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[h2]Changelog - October 18th[/h2]
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Halloween 2023

• This year's Halloween event is go! Head over to the costumed child outside Varrock West Bank.

Other Changes

• The Bond Pouch interface has been updated.
• Using a new option on the Settings menu, you can now select whether compass options like 'Look North' should affect the vertical angle of the camera when used.
• Kamfreena and Lorelai now recognise trimmed Rune Defenders when discussing their cyclops rooms.
• Vesta's Blighted Longsword and its Bounty Hunter counterpart can now be used in the Clan Wars free-for-all arena (they could already be used in Clan Wars challenged battles if enabled in the battle's options).

Crack the Clue 3

• The board inside the Mysterious Old Man's house in Falador will be updated today with the names of the winner and Step Solvers!

Merch Update

• Re-live past fights against iconic bosses with this limited edition Top Trumps pack!
• RuneScape: The Gift of Guthix is the first of three planned new novels from Titan Books. Now available to pre-order and will be published May 2024.
• General Graardor and Sandwich Lady will be taking to the battlefield to face off against the Gods of SMITE on October 24th.

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.

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We want to be upfront here, this year's event is largely the same as last year's well-received trick-or-treating community event. We know that's going to disappoint a lot of you who look forward to these small slices of silly seasonal spookiness.

The reason is simple: Varlamore is shaping up to be Old School's biggest launch to date and with Leagues IV on the horizon, plus other upcoming QOL changes to content like the Chambers of Xeric, we've made the decision to prioritise development of these bigger projects. Whilst you'll be replaying last year's event, we hope you understand our reasoning (even if you may disagree with the decision) and we hope that you'll appreciate the tweaks to the community goal and enjoy the new cosmetic rewards!

Rest assured our long-term plan is to continue with the short story-driven holiday events that are so core to Old School. That said, we'd like your thoughts on how we approach this year's Christmas event. We were considering re-running 2013's Christmas event (which is a much older event itself from 2006). We're conscious that many of you won't have played this event before (or at least not for many, many years, way back in RuneScape 2!) and we think you'll enjoy the nostalgic trip! Alongside that, we're leaning towards having Old School's 11th Anniversary event be primarily a community celebration rather than any in-game content. What do you think? Let us know your thoughts.

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[h2]Halloween 2023[/h2]



TRICK OR TREATING IS BACK! But with slightly more spiders…

Once again, we're hearing reports of sweet treats popping out of trees, rocks and fishing spots all over Gielinor. NPCs are getting into the Halloween spirit too, with treats for the deserving - and tricks for the most unfortunate souls!

Much like our last Halloween event, you'll be working as one spooky collective to gather all the treats possible and fill up the Community Cauldron. However, the targets should be easier to reach this time! Let's get this cauldron overflowing!

While most of the action takes place in and around Varrock, you’ll also find a few chatty NPCs further afield that are definitely worth interacting with. Who might be likely candidates for seasonal treats? Perhaps it’s time to visit your elders…

We've also got some brand new rewards for you this year, so bring your best scary face and a handful of tricks to snag yourself some ‘wicked’ cosmetic treats...

This event as no prerequisites, so everyone can join in a celebration of the spookiest of seasons. We'll see you there!

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[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

After reviewing the Bond Pouch interface, we've given it a little redesign, making it smoother to use when moving/purchasing Bonds for your journey across Gielinor! The Bond Pouch interface is still accessed through the Account Management menu.



Here's a list of the changes we've made:

• More accessible buttons for depositing/withdrawing multiple Bonds.
• Highlights on the number of Bonds in your Inventory and Bank.
• Additional warnings for Iron players.
• Updated information about Bond usage and acquisition.
• Text and readability improvements.

And we've got a few more tweaks this week too:

• Using a new option on the Settings menu, you can now select whether compass options like 'Look North' should affect the vertical angle of the camera when used.
• Kamfreena and Lorelai now recognise trimmed Rune Defenders when discussing their cyclops rooms.
• Vesta's Blighted Longsword and its Bounty Hunter counterpart can now be used in the Clan Wars Free-for-all arena (they could already be used in Clan Wars challenged battles if enabled in the battle's options).

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[h2]Crack The Clue 3[/h2]

It's been a little while since Crack The Clue 3 wrapped up, but we wanted to take a moment to congratulate the winner - and all those who participated in Woox's puzzling challenge! The board inside the Mysterious Old Man's house in Falador will be updated today with all the names. We'd like to give a quick shoutout to SuhDude for helping us confirm the individuals involved!

