Barrows Using Full Veracs (July 2006) (AoW)

[Who]

If your reading this, you either have Veracs or like barrows or a combination of both. Well then this guide is for you. Welcome to the barrows guide using full veracs. I'll split the guide into multiple sections for easier reading. And this is an almost complete draft with minor flaws, and missing a few images so bear with me =;

 

 

 

Section 1: Pros and Cons

 

 

 

Section 2: Set Up

 

 

 

Section 3: Getting There

 

 

 

Section 4: How to do it

 

 

 

Section 5: In the tunnels

 

 

 

Section 6: Final Notes

 

 

 

Section 7: Closing Statement

 

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Section 1: Pros and Cons

 

 

 

When you barrow, you win some, and you lose some, no matter what method you use. Heres a list of the good things and the bad things about using Veracs

 

 

 

Pros:

 

 

 

All Runes are loot

 

Karil is a pushover \

 

Major Prayer and Defence Bonus

 

Veracs hits through armour

 

No need to bring magic suit

 

 

 

Cons:

 

 

 

Ahrim is trouble unless you bring ranging gear

 

Karil will own you if your not careful

 

Everytime you barrow like this, you risk losing your helm

 

You don't hit as often as magic if you are not in the 85+ stats

 

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Section 2: Set up

 

 

 

This is what you should be wearing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can alter a few things like obsidian cape/fire cape, rune boots, warrior/berserker ring (not suggested), and Fury amulet/Salve (Unconfirmed if Salve amulet has an effect on the brothers, but still helps against skeletons)

 

 

 

Now your inventory. If you have a Con level of 50+, you should be using this set up:

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have Con of 67+ use tele-tablets instead.

 

 

 

If you don't have a Con of 50+, but have a magic level of 66+ and have finished Desert Treasure, you should use this set up

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember to bring a tele that brings you to an alter like teleport crystal or ring of dueling.

 

 

 

If you don't have a Con of 50+ or a magic level of 66 and done Desert Treasure, use this set up

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monkfish is best for food as sharks are costly and lobsters doesn't heal as much. Use Holy Wrench only if you are using prayer pots, super restores give +1 more prayer even without it. They also restore the reduced stats by the Dragon Battle Axe so it's the potion of choice. Range equipment is strongly advise as you won't need prayer against Ahrim. Also, a Super Strength is better then Dragon Battle Axe But I'm cheap :P You may also want to bring a secondary weapon (DDS, Whip) for tunnel purposes

 

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Section 3: Getting There

 

 

 

If you don't know already how to get there you have a big problem...

 

But I'll repost it for the heck of a section.

 

 

 

If you have done the Ghosts Ahoy quest use your ectophial to teleport to the Ectofunctus and make your way west to Canifis, otherwise you will have to pass through the temple east of Varrock. With 55 agility, you can bypass the underground pathway that leads to the portal to Morytania. This shortcut is through the fence south of the temple. If you have done the Desert Treasure quest then you can use Kharyll teleport (Ancient Magicks spell) to go straight to the Hair Of the Dog pub in Canifis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Route 1 (yellow and orange)

 

If you have done the In Search of the Myreque quest then go around the west side of the Hair Of the Dog pub in Canifis and go down the trap door into the Myreque dungeon. Go through the strange wall, follow the tunnel south and you will see some doors, come out of there and you will be in the Mort Myre swamps. Now make your way to the boat south of here, make sure you run as there is a chance your food might decay. You will have to climb up a tree, cross a ladder and then climb back down a tree. You will then arrive in Mort'ton. Cross the bridge leading east then follow the path to the Barrows.

 

* Route 2 (blue)

 

Go through the gate south west of Canifis into the Mort Myre swamps. Head south, make sure you run as there is a chance your food will decay. (It is advised to carry the magical pouch from the Nature Spirit quest to avoid losing food to the ghasts, or you can take your food in banknote form, sell it to the shop in Mort'ton, and buy it back in item form.) Follow the path round east and you will end up in Mort'ton. Cross the bridge that is east of Mort'ton and that is leading east then follow the path to the Barrows.

 

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Section 4: How to do it

 

 

 

By using Veracs you will alter your way of doing things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you get here, pot up and go down to Dharok's Tomb. If he is your tunnel brother move on to Verac. If not, own him. Remember to watch prayer, because sometimes he might take longer then usual and you don't want to lose prayer when he's almost dead. But if you do wanna, gimme a call \

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now go to Verac's Tomb. If he is your tunnel brother move on to Karil. You know that famous quote "You are your own worst enemy"? Well it's true, Verac will now hit through prayer so he is very dangerous, though not as dangerous as when maging, you should still watch your health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

With or without prayer, this will be the end result...

 

 

 

Move on to Karil. If he is your tunnel brother, go on to Guthan. With prayer, you should be able to kill him in no time. I highly recommend you don't fight him without prayer, as it will hurt, BAD! Even in Veracs, Karil is buggy and ignores that high range defence. You can try to kill him without prayer, but only people with 85 + defence will not waste alot of food.

