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New Renderer Beta is Out Today! | July 9thJul 9, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/728343fed9ea7020de589d6477ab3f6ed6e5ddc9.png As the team is preparing to launch Varlamore: The Final Dawn, there will be no game update next week, although there will be the usual quick reboot to adjust the PvP World Rota. See you on July 23rd for the final instalment of the Shining Kingdom! A new renderer rises! Plus: stackable Clue tweaks, a new Revenant Ether source and more… Changelog July 9th New Renderer The new renderer beta for the Official Client will go live at 11:30am BST today! When playing on the Official Client (desktop and mobile), find the new setting under the Experimental header in the display settings, or in the quick access settings tab. You can force-disable the new renderer from the login page - this ignores your renderer setting in-game. Check the newspost or the original blog for known issues. Please note that using the new renderer at this early stage may be risky, so we recommend avoiding high-stakes gameplay. Stackable Clues Tweaks Added Mimic dry protection: You’ll be guaranteed a Mimic encounter on either your 10th Master or 25th Elite clue. If you’ve already passed this threshold for Elite or Master clues, but you haven't obtained one or unlocked the music track already, you’ll get a Mimic encounter on your next clue of that tier. This guaranteed encounter is a one-time deal - so if you trigger it on your 25th Elite, you won’t get another on your 10th Master. Completing X Marks the Spot quest now awards a Beginner Scroll Box rather than a Beginner Clue Scroll. Fixed a bug where the Minor Scroll Case didn't show up in the Collection Log, even though its +1 cap was correctly applied after completing X Marks the Spot and unlocking the Major Scroll Case retroactively. Chiselling for Ether You can now use a chisel on Ancient Artefacts to break them into Revenant Ether, providing 1 Ether for every 500 GP. Other Changes You can now open the World Map by pressing Ctrl + M. Obor and Bryophyta's chests now each drop a guaranteed Beginner Clue Scroll, provided you have space to receive it. Yama's Elite Clue drop rate is now 1/30 instead of 1/66. We announced this change back in May, but some pesky backend gremlins got hold of the update. It’s all sorted now – apologies for the oopsie! Fixed a bug where the "I Should See a Doctor" Combat Achievement couldn't be completed at Nex, due to the cough effects getting cleared upon reaching the final phase. The 'Raffle' button no longer appears on Group Ironman Settings menus, as it's been nearly three years since the last Raffle and there are currently no plans to run another. Plus, a hotfix we rolled out late last week: In permanent Deadman, Scroll Boxes now work as expected with and without the Stockpiling charm. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period A: 539 - (US) - PvP World 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has bee...Stackable Clues | July 2ndJul 2, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/9a00f46990feff4376ec261ad52fed903e449f0a.png This week's update brings the long-awaited Stackable Clues! Changelog - July 2nd Stackable Clue Scrolls and Scroll Boxes After completing the quest X Marks the Spot, traditional Clue Scroll drops are replaced by stackable Scroll Boxes, allowing you to collect and store multiple clues of the same tier in a single stack. Scroll Boxes and traditional Clue Scrolls share a stack limit, which starts at 2 per tier by default and can be increased up to a maximum of 5 per tier. You can raise your stack limit in two ways: Consuming a new item called a Scroll Case - each one increases your scroll capacity by 1. These come in two types: Minor Scroll Cases: Earned after completing a set number of clues per tier. Major Scroll Cases: Awarded at higher number of Clue Scroll completions per tier. Defeating the Mimic boss (from Master caskets) grants a special Mimic Scroll Case, which increases your scroll capacity by 1 across all clue tiers. Scroll Cases turn up in your Clue Scroll reward once you’ve completed the required number of clues for a given tier. To unlock the +1 capacity, simply click the Scroll Case and consume it. If you've already hit the requirement, you’ll receive the +1 capacity on login, and the Scroll Cases will be added to your Collection Log. If you misplace or Bank the Scroll Case before using it, it will reappear in your next Clue Scroll reward. To help avoid wasting Impling jars, opening one while at your clue cap for a tier now triggers a cap warning. Clue completions earned before this update count toward your Scroll Case unlocks. Dropping Scroll Boxes on the floor will not bypass stack limits, though you can still juggle individual Clue Scrolls by dropping and picking them up as before. If you've hit the stack limit and can't receive the Scroll Box, you'll see a warning letting you know what happened. Free-to-play players can earn and use Beginner Scroll Cases; higher-tier Scroll Cases remain members-only content. Watson’s Treasure Trails board has been updated and now tracks: Your clue completion totals per tier Your current Scroll capacity per tier Other Changes Rebalanced Soul Wars' Spoils of War loot table. Spoils of War now includes some Blighted supplies and the Castle Wars-specific ammo has been replaced with Pure Essence, but the overall GP value per crate has been significantly reduced. The pet rate remains unchanged, so your time to obtain the Lil Creator is the same as it was before. The Steel Ring now gives +24 Crush Defence bonus (up from +2) alongside +24 Stab and Slash Defence bonuses. TzHaar now have a 40% weakness to water spells. The Giant Roc and Black Demon in Nightmare Zone now have the same elemental weaknesses as their quest variants. When spam-clicking to feed Duke Sucellus, you won't use more than two potions. No more deleting your stack while Duke's already waking up! Speaking of stacks: Duke's potions and mushrooms are now stackable. Enjo...Summer