Old School RuneScape News

• The Ranged Warbanders have been given a little buff, so their ranged level more accurately reflects the rest of their stats. Watch out though, as this means they will hit a little harder now!
• We've reduced the Warband Melee's maxhit to give you a little more of a fighting chance up against those fellas.
• Those taking on the Colosseum will now receive the correct number of Glory for stacked modifiers.
• We've upped the Colosseum security so you'll no longer find NPCs wandering the arena if they aren't supposed to be there.
• All of the Fortis Colosseum NPCs now have their full and correct attack style information when using Monster Examine.
• You can now trade the Dizana's Quiver for a total of 4,000 Sunfire Splinters by talking to Minimus.
• We have slightly reduced the number of Sunfire Splinters obtainable in Wave 1, and increased the number gathered from waves 9-12. So while you'll receive 20% less Splinters on your first wave, if you make it through those later rounds, you'll see a lot more!

• We've taken a look at the Eclipse Boss and how much damage she's taking when at low hp, so you should no longer hit so many 1s!
• Sulphur Nagua's special attack will no longer bump them out of combat (which removes the window of opportunity for other pesky enemies getting a turn in when they shouldn't!)
• When fighting Moon bosses, the Ring of Recoil now correctly loses charges.
• Sipping tea from camps in the ruins will no longer be delayed during Perilous Moons.
• We've removed the forced camera movement when traversing Perilous Moons to make the journey more comfortable.
• To make it easier to escape the Perilous Moons bosses, we've made quick-escape the default option for the stairs.
• To reflect the lore around the Perilous Moons dungeon being newly discovered, you'll no longer find the diary entries detailing the dungeon's potions during the quest, only when you revisit the area.
• It's now consistently possible to kill Eclipse Moon during the Clone phase - even with single hitting weapons!
• We've now made it easier to tell when you've succeeded with the Fishing minigame during the Neypotzli dungeon, so now, when you have your net in the right place, you're guaranteed 1 fish, when you have it in the right place and succeed the roll, you'll receive 2 fish plus XP.
• You can now use a Stab attack style with the Dual Macuahuitl.

• You can now cover all of your Falconry fun with a one-time fee, and it's easier than ever - we've added the ability to right-click pay option on Matthias!
• Master hunters can relax, we've fixed a bug preventing you from using the Hunter Guild teleport on your Skill and Max Capes when you had used all of your Chinchompa teleports.
• The Huntsman's Kit will now correctly let you store all your hunter items - however, black chinchompas will wriggle free and won't be stored in your kit.
• We've tweaked the way the Hunters' Rumours work so you'll go a little less dry on the drops for many of the rumour creatures.
• A bug has been fixed which means you will now only be able to use the Meat Sack for Hunter activities.
• You can now trade the Dizana's Quiver for Sunfire Splinters by talking to Minimus.
• We've upped Irit Tar ranged strength to +60, so you'll get a little more bang for your muck! (see what we did there?)
• The Moonlight Potion now has the correct description, factoring in its boost to attack and strength alongside defense.
• For those undertaking A Ribbiting Tale, you can no longer escape a certain villainous frog's wrath wrath by walking away. The furious frog will now continue to be aggro when you come back in range.
• Wyrms are back on the menu, boys! We've made sure Wyrms are showing in the Slayer Log.
• The stump in the Oasis no longer stops you taking an axe if you are carrying a combat axe.
• The Civitas illa Fortis teleport in the Portal Nexus interface now has the correct icon.
• The quetzals in Fortis have had a reshuffle, so you'll now find the more commonly used bird closer to a teleport.
• We've increased the maximum capacity of the Portal Nexus, so it can contain all teleports once again.
• An issue has been fixed where Echo Boots were losing charges in PvP scenarios.
• The Mixed Hide costume set can now be stored in the POH Costume room.
• Group Ironmen will now be able to correctly share hunter mixes and butterflies with their group.
• We've reduced a clue scroll requirement to mean you only need one piece of the Sunfire armour set to complete it.
• Your Sunfire Runes will give you even more XP as we have doubled those rates!
• Sapphire Glacialis butterflies now correctly boost defence when they are released.

