Barbarian Village Dungeon
Written by V3sta Slayer
Between the rocks of the Barbarian Village mine is a very special dungeon. With four floors and a range of monsters on each one, this dungeon has something for everyone, whether freeplay or member. The Barbarian Village Mine Dungeon is the home of the Stronghold of Security and is a great place to not only train combat, but learn about account safety and common scams as well!
Written by V3sta Slayer
Between the rocks of the Barbarian Village mine is a very special dungeon. With four floors and a range of monsters on each one, this dungeon has something for everyone, whether freeplay or member. The Barbarian Village Mine Dungeon is the home of the Stronghold of Security and is a great place to not only train combat, but learn about account safety and common scams as well!
Getting There
The entrance to the dungeon is located in the center of Barbarian Village, near the mine.
The entrance to the dungeon is located in the center of Barbarian Village, near the mine.
Outside the dungeon you will find a NPC called Litara. If you talk to her, she will tell you about the dungeon and what there is to find within.
Map of the Dungeon
Inside the Dungeon
One of the first things you should notice when you enter the dungeon is that the doors are never alone, but situated in pairs. The first door you will go through normally, but when trying to go through the second door you will be asked a question about account security. There are 20 different questions, each having three options that you could chose from, but only one being correct. Whether you get a question right or wrong, there will also be an explanation about what to do in the situation asked about.
Floor 1 - Vault of War
The top floor is the floor you will appear on once you have climbed down the ladder into the dungeon. Within view of the entrance ladder are two main things. A portal and the body of a Dead Explorer.
You can only use the portal if you have reached the reward chest in the center of the floor. If you have reached the reward chest and chose to use the portal, you will be teleported all the way to the reward room without having to go near any of the monsters!
One of the first things you should notice when you enter the dungeon is that the doors are never alone, but situated in pairs. The first door you will go through normally, but when trying to go through the second door you will be asked a question about account security. There are 20 different questions, each having three options that you could chose from, but only one being correct. Whether you get a question right or wrong, there will also be an explanation about what to do in the situation asked about.
Floor 1 - Vault of War
The top floor is the floor you will appear on once you have climbed down the ladder into the dungeon. Within view of the entrance ladder are two main things. A portal and the body of a Dead Explorer.
You can only use the portal if you have reached the reward chest in the center of the floor. If you have reached the reward chest and chose to use the portal, you will be teleported all the way to the reward room without having to go near any of the monsters!
The Dead Explorer is Litara's brother, and he kept a diary with him during the time he was alive.
Search him and you will receive his diary. Now that you have explored this room to the limits you need to go through the door.
You will get sucked through the first door, and when you try to go through the next will be asked a question about account security. Correctly answer it and you will be through.
This floor is full of low level monsters like Goblins and Wolves that won't automatically attack you at any level. This makes it a good place to Range and Mage the monsters. There are walls to hide behind in several of the rooms, making it impossible for you to get hit.
The south-east room is popular for training because of the large number of level 27 Minotaurs to kill. Because not everybody picks up the bones that are dropped, this can be an effective place to train Prayer on freeplay worlds at busy times of day.
On the east side of this floor is the Gift of Peace. The first time you search it you will be given 2,000 gp and the 'Flap' emote.
This floor is full of low level monsters like Goblins and Wolves that won't automatically attack you at any level. This makes it a good place to Range and Mage the monsters. There are walls to hide behind in several of the rooms, making it impossible for you to get hit.
The south-east room is popular for training because of the large number of level 27 Minotaurs to kill. Because not everybody picks up the bones that are dropped, this can be an effective place to train Prayer on freeplay worlds at busy times of day.
On the east side of this floor is the Gift of Peace. The first time you search it you will be given 2,000 gp and the 'Flap' emote.
Floor 2 - Catacomb of Famine
This floor is a lot brighter than the one that you have just come from, but has the same sort of things in it. Once again there is a portal that will take you to the reward room, which is in the center of this floor. There are also doors that you have to answer questions to get through.
This floor is a lot brighter than the one that you have just come from, but has the same sort of things in it. Once again there is a portal that will take you to the reward room, which is in the center of this floor. There are also doors that you have to answer questions to get through.
There are more challenging monsters to kill on this floor, but as with most things, the harder something is, the greater the reward. The types of monster there are on this floor are Zombie, Flesh Crawler and Giant Rat. The Flesh Crawlers will attack you whatever combat level you are, but the Rats and Zombies will only attack if you are less than twice their combat level +1.
The whole of the east side of this floor is covered in a series of bends, making it take a while to cover the short distance from north to south. A lot of the walls are also straight, making it easy to work out the points on the compass.
The Flesh Crawlers are good for members to kill because of the rather high rate of Herb drops. Whenever a Herb is dropped, you will also get some low level Runes with it, making it good to train Magic as well as Herblore.
In the center of the floor you can find the 'Grain of Plenty'. The first time you search it you will be given 3000 gp and the 'Slap Head' emote.
The whole of the east side of this floor is covered in a series of bends, making it take a while to cover the short distance from north to south. A lot of the walls are also straight, making it easy to work out the points on the compass.
The Flesh Crawlers are good for members to kill because of the rather high rate of Herb drops. Whenever a Herb is dropped, you will also get some low level Runes with it, making it good to train Magic as well as Herblore.
In the center of the floor you can find the 'Grain of Plenty'. The first time you search it you will be given 3000 gp and the 'Slap Head' emote.