Sweep Up: Combat & LootJun 25, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/f86351e9594a3749133858f6c302828060a4c10e.png This week brings Summer Sweep Up combat changes! Changelog June 25th Summer Sweep Up: Combat, PvM and Loot Changes Tombs of Amascut Boss Changes Protect from Melee now mitigates all damage at Ba-Ba, unless Invocations which reduce the effectiveness of Protection Prayers are activated. Ba-Ba now spawns 1-4 baboons rather than 1-8, depending on group size. If Jungle Japes is enabled, baboons will spawn two banana piles on death. Damage from Ba-Ba's boulder throw attack is now always split completely with any appropriate object. This means that even splitting the damage with sarcophagi will nullify the damage that you take. Protection Prayers now mitigate more damage from Akkha's basic attacks. Akkha now only protects against the same style that he's attacking with. Akkha's Stat Drain effect now only affects Combat skills. Akkha's Special Attacks now occur every 7 attacks, up from 6. Akkha's Enrage Phase now spawns fewer orbs. Akkha's Stay Vigilant invocation means he'll use a Special Attack every 6 attacks, as opposed to the base version's 7. Zebak's waves have 'smarter' interactions with pushback. Cursed Baboons and Baboon Shamans now always take maximum damage from Ranged attacks. To compensate, their HP has been increased slightly. Removed two waves of Baboon assailants from the Path of Apmeken. The volume of water required for the Path of Crondis no longer scales linearly with the number of players, this means you'll be able to make a mistake or two in larger groups. Slightly reduced Hitpoints on the Obelisk on the Path of Het. The Deposit Pot in the Nexus now functions as a full deposit box. Reduced overall purple chance for Raid Levels beyond 300. At Raid Levels 350, 400, 450 and 500, the weighting of the Lightbearer and Osmumten's Fang reduces, while the weighting of other uniques like the Tumeken's Shadow increases. If you get a purple at a higher Raid Level, the odds of it being a Fang or a Lightbearer go down while the odds of it being an Elidinis' Ward, Masori armour piece, or Tumeken's Shadow go up. Added the Jewel of Amascut, which upgrades the Keris Partisan for exclusive use in TOA - it is slightly less effective against Scarabs (Scarab-bane bonus reduced from 33% to 15%) but gains +50 Stab bonus and +22 Strength bonus. Drop rates for all Jewels have been significantly improved to ease acquisition: Base drop rate improved from 1/180 to 1/50. This base rate still scales as before, meaning that at 75 killcount your base drop rate is 1/16.67. If you have any other jewels, this rate improves further. Meaning other jewels are obtained more often if you've already got one. If the 'Stay Vigilant' Invocation is enabled, Akkha will only swap the style he's attacking with when he uses a Special attack, provided he's used a regular attack since the last Special. Don't get hit and he won't change styles. Baboons at Ba-Ba will always take maximum damage from your hits.{/*] I...RuneScape player pulls off a personal Shawshank Redemption: Grinds his way out of one-zone house arrest by grinding a raid 2,000 times over 10,000 hours: 'It was all worth it'Jun 18, 2025 - PC GamerSince time immemorial, one question has hounded the games industry and all who sail in her: Are RuneScape players okay?.. Read more.BTS Prep & Small Fixes | June 18thJun 18, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/afc7bbdcde7699e5073a272961fa4a2c1439407e.png This week we’re busy behind the scenes, but we’ve still got some small improvements for you! Changelog - June 18th This week’s changes The Crafting Skill Guide no longer shows Thieving content! Added the Mage’s Book and Aether Runes to the in-game Skill Guides. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period B: 560 - (UK) - PvP World 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. A Quiet Week This week’s update is on the lighter side as we focus on some behind-the-scenes work to keep Old School nice and healthy. With Sailing in development, there's a lot of infrastructure work going on under the hood, especially supporting "world entities", the movable blocks of map that constitute boats. Supporting those requires changes to how Old School's game engine transmits scenery, players and NPCs to your client. Rather than launching all these changes at once when Sailing arrives, we’re trickling them into the game gradually – a process that began last year. This means that less of the infrastructure changes in any single update, so teething issues are easier to investigate and resolve. One example was the obscure bug where you could suddenly see players on other floors of your player-owned house, but couldn’t interact with them. Since we’d only made a few engine changes, it was easy for us to figure out which one caused the bug and get it fixed. This week’s infrastructure update affects code that refers to your character's coordinate in the game, so that game activities will still work while you're standing on a boat instead of normal terrain. We’ve also got a couple of regular patch notes! The Crafting Skill Guide no longer shows Thieving content! Added the Mage’s Book and Aether Runes to the in-game Skill Guides. We appreciate your patience as we work on these expansions to the game engine, and we look forward to putting these new tools to use in future updates! Looking Ahead We know you’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of Stackable Clue Scrolls, the Revenant ether changes, and the rest of Poll 84’s content. These features are still on the way! In fact, we can confirm that Stackable Clue Scrolls are on track for early July. In the meantime, we’re putting the finishing touches on the first wave of our Summer Sweep-Up combat changes, which are scheduled to go live next week. We hope these improvements will make combat feel more consistent and a bit less frustrating overall. As always, your feedback has been instrumental in shaping these updates, and we truly appreciate your continued support as