• We've fixed a bug which occurred following the addition of Varlamore that caused the Fang to roll incorrect accuracy during ToA.
• If a player is prevented from chopping the mahogany and teak trees in Murcaily's Hardwood Grove due to having not helped out around the village enough, Murcaily will now warn them of this before trying to take 100 sticks from them for entry.
• The dark chests of the Isle of Souls no longer claim that you might have received a Medium Clue Scroll every time you loot them.
• Equipping the Lightbearer shortly before your special attack energy was due to restore will no longer delay the energy restoration.
• The werewolf who receives the stick in the underground Agility course no longer wanders around so much.
• If you need to get replacement railings from Lawgof during the Dwarf Cannon quest, he now gives as many replacements as you still need, rather than just one.

• 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

• Blood Moon Armour Pieces
• Dual Macuahuitl

• Blue Moon Armour Pieces
• Blue Moon Spear

• Eclipse Moon Armour Pieces
• Eclipse Atlatl

• Wave 6 - 1/108
• Wave 7 - 1/92
• Wave 8 - 1/76
• Wave 9 - 1/60
• Wave 10 - 1/44
• Wave 11 - 1/28

• Echo Crystal - 6/10*
• Sunfire Fanatic Armour Piece - 3/10**
• Tonalztics of Ralos - 1/10

• Smol Heredit - 1/200***
• Dizana's Quiver - Only acquired upon a completion of the Colosseum.****

• The Ranged Warbanders have been given a little buff, so their ranged level more accurately reflects the rest of their stats. Watch out though, as this means they will hit a little harder now!
• We've reduced the Warband Melee's maxhit to give you a little more of a fighting chance up against those fellas.
• Those taking on the Colosseum will now receive the correct number of Glory for stacked modifiers.
• We've upped the Colosseum security so you'll no longer find NPCs wandering the arena if they aren't supposed to be there.
• All of the Fortis Colosseum NPCs now have their full and correct attack style information when using Monster Examine.
• You can now trade the Dizana's Quiver for a total of 4,000 Sunfire Splinters by talking to Minimus.
• We have slightly reduced the number of Sunfire Splinters obtainable in Wave 1, and increased the number gathered from waves 9-12. So while you'll receive 20% less Splinters on your first wave, if you make it through those later rounds, you'll see a lot more!

• We've taken a look at the Eclipse Boss and how much damage she's taking when at low hp, so you should no longer hit so many 1s!
• Sulphur Nagua's special attack will no longer bump them out of combat (which removes the window of opportunity for other pesky enemies getting a turn in when they shouldn't!)
• When fighting Moon bosses, the Ring of Recoil now correctly loses charges.
• Sipping tea from camps in the ruins will no longer be delayed during Perilous Moons.
• We've removed the forced camera movement when traversing Perilous Moons to make the journey more comfortable.
• To make it easier to escape the Perilous Moons bosses, we've made quick-escape the default option for the stairs.
• To reflect the lore around the Perilous Moons dungeon being newly discovered, you'll no longer find the diary entries detailing the dungeon's potions during the quest, only when you revisit the area.
• It's now consistently possible to kill Eclipse Moon during the Clone phase - even with single hitting weapons!
• We've now made it easier to tell when you've succeeded with the Fishing minigame during the Neypotzli dungeon, so now, when you have your net in the right place, you're guaranteed 1 fish, when you have it in the right place and succeed the roll, you'll receive 2 fish plus XP.
• You can now use a Stab attack style with the Dual Macuahuitl.

• You can now cover all of your Falconry fun with a one-time fee, and it's easier than ever - we've added the ability to right-click pay option on Matthias!
• Master hunters can relax, we've fixed a bug preventing you from using the Hunter Guild teleport on your Skill and Max Capes when you had used all of your Chinchompa teleports.
• The Huntsman's Kit will now correctly let you store all your hunter items - however, black chinchompas will wriggle free and won't be stored in your kit.
• We've tweaked the way the Hunters' Rumours work so you'll go a little less dry on the drops for many of the rumour creatures.
• A bug has been fixed which means you will now only be able to use the Meat Sack for Hunter activities.
• We've upped Irit Tar ranged strength to +60, so you'll get a little more bang for your muck! (see what we did there?)
• The Moonlight Potion now has the correct description, factoring in its boost to attack and strength alongside defence.
• For those undertaking A Ribbiting Tale, you can no longer escape a certain villainous frog's wrath wrath by walking away. The furious frog will now continue to be aggro when you come back in range.
• Wyrms are back on the menu, boys! We've made sure Wyrms are showing in the Slayer Log.
• The stump in the Oasis no longer stops you taking an axe if you are carrying a combat axe.
• The Civitas illa Fortis teleport in the Portal Nexus interface now has the correct icon.
• The quetzals in Fortis have had a reshuffle, so you'll now find the more commonly used bird closer to a teleport.
• We've increased the maximum capacity of the Portal Nexus, so it can contain all teleports once again.
• An issue has been fixed where Echo Boots were losing charges in PvP scenarios.
• The Mixed Hide costume set can now be stored in the POH Costume room.
• Group Ironmen will now be able to correctly share hunter mixes and butterflies with their group.
• We've reduced a clue scroll requirement to mean you only need one piece of the Sunfire armour set to complete it.
• Sapphire Glacialis butterflies now correctly boost defence when they are released.

