Old School RuneScape News

Jagex announces official Old School Runescape private servers, because the grind can always get grindier

I fear and respect Old School Runescape players. As someone who has a long history with MMOs and live-service games, I've stomached plenty of grind over the years. But the OSRS player doesn't merely tolerate grind—they relish in it, willing to devote themselves to the near-ascetic self-denial of killing a mole for 8 months. And soon, there will be grinds to endure that we haven't even begun to imagine. Over the weekend, Jagex announced Project Zanaris, the studio's name for customized OSRS community-run servers, where players will be able to design the parameters for the Runescape grind themselves...
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OSRS community servers are finally coming, giving you complete control

You'd better believe it, official Old School RuneScape community servers are finally on the way. Codenamed 'Project Zanaris,' you'll now have complete control over server rules as you play. So if you want to restrict trading, make your own game modes, or even just have a realm for you and your friends, you can do it. The power is about to be in your hands, but we've still got to wait a while for OSRS community servers to arrive before getting too excited.

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Poll 82 Updates & Araxxor Fixes | September 4th

This week we have more Poll 82 updates plus some Araxxor bug fixes.

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Changelog September 4th

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Araxxor

Reduced the 'self-damage' from stepping under Araxxor during his enrage phase from 30 to 10.
Extended Anti-Venom+ is now prioritised when using the cure option for poison and venom.
The kill time required to drop the Coagulated Venom no longer takes the time between the kill and looting into account.
Araxxor's body will now push you away if you're standing on him during the death animation.
Extended Anti-Venom+ has been recoloured to set it apart from other Anti-Venom potions.
Players with Rax stored in their Player Owned House will no longer be able to reclaim another Nid from Probita.
Added an additional audio cue for Araxxor's charged venom spit attack to help differentiate it from his basic attack.
Death Charge now correctly restores Special Attack Energy when killing Araxxor himself.
Rune Platelegs and Rune Kiteshield drops have been made noted to alleviate Inventory pressure on longer trips.
Prayer Potion supply drops now always drop as a single 4-dose potion instead of a couple of 2-dose potions.
Added Spiders back to the Gauntlet after a temporary time-out for phasing in and out of visibility.
Putting the Soulreaper Axe into the Bank with stacks on the weapon and logging out now causes the stack to start decrementing.

Further Poll 82 Updates

When taking up a new Mahogany Homes Contract, you can now select "Last-tier contract", for a Contract of the same tier as your previous selection, skipping the tier-selection dialogue. You can use the "Contract" option to choose another tier.
You'll now automatically drink your Cup of Tea at the end of a Mahogany Homes Contract.
In Trouble Brewing, Bottles of Rum now award 10 Pieces of Eight.
You will no longer have to find your way through a bog using a stick in Temple Trekking.

Other Changes

Expeditious bracelet now ensures players will receive the correct Slayer Points when used in Partner Slayer.
You're no longer able to gain XP by using magic spells on the pillars in the Path of Scarabas. Cheeky!

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

Araxxor

You've already been racking up your kill counts with the latest Slayer boss to creepy-crawl his way into Old School, and some players have gone as far as to create some unreasonably cute fanart for our favourite arachnid!

Cherrycake's Catraxxor is honestly too cute to handle, while OceanBytes has given the creepy crawly a truly retro feel.

Some less welcome bugs made themselves known last week, and last week we put out a handful of hotfixes to remedy them.

This week, we have some more improvements:

Top of the list, Araxxor will now helpfully push players away during his agonised death throes instead of letting them stand awkwardly on his corpse. In another bug fix, the kill time required to drop the Coagulated Venom will no longer take the time between the kill and looting into account.

It's going to be easier to grab your bottle of Extended Anti-Venom+ in a hurry as we've given it a more distinctive recolour. Plus, the Extended Anti-Venom+ will now be prioritised when using the cure option for poison or venom by clicking on your Hitpoints orb.

It didn't take long for you talented folks to discover some seriously cool tech to speed up your kills! Players discovered that you could get Araxxor to do significant damage to himself during his enrage phase with some well-timed 'step-unders'. We're all for ingenuity, however we do think the damage output was perhaps a little on the extreme side. Consequently, we’re reducing it down to 10 as opposed to 30. An extra 10 damage every 4 ticks is still a significant boost, so we hope it still feels worth doing without being so significant that it feels mandatory.

