Gunthor the Brave (historical)

This article is about the historical NPC. For chieftain of the barbarians, see Chieftain Gunthor.

Gunthor the Brave, as a monster, was significantly altered after an update. This article is retained to provide information on past elements of RuneScape.

Gunthor the Brave

Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Removal	21 September 2010 (Update)
Members	No
Examine
A mighty warrior!
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
29	350	? (edit)	? (edit)
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
? (edit)
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
40	? (edit)	? (edit)	? (edit)
Style		Speed
		? (edit)
Combat levels
? (edit) ? (edit) ERR Accuracy ? (edit) ? (edit) ? (edit)
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
? (edit)	? (edit)	? (edit)
Affinities
? (edit)
? (edit)	? (edit)	40	20
Immunities
	? (edit)	? (edit)	? (edit)

Defined properties:

All Life points: 350 Life points: 350 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date: 4 January 2001 All Combat level: 29 Combat level: 29 All Is members only: false Is members only: false

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Gunthor the Brave was a level 29 barbarian who lived in Barbarian Village. He was located in the Long Hall in the northern part of the village. He was stated to be a mighty warrior and a chieftain of the barbarians. On 21 September 2010, he was removed from the game and replaced with Chieftain Gunthor. Haakon the Champion replaced him as the new attackable boss of Barbarian Village.

Players could either fight him with melee combat, Ranged, or Magic. Like all barbarians from Barbarian Village (except for Litara and Peksa), if a player talked to Gunthor, the player would be attacked.

Players who fought him with melee generally only wanted to fight Gunthor when they had a Defence level of at least 20 (as he could hit often and deal 30 or 40 life points), as well as a weapon better than iron. Players who attacked him using Ranged or Magic could do so safely from behind the tables or stools. He was weak to Magic and Ranged.

Gunthor the Brave was the highest level barbarian in Barbarian Village.

Drops

Charms

No charm
92–100%	0–4.7%	0.4–7.7%	0–4.7%	0–4.7%
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Runes and talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Law rune	2	Unknown	1,140
	Chaos rune	3	Unknown	456
	Earth rune	5	Unknown	90
	Nature talisman	1	Unknown	1,473

Weapons and ammo

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Iron arrow	3; 8; 10	Unknown	42–140
	Bronze battleaxe	1	Unknown	1,439
	Bronze arrow	Unknown	Unknown	31

Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	5–25	Unknown	5–25
	Cooked meat	1	Unknown	163
	Iron hatchet	1	Unknown	2,576
	Amulet mould	1	Unknown	177
	Beer	1	Unknown	1,338
	Bear fur	1	Unknown	906
	Uncut emerald	1	Unknown	2,555
	Sealed clue scroll (medium)	1	Unknown	Not sold
	Uncut sapphire	1	Unknown	809
	Flier	1	Unknown	Not sold
	Uncut ruby	1	Unknown	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Unknown	4,843

Trivia

• Back in RuneScape Classic Gunthor the Brave was a lot bigger than normal barbarians, the size of a hill giant today. This was later changed to a smaller size, but the NPC that replaces him, Haakon the Champion, is also bigger than a regular human.
• His sword strangely made a crushing noise like that of a pickaxe or battleaxe, as opposed to a two-handed sword.
• According to the Bestiary, Gunthor's combat level is 54 after the Evolution of Combat.