Dharok the Wretched's equipment

A player wearing a full set of Dharok's equipment.

Dharok the Wretched's equipment is obtainable from Barrows. Note that completing the minigame does not guarantee you will get a Barrows item. Like all Barrows equipment, Dharok's requires 70 Defence to wear, while the Greataxe requires 70 Attack and Strength to wield. Note that over a period of time like all Barrows items, the armour will degrade, making it untradeable when it is at 100 and below. It is only tradeable when fully repaired or at (0).

Set effect

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A player hitting 1000+ with Wretched Strength.

Wretched Strength: Maximum melee hit increases according to the amount of damage the wielder has taken. The damage increase maxes out at 1 lifepoint, at which point maximum hit is doubled.

The formula appears to be for every life point lost, the hit is 0.1% higher; when a player has 990 max life points and is reduced to 1, the set effect will deal close to double damage (98.9% higher). It is possible to hit a 1100+ with the full set by using a Salve amulet (e), wearing max possible strength equipment, attacking an undead monster with 10 life points and 99 Strength, and using a extreme strength or overload potion without life point boosts. With the maximum health boost with bonfires, torva gloves and boots and the same equipment stats, and potions as stated above, it is possible to hit a whopping 1615 damage at 1 lifepoint. Due to the fact that at low life points the risk of dying is very high, many players only use Dharok's for playing safe minigames such as Pest Control or when training on monsters with a low max hit such as Experiments. Alternatively, some players utilise the set effect while using the Protect from Melee prayer or Deflect Melee curse, especially in areas near altars. The full set must be wielded to yield the special effect.

A player activating Dharok's set effect, Wretched Strength.

Many players using Dharok's intentionally lower their life points to take advantage of the set effect, colloquially referred to as "Dharoking". Common methods of lowering life points are:

• Dropping nitroglycerin, which will deal 250 damage, or 350 if it has been identified by the archaeological expert at the Exam Centre.
• Using the Lunar spells Heal Other or Heal Group, both of which hit for 75% of the player's life points.
• Drinking Zamorak brews, which remove 10% +20 of remaining life points.
• Attacking Splatters at Pest Control, which explode upon death, damaging all nearby players. Dharok's set is commonly used in Pest Control, as it is a safe minigame and the dangerous nature of Dharok's set makes death more likely.
• Picking nettles without gloves on, which deals 60 points of damage per attempt.
• Drinking Poison chalices, which can lower up to 600 lifepoints (or heal up to 490).
• Drinking an overload potion dose, which deals 500 damage.
• Attempting to eat a Dwarven rock cake, which deals 10 damage per bite.
• A regular rock cake deals 40 damage per bite; until you get to 40 HP and then it will only drop you to 25 Hp.

Player killing with the set

Player killers and Player rushers often use a very powerful weapon special attack (e.g. Godsword/Dragon claws/Dark bow) before wielding the axe. This is most effective if Vengeance is cast. Similarly, players may use a Bandos godsword special attack on their opponent before switching to the full set. This is exceedingly useful as both the high accuracy (from lowering the opponents defence) and high strength can cause frequent high hits making this one of the best combos - in spite of the axe being slow and the player needing to lower their Constitution below 50%. However, Dharokers usually lower their Lifepoints to dangerous levels and are therefore susceptible to death from a powerful hit.

The individual set pieces can all be obtained from the Barrows minigame, as well as trading with another player (providing they are either fully repaired or fully broken), killing a player that has the armour (which yields fully broken pieces), or from purchasing them from the Grand Exchange.

This set is the now most expensive out of all of the Barrows sets after recently raising in price.

Trivia

• Unlike the special effects of the other Barrows armour sets, which randomly activate, the effect is constantly active when wearing Dharok's set.
• Attempting to take the Holy Cithara from the Reliquary beneath the Abbey reduces the player's life points to 1, this would be an effective way of safely lowering the player's life points.
• On January 4th, 2012 update the armour had a graphical makeover.
• The current max hit with Dharok's is 1615. **
  • As of the new GWD/Nex armour update, the potential max hit may be increased with the use of Torva Gloves/Boots as it does not disrupt the 4 piece set of dharoks. The lifepoints boost generated by these items may now cause the max hit to be upwards of 1500.

Item	Attack bonuses					Defence bonuses						Other				Absorption
Helmet	0	0	0	-3	-1	+45	+48	+44	-1	+51	+15	0	0	0	0%	2%	0%	5%
Platebody	0	0	0	-30	-10	+122	+120	+107	-6	+132	+60	0	0	0	0%	5%	0%	10%
Platelegs	0	0	0	-21	-7	+85	+82	+83	-4	+92	+30	0	0	0	0%	3%	0%	7%
Greataxe	-4	+103	+95	-4	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	+105	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0%
Totals	-4	+103	+95	-58	-18	+252	+250	+234	-11	+274	+105	+105	0	0	0%	10%	0%	22%