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Old Sneakos

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1. Always kill the brothers who require prayer first. Kill dharoks (prayer is a must), then Khrail (prayer is strongly advised), then guthan and torag (prayer is helpful), then verac (prayer not needed, since he hits through it, but i can block some attacks), then ahrim (prayer not needed, unless you don't want stats slightly drained).
2.Most importantly, conserve your potions and food. At first, you will want to be very cautious and always keep prayer at max and lp at max. As long as your prayer is higher than 20* (as in 20 prayer points remaining), and your hp are at 250+, you don't need food or potions. Just remember with prayer, try to remember how long ago your prayer got drained, so it doesn't get drained when you only have 30 points remaining. Doing this, you can easily do 2-4 runs without a problem.

*this would be 2 points back in the day

These tips are really helpful for new people, I do this all the time. Gl all.

As for the tunnels, kill 4-5 creatures, remember your route if you doing a back to back trip, wear ring of wealth, be always prepared to fight a brother when you open any door.
As for route, do in search of myrque (spell check?), and fairy tale part 2. Use DLS, and walk from there.
Oh and ALWAYS kill the 5 five brothers before going into the tunnel. You don't wanna fight two brothers at once... (khrail+dhraok=death)
Just thought I'd add those, as some must-knows.
so many tips i could of added lol. Hate that it is limited to just 2. Such as staff of light spec against verac, or slayer dart, or ahrim fighting. But alas, that would be more than 2. :(

05-Jan-2012 23:03:08 - Last edited on 05-Jan-2012 23:09:56 by Old Sneakos

Razac
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use a black salamander for borthers that use melee use the best melee/range/mage armor u can i recomnd melee cuase verc hits high bring 2-3 ppots 5-9monk fish ddp for spec super set and a teleport

05-Jan-2012 23:08:33

Zarenis
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Zarenis

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my tip is magic:
If available to you use:
Arcane stream
Void mage helm
Ahrim top
Void gloves
Void Bottoms
Void Deflector
Polypore staff
Inv with 15 prayer pots
Bloods, Deaths and waters (amount depends on how long you want to stay)
method is freeze the brothers with ice spells form the ancient book, stand away and use polypore staff. use blood spells as needed to heal.
Using this method ive reach 150 loots in a trip before i got too bored.
Polypore staff with this set up can hit 400+ and knocks down the melee brothers quickly
Having 80 farming is very helpful with this method
edit: only need to prayer on karil, melee brothers cant reach you and ahrim cant hit for much on a player with this set up with and 90+ magic

05-Jan-2012 23:20:13 - Last edited on 05-Jan-2012 23:37:07 by Zarenis

Wizardman824

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Avoid using prayer potions entirely (Aside from Karil and Dharok maybe) by using the entangle and snare spells. This is especially useful on Verac where his hits may go through prayer anyways. Also, the Staff of Light and Polypore staff are both great options for dispatching the brothers (even Karil) quickly. Remeber that the Staff of Light saves runes 1/8th of the time and counts as a slayer's staff enabling the powerful Magic Dart spell. And also remember the bank in Burgh de Rott if you've gotten so far in "In aid of the Myreque" quest.

