Barbarian Training

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Barbarian Training is a set of expansions to Firemaking, Herblore, Fishing, and Smithing. This activity also provides access to the Ancient Cavern and the numerous monsters within, such as the Mithril dragon.

Otto Godblessed, a barbarian interested in the cultural history of his people, will offer to teach eligible players about Barbarian skills if a player speaks to him in his grotto, on top of Baxtorian Falls. Otto will begin training the player after they respond with, "You think so?". Players can get there quickly by using the games necklace teleport to the Barbarian Outpost and running south. Alternatively, players can also use the Barbarian Assault minigame teleport, or run up directly from East Ardougne and climb the cliff side of the waterfall to the plateau.

When you begin, you will receive a long book titled "Barbarian Skills", which can be used to look back on what Otto has instructed you to do throughout the tasks. Later on, if you ask about the Ancient Cavern under the lake, he will give a note book that is blank at first. You add to the note book as you find ancient pages in the dungeon, which are usually collected by searching skeletons on the cave floor. Be careful though, as a Skeleton (level 132) will sometimes attack you when you search them.

Requirements

Barbarian Firemaking

• 35 Firemaking
• 11 Crafting

Barbarian Fishing

• 48 Fishing / 55 Fishing (Bare-handed Fishing)
• 15 Agility
• 15 Strength / 35 Strength (Bare-handed Fishing)

Barbarian Smithing

• 5 Smithing
• You must have completed the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest.
• You must have completed Barbarian Fishing.

Barbarian Herblore

• 4 Herblore

Equipment

Required:

• 2 metal bars (of a level you can smith — if you bring mithril or runite, also bring 2 maple or magic logs, respectively)
• Oak logs (can get some oak logs north of Otto's house, down a hill)
• 2 logs (there are logs around Otto's house)
• Some fishing bait or feathers
• A normal attack potion (2 doses)
• Roe (obtained during Barbarian Fishing)
• Any bow except twisted, cursed, dark, crystal, ogre, or the signed oak bow
• A knife
• Hammer
• An axe

Recommended:

• A games necklace to teleport to the Barbarian Outpost
• Armour, weapons and food for fighting Mithril dragons to obtain chewed bones
• A tinderbox
• Teleport to Camelot for Catherby beach or transport to the Fishing Guild

The activities

Barbarian Firemaking

First, speak to Otto, and ask about the barbarian Firemaking skills; he will tell you to take a bow and use it with oaken (oak) logs as a way of lighting them without a tinderbox. You can use any type of bow except twisted bows, cursed goblin bows, ogre bows, dark bows, crystal bows, and the signed oak bow. Although lighting logs with a bow is fancier, it gives the same experience as lighting them with a tinderbox and is more click-intensive. After lighting your first logs, speak to Otto again to be able to continue.

Firemaking with a Bow

Logs		Level	Exp
	Wood	21	40
	Achey	21	40
	Oak	35	60
	Willow	50	90
	Teak	55	105
	Arctic Pine	62	125
	Maple	65	135
	Mahogany	70	157.5
	Yew	80	202.5
	Magic	95	303.8
	Redwood	99	350

Pyre ships

An Ancient Barbarian Spirit being laid to rest

Talk to Otto after you created an oak bow fire. Otto will now explain the art of making a pyre ship after saying the following.

1. Tell him that your mind is ready for Firemaking wisdom.
2. Seek more answers, and ask him, "What follows this?"

Warning! The Ancient Cavern is one of the most dangerous dungeons in the game. All who enter the area should be prepared to face dragons with long-range attacks, and high-level monsters that can attack using more than one combat style. Additionally, there is no exit immediately available upon entering the dungeon. It would be wise to bring a one-click teleport in case of emergency!

You need to enter the dungeon below the lake and fight the monsters within to obtain chewed bones or mangled bones to be used in constructing a pyre ship. You will need some sort of woodcutting axe to carve the pyre ship and a tinderbox or a suitable bow to ignite it.

High-level dragons will use a magic-based attack on you immediately after descending the steps in the dungeon. Don't bring in anything you are not willing to lose.

When rummaging through barbarian skeletons found on the ground or when killing the various barbarians within the cavern, you may find mangled bones. The only way to get chewed bones, however, is to kill mithril dragons. Both chewed and mangled bones, in conjunction with any type of log, can be used on the burnt spaces (pyre sites), found scattered around the lake near Otto's house, to make a pyre ship. Burning a pyre ship will grant the player an experience bonus of up to 300%, depending on the logs used, the next time they bury bones.

