Barrows equipment

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.

Barrows equipment ranks among the most powerful combat gear in RuneScape. Many pieces of Barrows equipment have exceptional statistics - for example, Ahrim's robes give the fourth-greatest bonus to Magic attack out of all Magic armour, behind Zuriel's Equipment, virtus armour, and Ganodermic armour while Torag's armour gives greater defensive bonuses than armour sets such as Dragon equipment and Bandos armour. Some of the set effects can also be very formidable; such as allowing players to hit much harder as they take damage (Dharok's), pierce targets' defenses (Verac's), sap Strength (Ahrim's), Agility (Karil's) or run energy (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 repairing

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. Unlike the crystal shield and crystal bow, Barrows equipment does not suffer in performance as it degrades from fully repaired to broken. Fully repaired Barrows items start out with no numbers in their names, e.g. Karil's crossbow. It would become Karil's crossbow 100 the first time it's used in combat. Eventually it would degrade to Karil's crossbow 75, then 50, then 25 and finally 0 at which point the weapon would break and be unusable until repaired. Additionally, Barrows equipment may only be traded if fully repaired or fully broken.

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. Alternatively, players can repair the pieces themselves using an armour stand in any player-owned house. The equipment can be repaired at any stage of degrade, 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
		Level 1 Smithing	Level 99 Smithing
Helm	60,000	59,700	30,300
Body	90,000	89,550	45,450
Legs	80,000	79,600	40,400
Weapon	100,000	99,500	50,500
Total	330,000	328,350	166,650
The price is exactly 50% when operating a Smithing cape.

The sets

Note: Each of the Barrows melee sets has a weaker piece than the others (Dharok's helm, Guthan's skirt, Verac's brassard, and Torag's hammers.)

Ahrim the Blighted (Magic)

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 robes provide the fourth greatest Magic attack bonus out of all Magic robes in the game (after Zuriels, Virtus, and Ganodermic). As such it is popular among high-levelled mages. In addition, it gives Melee defence bonuses that Magic robes normally don't have, which makes it somewhat popular for PvP situations. Ahrim's staff, on the other hand, is not commonly used as it is two-handed and the set effect is generally not seen as particularly useful; however, the staff does give a 10% bonus to Magic damage.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Ahrim's hood	0	0	0	+6	-2	+15	+13	+16	+6	0	+15	0	0	0	0%	5%	2%	0%
Ahrim's robe top	0	0	0	+30	-10	+52	+37	+63	+30	0	+60	0	0	0	0%	10%	5%	0%
Ahrim's robe skirt	0	0	0	+22	-7	+33	+30	+36	+22	0	+30	0	0	0	0%	7%	3%	0%
Ahrim's staff (weapon)	+12	-1	+65	+15	0	+3	+5	+2	+15	0	0	+68	0	0	10%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	+12	-1	+65	+73	-19	+103	+85	+117	+73	0	+105	+68	0	0	10%	22%	10%	0%

Dharok the Wretched (Melee)

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 (although the helmet is weaker than other Barrows helmets), and the greataxe is also very strong although it is considered slow. Dharok's set is used for its special effect, which allows for much higher hits than otherwise possible.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Dharok's helm	0	0	0	-3	-1	+45	+48	+44	-1	+51	+15	0	0	0	0%	2%	0%	5%
Dharok's platebody	0	0	0	-30	-10	+122	+120	+107	-6	+132	+60	0	0	0	0%	5%	0%	10%
Dharok's platelegs	0	0	0	-21	-7	+85	+82	+83	-4	+92	+30	0	0	0	0%	3%	0%	7%
Dharok's greataxe (weapon)	-4	+103	+95	-4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	+105	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	-4	+103	+95	-58	-18	+252	+250	+234	-12	+275	+105	+105	0	0	0%	10%	0%	22%

Guthan the Infested (Melee)

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 200 damage may heal 200 life points. Also, a player on the Ancient Curses may heal with Deflected damage. Therefore, if a player hits a 200, and their deflect hits a 50, and if both of them get the set effect, the player will be healed for 250 life points. However, this is slightly 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 (although the chainskirt is weaker than other Barrows legs) and the set effect nearly eliminates the need for food. It can even compensate for poison damage, negating the need for antipoison against some creatures, such as Kalphite Soldiers. Guthan's set may also be used in situations where inventory space is scarce and a lot of healing may be needed, such as in the TzHaar Fight Cave. The Guthans set is used by many high-levelled players at aggressive monsters (such as Bandits or Dagganoths) to AFK (away from keyboard) as the guthans set heals them they do not have to be at the computer healing.

