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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.

Contents

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:

Costs to repair
barrows equipment
NPC POH Armour Stand
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

Ahrims
Ahrim's set.

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

Dharok's armour set equipped
Dharok's set.

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

Guthans equipped
Guthan's set.

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

Karils
Karil's set.

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

Torags
Torag's set.

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

Verac's set
Verac's set.

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

Akrisaethedoomedset
Akrisae's set.

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

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - ahrim's set Barrows - ahrim's set 2,752,985
Unchg
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 12:13, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's staff Ahrim's staff 250,849
Unchg
34,000 51,000 10 P2P icon view graph 12:24, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's hood Ahrim's hood 373,284
Unchg
5,200 7,800 10 P2P icon view graph 13:18, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's robe top Ahrim's robe top 1,012,455
Up
20,000 30,000 10 P2P icon view graph 00:53, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's robe skirt Ahrim's robe skirt 964,034
Up
18,800 28,200 10 P2P icon view graph 00:53, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's wand Ahrim's wand 11,342,710
DownDown
30,000 45,000 100 P2P icon view graph 23:18, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Ahrim's book of magic Ahrim's book of magic 23,006,049
Down
30,000 45,000 5 P2P icon view graph 22:56, June 17, 2013 (UTC)

Dharok's setEdit

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - dharok's set Barrows - dharok's set 2,290,568
Up
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's greataxe Dharok's greataxe 551,664
Up
83,200 124,800 10 P2P icon view graph 01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's helm Dharok's helm 753,471
Down
41,200 61,800 10 P2P icon view graph 01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's platebody Dharok's platebody 413,188
Up
112,000 168,000 10 P2P icon view graph 01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Dharok's platelegs Dharok's platelegs 395,885
Up
110,000 165,000 10 P2P icon view graph 01:46, June 19, 2013 (UTC)

Guthan's setEdit

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - guthan's set Barrows - guthan's set 2,086,789
Up
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's warspear Guthan's warspear 757,406
Unchg
40,000 60,000 10 P2P icon view graph 12:41, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's helm Guthan's helm 444,712
Down
41,200 61,800 10 P2P icon view graph 02:16, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's platebody Guthan's platebody 356,708
Unchg
112,000 168,000 10 P2P icon view graph 12:28, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Guthan's chainskirt Guthan's chainskirt 369,283
Unchg
110,000 165,000 10 P2P icon view graph 12:26, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Karil's setEdit

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - karil's set Barrows - karil's set 4,014,970
Down
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's crossbow Karil's crossbow 658,785
Down
64,000 96,000 1 P2P icon view graph 02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's coif Karil's coif 778,780
Up
5,200 7,800 1 P2P icon view graph 02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's top Karil's top 531,309
Up
20,000 30,000 1 P2P icon view graph 23:21, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's skirt Karil's skirt 786,488
Up
18,800 28,200 1 P2P icon view graph 22:21, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's pistol crossbow Karil's pistol crossbow 5,445,184
Down
Unknown Unknown 100 P2P icon view graph 02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow 1,084,748
Down
6,480 9,720 100 P2P icon view graph 02:31, June 19, 2013 (UTC)

Torag's setEdit

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - torag's set Barrows - torag's set 1,230,611
Down
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's hammer Torag's hammer 272,433
Down
64,000 96,000 10 P2P icon view graph 04:04, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's helm Torag's helm 206,060
Up
41,200 61,800 10 P2P icon view graph 22:40, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's platebody Torag's platebody 335,616
Down
112,000 168,000 10 P2P icon view graph 22:47, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Torag's platelegs Torag's platelegs 320,775
Unchg
110,000 165,000 10 P2P icon view graph 13:38, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Verac's setEdit

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - verac's set Barrows - verac's set 1,620,239
Down
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 01:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's flail Verac's flail 222,639
Down
64,000 96,000 10 P2P icon view graph 22:30, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's helm Verac's helm 515,441
Down
41,200 61,800 10 P2P icon view graph 23:11, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's brassard Verac's brassard 401,640
Down
112,000 168,000 10 P2P icon view graph 04:09, June 19, 2013 (UTC)
Verac's plateskirt Verac's plateskirt 327,510
Unchg
110,000 165,000 10 P2P icon view graph 13:17, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Akrisae's setEdit

Icon Item Price Direction Low Alch High Alch Limit Members Details Last updated
Barrows - akrisae's set Barrows - akrisae's set 1,807,227
Unchg
8 12 10 P2P icon view graph 14:11, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's war mace Akrisae's war mace 136,212
Unchg
34,000 51,000 10 P2P icon view graph 12:08, June 16, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's hood Akrisae's hood 257,452
Unchg
5,200 7,800 10 P2P icon view graph 13:49, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's robe top Akrisae's robe top 639,742
Unchg
112,000 168,000 10 P2P icon view graph 13:05, June 16, 2013 (UTC)
Akrisae's robe skirt Akrisae's robe skirt 385,557
Unchg
18,800 28,200 10 P2P icon 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.


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