Here are a handful of extra changes we've made:

Death Charge now correctly restores Special Attack Energy when killing Araxxor himself.
Rune Platelegs and Rune Kiteshield drops have been made noted to alleviate some inventory pressure on longer trips.
Prayer Potion supply drops now always drop as a single 4-dose potion instead of 1-2 2-dose potions.
Spiders have been welcomed back to the Gauntlet, after a temporary time-out as punishment for phasing in and out of visibility.
Players with Rax in their Player Owned House will no longer be able to reclaim another Nid from Probita.
Putting the Soulreaper Axe into the Bank with stacks on the weapon and logging out now causes the stack to start decrementing.
We've added an additional audio cue for Araxxor's charged venom spit attack to help differentiate it from his basic attack.

Before we move on, we'd like to confirm that the drop rates for Araxxor's uniques on the OSRS Wiki are accurate! The Araxyte Fang has a drop rate of 1 in 600, while Noxious Halberd pieces drop at a rate of 1 in 200. They use a similar system to the Abyssal Bludgeon to prevent you from obtaining any duplicate pieces until you've completed a full weapon. Plus, don't think we forgot... Pet drop rate! Nid, the little cutie, has a 1 in 3,000 chance, increased to 1 in 1,500 if you use the 'Destroy' option.

Plus, here's the Aranea Boots drop rates, too!

1/4000 from the small araxytes, meaning 1/1600 on task
1/2000 from the larger araxytes, 1/800 on task
1/400 from superior araxytes

There may well be more Araxxor changes to come, but that's all for this week!

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Poll 82 Updates

This week we're continuing to rollout Poll 82 changes!

First up, the much-requested Trouble Brewing update - Bottles of Rum will now award 10 Pieces of Eight! Or should that be Pieces of Ten?

We're also removing the swamp segment in Temple Trekking, meaning you'll no longer have to find your way through a bog with just a stick to guide you.

Finally, Mahogany Homes sees a couple of updates this week, too. When taking up a new Mahogany Homes Contract, you can now select "Last-tier contract", and this will assign a Contract of the same tier as your previous selection, skipping the tier-selection dialogue. You can use the "Contract" option to choose another tier. Plus, you'll now automatically drink your Cup of Tea at the end of a Mahogany Homes Contract - good to the last drop!

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Wintertodt Beta

Our Wintertodt Beta is coming soon! This is your chance to test out the new Warmth Metre, replacing Hitpoints as the resource to keep topped up. The Wintertodt's damage, from both basic and special attacks, will now reduce your Warmth Metre, and you'll want to keep that topped up by chomping on some food. Remember to wrap up against that harsh climate with some Warm clothing, as this will help mitigate Wintertodt's damage, along with keeping as many braziers burning as you can. We've also made some adjustments to the Rejuvenation potions, plus how to collect your loot at the end.

We'll be sharing the full breakdown of the changes, plus how to join the beta in an upcoming blog.

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Summer Summit 2024

Of course, we're not going to miss a chance to remind you of the upcoming Summer Summit - it's happening this weekend!

Join us live on Twitch on Saturday, September 7th, 8pm BST / 3pm ET / 12pm PT for your first look at our roadmap and some very exciting reveals... You won't want to miss it!

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Other Changes

Okay so it's not a change, but plenty of you have been asking for some insight into the Rocky drop rate for the Varlamore house thieving activity, so we wanted to confirm it with you: it's drop rate is 1/206777.

Changes made this week:

Expeditious bracelet now ensures players will receive the correct slayer points during partner slayer when it is used.
You're no longer able to gain XP through magic spells on the pillars within the Path of Scarabas, cheeky!

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Merch Updates

[h2]RuneBreaks - an Old School RuneScape DnB album[/h2]

Old School RuneBreaks is an album of official low poly atmospheric DnB remixes of select songs from the RuneScape OST.!

Remixed by London producer Pizza Hotline and with artwork by Matthew Leiher aka Uber, RuneBreaks features 11 blissed-out tracks, complete with unique chilled out animations which you can watch and listen to the full album on the Old School YouTube channel now!

Pre-orders are now open for a Limited Edition double vinyl set, available via the Laced Records store and the Official Merch Store. The set features all 11 tracks on blue galaxy-effect heavyweight discs, all housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve. Purchasing the vinyl via Laced Records unlocks 320kbps MP3 digital downloads.

The album is also now also available on major music streaming platforms. Add it to your playlist!