Spirits released from chewed bones are benevolent and will give you some items, including a slim chance for a dragon full helm, while spirits released from mangled bones are aggressive ferocious barbarian spirits. Please note that if you use mangled bones to make a pyre ship, you will be unable to make another pyre ship until you kill the spirit. If you attempt to make another one while a barbarian spirit is around, the sacrifice will be declined.

Completing the barbarian skills book requires burning chewed bones dropped by mithril dragons. Otherwise, the final paragraph of the section on crafting pyre ships will be missing, and page 21 of the book will be blank even if the rest of the training has been completed. You will also need to speak to Otto again after burning the bones.

Pyre ships have a firemaking and crafting level requirement. Crafting and Firemaking CAN be boosted to make pyre ships.

/ Level	Logs		Exp	Exp	Number of bones with enhanced XP
11		Wood	10	40	1
11		Achey	10	40	1
25		Oak	15	60	2
40		Willow	22.5	90	2
45		Teak	26.2	105	3
52		Arctic pine	31.2	125	3
55		Maple	33.7	135	3
60		Mahogany	39.3	157.5	4
70		Yew	50.6	202.5	4
85		Magic	75.9	303.8	5
95		Redwood	87	350	6

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Barbarian Fishing

Otto will give the player information about Barbarian Fishing. To start this section of the training, the player must have a Fishing level of at least 48, an Agility level of 15, and a Strength level of at least 15.

There are two types of activities that fall under Barbarian Fishing: heavy rod fishing and bare hand fishing.

Heavy Rod Fishing

Barbarian fishing experience rates using a heavy rod as a function of fishing level.

Speak to Otto and then ask about fishing rod methods. He will tell you that barbarians use stronger fishing rods to catch leaping fish in the lake nearby. Search under his bed and collect a heavy barbarian rod; make sure to also have fishing bait or feathers on you. Use the fishing spots around the lake and hook a leaping fish. The Cooking experience refers to the amount of experience received from successfully gutting the fish with a knife and obtaining roe or caviar as well as a good chance of obtaining fishing offcuts, which can be used as bait for this fishing method. Roe and caviar can also be used as bait if there are no feathers, offcuts, or fishing bait in the player's inventory. However, it is most efficient to shift drop the fish, or use a three tick method involving cutting the fish right after they are caught, eating any roe or caviar from a previous cut, and then clicking on the fishing spot. At 80 cooking you no longer fail cutting salmon and sturgeon.

Fractional breakdown of fish types caught using a heavy rod at each fishing level.

Heavy Rod Fishing

Fish		Level	/ Levels	Exp	/ Exp	Exp (cutting)
	Leaping trout	48	15	50	5	10
	Leaping salmon	58	30	70	6	10
	Leaping sturgeon	70	45	80	7	15

Bare-Handed Fishing

Speak to Otto Godblessed about the barbarian Fishing methods; he will talk to you about catching fish with your arms instead of a harpoon. Level 55 Fishing is required to do this part of the training. To fish bare-handed, you do not have to retrieve mangled or chewed bones from the Ancient Cavern, or burn a pyre during the Firemaking section of the training; you only must have lit a fire with the bow method.

Go to an area where you can harpoon swordfish, tuna or sharks; the Fishing Guild and Catherby are good choices. You may also wish to use an Amulet of glory to teleport to Karamja. Click on the harpoon spot as you would normally, but without a harpoon equipped or in your inventory, and you will catch a fish using your fingers as bait!

Fishing barehanded is just as fast as fishing normally with a harpoon, but it provides small amounts of bonus Strength experience (see the table below); however, it takes a significantly higher level to fish this way. Temporary boosts in Fishing and Strength may be used in order to achieve these levels.

Bare-Handed Fishing

Fish		Level	Level	Exp	Exp
	Tuna	55	35	80	8
	Swordfish	70	50	100	10
	Shark	96	76	110	11

Barbarian Smithing

You must bring two bars, two corresponding logs and a hammer to complete the Smithing portion, not just one!

