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While we’re looking bleary eyed and shaggy after New Year, we can honestly say that the reworked Barrows and Barrows Brothers are faring much better! Head to southern Morytania, as the Barrows Brothers are waiting and they look nothing short of dazzling.

 

The first change you’ll notice is to the surface environment. Creeping mist encircles your feet, and the mounds genuinely look like a resting place for the damned, rather than a series of grassy hillocks. Next, take a deep breath and delve below the surface, where you’ll be thoroughly unsettled by the dank and imposing crypts.

 

Are you brave enough to take the fatal step to wake a Barrows Brother? Pluck up the courage, and you’ll come face-to-face with metallic black and grey armour for these iconic enemies. While you might have had a soft spot for the pink and purple look, we think that their new get-up makes them more fearsome and better represents the gear they offer. What’s more, if you’ve claimed any of the Brothers’ armour or weapons for your own, the new look will be reflected in the worn gear as well.

 

To celebrate all of these improvements, we’ve given you a 1 in 10 chance of getting double drops on any runes, bolt racks and Barrows items you might receive. That also extends to a new draconic visage drop. These bonuses will only stay in game until the 11th of January, so get looting!

 

Have a Very Barrows New Year!

 

Mod Tim

RuneScape Content Developer

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The Mime and Drill Demon random events are now using the updated chat interface.

Rubbing a Dominion Tower medallion now uses the updated chat interface.

Un-noting ore at the Blast Furnace now uses the updated chat interface.

A bizarre patch of blue water along the border of Trollheim and the Wilderness has been removed.

The yak hair rope on the make-x interface no longer displays as the image for a magic string.

The Thanksgiving event holiday icon has been removed.

Several places where bloom caused the screen to go white have been fixed.

The male studded chaps (g) is now trimmed around the left pocket, in line with the female variant.

Part of a missing rocky outcrop has been replaced in Meiyerditch.

Waterfalls in the Living Rock Caverns now animate correctly.

Some hidden nature runes are now visible in the Wilderness.

Players no longer clip through their cape when performing the Runecraft skillcape emote.

The citharede robe bottoms no longer stretch when performing skillcape emotes.

Two chairs in the Varrock castle throne room no longer clip with the wall.

A tile which caused players to sink in the Wilderness has now been blocked.

Light creature animations have been updated in the Tears of Guthix cave.

The trapdoor in Edgeville has been updated to closer match the model of the ladder in the dungeon.

Caroline's skirt from Sea Slug no longer stretches.

Black spiked vambraces no longer look brown.

The text on the main clan citadel interface is no longer beige on a beige background.

Some balance beams are no longer invisible in DirectX mode.

 

 

 

Quests & Tasks:

 

 

The cursed magic tree in the Spirit Realm has been returned.

The "Engage" Varrock task no longer displays as unlocked without the required Firemaking level.

Speaking to Captain Bleemadge no longer instantly transports the player on a glider.

The toolbelt now works correctly when slashing a portrait or tapestry in Darkness of Hallowvale.

A typo has been fixed for Amascut in the Icthlarin's Little Helper quest.

A trapdoor in Spirit of Summer no longer has just a "Close" option, which makes players descend the trapdoor.

Some additional information has been added to the quest journal for Witch's House at certain stages of the quest.

Rune shards from Garden of Tranquillity can now be crushed with a pestle and mortar in a toolbelt.

A hammer in a toolbelt now functions correctly when trying to remove planks in the In Aid of the Myreque quest.

A saw in a toolbelt will now fix the machine in The Eyes of Glouphrie.

A typo in Spirits of the Elid has been fixed.

Bob the Cat can no longer talk to the player in certain circumstances during the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest.

The brazier from Lunar Diplomacy can now be lit using a tinderbox in a toolbelt.

 

 

 

Skills & Minigames:

 

 

Nomad no longer faces the wrong way in the "No more Nomad... No more!" fight introduction in Dominion Tower.

A typo has been fixed when unlocking the colossal bomb reward from Dominion Tower.

The Flash Powder Factory outfit's set effect for increasing doses when crafting potions now works for super restore potions.

Making unfinished juju potions now gives experience when wearing the Flash Powder Factory outfit.

 

 

 

Other:

 

 

A "bank-all from pouch" button has been added to the bank and deposit interfaces.

Mahogany and teak logs now have a "Craft" option.

The shop stock of mycelium items has been increased.