[h2]RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars, Issue #2 On Pre-Sale Now[/h2]

The second instalment in Titan Comics' comic book series is available to pre-order now!

Variant covers for issue #2 have now been revealed from artists Bayleigh Underwood, Nick Marinkovich and RuneScape's own Concept Artist Mod DBarker!

A special new “virgin” cover for issue 1 has also just been announced as a limited edition featuring only the black and white sketch art for cover 1A by Alan Quah.

Issue #1 is on sale in comic stores and available to purchase digitally on 9th October. Issue #2 follows on November 6th, but all issue covers are now available for pre-order!

Choose a favourite, or pre-order the whole lot!

[h2]New OSRS Embroidered Apparel Range[/h2]

Gear up for autumn in understated style!

The OSRS team were fully involved in the design of this premium apparel range. They wanted to create some classy OSRS togs with understated style!

The eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted prototypes of this range modelled by hosts on the Winter Summit stream earlier in the year and some of the team were again kitted out in this range for the recent Summer Summit!

Now available for all on the official merch store, check out the all the items from the new embroidered apparel range below. You’ll find OSRS bosses, runes from the OSRS logo and a PK skull all recreated in subtle embroidered and woven patches on premium garment bases!

You might recognise the pixel designs from the OSRS HiScores and the Shattered Relics League.

Garments include super soft black pocket tees suitable for all year round and something for the cooler days as we ease into autumn with plaid/cord button down shirts and chunky knit beanies!

Limited stock is available for shipping now – additional stock to follow based on demand!

Here's what the full range includes:

Jad check shirt, tee and beanie
Zulrah green cord shirt and tee
Olm check shirt and tee
Runes cord and plaid shirt and beanie
PK Skull beanie!

You can order any of these items from our merch store right now!

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PvP World 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 'Max/Med' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

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You can also discuss this update 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 Abe, Abyss, Arcane, Archie, Argo, Ash, Ayiza, BigRig, Blossom, Boko, Bruno, Chilly, Criminal, Crystal, Curse, Daizong, Dylan, Ed, Elena, Enigma, Errol, Gecko, Gengis, Gizmo, Goblin, Grub, Halo, Harold, Hend, Hooti, Hornet, Husky, Jalo, Jerv, Keyser, Kieren, Kirby, Kurotou, Leebleh, Lenny, Light, Liron, Mack, Manked, Markos, Maylea, Meat, Moogle, Morty, Necro, Nin, Nox, Nylu, Other, Pumpkin, Redfield, Regent, Rice, Roq, Ry, Saiyan, Sarnie, Shogun, Shroom, Sigma, Skylark, Smithy, Sova, Squid, Starry, Suharun, Surma, Sween, Tide, Titus, TJ, Tsourorf, Tyran, Veda, Vegard, West, Wolfy & Yume

The Old School Team.

Miscellaneous Fixes | August 21st

This week’s update features fixes and feedback changes as we prepare for Araxxor’s launch next week.
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Changelog August 21st

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Osmumten's Fang Inventory Icon Changes

Both the Standard and Ornamental Fang's Inventory icons now look bigger and clearer, as per your feedback.

Araxxor Arrives Next Week!

The new Slayer boss, Araxxor, is set to weave some serious trouble starting next Wednesday, August 28th!

Summer Summit 2024

Mark your calendars for September 7th, 8pm BST / 3pm ET / 12pm PT for all the exciting news this year’s Summer Summit will bring!

Other Changes

The Key Master in Cerberus' Lair no longer shows a combat level.
The Deadman: Armageddon variants of the Mage Arena 2 capes should now work as intended with the respective God Spells.
Special attacks can once again be used in Last Man Standing on F2P worlds.
Ironmen can now pick up the Keystone Crystal if a teammate drops it in the Chambers of Xeric. The crystal still awards points to the player who initially collected it, rather than to the player who uses it to complete the challenge room.
The off-hand Imcando Hammer now correctly works with Infernal Eels and coconuts.
Corrected a typo in the name of the off-hand Imcando Hammer.
Corrected the name of the ‘Cat Mask'.
Tweaked a shrine in the Temple of Ranul to face away from the wall.