we get everything ready. Thanks for your patience - we’ll have more to share very soon!...Misc Galore & Yama Tweaks | June 11thJun 11, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/9c53e73b945fc15192e15abe2d50e2ab7dba65e1.png This week’s tweaks include Yama improvements and bug-squashing! Changelog June 11th Yama Tweaks The boosted pet drop rate from the Contract of Familiar Acquisition now applies to both players if they are in the same Group Ironman team. Emberlight's special attack no longer reduces Yama’s offensive stats, preventing him from being rendered completely harmless via repeated stat drains. Ruby and Diamond Bolt (e) special effects no longer trigger when fighting Yama during the Glyphic Attenuation contract to enforce the intended melee-only strategy. Other Changes Abyssal scions now max hit for 10 with melee, down from 15. Noted Crushed Bird Nests will no longer be deleted when destroying a Looting Bag in the Wilderness. Using the Quetzal Whistle to teleport no longer causes delayed damage after arrival, preventing deaths from damage queued during the teleport animation. Prayer Regeneration Potions now reset in the same way that Divine Potions and the Saturated Heart do, when a player dies or visits minigames that reset their stats. Thralls will no longer deal damage to Kurasks and Turoths. The Collection Log overview can now be opened at the same time as the Combat Achievement interface. The collapsed version of the Chambers of Xeric helper panel no longer overlaps with the points menu. You can no longer lose Tithe Farm points by reactivating the auto-weed, having just purchased it. Refilling Gricoller's Can through the Tithe Farm Shop is now free. The elemental wizards south of Falador now correctly take damage from all elemental spells except their own, which heal them instead. Items dropped on the stairs in Pothole Dungeon can now be picked up without problems. Fixed an issue where the Shaman's Tome could not be obtained during Legends' Quest. Broodoo Shields now correctly have a 1/10 chance to drain attacker stats when taking damage from monsters, consuming a charge and triggering their unique effect. Efaritay's Aid now consumes only one charge rather than two when buffing a single attack. Fixed an issue where repeatedly clicking “Apply” at Yrsa’s Shoe Store could stack multiple dialogues. The animation for adding logs to a bonfire can now be ended more reliably when switching to other skilling activities. Updated the Tribal Totem Quest Log to refer to GPDT Employees instead of "R.P.D.T. men”. Tinsay is now correctly credited with teaching players how to cook Karambwan in Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest dialogue. The entrance door of the Lumbridge pub now opens to the left instead of the right. The Runecrafting Skill Guide now lists what elements combination Runes will provide you with. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period A: 539 - (US) - PvP World 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bount...Poll 84, AFK Timer & More! | June 4thJun 4, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/5855a97b64b8ffccc567bbbf309c71f1a0df4549.png This week’s update delivers a handful of Poll 84 adjustments and enhances the Official Client with a new customisable AFK logout timer! Changelog - June 4th Poll 84 Changes A new right-click “Modify Offer” option has been added to the Grand Exchange interface, allowing players to edit buy or sell offers directly from the status page without cancelling and re-entering them. Added a "Repeat Offer" button to the Grand Exchange, allowing players to quickly resubmit their last buy or sell offer with the same item, price, and quantity. The Abyssal Sire no longer fully heals when defeated too quickly during phase transitions, reducing unintended punishment for high burst damage. The chance of receiving a Gout Tuber now increases with higher Woodcutting levels. You can now empty the small meat pouch when near banks or on the top floor of the Hunters' Guild. Cat chasing rats will no longer delay your character. Official Client & Mobile Added a new AFK Logout Timer setting to the Official Client (desktop and mobile), letting players choose their idle logout time in 5-minute increments, up to a maximum of 25 minutes. Yama Tweaks If you already own a Radiant Oathplate or any piece of the Sigil, the Contractually Unbound Combat Achievement task will now be retroactively completed. Fixed a tricky bug where the Shadow Dancer Combat Achievement task could unfairly fail if you got teleported on the same tick as when the damage was dealt. Voidflare HP has been lowered from 83 to 81 during the Demonic familiar and Divine severance contracts. The pet contract drop rate has been boosted from 1/250 to 1/100, and now both players will benefit from the contract - unless the non-contract player is an Iron, in which case they’ll have to bring their own. The number of Aether Runes required to craft each piece of Radiant Oathplate has been reduced from 10,000 to 2,500. Fixed a bug where the standing pet animation for Yama wasn't working. Other Changes Fixed a bug where Steam achievements could be unlocked without the required progression. Surge potions can now be stored inside the COX storage unit. Players can no longer walk into the scenery in the south of the task-only Wyvern cave at Mudskipper Point. You will now be unable to enter Yama when skulled on DMM worlds. