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Is Runescape Steam Deck compatible? After 22 years, it's virtually impossible to find any gamer who hasn't at least heard of Runescape. Jagex's everpresent MMORPG has stood the test of time as very few games can, and you can now get it running on your Steam Deck.


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Old School Runescape rebuilt as a tough soulslike RPG, available now

Old School Runescape has one of the most recognizable and instantly nostalgic visual styles in all of gaming. Those chunky polygons, smooth textures, and frame-by-frame animations whisper of a simpler, more whimsical time, when PC gaming meant dial-up internet and homebrew forums. Now, one visionary independent game-maker has adapted the classic look of Runescape into an experimental, new, first-person RPG. Partly inspired by FromSoftware, specifically King's Field and the tough difficulty of later soulslikes, if you want PC classics repackaged into something totally fresh, it's available now for free.


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Christmas 2023 | December 6th

Happy Holidays from everyone on the Old School Team!

Reminder: Game Updates are now accompanied by a 30-minute downtime period to ensure we can take an up-to-date backup. Game Worlds will be offline at 11:30 GMT and should be back online at 12:00 GMT.

As it stands, Leagues will remain as it is over the Christmas period after next week's update unless there are major bugs or issues that need addressing. Please continue to report your bugs and issues via the in-game Bug Report feature.

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[h2]Changelog - December 12th[/h2]

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2023 Christmas Event
  • The 2023 Christmas event is here! Speak to Jack Frost in Lumbridge to join in the festive fun.
  • Added Christmas Achievements, just for fun!
Leagues IV: Trailblazer Reloaded
  • Players may be experiencing issues with League Point totals being calculated differently between Leagues and regular worlds.
    • If you’re experiencing this issue, please log in to a Leagues world and either complete a new task or open and close the Point interfaces until the sync triggers.
  • The following Combat Achievements are now correctly checked off after being auto-completed when unlocking the relevant region:
    • Faithless Crypt Run (Morytania/Barrows)
    • Dress Like You Mean It (Desert/Tempoross)
    • Versatile Drainer (Fremennik/Phantom Muspah)
    • More Than Just A Ranged Weapon (Fremennik/Phantom Muspah)
    • The Worst Ranged Weapon (Asgarnia/Kree’arra)
    • Finding The Weak Spot (Wilderness/Corporeal Beast)
Chambers of Xeric
  • Skeletal mages now scale correctly when manually scaling at Raid creation.
  • Players are no longer able to place Kindling in Storage Units.
  • Tumeken’s Shadow will now splash against Jewelled Crabs if your Magic Accuracy is -64 or lower.
  • Potions now correctly award points when sipped.

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[h2]2023 Christmas Event[/h2]

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Can you believe that 2023 is almost over? Neither can we!

This year’s fabulously festive Christmas Event takes us to Lumbridge, where regular troublemaker Jack Frost is up to his usual tricks. See, Jack’s been getting a little bored lately and to stop him being a nuisance, Santa’s banished him to Gielinor for the holidays. Not to be deterred from a little mischief, our frosty friend has rented a field in Lumbridge for a winter sports extravaganza – and he needs YOU to test it out!

After helping Jack Frost out, you might want to stick around a little longer – partaking in the event will earn you Christmas Achievements. We don’t want to spoil the fun, so they’ll be hidden until after the event – have fun, get silly, and see how many of them you can find!

Don’t worry, the Christmas Achievements are just a bit of fun. They don’t count towards Leagues tasks or any Achievement Diaries. Try them out solo or with your friends!

If you find the event has been a slippery slope to further snowy shenanigans, check out Jack Frost’s Sliding Challenge Mode, where you’ll race against the clock to see how fast you can slide! Nyooom!



[h3]Event Items[/h3]



Frosty FashionScape is coming your way! This year, you can earn yourself the Snowglobe Helmet and the Icy Jumper to celebrate the season.

Don’t forget, you can also unlock all the rewards from previous years by speaking to Diango at his stall in Draynor.

[h3]Christmas Livestream[/h3]

Today, Tuesday December 12th, marks the last livestream of the year! Join us for a festive extravaganza!

The J-Mods will be in-game playing through this year’s Christmas Event and having fun with the community. Back in the studio, Santa has dropped by with some OSRS Boss Top Trumps to give away to a few lucky winners – tune in for your chance to win!


