Barrows

Barrows
Released	2022
Type	Minigame
Location	East of Mort'ton (::barrows)
Participants	Solo
Skills	Combat
Requirements	A spade
Location

The Barrows is a minigame at the burial mounds of the six Barrows brothers. You dig into each brother's crypt and kill him, then open the chest in the tunnels below for pieces of the brothers' equipment.

The chest holds Ahrim's, Dharok's, Guthan's, Karil's, Torag's and Verac's equipment and the Echo ahrim's ornament kit. You must kill all six brothers before you can open it.

The Barrows is not in the Wilderness, and every brother you wake up attacks only you.

Getting there

Type ::barrows or open the Teleport interface and choose Monsters → Barrows. The teleport is free.
You arrive just north of the six mounds, next to a bank chest and a Box of health. The Box of health refills your Hitpoints, Prayer and run energy and cures poison and venom.
You need a spade to dig into the mounds. You can spawn one outside PvP areas, for example with ::item (see Commands).

LocationLocation of Barrows	LevelCombat level of Barrows	DonatorDonator rank required	Multi/SingleMulti/Single/Singles-plus combat area
Barrows (::barrows)	98–115		Single

The brothers

All six brothers have 250 Hitpoints. A brother attacks you as soon as he appears and keeps fighting only you.

	Combat level	Attack	Max hit	Attack speed	Protection prayer
Ahrim the Blighted	98	Magic (Fire Wave), from up to 8 tiles away	20	6 ticks (3.6 s)	Protect from Magic
Dharok the Wretched	115	Melee (slash)	57	7 ticks (4.2 s)	Protect from Melee
Guthan the Infested	115	Melee (crush)	24	5 ticks (3.0 s)	Protect from Melee
Karil the Tainted	98	Ranged (bolts), from up to 8 tiles away	20	4 ticks (2.4 s)	Protect from Missiles
Torag the Corrupted	115	Melee (crush)	23	5 ticks (3.0 s)	Protect from Melee
Verac the Defiled	115	Melee (stab)	23	5 ticks (3.0 s)	None: his hits go through protection prayers

Defences

Every brother is weak to air spells. Wind Strike, Wind Bolt, Wind Blast, Wind Wave and Wind Surge get +50% accuracy and +50% max hit against all six (see Standard spellbook). The max hit bonus is added to your magic damage bonus, so +15% magic damage becomes +65%.

Brother	Levels		Defence bonuses
Brother	Defence	Magic	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Ranged
Ahrim	100	400	+103	+85	+117	+73	0
Dharok	100	1	+252	+250	+244	−11	+249
Guthan	100	1	+259	+257	+241	−11	+250
Karil	100	1	+79	+71	+90	+106	+100
Torag	100	1	+221	+235	+222	0	+221
Verac	100	1	+227	+230	+221	0	+225

Dharok, Guthan, Torag and Verac have very high melee and ranged defence but no magic defence. Ahrim has no ranged defence.

A Barrows run

Stand on top of a brother's mound and dig with your spade. You break into his crypt.
Search the sarcophagus. The brother wakes up ("You dare disturb my rest!") and attacks you. Kill him, then climb the staircase back up to his mound.
One of the six crypts, picked at random for each run, holds the hidden tunnel instead. Searching that sarcophagus asks if you want to enter the tunnel. Leave this crypt for last.
When the other five brothers are dead, enter the tunnel. It takes you straight to the chest room in the middle of the tunnels.
Search the chest. The last brother appears ("You dare steal from us!"). Kill him, then search the chest again to open it.
Leave through the portal next to the chest. It takes you back up to the bank chest and the Box of health, ready for the next run.

Rules

Only one brother can be awake at a time. A brother you have already killed in this run does not wake up again.
If you move more than 10 tiles away from a brother, he disappears. Search his sarcophagus again to wake him.
The chest only opens when all six brothers are dead. The brother of the tunnel crypt can only be woken at the chest, once you have killed at least one other brother.
The doors of the chest room are locked, so you leave through the portal.
Your progress is saved, even when you log out, until you open the chest. If you leave through the portal before that, the game asks you to confirm.
An overlay lists the six brothers and ticks off each one you have killed. The minimap is dark inside the crypts and the tunnels.

Setups

These setups come from what players wear when they kill the Barrows brothers. Each tab shows the gear most players use at that price, what it costs, and how long a solo kill usually takes with it. Prices are in PK points (PKP) at today's in-game prices, and spawnable items are free to spawn. Kill times are for one brother. Most players use melee.