05-Jan-2012 23:20:44

Lewikins

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1) Alway use MAGIC, Slayer dart(works good) Polypore Staff (very Good) Ice -blitz or barrge- (My choice) IF YOU ARE USING ICE SPELLS YOU CAN ALSO USE A SALAMNDER (green,red,black) WARNING: ICE BLITZ HOLD THE BROTHER FOR 15 SECONDS, BARRAGE HOLD FOR 30 SECONDS.
2) Wear high defence gear, Such as Torag's or Rune. Just make sure you have some magic attack boosting items, such as a Staff, Magic Boots, Magic Cape and Magic Book. DONT FORGET YOUR RING OF WEALTH as this can give better items from the chest.
3) It's always good to use prayer, you don't have to use it. ALWAYS use prayer on karil and ahrim. Do not waste your prayer potions, if you are going to run out use a dose DONT PANIC. Once you are in the tunnels you do not need to use any, Untill you are faced with the last brother. If this doesn't happen untill you get to the chest wait untill a brother's face come on the screen then drink a dose and proceed to open the chest.
4) KILL COUNT! Most people don't care about the kill count, HOWEVER, the more kill count you get the better runes/bolts/coins you get. Using Guthan's to heal whilst getting your kill count is also a good idea. (I always get about 15-20)
5) If you are going to teleport out then it will take longer, it is more profitable to just run back and climb up the rope. If you want to use a teleport to re-stock, then i advise you to use a house teleport, then you can re-charge your prayer. IF YOU USE THIS METHOD ITS ALSO ADVISABLE TO GET A KHARYLL PORTAL IN YOUR HOME FOR FASTER TRIPS.
6)How to kill the brothers. Dharoks, Veracs, Guthan, Torag - MAGIC ALWAYS. Karil - You can also use magic on him, Ahrim - DDS, Chaotic Rapier, Or Range him.
7) ORDER: I always kill Dharoks 1st, then Karil, Ahrim, Verac, Guthan and finaly Torag. I kill them in this order because i dont really use prayer for the last 3, and you dont really need to because they are the easy ones to kill.
FINALY, Remeber... DONT DIE!

05-Jan-2012 23:25:11

Deus Lambda

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#1) Use Melee to kill off Ahrim, and Magic for the rest of the Barrow Brothers (including Karil; who is surprisingly weak against magic), in this order:
Dharok
Karil
Ahrim
Verac
(Akrisae)
Torag
Guthan
This order is based on the importance of a protection prayer while fighting the brothers, from most to least. Dharok is a MUST for Protect/Deflect Melee, and so on. From Verac onwards, protection prayers may not be needed depending on your equipment. Such equipment that may provide enough defence are equipment such as Ganodermic or Bandos.
#2) A perfect equipment setup, which I use, includes:
A Ganodermic Poncho
Ganodermic Leggings
Polypore Staff
Illuminated Unholy Book
Helm of Neitiznot
Arcane Stream Necklace
Chaotic Rapier/Abyssal Whip (For Ahrim/Akrisae)
Dragon/Steadfast Boots
Barrows Gloves
A spec weapon such as Dragon Dagger/Claws
With the strategy above, I use about 1-2 Prayer Potion doses each round of Barrow Brothers, at 95 Prayer. I start off each round of Barrows by using one dose of Prayer Potion (about 300 Prayer Points), going into Dharok's tomb and turning on Deflect Melee. With 4-5 casts of the Polypore Staff, I'll be done and move onto Karil's Tomb. By then, I'll have about 180-200 Prayer Points. With that, I use Deflect Range and kill Karil with the same ease as Dharok. After that, I go north to Ahrim's tomb. With the Polypore armour, Ahrim wont likely be able to do any damage, so I just use Turmoil with whatever Prayer Points I have left, and spec Ahrim out. If that's not enough, I'll equip a Rapier or Whip and kill Ahrim off. Then the rest can be killed without prayer.
NOTE: If you've finished the quest Branches of Darkmeyer, Barrows becomes SO much more convenient, as it is unlimited teleports within the area; with teleports to Burgh de Rott for banking and teleports to Barrows to easily get to the mounds, or to quickly get out of the tunnels after collecting your loot from the chest.
It's a bit to read, but I hope that helps!
*DeusMachinaX

05-Jan-2012 23:25:57

Fowkesy
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As silly as it may sound, but the best advice I could possibly give IS NOT TO DIE!!!! The best way of preventing this is to bring things to boost/recover your prayer, and a good stock of high level food incase you run out.
Just some guy from the internet, and may or may not be a terrible person.

05-Jan-2012 23:26:46

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