Honour points can be used to improve the level of each role, redeemed for combat equipment, or gambled for a chance to receive the rare pet penance queen and dragon chainbody.
Earning Honour points[]
There are four types of Honour points associated with each role: collector, healer, defender, and attacker. Players gain honour points at the end of each successful wave based on their role performance and the team's overall performance. With each successive wave, players earn more points as the difficulty increase. Upon killing the Penance Queen in the last wave, the player will receive 80 Honour points in their role and 5 points to the other 3 roles.
Points calculation[]
You will get 10% more points (rounded down) if you have completed the Kandarin hard diary. Although you may get negative points for your individual performance in your role, team points are capped at a minimum of 0 points. Total points for a wave are also capped at a minimum of 0 points.
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Points for wave 1-9. | |||
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| Role | Aspect | Formula | Capped at |
| Defender | Runners that got past | y=-3x | Y is capped at -10 |
| Attacker | Rangers killed | y=x-1 | X is capped by spawns |
| Attacker | Fighters killed | y=x-1 | X is capped by spawns |
| Healer | Healers killed | y=0.7x | X is capped by spawns |
| Defender | Runners killed | y=1.8x | X is capped by spawns |
| Healer | Players hitpoints replenished | y=x/18 | Y is capped at 28 |
| Healer | Wrong poison packs used | y=-x/4 | X is capped at 512 |
| Collector | Eggs collected minus exploded | y=x/4.35 | X is capped at 60 |
| Attacker | Incorrect style attacks | y=-x+1 | Y is capped at -10 |
| For completing wave 10, each player gets 80 points for their role plus 5 points in each of the other 3 roles. | |||
Each team member gets points based on the team's performance plus points based on their own role. A player not TELLING (MOUTH icon) their partner what action to DO (EAR icon) may result in penalties for the entire team. However, as seen in the table above, the healer and the collector do not get heavily penalised when using wrong food / collecting wrong eggs, and thus, it is advised that they do guess their calls to save time waiting for the other player to call. This is not applicable to the attacker because they are heavily penalized ( around -1 point per wrong guess ). Contrary to popular belief, the defender does not get penalized when using wrong food. In fact, it is sometimes very useful to use wrong food in defending.
Players may spend these honour points by talking to Commander Connad, who can be found in the Barbarian Assault entrance hall, near Captain Cain. They can choose to:
- Upgrade their Barbarian Assault skill levels
- It costs 200 points in a particular skill to upgrade a level the first time, then 300, then 400, then 500.
- Purchase specific equipment
- Gamble their points which can yield items up to a Dragon chainbody
- You can gamble low, medium or high costing 200, 400 and 500 points. however, you must have already beaten the Queen once in order to gamble 500 points. You do not however need to kill the Queen more than once for all the other items that require a "Kill Queen" point.
- Maximum Queen kills cap is 40.
- Maximum Role points cap is 5000.
Level Upgrade[]
Players may upgrade the level in a particular role from Level 1 up to Level 5. By upgrading their levels, the player gains extra abilities such as extra damage, higher healing, etc. However, each upgrade requires spending a certain amount of Honour Points. A total of 1,400 Honour Points are needed to obtain a Level 5 role. 5,600 points are required to obtain Level 5 in all roles. Obtaining the maximum level in all roles is one of the requirements needed to complete the Elite Kandarin Diary.
Abilities gained by upgrading:
- Collector - increase the capacity of the Collection bag. Ability to use the egg converter.
- Healer - increase the healing capacity.
- Attacker - increase damage on Penance Fighters and Penance Rangers.
- Defender - increase the lure range for Penance Runners.
A summary of the level upgrades for each role:
| Level | Honour Points | Collector | Healer | Attacker | Defender |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start level | Bag holds 2 eggs | Heals 10 hitpoints | +1 bonus damage | +4 luring range spaces |
| 2 | 200 | Bag holds 4 eggs Conversion chance ~20% |
Heals 15 hitpoints | +2 bonus damage | +5 luring range spaces |
| 3 | 300 | Bag holds 6 eggs Conversion chance ~40% |
Heals 20 hitpoints | +3 bonus damage | +5 luring range spaces |
| 4 | 400 | Bag holds 7 eggs Conversion chance ~60% |
Heals 25 hitpoints | +4 bonus damage | +5 luring range spaces |
| 5 | 500 | Bag holds 8 eggs Conversion chance ~80% |
Heals 35 hitpoints | +5 bonus damage | +5 luring range spaces |
Armour[]
A player wearing the Fighter torso, one of the most sought after items from Barbarian Assault.