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

Osmumten's Fang Icon Changes

Inventory icon adjustment to the Standard Osmumten's Fang

Inventory icon adjustment to the Ornamental Osmumten's Fang

A few weeks ago, we tweaked Osmumten's Fang's model and special attack as part of the animation spring clean. This slight model adjustment ended up causing the Fang’s Inventory icon to appear smaller than before, and you weren't keen on it. We heard you loud and clear, and the art team has been working on adjusting its Inventory icon based on your feedback. You'll be pleased to hear that both the Standard and Ornamental Fang's Inventory icons now look bigger and clearer, as per your request!

Before we continue with what else has been fixed in this game update, we've got some exciting announcements to make!
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Araxxor Arrives Next Week!

The new Slayer boss, Araxxor, is crawling his way into Old School in a matter of days. This arachnoid menace is set to weave some serious trouble starting next Wednesday, August 28th!

For those who need to catch up, we first discussed this Araxyte from the deep dark swamps of Morytania in its poll blog. You can also check our latest Gazette for a chat with Mod Arcane about Araxxor.

Stick around and keep your eyes open for this eight-legged terror... lest he creep up on you!
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Summer Summit 2024

Summer may be drawing to a close, but the Summer Summit 2024 is just around the corner!

Mark your calendars for September 7th, 8pm BST / 3pm ET / 12pm PT for all the exciting news the Summer Summit will bring!

Want to find out what we've been working on behind the scenes? Are you curious about the future content releases and what's in store for you? Make sure to tune in to our official Twitch channel on the day to get a first look at Old School's roadmap for the rest of the year and up until the next Summit at RuneFest in March.

[h2]Watch Party over on Discord![/h2]

As this year's Summer Summit airs, we'll be hosting a watch party in our official Discord server: You'll be able to watch it together with fellow 'Scapers, our lovely Chat Mods and some JMods in its dedicated channel, making predictions about what will happen at the Summer Summit and filling out a community-led bingo board!

We'll be giving more details about this community activity on Discord closer to the time, so join us on Discord and stay tuned for more!

With these announcements out of the way, let's continue with some fixes we managed to sneak in while the team is busy preparing for Araxxor's launch next week…
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Other Changes

The Key Master in Cerberus' Lair no longer shows a combat level.
The Deadman: Armageddon variants of the Mage Arena 2 capes should now work as intended with the respective God Spells.
Special attacks can once again be used in Last Man Standing on F2P worlds.
Ironmen can now pick up the Keystone Crystal if a teammate drops it in the Chambers of Xeric. The crystal still awards points to the player who initially collected it, rather than to the player who uses it to complete the challenge room.
The off-hand Imcando Hammer now correctly works with Infernal Eels and coconuts.
Corrected a typo in the name of the off-hand Imcando Hammer.
Corrected the name of the ‘Cat Mask'.
Tweaked a shrine in the Temple of Ranul to face away from the wall.

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PvP World 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.
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You can also discuss this update 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 Abe, Abyss, Arcane, Archie, Argo, Ash, Ayiza, BigRig, Blossom, Boko, Bruno, Chilly, Criminal, Crystal, Curse, Daizong, Dylan, Ed, Elena, Enigma, Errol, Gecko, Gengis, Gizmo, Goblin, Grub, Halo, Harold, Hend, Hooti, Hornet, Husky, Jalo, Jerv, Keyser, Kieren, Kirby, Kurotou, Leebleh, Lenny, Light, Liron, Mack, Manked, Markos, Maylea, Meat, Moogle, Morty, Necro, Nin, Nox, Nylu, Other, Pumpkin, Redfield, Regent, Rice, Roq, Ry, Saiyan, Sarnie, Shogun, Shroom, Sigma, Skylark, Smithy, Sova, Squid, Starry, Suharun, Surma, Sween, Tide, Titus, TJ, Tsourorf, Tyran, Veda, Vegard, West, Wolfy & Yume

The Old School Team.

Slayer Partners | August 14th

Slayer Partners are back along with the second batch of Poll 82 updates and some exciting Makeover changes!
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Changelog August 14th

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Slayer Partners

Slayer Partners are back!
First, find a friend to duo with for Slayer Partners.
Then, to start the partnership:
- Use the ‘Partner’ option on an Enchanted Gem or Slayer Helmet.
- Select ‘New Partner’.
- Type their name in to send an invite!

Once the Slayer partnership is activated, Slayer Masters will assign Tasks you can complete together.

