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:* It is possible to receive up to 6 different Barrows items from a single chest, though this is extremely rare. |
:* It is possible to receive up to 6 different Barrows items from a single chest, though this is extremely rare. |
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:* Killing all of the brothers is '''not''' required to receive loot; however, not killing all brothers decreases your chance of receiving a Barrows item, and you will not be able to receive the items from the brothers that you missed. |
:* Killing all of the brothers is '''not''' required to receive loot; however, not killing all brothers decreases your chance of receiving a Barrows item, and you will not be able to receive the items from the brothers that you missed. |
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The Barrows minigame is an area-based combat minigame released on 9 May 2005. It is popular due to the potential of receiving valuable rewards, including the unique Barrows equipment. The objective is to defeat the six Barrows brothers: Ahrim the Blighted, Dharok the Wretched, Guthan the Infested, Karil the Tainted, Torag the Corrupted and Verac the Defiled. Each brother has his own burial mound and possesses a Combat level of 115, except Ahrim the Blighted and Karil the Tainted, who both have a Combat level of 98. To enter a mound, the player must stand on top of it and dig using a spade. (Note: As of Content Poll #14, there will be a spade spawn near the Barrows area.) The Barrows brothers are very strong, each with high Defence levels. Each brother also has a different special ability, which is the same as the set effect of the corresponding armour set. Because of this, special consideration should be given to the methods with and order in which the brothers are killed.
Getting there
There are several different methods for travelling to Barrows and for banking. Some of which are:
- Using the fairy ring code CKS to travel to the fairy ring outside Mort Myre Swamp and heading south through the swamp and then through Mort'ton to Barrows. (Note: Fairy ring travel requires Fairytale II - Cure a Queen to be started, and Nature Spirit is required to be started for travel through Mort Myre Swamp.)
- With completion of In Search of the Myreque, players gain access to an alternative route to Mort'ton.
- After completion of Ghosts Ahoy, players can use the Ectophial and travel from there. (It also serves as a one-click teleport in case of emergencies.)
- Players can teleport to Varrock and head east (allows players to restore Prayer points at the temple on the way).
- Players can teleport directly to Canifis using the Kharyll Teleport spell, provided they have completed Desert Treasure. This option can be made more convenient by adding a Kharyll portal in your player-owned house (50 Construction needed). This makes it so you can teleport to Canifis while on your regular spellbook and can benefit greatly should you also have an altar to recharge Prayer in your house (also 50 Construction). This method is best used in conjunction with the Myreque's alternative route to Mort'ton.
- With the release of the minigame channels, players can quickly teleport to Mort'ton through the Shades of Mort'ton minigame channel (only if you have completed the quest 'Shades of Mort'ton').
Completion of In Aid of the Myreque up until the point in which the bank in Burgh de Rott is restored is useful for a convenient banking method for multiple trips.
Exploring the Barrows
The above-ground portion of Barrows consists of six grave mounds inside a fence. A Prayer-using player should prepare to fight the brother in the mound before entering as preparing after entering the mound will waste prayer points, which constantly drain away when inside the Barrows. To enter a mound, stand on top of a mound, and dig with a spade. The player should enter a crypt with a sarcophagus in the centre. Open the sarcophagus and pray if using Prayer. Every time but once, the brother who is buried there will appear and attack. Kill the brother, leave and proceed to the next one.
At one of the crypts, the brother will not appear. Instead, there will be an entrance to a maze-like lower level of tunnels. If the player has not killed all the other brothers in their crypts yet, it is not recommended to enter the tunnels at this time. Once all the others have been killed, the player should return to this crypt and enter the tunnels.
The tunnels contain nine rooms in a 3x3 grid, connected by short and long corridors. The player must find the way to the central room and the rewards chest there. Some of the doors will be locked, so the player must explore.
The room in which the player enters the tunnels has a ladder leading out. It will often not have any monsters in it the first time the player enters it (but will if entered subsequently). All other rooms and corridors always have some monsters in them (if only the sixth brother) when entered. When passing through a door, the sixth brother may appear and attack. If he does not appear before the chest is reached, he will definitely appear when the chest is opened. Kill the last brother when he appears. Once the chest is opened, the player can get the treasure by searching the chest.