Players may also purchase Penance armour using their Honour points. Certain items require the player to kill the Penance Queen. If a player is only missing a few dozen points and will probably be able to earn them before their next Queen kill it is probably worthwhile to keep saving up. Points from all roles are required.
| Item | Points in each Role | Queen Kill required? | |
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Fighter hat | 275 | Yes |
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Healer hat | 275 | Yes |
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Runner hat | 275 | Yes |
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Ranger hat | 275 | Yes |
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Fighter torso | 375 | Yes |
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Penance skirt | 375 | Yes |
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Runner boots | 100 | No |
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Penance gloves | 150 | No |
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Granite body | 95,000 coins | Yes |
- The total amount in points for a Penance armour set (one of any penance hats, penance gloves, runner boots, fighter torso and Penance skirt) is 2100 points in every single one of the four different roles.
Gambling[]
By gambling, players may obtain various items, including the extremely rare dragon chainbody and pet penance queen.
There are 3 methods of gambling, each with different costs:
- Low: 200 Honour Points (Must be on Wave 3 or higher)
- Medium: 400 Honour Points (Must be on Wave 6 or higher)
- High: 500 Honour Points + Queen kill
The odds of getting a Dragon chainbody are exceedingly slim. The odds of obtaining it are, as quoted from Jagex, "About the same odds as Zamorak suddenly deciding to give up his evil ways.", which, according to RuneScape lore, is nearly zero. Mod Mat K confirmed that the actual rate was 1 in 16,000.
Low Gambles[]
At current prices, the expected value of a low gamble is approximately 13,072.64 (65.36 per point).
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Harralander 15–25 Uncommon (1/32) 10,590–17,650
Toadflax 15–25 Uncommon (1/32) 24,585–40,975
Irit leaf 15–25 Uncommon (1/32) 11,835–19,725
Harralander seed 5–7 Uncommon (1/32) 155–217
Toadflax seed 5–7 Uncommon (1/32) 3,975–5,565
Irit seed 5–7 Uncommon (1/32) 235–329
Strawberry seed 20 Uncommon (1/32) 100
Pineapple seed 1–2 Uncommon (1/32) 470–940
Maple seed 1–2 Uncommon (1/32) 28,320–56,640
Rune axe 1 Uncommon (1/32) 7,181
Rune med helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 11,084
Rune dagger(p++) 1 Uncommon (1/32) 8,753
Lava battlestaff 1 Uncommon (1/32) 9,454
Adamant sq shield 1 Uncommon (1/32) 2,057
Iron ore 200 Uncommon (1/32) 34,600
Feather 500–750 Uncommon (1/32) 1,500–2,250
Coal 150 Uncommon (1/32) 24,300
Mithril ore 20 Uncommon (1/32) 3,300
Mithril bar 15 Uncommon (1/32) 9,930
Flax 50–75 Uncommon (1/32) 200–300
Blue dragonhide 10–20 Uncommon (1/32) 17,550–35,100
Uncut emerald 25–30 Uncommon (1/32) 16,975–20,370
Maple logs 150–200 Uncommon (1/32) 1,350–1,800
Oak plank 60–80 Uncommon (1/32) 30,420–40,560
Mithril arrow 300–400 Uncommon (1/32) 5,700–7,600
Raw lobster 125–150 Uncommon (1/32) 26,250–31,500
Tuna 90–110 Uncommon (1/32) 3,870–4,730
Cosmic rune 150–200 Uncommon (1/32) 21,450–28,600
Chaos rune 150–200 Uncommon (1/32) 13,350–17,800
Limpwurt root 10–15 Uncommon (1/32) 9,180–13,770
Unicorn horn 10–15 Uncommon (1/32) 2,300–3,450
Coins 15,000–20,000 Uncommon (1/32) Not sold
Medium Gambles[]
At current prices, the expected value of a medium gamble is approximately 31,210.38 (78.03 per point).