 

 

 

 

It happens often, really!

 

 

 

Now that you killed the hard guys, the easy 3 are next. Move on to Guthan. If he is your tunnel brother, do Torag. He should be fairly easy, if you hit and he doesn't heal. I normally do guthan without prayer, but if for some reason you have already wasted more then half your food, I would pray.

 

 

 

 

Smoking Kills...

 

 

 

It's the underdog brothers turn, Torag. If he is your tunnel brother, go to Ahrim. I find him the hardest to kill as he has the best def of all the others, but still, he will barely hit you without prayer, so go crazy, just watch your health.

 

 

 

 

Oops...

 

 

 

And finally, Ahrim. If he is your tunnel brother, go down. We do him last because he likes to mess us your melee stats. Highly recommended to range him, he will barely hit you in black dragon hide. But sometimes he gets lucky. Remember to use the sidestep if you need to eat.

 

 

 

 

Can't Touch This...

 

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Section 5: In the Tunnels

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depending on who is your tunnel brother, you may have to change stratagies.

 

 

 

Dharok Tunnel:

 

 

 

No one likes a Dharok tunnel, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Go down normally, but safe eat, i always keep my health about 59 in case the worst happens. When Dharok spawns, quickly drink a prayer pot and attack. Remember that it's Dharok, always drink a prayer pot even if he is about to die. Better safe then sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verac Tunnel:

 

 

 

Once again, "You are your worst enemy". He hits through prayer which is more trouble in the tunnels, you may want to fight him where you can sidestep for health, or go to the other side of the chest, the only good thing about this is you save some doses of potion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karil Tunnel:

 

 

 

He usually gets a good hit or 2 at you before you can pray, for this reason, i like keeping my health 50+. Since Karil uses the weakest armour, he should be gone in no time, most of the time 1 dose.

 

 

 

 

Hehe, he's no longer a threat

 

 

 

Guthan Tunnel:

 

 

 

He's a pushover, consider it a break from the harder tunnels. Eat and attack, pray if needed

 

 

 

 

Nice Ghost Legends Cape...

 

 

 

Torag Tunnel:

 

 

 

The easiest tunnel brother. Do as Guthan, Pray and eat.

 

 

 

Ahrim Tunnel:

 

 

 

He's a little more complex then the others. If he is your tunnel brother, enter wearing black dragon hide and find his asap. Equip the bow and put auto off so monsters won't make you waste ammo. When he spawns, turn auto back on and switch to rapid attack. If there are no sidestep places, safe eat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that you have killed the final brother, get your desired kill count, go to the chest, open it, and either do one of two options:

 

 

 

A: Do some cursing, and hoping for a better trip

 

B: Jump for joy and tell all your friends what item you got

 

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Section 6: Final Notes

 

 

 

Verac the Defiled Equipment bonuses:

 

 

 

 

Flail

 

 

 

 

Helmet

 

 

 

 

Brassard

 

 

 

 

Plateskirt....errr....Kilt, thats right, Kilt...

 

 

 

Full Set Cost: 4.4M - 4.7M

 

 

 

Average Loot per trip:

 

 

 

My hypothesis based on 50 trips taken

 

 

 

Minds: 289 (2890gp) 10 per

 

Chaos: 101 (13130gp) 130 per

 

Deaths: 96 (25920gp) 270 per

 

Bloods: 35 (21000gp) 600 per

 

Bolt Racks: 34 (10200gp) 300 per

 

Coins: 892gp

 

 

 

Tunnel Brother Percentage

 

 

 

Dharok: 14%

 

Verac: 18%

 

Karil: 16%

 

Guthan: 18%

 

Torag: 20%

 

Ahrim: 14%

 

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Section 7: Credits and Final Statement

 

 

 

Credits go to:

 

 

 

Me, for writing this guide

 

Tip.it, for some pictures

 

Droolman, for his item database

 

Jagex, for making barrows,

 

The guy that sold me veracs,

 

The other guy that sold me supplies

 

and the readers that read this guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the end of my guide, hope you enjoyed it, and happy barrowing.

 

 

 

Disclaimer: If you die using my methods, you are responsible, so just in case, keep item protect on \

[bobby1167]

Awesome guide, thanks

 

 

 

MUST GET VERACS NOW :P

[Profins]

Great guide, keep up your good work, make more guides! ;)

 

By the way, you may want to spent 2-3 spots for:

 

 

 

Slayer staff + whip + Granite shield!

 

 

 

Why? Granite shield have great ranged defence, you may want to use it together with whip against karils! Specially if he is in tunnel!

 

 

 

BTW, Having 1-5 Sara Brews and rest with super restores may be better too, eventhough a lil bigger waste!

[Mr_Hyde1218]

i need the rest of veracs (only have the skirt right now, preparing for the caves \ )

 

 

 

very nice guide, though i won't use it too soon. but, to each his (or her) own.

 

p.s.

