RuneScape News

It's Dailies & Distractions & Diversions Week - oh my! - and there's a whole host of bonuses and buffs for you to look forward to. In other news, the rented item changes we spoke about last week are coming into effect, and we've got some very exciting news about mobile. Read on to learn more!



[h2]RuneScape on Mobile: Coming this Summer![/h2]



In case you missed Mod Warden's message , here's the news: RuneScape will launch on both iOS and Android this summer, and pre-registration is live right now!

But that's not all - you'll also have the chance to work together and earn awesome rewards! The more registrations we get, the more rewards you'll unlock. Here's what you'll get for each tier:

Tier 1: Softpunk Hairstyle

Tier 2: Magic Leap Teleport

Tier 3: Crux Eqal Sword

Tier 4: Scales the Dragon Pet

Tier 5: Crux Eqal Armour Set

Plus, if registrations reach Tier 5, everyone who signed up will get a whopping 7-day 50% XP boost on launch!

So what are you waiting for? Head to the app store or the Google play store and pre-register today!

[h2]Dailies & Distractions & Diversions Week[/h2]

The third week of Awesome April is about three things: Dailies, Distractions and Diversions! Here's what you can look forward to:

[h3]Player Owned Port Boosts[/h3]

Set sail for fun with an extra 10 voyages a day, adding up to a total of 25! On top of that, voyages will also return 30% more resources or trade goods, except in cases where the reward is random or unspecified. You'll still get the same amount of XP as you normally would from this activity.

Lastly, the Barmaid's special voyage will be available throughout the weekend as well as on Thursday.

This boost is available to Ironman accounts.

[h3]Double Daily Vis Wax[/h3]

Your daily use of the Rune Goldberg machine will provide double the amount of Vis Wax, to a maximum of 200 units.

This boost is available to Ironman accounts.

[h3]Free Daily Challenge Extensions[/h3]

During the event, all Daily Challenges will automatically be extended for free! This includes Challenges that you've re-rerolled.

You won't be able to extend the Challenges beyond this point.

This boost is available to Ironman accounts.

[h3]Extra D&D Rewards and Tickets[/h3]

Several Distractions & Diversions have various extras this week. You may now:

• Fight Bork twice a day
  
• Enter the Phoenix Lair twice a day
  
• Explore Sinkholes three times a day
  
• Play Big Chinchompa three times a day
  
• Get up to three Fish Flingers tickets per day, to a cap of 10 tickets
  
• Fight up to three Evil Trees a day
  
• Plus, the daily Guthixian Cache points cap is now 300

These boosts are not available to Ironman accounts.

[h3]Player Owned Farm Bonuses[/h3]

For the whole week, timers on the Player Owned Farm will be running twice as quickly - so animals will grow twice as fast and the baby spawn chance will trigger twice as often!

You'll also get the following bonuses:

• Double Beans
  
• Increased animal sale cap
  
• Healthy animals cannot become diseased
  
• Animals will consume half as much food
  
• Double produce for each animal
  
• Trapper awards double the animals

These bonuses are all available to Ironman Accounts.

[h3]Double Shop Stock[/h3]

For the duration of the week, shop stock will be doubled for all items that are usually restocked at midnight. This includes the following:

• Feathers and Feather Packs from all Fishing shops, Frawd's Gift Shop, the Anachronia General Store and Ava
  
• Water Jug Packs from the Shantay Pass Shop, Beefy Bill and the Lighthouse
  
• Yak Hides and Yak Hide Packs from Yak Contraband
  
• Broad Arrows, Broad Arrow Heads, Unfinished Broad Bolts and Slayer Gem Packs from all Slayer shops
  
• Plant Pot Packs from all Farm shops
  
• All Runes from all rune shops
  
• Erzille, Ugune, Argway, Shengo and Samaden Seeds from Papa Mambo's shop
  
• Raw Rabbit Pack, Raw Beef Pack, Raw Bird Meat Pack, Raw Rabbit, Raw Beef and Raw Bird Meat from Fresh Meat
  
• All stock from the Anachronia Gem Shop

This bonus is available to Ironman accounts.

[h2]Rented Item Changes[/h2]

After last week's heads up, various changes to rented items are now in effect.

Firstly, the Wealth Evaluator tool is now free for all players. Wealth Evaluator objects, which were previously needed to access the tool, will be removed from all inventories on log in - if yours is still there, simply click on it to clean it up.

Secondly, the following objects can now be purchased using RuneCoins from NPCs or in-game interfaces:

• Challenge Gems from War in War's Retreat
  
• Chameleon Extract from the Makeover Mage
  
• Clan Citadel Booster Packs from Quartermasters in Clan Citadels*
  
• Tasty and Jelly Treats from the Legendary Pets menu

*Note: Ironman accounts will not be able to purchase Clan Citadel Booster Packs, as before.

Lastly, the Morytanian, Kharidian, and Masterwork Music Boxes, along with the Achievement Banner, are now available from Diango's Item Storage.



