Karil's top

Karil's top is ranged armour worn in the body slot that is part of Karil the Tainted's set of barrows equipment. To wear Karil's top, a player must have 70 Defence and 70 Ranged. It has the fifth best magic defence available; the Ganodermic poncho has +120, the Pernix body and the Morrigan's leather body both have +75 magic defence, and the third best is the Armadyl Chestplate. Karil's top costs much more than its weaker counterpart, the black dragonhide body and requires repairs. It gives the same ranged attack as the black/blessed dragonhide body and the Third age range top, but offers lower melee defense. So for players planning on using ranged against melee opponents they may find black dragonhide more useful. Karil's top is currently the most expensive Barrows item (that doesn't require a quest) in the game and is considered to be the best Barrows Reward apart from Akrisae's equipment. Many high-level players use this item in combination with Bandos, Armadyl or Verac equipment while hunting the bosses in the God Wars Dungeon, explaining its cost.

Being part of Karil's barrows set, if Karil's top is worn along with all of the other pieces of equipment in Karil's barrows set the player receives a special attack. On successful attacks with Karil's crossbow against a player, there is a chance that it may temporarily lower that player's Agility level. This piece of armour cannot be made using the Crafting skill.


 * Karil's top is only tradeable when undamaged or fully broken.
 * If you drop this item or place it on a table, it will degrade to "0".

Trivia

 * In a hidden update on 17 March 2010, Jagex changed the name of this item from "Karil's leathertop" to "Karil's top".
 * The Karil's Top inventory image looks similar to the Hardleather body, but the Karil's Top has spikes and long sleeves.
 * At one point, the entire Karil's set could be bought for slightly over 200k. The price has risen since then due to the release of the Corporeal Beast, the God Wars Bosses, including Nex, the primary popular bosses that require a large magic defence bonus to fight efficiently.
 * Karil's Top has less melee defence than a Black d'hide body.
 * There is currently a glitch that happens while Harpoon fishing The top will lift up on your character, which will expose a thin line of your avatar's skin.