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Avantoe 25–35 Uncommon (1/32) 46,200–64,680
Kwuarm 25–35 Uncommon (1/32) 29,875–41,825
Dwarf weed 25–35 Uncommon (1/32) 10,675–14,945
Avantoe seed 10–14 Uncommon (1/32) 16,750–23,450
Kwuarm seed 10–14 Uncommon (1/32) 3,790–5,306
Dwarf weed seed 10–14 Uncommon (1/32) 4,230–5,922
Watermelon seed 20 Uncommon (1/32) 1,420
Papaya tree seed 1–2 Uncommon (1/32) 3,589–7,178
Yew seed 1–2 Uncommon (1/32) 68,162–136,324
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon (1/32) 24,487
Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon (1/32) 22,459
Rune full helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 20,588
Mystic lava staff 1 Uncommon (1/32) 25,978
Loop half of key 1 Uncommon (1/32) 10,307
Tooth half of key 1 Uncommon (1/32) 10,840
Feather 1,200–1,500 Uncommon (1/32) 3,600–4,500
Coal 400 Uncommon (1/32) 64,800
Adamantite ore 40 Uncommon (1/32) 42,000
Adamantite bar 25 Uncommon (1/32) 47,600
Big bones 120 Uncommon (1/32) 31,440
Red dragonhide 20–30 Uncommon (1/32) 44,820–67,230
Uncut ruby 25–30 Uncommon (1/32) 31,225–37,470
Yew logs 150–200 Uncommon (1/32) 37,350–49,800
Teak plank 60–80 Uncommon (1/32) 58,020–77,360
Adamant arrow 400–500 Uncommon (1/32) 22,800–28,500
Nature rune 250–300 Uncommon (1/32) 54,250–65,100
Death rune 250–300 Uncommon (1/32) 50,750–60,900
Raw swordfish 180–210 Uncommon (1/32) 63,000–73,500
Swordfish 90–110 Uncommon (1/32) 29,160–35,640
Limpwurt root 20–30 Uncommon (1/32) 18,360–27,540
Unicorn horn 20–30 Uncommon (1/32) 4,600–6,900
Coins 30,000–40,000 Uncommon (1/32) Not sold
High Gambles[]
Note that the Clue scroll (elite) and Pet penance queen are each part of their own secondary drop table, meaning that these will always be received in addition to one of the main drops. At current prices, the expected value of a high gamble is approximately 103,841.27 (207.68 per point), excluding clue scroll rewards and pets.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Ranarr weed 20–30 Uncommon (1/32) 153,640–230,460
Snapdragon 20–30 Uncommon (1/32) 169,440–254,160
Torstol 20–30 Uncommon (1/32) 167,940–251,910
Ranarr seed 3–4 Uncommon (1/32) 136,398–181,864
Snapdragon seed 3–4 Uncommon (1/32) 163,653–218,204
Torstol seed 3–4 Uncommon (1/32) 175,155–233,540
Watermelon seed 50 Uncommon (1/32) 3,550
Palm tree seed 1–2 Uncommon (1/32) 39,781–79,562
Magic seed 1 Uncommon (1/32) 118,931
Archer helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 41,592
Berserker helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 56,114
Warrior helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 41,791
Farseer helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 39,290
Granite shield 1 Uncommon (1/32) 33,204
Granite helm 1 Uncommon (1/32) 29,003
Rune kiteshield 1 Uncommon (1/32) 32,015
Coal 750 Uncommon (1/32) 121,500
Runite ore 20 Uncommon (1/32) 223,380
Runite bar 15 Uncommon (1/32) 185,520
Dragon bones 50–75 Uncommon (1/32) 135,650–203,475
Black dragonhide 30–50 Uncommon (1/32) 87,870–146,450
Uncut diamond 25–30 Uncommon (1/32) 65,675–78,810
Magic logs 50–100 Uncommon (1/32) 54,500–109,000
Mahogany plank 60–80 Uncommon (1/32) 126,600–168,800
Rune arrow 400–500 Uncommon (1/32) 28,000–35,000
Raw shark 250–300 Uncommon (1/32) 183,000–219,600
Shark 75–125 Uncommon (1/32) 69,075–115,125
Law rune 250–300 Uncommon (1/32) 41,500–49,800
Blood rune 250–300 Uncommon (1/32) 91,750–110,100
Limpwurt root 30–50 Uncommon (1/32) 27,540–45,900
Unicorn horn 30–50 Uncommon (1/32) 6,900–11,500
Coins 50,000–75,000 Uncommon (1/32) Not sold
Dragon med helm 1 Very rare (1/16,000) 58,488
Dragon chainbody 1 Very rare (1/16,000) 375,127
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Uncommon (1/15) Not sold
Pet penance queen 1 Very rare (1/1,000) Not sold
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