Further Poll 82 Updates

You can now swap the Bruma Torch, Amy's Saw and the Imcando Hammer between main-hand and off-hand by right-clicking and choosing ‘Swap’, whether it’s in your Inventory or equipped.
When Amy's Saw is in the off-hand, it no longer has combat stats.
We've added a Big-Search option to the Tempoross rewards pool. This means you can now use five Permits at once to roll five rewards.

Makeover Updates

In the updated Makeover interface, players may now choose between Body Type A and Body Type B, offering the freedom to pick either body type without the restriction of gender labels.
To give you even more room for self-expression, you can now choose a preferred pronoun for your player character from the following options: He/Him, She/Her, or They/Them. You can also continue without selecting a pronoun, if that's what you prefer. The game will use the default based on body type, similar to how it has always been.
All facial hair styles can now be used with both body types.
The new Makeover interface previously used for hairstyles has replaced Thessalia and Yrsa's makeover interfaces, and you can freely swap between all customisation options no matter which shopkeeper you talk to using the button in the top-left corner.
You can now change your wristwear in the Makeover interface.
Fixed a bug where some hair and beard combinations would sometimes display incorrectly on the Makeover interface.

Other Changes

You can now sell your Deadman: Armageddon rewards back to recoup the Points spend.
The Humidify spell can now fill cups with water, to help make Guthix Rest Tea.
Sacks can now be filled with straw for scarecrows using the hay bales at the Varlamore farm.
After completing the 'Between a Rock...' quest, the 'Fire' option on Dondakan's cannon will now fire you back into his rock, allowing you skip his dialogue. You'll still need your Gold Helmet for safety reasons.
Added a 'Deathmatching' button to the in-game Report menu in preparation for the upcoming Deathmatching prohibition. Note that there is still amnesty on this rule until August 15th.
Restored previous Red-X methods when fighting Cerberus.
The Blade of Saeldor now has its original sound, again.
Fixed rendering issues with textures in some areas on the Java client.

Hotfixed earlier this week:

Fixed a bug where the Inquisitor set bonus was retained after death.

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

Slayer Partners

Earlier this month, we proposed bringing Slayer Partners back to Old School. Today, it’s happening for real – so grab your buddies and get ready to slay!

Once you’ve decided on a Slayer Partner, it’s time to seal the deal! Simply:

Use the ‘Partner’ option on an Enchanted Gem or Slayer Helmet.
Select ‘New Partner’.
Type their name in to send an invite!

Once the Slayer partnership is activated, Slayer Masters will assign Tasks you can complete together.

[h2]Receiving a Task[/h2]

We've addressed the exploitation and boost abuse issues from the previous version, and ensured that you'll get tasks that both you and your partner can enjoy. Here's what's changed:

If you're the player obtaining a Task, only your block list will be taken into account.
You’ll also only receive Tasks that both you and your partner can actually complete.
We’ve removed the requirement for one player to have a higher Slayer level than their partner.
We've heard your concerns about some difficult tasks being blocked. To avoid this, we've changed the minimum limit of 'total combined' tasks by Slayer Partners to 15 instead of 10 based on your feedback.
If you already have a Task, you can’t partner up until you’ve finished it. This is to ensure that any Task you do together is suitable for both of you. Likewise, Irons won’t be able to partner up, but Group Irons can partner with other Group members.

The game will remember who your partner is if you log out, so you can always put the Task on hold or wrap it up by yourself. Careful though; if either partner claims a new Task while the other is offline, their partnership will be nullified.

You can cancel your current Task at any time, but both you and your partner must cancel to receive another one.

[h2]Completing a Task[/h2]

As long as they are within 30 tiles of one another and on the same world, both players in a Slayer partnership can get the Slayer Kill Count credit. This should make completing your tasks super speedy!

To prevent abuse, a task completed this way will only count as completed for both players if each of them has killed at least 20% of the required monsters. The exception, of course, is instanced boss Slayer Tasks, where only one player’s kills will count towards the Task.

Points are also distributed based on the percentage of the task each player completed by themselves. If you kill 60 gargoyles and your partner kills 40, the 15 Points will be split – 9 for you, 6 for your partner. If you killed 50 gargoyles each, you’d both get 8 Points - we round up half of 15 points to 8 as opposed to rounding down to 7; a whopping single point up from what a solo slayer could earn!

To avoid any messiness, Task Streak bonuses apply separately.

When you've successfully finished your Task and snagged the Points, you can continue Slaying together with a new Task – or go your separate ways. It’s your call!

