Barrows
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Activity type | Combat and chest rewards |
| Start point | Sarim Hub → Barrows |
| Participation | |
| Requirements | Spade to enter the crypts |
| Rewards | |
| Rewards | Barrows equipment, runes and other chest loot |
Barrows is a repeatable combat activity for Barrows equipment and supplies. Kill all six brothers, loot the chest, then bank and go again. A full six-brother chest has a 1/7 chance of at least one Barrows piece.
Getting there and supplies
Open Sarim Hub, search Barrows and teleport. Bring:
- A spade to dig into the burial mounds.
- A Magic weapon with runes or charges. Magic is a useful starting choice against the melee brothers.
- A ranged switch for Ahrim, with ammunition.
- Food and prayer potions. 43 Prayer unlocks all three protection prayers.
Leave a few inventory spaces for rewards. Keep food for Verac even if you can protect against the other brothers.
Your first chest
- Stand on a burial mound and use Dig on your spade. Search the sarcophagus inside.
- Kill the brother that appears, then climb the stairs back out.
- One sarcophagus offers a hidden tunnel instead of a fight. Remember which one it is and finish the other five brothers first.
- Return to that sarcophagus and enter the tunnel. It takes you straight to the chest area.
- Click the chest to spawn the last brother. Switch to the right protection prayer and kill him.
- Click the chest to open it, then click again to collect the loot. Bank, restock and start the next run.
You do not need to hunt tunnel monsters for reward potential. The chest rewards use your brother kills. Looting resets those kills for the next run.
Brothers and prayers
Use the mound positions below to find each brother. Start with Dharok while your prayer and supplies are full, unless he is your tunnel brother.
| Brother | Mound | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Dharok | North-east | Protect from Melee. Keep it active until he dies; his hits can become stronger as his health falls. |
| Ahrim | Centre | Protect from Magic. Use your ranged switch. He can drain Strength. |
| Karil | South | Protect from Missiles. He can drain Agility. |
| Guthan | South-east | Protect from Melee. He can heal from damage dealt. |
| Torag | South-west | Protect from Melee. He can drain run energy. |
| Verac | North-west | Eat when needed. His attacks ignore protection prayer, so do not rely on Protect from Melee to keep you safe. |
Prayer drains while you are underground, even between fights. Watch your prayer points before searching a sarcophagus or clicking the chest.
Rewards
Kill all six brothers before looting. A full run gives six reward rolls, each with a 1/40 chance of a Barrows piece. Together, that is the 1/7 chance per chest shown above. You can receive more than one piece in a chest; a drop is never guaranteed after a set number of runs.
The equipment pool contains four pieces from each brother's set. Only brothers killed during that run contribute their equipment to the chest. Skipping brothers gives fewer rolls, a worse equipment chance on each roll and smaller ordinary supply rewards.
Other chest loot includes mind, chaos, death and blood runes, bolt racks and coins. You can also find crystal key halves, a dragon med helm, an elite clue scroll or an amulet of the damned.
Rewards go straight into your inventory. Anything that does not fit drops on the ground, so check around the chest before leaving.
Common problems
- Digging does nothing: move onto the mound and try again.
- The sarcophagus is empty: you already killed that brother for this run.
- The chest spawns a brother instead of giving loot: kill your tunnel brother, then click the chest again.
- The chest opens but gives nothing yet: click the open chest once more to collect.