 

i like the humor :lol:

[creamlistner]

Dude, seriously, veracs is only good against other players, veracs would be killer for anyone under maybe 120. Maging is the best and safest way to go, youll die and lose almost everything u bring, EVEN WITH RING OF LIFE! they hit hard, guide is well laid out, but, veracs.... eh. :wall:

[bobby1167]

Dude, seriously, veracs is only good against other players, veracs would be killer for anyone under maybe 120. Maging is the best and safest way to go, youll die and lose almost everything u bring, EVEN WITH RING OF LIFE! they hit hard, guide is well laid out, but, veracs.... eh. :wall:

 

 

 

Naw, its perfectly safe..I used to do..Veracs is very effective

[creamlistner]

Ill stick to my ahrims of infinity robes and slayer dart or fire wave... =\ :boohoo:

[Who]

Dude, seriously, veracs is only good against other players, veracs would be killer for anyone under maybe 120. Maging is the best and safest way to go, youll die and lose almost everything u bring, EVEN WITH RING OF LIFE! they hit hard, guide is well laid out, but, veracs.... eh. :wall:

 

Can your magic do a trip in less then 10 minutes, i think not...

[Profins]

Well, when I used to do barrows with veracs (used? ohh, small accident at Kq, nothing to worry about, nothing to see here), I always took whip and g shield for tunnels, for KC :P Well, since we're not using deaths and minds - why not try sara brews? :P

 

 

 

Oh, and another tip - Karils x bow helps alot since you get racks in rewards. Simply equip them, doesn't takes a spare invent space ;)

[Who]

i'll add some new stuff tomorrow, i going to bed :-w

[evilrodyle]

looks and thinks.."what a great guide"...then looks at the closing comment where it says ps. I am the barrows king!

 

 

 

 

 

*HISS!*

 

 

 

That shall be my title noob!!! *HISS*!!!I will kill you!!!( Pulls out slayer staff and begins whacking manoman repetitdly with a slayer staff.)

 

 

 

 

 

ps...nice guide

[Profins]

Night :P I'll get free bumpy if this goes to 2nd page or so :@

[Who]

looks and thinks.."what a great guide"...then looks at the closing comment where it says ps. I am the barrows king!

 

 

 

 

 

*HISS!*

 

 

 

That shall be my title noob!!! *HISS*!!!I will kill you!!!( Pulls out slayer staff and begins whacking manoman repetitdly with a slayer staff.)

 

 

 

 

 

ps...nice guide

 

How about reading the part after that lol

[Severation]

Good guide, but I cant say Ill be using it.

 

 

 

When I get the stats and equipment, Ill know where to look. \

[jessy87]

didnt leesters make something like this, his $ saving guide using full torag?

[evilrodyle]

didnt leesters make something like this, his $ saving guide using full torag?

 

 

 

i really do not like leesters guide as the way he shows only allows 1-2runs per trip...i like to get a good 8-9 runs out out of my trips

[mujammil]

great guide man :D

[jimbobjoe]

Good guide now wheres that picture you made me stand in?

 

 

 

When i get 6m i'll get me some veracs and do some barrows like that though i use super set no d b axe cuz u'll protect it over your helm.

[bobby1167]

Good guide now wheres that picture you made me stand in?

 

 

 

When i get 6m i'll get me some veracs and do some barrows like that though i use super set no d b axe cuz u'll protect it over your helm.

 

 

 

Yea, I'm in it too.. Post it pl0x

[xavier_mo_mo]

good guide but i dont have full varac :(

[Sk8erfreak]

Meh, I like my Veracs method better...

 

 

 

-For the melee brothers, just pray on Dh + Verac

 

-For the Karil, switch to whip + obsidian shield

 

-For Ahrim, switch to mage def + dds and 4spec him (dies so fast) and finish with whip if he doesn't die. (so you can melee the whole trip)

 

 

 

But then again, I have higher stats and I don't follow any other guides to barrows.. I always have my own method of doing things.

 

 

 

Nice guide though. Veracs is definately more profitable if you have higher melee stats.

[nvw08]

I myself like ancients, it's fun, no prayer pots used and Ive made money using it (I gotta update sig :D)

[janchuks]

Meh, I like my Veracs method better...

 

 

 

-For the melee brothers, just pray on Dh + Verac

 

-For the Karil, switch to whip + obsidian shield

 

-For Ahrim, switch to mage def + dds and 4spec him (dies so fast) and finish with whip if he doesn't die. (so you can melee the whole trip)

 

 

 

But then again, I have higher stats and I don't follow any other guides to barrows.. I always have my own method of doing things.

 

 

 

Nice guide though. Veracs is definately more profitable if you have higher melee stats.

 

 

 

I don't prefer verac because I kill with it slower than with slayer dart

 

(melee stats - 90 94 90, mage - 84 :D )

[anish00b]

grtz on finishing it, i heard you and bobby were going to calaborate the guide but still..this one is good

[adon1]

your not the best at barrows :shame: :notalk: im the best at barrows :P just look at my drops = p

 

 

 

 

 

but whenever it is that i get full veracs *fingers crossed its soon* ill try your method