Matt's Barrows Guide

[Brimes]

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Matt's Barrows Brothers Guide

 

~INTRODUCTION~

 

Barrows is a members only, combat-based minigame in which you fight against six powerful brothers for a chance to receive loot including pieces of their armor. Players of all levels can defeat the brothers as it's not only quite enjoyable but also profitable. As such, this guide will cater to all kinds of players.

 

 

~REQUIREMENTS~

 

Required Quests

Priest in Peril - Access to Morytania.

Nature Spirit - Access to Mort Myre swamp and beyond. 

 

Suggested Quests

 

Ritual of the Mahjarrat - Access to the seventh brother, Akrisae the Doomed.

Branches of Darkmeyer - Access to Drakan's medallion which can teleport you to the entrance.

Ghosts Ahoy – Access to the Ectophial

Desert Treasure – Access to Ancient Magicks (Canifis Teleport)

In Search of the Myreque – Access to a short cut which shortens the journey from Canifis to Barrows.

In Aid of the Myreque – Grants access to the bank in Burgh de Rott.

The Temple at Senntisten  - will prove helpful since you'll have repeated chances of saving prayer points during this activity.

 

Suggested Levels

70+ Magic (if maging) or

70+ Attack and Strength (if meleeing) or

70+ Ranged (if ranging)

70+ Defence

43+ Prayer (Strongly recommended to block 50% of the damage)

 

~GETTING THERE~

 

 

~THE BARROWS BROTHERS~

 

  Ahrim the Blighted Weakness - Arrows   Attack Style - Magic   

  Dharok the Wretched Weakness - Fire Spells   Attack Style - Melee 

 Guthan the Infested Weakness - Air Spells   Attack Style - Melee  

 Torag the Corrupted Weakness - Water Spells  Attack Style - Melee  

 Verac the Defiled   Weakness - Earth Spells  Attack Style - Melee   

 Akrisae the Doomed Weakness - Bolts Attack Style - Magic  

 Karil the Tainted Weakness - Stab Attack Style - Ranged  

 

 

~Equipment Overview~

*Using a primarily range setup is not advised as the majority of the brothers are weak to magic*

 

 

~Magic Setup~

Using a Magic setup is recommended to kill the brothers as the majority of them have a spell weakness. If you're using Magic, it is helpful to have access to at least Fire Wave (Level 75+ Magic). Ancient Magicks are also highly effective against the brothers.

 

Equipment:

Helmet: Sea singer's hood/Virtus mask > Ganodermic visor > Ahrim's hood/Hood of subjugation > Batwing hood

Body: Sea singer's robe top/Virtus robe top > Ganodermic poncho > Ahrim's robe top/Garb of subjugation > Batwing torso

Legs: Sea singer's robe bottom/Virtus robe legs > Ganodermic leggings > Ahrim's robe skirt/Gown of subjugation > Batwing legs

Gloves: Static gloves/Virtus gloves > Ganodermic gloves > Gloves of subjugation > Batwing gloves

Boots: Ragefire boots/Virtus boots > Ganodermic boots > Boots of subjugation > Batwing boots

Cape: God capes > Any skillcape > Blue/Red cape

Amulet: Arcane stream necklace > Saradomin's hiss > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory

Weapon: Seismic wand/Chaotic staff/Virtus wand > Staff of light/Ahrim's wand/Wand of treachery > Master wand > Bat wand

Off-hand: Seismic singularity > Virtus book > Ahrim's book of magic > Mages' book > Bat book

 

Inventory:

1-2 Overload (4)/Extreme magic (4) or Super magic (4)

150+ Death runes/Blood runes

300+ of each elemental rune

2-5 Prayer potions (4) and a Prayer renewal (4)

7-10 Pieces of food (Monkfish or better)

Ranged and Melee weapon (Crystal bow or better and a level 60+ Stab weapon are recommended).

