-= A Momentous Occasion =-

[Kashi]

Today marks my 250th barrows run. I've logged out right before opening the chest so I can tell all of you this. I've had some good times with barrows, and some not so good times. I've spent alot of money and made alot of money. I've spent alot of time, and haven't made any more of that. :?

 

 

 

I've tried pking, I've tried merchanting, I've tried trasure trails, but in the end barrows is the only thing I've even been able to do very well. From humble beginnings (my first run was done with a cannon, using over 400 balls), I now feel I can consider myself an expert barrower. Here is a brief log of my barrows experience.

 

 

 

Day 1

 

Run 1: This was a sort of test run, done with a cannon. I only killed 5 brothers, since at the time you couldn't set up a cannon in the tunnels. I quickly realized this wasn't going to work, and devised a new strategy.

 

 

 

Day 2

 

Run 2: This was done with Wind Blasts, and took me about 5 doses of prayer potion per brother. My tunnel brother was Dharok, and I ran out of prayer against him down in the tunnels, while he was at 5hp. I foolishly thought I could finish him, and fell in 2 hits to his wretched strength. This was a downer, since I wasn't exactly rich at the time, but I decided I'd be damned if barrows was going to beat me. I regrouped and went back to the old drawing board.

 

 

 

Run 3: With limited maging capabilities (I was only 64 at the time), I decided my best option would be Fire Blast. I figured it would take maybe 15 per brother, so I played on the safe side and brought enough deaths for 100 Fire Blasts. In full Mystic, I used about 16 doses of prayer potion (I was only 44 prayer at the time). I still brought my cannon though, since I had seen on my first run that it cut through Ahrim like paper. MY efforts were rewarded with a Verac's helm. I went to world 2 to see how much this was worth (about 2.5m at the time), and immediately became addicted to barrows. I had never had more than 1m in my life, and now I was rich beyond my wildest dreams. I bought a good stock of lobsters, prayer potions, and death runes, and headed back to barrows.

 

 

 

Run 5: By now I had started to get the hang of barrows, and went through my 5th run without any problems. This was, of course, only 1 run after having gotten a Verac's helm, so I was still rather elated at this sudden rush of money. I hoped for more, and the barrows didn't disappoint. I walked away with an Ahrim's robe bottom, bringing the earnings from my first day of -real- barrowing to 3.5m.

 

 

 

Now I obviously can't go on like this for 250 days, so let me make it brief. The very next day I got yet another barrows item from the chest, a Dharok's axe. I now had sufficient funds to buy my very own barrow's set, and asked my friend which one I should get. He said Verac's was good, but after buying a set of that, I decided I didn't like it and got some Dharok's instead, which I immediately fell in love with. Yes, it seemed like the good times would never end. But they did.

 

 

 

The next 50! runs at barrows ended with nothing but runes and bolt racks. But I didn't give up, I just remembered those first few days of barrows. I was running out of money by this time, and was on the brink of having to sell my Dharok's. I finally had an idea as to what I wanted to do with all this money I had made. Ever since the teleblock spell came out, I had wanted to be able to use it. I wanted to be one of those all-powerful mages who could render even the strongest warriors helpless. Using the Tip.it skill calculators, I figured out how much money I would need to make this dream a reality. 12,000,000 gp for the 39k or so teleports to 81 mage. This seemed like an insurmountable amount of moeny, and I quickly lost hope. This was about 2 weeks before Christmas, and so I fell into the spirit of the season. This next bit may sound blasphemous to you devout christians, but I actually prayer to God for that 12m. Well, no, more like I made a deal with God. I told God that if he would give me the money I needed to achieve my dream of 81+ mage, then I would not play RS again until the new year.

 

 

 

That may sound blasphemous, like I said, but guess what. The very next day ... Guthan's warspear. Verac's helm. Karil's bow. I was practically delirious. now, after selling my Dharok's, I had FAR more than enough money to get to 81 mage. I quickly sold all my items and started buying as many laws as I could. After I had the neccessary amount, I logged off Runescape, and told myself I wouldn't play until the new year.

 

 

 

Getting off track though, but long story short I got to 81 mage, experiment with pking a little bit, decided I hated it and went back to barrows.

 

 

 

Now, nearly 200 runs later, my barrows technique has developed even further. From my original wind blasts, I now use Charge and Flames of Zamorak, meaning I only need 2 doses of prayer potion per run. Like I said, I've had my ups and down with barrows. Across the 250 runs, I've had these drops.

 

 

 

Verac's helm.

 

Ahrim's bottom.

 

Dharok's axe.

 

Guthan's warspear.

 

Verac's helm.

 

Karil's bow.

 

Ahrim's top.

 

Karil's coif.

 

Karil's top.

 

Verac's flail.

 

Dharok's axe.

 

 

 

(Funny that in 250 runs I haven't had a single Torag's item)

 

 

 

Now, as I sit in front of my 250th chest, prepared to open it, I wonder ...

 

What will the next 250 bring?

