OSRS Barrows Guide for Beginners (Ironman Friendly)

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Welcome to an informative guide for Ironmen in Old School RuneScape (OSRS) on how to easily master the Barrows boss solo. Barrows is a fantastic starting boss for new players, offering a great introduction to boss mechanics and valuable loot for your Ironman account.
In this guide, we'll provide step-by-step strategies for taking down each of the six Barrows brothers - Dharok, Guthan, Karil, Torag, Verac, and Ahrim - as well as their accompanying crypt monsters. Learn the most effective gear setups, inventory management techniques, and combat strategies for each brother's unique weaknesses and attack patterns.
We'll provide tips on navigating the Barrows crypts efficiently, conserving prayer points, and using prayer flicking to your advantage. Discover how to optimize your inventory space, farm necessary supplies, and make the most out of your loot drops, including the coveted Barrows armor and weapons.
As an Ironman, making use of your skills and resources is crucial. We'll share alternative methods for obtaining gear and supplies, such as crafting and smithing your own equipment, as well as strategies for conserving resources and managing your inventory effectively.
Whether you're a new player looking to learn the ropes of bossing or an Ironman seeking to maximize your loot potential, this guide has you covered. Gear up, hone your combat skills, and get ready to conquer the Barrows boss solo like a pro in OSRS!
Intro: 0:00
How to get there: 0:35
Minimum Levels: 1:59
Recommended Levels: 2:13
Gear: 2:44
Inventory: 6:17
Kill Order: 8:17
Locating The Tunnel: 10:36
Inside the Tunnel: 11:07
Center Room: 13:12
Loot: 14:03
Outro: 15:22
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@FrosttBytte Жыл бұрын

amazing you told us bolt racks usually aren't worth going for and actually explained why, that alone sets you apart from so many people, nice guide!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Thanks for the kind words.

@nathanieleaton5081 Жыл бұрын

You can buybthem in port phasmatis or something like that

@followsthenight Жыл бұрын

This was so well done and put together, I love how "to the point" you got. It was informative to the perfect amount, and finally an ironman guide! Seriously, very well done, thank you man!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it, many more ironman guides to come :)

@Schboop Жыл бұрын

On a FSW account and literally have no clue how to do it on a low level anymore. This guide is mint- good stuff dude!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it could help!

@cupcakefamine Жыл бұрын

I have no idea why I watched this video as I have over 700kc at barrows, but a very very good video that describes everything flawlessly. Wish I would have watched a video this thorough when I started Barrows on my Iron!

@DakJD Жыл бұрын

Love these iron-man friendly guides! Great job :)

@Yippaah Жыл бұрын

Been a while since I've seen such a well-rounded and concise guide. Really had to leave you a comment to show you gratitude. Thanks a bunch!

@ltcobolt3742 Жыл бұрын

Tbh this is handily the best low level ironman guide for osrs, thanks brother good work 👌🏻👌🏻

@knoxy3808 9 ай бұрын

I don’t usually comment on videos but this was such a fantastic guide it warranted it. Great effort and planning of the script, deffo earned a sub 🙏

@chrisdelong7765 9 ай бұрын

This is one of the best OSRS guides I've seen. It's to the point and concise, something a lot of other guides don't seem to do often. As someone who has yet to do barrows, this makes things much more clear. Thank you+

@Murliini Жыл бұрын

Great guide, easy to follow for players who have never been to Barrows.

@ojwestwood Жыл бұрын

Fantastic guide! Very well put together. Well done!

@smallnutsroider Жыл бұрын

Your guides are fantastic my man, keep it up!

@therealchromify Жыл бұрын

Best guide for Runescape I've ever seen period. You earned a like and a sub.

@MichaelJSNeves 2 ай бұрын

I just did my first barrows run thanks to your guide thank you 😊

@kylerd787 Жыл бұрын

I just logged in on my ironman after a long break. And i totally forgot on which gear/switches were best, and your guide helped a lot. Great barrows guide. Cheers👍

@AntiSora2 Жыл бұрын

Oh look at that, algorithm has brought this to light, good luck lad, and good guide

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it, thanks :)

@Rayrraff Жыл бұрын

Your guides are awesome! I think a good zulrah mage only guide for 1kc and then longer grind for ironmen would fill a big void on youtube.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

I might do a Zulrah guide in the future, and thanks :)