Drakan's medallion

(Using a polypore staff can be just as effective as using the different spell weaknesses, also saves inventory space)

 

Example Setup and Inventory:

 

 

~Melee Setup~

 

Equipment:

Helmet: Tetsu helm/Torva full helm > Bandos helmet > Verac's helm > Other Barrows helms > Helm of neitiznot

Body: Tetsu body > Torva platebody > Bandos chestplate > Verac's brassard > Other Barrows bodies

Legs: Tetsu legs > Torva platelegs > Bandos tassets > Verac's plateskirt > Other Barrows legs

Gloves: Pneumatic gloves/Torva gloves > Bandos gloves > Barrows gloves

Boots: Steadfast boots/Torva boots > Bandos boots > Dragon boots

Cape: TokHaar-Kal > Fire cape > Any skillcape > Blue/Red cape

Weapon: Drygores > Chaotics > Godswords > Barrows weaponry

Off-hand: Off-hand drygores > Off-hand Chaotics

 

Inventory:

1-2 Overload (4)/Extreme set or a Super set

2-4 Prayer potions (4) and a Prayer renewal (4)

7-10 Pieces of food (Monkfish or better)

Ranged weapon (Crystal bow or better is recommended)

Teleport method

Drakan's medallion

 

Example Setup and Inventory:

 

 

~Playing the mini-game~

 

i. The Crypt Fights

 

Now, To start the mini-game, you'll see spades on all the hills with the option "dig", this is how you get into each of the brothers crypts. In order to use your prayer points wisely, I recommend to always start with Dharok first as he is the deadliest of the brothers. Then move on and slay Karil, Verac, and Ahrim in the order you find the most convenient. Then finish by slaying Guthan and Torag. If you happen to find the tunnel entrance before having slayed the other five brothers, just ignore it for the moment and finish killing the rest of the brothers, once you're done return to the crypt with the tunnel.

 

Now, while playing this mini-game, there are two things you should always be aware of, your life points and your prayer points. While you are inside the brothers' crypts, or the tunnels below, you will or might get your prayer points drained. Ghostly faces of the brothers will appear in your screen and begin to drain your prayer points. This is why having The Temple at Senntisten quest complete is a great advantage in this mini-game, since after having done this quest, there will be a chance your prayer points don't drain when the ghostly image appears. So, remember, keep an eye on your life point and prayer point counters all times!

 

Tips for killing each brother and their special attacks,

 

Dharok - is the easiest brother to slay as long as you activate your Protect from Melee prayer or Deflect Melee curse and keep it on at all times, until he is dead. Using a fire-based spell to kill him is recommended. 

Brother's special attack: The lower hitpoints he has, the higher he can hit; to the point of dealing high damage (4000+).

 

Verac - Protect from Melee prayer is advised for this brother, although if you are using melee armor and have a high defence level you should be able to kill him without protection prayers. Using an earth-based spell to kill him is recommended.

Brother's special attack: When activated, you'll get hit regardless of your armor defense bonus and/or protection prayers.

 

Ahrims - Protect from Magic prayer is advised for this brother; although, if you brought dragonhide armor with you and have a rather high magic level, you should be able to kill him without protection prayers. Ranged attacks are recommended to kill him.

Brother's special attack: None, but will often cast curse spells on you to lower your attack, strength, and defence levels. 

 

Torag - Protect from Melee prayer is advised for this brother; although if you are using melee armor and have a high defence level, you should be able to kill him without protection prayers. Using a water-based spell to kill him is recommended.

Brother's special attack: When activated, his special attack will reduce your run energy by 20%.

 

Karil - Protect from Ranged prayer is advised for this brother; although, if you are using melee armor and have a high defence level, you should be able to kill him without protection prayers. Using a Stab weapon to kill him is recommended.

Brother's special attack: When activated, his special attack will reduce your agility level by 20%.

 

Guthan - Protect from melee prayer is advised for this brother; although, if you are using melee armor and have a high defence level you should be able to kill him without protection prayers. Using an air-based spell to kill him is recommended.

Brother's special attack: When activated, the special attack will restore Guthan's life points. 