Winner:

• Spider1357

Step Solvers:

• wendyes
• dddvlot
• Spider1357
• Detael
• K1SSIN
• Juoppokeke
• Xaigg
• 1FrostySOB
• GODSLIFE
• Winterpropht
• rururupert
• Mistereman22
• Ily Btw
• Belt
• Agent Yolo
• Kexsa
• Fleur de Lis
• lowli fe
• MusaUkko

And finally, a huge shout-out to the fantastic Crack The Clue Discord - it was truly brilliant how you came together to solve all the steps!

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[h2]RuneFest Survey[/h2]



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[h2]Merch Update - Top Trumps![/h2]



Re-live past fights against iconic bosses with this Limited Edition Top Trumps pack!

Currently exclusive to the RuneScape Merch Store for pre-order, and shipping 24th November 2023, OSRS Boss Top Trumps comes in a premium travel case and features 30 powerful bosses from across the history of the game.

Take a nostalgia trip with classic RuneScape baddies like the Kalphite Queen, Giant Mole and the notorious KBD - or battle unique Old School foes such as Vorkath and Zulrah. Re-live the dungeons of the Temple of Lost Ancients with all of the God Wars generals, or deploy formidable foes from across 10 years of Old School including Quest, Wilderness and Slayer bosses like Zuk, Jad, Cerberus, Elvarg and Galvek. Who knows, you might even pick up a wild card - look out for the Evil Chicken and other surprise appearances!

How do you play? It’s easy! Choose a category on each card, such as Combat Level, Max Hit, Boss Kills, Height or Year Added to Game - whatever you think is the winning stat that will outdo your opponent. Draw on your knowledge of Old School RuneScape to figure out if the Evil Chicken really can beat K’ril by virtue of having been in the game longest. Does Callisto have more Boss Kills than Graardor? Who is taller than whom? Do you know whose Combat Level makes them the most difficult to beat, and who out-hits all the rest?

Featuring art created using the Old School in-game models, and a short description of each character that you can use to quiz your opponent’s lore knowledge, this deck gives you a fun new way to take on friends and family - with foes old and new!

Pre-order now on the merch store to avoid missing out!

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[h2]Merch Update - New Novels![/h2]



RuneScape: The Gift of Guthix, the first of three planned new novels from Titan Books, will be published May 2024 - and it’s now available for pre-order!

Asgarnia’s fate hangs in the balance. Disparate tribes unite under the banner of Lord Raddalin, and his enemies look on in fear and hatred. Raddalin’s advisors – an uneasy alliance of Black and White knights – whisper of a discovery in the North that will give them the power to change everything.

Caught in the midst of history, a lowly scribe and the son of a Jarl hold the fate of Raddalin’s new kingdom in their hands.

From the glorious inauguration of King Raddalin’s reign to the disgraceful expulsion of the Zamorakians from Asgarnia, The Gift of Guthix tells an epic tale of the origin of magic, the plight of civil war, and the crushing defeat of the Fremennik Great Invasion. Amongst plots and betrayals, a penitent turncoat waits for her moment to leap into the unknown...

The novel will be penned by Erin M. Evans, the author of seven Forgotten Realms novels for Wizards of the Coast, including the 2011 Scribe Award winner Brimstone Angels.

Pre-order now from your local bookshop or online retailer.

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[h2]Smite Collaboration[/h2]



Calling all SMITE-loving 'Scapers! General Graardor and Sandwich Lady will be taking to the battlefield to face off against the Gods of SMITE!

A year ago RuneScape and SMITE united for an awesome crossover which saw Gnome Child, King Black Dragon, and the Wise Old Man make their SMITE debuts. We're delighted to say that we're back in SMITE by popular demand.

Check out the awesome trailer below and get ready for the launch on October 24th.

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[h2]PvP World Rota[/h2]

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 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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The Old School Team.

Old School Runescape player and streamer BTCs, known as the wealthiest player in the game with more than one trillion gold to his name, has been permanently banned from Runescape over allegations of real-world trading—that is, trading items in the game for anything outside of it, typically real money. It's a stunningly expensive ban: Even though OSRS gold has no official real-world value according to the terms of service (because you're not allowed to trade it for real money), the price of that much gold on grey-market gold selling sites would be in excess of $160,000...
Read more.

Today marks the start of our Fourth Game Jam – but we still have a few improvements going live!
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[h2]Changelog - October 4th[/h2]
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Game Jam IV

• Our next Game Jam has begun! This one will last over two weeks, which means that there will be no game update next week.
• Follow all the updates with #OSRSGameJam!

