My Runescape Diary

I went to Barrows today, haven't been for a while so thought I would stay until my next mage level (97) not far to go.

Main drops half key (loop) and Dharoks Helm and Veracs skirt in about 25 runs as normal using my barrows strategy there were quite a few people there and I was surprised how few were doing it the easy way.

The easy way is to use prayer and wear mage armour with magic dart or better magic combat spell, in my eyes magic dart is better or as good as any other spell including ancients and wave spells at barrows.

A lot of people were wearing melee armour and whips and all sorts of melee weapons, the only melee weapons suitable for barrows are dds or full veracs even those are unpredictable, you may get a quick kill one time and take ages the next.

The thing that really tickles me is the people in full melee armour using magic dart and not using prayer, there was a rumour that magic dart was not affected by your armour or equipment mage bonus, this is a false rumour but some people swear by it, the surprising thing is some high level players believe it as well.

Using Magic dart with melee armour reduces the amount of times you hit although it does not effect your max hit, so wearing melee armour killing the monster takes longer, this increases the amount of times you can get hit by your monster and the greater amount of food to eat.

This method is unpredictable, you may not get hit or you may get hit several times in a row, you may eat all your food or you may eat none.

Wearing mage gear you will normally kill the monster quicker so get on to your next brother quicker, using prayer you will not need food (Except maybe Verac) so you save expense and inventory space and you do not need to constantly be on the ready to eat.

Several times I went in today and saw player half kill their barrows brother using magic dart and melee armour, I go in and kill mine before they do.

MAGIC DART IS AFFECTED BY MAGE EQUIPMENT BONUS!!!

Perhaps its me I just like an easy life I don't need to prove im matcho, prayer and mage gear for me.

before someone says it Ahrim is easiest to range, maging him can take an eternity.

And while im here just to let you know I got 99 range eventually, I got 99 at spiritual warriors.

At long last 99 range at spiritual warriors

Perhaps I should go and get my range cape

And what the hell I also got 82 Herblore.

I got 82 herblore but couldnt screenie so here is my 81 piccy, If anyone has a screenie of the 82 herblore and the super weapon poison ++ screen please let me know.

Addition to initial post

I got 97 magic, I did about 50 barrows runs and got in total Dharoks Helm, Veracs skirt, Veracs helm, Dragon Med Helm, 3 half keys (all loops) as well as the usual runes and bolt racks, I got 170k mage xp from barrows and ended up with more runes than I started and about 2m worth of drops, although its not quick for mage xp it can be very profitable.