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period B: 560 - (UK) - PvP World 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. Poll 84 Changes Grand Exchange Interface Improvements We’ve made a couple of handy updates to the Grand Exchange (GE) interface to make your hustle better than ever! Gone are the days of cancelling and re-entering ...Old School Runescape private server development is paused 'indefinitely' as Jagex says it has more important things to work onJun 3, 2025 - PC Gamer.. Read more.American RuneScape players are recreating the Boston Tea Party after Jagex hiked taxes: 'They took a page from the British Empire, rather poetic from a British game'Jun 2, 2025 - PC GamerOld School RuneScape (OSRS) recently made a tweak to its economy, with developer Jagex announcing an increased Grand Exchange (GE) tax. The GE is RuneScape's trading hub and Jagex acknowledges that "any update involving your hard-earned gold can be sensitive," so the developer went into some detail on why it was making the change: the short version is the game needs more money sinks to curb inflation... Read more.Yama Combat Achievements & More! | May 29thMay 29, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/2502309be880613fc8c769da84992acb4f0dc463.png This week brings some truly fiendish Combat Achievements, changes to the GE tax, and bug fixes! Changelog May 29th Yama Combat Achievements Yama Combat Achievements are live! Yama Tweaks and Fixes Updated the Chasm of Fire Contract overhead icon colours for better consistency: green for Ranged, blue for Magic, yellow for Special Attacks, red for Melee, and purple for binding spells. The Chasm of Fire teleport scroll now teleports you in front of the Voice of Yama. The Master Scroll Book now uses the correct icon for the Chasm Teleport Scroll. Elite Clues are now more common, dropping at a rate of 1/30 instead of 1/66. In the case that you don't receive a Contract upon killing a demon with the eligible style, you'll get a second Ash drop to let you know you’re killing them correctly. Fixed a bug where the Dragon and Burning Claws were not guaranteeing their second hitsplat from the Soulflame Horn. The Phoenix Necklace proc will no longer remove a Soulflame Horn buff. The Dossier no longer mentions the lockbox when opening it. The Collection Log now displays the correct Dossier icon. Surge Potion now has a 6-tick delay when used in PVP areas. The Special Attack Energy will not restore if a player has moved more than 15 tiles away. Additionally, the potion cannot be used if you're already at 100% Special Attack Energy. Diabolical Worms can now be stored in the Tackle Box. Crushing Infernal Shale now guarantees fair returns. You can still get multiple Crushed Infernal Shales per Infernal Shale chiselled, but you're guaranteed to get at least as many as you crushed. Fixed a bug where players could use the Wet Cloth to bypass the Mining requirement of Infernal Shale. The Infernal pickaxe no longer processes Infernal Shale. Increased the buy limit of Yama Contracts from the Grand Exchange to 50 from 5. The Purging Staff Special Attack now counts towards Contract of Glyphic Attenuation. Scarred extracts now work as expected with Aether Runes when using Daeyalt Essence. Added an ‘empty’ option to the Barrel of Demonic Tallow so it can be emptied from the Inventory with the Bank interface open. You can no longer use an Imp Box on Jim to smuggle the Rag out. Fixed a bug where the screen fading to black had a permanent duration if you entered as your friend left. The Oathplate Armour set now has the correct icon in the Grand Exchange. Oathplate shards now appear in the Yama Collection Log entry. Removed the Dragon Chainbody from the Yama Collection Log. The player cost of Worm, Catalyst, and Shard contracts now better reflects the value of their rewards. Removed the Agility shortcut icons from the bottom floor of the Chasm of Fire. Plus, some hotfixes from last week: Rebalanced Dossier rewards: Teleport Scrolls now appear less frequently and in higher quantities. Increased the drop rate of Radiant Contracts and reduced the rate of Horn and Oathplate contracts. Void Flares now apply spec...The Calm Before the Contract Storm | May 22ndMay 22, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/e7d0bddc4e3f94e446244e536d94db837ac5ebe2.png This week's update brings the calm before the Yama Contract storm goes live on Friday! Changelog May 22nd Yama Fixed a bug where Yama would become 'inactive' if his target was forcibly logged out. Fixed an issue with the Soulflame Horn where its settings would reset on equip. Adjusted some drops as follows: Dossier drop rate improved from 1/20 to 1/17. Quantity of Fire runes dropped increased from 15,000 to 40,000. Added Elite Clues to Yama's loot table at a rate of 1 in 66. Improved drop rate for Contracts from demons in the Chasm of Fire by around 40%. Yama will now be in the centre of the arena after each transition phase. All demonbane spells now have reduced Fire Rune costs. From 4/8/12 to 3/5/7. Infernal plates can now be traded. Contracts update (coming Friday) The following contracts will now be eligible to be completed as a duo: Familiar Acquisition, Shard Acquisition, Worm Acquisition, Catalyst Acquisition. Contracts guaranteeing a piece of Oathplate, the Soulflame Horn or a piece of the Purifying Sigil (used to recolour Oathplate) will remain solo-only for now. Should you prove successful on any of the following Contracts, then you'll be rewarded with the same Contract again as a drop: Familiar Acquisition, Bloodied Blows, Divine Severance, Forfeit Breath, Glyphic Attenuation, Sensory Clouding. Player Support & Anti-Cheating Stats Figures for the month can be found here. Other Changes Eniola's rune-selection menu now shows quantities more reliably for players with rune pouches. Fixed an issue where players could bypass freeze effects (e.g. from Ice Barrage or Entangle) by combining certain item interactions in the same tick. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period B: 560 - (UK) - PvP World 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using 'Max/Med' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. The Calm Before the Contract Storm After last week's debut of Yama, the Master of Pacts, we’ve absolutely loved watching you dive headfirst into the chaos - testing your might, experimenting with every tactic under the sun, and generally causing quite the scene. Your feedback, wild theories, and relentless grind have been an absolute treat to watch - and nothing brings people together like the shared experience of getting incinerated from orbit when your partner heroically stands on the wrong glyph. Truly inspiring, great for trust exercises, less so for survival. Thank you to user @einrodd for their wonderful illustration of this. