Gameplay and getting going

Barrows armour is very good armour found as a common drop from the Barrows mini game chest, many people say it is a rare drop, read my Barrows guides and see how I change it from being a rare drop to a common drop.

The Armour has individual uses and I will list the main ones here, they all degrade and need repairing after about 15 hours of constant use, I repair it in my house I take 300k and have plenty of change when it is all repaired, if you have a NPC repair it for you it can work out rather expensive 330K I think.

I have all sets of Barrows armour and will get some screenies soon.

I will start with the cheapest, Karil, karil uses a 2 handed crossbow, in the barrow, fighting him he hits fast and hard and his shots can reduce your agility, losing agility is no big deal unless you use the shortcut to get to the temple on the Salve to pray between runs.

I only use his armour when fighting mage based monsters, Bloodvelds, Infernal mages, Aberrant Specters etc. I do not wear the coif as the Mind helmet has better mage defence, his crossbow has little use because bolt racks are dear and can only be won in barrows bought from an npc in the port Phasmytus (sp) or players, it is a popular weapon for the fight caves mini game.

Ahrims I never use the staff as the special reduces your opponents strength, when using mage I don't get hit anyway so its pretty pointless. I wear it when doing slayer tasks that require mage to attack, metal dragons mainly, it is also the unofficial uniform for ancient mages.

Torag, Torags armour has the best defence of all in Runescape, the helmet is the most important part of the set as this has the greatest defence bonus compared to other melee armour, I never use the hammers they hit fairly hard but they are very slow and are 2 handed so you can not wear a shield, the special reduces run energy so may be useful in the wildy but not recommended as an attack means, full Torag with whip and rune defender is a mean setup.

Veracs, Veracs has become the main method of attacking the Kalphite Queen, this is because when the special happens it can ignore prayer and armour, the Kalphite Queen uses prayer so avoiding her prayer can deal a great deal of damage, Veracs is good for high defence monsters, I use it on the mole in Fally park quite successfully it is also very good for dueling in the duel arena, it can hit as if they have no armour on and is my main fear at the arena.

Dharoks, this can hit well hard, the melee defence is good and I have hit 65 unpotted at the portals in Pest Control, as your hp goes down your ability to hit hard increases, to get the most out of the special you are sitting on a knife edge and a few seconds lag can cause the loss of your helmet, it is rare to hit with the great axe but when you do it can be devastating, for xp and general fighting it is luck if you hit hard and not recommended, at duel arena Veracs will win 9 times out of 10 over great axe because it hits hard so rarely, so if you want to see big hits use great axe, if you want good xp use a whip.

Guthans, Guthans is great for uninterrupted training, the spear can hit as hard as a d scimmy but it is slow and 2 handed so you cant have a defender or a shield, the beauty of Guthans is its special takes the damage inflicted on your opponent and transfers it to you, I have hit 27 with it and healed at the same time giving the hp of 27 to me, this is more than any food available. its special like all barrows is intermittent and can be very frustrating waiting for it to heal you as your health keeps going down, some monsters you will need to take extra food just in case. its main use is for training slayer in hard to get places, you do not need to keep going to the bank for food.

Summary

Torags for good defence
Karils for good mage defence
Ahrims for using ancients, cosmetic no real use
Dharoks for high hits
Guthans for Prolonged training
Veracs for dueling or kalphite queen

This is a question many people ask, it is fairly easy to get there but not without its dangers, this was originally added by myself as a comment to another post but due to its popularity I have added it as a post.

There are 2 places the Abyssal Demons live, the first is the slayer tower in Canafis.

Enter Canafis area via the temple on the Salve (East of Varrock), this is the temple you killed the big dog for the Priest in Peril quest, if you haven't killed the dog you cant get to Canafis or the Slayer Tower.

Assuming you have done the quest when you leave the lower level of the temple take the path north, this will take you to the slayer tower, the first monster you will come across are the crawling hands (there are only 2 aggressive monsters in the slayer tower and I will make you aware of these as you go along).

There is an agility shortcut in the second room if you have the required level you can climb up there, (Beware that brings you out with the aberrant specters these are aggressive and dangerous), if you haven't got the required agility level continue to walk around the rooms past the Banshee's and up the stairs.

The next floor you walk around and when you enter the room with the Infernal Mages there is another shortcut, if you can use this one do so as the other options of using the stairs are dangerous.

If you don't have the agility level walk around the rooms and past the Bloodvelds, in the big Bloodveld room there is a door, this door is to the Aberrant Specters, Be carefully these are very dangerous, if you can not wear a nosepeg you stand a very good chance of dying, a tip is to use a busy world so all the specters are being attacked if they hit you they use mage so they can get you from a distance and can attack you for a long way.

Just inside the door is the shortcut from the crawling hands, if you use the shortcut it is the same as using the door you need to run west then south and enter the stairs as quickly as possible, taking a hit from the specters without a nose peg will effect your stats severely, if you use the agility shortcut to get up and you take a hit you will need to take the stairs back down.

The spectres are the worst once you have got past them and up to the last floor the worst is over, the next room has Gargoyles in these are aggressive and will hit you melee style so wear protect from meele if you have it or just run like hell to the door at the north side enter the door and you are now safe.

The other side of the door is the Nechryael and the top of the agility shortcut from the infernal mages, just walk around the rooms and you will be with the Abyssal Demons.

Watch the players fighting and tell them how great they are if you wish but don't ask for free whips, it has taken a lot of work for them to get that level and noobs asking for a free whip is a pain after a while.

This is however a good way for the lower levels to get some extra cash, a lot of things you may value are left by the higher level players feel free to pick them up and sell if you wish.