To begin Barbarian Smithing, the player must have finished Barbarian Fishing. They must also have completed the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest and have level 5 Smithing. To create and wield a hasta, you do not have to retrieve mangled or chewed bones from the Ancient Cavern, or burn a pyre during the Firemaking section of the training; you only must have lit a fire with the bow method. If Otto says, "You do not exude the presence of one who has poured his soul into manufacturing spears," it means that you need to smith a spear on the anvil near his hut first.

There are two types of activities that fall under Barbarian Smithing: Spear smithing and Hasta smithing.

• Barbarian hasta making must be completed prior to wielding a Zamorakian Hasta, as well as the Dragon Hunter Lance.

Spears

The first part of Barbarian Smithing a player will learn is about how to make spears. You will need a hammer, a metal bar and some corresponding logs. Use them on the barbarian anvil near Otto's house. Once you've made the spear, talk to Otto again, and he will tell you about hastae.

Hasta

Forging hastae is exactly the same. Take a metal bar and the corresponding logs, and then use them on the barbarian anvil. Next, talk to Otto again, and your Barbarian Smithing is completed.

A table of the spears and hastae that you can make, as well as the logs and bars needed is found below:

Spears & Hastae		Wood required		Level	Exp
	Bronze hasta		Wood	5	25
	Bronze spear
	Iron hasta		Oak	20	50
	Iron spear
	Steel hasta		Willow	35	75
	Steel spear
	Mithril hasta		Maple	55	100
	Mithril spear
	Adamant hasta		Yew	75	125
	Adamant spear
	Rune hasta		Magic	90	150
	Rune spear
	Zamorakian hasta	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Zamorakian spear

Barbarian Herblore

Before learning this section, the player needs at least level 4 Herblore. Seek more answers, and select the first option. Talk to Otto to learn about barbarian potion-making after you completed Barbarian Smithing. You will be asked to make an Attack mix from a Attack potion (2 doses).

Add the roe you obtained during Barbarian Fishing to the normal two-dose attack potion and hand it back to Otto. Your training is now completed.

After finishing this training stage, many other potions can be enhanced by adding roe or caviar to a two-dose variant of the potions. The Barbarian Herblore skill, through the creation of 'mixes', allows ordinary potions to not only heal 3-6 Hitpoints but also to provide the regular benefits of that potion, though each potion mix can have at most two doses.

Enhancing potions

First, the player must have a two-dose vial of a particular potion. To make 2 two-dose potions from a four-dose potion, the player can just use the four-dose potion on an empty vial or have certain NPCs do it for you. The player must then add either some roe or caviar to the two-dose potion, which will create a mix. Note that roe cannot be used in mixes higher levelled than the Stat restore mix; any higher level mix requires caviar. When the mix is consumed, it will not only grant the regular benefits but it will also heal 3 Hitpoints (restore mix and lower) or 6 Hitpoints (energy mix and higher). Mixes therefore count as food, and drinking them will interrupt combat in the same way as eating food does.

Left-clicking will not work for Barbarian Herblore, and each mix must be created manually. The best way to avoid accidentally consuming the fish eggs is to position them in the bottom row of the inventory so that one can select the "use" option right after right-clicking without moving the cursor.

Potion		Level	Exp	Heals	Eggs used
	Attack mix	4	8	3	or
	Antipoison mix	6	12	3	or
	Relicym's mix	9	14	3	or
	Strength mix	14	17	3	or
	Restore mix	24	21	3	or
	Energy mix	29	23	6
	Defence mix	33	25	6
	Agility mix	37	27	6
	Combat mix	40	28	6
	Prayer mix	42	29	6
	Superattack mix	47	33	6
	Anti-poison supermix	51	35	6
	Fishing mix	53	38	6
	Super energy mix	56	39	6
	Hunting mix	58	40	6
	Super str. mix	59	42	6
	Magic essence mix	61	43	6
	Super restore mix	67	48	6
	Super def. mix	71	50	6
	Antidote+ mix	74	52	6
	Antifire mix	75	53	6
	Ranging mix	80	54	6
	Magic mix	83	57	6
	Zamorak mix	85	58	6
	Stamina mix	86	60	6
	Extended antifire mix	91	61	6
	Super antifire mix	98	70	6
	Extended super antifire mix	99	78	6

Changes

Date	Changes
9 April 2015 (update | poll)	Offcuts are now prioritised over other kinds of bait when Barbarian fishing.