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/12eb4f889072d872bb790403595ec021905d7ac2.png If you can’t see the image above, click here! Now, onto today’s update… or lack thereof. Kind of? This week’s game updat...Yama Is OUT TODAY! | May 14thMay 14, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/4f500e42dfd2e2632ef9eae989e11b14d20de30c.png We hope you’re wearing breathable fabrics, because today we’re heading deep into the sweltering Chasm of Fire. Yama, the Master of Pacts, has arrived… Changelog May 14th Yama Yama is here! Chat to the Voice of Yama at the bottom of the Chasm of Fire to enter his domain and challenge him. Oathplate Armour, Diabolic Worms, Aether Catalysts and Runes, Demonic Tallow and Surge Potions, the Rite of Vile Transference (for upgrading Death Charge) and the Soulflame Horn are all obtainable as drops from Yama. A new skilling area is accessible in the north-west of the bottom floor of the Chasm of Fire. Players can mine Infernal Shale here, which can be combined with Oathplate Shards via a new Smithing activity to eventually make Oathplate Armour pieces. Group Iron players will lose their Prestige if they duo Yama with a player outside of their group. Other Changes Similar to Aether Runes being useable in place of Soul or Cosmic Runes for charging or creating items, other combination Runes (for example, Lava Runes) can now be used for either of their respective elemental rune to charge or create items (or portals!) that require them. Mark of Darkness can now be re-cast before it expires. There's still a delay before re-casting so that it doesn't become a massive XP/hr method, but this should improve its usability! Snails in the Mort Myre swamp can now deal damage to players again. Watch out! Frost Nagua have a slightly increased aggro range, so should be a little more relaxing to fight than before. Fixed a bug where other Frost Nagua could start attacking you if one that you were in combat with used their special attack. Added a new sound effect when obtaining Dung from the Tombs of Amascut rewards chest. Fixed the Medium Clue Step featuring a zookeeper who asks for the number of animals in Ardougne Zoo. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period A: 539 - (US) - PvP World 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. Yama, the Master of Pacts Old School's new duo-focused, endgame boss encounter is here! Almost all of the info in today's blog is also summarised in this handy video made by the RuneScape Chronicles team! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80pYF2u-lJo If you can't see the video above, click here instead! You’ll remember Yama from this dedicated blog – but to catch you all up on the latest news, all you need to know about this wheelin’ dealin’ demon is below. Getting There Yama resides in the Chasm of Fire in Kourend. To get there, grab your Dramen Staff (or take pride in your Lumbridge Elite Diary completion) and head to Fairy Ring DJR to wind up right next to the ...More on Poll 84 | May 7thMay 7, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/ea125b9f0ecf7f89b14f5d8d6511f23a79065fd5.png This week focuses on Easter's removal and some Poll 84 updates as we prepare for Yama's release next week! Changelog - May 7th More from Poll 84 You can now deal Melee damage to Zulrah via Halberd attacks. In the Giant's Foundry, if you're quick on the clicks and hit the bonus action shortly after it appears, you'll now recover a portion of any missed quality (given any was missing). Easter Removal The Easter Event has concluded and has been removed from the game. Mobile & Client Updates Yesterday, we pushed out a Client update featuring a fix to Loot Tracker! Fixed rendering issues with long submenus Fixed a bug where Loot Tracker databases could become corrupted and cause stutters/crashes, and added a new command for you to fix any pre-existing issues. For those already affected, there's a manual step to fix your current Loot Tracker: In chat, type ::repairlt If you've entered this correctly, a message will appear in chat saying: "Attempting to repair LootTracker save" Once the repair is finished, you'll get a message informing whether a repair was made, or whether it completed the check and there was nothing to fix All done! Other Changes Slayer ring (1) no longer gets duplicated while teleporting if the teleport cannot be completed. The rabbit in Civitas illa Fortis now drops rabbit bone during the Rag and Bone Man II quest, as intended. Killing hellhounds in Wilderness now correctly completes the "A Demon's Best Friend" task in Combat Achievements. Snakeskin bandanas now use the correct graphic for chatheads. You will now get a message indicating what size of raid layout you embark on when starting a Chambers of Xeric raid. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period B: 560 - (UK) - PvP World 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. More from Poll 84 Poll 84 updates keep coming in, and this week brings one of the most-anticipated updates from the poll, as well as a minigame QoL. Let's dive right in... Melee at Zulrah {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/0771aa0d9b013c30ff293faf34d4ed24cdd2765f.png If you can’t see the image above, click here! Today is the day for those who were eagerly waiting for the Zulrah update from Poll 84: the ability to deal Melee damage to Zulrah is here! To provide some context, contrary to the main game, it was possible to engage Zulrah with Melee directly in Leagues: Raging Echoes. The interesting results we saw in Leagues led to this specific update - you can now use Halberd attacks to damage Zulrah. That said, Melee does not replace your traditional Mage or Range strategies at Zulrah; it's a fun alternative if you want to experiment with...Poll 84: Batch II | April 30thApr 30, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/368c006aa7616a6804cc6412e961281124d8adfc.png Poll 84 updates continued! The