| “ | Cold be hand and heart and bone
and cold be sleep under stone never more to wake on stony bed never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead In the black wind the stars shall die and still be gold here let them lie till the Dark Lord lifts his hand over dead sea and withered land. |
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–Barrow-wight, Fog on the Barrow downs, The Fellowship of the Ring | ||
Barrow-wights are fearsome creatures who dwell in the fog of the Barrow-downs. They were sent to occupy the Barrows, the resting place of many ancient kings of Cardolan.
Spawning
Barrow-wights shall spawn throughout the Barrow-downs, under the cover of the eerie mist of the downs, or when a player tries to open the chests that spawn in the Barrows. They can also be spawned manually in creative mode, with a spawn egg.
Behaviour
Should a player wander into the fog of the downs, Barrow-wights will instantly move towards them and attack them, until they have slain the player or have been killed themselves. As the player moves closer to them, the screen will go black around the edges and the FOV will change. If a Barrow-wight somehow happens to meet another NPC, they will attack men, orcs, elves, dwarves, and hobbits alike.
Killing a Barrow-wight earns the player the achievement "Cold be Hand..."
Drops
Barrow-Wights will most commonly drop bones and arrows, as well as some article of silver or a barrow blade. As rarer drops, however, they yield gold and larger coins, and, very rarely, they may drop Mithril.
Combat Methods
First off what you want to do is avoid the ones not in the barrows, as they are very hard to kill and give the wither effect. Second, when you get to the barrows, you want to make a structure like the picture to the right. Then you open the chest to make a barrow-wright appear like so. The barrow-wight will then suffocate in your brick leaving you with all of the chest's loot.
If, by chance, you are chased by a barrow-wight, and you have nowhere obvious to run, you can do the following: Pillar jump up three blocks (so that you are standing on the top one). The barrow wights will not be able to grab at you, but if you have a spear or other longer-range weapon, you will be able to eliminate those creeps.
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