taking on Verac last since his ability to pierce through prayer makes prayers points less useful. However, remember that prayer is not useless against him entirely.
Navigating the tunnels.
Rather than aimlessly wandering through the tunnels. A quick zoom out can allow you to see which of the four treasure room doors is the accessible one. This takes practice, but we guarantee this to be the most reliable means for navigating the tunnel.
While in the tunnel, always pray Protect Melee, as the creatures there always use melee, and you will never find yourself in a situation where Ahrim or Karil get the jump you. You will almost always 'be in combat,' and the entirety of the tunnel is single combat only, meaning they can't fight you until you are 'out of combat.'
You should always have prayers on because if you turn them off, and the authentic lag catches you off-guard, you may take a fire wave strike or a greataxe swing to the face.
If you are trying for the maximum number of runs. It is better to exit the way you came so that the minigame will reset and you can begin again immediately. This is highly recommended unless you have lost track of your path in. Some players prefer to bank after every run.
Alternative combat strategies.
At 35 magic, players can also use fire bolt to kill the brothers. This is a cheap and low-level alternative, especially if coupled with the Chaos gauntlets from the Family Crest quest.
Slayer dart is recommended, but a low level mage could potentially push through a run or three.
God Spells like Flames of Zamorak and Saradomin Strike are not recommended at lower levels, as they require twice as many Blood Runes as the Fire Wave spell, which does the same damage. However, if the player has 80 magic, they can be paired with the charge spell to make an overall faster run. The chest can often refund blood runes that have been used up.
Higher level players with 60 prayer and above can complete the Barrows without using prayer potions, this can be done by quickly killing Dharok, Verac, and Karil and using melee armour on Guthan whilst using Magic; using Ranged against Ahrim and Magic against Torag. To do this it is advised to have 85 Attack, 80 Strength, 80 Defence, 60 Prayer, 75 ranged, 80 Hitpoints and 80 Magic.
Ranged tips.
Here is an example of an inventory that a ranged user could bring along.
Recommended High Level Full Range Build.
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Don't rely on your Dragon Hide to protect you from Ahrim: Show respect and pray magic
Don't worry about Verac out-damaging you: Your pray melee is very effective against him
High Level Mage Hybrid (70 melee stats+)
Here is an example of an inventory that a hybrid mage user could bring. As stated above, pure mage is not recommended due to Karil's ranged advantage.
High Level Hybrid Mage Build.
60 Attack and 60 Strength with a Dragon Scimitar will also work.
Mages will receive plenty of Death and Mind runes during their trips
Rewards
The key reason to do Barrows is the armour sets that the brothers provide. These have high stats and very beneficial set bonuses. The melee armour sets are useful at God Wars for tanking bosses such a General Graador. However, it may take hundreds of runs to obtain all of them, or even just the ones you want most of all. You should also be aware that the armour will degrade and need repair.
There are also substantial rune rewards, as well as coins and potions. You can find between 0-687 Chaos Runes, 0-391 Death Runes and 0-159 Blood Runes. Prayer potions will often appear, and these can be used to renew your supplies and start another run immediately.
by Cythraur
Thank you to Von Hresvelg for the input and inventory screenshots!