• Undead Pirates added and landscape changes to the Chaos Temple.
• New rewards in the form of Adamant seeds and the Teleport Anchoring Scroll (formerly named 'Blip blocking scroll', but now it has a nautical word in the mix!).
• A pirate ship on the Wilderness' eastern shore, housing a chest that players can open for additional loot rolls using keys that are dropped by Undead Pirates.
• An adjusted Hard Clue Scroll location, moving from the Chaos Temple itself to a spot just north, by the nearby Wilderness Obelisk.
• Improved opt-in loot and XP rates from the Wilderness Agility Course.
• Various QoL changes to imbued God cape purchasing and Wilderness Slayer, including improved Superior rates, NPC quantities and loot tables.
• Removing the PJ Timer on Worlds 318 and 319, with improved messaging to boot. The PJ Timer was never supposed to be added to these worlds and in-game messaging had been incorrect for some time, this change is to make good on what we said our plan was when first introducing the PJ Timer in this blog from 2022 so that players who primarily enjoy a slightly different style of PKing might get the chance to jump back in!

• If a player is prevented from chopping the mahogany and teak trees in Murcaily's Hardwood Grove due to having not helped out around the village enough, Murcaily will now warn them of this before trying to take 100 sticks from them for entry.
• The dark chests of the Isle of Souls no longer claim that you might have received a Medium Clue Scroll every time you loot them.
• Equipping the Lightbearer shortly before your special attack energy was due to restore will no longer delay the energy restoration.
• The werewolf who receives the stick in the underground Agility course no longer wanders around so much.
• If you need to get replacement railings from Lawgof during the Dwarf Cannon quest, he now gives as many replacements as you still need, rather than just one.

• 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

• Easter has arrived with a good old-fashioned mystery to unscramble. Catch up with the Easter Bunny outside the Grand Exchange to start the egg hunt.
• Added new Easter rewards, including fetching FashionScape and a new Book…

• Tweaked the look of the World Map around the moonlight antelopes.
• Corrected the blocking of one tile on Ralos' Rise.
• The Hunter Skill Cape and Max Cape menus now refer to their teleport options as ‘Hunter Areas’ rather than ‘Chinchompa Teleports’.
• Rebalanced the bosses from Perilous Moons:
  • The Eclipse Moon boss now has slightly higher Defence.
  • The Blue Moon boss builds Cold twice as fast.
  • The Blue Moon boss heals more consistently during the Tornado phase.
  • The Blood Moon boss’ healing from its third attack has been reduced.
  • The Blood Moon boss’ healing from the Jaguar attacks has increased slightly.
• Removed a bush from the Sunlight Antelope area that prevented them from following players.
• The Fishing activity in the Perilous Moons dungeon now interrupts repeatable actions like Fletching.
• Corrected the description for Doom to state that it applies on any damage taken, rather than any damage taken 'off-Prayer'.
• Players can now toggle receiving duplicate Hunter Rumours. This toggle is ‘ON’ by default but can be changed using the ‘Rumour-Settings’ option on Verity.
• The naming of Rumours, Loot Sacks and Skill Guide references are now consistent and should reference Basic, Adept, Expert and Master tiers.
• Rotated the north and east traps to face the Pyre Foxes and increased the number of Pyre Foxes in the area.
• Improved the appearance of all Pitfall Trap creatures.
• Hunting for Red Chinchompas now correctly tells you to retrieve Fur.
• Razor-Backed Kebbit meat can now be stored in Meat Pouches.
• Obtaining Sunfire Splinters from Sunlight Antelopes will now correctly add them to the Collection Log.
• Reduced the respawn timer for Sunlight and Moonlight Antelopes.
• Players world hopping while Thieving in the Bazaar will now be able to do so faster.
• Fixed an issue where a Medium Anagram Clue behaved like a Challenge Scroll instead of a Clue Scroll.
• Made more trees across the Avium Savannah choppable.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t permanently disable the warnings inside Perilous Moons.
• Increased the buy limit of Atlatl Darts at the Grand Exchange.
• The Eclipse Atlatl’s requirements are now 50 Attack and Strength.
• The Master Clue that required the Fortis Salute now requires a normal Salute instead.
• One fish is now guaranteed when Fishing in Perilous Moons, although two fish can be obtained with a skill check.