@deancollingbourne8669 Жыл бұрын

The best barrows guild hands down!! Thank you

@anarchy6417 11 ай бұрын

Best barrows guide I’ve ever seen. Well done good sir

@bum36901 Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ man, I’m only 4 minutes in and the way you explain stuff makes a lot of sense haha other content creators blab off shit I don’t understand lol

@jordankilpatrick Жыл бұрын

Found your cg guide, then just watched all your others for fun. Amazing guides, easily some of, if not the best in all of youtube. Excited to watch your channel explode! Keep up the great work

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! :)

@samnuytten1939 Жыл бұрын

Very clear guide! Thanks and keep up the good work

@LifeForAiur Жыл бұрын

For those that might want to minimize prayer pot useage, here is something my brother and I found worked for our GIM: go with black d'hide body and chaps (if you have god d'hide even better). Keep a single prayer pot with you and have potatoes with cheese for food. With this setup you should prioritize Dharok then Karil then Guthan then Ahrim. Just pray for these guys. When your prayer runs out, tank the rest. The rational is that this way you should only ever really have to drink a prayer pot if Dharok is in the tunnels because you can either tank or outeat the rest (Ahrim, for example, against Black 'hide with have a tough time). The only one that may require some heavy eating is Karil but potatoes with cheese are rather cheap, so you should be fine. This method worked for my stats which were: 79 hitpoints, 75/78/70 attack/strength/defense, 75 ranged, 78 magic, and 70 prayer.

@Taint-Bruiser Ай бұрын

I love your Ironman friendly guides. You earned a sub ❤

@snurod 8 ай бұрын

Excellent guide. Well made and thought out. Explained in detail. Thank you.

@Grog Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I plan on going member soon and I'll definitely come back to this vid as a guide 😊

@timothy6687 Жыл бұрын

Great guide! I wanted to get more into barrows on my account and this really helps. Cheers

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Good luck and thanks for the kind words! May the RNG gods bless your loot.

@klaskla8e Жыл бұрын

Great video! Been putting off Barrows for way too long. Look forward to the next video! Subscribed. :)

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks! More to come soon!

@Brothermon Жыл бұрын

Wow, this was very well made. Keep up the good work!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@snipez677 Жыл бұрын

Great guide, keep it up! Drop more content and you'll definitely be a top content creator soon

@BlackAxon Жыл бұрын

Really good content. Shocking to me that you don't have more subs. You seem like a mega promising youtuber.

@nathanieleaton5081 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Let's get him famous. Very clear voice and not shakey

@l0lzarapter 11 ай бұрын

bro really just put the barrows map facing south confused me for a second when dharoks was not on the top right. well done vid though, explained it very well.

@thomassimpson4957 Ай бұрын

Great guide, very Ironman friendly, thank you!

@Davvison 4 ай бұрын

This is the best barrows guide out there

@grayesan9106 Жыл бұрын

I have just discovered your videos and am becoming a huge fan! One thing I'd like to point out though, if you UNequip Iban's Staff before the Tome of Fire and Equip the Tome of Fire before the Iban's Staff, you will stay on Autocast... but it's also a fair point that keeping fire runes in your inventory will remove the need to pay attention to the order of equiping. I hadn't thought of that method before.

@Liftedtrucks909 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos! I was blown away when I saw you had 292 subs. I figured you had at least 500k. Very well done videos! I like you demeanor you seem genuinely into the game and i love listening even though i dont play much anymore. keep it up!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Haha, I wish I had 500k, this channel is still pretty new. Thanks for the kind words, I've got many more videos to come :)

@Liftedtrucks909 Жыл бұрын

@@roseyosrs yeah man your welcome! do you know what ur next video is about?

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

I am currently working on making a Dagannoth Kings guide

@TrevorSchipsi Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Very helpful

@ListeningAndThinking Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see your channel blow up!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

You and me both!

@crazycarl1439 Жыл бұрын

fantastic guide man keep it up!!

@kenmac7933 2 ай бұрын

thorough, and informative. thank you

@kasperbonde8189 Жыл бұрын

Awesome guide brother. Will try it out. Thx!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good luck :)

@danceisfreeing43 Жыл бұрын

So cool! Love the spooky theme!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Brevundio 2 күн бұрын

Great guide!

@yungalch8987 Жыл бұрын

Excellent guide man

@TDUNKS21 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@leoni7649 3 ай бұрын

Ironman friendly guides are amazing

@mrfrivolusfr8482 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic guide!

@WiKAi 10 ай бұрын

Ghommal's hilt 2 from the medium combat achievement nullifies the prayer drain at Barrows. Make sure to bring it :-) This was added after you made the video.