 

ii. The Tunnels

 

After you've slain all the barrows brothers, head to the coffin that offers you entrance to the tunnels. Once you're in, your objective in these tunnels is to find the puzzle door available for you to unlock access to the room where you'll find the chest in the which the barrows brothers keep their treasure; ready for you to loot it. Be ready though, the final brother is lurking in the tunnels ready to strike! He may appear once you open the chest but there's a chance he'll appear at any random moment.

 

Inside the tunnels, you'll find five kinds of monsters that will be permanently aggressive to you, and as in the brother's crypts, ghostly faces will appear in your game screen to make you aware that your prayer points are being drained. So be sure you are prepared before you enter. If you are low on supplies, do not worry. Feel free to go to a bank to restock, the game won't reset until you've looted the chest.

Note that your mini-map will be unavailable while inside the tunnels, however you can still be able to try to figure out your way through it using your in-game compass and the following map: 

 

 

 

Since your prayer will find itself drained inside the tunnels and you're likely to be inside for a few minutes, do not bother using up prayer restore potion before entering the tunnels, instead, enter the tunnels and wait until you find the brother to restore your prayer. As you can see in the map, there are four entrances to the chest room, one for each main cardinal point. Only one of those four doors can be opened, the rest will remain unclickable, the openable door will be also placed at random. 

 

When you find the said door, you'll need to unlock it by answering correctly to an image puzzle that will be displayed on your screen, in the event where you select the wrong answer, the dungeon will reset itself, and the puzzle door will be relocated. Also, if you happen to be interrupted by a monster while you're solving the puzzle, when you click the door again, the puzzle that will appear will be random.

Nothing to freak out about though, since you will find below the solutions for the four puzzles that might display in your game screen: 

 

             

 

             

 

 

iii. Escaping/Loot

 

Once the chest has been looted, there is only one thing left to do: ESCAPE! Quickly teleport out or find your way out through the tunnel, but note that from the moment you loot the chest the tunnel will start collapsing and you'll be dealt a small amount of damage from the falling rocks each few seconds, until you manage to find your way out.

 

 

Now for the possible rewards, you can obtain any of the following items from the rewards chest:

• Barrows armour
• Crystal triskellion fragments
• Coins
• Bolt racks
• Dragon med helm
• Half keys
• Runes: Mind runes, Chaos runes, Death runes and Blood runes
• Potions: Strength potion (2), Super defence potion (2), Prayer potion (2) and Restore potion (2)

Some items are only available once you have obtained a certain kill count, these are as follows:

KILL COUNT DROPS

• 0-1 Mind Rune, Chaos Rune, Death Rune, Coins, Potions and Barrow pieces only
• 2+ Blood Runes are possible drops
• 3+ Bolt Racks are possible drops
• 5+ Half keys are rare possible drops
• 6+ Dragon Medium helms are rare possible drops

 

~Extra Helpful Tips and Advice~

 

• A one-click teleport to escape if things go wrong. An Ectophial (requires the Ghosts Ahoy quest) is useful for escaping and for banking at Port Phasmatys.
• If you have done the god statues D&D, or at least the one in Canifis, you can simply teleport to the lodestone in Canifis and pray at the god statue slightly south-east of the lodestone.
• Do not bring Summoning familiars as they cannot be used in the Barrows. Pets may be brought, however.
• The Salve amulet and Salve amulet (e) will not work on the barrows brothers, since they are not "dead" yet.
• Completion of the Hard tasks in the Morytania task set allows for your prayer drain to be halved in the barrows, and double the loot for runes from the chest.
• If players want to rush each run, they may bring Barrows amulets, worth 2,389 coins each. These items can be used on the coffins to kill the brother instantly without having to fight them, which is useful against Akrisae (only if players have completed Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest), Dharok and Karil.

 

I hope you enjoyed the guide and that It has helped you increase your Barrows knowledge. Good luck looting them chests!

 

Credit goes out to Tip It and Rune HQ for supplying images and basic info.

[MiniMoonPies]

Such nice formatting.

 

Now I know what to refer to during the PvM comp for when I go to barrows!

[Mock Shelter]

Holy snap this looks so beautiful! Very nice work Matt ^-^!

[Brimes]

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