World 45 and PvP Changes

• The XP bonus in World 45 now applies to quest rewards.
• Players will no longer lose XP when dying on World 45.
  • Speak to Gelin for a refund on Hitpoints insurance.
• Added more items to Perdu’s Lost Property Shop:
  • Book of the Dead
  • Ivandis Flail
  • Ava’s devices (Attractor, Accumulator, and Assembler)
  • Chronicle
• Additionally, the above items can now be purchased in bulk from Perdu, along with the following:
  • Lunar Ring
  • Beacon Ring
  • God Books (including Holy Book, Unholy Book, Book of Balance, Book of War, Book of Law, Book of Darkness)
• When two players are in combat in Bounty Hunter, a target will no longer be able to PJ using a special attack.

Other Changes

• Players in Guardians of the Rift may now get Mining experience from 250 Fragments per game. After this point, any fragments gathered give no experience.
• The transparent parts of the Skill Guide can now be clicked through.
• Desert Treasure II bosses now drop clues for longer durations, as in other instanced areas.
• Players with Stardust in their Inventory may now access the jewellery-making menus by left-clicking on furnaces.
• Options on the gameframe compass, used to point the camera in different directions, no longer affect the vertical angle.
• Removed a rogue green pixel on the Warped Sceptre’s attack animation.
• Fixed a visual bug with the roof above the north entrance to Ver Sinhaza.

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.
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[h2]GAME JAM IV[/h2]

Is it really the end of 2023 already? Where’d summer go?

Now that we’re entering the last quarter of the year, we’re gearing up for another Game Jam! From October 2nd through to October 12th, the team will be working together on their passion projects!

Accordingly, there will be no update on Wednesday, October 10.

Previous Game Jams have led to projects like Perilous Moons, the Blood Torva visual update, LMS Game Modes, Forestry and the Path of Glouphrie – so we’re as excited as you are to see what fantastic ideas the J-Mods come up with this time.

Not every Game Jam project makes it to the game, and sometimes, they look very different from how they started. For example, the Tasakaal Trials, originally pitched as a Kourend update, have transformed into the Fortis Colosseum minigame, which you’ll get to try when the first part of Varlamore releases next year.

We’ll be showing off our projects on an upcoming livestream, with another catch-up in November’s Gazette. Keep an eye on the #OSRSGameJam hashtag to see all the previews throughout the jam!
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[h2]World 45 and PvP Changes[/h2]

We’re taking learnings from Deadman: Apocalypse and applying them to the Permanent Deadman World!

This week’s first update is all about experience. Firstly, XP gained from quests and rewards now scales in line with your time played and your skill level, like the rest of the experience in Deadman mode. For clarification, with Protection (the first 12 hours), experience gained is 20x at level 1 through to 10x at level 50+. With No Protection, experience gained is 10x at level 1 through to 5x at level 50+.

Next up, you will no longer lose experience when dying on the Permanent Deadman world. You’ll still have to say goodbye to the 10 most valuable items in your Bank and everything currently on your person, but at least you won’t have to earn your levels back! If you previously insured experience with Gelin, you may speak to her for a refund once today’s update goes live.

Across all worlds, we’ve also added some more items to Perdu's Lost Property Shop:

• Book of the Dead
• Ivandis Flail
• Ava's Devices (Ava's Attractor, Ava's Accumulator, Ava's Assembler)
• Chronicle

Additionally, the above items and the following can now be purchased in bulk from Perdu:

• Lunar Ring
• Beacon Ring
• God Books (Holy Book, Unholy Book, Book of Balance, Book of War, Book of Law, Book of Darkness)

Finally, we’ve seen your comments about alternate accounts gaining advantages in Bounty Hunter. As of today’s update, players who are already in combat will have a 1-second PJ timer against special attacks, giving them time to react accordingly.
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[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

• Players in Guardians of the Rift may now get Mining experience from 250 Fragments per game. After this point, any fragments gathered give no experience.
• You can now click through the transparent parts of the Skill Guide.
• The Desert Treasure II bosses now drop clues for longer durations, as is common in instanced areas.
• Players with Stardust in their Inventory can once again access the jewellery-making menus by left-clicking on furnaces.
• Options on the gameframe compass, used to point the camera in different directions, no longer affect the vertical angle.
• Removed a rogue green pixel on the Warped Sceptre’s attack animation.
• Fixed a visual bug with the roof above the north entrance to Ver Sinhaza.

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[h2]Merch Update[/h2]



The RuneScape Kingdoms board game and table top roleplaying game are now available to pre-order from Steamforged Games!

RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game



With a specially crafted system and an in-depth guide to the world of Gielinor, this core book has everything a budding ‘Scaper needs to run authentic RuneScape roleplaying campaigns.