If you have low life points and no food remaining, it is not a good idea to wear Guthan's for healing. This is because if your hits fail to heal, you might die. If healing with Guthan's, 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 Guthan's 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, which will eventually heal you. 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.

Guthan's spear only gives shared XP or defence XP so its not recommended if you want to train Strength or Attack.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Guthan's helmet	0	0	0	-6	-2	+55	+58	+54	-1	+62	+15	0	0	0	0%	2%	0%	5%
Guthan's platebody	0	0	0	-30	-10	+122	+120	+107	-6	+132	+60	0	0	0	0%	5%	0%	10%
Guthan's chainskirt	0	0	0	-14	-7	+75	+72	+73	-4	+82	+30	0	0	0	0%	3%	0%	7%
Guthan's warspear (weapon)	+75	+75	+75	0	0	+7	+7	+7	0	0	0	+75	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	+75	+75	+75	-50	-19	+259	+257	+241	-11	+276	+105	+75	0	0	0%	10%	0%	22%

Karil the Tainted (Ranged)

Karil's set.

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

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. Karil's crossbow is two-handed, unlike normal crossbows, and fires faster than other crossbows. 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.

The set effect of Karil's set is a source of criticism, as it is seen as not very useful, especially as it has no effect on NPCs. In addition, when combined with a blessed dragonhide coif, black dragonhide armour gives better melee defensive bonuses than Karil's set (though Karil's set has better Magic, Ranged and Summoning defence), is much cheaper, and does not degrade. Also Karil's crossbow is less accurate than a rune crossbow, and the ammunition is weaker than steel bolts, although the firing speed is faster.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Karil's coif	0	0	0	-1	+3	+6	+9	+12	+6	+10	+15	0	0	0	0%	0%	5%	2%
Karil's top	0	0	0	-15	+30	+47	+42	+50	+65	+57	+60	0	0	0	0%	0%	10%	5%
Karil's skirt	0	0	0	-10	+17	+26	+20	+28	+35	+33	+30	0	0	0	0%	0%	7%	3%
Karil's crossbow (weapon)	0	0	0	0	+84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0%
Bolt rack (required ammunition)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+55	0	0%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	0	0	0	-26	+134	+79	+71	+90	+106	+100	+105	0	+55	0	0%	0%	22%	10%

Torag the Corrupted (Melee)

Torag's set.

Corruption: Successful melee attacks have a chance of lowering the victim's run energy by 20%, similar to the abyssal whip special attack.

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. Like Karil's set, it has no effect on NPCs. The hammers do carry a fairly high Crush bonus, potentially making them useful for enemies such as waterfiends or players equipped with platebodies.

Torag's helmet and platelegs are often used by players using Ranged who wish to tank (maximise defence in order to take as little damage as possible), as the armour gives good defensive bonuses with only small penalties to Ranged accuracy.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Torag's helmet	0	0	0	-6	-2	+55	+58	+54	-1	+62	+15	0	0	0	0%	2%	0%	5%
Torag's platebody	0	0	0	-30	-10	+122	+120	+107	-6	+132	+60	0	0	0	0%	5%	0%	10%
Torag's platelegs	0	0	0	-21	-7	+85	+82	+83	-4	+92	+30	0	0	0	0%	3%	0%	7%
Torag's hammers (weapon)	-4	-4	+85	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+72	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	-4	-4	+85	-61	-19	+262	+260	+244	-11	+286	+105	+72	0	0	0%	10%	0%	22%

Verac the Defiled (Melee/Prayer)

Verac's set.

Defiler: Attacks have a chance of ignoring the target's armour and any active protection prayers, potentially causing heavy 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 till the release of the Akrisae's set, which also gives more prayer bonus than the Verac's set itself. Verac 's set is still useful for players who wish to combine Melee and Prayer. The brassard does, however, give lower defensive bonuses than other Barrows platebodies; its bonuses are roughly on par with a dragon platebody.

The set effect is useful for Player killing as it can hit straight through the target's defenses. 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 (when using the stab attack style).

