Barrelchest anchor | OSRS Index

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Barrelchest anchor



Released							6 March 2007 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							The Great Brain Robbery
League region							Morytania✓

Properties

Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Destroy
Destroy							If you drop the Anchor it will be destroyed, and you will need to get a new one from Brother Tranquility, then pay Smith to re-forge it.
Examine							This is likely to put my back out...

Values

Value							230,000 coins
High alch							138,000 coins
Low alch							92,000 coins
Weight							30 kg

Advanced data

Item ID							10887
Link							MOID

The barrelchest anchor is a two-handed spiked weapon and quest item acquired in The Great Brain Robbery. 60 Attack and 40 Strength are required to wield it. It is obtained after killing Barrelchest.

Players receive this item in a broken state and must pay Smith on the docks of Mos Le'Harmless a fee of 230,000 coins to repair the anchor (Book o' piracy is needed to properly speak with Smith). If the anchor is lost, players can retrieve another damaged anchor from Brother Tranquility or purchase a repaired one from Perdu for 290,000 coins. Similar to the Bearhead, players do not need to complete The Great Brain Robbery in order to use or reclaim the Barrelchest anchor.

The anchor has a soft requirement of 50 Prayer in order to start The Great Brain Robbery. Many combat pures may still opt to complete the quest as Smite requires 52 Prayer.

The barrelchest anchor's stats are almost equal to those of Dharok's greataxe. It is well known as a PKing weapon, used in combos such as anchor to Granite maul specials.

It can be upgraded to the Barrelchest anchor (bh) with a Barrelchest anchor imbue scroll, which has a +10 increased crush and strength bonus and a +15% increase to the special attack's damage. The upgraded version can only be used for PvP in the Bounty Hunter minigame, Castle Wars, Clan Wars and Soul Wars however.

Combat stats

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Attack bonuses

-2	+10	+92	+0	+0

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+100	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Pound	Crush	Accurate	6 ticks (3.6s)	1 tile	+3 Attack
Pummel	Crush	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Spike	Stab	Controlled			+1 Attack, Strength, Defence
Block	Crush	Defensive			+3 Defence

Special attack

A player using the barrelchest anchor's special attack, Sunder.

The barrelchest anchor has a special attack, Sunder, which doubles the player's accuracy, increases max damage by 10%, and drains the opponent's combat stats equivalent by 10% of the damage dealt in the following order: Defence, Attack, Ranged, then Magic.^[1] This consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy.

The stat drain total is based on 10% of the base damage roll, and will not take into account any modifiers applied at a later point in the calculation.^[2]

Creation

The player must have the Book o' piracy when talking to the Smith in order to access the repair feature.

Requirements
Partial completion of The Great Brain Robbery
Members	Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	Facilities	Smith

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Barrelchest anchor (broken)	1	N/A
	Coins	230,000	230,000
Total cost			230,000
	Barrelchest anchor	1	N/A

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	League region
Lost Property shop (1)	Lumbridge	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (2)	Catherby	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (3)	Edgeville	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (4)	Falador	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (5)	Ferox Enclave	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (6)	Emir's Arena	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%
Lost Property shop (7)	Daimon's Crater	∞	N/A	290,000	N/A	0.0%	N/A

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Barrelchest anchor (bh)		None	None	1 × Barrelchest anchor 1 × Barrelchest anchor imbue scroll

Treasure Trails

The fixed barrelchest anchor is the item Falo requires players to show him when he sings about: It can hold down a boat or crush a goat, this object, you see, is quite heavy.

Sound effects

Name	Description	ID
`equip_spiked`	Wielding	2246
`brain_anchor_attack`	Attacking	3454
`anchor_sunder`	Special attack	3481
`brain_anchor_attack_2`	Unused	6599

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
4	Down Do Specs (Melee)
5	Moons of Peril/Strategies (Eclipse Clone phase)
5	Maggot King/Strategies (Melee (Punish))

Changes

Date	Changes
17 July 2014 (Update)	The barrelchest anchor is now listed in skill guides.
20 March 2007 (Update)	The strength bonus was increased from 87 to 100. The crush attack was increased from 80 to 92. The item's value was increased from 50,000 to 230,000. The anchor now costs 230k to repair, instead of 700k.
13 March 2007 (Update)	The strength bonus was increased to 87. The attack speed was decreased. The "Drop" option was replaced with a "Destroy" option. The anchor now costs 700k to repair, instead of 50k. The anchor now turns into 230k coins upon death.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Mod Ash: "Anchor: 200% accuracy, 110% max hit. Drains one stat by 10% of damage - if Defence is already on 1, it drains Attack, etc."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Mod Ash: "It's 10% of the damage *rolled*. If there's an effect that can modify the damage after the roll, the drain would still be based on the original damage amount. (...)"

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The Great Brain Robbery

NPCs

	Brother Tranquility Mi-Gor Dr Fenkenstrain Rufus Zombie monk Monk
Enemies	Barrelchest Sorebones Zombie pirate

Items

Rewards

Barrelchest anchor
Blessed lamp

Locations

Music

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Barrelchest anchor
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
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