Question about barrows

[Johnisthebom]

Is it really a viable option for a level 92? I am by no means well equiped, having a total of about 3.5m in cash/items. I have been doing clue scrolls since my return but have been thinking about barrows as an alternative money making method. So, feedback anyone?

[Zaaps1]

Generally, level 92 should be able to handle it. Not necessarily at optimal speed, but adequate, to say the least.

 

But tell us your combat stats.

[Johnisthebom]

Str:75

Def:70

Attack:72

HP:74

Prayer:53

Magic:65

Ranged:67

[Zaaps1]

Oh yeah, shouldn't have too much difficulty.

[Vulxai]

I used to do it at a low level with non expensive equipment and usually did well. Granted this was probably 2 years ago, here's what I can recall (there used to be a guide on it, not sure if it's still around)

 

Farseer's Helm, monk robes (top and bottom), mystic boots, glory and slayer staff. In my inventory I had a spade, barrows top and bottom, d'hide top and bottom, whip, druid pouch (to protect from ghasts), magic dart runes, one click tele (I used home tele with a kharryl teleport in my house) and the rest was monkfish.

 

What I did was go kill Dharok first using prayer (hence prayer boosting gear), then Karil using prayer, then I'd switch to my barrows pieces and kill Verac, then switch to d'hide and kill Ahrim (with range), then back to barrows and killed Guthan and Torag. Obviously skipping the step of the tunnel, and when I got in the tunnel, I switched to my whip, got the kill count up, opened the chest, killed the brother, collected loot, and teled out.

 

This is by no means the best way, but it's a viable way because I did it quite often, but I could only do one run per trip (now I can make 4-5 with better equipment). I might have missed something, so if anyone can catch what I missed, feel free to let him know.

[Mischlings]

Oh yeah, shouldn't have too much difficulty.

 

Agreed, just don't expect too much efficiency. You'll probably get small profits without considering barrows items and it won't be the great moneymaker that it can be with really high levels, but you should have no problem with it. Just make sure to read up on it as much as possible and have a good enough gravestone to get there on time should you die -- little mistakes you make while learning to barrow can be costly.

[Johnisthebom]

Oh yeah, shouldn't have too much difficulty.

 

Agreed, just don't expect too much efficiency. You'll probably get small profits without considering barrows items and it won't be the great moneymaker that it can be with really high levels, but you should have no problem with it. Just make sure to read up on it as much as possible and have a good enough gravestone to get there on time should you die -- little mistakes you make while learning to barrow can be costly.

uhhh gravestone? sry i just came back after being gone about 2 years or so

[Vulxai]

Oh yeah, shouldn't have too much difficulty.

 

Agreed, just don't expect too much efficiency. You'll probably get small profits without considering barrows items and it won't be the great moneymaker that it can be with really high levels, but you should have no problem with it. Just make sure to read up on it as much as possible and have a good enough gravestone to get there on time should you die -- little mistakes you make while learning to barrow can be costly.

uhhh gravestone? sry i just came back after being gone about 2 years or so

 

When you died before, your stuff would appear on the ground and you have so much time to get it. And other people could see it. Now when you die, you get a gravestone where you die at, and you're stuff will be under that gravestone for as long as your gravestone survives (there's different types with different times, the max is 5 minutes), and if someone nice enough to bless your grave, it'll last for an hour. No one else can see your stuff, and when your grave crumbles, your stuff goes away too.

[Mischlings]

(there's different types with different times, the max is 5 minutes)

 

Just to be nitpicky, it's actually 6 minutes. Just go to Keldagrim, visit the stonemason (I believe, not 100% sure which NPC it is) and buy the highest level one he has. It'll seem like a lot of money, but it's worth it if you ever die with anything expensive on you.

[Vulxai]

(there's different types with different times, the max is 5 minutes)

 

Just to be nitpicky, it's actually 6 minutes. Just go to Keldagrim, visit the stonemason (I believe, not 100% sure which NPC it is) and buy the highest level one he has. It'll seem like a lot of money, but it's worth it if you ever die with anything expensive on you.

 

Thanks for correcting me, I thought it was 5, I learn something new every day!

[Dazzuh]

50 slayer, 55 magic, 60+ defence and ranged and 50 construction and your pretty much sorted.

[Kidd_Varrow]

(there's different types with different times, the max is 5 minutes)

 

Just to be nitpicky, it's actually 6 minutes. Just go to Keldagrim, visit the stonemason (I believe, not 100% sure which NPC it is) and buy the highest level one he has. It'll seem like a lot of money, but it's worth it if you ever die with anything expensive on you.

 

Thanks for correcting me, I thought it was 5, I learn something new every day!

 

It used to be 5, but then they extended all the gravestones by a minute, making it 6.

[Zaaps1]

50 slayer, 55 magic, 60+ defence and ranged and 50 construction and your pretty much sorted.

 

Also make sure you've done DT if you're going to get 50 con, this way you get the Kharyll portal, also build an altar in your house.

 

43 prayer is a MUST if you are not comfortable with the risky art of tanking dharok.

[Rhonda]

Doing a handful of quests might make banking easier. In Aid of the Myreque gets you access to the Burgh de Rott bank (town south of Mort'ton) and it's a bit faster to bank from there than run through the swamp.