Whether you're a seasoned game master or just dipping your toes into the world of tabletop roleplaying, this guide has you covered. With full character creation rules, an extensive crafting system, iconic weapons and spells, and a bestiary teeming with monsters and bosses, all of Gielinor is yours to encounter!

Pre-ordering gets you immediate access to the next-to-final PDF of the core book, so you can start playing right away! Please note though that the PDF version is not the final book – there may still be typos and other errors. Please let Steamforged know if you find any using this form, so that we can catch as many as possible before the final print!

Standard and Collectors' Editions are both available to pre-order now.

RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg Board Game and Expansions



The RuneScape Kingdoms board game started on Kickstarter in 2022, where thousands of you backed the project to help make it a reality. Now, the finished game is coming to pre-order!

1-5 players can explore the sometimes epic, often irreverent world of Gielinor in a series of cooperative campaigns. Quest, skill, meet memorable characters, craft awesome gear — get distracted by side quests — and become the kind of ‘Scaper you want to be.

The core board game comes with 14 beautifully sculpted miniatures and four replayable campaigns. A deluxe expansion as well as King Black Dragon, Kalphite Queen, Zuk and Culinaromancer expansions are also available.

The special Kickstarter prices have now passed but, for a limited time only, you can get a deluxe bundle including online exclusives. Think limited edition dice, neoprene maps and battlegrounds, wooden tokens, and some snazzy metal ‘gold pieces’.

For more details on all the products visit Steamforged Games’ website.



Makeship Plushies - Last Chance!



This is your last chance to get your hands on these exclusive Old School RuneScape plushies! Pre-orders for these fluffy bundles of joy end at 23:00 EST tonight on the Makeship store.

There will be no further extensions to the pre-order period, and these plushies won’t be offered for sale again. Get ‘em before they’re gone!
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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 activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' 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.

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The Old School Team.

Imagine what it would be like to spend hundreds of dollars and thousands of hours amassing an unparalleled fortune in a game you love, only to have it all taken away. Heartbreaking is a big word, but I would definitely be fighting back tears (as I uninstalled)...
Read more.

This week’s update takes us to the depths of the Scar Essence Mine!
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[h2]The Scar Essence Mine[/h2]

Our old friend Aubury has had some bad news this week – it seems that there’s a new source of Runes in town!

The upkeep of high-level items like the Scythe of Vitur and the Sanguinesti Staff can be a real hassle – especially when you’re about to set off for a nice PvM session! Many an aspiring boss slayer has been forced into ShopScape – the practice of hopping worlds, searching for a store where the coveted goods are in stock – and in general, we want that to stop as much as you do. So, in line with that policy, today’s update introduces a more engaging way to grab the Runes you need!

The Scar Essence mine integrates with Runecraft to let players craft the game’s most useful Runes in a more exciting way – and the best part is, it won’t mess up the economy!

Shall we find out more?

Requirements

To get started in the Scar Essence Mine, you'll need to meet the following requirements:

• Partial completion of Desert Treasure II, to the point of unlocking the Abyssal Scar.
  • Defeating any of the Desert Treasure II bosses is not required – the Scar is accessible just after the beginning of the quest.
• The requisite Runecraft level for the Runes you plan to craft.
• Level 66 Mining – don’t forget your Pickaxe!

The Abyssal Extractor

The Abyssal Extractor, known to its friends as Ventriculus, can be found in the Abyssal Scar. It has two functions: creating Pure Essence and creating Extracts – and thanks to an enterprising member of the ZMI, anyone can now take advantage of this magnificent… thing. We thought it best not to ask too many questions.

To make it work, you’ll need to feed it Tainted Essence. Tainted Essence is a lot like Pure Essence, with the notable difference that the abyssal energies of the Scar have warped it beyond all recognition. Instead of a lump of cool, malleable rock, it’s a twisted amalgamation of Runes, raw Essence, and abyssal flesh. Delightful! As gross as it is, it’s going to come in handy.

Firstly, you can stick your Tainted Essence into the Extractor. In exchange for a bit of GP, it’ll suck out all the wrong types of runic energy and compress the rest, leaving you with stackable Extracts that serve as catalysts for Runecraft. This will let you craft significantly more of the corresponding Runes!

Alternatively, you can clean your Tainted Essence to turn it back into Pure Essence. This method will create up to 10,000 Pure Essence per hour. It’s a faster (and free!) way to get your hands on this vital Runecraft component.

We’ve put together this handy flowchart to make the process clear:



Further information about costs, balancing and general design can be found in this newspost.
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[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

Poll 80

Today’s Poll 80 update introduces the new-and-improved Skill Guide!