[WolfhunterXZ]

It will bring you more stuff!!! Nice little story of Barrowing, I've never done it.. So.. yeah.. :P

[Birdd]

^^ Rofl

 

I never counted my trips but I'm sure I have put in at least 750-1000 trips :shock:

[anish00b]

nice story i enjoyed reading it, good luck on your barrows trips..and hope you get veracs :P

[Kashi]

^^ Rofl

 

I never counted my trips but I'm sure I have put in at least 750-1000 trips :shock:

 

 

 

Hey, shaddup'. :)

[henk333]

Man, did you get lucky on your first day :shock: I tried barrows, did 25 trips on the first weekend, following Leesters guide to the letter, walked away with NOTHING :( I should get back to it sometime, but I have the sad feeling it will be like Dust devils; I'll be there forever without any luck.

[kingdomzero]

hhurry up and open it, and take a screenie :P it'll probably be full torags or something

[normanbiggs]

great read :)

 

 

 

now open that chest! lol

[Nidhoggx7]

Way to GO Kashi! =D> I think I've Probably done around 300+ runs at barrows :shock: but i never count them :mrgreen:

 

 

 

Good luck on that 250th Chest, take a screenie and post it.

[hamgod316]

I've never done Barrows because my range is only 60. I never even thought about bringing a cannon for Ahrim. I think I might just start doing Barrows.

 

 

 

Anyway, what was in the chest for your 250th run? Hope it was guthan's spear.

[Kashi]

I've never done Barrows because my range is only 60. I never even thought about bringing a cannon for Ahrim. I think I might just start doing Barrows.

 

 

 

Anyway, what was in the chest for your 250th run? Hope it was guthan's spear.

 

 

 

As a matter of fect it was 75 deaths and some coins.

[silver24-7]

I've done less then 100

 

Didnt get a single drop in my first 40 runes.

 

Then got an ahrims top sold for 1mill.

 

Next I had another 20-30 runs without anything and quit barrowing.

 

So a few weeks ago I was in canifis and decided to go with ancients.

 

I could do 2 chests per trip now :D And hey I got a veracs flail a torags helm and another torags helm within 5 trips :P flail and torags helm came in the same 5th chest, dharoks helm in the 2nd.

 

Then a while later I wen't to show a friend the barrows, only went one trip and got a veracs brassard :D Never been back to barrows since because I just don't really enjoy it as much as partying at my house :P

[DegenerateX]

What stats did you use to do barrows?

 

 

 

I'm a staker right now so I wouldnt be able to melee them because I dont want to raise my strength.

 

 

 

So I was thinking magic. What minimum magic lvl should I have to try barrows? Do I have to have more than 43 prayer? How many prayer pots per brother?

 

 

 

EQUIP: Veracks, whip, obby shield, obby cape, rune boots, fury ammy, berserker ring.

[Taito2004]

Taito2004: 150+ Barrows Runs

 

 

 

Total Barrows Drops: 1

 

 

 

Ahrims Robetop

 

 

 

:shock: :evil: :-# :-k #-o :wall:

[marlin85]

barrows trips : 40+

 

 

 

barrows items:2

 

 

 

2 torag hammers in a row #-o

 

 

 

i hate it , why does barrows have to give the CHEAPEST AND BADDEST weapons of barrows :cry:

[Taito2004]

pffft.. at least you get items! :o lol

[Taito2004]

pffft.. at least you get items! :o lol

[salim123]

ya at least u get items

 

 

 

i got 1 hited to dharok to :P

 

only i new his awsome stregtnh...

 

so i was like boom 40...

 

then i ate

 

then booom 50

 

then i crierd

 

then ran

 

the boom 1

 

and i died

 

 

 

lost cannon

[Wkw]

i did like... 5000 trips.. lol i tank mage with guthan and use ti tto heal in tunnel. use little food, no prayer. i gotten like... oh.. atleast 2 of every item except ah staff and hammers... 1 hammer 0 staff.. =( and 1 x bow,,

[tewas]

100+ trips

 

10 barrow items

 

2 d meds :)

 

 

 

now working on other stats that helps me at barrows: range/prayer and such :)

[the49ronin]

barrows trips : 40+

 

 

 

barrows items:2

 

 

 

2 torag hammers in a row #-o

 

 

 

i hate it , why does barrows have to give the CHEAPEST AND BADDEST weapons of barrows :cry:

 

 

 

at least you have gotten barrows items, last night i finished my 60th run finishing the last of my pray pots and i though this might be it, guess what, 76 bolts, 26 bloods, 37 chaos, and 17 death...

[xJakex]

Haha, 100 trips. 50 on each account. Best drop, Karil's Top.

[bobby1167]

438 Chests, 72 Drops :D

[Lord Diddy]

barrows trips : 40+

 

 

 

barrows items:2

 

 

 

2 torag hammers in a row #-o

 

 

 

i hate it , why does barrows have to give the CHEAPEST AND BADDEST weapons of barrows :cry:

 

 

 

ahrim staff ftl

 

 

 

great story i might have to try your prayer thing :D

 

 

 

ill just be amazed if you got a warspear again, gratz

[darkmage099]

YOU ARE SO LUCKY! ive done probably the same ammount of trips (look below to see my rewards) and ive been able to afford full ahrim and full torag with that. Pretty good id say. O and a good stock of cash. But still ive never gotten 2 vvhelms and a warspear!