The Raptor no longer teleports into the middle of the large sword in the middle of the Wilderness.

The "Slice" option on pineapples is now below the "Use" option.

Armadyl shards can once again be ground correctly.

Some ancient portals in the Wilderness now have multicombat added.

The Saintly and Corruption aura descriptions have been updated to clarify how Prayer point recovery works.

The Gravedigger random event's spinning icons are no longer quite as jittery.

The Task System button no longer looks highlighted.

Implings can no longer pass through a corner of Mubariz’s house.

The camera no longer moves through rocks during magic carpet journeys from Shantay Pass.

The player no longer teleports slightly when approaching the magic carpet in Shantay Pass while running.

Several pop up messages have been added when trying to dig without a spade on certain locations.

The Clan noticeboard no longer states that anyone can attend when set to admin+.

Buying battlestaves from Naff now only prints the "x coins have been removed from your money pouch" message once.

Fishing nets on the toolbelt can now be used to fish in the Mort Myre swamp.

Player titles now update correctly when switching gender.

The chatbox no longer displays some chat at the top of the window when it's at minimal height.

A skull object in the Wilderness has been returned.

The multiway combat icon's tooltip is now visible when the money pouch is open.

Music unlock hints will now always display when "Unlock hint" is selected.

A tile on Lunar Isle no longer forces the player to walk off of it.

Right-click reporting players no longer requires line of sight.

The money pouch now functions correctly when trying to buy anything after logging in first time without a bank pin set.

Looting Zogre coffins now puts the coins gained into the money pouch.

It is no longer possible to grind fishing bait or ashes on a free world.

Silver crossbow bolts now have a "Members:" prefix on the Skill Advance Guide.

The sound when holding backspace on the chat window has been removed.

The text on radimus notes, plaster fragment, and dusty scroll now wraps correctly.

The "Search" bank function no longer places the caret in the wrong place.

Coins are now added to the money pouch from random event reward boxes.

Some quick chat options have been modified to relate to Friends' Chat channels.

 

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Gwyn you're too quick! :P Haha well done :D

 

Hmm sounds interesting... I wonder why Double Visages too :o

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Why add visages to Barrows chest...Isn't slayer unprofitable enough?

 

Oct had the idea that it could be due to QBD coming out at some point...

 

But I wonder what DFS might drop to... Might throw a 5m offer in on one.

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The GE on the rs page not working for anyone else?

 

edit no more spade needed for barrows

Glacors Drops - 33 shards.

Armadyl Drops - 1 Chestplate. 1 Hilt. 2 gloves . 2 Skirts.

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Why add visages to Barrows chest...Isn't slayer unprofitable enough?

 

Oct had the idea that it could be due to QBD coming out at some point...

 

But I wonder what DFS might drop to... Might throw a 5m offer in on one.

really depends how rare the chance of getting one is, if its is like d chain from dusties rarity I doubt it will have any effect.

Check it out, huge amount of effort has gone into this massive mod!

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Well this answers my question in the other thread ... :rolleyes:

 

Nice to see the update though. I am looking forward to some Barrows time this week.

 

Can anyone post images of the new-look gear? Thanks!

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Gotta cycle backv from school quickly to put in a few snipe offers. :lol:

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Barrows drops: Dharok's helm x2, Guthan's helm, Ahrim's top, Hood and skirt, Torag's hammers, Karils skirt, Karil's top, Torag's helm, Verac's skirt, Verac's Flail, Dharok's Platebody.

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We need pictures of all sets. Please!

Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions

99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011)

99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012)

99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012)

99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013)

99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013)

Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring

Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace

30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted

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The new look of the sets are absolutely hideous.... Verac Skirt and Karil Skirt are now basically Legs... They're all indistinguishable and samey... I really don't like this now... :(

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^ Ahrim's staff looks pretty cool.

 

The sound when holding backspace on the chat window has been removed.

Was tired of that machine gun noise. :thumbup:

 

Was hoping for some "In other News" that would be more useful than the actual update....

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It's all very green, I prefer a grey/brown look but yeah :/. The only big thing that needed fixing at barrows, that is, the doors you can't open if someone else is using them, still aren't fixed.

Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions

99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011)

99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012)

99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012)

99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013)

99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013)

Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring

Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace

30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted

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The graphical upgrades looks sorta nice...

 

Some pictures of the area:

 

 

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Now time to see if I can get my hands on a visage again. :cool:

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