[2007] Krazy Kam's barrows guide! [Officially Verified]

Have you ever wanted to visit Barrows but never known where to start?

Here is my guide on getting you started with my method for advanced players which I call the "sidestep" method.

Stat requirements:

Minimum: 58 Magic, 30 Ranged, 50 Strength, 70 Attack and 40 Prayer

Recommended: 82 Magic, 70 Ranged, 80 Strength, 80 Attack and 60 Prayer

Quest Requirements


Minimum:

• Desert Treasure
  
• Priest in Peril
  
• Nature Spirit (Started)
  

Recommended in addition to the minimum:

• In Aid of the Myreque
  
• Horror from the Deep
  
• To have a God Cape from the Mage Arena
  
• Rum Deal
  

The area:


MUST HAVE EQUIPMENT:

A SPADE.
If you do NOT bring a spade, you will not be able to progress further.

A recommended setup for inventory/equipment and stats is here:


PLEASE NOTE: You might want to start your trips with full prayer and agility...

The order:

1st - Karil the Tainted (Ranger)

Here, you want to be using a melee style attack with a slash type weapon. Godswords work well, especially Saradomin Godsword, but using a whip is fine. You should also use protect from ranged to prevent him hitting you, as he will hit often. Here is a screenshot of me fighting him:



2nd - Ahrim the Blighted (Mage)

As you will probably have some prayer left over, it's best to take on the one that you will also need to pray on: Ahrim. Taking the combat triangle into account, it is best to use a ranged style attack against him. If you have a higher magic level, it is better to use a black salamander than to use a true ranged weapon such as a Crystal bow, or a Rune crossbow. Another reason for this is to save on inventory space, and allowing you to take more prayer potions. This means you get more runs per trip. Here is a screenshot of me fighting Ahrim:



3rd - Dharok the Wretched (Melee)

Dharok is what some people think as "the big one", or being more dangerous than the others. This simply isn't true if you use my method, and I'm about to show you why I'm able to fight him without using any prayer potions on any of the melee brothers. Although if you have any prayer left over, use it against his first attack as it will get drained. As soon as he spawns, you want to use an Ice spell against him, freezing him there. As soon as you have done so, you will want top step diagonally from him, allowing you to attack using the magic style attack of your salamander, whilst not allowing him to attack you. If you use Ice Blitz like I do, you will be able to freeze him once, and attack him 4 times with the salamander before having to run around the sarcophagus. This is a screenshot of me in battle with Dharok, having attacked him and run around the sarcophagus:



Important note: You will have to allow him to move about a bit before you can freeze him again.

4th, 5th and 6th - Guthan the Infested, Torag the Corrupted and Verac the Defiled

I will be very brief on this part, as these are all fought exactly the same way as Dharok the Wretched is. Here is a screenshot of me showing you how to approach the melee brothers:



The Catacombs

Now, I don't suppose you thought it was going to be as easy as just attack all 6 and expect to be rewarded, did you? You will have to go through the catacombs to reach the centre. To get to the catacombs, there will be one of the brothers missing from their sarcophagus, and there will be a tunnel to go through. Make sure that all 5 of the other brothers are dead before going down, otherwise you will face all of the living ones in the catacombs. Once down, you will be put into one of the surrounding rooms to the chest room. There are a series of doors to go through, some you will be able to open and some you will not. Once you are down there, find the room with 3 doors where the middle door is open. This is the room you will want to go through. Every time you go through a door, a creature will spawn and attack you. When you are in front of the door to the centre, you will be presented with one of four puzzles to solve:


Credit to tip.it and its owner


Credit to tip.it and its owner


Credit to tip.it and its owner


Credit to tip.it and its owner

Circled in green are the solutions you will have to click in order to gain access to the chest room.

Important note: The solutions will move about each time you encounter the puzzle.

Here is a map of the catacombs:


Credit to TheExtremist, zybez.net and its owner

The coloured dots refer to what type of creature will be in that room:

Bloodworm - Level 52
Crypt rat - Levels 43 and 76
Skeleton - Level 77
Crypt Spider - Level 79

Credit to TheExtremist, zybez.net and its owner

At any given point when you open a door, or when you open the chest if he hasn't spawned by that time, your 6th brother will spawn. Kill him using the appropriate method, using any prayer you need against Ahrim the Blighted, Karil the Tainted, or Dharok the Wretched.

Killing any creatures does not increase you chance of a barrows item dropping into the chest, but it will affect the chances of the type of 'junk' loot you will get.

Once you are at the chest, open it (and kill the brother if you still need to, Dharok is not such a risk if he spanws here as you have things to guard against) and take your loot. Once you have taken your loot from the chest, run out of the catacombs the way you came. Repeat the whole process again.

The Loot

You will be able to get any barrows item, but more likely you will get gold, bolt racks and/or missile runes. The more creatures you kill, the higher levelled runes you will get. For example, when you have killed no creatures, you will not be able to get any bolt racks or blood runes. With 20+ kills, you will be able to take loot from any of the list of options. It is also possible to obtain half keys (loop and teeth) and Dragon Med Helms from the chest.

Credits

All text: Krazy_Kam (Me)
All images unless otherwise stated: Krazy_Kam (Me)
The method: Admiral_Kip (A friend of mine)

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