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OSRS Barrows Gloves Guide: Fast & Efficient

OSRS Barrows Gloves Guide: Fast & Efficient

Barrows gloves are the best and most popular gloves available in Oldschool Runescape, There are no other gloves that provide as much bonus across all combat styles as these do. They offer the second-highest bonuses in all attack styles: they offer the second-highest offensive bonus for ranged, the second-highest offensive bonus in Magic, and the second-highest bonus in strength.

Although Barrows gloves don't require defense, Pures can't obtain them because of the defense experience gained from completing the quest requirements. You need to complete the entire Recipe for Disaster quest to have the ability to purchase these gloves from the culinaromancer’s chest in the Lumbridge basement for 130,000 coins.

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The fastest way to get the Barrows Gloves

The Recipe for Disaster series comprises 10 parts: the beginning, the 8 subquests, and the grand finale, which requires 175 quest points. The steps below are the best methods to get the 175 quest points and simultaneously get the quest requirements for Barrows gloves from scratch. I suggest using Runelite's quest helper plugin when doing the quests below.

To become faster and more proficient, purchase the teleports and stamina potions and the items you'll need for the quests in the same step.

 

Step 1: Complete Imp catcher, Sheep shearer, Cook’s assistant, Restless Ghost, and X marks the Spot

Imp catcher: Rewards: 875 magic experience, 1 quest point

Sheep shearer: Rewards: 150 crafting experience, 1 quest point

Cook’s assistant: Rewards: 300 cooking experience, 1 quest point

Restless Ghost: Rewards: 1,125 prayer experience, 1 quest point

X marks the Spot: Reward: 1 quest point

 

Total quest points gained: 5 quest points.

 

Step 2: Complete Witch’s Potion and Goblin Diplomacy:

Witch’s Potion:Rewards: 325 Magic Experience, 1 quest point.

Goblin Diplomacy: Rewards: 200 crafting experience, 5 quest points.

 

Total quest points: 11 quest points

 

Step 3: Complete Prince Ali Rescue

Rewards: 3 quest points, free use of Al Kharid Tollgate

 

Total quest points: 14 quest points.

 

Step 4: Complete Vampire Slayer, Ernest the chicken, Gertrude’s cat, Pirate’s Treasure and Rune Mysteries

Vampire Slayer: Rewards: 4, 825 attack experience, 3 quest points

Ernest the chicken: Rewards: 4 quest points

Gertrude’s cat: Rewards: 1,525 cooking experience, 1 quest point, kitten, Tip: Ensure you start growing your kitten to a cat to complete RFD: Free Evil dave

Pirate’s Treasure: Rewards: 2 quest points

Rune Mysteries: Rewards: 1 quest point.

 

Total quest points: 25 quest points

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

 

 

Step 6: Complete Dwarf canon, Fight Arena, Tree Gnome Village and Waterfall:

  • Dwarf canon: Rewards: 750 Crafting experience, 1 quest point
  • Fight Arena: Rewards: 12,175 attack experience and 2,175 thieving experience, 2 quest points
  • Tree Gnome Village: Rewards: 11,450 attack experience, 2 quest points
  •  Waterfall quest : Rewards: 13,750 Strength and 13,750 attack experience, 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 41 quest points

 

Step 7: Complete Knight’s sword, Shield of Arrav, Priest in Peril, Nature spirit, Black Knight’s Fortress, and Recruitment Drive:

  • Knight’s sword: Rewards: 12,725 smithing experience, 1 quest point
  • Shield of Arrav: Rewards: 1 quest point.
  • Priest in Peril: Rewards: 1,406 prayer experience, 1 quest point
  • Nature spirit: Rewards: 3,000 crafting experience, 2,000 defence experience, 2,000 hitpoints experience, 2 quest points.
  • Black Knight’s Fortress: Rewards: 3 quest points
  • Recruitment Drive: Rewards: 1,000 prayer, 1,000 agility, 1,000 herblore experience, 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 50 quest points.

 

Train till 10 fletching cutting logs into arrow shafts.

 

Step 8: Complete the Tourist trap

Rewards: 2 quest points, 2 X 4,650 experience lamp, use both in agility

 

This would get you up to 26 agility.

 

Total quest points: 52 quest points.

