Going to Barrows

[Haddman]

I should be getting members next week and i really wanna go to barrows, so i've been thinking about what to wear and what attack techinuques to use.

 

 

 

Mage

 

Full Mystic and Slayer staff casting Magic Darts, about 300 Death runes and 1.2k minds.

 

 

 

Ranged

 

Full black dhide using magic short bow and mith arrows(not good maybe), don't know how many.

 

 

 

4 Prayer pots and full inv of sharks.

 

 

 

I've never been a member before.

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You need 55 slayer to be able to cast slayer dart! But some people do it with fire bolt. I recommend getting both magic and maybe prayer up. The higher you prayer level, the les ppots you'll use

 

 

 

You also need access to the area, so do the "priest in peril" quest.

 

 

 

Do not forget your spade, else you can't enter the tombs.

 

 

 

For your first run, take an emergency 1-click teleport (like ectophial).

 

 

 

You don't really need magic boosting gear to be able to cast a decent hitting slayer dart. I would recommend it when casting fire bolt. Many people wear rune gear or prayer boosting gear, and don't pray on all the brothers. There are some excellent guides on barrowing without prayer pots and/or food.

 

 

 

I think you could do Barrows. Good luck!

[YoungFather]

i wouldnt reccomend the full mystic, i myself would go for prayer bonus instead of the magic bonus. like a god book and monk robes or something to that extent, and the have mystic boots,gloves, and hat or farseer if u got. have anti-fire shield if no god book.

[Vulxai]

Even with full rune on, you do pretty decent damage with mage spells considering they have such a low mage defence. I would get your mage higher and prayer higher though.

[Aneron]

You should read Leester's complete Barrows guide in the archive of wisdom - if has all the info you'll ever need. There's another guide in there with all the ways to mage the barrows on vid (no download required :) ).

 

 

 

I myself bring rune, d hide, and mystic (slayer darting, prayer bonuses aren't very important - 99% of your prayer drain will be from the draining effect of the barrows, and cannot be helped). Mage dharok and karil in mystic with prayer on, switch to rune and use up leftover prayer on verac, (still maging), then continue on and deal with torag and guthan in the same way. Range ahrim without prayer, of course. If you tunnel is a melee brother, you can confront him from behind one of the marvelous safespots in the tunnels. Destribute the extra prayer (if it's dharok or verac) as you see necessary.

 

 

 

The most ingenious barrows idea I've ever seen is to use your player owned house. You cast house teleport, pray at your house altar, and go through your canifis portal (this requires 50 construction and desert treasure completed though).

 

 

 

Defence potions are useful for verac torag and guthan, and only cost 144 gp from the warriors guild.

 

 

 

Hope I didn't drown you with information, just look at the guides :P

[Mischlings]

First off, you need 55 slayer to use magic dart, so you can't use that method yet (best way to mage barrows on regular magic), so 1) get 59 magic and use fire blast, 2) use earth blast until you get 59 magic for fire blast, or 3) get 55 slayer for magic dart (recommended).

 

 

 

Also, I would take maybe 200 magic darts instead of 300; less to lose if you die (just about everyone will die at least once) and you just won't use that many. When I first went barrowing, I had 56 magic and never used more than 150 magic darts maging the melee brothers and Karil, so 200 should be plenty.

 

 

 

Don't bring full mystic. A few parts (boots, gloves) are useful, but the rest take up valuable inventory space. You already have dragonhide, and rune is much better for the tunnels (you'll be under constant attack). Bring rune plate and legs instead of mystic, and when you need magic bonus over defence (praying against Karil and Dharok, for example), wear dragonhide since it doesn't have as big of a negative magic attack bonus.

 

 

 

Magic shortbow is good, and if you're using mith arrows (I used to), bring 100-150 (I'd bring more at first to see how many you need). Your ranged level is good enough you might be able to get away with 50 if you're doing one run per trip, but try it out first just to see (when I first did barrows, my ranged level was under 50).