• Extended the range of Sol Heredit's Spear Strike and Shield Slam attacks.
• Restored Yew Trees to their usual spots.
• Players can no longer walk inside the walls of the Varlamore Crypt.
• The skeleton north of the Colosseum now gives the correct note.
• Players are now able to craft the Hunter Sunlight Crossbow when boosting to level 74 Fletching.
• Removed the interaction message when trying to combine Spear Tips and Headless Arrows.
• Players can once again teleport to Al Kharid via the Jewellery Box, and right-click options should work again.
• Hunter creatures now drop Rumour items as intended.
• Improved the drop rates for some Hunter Rumour items.
• Removed Herblore XP for creating Moonlight Potions inside Perilous Moons.
• Fixed a S.T.A.S.H. Unit in Fortis.
• Increased the maximum permitted player count inside the boss rooms for each of the Moons of Peril.
• Reduced the healing offered by Snowy Knight Mixes.
• Fixed a bug where the new Quetzal pet could not be reclaimed from Probita.
• Apatura will now correctly offer to unlock the teleport to the Hunter Guild.
• The bosses from Perilous Moons will now render on top of anything else in their rooms.
• Fixed an interaction where Dizana's Quiver and Toxic Blowpipe weren’t respecting the bonuses offered by the Blowpipe's ammunition.
• The reduction for Colosseum Death Costs will now apply up to 100 completed waves.
• Echo Boots no longer lose charges in PvP – considering they don’t work there, we feel this makes sense.
• Players will now receive a message about the Quetzal Whistle and where to claim it when they complete 10 Rumours.
• Reduced the XP given for creating Sunfire Runes, which now correctly give XP per Essence used.
• Prevented Random Events from spawning in the houses associated with the Thieving activity.
• You will no longer receive duplicate Huntsman's Kits from Hunter Loot Sacks.
• Moonlight Moths, Sunlight Moths and Snowy Knight Jars now have the same delay as other potions.

• Improved the accuracy of spells cast by Kolodion and the other arena mages, after a previous error made them less accurate than they should have been. Protect from Magic still provides protection from their spells.
• The Account Guide on Tutorial Island no longer advises Jagex Account users to link emails to their accounts, as they no longer need to do that.
• If you have not unlocked the Bones to Peaches spell, it can now be hidden by the Spellbook filter that hides spells you lack the requirements to cast.
• Players doing the Lassar section of Desert Treasure II can now recover lost quest items from Ketla.
• Changed the sound effect on the mage Vardorvis head attack to something shorter. Thanks to Aatykon and his Twitch chat for the help picking it out.
• Fixed a bug where the 10% Crossbow Bolt effect proc chance buff from Seers Village Achievement Diary was applying twice.

• 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

• The Eclipse Moon boss now has slightly higher Defence.
• The Blue Moon boss builds Cold twice as fast.
• The Blue Moon boss heals more consistently during the Tornado phase.
• The Blood Moon boss’ healing from its third attack has been reduced.
• The Blood Moon boss’ healing from the Jaguar attacks has increased slightly.

• Corrected the blocking of one tile on Ralos' Rise.
• Players world hopping while Thieving in the Bazaar will now be able to do so faster.
• Fixed an issue where a Medium Anagram Clue behaved like a Challenge Scroll instead of a Clue Scroll.
• More trees across the Avium Savannah should now be choppable!
• Increased the buy limit of Atlatl Darts at the Grand Exchange.
• The Master Clue that requires players to perform the Fortis Salute with the Blue Moon Set equipped now requires a regular Salute instead.