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

 

Step 9: Complete the Grand Tree

Rewards: 18,400 Attack Experience, 7,900 agility experience, 2,150 Magic experience and 5 quest points

 

Total level and quest point: 57 quest points

 

Step 10: Complete Icthlarin’s Little Helper

Rewards: 4,500 thieving experience, 4,000 agility experience, 4,000 woodcutting experience, and 2 quest points.

 

Total level::59 quest points

 

Step 11: Complete Tribal Totem

Rewards: 1,775 thieving, 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 60 quest points

 

Step 12: Complete:

  • A Tail of Two Cats: Rewards: 2 quest points, 2 X experience lamps in any skill over 30
  • Romeo and Juliet: Rewards: 5 quest points

 

Use the XP reward on Agility

 

Total quest points: 67 quest points

 

Step 13: Complete Death Plateau and Doric's quest:

  • Death plateau: Rewards: 3,000 attack experience, 1 quest point
  • Doric’s quest: Rewards: 1 quest point

 

 

Total quest points: 69 quest points

 

Step 14: Complete Monkey Madness 1:

Speaking to Daero for the experience is optional and not required. Zerker & Void pures should choose the strength & hitpoints reward here to not increase the defence higher then required. 
Rewards: 55,000 experience combat after speaking to Daero and
3 quest points

Make sure you follow Quest Helper and grab all the bones needed to complete RFD

 

Total quest points: 72 quest points

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

Step 15: Complete Dragon Slayer

Rewards: 18,650 strength and 18,650 defence experience, and 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 74 quest points

 

Step 16: Complete Lost tribe and RFD: Free Goblin’s Generals:

  • Lost tribe:Rewards: 3,000 mining experience and 1 quest point
  • RFD: Free Goblin’s Generals: Rewards: 1 quest point, 1,000 cooking experience, 1,000 crafting experience, 1,000 farming experience.

 

Total quest points: 76 quest points

 

Step 17: Complete Making history and Elemental workshop I:

 

  • Making history: Rewards: 1,000 crafting experience, 1000 prayer experience, and 3 quest points.
  • Elemental Workshop I: Rewards: 5,000 crafting experience, 5,000 Smithing experience, 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 80 quest points

 

Step 17: Complete Contact!

Rewards: 7,000 thieving experience, 2x 7,000 experience lamps, 1 quest point

Use the XP lamp on Ranged on twice.

 

Total quest points: 81 quest points

 

 

Step 18: Complete Digsite and Golem:

  • Digsite : Rewards: 15,300 Mining experience, 2,000 Herblore, 2 quest points
  • Golem : Rewards: 1,000 thieving, 1,000 crafting. 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 84 quest points

 

Step 19: Complete Sheep Herder, Ardougne diary, Clock tower, Hazeel Cult, and Monk’s friend:

  • Sheep Herder: Rewards: 4 quest points
  • Finish Biohazard: Rewards: 1250 thieving experience, 3 quest points
  • Ardogune diary: Rewards: Ardougne Cloak 1, 2,500 in any skill above 30, use this on agility
  • Clock tower: Rewards: 1 quest point
  • Hazeel cult: Rewards: 1,500 thieving experience, 1 quest point
  • Monk’s friend: Rewards: 2,000 woodcutting experience 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 94 quest points

 

Step 20: Complete Elemental Workshop II

Rewards: 7,500 crafting experience, 7,500 smithing experience 1 quest point

 

Total level and quest points: 95 quest points

 

Train 14 to 15 herblore using potions

 

Step 21: Complete Shades of Mort’ton

Rewards: 2,000 crafting, 2,000 herblore experience, 3 quest points

 

Total quest points: 98 quest points

 

Train 1-30 Firemaking

Train magic to 46

 

Step 22: Complete Sea Slug and Eyes of Glouphrie

  • Sea slug: Rewards: 7,125 fishing experience, 1 quest point
  • Eyes of Glouphrie: Rewards: 12,000 magic, 2,500 woodcutting, 6000 runecraft, 250 construction, and 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 101 quest points

 

Step 23: Complete Lost city

Rewards: 3 quest points

 

Total level points: 104 quest points

 

Step 24: Complete Fairytale pt. 1:

Fairytale pt. 1: Rewards: 3,500 farming, 2,000 attack, 1,000 magic experience quest points: 2 quest points

