Verac's helm

Verac's helm

Verac's helm (fully broken)
Release date	9 May 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes*
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	Verac the Defiled's helm.
Weight	1 kg

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Verac's helmet in detail.

Verac's helm chathead. Notice the opening near the mouth.

Verac's helm chathead. Notice the opening near the mouth.

Verac's helm is melee armour worn in the headwear slot that is part of Verac the Defiled's set of barrows equipment. To wear Verac's helmet, a player must have 70 Defence. This piece of armour cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

Being part of Verac's set, when Verac's helm is worn, along with all of the other pieces of equipment in the set, successful attacks have a chance of hitting through an opponent's Defence and Prayer, potentially causing heavy damage.

The price of the helmet was once much more expensive than other pieces of the Verac's set because of a high demand for Verac's helm. For this reason, it is often used in scams - players would switch the helmet with a Verac's skirt just before the trade was completed.

Verac's helm is considered to be a full helmet, making it the third strongest of all full helmets (behind the degradable Statius's full helm, and Torva full helm). This helmet is often used in 'tank' combat due to the high defensive bonuses as well as a Prayer bonus. This helmet is commonly used during the Fight Caves minigame because of its good melee defence and prayer bonus.

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

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A male player wearing Verac's set A male player wearing Verac's set	A female player wearing Verac's set. A female player wearing Verac's set.
Attack bonus
0	0	0	-6	-2
Defence bonus
+55	+58	+54	0	+56
Other bonuses				Slot
0	0	0%	+3

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

• Before the update, when talking to an NPC with Verac's helm on, the chathead's mouthpeice seemed to open and close, unlike others of its kind, such as the Rune full helm and Dragon full helm.
• This helm can be attributed to being like the Roman gladiator helmet of a Murmillo.