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[h2]Leagues IV: Trailblazer Reloaded[/h2]

If you’ve been keeping up with our newsposts, you’ll have seen that the frequent reminders about Leagues Points being calculated on a rolling schedule to protect our web systems. Unfortunately, so many of you are racking up the Points that this system began experiencing errors from re-calculating League Points at such a regular pace! Don’t panic, we’ve fixed the issue – but some players may now find they have a different Point total between Leagues and regular worlds.

If you’re experiencing this issue, please log back into a Leagues World and either open and close the Points interface or complete some new tasks. This should cause the Points to sync correctly again.

In other Leagues news, we’ve fixed an issue where auto-completed Combat Achievements weren’t counting as completed when unlocking the associated region. The following Combat Achievements are affected:
  • Faithless Crypt Run (Morytania/Barrows)
  • Dress Like You Mean It (Desert/Tempoross)
  • Versatile Drainer (Fremennik/Phantom Muspah)
  • More Than Just A Ranged Weapon (Fremennik/Phantom Muspah)
  • The Worst Ranged Weapon (Asgarnia/Kree’arra)
  • Finding The Weak Spot (Wilderness/Corporeal Beast)

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[h2]Chambers of Xeric[/h2]

As promised, we have a selection box of changes for the recently-updated Chambers of Xeric raid.

First up, skeletal mystics will now scale correctly when manually scaling a Raid at creation. Previously, their mystical powers let them see through your ‘invisible mates’ ruse, but we’ve given them a stern talking to about respecting other people’s imaginary friends and now they’ve promised to behave.

We’ve also prevented players from placing Kindling in Storage Units, due to an issue where players could stack a bunch of them to deposit at once for extra Point bonuses. Someone’s going on the naughty list!

Lastly, we have a pair of smaller bug fixes:
  • Tumeken’s Shadow will now splash against the Jewelled Crabs if your Magic Accuracy is -64 or lower.
  • Potions now correctly award points when sipped.

You may notice that a couple of the changes we spoke about last week are missing. Firstly, upon further investigation into the Great Grub Bonanza in the Thieving room, we discovered that this behaviour was intended after all. Phew! We also reviewed the implications of removing the attack delay on the Harmonised Nightmare Staff when facing Jewelled Crabs, and discovered that allowing players to cast rapid Fire Strikes would result in those players receiving unusually rapid XP rates. As a result of our investigations, both of these changes have been cancelled.

Nevertheless, we'd like to give a big ol' THANK YOU to everyone who left their feedback! You'll all get extra Cavern Grubs in your stockings this year.

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[h2]PvP Rota[/h2]


Over the Christmas period, all worlds will be open, regardless of the region. The PvP rota will begin again next year!


The PvP Arena will be using Zerker loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week, starting on Wednesday, with '1 Def Pure' the following week as this is on an automatic rota.

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You can also discuss this update on our official forums, on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.

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More Leagues IV Changes | December 6th



We’ve made even more fixes, how exciting!

Reminder: Game Updates are now accompanied by a 30-minute downtime period to ensure we can take an up-to-date backup. Game Worlds will be offline at 11:30 GMT and should be back online at 12:00 GMT.

We’ve been busy making important QoL changes to Leagues IV: Trailblazer Reloaded. Check the changelog for a breakdown of all this week’s updates!

Plus: get ready for the 2023 Christmas Event, coming next week!

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[h2]Changelog - December 6th[/h2]