 

 

Total quest Points: 106 quest Points

 

Step 25: Complete Merlin’s Crystal

Rewards: 6 quest points

 

Total quest points: 112 quest points

 

Step 26: Complete Holy Grail

Rewards: 11,000 prayer and 15,3000 experience, 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 114 quest points

 

Step 27: Complete: Troll Stronghold and Troll Romance

  • Troll Stronghold: Rewards: 1 quest point
  • Troll Romance. Rewards: 8,000 agility, 4,000 strength experience, 2 quest points

 

Tota quest points: 117 quest points

 

Train fletching to 25

Train crafting to 40

 

Step 28: Complete Fremennik Trials 

Rewards: 2,812 experience in Agility, Attack, crafting, defence, fishing, fletching, hitpoint, strength, thieving, woodcutting, and 3 quest points

 

Total quest points: 120 quest points.

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

 

 

Step 29: Complete Mountain Daughter and Murder Mystery

  • Mountain Daughter: Rewards: 1,000 attack, 2,000 prayer experience and 2 quest points
  • Murder Mystery: Rewards: 1,406 crafting experience and 3 quest points

 

Total quest points: 125 quest points.

 

Step 30: Complete Fishing Contest

Rewards: 2,437 fishing experience and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 126 quest points

 

Step 31: Complete Jungle potion

Rewards: 775 herblore experience and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 127 quest points

 

Train cooking till 30

Step 32: Tai Bwo Wannai complete

Rewards: 5,000 cooking experience, 5,000 fishing experience, 2,500 attack experience, and, 2 quest points

 

Total quest Points: 129 quest points

 

Step 33: Complete Creature of Fenkenstrain

Rewards: 1,000 thieving and 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 131 quest points

 

Step 34: Complete In search of the Myreque 

Rewards: 600 experience in attack, defence, strength, hitpoints, and crafting and 2 quest points.

 

Total quest points: 133 quest points.

 

 

Step 35: Complete Demon Slayer

Rewards: 3 quest points and Silverlight

 

Total quest points: 136 quest points

 

Step 36: Complete Shadow of the Storm

Rewards: 10,0000 combat experience in any combat skill you choose and 1 quest point, Use the XP rewards on ranged

 

Total quest points: 137 quest points

 

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

 

 

Train till 40 Mining

 

Step 37: Complete Watchtower

Rewards: 15,250 magic experience and 4 quest points

 

Total quest points: 141 quest points.

 

 

Step 38: Complete Alfred Grimhand’s Barcrawl and  Horror from the Deep

Rewards: 4,662 magic, strength, and ranged experience and 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 143 quest points

 

Step 39: Complete Porcine of interest

Rewards: 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 144 quest points 

 

Step 40: Complete RFD: Evli dave and RFD: Pirate Pete :

RFD: Evil Dave: 7000 cooking experience and 1 quest point

RFD: Pirate Pete: Rewards:1,000 experience in cooking, fishing, smithing, and crafting experience and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 146 quest points

 

Step 41: Complete Shilo village

Rewards: 3,875 crafting experience and 2 quest points.

 

Total quest points: 148 quest points

 

Step 42: Complete Big Chompy Bird Hunting

Rewards: 262 fletching, 1,470 cooking, 735 ranged experience, and 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 150 quest points

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

 

Step 43: Complete RFD: Lumbridge guide and RFD Skrach Uglogwee

  • RFD: Lumbridge guide: Rewards: 2500 cooking, 2,500 magic experience, and 1 quest point
  • RFD Skrach Uglogwee: Rewards: 1,500 cooking, woodcutting, ranged, crafting, and 1 quest point

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Total quest points: 152 quest points.