@DJR1888 Жыл бұрын

top tier guide! tyvm

@tristenbreiner8714 Жыл бұрын

very great video, stay motivated.

@petihead_does_stuff 7 ай бұрын

really good guide, thx!

@wowsecretsyt Жыл бұрын

This is an awesomely conclusive guide I wish I had for starting Barrows on my GIM about 8 months ago. I scoured for guides but nothing was actually geared towards iron's, especially low level, with as much information as this one included. One tip I have, while using iban's blast (yes I still don't have 87 slayer a year later), is that you don't need the extra fire runes in your bags. What you need to do is switch the iban's staff first, not the tome. To keep in mind, make sure you always have the tome equipped when you have the iban's staff equipped. I make it easier on myself and use item markers and mark my tome green, so I make sure it's always on before equipping the staff.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am trying to make guides with Ironmen in mind for that very reason :) And yeah that way totally works too I just find it a little easier to bring fire runes so I don't have to worry if I equipped something in the correct order.

@wowsecretsyt Жыл бұрын

@@roseyosrs Yea, that was a great idea and a good solution to it, that I hadn't previously thought of. Can't wait to see your future guides.

@ItsTheCarlos Жыл бұрын

Loved your guide and your style. Can’t wait to see what you come out with next!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you've enjoyed the videos so far, much more to come! :)

@DaleChapmanCornwall Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Going to attempt a run later

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@DaleChapmanCornwall Жыл бұрын

@@roseyosrs the servers been down all day so thanks 🤣

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

haha yeahhhh, bad timing lol

@potatoesstarch2376 Жыл бұрын

Really decent, handy video

@JoeyP946 5 ай бұрын

the medium hilt from combat achievements is amazing for barrows, together with pool and the portal it's easy breezy

@zebbe996 3 ай бұрын

Amazing guide

@LionLadTV Жыл бұрын

well made! awesome guide

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Thanks , I'm glad you liked it!

@brutalityistruth2049 Жыл бұрын

Best quality osrs guide I've seen in a while. Ty

@sequoia_ghost Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@YoakinDamian Жыл бұрын

very good guide my brother

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

@determinedfreddy3274 Жыл бұрын

amazing

@cammro 6 ай бұрын

i found maging karil is much better. his average defences on his melee side are still better than the majority of monsters, iron dragons have +70s to karils +100s, while karil's mage level is 1, which contributes way more because of how calcs work, you'll only splash 10% of the time because of his armour . you can also mini game teleport to shades of mortton. but ye i'm with the comments, the barrows is the coolest themed place in the game, and a nice chill run around with a fun loot box at the end of it

@vallytine Жыл бұрын

It's always funny how people refer to the brothers in the possessive sense, like you're not fighting Ahrim, you're fighting Ahrim's Great video though, I actually started with the first two methods of getting to barrows until I got my magic high enough for the portal from doing barrows runs myself.

@MattSlapps Жыл бұрын

Should also know that the medium combat task hilt while worn in the barrows rooms or crypts will not allow the prayer drain to take effect. Finding this out has helped me use wayyy less supplies or have to teleport back to recharge prayer.

@caseyjoehnk Жыл бұрын

Is this really that effective since it needs to remain equipped? (Genuinely asking, never used it.)

@CapntSpankey 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely!@@caseyjoehnk

@Timanentus Жыл бұрын

Absolutely great guide what inspirated me to start grinding Barrows. ...editing from previously written comment, Ghommal's Hilt was changed back to nullify prayer loss at level 2, where as it was for a short while functional at level 1. :( The guide is back to being fully up-to-date.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it doesn't really change anything about the process but it is a really awesome update especially for early game ironmen wanting to save on pray pots.

@Reviveftp 4 ай бұрын

ty!

@BlackEyedFish Жыл бұрын

thjanks

@NeroCloud 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@selkokieli843 Жыл бұрын

Barrows portal and trident are so significant upgrades that I would avoid going to barrows before them. However a solid guide for beginners wanting a few barrows pieces! I prefer waiting due to how good dps eliminates regular prayer pot use and skipping the walk is a major bump up in speed too. For an amazing set up, throw in the healing pool and some strange old lock picks if you're going to do a lot of sepulcher at any point.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

While I agree everything you mentioned here 100% makes barrows way faster, its just not exactly the point of this guide. This guide was designed for complete beginners with ironmen in mind and to recommend they wait on barrows till 87+ slayer, 83+ herblore and 82+ construction (with boosts) just isn't realistic. You are right though getting a few pieces and moving on is exactly what you should do at these early levels. That being said waiting till you get the barrows portal really is a massive time save and I mentioned that the video.