second batch brings you more QoL changes featuring the Abyssal Sire rework, a fixed layout at Chambers of Xeric, an Agility shortcut at Varrock and more… Changelog - April 30th Poll 84 Changes: Batch II Things have just got snappier at Abyssal Sire: Shortened the boss' Lung Phase. Abyssal Sire is now targetable during its transition phases. Boosted Sire's speed to match the player's running pace. Implemented a minimum hit of 50% of your weapon’s max hit, allowing end-game setups to one-phase the vents more reliably. Demonbane weapons are now also able to one-shot these vents. Increased Sire’s HP by 25 and introduced a 50% damage reduction during its transition phases, to balance out the above changes. Removed some blocking terrain in the centre of the arena. Scions and Spawns have reduced defence 80 → 50 and 30 → 10 respectively. Demonbane weapons are now guaranteed to hit vs spawns. Introduced a "Full" layout toggle in the CoX raid creation interface, allowing you to generate a Challenge Mode (CM) style layout for regular Chambers of Xeric (CoX) raids. This means all the rooms appear in the same predictable order just like in CM. The bosses scale to the regular CoX difficulty, with no CM-specific rewards or increased HP. Unprotected Chinchompas now behave like regular items on death - they’ll go straight to your Gravestone or Death Pile, giving you a chance to recover them. Replaced the "Destroy" option with a "Drop" option, resulting in Chinchompas to be dropped on the ground as any other item would. Added an Agility shortcut at the Varrock Castle Garden, allowing you to hop over the fence, given you have Level 35 Agility and have completed Garden of Tranquillity. Both the main-hand and off-hand variants of the Imcando Hammer can now be used on Entrana. Re-implemented: Moving Fishing spots no longer stall players mid-run. Other Changes Lily of the Sands should now be correctly used from the Reagent Pouch when making Menaphite Remedies. The monks of Entrana now allow you to take the Carrot costume hat to their island. Some tiles on the upper floor at the southern end of Ferox Enclave were not acting as safe zones in PvP Worlds. They have now been made safe. Echo boots can now be reverted to Guardian boots on a F2P world, in case their owner wishes to sell them. Adjusted the placement of the Gravestone timer in relation to the Deadman state icon so that the time left can be read easier. Pollnivneach is now correctly spelled in the Max Cape teleport menu. Fixed a typo in the chatbox message that appears while creating a Prestige GIM. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period A: 539 - (US) - PvP World 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been...Poll 84: Misc Mayhem | April 23rdApr 23, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/af9e3aa9dad3c9a84d15abefb723608dce685dba.png Poll 84 brings summer sweep-up changes, including demonic gorilla improvements, Bird Nest QoL, and more! We've noticed something 'fishy' with the behaviour of Fishing Spots from reports received after today's game update. A hotfix has been released to revert the change. Changelog April 23rd Poll 84: Misc Mayhem You'll no longer have a random chance to find nothing when searching the Tower of Life crates during the quest. Finding a Beginner Clue Scroll in a Bird Nest in a members’ world will no longer cause the Bird Nest to disappear. Bird Nests now auto-queue when opening, letting you open them all with a single click. This is not true for Clue Nests. You will now be shown a "Did you know?" tip in the chat when you log in. You can customise the colours in the Chat section of the Settings menu, and you can also turn it off completely. Tortured and demonic gorillas will no longer be aggressive once you have completed Monkey Madness II, and will now swap prayers for every 70 damage taken, instead of 50. Made the Warmth bar in Wintertodt narrower to avoid visual clutter. Additionally, the player's Health bar no longer appears alongside the Warmth bar when you get hit by the cold. Players can now toggle the visibility of falling snow overlays in multiple locations. Other Changes Untradeable Bonds can now be converted in the Conversion menu using Coins from your Bank, not just your Inventory. The Bond Pouch interface now correctly states that Ironmen can gift Bonds. Increased the size of the clickboxes on the plank walk and roof balance obstacles in the Ardougne Agility course. Ghommal and Laidee now give up-to-date information about how to earn Combat Achievement ranks. The Arceuus spells in the in-game Skill Guide can once again be clicked to find out what Runes they require. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period B: 560 - (UK) - PvP World 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. Poll 84: Misc Mayhem No Old School update is complete without a grab bag of quirky QoL tweaks and fixes! This batch of updates is packed with the kind of changes that don’t steal the spotlight but still deserve their time to shine. From gorilla behaviour tweaks to Bird Nests, here’s what’s fresh in the land of Gielinor. Gorilla Aggression After completing Monkey Madness II, you’ve proven yourself more than capable of handling Gielinor’s primate problems - so why are tortured and demonic gorillas still acting like you're invading their jungle gym? With this change, we’ve made it so that they’ll no longer be aggressive post-quest. On top of that, they will now swap Prayers for every 7...Easter 2025 Event | April 16thApr 16, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/2962237a3fcf352c195a1755d08b3b017fe1ccc9.png This week brings springtime spirit to Gielinor, Deadman QoL fixes, and a whole lot of carrots - hop in and check it out! Changelog April 16th Easter Event 2025 A mysterious trail of carrot bits leads to this year’s Easter event in Varrock... Go earn yourself an Easter-themed outfit! Permanent Deadman Tweaks Heroes’ Quest and Shield of Arrav now autocomplete for all accounts. S.T.A.S.H. units are now fully buildable and functional. Nimbleness Charm now