If Guthan is the brother in your tunnel, there is a small possibility he will die, but you will get a message saying "We'll finish this later...", and he will not count towards your kill-count, or loot, but he may not be able to be killed in the tunnel until you do another run after leaving.
After the chest is looted, the tunnels start collapsing, which will cause damage. Some players teleport away after looting the chest, while others with adequate supplies retrace their route back to the room with the ladder. This is HIGHLY recommended as players can easily rebank at Burgh de Rott or Canifis if needed, and players can restart the Barrows trip all over again without having to teleport there.
It is not required to kill all the brothers before looting the chest, but the chance of getting Barrows equipment from the chest increases as more brothers are killed. It is possible to skip every brother but the one in the tunnels.
A good method to heal, if you're not using Prayer to kill the brothers, is to find the tunnel in the middle of, or after killing the brothers, use Guthan's and/or a Saradomin godsword to heal off the low level monsters inside the tunnel, and then go back out and finish killing the brothers.
Kill count
- If one decides not to kill a specific brother, (Example: Killing all the brothers except Ahrim) that brother's loot will not be available in the chest.
- The order in which you kill the brothers does not matter. However, it is still recommended that you kill five brothers before venturing into the tunnels to kill the sixth. (When inside the tunnel, if you find a low level enemy, rat or bloodworm, you can continuously enter and leave a doorway to enable them to respawn to get killcount faster (BEWARE, THIS CAN ALSO ENABLE THE SIXTH BROTHER TO SPAWN RANDOMLY).
- It was stated in the official RuneScape stream by Mod Mat K that 14 killcount is optimal.
Entering the Chest Room
Once the player locates the operational door that leads to the chest, they will have to solve a simple puzzle in order to open the door. Due to the monster that spawns when you go into the room, some players prefer killing it, while others simply move back and forth to chase it off. This is useful in the Giant crypt rat room, as their large size can block enemies. If you get the puzzle wrong, the catacombs will move around, meaning that the ladder will be in a different room, and so will be the door to the chest room.
Rewards
Runes
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Mind rune 1–2,889 Common 3–8,667 Chaos rune 1–885 Common 89–78,765 Death rune 1–392 Common 203–79,576 Blood rune 1–165 Uncommon 367–60,555
Barrows Equipment
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Ahrim's hood 1 Rare 61,586 Ahrim's robetop 1 Rare 2,900,631 Ahrim's robeskirt 1 Rare 2,169,900 Ahrim's staff 1 Rare 104,883 Dharok's helm 1 Rare 243,630 Dharok's platebody 1 Rare 978,025 Dharok's platelegs 1 Rare 1,026,058 Dharok's greataxe 1 Rare 652,656 Guthan's helm 1 Rare 550,010 Guthan's platebody 1 Rare 819,022 Guthan's chainskirt 1 Rare 427,208 Guthan's warspear 1 Rare 917,108 Karil's coif 1 Rare 62,835 Karil's leathertop 1 Rare 1,972,648 Karil's leatherskirt 1 Rare 224,442 Karil's crossbow 1 Rare 107,192 Torag's helm 1 Rare 95,267 Torag's platebody 1 Rare 218,595 Torag's platelegs 1 Rare 241,084 Torag's hammers 1 Rare 97,256 Verac's helm 1 Rare 116,139 Verac's brassard 1 Rare 177,411 Verac's plateskirt 1 Rare 624,036 Verac's flail 1 Rare 102,775
Miscellaneous
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 1–5,306 Common Error Bolt rack 1–191 Uncommon 94–17,954 Dragon med helm 1 Very rare 58,488 Loop half of key 1 Very rare 10,307 Tooth half of key 1 Very rare 10,840 Clue scroll (elite) 1 Very rare [1] Error
- Notes:
- In order to receive a piece of Barrows equipment, the corresponding brother must be killed before the chest is looted.
- It is possible to receive up to 6 different Barrows items from a single chest, though this is extremely rare.
- Killing all of the brothers is not required to receive loot; however, not killing all brothers decreases your chance of receiving a Barrows item, and you will not be able to receive the items from the brothers that you missed.
- It is possible to receive 50% more runes with the completion of the hard Morytania Diary.
- ↑ 1/200 chance of dropping for each brothers killed; scales up to 1/33 with all six brothers killed.