Barrelchest anchor

The Barrelchest anchor is the second strongest non-degradable weapon in RuneScape, obtained by killing the level 170 Barrelchest monster in The Great Brain Robbery quest. 60 Attack and 40 Strength are the requirements to wield it. It is currently the 12th strongest melee weapon in the game after Dharok's greataxe, Statius's warhammer, Vesta's longsword, Vesta's spear, Godsword, and the chaotic weapons. As with all maul weapons, except the meat tenderiser, they are two handed. The Barrelchest anchor has a special attack, "Sunder", which doubles the chance of hitting, and will lower the opponent's Attack, Defence, Ranged, or Magic level by 10% of the damage inflicted upon use if successful. It uses 50% of the Special Attack bar. Shadowing its brute strength is its weight and speed which does not make it an ideal training weapon, though it is more useful for PvP, though still not as much as other weapons. When first acquired, it is broken, and therefore must be taken to Smith the pirate, in Mos Le'Harmless, to be repaired for 230,000 coins in order to wield the weapon. The max hit is currently 620 with degradable PvP armour and a Castlewars Brace in Castle Wars (although it might be higher). However, despite all this, the anchor is not a very popular weapon as many players feel that the Abyssal whip is better.

All of the anchor's attack styles were originally identical to that of a pickaxe, but has since been changed into mace attack styles. It has the same speed as a Battleaxe.

If lost, it can be re-obtained by talking to the monk, Brother Tranquility, on Mos Le'Harmless to receive another broken anchor which can once again be fixed by Smith the Pirate for 230,000 coins. The Book o' piracy is required in order to communicate with him, unless the player has completed the Rocking Out quest.

Originally when the anchor was first released, the Strength bonus was 80 and the cost to buy a new anchor was 50,000 coins, along with the speed being 5 bars on Jagex's scale. It was then changed to 700,000 coins for a new one with an 87 strength bonus. Later, it was changed again to 230,000 coins for all repairs and stats changed to 92 crush and 100 strength bonus, as well as achieving the current speed.

In the past, if a player were to go to a free-to-play world while having the Barrelchest Anchor equipped, it would appear as though they were wielding a large pickaxe, but there was a change to the way members would hold their items in free-to-play worlds, making them wield the weapon properly, as is seen in members' worlds.

Recovering Investment
Previously, when dropped upon death, 230,000 coins would be dropped in its place instead of the anchor. After the gravestone update, the coins would appear under the gravestone instead. Players that no longer want the anchor could use this to get their investment back. To do this players usually intentionally died near their respawn point. If that player didn't have three items which would be kept on death ahead of the anchor, he or she could become Skulled instead with only the anchor in his or her inventory. Earlier, players could use Zamorak brews or explosive potions, however due to an update, this is now impossible. If you respawn point was Falador castle, another way to get your money back was to attack 1-3 knights at the Falador castle and let them kill you. If your respawn was in Camelot, then going to the beehives and attempting to take honey without gloves on worked. This was repeated until it killed you, then you ran to your gravestone (not far) and retrieved the coins. For those with their respawn points in Lumbridge, you could go to the Lumbridge Swamp Caves without any light source and die there. If you respawed at Soul Wars after completing Nomads Requiem, you could die in the Chaos Tunnels or pick nettles without gloves and quickly run back from Soul Wars. note that this is no longer possible, as the anchor will now be destroyed if dropped upon death.

Trivia

 * The Ancient mace's special attack animation is exactly the same as the Barrelchest anchor. For a split second after the Mace's special attack has been performed, the player holds it like the Anchor.
 * When you drop the anchor when it's broken, it will be smaller than the inventory image.
 * The definition of 'sundering' is an attempt to destroy an opponent's weapon.
 * If you die at exactly the same time after the special attack is activated, there is a strong chance of dealing damage on your opponent and even killing them.
 * This is one of the few weapons on RuneScape that has an attack option in a category it gives negative bonuses to (excluding 'fun weapons').
 * While wielding the anchor, your character will walk differently than normal.
 * Before the free-to-play update which allows them to see members items as members see them, barrelchest anchors looked very much like iron or steel pickaxes and therefore received a lot of criticism by free players because they thought that they were wielding pickaxes and not an amazingly strong weapon.

Barrelchest anchor
 * Currently, the Barrelchest Anchor is the heaviest melee weapon.