works with additional Agility shortcuts that were previously excluded. Increased Trinket drop rates from breach monsters. Ruby Bolt (e) Special Attacks are now capped at 30 damage against breach monsters, matching Deadman: Armageddon behaviour. Other Changes As promised in last week’s update, we’ve reverted the Tool Leprechaun location changes and the movement restrictions on gardeners. Players can no longer receive a Farming Contract through the "take another contract" option if they no longer meet the level requirement. The Run Energy drain effect of the Jal-MejRah can now be blocked by Prayer. This was already the case for their stat-stealing effect. Using shortcuts in the Agility section of Monkey Madness II should no longer cause the game to crash. Autocast settings will now be remembered upon switching gear in Castle Wars. PvP Rota The PvP rota has moved to Period A: 539 - (US) - PvP World 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota. World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this rota. The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week. Easter Event 2025 Our egg-stra special friend, the Easter Bunny, has vanished like your GP after a bad PKing trip. The flowers aren’t blooming, the chocolate eggs aren’t rolling, and the citizens of Varrock are feeling disturbingly un-festive. Something’s wrong... Something’s eggstremely wrong! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/db8917f5c6468a3bcced547b4ddfea382958fb75.jpg If you can’t see the image above, click here! This year’s Easter event is a mystery filled with strange clues, stranger characters, and a journey that will take you somewhere you’ve never been before. Things kick off in Varrock, where some less-than-jubilant citizens are wondering what happened to their favourite egg-centric holiday. Something about... carrot bits? Hmm. Follow the clues to hunt down the Easter Bunny and bring spring back on track! Completing the event will earn you a new seasonal outfit that will certainly help you stand out in the dark. You’ll also receive Easter rewards from any previous events you’ve missed. Easter Livestream: The Hunt is On! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/d49e5a3e99397532c5573f4985e846f5aeada81b.png If you can’t see the image above, click here! Join us on April 17th at 16:00 BST for a sp...Farming & Autocast QoL ChangesApr 9, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/118e2102879e59c9b6899c591963079a279b3e8a.png PSA: We're aware of an issue affecting some players on Android devices where the game may take longer to load than normal, and may cause game not responding device notifications. We're investigating the issue as a priority. This week’s update brings some handy quality-of-life improvements to Farming and Autocasts! Changelog - April 9th Farming Improvements Gardeners will no longer wander off and will instead remain conveniently stationed at their plots, confined to a 3-tile diameter, ready to assist you. Leprechauns are now stationed closer to herb patches. Using a tree seed on a plant pot will now continue planting similar seeds into more pots until you either run out of pots or seeds. Likewise, watering your potted seeds will continue automatically for as long as you have water and unwatered pots of the same type. Autocast Mishaps Autocast is no longer cleared when you don't have the level or runes to cast the selected spell; it will instead remain as your selected auto-cast, and once you regain the runes or level, it will begin casting again. You can now select a spell to autocast regardless of its level or whether or not you have the runes available. Poll 83: Castle Wars Tweaks To reduce AFK viability and better support active Castle Wars gameplay, Plaudit Crates have been updated and are now re-enabled for purchase and opening. Coins and runes have been removed, and untradeable arrows and bolts (exclusively for use in Castle Wars) have been added. The message telling you that you cannot attack a teammate in Castle Wars is now filtered. The Castlewars Rune pouch will now enable free casts of Humidify. Logging out and back in a game of Castle Wars will no longer magic another rune pouch into your inventory. The new barricade cap restricting teams to 7 barricades outside and 10 inside the base now only applies on dedicated Castle Wars Worlds. 8 - 16-bit Music Update Audio improvements: Transitioned music tracks from 8 -16-bit for improved quality. Other Changes While not many of you are using demonbane spells, there are a handful of places that we suspect people might feel this bugfix impacts them. To compensate, we're reducing the Magic defence of some NPCs K'ril Tsutsaroth has had his Magic Defence reduced from 130 to 80. Skotizo has had his Magic Defence reduced from 130 to 80. Demonic Gorillas have had their Magic Defence reduced from 50 to 20. Cerberus has had her Magic Defence reduced from 100 to 65. The recently updated rune pouch menu has been tweaked to let you set a custom quantity as the left-click Store/Withdraw option for runes. Use the 'X' quantity button to customise the quantity and set it as the left-click option on your rune stacks. As Ironmen can already transfer tradeable items to other characters, we've removed the restriction that stopped them from gifting bonds. They can now 'use' a bond on the recipient to offer it as a free gift, like other charact...Nobody told me that Old School RuneScape was home to a perfect time capsule of mid 2000s cybersecurityApr 8, 2025 - PC GamerDespite being someone who had never touched RuneScape outside of a slightly dodgy interaction in the game as a child, I somehow found myself right in the middle of RuneFest back in March. It is slightly strange infiltrating a convention for a community you've absolutely no stake in, but if Jagex's master plan was to get me to dabble in its MMO, it worked: I came home from the convention, and downloaded Old School RuneScape on my phone and PC... Read more.Poll 83: Castle Wars UpdateApr 2, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/5f16b161a5bcb93ee275d49763a5c1e7bbfa3c99.png