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Leagues IV Changes
  • Added a toggle to the Guardian Horn which automatically summons the Guardian during combat.
  • Region-specific Combat Achievements will now be auto-completed.
  • Using Globetrotter's last destination will now correctly account for Dragonstone jewellery teleports, so it can be used in up to level 30 Wilderness.
  • Reduced the maximum amount of Soul Wars Points players can use at one time to 1,000 to prevent glitches caused by players receiving too much XP at once.
  • Players who reach the point threshold for Combat Achievement tiers will now correctly unlock that tier, instead of needing at least one point over the threshold.
  • The non-Leagues Vengeance spell now uses the original sound instead of the Trailblazer version. You can pick your favourite by right-clicking the spell if you've unlocked the Leagues Vengeance.
  • Equipping any combination of Gold/Normal Prospector outfit parts now correctly completes the ’Equip a Full Prospector Outfit’ task.
  • Tumeken's Shadow now benefits from the attack speed increase from Superior Sorcerer in Soul Wars.
  • Fixed an issue where the Guardian was not stunning the Abyssal Sire correctly.
  • Corrected the ‘Create 100 Divine Super Potions’ task to ‘Create 50 Divine Super Combat Potions’.
  • The Leagues IV emote will now correctly show if the player has the full set of Leagues IV Relic Hunter on their League Outfit Stand.
  • Fixed an issue where the ‘Equip Every Draconic Shield’ task could not be completed.
  • Having a Clue Nest, Geode or Bottle in your Bank will now allow you to pick up a Clue Scroll.
  • The ‘Complete all Muspah Combat Achievements’ task will now be checked off when the requirements are met.
  • Fixed an issue where Zimberfizz would try to escape the Soul Wars tutorial. Not today, pal!
  • Removed the Kourend task ‘Equip a Full Angler’s Outfit’ as there is a global task with the same requirements.
  • Nex will now count towards the 100/250/500 God Wars Dungeon KC tasks.
  • The PoH Leagues Trophy Room Scroll now correctly states the player's rank from previous Leagues.
  • Hit splats on the Guardian and Thralls will now no longer show incorrect max hits.
  • Fixed clipping issues that occurred when performing the new Alchemy animations while wearing items in both hands.
  • Using Purge as one of three different Prayer drain methods will now count towards completing the ‘Versatile Drainer’ Combat Achievement.
  • Updated the Leagues Firsts board.
  • Added a warning if your Guardian has the rare outfit when you reroll.
Other Changes
  • Removed level up messages for the Ruinous Powers.
  • Party balloons in Clan Halls should no longer drop inside the walls.
  • The Pursuer will no longer attack players when they are on a different level to it.
  • Players should no longer get stuck when generating new floors of the Sepulchre.
PvP Rota

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this 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.
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[h2]Leagues IV: Trailblazer Reloaded[/h2]

The latest League has been live for three weeks now, and Trailblazers across Gielinor have been popping tasks, scooping up drops and even reaching the heights of Dragon Tier! While you've been slaying, questing, and skilling, our team has been squashing bugs and deploying hotfixes to ensure your journey is as smooth as possible.

If you're looking for the latest scoop on stats from Soup (which is a really fun thing to say out loud!) then check out the video he put together for our YouTube Channel!

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If you can't see the video, try clicking here instead!


Now, let's take a look at that fresh list of fixes!

[h3]Task Updates[/h3]

Tasks are how you progress in the League, so we’ve kept a tight ship when it comes to dealing with flagged issues! This week we've cleaned up the following bugbears:
  • Players can now equip any combination of Gold and Normal Prospector outfit parts to complete the ‘Equip a Full Prospector Outfit’ task.
  • Corrected ‘Create 100 Divine Super Combat Potions’ task to ‘Create 50 Divine Super Combat Potions’, which was always the requirement to complete it.
  • Fixed an issue where the ‘Equip Every Draconic Shield’ task could not be completed, even after equipping all three shields.
  • The ‘Complete all Muspah Combat Achievements’ task will now complete correctly when the requirements are met.
  • Removed the task ‘Equip a Full Angler’s Outfit’ from the Kourend task list as there is an existing global task with the same requirements.
  • Nex will now count towards the 100/250/500 God Wars Dungeon KC tasks.

[h3]Combat Achievements[/h3]

  • Combat Achievements that are region-specific will now be autocompleted.
  • Players who reach the point threshold for Combat Achievement tiers will now correctly unlock that tier, instead of needing at least one point over the threshold.
  • Using Purge as one of three different Prayer drain methods will now count towards completing the ‘Versatile Drainer’ Combat Achievement.


We’re continuing to remove clues that are inaccessible during this League so that nobody’s wasting time on Clue Scrolls they can’t complete!

This week, we’ve rounded up a few more stragglers, including:
  • The Easy clue which requires players to dance at the Grand Exchange with a Pink Skirt, Pink Robe Top, and a Body Tiara. This clue is no longer obtainable for players who have not unlocked Kandarin.
  • The Master cryptic clue which requires players to talk to Sir Vyvin while wearing a White Platebody and Legs/Skirt. We’ve removed this clue from the League entirely.

Lastly, we’ve ensured that you’ll still be able to pick up Clue Scrolls when you have a Clue Nest, Geode or Bottle in your Bank.

[h3]Guardian Fixes[/h3]

Your Guardian does some pretty heavy lifting in combat, so to make sure it doesn’t miss a moment of the action we’ve added a toggleable option to the Guardian Horn which will let you automatically summon the Guardian when you attack enemies. The toggle is ON by default.

In addition, we’ve fixed an issue where hit splats on both the Guardian and thralls were showing incorrect max hits.