• Improved the accuracy of spells cast by Kolodion and the other arena mages, after a previous error made them less accurate than they should have been. Protect from Magic still provides protection from their spells.
• The Account Guide on Tutorial Island no longer advises Jagex Account users to link emails to their accounts, as they no longer need to do that.
• If you have not unlocked the Bones to Peaches spell, it can now be hidden by the Spellbook filter that hides spells you lack the requirements to cast.
• Players doing the Lassar section of Desert Treasure II can now recover lost quest items from Ketla.
• Changed the sound effect on the mage Vardorvis head attack to something shorter. Thanks to Aatykon and his Twitch chat for the help picking it out.
• Crossbow Bolts will now activate at the correct rate of 10%.

• 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

• Part One of Varlamore is out now! Main features include:
  • Fortis Colosseum
  • Perilous Moons
  • Hunter's Guild
  • New Thieving Activity
  • New Prayer Activity
  • New Mining Activity
  • Four New Quests
  • And much more!

• The Birthday festivities have concluded and the accompanying party favours have been put away until next year.
• Jewels may no longer be attached to a Keris Partisan while it is equipped unless the player satisfies the requirement to equip the resulting jewelled Partisan.
• The stone chests of Kebos no longer claim that you might have received a Medium Clue Scroll every time you loot them.
• The Spade in the underground region of the Morytania Slayer Tower can now be telegrabbed.
• Streamlined Elnock's dialogue so that it no longer forces you to click through his question about Impling Scrolls every time you return to him.
• More menus now refer to the Neitiznot Shield by its updated name.
• The level-up messages for Crafting no longer mention Leprechaun Charms.
• The Grand Exchange buy limit for Christmas Crackers has been reduced from 50 to 4.
• Corrected the spelling of Sotetseg's name in the Combat Achievements list.
• Made wording in messages about potion decanting more consistent.

• 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

• 48 Slayer
• 20 Runecraft
• 20 Hunter
• 20 Fishing
• 10 Construction
• Completed Twilight's Promise

• The Birthday festivities have concluded and the accompanying party favours have been put away until next year.
• Jewels may no longer be attached to a Keris Partisan while it is equipped unless the player satisfies the requirement to equip the resulting jewelled Partisan.
• The stone chests of Kebos no longer claim that you might have received a Medium Clue Scroll every time you loot them.
• The Spade in the underground region of the Morytania Slayer Tower can now be telegrabbed.
• Streamlined Elnock's dialogue so that it no longer forces you to click through his question about Impling Scrolls every time you return to him.
• More menus now refer to the Neitiznot Shield by its updated name.
• The level-up messages for Crafting no longer mention Leprechaun Charms.
• The Grand Exchange buy limit for Christmas Crackers has been reduced from 50 to 4.
• Corrected the spelling of Sotetseg's name in the Combat Achievements list.
• Made wording in messages about potion decanting more consistent.

• 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

If there's one thing I've learned about Old School Runescape, it's that it's very much a community-driven project. For me, it feels akin to Final Fantasy 14 or World of Warcraft Classic: the players are at the core of the experience. But, when I ask senior narrative designer Ed Pilkington how the team balances enacting feedback with safeguarding the game's health, he says that, sometimes, "tough" choices need to be made.

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• Previous PvP combat information is now wiped upon death. This is to stop players who have just died to a player coming back to fight them again without being skulled.
• Removed Leagues IV decorations from Lumbridge.
• The lightning circle is now brighter and more visible on both Cal'varion and Vet'ion.
• Scrying pools in Player-Owned Houses can once again be used to view a wide range of destinations across the game. To avoid safe scouting in the Wilderness, the pools still won't let you view Wilderness locations directly. Instead they'll just state how many players are in the area, as they've been doing in recent months.
• Fixed a bug where teleporting to your POH wasn't possible when 'Building Mode' was set by default.
• Fixed a bug where buying a Mage Arena Cape from Perdu would make the other God Capes in the Bank disappear.
• Clue Scrolls dropped by a player now last one hour on the ground rather than two minutes. This does not change existing behaviour for Clue Scrolls dropped by NPCs or other entities.
• You are now told if you would have gotten a clue but didn't because you already have one.
• Added a new line to the Terms and Conditions text outlining our Privacy Policy.

• 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