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Guthans Armour Effect — A set of Barrows equipment in action.

Barrows equipment refers to a number of sets of combat equipment earned from the Barrows minigame. There are seven sets of Barrows equipment, each corresponding to one of the Barrows brothers. Each set has four pieces: a two-handed weapon, a helmet, a torso piece and legwear. When all four pieces for a particular brother are equipped, a special set effect is granted which is different for each set. The set effects are detailed below and mirror the special attacks of each of the Barrows brothers.

With the arrival of the Evolution of Combat, each set has the exact same armour and life point bonus, with the exception of Akrisae's hybrid armour, as well as the same damage and accuracy. The set effects, however, provide some variability which can be advantageous in certain situations. Some of the set effects can be very formidable; such as allowing players to hit much harder as they take damage (Dharok's), pierce targets' defences (Verac's), sap Strength (Ahrim's), Magic level (Karil's) or Adrenaline (Torag's) with each hit, and renew lifepoints (Guthan's) or prayer points (Akrisae's) when they deal damage.

In the The Fall of Six it is said that Sliske gathered the Barrows armour from "distant lands". Coupled with the fact that the person who sells bolt racks is from the Eastern Lands, it is quite possible the origins of Barrows equipment come from there.

The ring of wealth increases the chance of getting better items from the Barrows reward chest.

Degrading and repairingEdit

Barrows equipment degrades as it is used. Equipment received from the Barrows minigame is fully repaired and can be used for 15 hours of combat until it degrades completely and requires repair before it can be used again. Barrows armour degrades even if the player is using protection prayers or not taking damage. Like the crystal shield and crystal bow, Barrows equipment does not suffer in performance as it degrades from fully repaired to fully degraded. Fully repaired Barrows items start out with no numbers in their names, e.g. Karil's crossbow. It will become Karil's crossbow 100 the first time it's used in combat. Eventually it will degrade to Karil's crossbow 75, then 50, then 25 and finally 0 at which point the armour will be unusable until repaired. Additionally, Barrows equipment may only be traded if fully repaired or fully degraded.

When dropped or lost on death (even when placed under a gravestone), any piece of Barrows equipment will automatically degrade to 0. Players who attempt to drop Barrows equipment will receive a warning message about this.

There are two ways to repair Barrows armour. Players can talk to any of the NPCs listed below and they will repair the items for a price, or repair the pieces themselves using an armour stand in any player-owned house. The equipment can be repaired at any stage, and the cost will be adjusted according to how much it has degraded. The repair costs below are as if the equipment has fully degraded.

The following NPCs can repair the armour:

Bob - the axe seller in Lumbridge
Tindel Marchant - the weapon and armour repairman at Port Khazard
Dunstan - the smith in Burthorpe
Squire - in the workshop area of the Void Knights' Outpost

Costs to repair barrows equipment	NPC	POH Armour Stand
Costs to repair barrows equipment	NPC	Level 1 Smithing	Level 99 Smithing
Helm	180,000	179,100	90,900
Body	270,000	268,650	136,350
Legs	240,000	238,800	121,200
Weapon	300,000	298,500	151,500
Total	990,000	985,050	499,950
The price is exactly 50% when operating a Smithing cape.

Armour and weaponryEdit

The armour and weapon of each set, apart from Akrisae's set, have the same stat bonuses. Nonetheless although Ahrim's and Karil's sets, for example, have the same bonuses, Ahrim's set, being magic, is weak to ranged weaponry while Karil's set is weak to melee. Also there are a few exceptions to this rule. The damage from Ahrim's staff depends on the level of the spell that is cast. Dharok's set is capable of doing extra damage because of its set effect.

Akrisae's set is Hybrid, rather than Tank, and thus has lower Armour and Life bonuses but will defend against any combat style.

Equipment	Bonus
Helmet	297 Defence 840 Life Points
Body	341 Defence 1,680 Life Points
Legs	326 Defence 1,260 Life Points
Weapon	1,564 Damage 1,486 Accuracy Average Attack Speed

The setsEdit

Ahrim the Blighted (Magic)Edit

Main article: Ahrim the Blighted's equipment

Blighted Aura: Successful magic attacks have a chance of lowering the enemy's Strength by five levels repeatedly. Contrary to popular belief, it does NOT lower your Strength by 10%.

Ahrim the Blighted's set requires 70 Defence and 70 Magic to wear the armour and 70 Attack and 70 Magic to wield the weapon. Ahrim's staff is not commonly used as it is two-handed and the set effect is generally not seen as particularly useful.

