Barrows methods

Barrows Methods

Slayer Dart

One of the most popular methods for the Barrows is Slayer Dart. Requiring 55 Slayer and 50 Magic in order to wield the Slayer Staff, bought from Slayer masters, this spell uses 5 mind runes and 1 death rune per cast. This is effective because all the runes used are possible loots from the chest, so if anything, you will not lose money per run if you don't get any Barrows items. This strategy can be used on all melee brothers, with a lesser effectiveness on Karil the Tainted, since he does have a slightly higher magic defence than the melee brothers, but can be used nevertheless. DO NOT use Slayer Dart on Ahrim, since it will splash VERY often. Bring a ranged or melee weapon to deal with Ahrim.

Black Salamander

The most effective way of tackling the Barrows is using the Black Salamander, a weapon requiring 70 attack, ranged, and magic. The relatively high requirements might cause some less experienced players to walk away from this method, but is actually surprisingly effective. As you may know, the lower the magic attack bonus, the lower on average the magic damage output is. However, with the black salamander, the magic attack bonus doesn't affect the magic damage, so having even a negative magic attack bonus will allow players to hit high! This has led players to strategically wear high-defence melee armor to mitigate most of the Brothers' attacks while hitting them hard. This does lead to a lot of health loss, however, so this method is best utilized in conjunction with Guthan's on tunnel monsters whenever health is running low. Baskets of strawberries can prove to be very effective non-emergency food also.