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Verac's helmet	0	0	0	-6	-2	+55	+58	+54	0	+56	+15	0	0	+3	0%	2%	0%	5%
Verac's brassard (body)	0	0	0	-6	-2	+81	+95	+85	0	+81	+60	0	0	+5	0%	5%	0%	10%
Verac's plateskirt	0	0	0	-21	-7	+85	+82	+83	0	+85	+30	0	0	+4	0%	3%	0%	7%
Verac's flail (weapon)	+68	-2	+82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+72	0	+6	0%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	+68	-2	+82	-33	-11	+221	+232	+222	0	+222	+105	+72	0	+18	0%	10%	0%	22%

Akrisae the Doomed (Melee/Magic/Prayer)

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 terms of prayer.

In terms of Magic (compared to Ahrim's set) Akrisae the Doomed's robes have lower magical accuracy, and about the same defensive bonuses. Akrisae's robes do NOT offer Magic damage bonuses; this confusion was caused by the Knowledge Base incorrectly stating that they do for a short period after their release. The mace, however, does have a 10% magic damage bonus, and the full set also has large Prayer bonuses. In terms of Melee, the crush attack and strength bonuses are similar to Verac's/Torag's/Guthan's, but the armour is significantly less in defence (aside from its magic defence). As a result, this armour is best suited to swapping between magic and melee to hit around protection prayers, or for any activity that would require extensive amounts of prayer, because of its set effect. It can best be described as a magic prayer set with exceptionally good melee stats.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Akrisae's hood	0	0	0	+5	-2	+17	+12	+18	+5	+1	+15	0	0	+4	0%	5%	2%	0%
Akrisae's robe top	0	0	0	+20	-10	+55	+34	+66	+25	0	+60	0	0	+8	0%	10%	5%	0%
Akrisae's robe skirt	0	0	0	+16	-7	+35	+29	+38	+18	0	+30	0	0	+5	0%	7%	3%	0%
Akrisae's war mace	+68	-2	+82	+10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+70	0	+7	10%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	+68	-2	+82	+51	-19	+107	+75	+122	+48	+1	+105	+70	+0	+24	10%	22%	10%	0%

Prices

Ahrim's set

Exchange:Barrows - ahrim's set

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Ahrim's staff	71065	4710	06:48, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Ahrim's hood	123675	4708	07:23, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Ahrim's robe top	1208389	4712	10:45, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Ahrim's robe skirt	1170981	4714	13:35, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Dharok's set

Exchange:Barrows - dharok's set

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Dharok's greataxe	742020	4718	13:49, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Dharok's helm	1454870	4716	13:59, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Dharok's platebody	746875	4720	14:05, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Dharok's platelegs	928543	4722	10:07, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Guthan's set

Exchange:Barrows - guthan's set

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Guthan's warspear	254438	4726	07:00, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Guthan's helm	344550	4724	14:27, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Guthan's platebody	643025	4728	08:21, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Guthan's chainskirt	365798	4730	07:41, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Karil's set

Exchange:Barrows - karil's set

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Karil's crossbow	319417	4734	10:33, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Karil's coif	74309	4732	08:11, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Karil's top	287892	4736	08:56, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Karil's skirt	140849	4738	15:24, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Torag's set

Exchange:Barrows - torag's setExchange:Torag's hammers

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Torag's helm	193935	4745	06:10, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Torag's platebody	846811	4749	12:34, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Torag's platelegs	693238	4751	06:10, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Verac's set

Exchange:Barrows - verac's set

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Verac's flail	250948	4755	12:22, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Verac's helm	713141	4753	08:49, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Verac's brassard	747957	4757	13:19, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Verac's plateskirt	651406	4759	06:17, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Akrisae's set

Exchange:Barrows - akrisae's set

Icon	Item	Price	ItemId	Last updated
	Akrisae's war mace	167402	21744	14:15, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Akrisae's hood	408912	21736	07:55, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Akrisae's robe top	807808	21752	12:58, November 18, 2012 (UTC)
	Akrisae's robe skirt	405686	21760	11:57, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Graphical update

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

• Cyrisus's and Pazuzu's Barrows armour was not graphically updated on 4 January 2012, but this is later patched.
• Every single set of barrows has the same summoning defence bonuses.