First barrows item... and more (VERY LONG STORY)

April 27, 200620 yr

Hey all, I havent really gotten involved in the tip.it community, althought i have been checking these forums for many many months. So i decided to change this by telling you my barrows story.

I know there are probably heaps of these posts on this forum, but i just wanted to share my barrows luck with you. So ill start by telling you my barrows history.

My first barrows run was when i was about 88 combat, it was a bit of a noob encounter and i ended up getting ahrims and torags in the tunnels by accident. I survived to tell the tale though. I had 55 slayer and had read most the guides so i used slayer dart and mage short combo and it did the job. Now i not exactly rich in rs, but im fairly well off. I have a whip, torags plate and legs, a total worth of about 6-8mil. Nothing special. My first 20 runs cost me money and time, having not done in search of the mereque at the time. But after about 20 runs (with no result and a fairly large loss) my mate put me onto this excellent guide which has the results of thousands of runs with varying kill counts. Barrows already took me long enough (walking from varrock to the barrows), the time it would add on to get my kill count up to 16 aswell as walking from varrock (no ecto) would be far too high. So i decided to gritt my teeth and do the damn quests.

Ahh. The bank in bourg de rhott (sp?). It made my life so much easier. And getting my kill count to 16! Bloods and bolt racks galore! I was making money even though i had no good items from the chest!

I went on to do another 40 runs with no items from the chest.... most people would have hated it. I was happy enough, barrows was enjoyable to do. I was making money. Basically getting paid to get mage exp.

The monster that i prefer to get my kill count up on is bloodworms. Only 52 combat, so they dont hit through my rune (which i now take thanks to the new bank). And there is a room filled with the suckers and no other baddies. At this time i had just gotten 91 combat, so dragon hide didnt protect me enough with my 71 def, so rune was the way to go.

On about my 60th run i got my kill count up to 16 on the bloodworms, forgetting i still had to face dharoks. Oh well, who cares. I killed dharoks and went to open the chest and to my surprise... A d-med! sweet! After this i was politely informed by a lvl 95 that u could not get a d-med from barrows. I thanked him for this useful info and went to bank the d-med that i magiked into my inventory at the exact moment i opened the chest. :roll:

As i banked my loot i decided that 17 kill count was the way to go.

The next run i wasnt paying attention and got a kill count of 18... No item.

But the next run, i kill my 11 bloodworms aswell as the brothers and i open the chest... X-Bow! :D Wow, barrows likes me tonight. But that was enough for me and decided it was time to hit the sack.

The next day i sold my items for 1.2mil :D. And with my small fortune i decided to stock up on stuff... I bought 100 prayer pots, 1000 deaths, 5000 minds, with a few hundred K left over... Time to hit the barrows again...

I continued to get a kill count of 17, killing bloodworms.

On my 5th run for the day luck struck me again. 17 kc. I opened the chest... Torags helm! :D. It completed my torags armour set. Woot! Best defence in the game.

And thats where i am now. I've done a few more runs. No items, but still raking in the bloods and racks. Hopefully ill get another item soon. But yeah... I take it pretty slowly there, only doing 2 runs before i bank again.

Well thats my story of getting 3 items in 8 runs. 3 items is pretty average for 70 runs though? So i guess my luck just sorta "evened out"... Pics below.