Barbarian Assault
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Barbarian Assault is a team-based combat Minigame located at the Barbarian Outpost. A team of five players must work together in order to defeat 10 waves of Penance creatures and, finally, their leader, the Penance Queen. Teamwork and coordination are vital in order to achieve success at this minigame.
Prayer cannot be used.
A cape is not needed, and it is unequipped automatically when entering the Recruitment area to make room for the players' chosen role's icon.
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[edit] Servers
There are three game worlds dedicated to Barbarian Assault. While it is recommended that players attempt to find their teammates here, Barbarian Assault may be played upon any world.
The three dedicated worlds are:
World 6 - United States
World 67 - Denmark
World 71 - United Kingdom
While players may usually be found upon all three servers, World 6 is generally the most heavily populated.
[edit] Transportation
While the Barbarian Assault arena is isolated within the RuneScape world, there are several methods by which it can be reached.
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- Games necklace teleport - This teleportation method is available to players who own a Games necklace. It will transport players directly to the door of the Barbarian Assault arena. A Games necklace can be made by casting Enchant Level 1 Jewellery on a Sapphire necklace.
- Agility shortcut - At level 37 Agility, players are able to scale the cliff to the north east of the Gnome Stronghold (Grand Tree Quest required).
- On foot - Players may journey to the Barbarian Assault arena from the south, via the Baxtorian Falls.
- Lunar Magic Teleport to outpost if the player is on lunar magics.
[edit] Gameplay
Barbarian Assault is a safe minigame and, as such, players will not lose any items upon death. That being said, the only way of losing a round is for one or several of the team's members to die. As such, high Defence and Hitpoints levels provide an advantage. In addition, a high Agility level is beneficial as it will allow players to run for longer periods of time, possibly affording them the opportunity to evade threats.
Details information regarding player roles, recruiting and the Penance creatures that will be faced.
Overview of basic gameplay technique. Includes information on the gameplay interface, battlefield layout and player roles.
Contains information pertaining to more advanced and efficient gameplay techniques.
You can trade in Honour Points in return for role level upgrades and equipment.
Barbarian Assault is and should be a teamwork minigame.
[edit] Tips
- Teams do NOT lose honour points by using the cannon. Many players believe that it makes one lose points, but this is in contrast to experiments and Jagex's statements.[1] This is because players gain points based on TOTAL number of penance killed; as long as a penance is killed, the player will still gain points, and whoever is assigned to that particular penance (Defender=Penance Runner; Healer=Penance Healer; etc. etc.) will still get the double points. As long as the penance is killed, the players will still get points, even if it's not the usual way of killing them (Runners killed with traps; Healers killed with poison food).
- Every team member will lose points when a runner makes it to the end, so a good technique is to use the cannon to help the defender kill runners south of the cannon rock; the defender (and everyone on the team) will get full points for all runners killed regardless of how they are killed.
- Players are allowed to use normal potions; however, potions mixed using Barbarian training may not be brought into the arena.
- Barricaded entrances will only slow down, not stop, Penance from entering the battlefield.
- Penance gloves reduce weight by 4.5 kg when worn, making them useful for activities involving running (i.e. runecrafting, agility training.)
- Runner hats and Runner boots are useful for Tank pures. The hat is similar to a Rune full helm in stat bonuses, and the boots are similar to Black boots. Both of these, however, have no negative Ranged and Magic bonuses, making them useful for pures who do not want to sacrifice defence for offence, or vice-versa.
- The Healer hat and Ranger hat offer alternatives to the Farseer helm and Archer helm.
- It is also helpful that teammates wear a full set of Guthan's, so that they do not need to be healed as often.
- On wave 10 once all Penance creatures are dead, team members should gather near the Healing Pool. This is better for the Healer(s) as they do not have to run far. An alternative for Waves 1 through 9 is for players to hide in one of the corners of the Egg Launcher "hills", where they can't be poisoned, ranged or melee. This strategy doesn't work at Wave 10 due to the Penance Queen's magic attack.
- The only combat experience you will get here is the base experience for a magic spell using the runes given to you by the attacker machine.
- It is helpful to other players if a person takes a role that is already being used, most preferably collector, and use the Horn of Glory at the south-east section of the cave, as this can be used to tell everyone what they need to do. This way players can focus on their jobs.
- If all the team members call to say which item the other should use then you will get it done quicker and players will know what to use and therefore avoid as many point deduction as possible.
- The Horn of Glory is very useful until you get to the Queen, however you cannot use it once the queen arrives in wave 10. This means you should not be depending on the horn of glory to call and would be easier to call yourselves on wave 10.
- Sometimes it's easier to communicate with each other via the clan chat, like to tell someone to call what you need of instances, it's best that the leader make the clan chat.
- Using the Dragon mace when being an attacker is an advantage as it has controlled, accurate, aggressive and defensive attacks, as with most weapons. Other good weapons to use include the Dragon longsword, the Dragon scimitar, and others. The Abyssal whip is not recommended for its lack of an aggressive attack style.
- You can stand in front of the lure cave to block runners from passing by. (Note that though this usually works, ocasionally a runner will get through)
- If you are playing as healer, it can be very useful (especially on the later waves) to un-split or turn off private chat. This is because it will appear in front of the bar showing how many Hitpoints your teamates have, sometimes meaning that you don't realise that they need healing until it is too late.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Music
- Legion
- Assault and Battery
- Pirates of Penance - Wave 10; when Penance Queen appears
[edit] References
- ^ Postbag from the Hedge 39; Captain Cain's answer
| Team games |
Barbarian Assault • Blast Furnace • Castle Wars • Clan Wars • Fishing Trawler • The Great Orb Project • Pest Control • Shades of Mort'ton • Soul Wars • Stealing Creation • Trouble Brewing • Vinesweeper |
| Solo games |
Archery competition • Barrows • Champions' Challenge • Creature Creation • Gnome Ball • Gnome Restaurant • Impetuous Impulses • Mage Arena • Mage Training Arena • Pyramid Plunder • Ranging Minigame • Rogue Trader • Sorceress's Garden • Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup • Tears of Guthix • Temple Trekking • Treasure Trails • TzHaar Fight Cave |
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Bounty Hunter • Burthorpe Games Room • Castle Wars • Clan Wars • Duel Arena • Fist of Guthix • Mobilising Armies • Soul Wars • Stealing Creation • TzHaar Fight Pit |
| Agility courses |
Agility Pyramid • Ape Atoll • Bandos agility course • Barbarian Outpost • Brimhaven • Dorgesh-Kaan • Gnome Stronghold • Penguin • Rogue's Den • Werewolf Agility Course • Werewolf Skullball • Wilderness |
