Guthan's helm

Guthan's helm

Guthan's helmet (fully broken)
Release date	9 May 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Only when fully degraded or undamaged
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	61,800 coins
Low Alch	41,200 coins
Destroy	Drop (If you drop this item it will break. Are you sure you want to drop it?)
Store price	Not sold
Examine	Guthan the Infested's helm.
Weight	2 kg

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Guthan's helm chathead

Guthan's helm is melee armour worn in the headwear slot that is part of Guthan The Infested's set of barrows equipment. To wear Guthan's helm, a player must have 70 Defence. Guthan's helm has the second highest defensive bonuses drawn with Torag's helm, both being succeeded by the Torva full helm for first place.

Being part of Guthan's barrows set, if Guthan's helm is worn along with all of the other pieces of equipment in Guthan's barrows set the player receives a special effect. Successful attacks have a chance of replenishing life points equal to the damage the player deals. This piece of armour cannot be made using the Smithing skill. It is commonly used by rangers as a helm, due to the low range attack deduction, and high melee defences.

Despite Guthan's having more than average combat stats, it is mostly used by players to heal (and saves space that would have been used bringing food) and then they revert back to their regular melee armour. This method saves money and ultimately puts off having to repair the armour as regularly.

• Guthan's helm is only tradeable when undamaged or fully broken.
• If you drop this item it will degrade to "0".

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wearing Guthan's helm
Attack bonus
0	0	0	-6	-2
Defence bonus
+55	+58	+54	-1	+62
Other bonuses				Slot
0	0	0%	0

Repair

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.

Trivia

• Guthan's helm used to look similar to Arrav's helm.
• If a player wears this helmet (along with any other helmet with horns) and talk to any Minotaur familiar, a rather funny conversation will occur.
• Guthan's helm worn by Guthan the Infested is less detailed than a player's. This is due to the Barrows Brother's outdated graphics.
• A red version of Guthan's helm is worn by the level 81 and 84 Zamorak warriors, along with what appears to be a Zamorak kiteshield and Vesta's longsword.
• Some players who buy the Guthan's set complain that your character's chathead can be seen through the helmet, making it seem much less threatening.
• Guthan's helm and Torag's helm have equal defensive stats, but the Torag's helm is cheaper due to the less useful set effect.
• There is currently (As of November 4th, 2012) a glitch where this helmet will cause female players' heads to 'detatch' from their bodies. This, as of now, has not been fixed.