Poll 83 Castle Wars changes have arrived! Changelog - April 3rd Poll 83: Castle Wars Update Dedicated Castle Wars world changes: You can now only enter through the Guthix (green) portal to ensure more balanced teams. Players will now earn 1 additional ticket for participating in a game. On members worlds, players are now granted Plaudits alongside tickets. These Plaudits can be used to purchase Castle Wars supply crates via Lanthus. All Castle Wars world changes: The Castlewars brew now also applies the effects of a Stamina Potion and Super restore when consumed. Note: The reduction in run energy depletion associated with Stamina potions won't occur on F2P worlds. Helmets can now be worn in Castle Wars, enabling the use of armour set effects. Bandages now scale with your Hitpoints level and can overheal, similar to Anglerfish. Castle Wars bracelets can now be handed to Lanthus to store charges, automatically consuming one per game. You can now use blighted food and cast Vengeance with blighted sacks while in the Castle Wars lobby. Players now receive a Rune Pouch when entering Castle Wars, providing unlimited runes for select spells. Note, these spells no longer grant casting XP when the pouch is used, but still award XP based on damage dealt. To earn full Magic XP, you will need to drop the pouch and bring your own runes. A new barricade cap on dedicated Castle Wars worlds restricts teams to 7 barricades outside and 10 inside the base. Placed barricades now have a coloured rope to indicate what team they belong to. Barricades can now be placed in front of the respawn barriers. A new element has been added to the Castle Wars Heads-Up Display, showing the number of barricades your team has placed both inside and outside your base. Small walls have been added to the stairs and ladder at the respawn point, allowing players to range over them and create more strategic barricade placements. On non-Castle Wars worlds, players within Castle Wars will be able to shove targets back-to-back using the Dragon Spear and Zamorakian Hasta special attacks. On Castle Wars Worlds, players will still be unable to perform consecutive shoves on the same target. There is now a table with buckets in the supply room where the bucket spawn used to be. Fixed a bug where the player's overhead yellow arrow would not disappear after depositing the flag. Poll 83: Rune Pouch Changes The Rune Pouch UI has been upgraded to include new 1, 5, X, and "All" options for easier Rune withdrawals and deposits. Other Changes Fixed a bug causing the Moons of Peril to stop functioning if killed with Sunfire damage. Fixed a bug where the auto-weed setting was incorrectly appearing off when it was on, and vice-versa. You can no longer skip one of the shortcut obstacles in the Fremennik Slayer caves by interacting with a different obstacle. An optional warning has now been added when 'using' items on an Explorer's Ring t...Poll 83 QoL Changes | March 26thMar 26, 2025 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39707052/ced3dccb5d7138583cf92362337d2a8ce592ec8b.png This week brings some Poll 83 QoL changes, Emote Loops and more W345 tweaks! Changelog - March 26th Poll 83 Changes Updated the Slayer Cape perk when used at Konar to reassign tasks within the same area. The perk now considers the specific location of the task when offering a repeat assignment. You can now cast Alchemy by using items on the Explorer’s Ring, removing the need to wear it or navigate a dialogue box. Added a new dialogue option to receive another farming contract at the same tier as the one a player has just completed. You can now mouse over any fairy ring you have unlocked on the world map to be reminded of its code. Added a seed pack reward to Tithe Farm in exchange for points. Prayer tooltips now shows the base drain rates of all prayers. Updated the Shades of Morton's chest designs with clearer markings on top, making them more distinguishable. ​Mazchna, Vannaka, and Chaeldar now assign Slayer tasks to hunt Crabs. This includes Ammonite, Frost, Rock, Sand and Swamp crabs. All skill guides now feature a new tab named after the skill, providing an overview of what the skill is and the benefits of levelling it. Your game settings will now be automatically adjusted based on your choice when asked on Tutorial Island whether you’re a Beginner, Returning, or Experienced player. Player Support Update From today onwards, whenever your macroing (botting) report has been reviewed and actioned, you'll receive an inbox message directly in your Message Centre. Emote Looping Continued The emote looping feature has been added to an additional 45 emotes. This also includes looping for specific treasure trail items such as Flared trousers, Sleeping cap, Powdered wig and Pantaloons. W345 Permanent Deadman Changes Increased the rarity of Charms and stopped players with Deadman protection from obtaining them. This is to help the prices of the items long term and reward players taking those risks with extra loot! Removed the Elite Diary requirement for purchasing Elite Void. Now you can simply take a regular Void Knight Top or Void Knight Robes to the Elite Void Knight at Pest Control and upgrade your regular void pieces to Elite void pieces for 200 points per piece! Added an option to change the respawn location to the Grand Exchange. Talk to Brugsen Bursen at the Grand Exchange to choose your respawn point upon death, similar to Deadman Armageddon. All players can now use Chivalry, Rigour, and Augury in Permanent Deadman Mode provided they have the prayer level requirement, regardless of their defence level. Chivalry still requires the completion of the Holy Grail quest, Rigour and Augury still requires the prayer scrolls. Trinkets now turn to Trinket dust upon death, similar to Charms. The old Deadman skulls (as seen in Bounty Hunter) have returned to Permanent Deadman. A check has been added to prevent skulled players from diving with the rowboat on Fossil Island. Other Chang...

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