Dharok the Wretched (Melee)Edit

Main article: Dharok the Wretched's equipment

Wretched Strength: Maximum melee hit increases according to the amount of damage the wielder has taken. The damage increase maxes out at 10% lifepoints, at which point maximum hit is doubled.

Dharok the Wretched's set requires 70 Defence to wear the armour and 70 Attack and Strength to wield the weapon. Like all the sets of Barrows melee armour, Dharok's armour provides very high defensive bonuses, and the greataxe is also very strong. Dharok's set is used for its special effect, which allows for much higher hits than otherwise possible.

Guthan the Infested (Melee)Edit

Main article: Guthan the Infested's equipment

Infestation: Successful attacks have a chance of healing the wielder an amount of life points equal to the damage dealt. A hit for 2000 damage may heal 2000 life points. Also, a player on the Ancient Curses may heal with Deflected damage. Therefore, if a player hits a 2000, and their deflect hits a 500, and if both hits get the set effect, the player will be healed for 2500 life points. However, this is fairly uncommon.

Guthan the Infested's set requires 70 Defence to wear the armour set and 70 Attack to wield the weapon. Guthan's set is popular among mid- to high-level players for combat training, as the armour has very strong defensive bonuses and the set effect nearly eliminates the need for food. Situations where inventory space is scarce and a lot of healing may be needed, such as in the TzHaar Fight Cave, are ideal. It can even compensate for poison damage, negating the need for antipoison against some creatures, such as Kalphite Soldiers.

The Guthan's set is used by many high-levelled players at aggressive monsters (such as Bandits or Dagganoths) to AFK (away from keyboard) as the Guthan's set heals them they do not have to be at the computer healing.

One important caveat: If you have low life points and no food remaining, it is not a good idea to wear Guthan's for healing. The healing is unpredictable, and subject to luck. If you're taking damage in the middle of a stretch of poor luck, you can easily die if you don't have a built-in cushion of life points. One exception: If what you're fighting only uses one style of attack, it is possible to pray against that attack style until the healing effect has healed you sufficiently.

The recommended approach when healing with Guthan's is to equip the set when you have a medium or low-medium amount of life points left. That way there is little risk in dying, and eventually, after some time, the set will heal you back to full life points. At full life points, you can switch to a different weapon/armour if desired. When your life points are somewhat low, then equip Guthan's again.

Karil the Tainted (Ranged)Edit

Main article: Karil the Tainted's equipment

Tainted Shot: Successful ranged attacks have a chance of lowering the target's Magic level by 5.

Karil the Tainted's set requires 70 Defence and 70 Ranged to wear the armour and 70 Ranged to wield the weapon. As Karil uses Ranged, his armour gives a high Magic defence bonus, making it popular for fighting enemies with powerful Magic attacks, such as the Corporeal Beast. It also uses a special type of ammunition, bolt racks, which are a possible prize from the Barrows minigame and can be bought from Ak-Haranu in Port Phasmatys or on the Grand Exchange.

Torag the Corrupted (Melee)Edit

Main article: Torag the Corrupted's equipment

Corruption: Successful melee attacks have a chance of stealing adrenaline.

Torag the Corrupted's set requires 70 Defence to wear the armour and 70 Attack and 70 Strength to wield the weapon. While Torag's armour may be strong, the full set is not commonly used by players due to the lackluster set effect, although lowering a player's adrenaline can be useful in a PVP situation. Like Karil's set, it has no effect on NPCs. The hammer is a crush type weapon, making it useful for enemies weak to crush.

Verac the Defiled (Melee/Prayer)Edit

Main article: Verac the Defiled's equipment

Defiler: Successful melee attacks have a chance of dealing increased damage.

Verac the Defiled's set requires 70 Defence to wear the armour and 70 Attack to wield the weapon. Verac's set used to be the only set of Barrows equipment to give a prayer bonus with each piece until the release of the Akrisae's set. Verac's set is useful for players who wish to combine Melee and Prayer. This makes it slightly more useful than other barrows armour.

The set effect is useful for Player killing as it can hit straight through the target's defences. However, the effect also works on some NPCs that use protection prayers, such as the Kalphite Queen and tormented demons. For this reason, Verac's set is popular when fighting these monsters. Combined with super antifire potions, Verac's set works surprisingly well at mithril dragons, since the set effect makes short work of their high defence.