@cillacaver 5 ай бұрын

tyvm

@kardainzr161 Жыл бұрын

Overheads? You mean Protect Prayers. Got it. Thanks =)

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

They are commonly called overheads because they display an icon over the players head and I think its just a little quicker to say than protections prayers haha. Sorry for the confusion.

@Knjklj Жыл бұрын

Surprised you didn't mention using the 20 minute cooldown minigame teleport to teleport to shades of mor'ton, but I guess with how long the animation takes to cast it'd be about the same as Mory legs

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Well, the main issue with the minigame teleport is the average run really should really only take around 10 minutes +/- a couple minutes depending on rng, which leaves you waiting for the cooldown to finish after each run.

@fredricktheman 11 ай бұрын

Sub earned

@yohjia4481 6 ай бұрын

What do you recommend is the best reset after killing them? I dont have have a house pool. How can I reset my prayer and health efficiently?

@grettirgrattmards2348 5 ай бұрын

With a barrows portal and rejuvenating pool at your poh you can do this pretty much prayer pot free

@xxmar1n3xx 5 ай бұрын

I'd go Karil then Ahrim to avoid the melee stat reduction affecting your damage to Karil.

@McVollman Жыл бұрын

opinion on doing barrows with void range/magic base 70s

@CoffeePotato Жыл бұрын

Brought switches, but no one else brought Mario Kart, died while afk, how did this help?

@cryptok9185 Жыл бұрын

Hey im an Ironman and have gotten master wand, mages book and infinity boots from MTA so I don’t think it’s viable I use ibans staff/blast, what spell would you recommend I bring ? I do have ancients and have 83 mage

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

So I did some approximate DPS calcs for you and at least at Barrows, Ibans Staff casting Iban Blast will still be roughly 24% more dps than master wand + mages book using fire Wave (Level 75 fire spell). However if you Happen to have a tome of fire then the added fire damage increase will make master wand do roughly 20% more dps than Iban Blast. Also ancients doesn't do more damage here unless you are using Barrage spells which is honestly just a little overkill for barrows in my opinion since the rune cost is a lot higher than Ibans Blast. TLDR: (Ibans > Master wand + Mage Book) or (Ibans < Master wand + Tome of fire casting Fire spell) Hope that helps!

@cryptok9185 Жыл бұрын

@@roseyosrs wow thanks so much for taking time in that reply, do you have a discord so I can reach out to you if have any more questions

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

No problem, always happy to help :) feel free to join my community discord channel here discord.gg/YJku3smxpR

@samisuhonen9815 Жыл бұрын

I have a mid level ironman and I'm looking to get into barrows. I was just thinking if I could get away with using my void gear? I'd probably have to pray against all brothers, but the increased void mage accuracy should help me kill them faster, and I would have more room in my inventory, as I would only need to swap the rune cbow and iban's staff around. Maybe I could take a dragon dagger for specs. I got 80+ range, 60 def, 60 pray, and I can make a comfortable amount of prayer potions. So yeah I was thinking if going for void gear might make the run faster due to more accuracy and range damage even. Or would I have to drink way too many prayer pots if I pray against all brothers?

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

So, void is great in certain situations but because the Barrows brothers have really negative mage defense, the improved accuracy has very little effect compared to just wearing tank gear which I know seems really counter intuitive. So even though void gives improved accuracy it only leads to a roughly 2.7% dps increase. With Range the dps is roughly 6.6% increase over black d hide and tank legs and helm. So, yes on the surface you will indeed do more dps but very small increases and really in my opinion wont be worth simply because your defenses will plummet cuasing you to burn through prayer pots. Which my advice really if you are an ironman you will want those extra prayer pots elsewhere. Hope this helps, good luck!

@errman4279 Жыл бұрын

If u decide to go with this setup I would recommend looking up the barrows safespot guide. U only need to pray against the first 3 bosses as mentioned. Guthans torag and verac can all be safe spotted by running around their crypts so u wouldn’t have to waste a bunch of prayer pots

@PhilosophiPie Жыл бұрын

@@roseyosrs You can force spawn brothers and then safespot the melee ones. There are spots with sfaespots on both sides of the door. With Karil/Ahrim you have to get on the other side of the door when low, eat up, and go back through to hit Karil/Ahrim, repeat the process and you dont need prayer pots. You can safespot the NPCs as well, which conserves food. And "Potatoes with cheese" cost 9 gp at the Warriors Guild and heal 16 ...

