I'm quite familiar with barrows and gone there alot but I don't think what I was doing was cost or time efficent. If anyone knows a guide or a good set up and explain how I could use it it would be greatly appreciated. You can see my stats in my sig and keep in mind I don't have a whole lot of money to throw around so don't suggest something rediculously exspensive.

 

Just putting it out there I hate mage and would prefer to melee obviously just by looking at my stats. *also points at herblore level* :P

 

Thanks a bunch for the help. :)

If you have full void melee, than full void with godsword is a good method. Pray on Dh and Ahrim, possibly Karil, and just eat on the rest. It's pretty fun, and you maxsimise profit.

Thats good just wondering more like what exactly iin my inventory, how many trips I should be doing and such.

Well with your stats you could possibly do 4-5 trips with one inventory easily. Just do an experiment run and see how many prayer potions you need for 5 runs etc, then just full the rest of your inventory with food and the obvious things like spade etc.

Well with your stats you could possibly do 4-5 trips with one inventory easily. Just do an experiment run and see how many prayer potions you need for 5 runs etc, then just full the rest of your inventory with food and the obvious things like spade etc.

 

Ok I'll try that out. Also how would a whip and defender work? I'm asking because I don't own a godsword at the moment.

Obviously godsword works better, but whip and defender works too. I'm have worse stats than you and I can use whip and defender without void and gain a good profit.

Obviously godsword works better, but whip and defender works too. I'm have worse stats than you and I can use whip and defender without void and gain a good profit.

 

Awesome, thanks. I'll go get started and see how I fair. :)

 

Been a long time dry so I better get something soon. :P

I have lower stats than you, but from what I can tell, melee is ridiculously inconsistent even in void, and the runs of 0s totally overshadow any big hits I get. I would not recommend you melee the melee brothers. Salamander is most likely significantly faster on them on average almost regardless of your magic level.

I've tested Barrows using pretty much every method and type of gear around. Not void, mind you, but everything else, including Veracs, which is probably better than void for high defence creatures.

 

Zephy is right: meleeing is not the way to go at the Barrows. You need magic or a salamander. Even with full Veracs and extreme potions, magic is still faster.

This was my set up but I don't go barrows anymore. Might be a better idea to range ahrims now.

Meh, guess I needed to train mage anyways. :P

 

I might try some mage set ups then.

 

Also whats that scroll in your inventory? I can't afford quite all that but I'll downgrade/not use some items. Also you can freeze with ancients then use salamander from an angle for the melee brother right?

Salamander is very cheap and very effective. If you're going barrows, use it. Bring a dds for speccing and a whip for karil and Ahrim.

Salamander is very cheap and very effective. If you're going barrows, use it. Bring a dds for speccing and a whip for karil and Ahrim.

 

Sounds good but does anyone know if its worth it for me to use ancients to reduce a bit of damage?

Salamander is very cheap and very effective. If you're going barrows, use it. Bring a dds for speccing and a whip for karil and Ahrim.

 

Sounds good but does anyone know if its worth it for me to use ancients to reduce a bit of damage?

With burst, it's not worth it. At least get blitz.

Salamander is very cheap and very effective. If you're going barrows, use it. Bring a dds for speccing and a whip for karil and Ahrim.

 

Sounds good but does anyone know if its worth it for me to use ancients to reduce a bit of damage?

With burst, it's not worth it. At least get blitz.

 

Well since I hate training combat skills over then melee with a passion then I won't bother getting blitz, oh well.

 

Heres my set up that I posted in another thread. Easily gets me 30+ chests per trip. Just change the runes to whatever spell you wish to use since you can't use blitz.

 

Heres my set up that I posted in another thread. Easily gets me 30+ chests per trip. Just change the runes to whatever spell you wish to use since you can't use blitz.

 

Oh that looks good. Only problem is I don't have to much money for that stuff right now. Maybe if I sell a few things.

 

I'm going to check that out and if I can afford it I'll see how it works for me. I think I may be able to afford it but I'll see and I take it that guthan's is probably essential for success.

Well, by checking our signatures, your stats are obviously a lot better than mine. But still, here's my personal setup.

 

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Yes, I bring what's in my inv.

I mage Dharok, Verac, Torag, and Guthan.

I melee Karil and Ahrim.

 

Forgot the spade, but just substitue a PPot or something for it.

Why do you have so many ppots? Wouldn't you run out of food long before you run out of prayer, seeing as you have no method of restoring LP outside of food/Soul Split?

 

On the topic of food, is you are using methods where you get healing outside of food (EE, Guthans, SGS, etc.) Basket of Strawberries is the best food to use (and perhaps bring 5 sharks/monks for emergencies or when you gotta clear invent space) because it gives the highest LP/invent space ratio outside of brews.

The only time I need food is against Verac's, so I bring little. I cast a Slayer Dart, run, cast another, run, and carry on.

I bring so many ppots cause often times I have a house tele: Then I just use Kharyll portal, maybe get another monkfish out, and run back down again.

 

Also, this was a quick screenie, it's not what I always use. My barrows guide is more of what I use 9 times out of 10.

Enhanced excalibur and sgs are very good recovery specials.

Guthan's is amazing staying power at the cost of potentially spending more time dealing with tunnel.

Ancients are complicated.

Once you get enough staying power, getting even more doesn't speed you up all that much. Personally I dislike ancients and guthan's for that reason.

Bringing mostly food may be suboptimal, but it's easy.

Def boosts are most important,