 

 

 

Go with a few more prayer potions at first until you feel comfortable at barrows, then try killing Torag and Guthan without prayer. With fully charged prayer and a good amount of food, you should be able to do a run with only a couple doses of prayer potion, if any. A lot of people never use any on a run.

 

 

 

Also, have a "panic button", a one click teleport so you can escape in case of emergency. A lot of people use an ectophial, but I recommend a house teletablet, especially if you have a decent construction level (something you should put money into for barrowing). With 50 construction and completing Desert Treasure (which I greatly recommend), you can build a Kharyrll Portal, which teleports you to Canifis, quite close to the barrows, and have a chapel and altar, which allows you to recharge your prayer. You probably want to barrow before this, so use the Ectophial at first.

 

 

 

For a shield, I recommend using a Broodoo Shield at first if you can get it. It gives a small magic attack bonus along with prayer bonus. If you can't, use anti-fire shield; no negative magic attack.

 

 

 

For the tunnels, you'll need a decent melee weapon to get your kill count; some say it's just superstition, but I see little reason to not get 10+ kills (Personally, I get at least 20). A dragon weapon would be recommended, probably DDS; cheap, yet still effective.

 

 

 

Food-wise, sharks may be more effective now because they've plummetted greatly in price, but I still like monkfish and lobsters better. Start with sharks, and if you find you have lots of food left over, use something cheaper.

 

 

 

I'll sum this up in case you have a short attention span.

 

 

 

Equipped:

 

Mystic Hat/Farseer Helm

 

Dragonhide body and legs

 

Amulet of Magic

 

100 Mithril Arrows

 

Any Cape

 

Air Staff/Slayer Staff

 

Broodoo Shield/Anti-Fire Shield

 

Mystic Boots and Gloves

 

Ring of Life

 

 

 

Inventory:

 

200 Death Runes

 

800 Mind Runes/800 Earth/1000 Fire (Magic Dart/Earth Blast/Fire Blast)

 

Ectophial/Teletablet

 

Spade (DO NOT FORGET!)

 

4-5 Prayer Potions

 

Rune Plate and Legs

 

Decent Melee Weapon

 

Rest Sharks/Monks/Lobsters

 

 

 

Attack Plan:

 

Wearing dragonhide, kill Dharok (NE) with prayer. If needed, repot; the closer to death he is, the harder he hits. If there's a tunnel, don't go down; go to Karil (South). Pray against range; he will hit you hard and often, no armor seems to stop his attacks. Repot prayer if needed. If tunnel, go to Verac (NW), and if you want to try to use less prayer, don't repot. Just be sure to watch your health (against everyone, but Verac has a lot of potential to kill you). At this point, it doesn't much matter the order you kill the rest in. Pray against them if you feel you need to, but if you wish not to, just watch your health. (Many kill Ahrim without prayer, but he always gives me a ton of trouble). Once you get to the tunnel, if a melee brother is your tunnel, kill using a safespot (Check tip.it's guide); if Ahrim, decide if you want to use prayer or not (whether you're in the chest room or not makes no difference), and if Karil, pot and pray. Get kill count, search chest, and get out.

 

 

 

If I missed anything, PM me here about it, since I'm likely to lose track of this thread. Also, check the Archive of Wisdom; there's one thread that shows 5-6 ways to mage barrows on video, which I definitely recommend you watch. Also read Leesters' guide, which has everything you'll ever and never use, and basically read everything barrows related in the AoW.

 

 

 

One last thing: feel free to change what I told you. I came up with my current method after about 80 runs, losing 1 million in items, and reading every barrows guide I could find. In the end, it all comes down to this: use what others say as a start, play around with it, and find what works best for you.

 

 

 

And who knows? You might find yourself with a fortune from robbing these graves.

[Haddman]

Thanks for all the good advice, if someone has any more i'd lke to hear :D

[Bludragon124]

Look at player made guides, and search for Saruman44's guide. He's a good barrower, and his guide recommends the levels you can do barrows at without any prayerpotions.