Akrisae the Doomed (Melee/Magic/Prayer)Edit

Main article: Akrisae the Doomed's equipment

Doom: Melee and Magic attacks have a chance to restore some of your prayer points. This effect is similar to the Guthan's replenishing set effect, but in prayer.

The set differs from other Barrows armour in that it is a hybrid set. This means that the armour pieces have lower Armour and Life bonuses than the other sets, but they will defend well against any combat style, and can be used with any style of weapon.

PricesEdit

Ahrim's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - ahrim's set	2,752,985	8	12	10	view • graph	12:13, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's staff	250,849	34,000	51,000	10	view • graph	12:24, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's hood	373,284	5,200	7,800	10	view • graph	13:18, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's robe top	1,012,455	20,000	30,000	10	view • graph	00:53, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's robe skirt	964,034	18,800	28,200	10	view • graph	00:53, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's wand	11,342,710	30,000	45,000	100	view • graph	23:18, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's book of magic	23,006,049	30,000	45,000	5	view • graph	22:56, June 17, 2013 (UTC)

Dharok's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - dharok's set	2,290,568	8	12	10	view • graph	01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's greataxe	551,664	83,200	124,800	10	view • graph	01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's helm	753,471	41,200	61,800	10	view • graph	01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's platebody	413,188	112,000	168,000	10	view • graph	01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's platelegs	395,885	110,000	165,000	10	view • graph	01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)

Guthan's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - guthan's set	2,086,789	8	12	10	view • graph	01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's warspear	757,406	40,000	60,000	10	view • graph	12:41, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's helm	444,712	41,200	61,800	10	view • graph	02:16, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's platebody	356,708	112,000	168,000	10	view • graph	12:28, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's chainskirt	369,283	110,000	165,000	10	view • graph	12:26, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Karil's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - karil's set	4,014,970	8	12	10	view • graph	01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's crossbow	658,785	64,000	96,000	1	view • graph	02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's coif	778,780	5,200	7,800	1	view • graph	02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's top	531,309	20,000	30,000	1	view • graph	23:21, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's skirt	786,488	18,800	28,200	1	view • graph	22:21, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's pistol crossbow	5,445,184	Unknown	Unknown	100	view • graph	02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow	1,084,748	6,480	9,720	100	view • graph	02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)

Torag's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - torag's set	1,230,611	8	12	10	view • graph	01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's hammer	272,433	64,000	96,000	10	view • graph	04:04, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's helm	206,060	41,200	61,800	10	view • graph	22:40, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's platebody	335,616	112,000	168,000	10	view • graph	22:47, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's platelegs	320,775	110,000	165,000	10	view • graph	13:38, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Verac's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - verac's set	1,620,239	8	12	10	view • graph	01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's flail	222,639	64,000	96,000	10	view • graph	22:30, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's helm	515,441	41,200	61,800	10	view • graph	23:11, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's brassard	401,640	112,000	168,000	10	view • graph	04:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's plateskirt	327,510	110,000	165,000	10	view • graph	13:17, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Akrisae's setEdit

Item	Price	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Details	Last updated
Barrows - akrisae's set	1,807,227	8	12	10	view • graph	14:11, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's war mace	136,212	34,000	51,000	10	view • graph	12:08, June 16, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's hood	257,452	5,200	7,800	10	view • graph	13:49, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's robe top	639,742	112,000	168,000	10	view • graph	13:05, June 16, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's robe skirt	385,557	18,800	28,200	10	view • graph	13:49, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Graphical updateEdit

A new look was released at RuneFest showing an upgrade to the original 6 sets of armour. On 4 January 2012 the Barrows minigame was updated and the graves as well as the brothers and the equipment received a graphical update.

Trivia Edit

Cyrisus's and Pazuzu's Barrows armour was not graphically updated on 4 January 2012, but this is later patched.
Before the Evolution of Combat update, weapons recieved were only two-handed.
With the Instanced God Wars update, Barrows armours now have equal lifepoint boosts with Torva, Pernix and Virtus armours.
The price to repair barrows equipment has been drastically increased since the EoC update, at least compared to the former repair prices.
When repairing a barrows armour piece on an armour stand, 25 experience points will be rewarded each piece.
when The barrows equipment was released it has skyrocketed ever since but due to an update by jagex that increased the repair cost the equipment has fallen in price.