• Opening the Skill Guide no longer pauses actions.
• On PC, the Skill Guide can now be moved around and resized by clicking and dragging the title bar.
  • The position will be remembered next time you open the window.
• The new Skill Guide style can be selected from the Settings menu.

Other Improvements

• A common type of tree stump found around Falador, Varrock and the Pest Control minigame no longer blocks players from ranging over it.
  • Some of the Pest Control towers may be a little better for snipers now.
• Fixed a bug where Player-Owned House dungeons in the 'Basic wood', 'Basic stone', 'Whitewashed stone' and 'Fremennik-style wood' house styles didn’t permit multi-way combat, despite having a multi-way combat icon.
• The 3-tick teleport delay in the single-way Wilderness Boss lairs now only applies if you have recently attacked the bosses.
• On the Permanent Deadman world, PK skulls obtained from combat are now only 5 minutes long, as they were in the Apocalypse seasonal worlds, rather than lasting between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • The opponent's combat level no longer affects their duration.
• Attacking any skulled player now gives a PK skull on the Permanent Deadman World.
• Once the Beta Worlds open, players will now be able to reset their saved game profiles via a new option on the Settings menu.

Note that we’re hard at work implementing further changes to the Permanent Deadman World, including removing XP loss on death and giving XP multipliers for quest rewards. Keep your eyes peeled for these improvements in coming weeks!
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[h2]Leagues IV Home Teleport Animation[/h2]

Our wonderfully talented Art Team has been hard at work getting the cosmetics ready in time for Leagues IV: Trailblazer Reloaded!

Today we’d like to show off a new concept for the Home Teleport we initially showcased in the Leagues IV blog. The original looked a bit too similar to the one awarded through Quest Speedrunning, so here’s something different!



Fun fact: the reason we’re able to show you a full animation instead of just concept art is that this Home Teleport was developed for the original Trailblazer League! Originally, we wanted the cosmetics to use a ‘blazing’ theme – like Trailblazer, get it? We eventually went with a ‘travel’ theme instead – but now that we’re ‘firing up’ Trailblazer again, we think it’s the perfect time to let this fiery animation fly.

What do you think? Are you a fan of the flames, or do we need to cool off? Let us know your thoughts!
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[h2]Community Feedback Request: Shooting Stars[/h2]

After a somewhat rocky start, we’re happy to see the community enjoying the latest Shooting Stars update. We’d especially like to congratulate the Starminers Discord for bringing the Old School community together.

The sheer number of players engaging with this update tells us we’re on the right track when it comes to our Mining improvements – although there’s one slight problem we need to address.

You see, Shooting Stars has become so popular that worlds are now experiencing unexpected lag due to the number of players logging on to mine Stars. The sudden uptick in logins causes a lag spike, which persists until the Star is depleted and everyone logs off to find the next one.

The below graph illustrates the tick time increase relative to the life cycle of a Star on September 25th. As you can see, tick time gradually increases as more players log on, and drops drastically when the Star is depleted.



Unfortunately, this is a big problem for the game. If we don’t take action to protect our servers, these lag spikes could become even more serious down the road. That said, we really want to keep the positivity going – so we’re keeping the changes to Shooting Stars while encouraging you all to spread out just a little more.

As always, we’re committed to working with you all on this issue – and we’ve already seen some fantastic suggestions from the community.

We’ve seen players call for Stars to be ringfenced to certain worlds, in the hope that they won’t affect the rest. However, this still means that these worlds will be extra affected – so we’re doing you one better. As well as creating designated ‘Star worlds’, we plan to have identical stars of the same tier and location fall at the same time across every designated world, thereby encouraging players to spread between them.

We’re aware that some of you prefer big Stars to small ones, and vice versa. We’re considering implementing two sets of Star worlds, with big Stars in one set and small Stars in the other.

After considering several options, we think that this is the best solution we have right now – but we’re aware it isn’t perfect. For one thing, these identical Stars would all land and deplete at the same time, so it will be harder to jump to another Star immediately afterwards. Secondly, if the Stars all land in the same place, there may be players who can't yet access that area and will have to twiddle their thumbs until the next set of Stars land. We want to work with you to figure out how best to approach this problem.

If you have strong feelings about the solution we’ve pitched above, click the button below to complete a survey on the matter. We’re also looking for alternative ideas, so let us know your thoughts!



In the meantime, it’s clear that the community wants Mining improvements sooner rather than later. This is something we’re actively looking into, so stay tuned, and keep sending your feedback!
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[h2]Merch Store Update[/h2]



Angels Scapes’ iconic Skill Cape Keyrings are now back in stock!

Grab them from our Merch store while you can!

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[h2]PvP World Rota[/h2]

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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