Barrelchest anchor





The Barrelchest anchor is a weapon similar to a maul, gained from killing the level 190 Barrelchest monster in The Great Brain Robbery quest. You must have 60 Attack and 40 Strength to wield it, and is currently the 3rd strongest melee weapon in the game. As with all maul weapons it is two handed. The Barrelchest anchor has a special attack, Sunder, which if successful will lower the opponent's Attack, Defence, Ranged, or Magic level by 10% of the damage inflicted upon use. When you first acquire it, it is broken, and can be taken to Smith the pirate, in Mos Le'Harmless, to be repaired for 230,000 coins.

All of the anchor's attack styles were originally identical to that of a pickaxe, but has recently to be changed into mace attack styles. It has the same speed as a granite or obsidian maul.

If lost, talk to the monk Brother Tranquility on Mos Le'Harmless to get another broken anchor which can be fixed by Smith the pirate again for 230,000 coins. The Book o' piracy is required.

When dropped while dying, 230k will be dropped in its place instead of the anchor.

Originally when the anchor was first released the Strength bonus was 80 and the cost to buy a new anchor was 50,000 coins. Then it was changed to 700,000 coins for a new one with an 87 strength bonus. Then it was changed again to 230,000 coins for all repairs and stats changed to 92 crush and 100 strength bonus.

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 hold it properly.

This weapon currently has the highest Crush attack bonus possible for a weapon. It also has the lowest Stab attack bonus of any weapon, except for joke weapons such as the rubber chicken.