Lastly, a little something for you FashionScapers – as of today, you’ll be warned if your Guardian is wearing *that* rare outfit when you try to reroll it.

[h3]General Tweaks[/h3]

  • Using Globetrotter's last destination will now correctly account for Dragonstone jewellery teleports, so it can be used in up to level 30 Wilderness.
  • Reduced the maximum amount of Soul Wars Points players can use at one time to 1,000. This is because players were receiving too much XP at once, causing their levels to wrap around into negative numbers. Just calm down, you lot!
  • Players can now switch between the Leagues sound and regular sound of the Vengeance spell by right-clicking on it if they have unlocked the Leagues Vengeance. The default sound has been restored to the regular version.
  • Tumeken's Shadow now benefits from the attack speed increase from Superior Sorcerer in Soul Wars.
  • The Guardian will now stun the Abyssal Sire correctly.
  • The Leagues IV emote will now be available when the player has the full set of Leagues IV Relic Hunter on their League Outfit Stand in the Player Owned House.
  • Fixed an issue where Zimberfizz would try to escape the Soul Wars tutorial.
  • The Scroll in the Leagues Trophy Room now correctly states your rank in previous Leagues.
  • Fixed a clipping issue with the new Alchemy animations which appeared when wearing items in both hands.
  • Updated the Leagues Firsts board!

On the topic of updates, we want to remind everyone that the record of your League Points in the main game are not updated in real time and could take a while to catch up to their actual value. This is a safety measure we’ve implemented to keep our backend systems happy – so don’t worry, your missing Points will appear as soon as the system catches up.

On the hunt for more Leagues content to enjoy? Check out our Community Playlist, full to the brim with videos from a veritable smörgåsbord of creators!

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[h2]Chambers of Xeric QoL Changes[/h2]

Last week’s long-awaited Chambers of Xeric tweaks have gone over an absolute treat. Thanks to everyone who gave the new-and-improved raid a whirl and sent us feedback, we have a few changes in the backlog.

Firstly, when scaling the party during Party Creation, players sometimes encounter fewer Skeletal Mystics than they expect. These fellas are an unusual case – unlike most everything else, they spawn dynamically based on the number of players who are actually in the Raid. They’re not fooled by your invisible mates! We’re looking to adjust this so that players receive the points they expect from scaled Raids.

Next up, a couple of Magic weapons have problems with our old friends, the Jewelled Crabs. Casting spells with the Harmonised Nightmare Staff still results in an attack delay, and Tumeken’s Shadow doesn’t guarantee a splash against the Crabs even when the Magic bonus on the equipment interface claims to be -64. Technically, that’s the Shadow’s fault, but we’ll be fixing it anyway!

‘Failing’ Thieving chests paradoxically gives players with 95 Thieving and above a minimum of two Grubs, instead of one. Although you’re big fans of this bug, we will be rolling it back as it makes Thieving a little too good. Sorry!

Lastly, we’re investigating feedback that Potions dropped by NPCs within the Raid aren’t giving as many points as expected. We’re still nailing the root cause of this issue down, but we’ll hopefully be able to reunite you with your potion-y points soon!

We hope to roll these changes out in next week’s update. In the meantime, please do reach out if you think we’ve missed anything!

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[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

  • Removed the level up messages for the Ruinous Powers.
  • Party balloons in Clan Halls should no longer drop inside the walls.
  • The Pursuer will no longer attack players on a different level to it.
  • Players should no longer get stuck when generating new floors of the Sepulchre.

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[h2]PvP World Rota[/h2]

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.

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You can also discuss this update on our official forums, on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.


Mods Abyss, Arcane, Archie, Argo, Ash, Ayiza, Boko, Blossom, Bruno, Chilly, Crystal, Curse, Daizong, Dylan, Ed, Elena, Enigma, Errol, Fed, Gecko, Gizmo, Goblin, Grub, Halo, Harold, Hend, Hornet, Husky, Jalo, Jerv, Keyser, Kieren, Kirby, Kurotou, Lenny, Light, Mack, Manked, Markos, Maylea, Meat, Moogle, Morty, Necro, Nox, Nylu, Other, Pumpkin, Redfield, Regent, Rice, Roq, Ry, Sarnie, Shroom, Sigma, Skane, Skylark, Smithy, Sova, Squid, Starry, Stevew, Surma, Sween, Tide, Titus, Torrance, Tsourorf, Tyran, Veda, Vegard, West & Wolfy


The Old School Team.