@NickTorius Жыл бұрын

How do you make your graphics look like that?

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Runelite has a plugin called 1.17 HD, it gives you a bunch of HD features like lighting and textures.

@runslinganOG Ай бұрын

You need to update this guide now with the new balance changes

@runescapeguides Ай бұрын

air spells and go burrrr. Don't need any switches

@blasterrob Жыл бұрын

I still have yet to beat any boss over 4 accounts. I'm ngl, I've been terrified to boss.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

You got this!

@wearblackclothes Жыл бұрын

I would have how to figure out the puzzle at the final door. Only because this boss is so easy you can do it on mobile where you don't have any of the plugins

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

You know, I didn't really take mobile into consideration when making this but I'll try to keep it in mind for future guides.

@TomatoIsACoolGuy Жыл бұрын

is a spicy stew the only way to temp boost from 78 to 83to make a barrows portal? it's taking forever to get these red spices with just a kitten right now

@TomatoIsACoolGuy Жыл бұрын

never mind, an ancient brew is enough i bought one off the ge. i do understand why you mentioned the spicy stew as i can see why getting an ancient brew would be tougher as a beginner ironman

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Ancient Brews didn't exist when I made this video but yeah I prob still wouldn't have recommended it for ironman even if it was out.

@ZPub Жыл бұрын

I would love to work on some videos with you completely free. Would love to help come up with ideas, help check for changes, and think of odd ball information guides. Just let me know!

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

This channel is still pretty new so I'm not currently looking for anything like this but you are more than welcome to join my discord community here :) discord.gg/YJku3smxpR

@Downtohug Жыл бұрын

Great guide for new players. I haven't played in a while but maybe should add that you can safespot the melee brothers before you go into the tunnels too. It was super helpful when i learned this on my ironman years ago.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Safe spotting the melee brothers wasn't something I really did much when I was learning barrows but I can totally see how at low levels its very helpful. Great tip :)

@swerze1 Жыл бұрын

what graphics plugin are you using?

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

117 HD

@nicholasgraves3149 Жыл бұрын

I'm finding it way easier to just mage Karil down. With 70 attack, my DD only has a 35% hit chance on him and the D scim isn't much better, whereas Iban's Blast is still an 80%+ hit chance. He might be wearing ranged armor, but his magic level is still only 1, and that's the most important stat for magic defense.

@benfromvt 15 күн бұрын

ring of duelings are ez to get so i wouldnt r worry about using them on ironman

@saulurena7681 Жыл бұрын

Black Sally!!!!!!!!!

@primalops2096 9 ай бұрын

You can mage everything exept ahrims

@TXIRON 5 ай бұрын

Scurrius guide? For all us new ironment

@noodleman1705 Жыл бұрын

Morty leg teleport is much worse than barrows teleport?

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

The Morytania legs teleport you to Burgh de Rott and the Barrows teleport teleports you directly in front of the barrows entrance, so in terms of a method of travel, Barrows portal is far faster. That being said, as in my video, the Morytania legs 3 still reward you with 50% more runes from Barrows chests and are still great to get for this reason.

@snatch3610 Жыл бұрын

Definitely worth mentioning the minigame teleport to Shades of Morton as a method to get to barrows (which you can do once every 20 minutes). This is actually the fastest way before you get barrows portal.

@shizzymac6570 Жыл бұрын

hits on verac max is 24 not 23,ive 100% been hit 24 there

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

It's possible the wiki could be wrong but at least on there it states his max hit as 23

@daveb4501 Жыл бұрын

You don't need to take a melee switch. Karil is just as weak to magic as the melee brothers are.

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

The melee brothers all have between 0 and -11 magic defense, Karils has +106 magic defense. You definitely can still kill Karils with mage quickly but its on average going to be faster with using the dds spec on him.

@daveb4501 Жыл бұрын

@@roseyosrs yes but karils mage level is 0 so his defense makes little difference. You are better off dumping your specs on ahrim

@roseyosrs Жыл бұрын

Ahrims is actually pretty tanky against melee so using the dds spec on Karils will definitely still be better but I will say I did some dps calcs on Karils and surprisingly enough the dps with mage is a bit higher than just melee. So, given that information I think specing with with dds and switching back to mage would actually be better, thanks for pointing this out.