Decided to get into Slayer Partners? Then, only one more decision remains: You and who?
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Further Poll 82 Updates

We’re picking up where we left off with the Poll 82 QoL changes! As a reminder, this poll focused on minigame improvements, although there were a couple of wildcards in the mix. Let’s see what changes we’re making today!

[h2]Off-hand Slot Changes[/h2]

Our first change is the ability to swap certain items to the off-hand slot, based on your request! We’ve added a ‘Swap’ button to Amy’s Saw, the Bruma Torch and the Imcando Hammer that lets you swap them from the main hand to the off-hand slot. This option is available from both the Inventory and the Equipment tab.

You can change hands from the Inventory or the Equipment tab.

This means that while training Construction you can now save two Inventory slots by equipping both Amy’s Saw and the Imcando Hammer at the same time. Do note, however, that Amy’s Saw loses its combat stats when equipped in the off-hand.

[h2]Big-Search for Tempoross[/h2]

When we pitched a Big-Search option for Guardians of the Rift in the Poll 82 proposal, many of you wanted to see it implemented for Tempoross as well. We think this makes perfect sense, so we’ve gone ahead and added a Big-Search option to the Tempoross rewards pool. This means you can now use five Permits at once to roll five rewards.
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Makeover Updates

This week also brings a series of much-requested changes and improvements to the Makeover interfaces, which should make customising your character a far more streamlined process.

[h2]Your Player Character, Your Way[/h2]

A big part of Old School is having the freedom to play the game your way, and that should extend to character creation, too. We want our players to have the freedom to express themselves in Gielinor, just as they would IRL.

With this in mind, we've updated the Makeover Mage interface:

Players may now choose between Body Type A and Body Type B, offering the freedom to pick either body type without the restriction of gender labels.
To give you even more room for self-expression, you can now choose a preferred pronoun for your player character from the following options: He/Him, She/Her, or They/Them. You can also continue without selecting a pronoun, if that's what you prefer. The game will use the default based on body type, similar to how it has always been.

We’ve updated these options on both the Makeover Mage interface and the Character Creation menu. Pronouns can also be changed in the Settings menu, for convenience.

The new Makeover Mage interface with the pronoun and body type options.

The new Character Creation interface with the pronoun and body type options.

In other news, all facial hair styles can now be used on either body type, so you can rock a beard or moustache whenever you like!

Additionally, the new makeover interface, previously used for hairstyles only, has replaced Thessalia and Yrsa’s interfaces! You can freely swap between all of them no matter which shopkeeper you talk to, using the button in the top-left corner.
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Other Changes

Now that Deadman: Armageddon is over, we know some of you want to be able to sell your rewards for a full refund. Good news; you can now do just that, and refund your Deadman: Armageddon rewards for Points. These rewards include:

Armageddon Rug
Armageddon Teleport Scroll
Armageddon Weapon Scroll
Armageddon Cape Fabric

Here are some more improvements for you QoL pleasure:

The Humidify spell can now fill cups with water, to help make Guthix Rest Tea.
Sacks can now be filled with straw for scarecrows using the hay bales at the Varlamore farm.
After completing the 'Between a Rock...' quest, the 'Fire' option on Dondakan's cannon will now fire you back into his rock, allowing you skip his dialogue. You'll still need your Gold Helmet for safety reasons.

Some fixes we've rolled out with the game update:

Restored previous Red-X methods when fighting Cerberus.
Fixed rendering issues with textures in some areas on the Java client.
The Blade of Saeldor now has its original sound, again.
Fixed a bug where some hair and beard combinations would sometimes display incorrectly on the Makeover interface.

You might be wondering, "What about reverting the changes to Osmumten's Fang graphics?" Don't worry, we've heard your feedback loud and clear! The art team is working on Fang's model and Inventory icon, and they need a bit more time to get everything just right. While it didn't make it into this week's update, you can expect the changes to Fang's graphics to arrive soon!

Also, hotfixed earlier this week:

Fixed a bug where the Inquisitor set bonus was retained after death.

Last but not least, a 'Deathmatching' button is added to the in-game Report menu, in preparation of the upcoming Deathmatching prohibition. Note that only players who break this rule from August 15th onwards will face sanctions. You can find out more about Deathmatching and why we’ve prohibited it in this informative blog . If you think you've been targeted incorrectly by this or any other rule, you can appeal to the Player Support team here.
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PvP World 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.
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