Slot	Item	PK points
Head	Helm of neitiznot	Spawnable
Cape	Cape of legends	Spawnable
Neck	Amulet of glory(6)	Spawnable
Weapon	Abyssal whip	Spawnable
Body	Rune platebody	Spawnable
Shield	Rune defender	Spawnable
Legs	Rune platelegs	Spawnable
Hands	Barrows gloves	Spawnable
Feet	Rune boots	Spawnable
Ring	Ring of recoil	Spawnable
Supplies (inventory)		Free
Total		Free

Typical solo kill: about 1 minute

Everything here can be spawned for free.

Slot	Item	PK points
Head	Dharok's helm	150
Cape	Fire cape	1,000
Neck	Amulet of fury	1,000
Ammo	Holy blessing	Spawnable
Weapon	Abyssal tentacle	2,500
Body	Dharok's platebody	350
Shield	Dragon defender	1,000
Legs	Dharok's platelegs	350
Hands	Barrows gloves	Spawnable
Feet	Primordial boots	2,500
Ring	Berserker ring (i)	1,000
Supplies (inventory)		1,021
Total		10,871

Typical solo kill: about 50 seconds

The Abyssal tentacle is the most used weapon in this tier (27 players).

Slot	Item	PK points
Head	Serpentine helm	5,500
Cape	Fire cape	1,000
Neck	Amulet of blood fury	1,500
Ammo	Rada's blessing 4	25
Weapon	Osmumten's fang	200,000
Body	Bandos chestplate	5,000
Shield	Dragon defender	1,000
Legs	Bandos tassets	5,000
Hands	Barrows gloves	Spawnable
Feet	Primordial boots	2,500
Ring	Berserker ring (i)	1,000
Supplies (inventory)		1,021
Total		223,546

Typical solo kill: about 40 seconds

The Osmumten's fang is the most used weapon in this tier (4 players).
Few players fight it in this price range, so this tab is based on a small group of players.

Slot	Item	PK points
Head	Sanguine torva full helm	500,000
Cape	Infernal max cape	8,849,000
Neck	Amulet of rancour	250,000
Ammo	Holy blessing	Spawnable
Weapon	Sanguine scythe of vitur	90,000,000
Body	Sanguine torva platebody	700,000
Shield	None (two-handed weapon)
Legs	Sanguine torva platelegs	700,000
Hands	Ferocious gloves	875,000
Feet	Avernic treads (max)	100,000
Ring	Ultor ring	2,000,000
Supplies (inventory)		1,021
Total		103,975,021

Typical solo kill: about 10 seconds

The Sanguine scythe of vitur is the fastest weapon in this tier (8 players).
An Infernal cape has the same stats as the Infernal max cape.

Rewards

Opening the chest gives you at least one item from the list below. The items go straight into your inventory (onto the floor if your inventory is full), and a window shows what you got. The game also tells you what the chest is worth in PK points and how many Barrows chests you have opened.

Image	Name
	Ahrim the Blighted's equipment
	Dharok the Wretched's equipment
	Guthan the Infested's equipment
	Karil the Tainted's equipment
	Torag the Corrupted's equipment
	Verac the Defiled's equipment
	Echo ahrim's ornament kit

Every item from the chest is added to the Barrows Chests page of the Collection log, which also counts your chests. Completing the page rewards a Dharok's, Ahrim's, Karil's, Verac's and Torag's armour set.
The Echo ahrim's ornament kit turns an Ahrim's piece into its echo version (see Ahrim's equipment).

Barrows equipment

Each brother's set has its own effect when you wear all four pieces. The set pages have the stats and the exact effects.

	Style	Effect with all four pieces
Ahrim's equipment	Magic	Your spells can lower another player's Strength.
Dharok's equipment	Melee	Your max hit grows as your Hitpoints drop.
Guthan's equipment	Melee	Some of your hits heal you.
Karil's equipment	Ranged	Together with the Amulet of the damned, some hits on players hit a second time.
Torag's equipment	Melee	Your hits can drain a player's run energy.
Verac's equipment	Melee	Some of your hits skip the accuracy roll, and against players they go through Protect from Melee.

Wearing an Amulet of the damned with a full Ahrim's, Dharok's, Guthan's, Karil's or Verac's set adds an extra effect (see its page).
Every piece is also sold in the PK Point Shop.

Tips

Air spells work well against all six brothers, thanks to their +50% accuracy and max hit bonus.
Pray Protect from Melee against Dharok, Guthan and Torag, Protect from Magic against Ahrim and Protect from Missiles against Karil. Dharok can hit up to 57, so never fight him without Protect from Melee.
Verac's hits go through protection prayers, so keep your Hitpoints up while you fight him.
The Barrows is not a safe minigame. If a brother kills you, you lose your items as in any normal death (see Items Kept on Death).
For a step-by-step money making guide, see Money making guide/Barrows.