 

Step 44: Complete the Feud

Rewards: 15,000 thieving experience and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 153 quest points

 

Step 45: Complete Kandarin diary

Rewards: Kandarin headgear, 2500 experience in any skill over 30, use the lamp on agility

 

 

Step 46: Complete Below Ice Mountain, Lumbridge, and Draynor easy Diary :

Below Ice Mountain: Rewards: 1 quest point

Lumbridge and Draynor Easy Diary: Rewards: Explorer’s ring, 2500 experience in any skill over 30, use the lamp on agility

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Total quest points: 154 quest points

 

Step 47: Complete one small Favour

Rewards: 2 x 10,000 experience lamps (skill over 30) and 2 quest points, use the lamp on agility

 

Total quest points: 156 quest points

 

Step 48: Complete Spirit of the Elid

Rewards: 8,000 prayer, 1,000 thieving, 1,000 magic experience, and 2 quest points

 

Total quest points: 158 quest points

 

Step 49: Complete Tears of Guthix

Rewards: 1,000 crafting experience and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 159 quest points

 

Step 50: Complete Client of Kourend

Rewards: 2 x 500 experience lamps and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 160 quest points

 

Step 51: Complete The Depths of Despair

Rewards:1,500 agility experience and 1 quest point

 

Train till 40 ranged, the fastest way to do this is cannon Dagannoth at the lighthouse.

Train 40 to 44 thieving at Pyramid Plunder.

 

Total quest points: 161 quest points

 

Step 52: Complete the Temple of Ikov

Rewards: 10,500 ranged, 8,000 fletching experience, and 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 162 quest points

 

Step 53: Complete Varrock Easy Diary and Desert Easy Diary

Varrock easy diary: Varrock armor (1) and 2,500 experience in any skill over 30, use the lamp on agility.

Desert Easy Diary: Desert Amulet 1, 2,500 experience lamp; use the lamp on agility.

 

Step 54: Complete Underground Pass

Rewards: 3,000 agility experience, 3,000 attack experience, and 5 quest points

 

Total level and quest point:

167 quest points

 

 

Train 38 to 53 cooking

Train 33 to 53 fishing.

Train 48 to 49 mining and use dwarven stout to boost Heroes’s quest.

 

Step 55: Complete Heroes’s quest

Rewards: 

3,075 attack, defence, and strength experience

2075 experience in ranged, 3075 hitpoints experience, 2725 fishing experience, 2,825 cooking experience, 1575 woodcutting experience, 1,575 firemaking experience, 2,257 smithing experience, 2,275 mining experience, and 1,325 herblore experience and 1 quest point

 

Total level: 168 quest points

 

Train firemaking to 50 for Desert treasure

Train 44 to 53 thieving

 

Step 56: Complete Desert treasure

Rewards:20,000 magic experience and 3 quest points.

 

Total quest points: 171 quest points

 

Train from magic 51 to 59 

Start Legend’s quest to gain access to Kharazi Jungle

Train smithing till 40

 

 

Step 57: Complete Family Crest.

Rewards: 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 172 quest points.

 

Step 58: Complete RFD: Dwarf, RFD: Sir Amik:

RFD: Dwarf: Rewards: 1 quest point

RFD: Sir Amik: Rewards: 1 quest point

 

Total quest points: 174 quest points.

 

Train cooking to 70

Train Agility to 48

 

 

Step 59: Complete RFD: Awowogei quest

Rewards: 1 quest point.

 

Total quest points:175 quest points.

 

Step 60: Complete RFD: Culinaromancer

 

Total quest points: 175 quest points.

Requirements to get Barrows gloves

 

This boss has 5 different phases;

Agrith-Na-na

He has a max hit of 16 and attacks with Ranged and Magic-based melee, it is best to use Melee and Canon to defeat him

 

Flambeed

He has a max hit of 22 and attacks with Melee, you can use Snare and Cannon and keep your distance.

 

Karamel

He has a max hit of 20, you should stay close to him(melee range) and set auto-cast to Firebolt, also make sure to use Canon and some super restores.

 

Dessourt

He has a max hit of 19, You should be careful when fighting this boss, as he can teleport closer to you and hit very hard, use snare, and set up a cannon while he is snared

 

Gelatinnoth Mother

This has a max hit of 30 and changes color, here is the attack style to use depending on the color

White - Air

Blue - Water

Orange - Melee

Brown - Earth 

Red - Fire

Green - Ranged

 Make sure you have a rune scimitar for the melee phase and use a cannon for the Green Phase

 

Culinaromancer

This phase has a max hit of 25 and is the easiest to fight, but you should be wary of the Max hit

 

 

After defeating this boss, Congratulations, you can now purchase the Barrows gloves in the Culinaromancer chest in the Lumbridge basement shown below.

 

Culinaromancer chest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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