v • d • e Equipment classes
Normal metal equipment	Bronze • Iron • Steel • Black • White • Mithril • Adamant • Rune • Dragon (corrupt)
Dungeoneering equipment	Novite • Bathus • Marmaros • Kratonite • Fractite • Zephyrium • Argonite • Katagon • Gorgonite • Promethium • Primal
Other	Blurite • Silver • Gold • Elemental • Sacred clay • Barrows • Ancient Warriors' Equipment (corrupt) • Eastern armour

v • d • e Barrows equipment
Ahrim the Blighted	Set • Hood • Top • Robe skirt • Staff • Book of magic • Wand
Dharok the Wretched	Set • Helm • Platebody • Platelegs • Greataxe
Guthan the Infested	Set • Helm • Platebody • Chainskirt • Warspear
Karil the Tainted	Set • Coif • Top • Skirt • Crossbow • Pistol crossbow_(Offhand) • Bolt rack
Torag the Corrupted	Set • Helm • Platebody • Platelegs • Hammer
Verac the Defiled	Set • Helm • Brassard • Plateskirt • Flail
Akrisae the Doomed	Set • Hood • Robe top • Robe skirt • War mace
Other	Culinaromancer's gloves 10 (barrows-themed gloves)

v • d • e Prayer items
God books	Holy book ⁽⁺⁵⁾ ^(Illuminated ⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Book of balance ⁽⁺⁵⁾ ^(Illuminated ⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Unholy book ⁽⁺⁵⁾ ^(Illuminated ⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Ancient book ⁽⁺⁵⁾ ^(Illuminated ⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Book of law ⁽⁺⁵⁾ ^(Illuminated ⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Book of war ⁽⁺⁵⁾ ^(Illuminated ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Amulets	Citharede symbol⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Holy symbol⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Unholy symbol⁽⁺⁸⁾ • Amulet of power⁽⁺¹⁾ • Amulet of glory⁽⁺³⁾ • Salve amulet (e)⁽⁺³⁾ • Amulet of fury⁽⁺³⁾ • Split dragontooth necklace⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Stole⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Twisted bird skull necklace⁽⁺³⁾ • Demon horn necklace⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Amulet of zealots^(-5)
Rings	Explorer's ring 1-2-3-4 ⁽⁺¹⁾
Robes	Citharede robes⁽⁺¹¹⁾ • Priest gown⁽⁺⁶⁾ • Dagon'hai robes⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Druid's robe⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Monk's robes⁽⁺¹¹⁾ • Shade robes⁽⁺⁹⁾ • Vestment robes^{(top & bottom: +8, whole set: +32)} • Necromancer outfit ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Capes	Cape of Accomplishment (trimmed)⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Completionist cape⁽⁺⁶⁾ • Max cape⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Fire cape⁽⁺²⁾ • Vestment cloak⁽⁺³⁾ • Ardougne cloak 1⁽⁺²⁾-2⁽⁺³⁾-3⁽⁺⁴⁾-4⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Soul Wars cape⁽⁺⁵⁾
Weapons	White equipment • Crozier⁽⁺⁶⁾ • Maces • Toktz-mej-tal⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Silver sickle (b)⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Wolfbane⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Ivandis flail⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Godswords⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Granite mace⁽⁺⁴⁾ • Saradomin sword⁽⁺²⁾ • Zamorakian spear⁽⁺²⁾ • Ancient staff^(-1)
Shields	White equipment • Spirit shield⁽⁺¹⁾ • Blessed⁽⁺³⁾ • Arcane⁽⁺³⁾ • Divine⁽⁺³⁾ • Elysian⁽⁺³⁾ • Spectral⁽⁺³⁾ • Falador shield 1⁽⁺³⁾-2⁽⁺⁵⁾-3⁽⁺⁷⁾-4⁽⁺⁷⁾ • Broodoo shield⁽⁺²⁾ • Faithful⁽⁺⁶⁾
Armour	Armadyl⁽⁺³⁾ • Bandos⁽⁺⁷⁾ • Third-age prayer set⁽⁺³¹⁾ • Helm of Neitiznot⁽⁺³⁾ • White equipment • Initiate⁽⁺¹⁴⁾ • Proselyte⁽⁺¹⁷⁾ • Mitres⁽⁺⁵⁾ • Verac's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ • Akrisae's⁽⁺²⁴⁾
Halos	Guthix • Saradomin • Zamorak
⁽⁺⁾ Prayer bonus

v • d • e Armour Repair
NPCs	Bob • Tindel Marchant • Dunstan • Squire
Player-owned house	Repair bench • Whetstone • Armour stand