[h2]Rex Matriarchs[/h2]

[h3]Improvements & Changes[/h3]

• Affinity has been adjusted, increasing the Matriarchs' base chance to be struck in combat
  
• Projectile speeds have been adjusted so damage should better line up with the projectile hitting the player
  
• Removing the Frostbite debuff via Pyroclastic Shock will now immediately reset your global cooldown
  
• Slayer XP has been increased
  
• Combat XP has been reduced
  
• Shards can now be correctly combined into Hearts
  
• Rare drops from Rex Matriarchs will now consistently trigger a broadcast

[h3]Previous Hotfixes[/h3]

• The arena entrance has been adjusted to prevent it being used as a safe spot
  
  • This also resolves instances of low XP and/or no drops
• The damage on Laniakea's Spear is now up to its intended T90 level

[h2]Other[/h2]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• The Wealth Evaluator is now free for all players
  
• The following items can now be purchased with RuneCoins:
  
  • Challenge Gems
    
  • Clan Citadel Booster Packs
    
  • Chameleon Extract
• The following items are now available to all players from Diango's Item Storage:
  
  • Morytanian Music Box
    
  • Kharidian Music Box
    
  • Masterwork Music Box
    
  • Achievement Banner

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• The music track 'An Echo Throughout Time' will now correctly unlock during Desperate Measures
  
  • If you were affected by the bug blocking the unlock in your playthrough, speak to Seren in the Council Chambers to unlock the track

[h2]J-Mod Livestreams[/h2]

April 27th | 16:00 Game Time | Skilling Update Reveal

Join us for a first look at some brand new improvements and refinements coming to one of RuneScape's skills. Which skill, you ask? You'll have to tune in and see!

April 28th | 16:00 Game Time | J-Mods Play: Azzanadra's Quest (Part 2)

Mods Raven, Jack and Hooli return to Azzanadra's Quest for another round of loresome gameplay, developer stories, and questionable voice acting.

[h2]Creative Corner[/h2]

[h3]RuneTube[/h3]

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This week on RuneTube, Agita & Plum Play are on Part 12 of their 'hardcore idiot journey' series - their words, not ours! Today they're building up reputation on Menaphos, so grab your waterskin and have a watch!

[h3]Awesome Art[/h3]



Woah, these Rex Matriarch-inspired weapons had us cowering under the desk! Excellent work, Glacyte [LINK] - but, er, watch where you point those things, 'kay?

[h3]Scaper's Screenshots[/h3]

This week's screenshots come courtesy of the official RuneScape Discord community. You can join here.



By Sir Theodore the pancake



By A55K1KA

[h2]Community Corner[/h2]

[h3]Pink Skirts Event[/h3]

This week the Pink Skirts are on a Mega Duck Hunt! To help Nanci, Nastyfruit and Ascensus track down the monstrous mallard, head to the Warforge! on World 134 this Saturday, May 1st, between 16:00 and 17:00 Game Time. Don't forget your breadcrumbs!

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The RuneScape Team.

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Great news, everybody: Double XP LIVE will return from May 3rd to May 24th! Over the course of the event you'll have the freedom to use your 48 hours of Double XP time at whatever pace you wish. Blast through it all in one weekend, take the time to fit those gains around your real-life adventures, or use the Pause Timer to take an in-game break - it's all up to you!

Plus, this Double XP LIVE event has twice the runtime, too! As part of our efforts to make things right after the Login Lockout, you'll have 20 whole days to spend your Double XP time.

Don't forget, you can now get Double XP from excavation and screening activities in Archaeology, and you'll get double the base Precision too.

For all the details, check out our dedicated Double XP LIVE page.

Hey Scapers.

I am super super excited to confirm the news many of you have been waiting for - RuneScape will officially launch on iOS and Android this summer and you can pre-register TODAY - both on iOS and Android. Not only that, but this time, we are coming with some sweet rewards for you too!

After a long journey and no small amount of effort, it feels especially great to bring RuneScape to our next platform - the world's largest gaming platform at that! This is another momentous opportunity to grow the citizenship of Gielinor, adding more beating hearts to a connected community and shared experience of millions.

RuneScape is an MMO like no other. A special living world with endless discovery that transcends entertaining pixels on a screen to a place filled with people, connections, memories and stories. It is a critical 'magic' that only you as players can bring, and with our mission to extend its reach everywhere, you can now to take your adventures with you wherever you want.

It was only six months ago when we launched on Steam, the world's largest gaming destination, and you showed the power of that community spirit in spades. The care, love and help you offered every new adventurer who came through that door was an extraordinary moment for me – and the results speak for themselves.

Not only did we see an initial spike of growth in RuneScape members, membership and player activity grew significantly across all our platforms over the past months. As of last week, we've hit our highest membership since 2015, and looking to break more records this year with the launch of Mobile. Together, we've ensured this 20 year old MMO we all love has so many more years in the tank, with no signs of slowing and I can't wait to evolve it in to its next greatest moments!

While this is awesome news, it's onwards and upwards - and so comes the time for us to welcome in new players once more with Mobile. Over the next couple of months, we're going to recruit as many people as we can to pre-register and get ready for our best launch day yet. Not only does pre-registering mean a huge day-one welcoming of players, but it also helps us introduce RuneScape across the globe in both the Apple App Store and Google Play - and being more visible means even more new adventurers entering our fantastical world.

With this launch, we've come prepared with a special series of rewards for everyone that we'll unlock for free based on the number of pre-registrations we manage to achieve. Check 'em out below. Hopefully, you like these treats!



With all that said, we'd love it if you could tell your friends, family and the world why they should pre-register for RuneScape on Mobile this Summer on iOS (here) and Android (here).

I know you're going to blow this thing out of the water. Together, let's grow the world of Gielinor once more.

Mod Warden

This week the Rex Matriarchs come roaring into the game with a new combat challenge for experienced fighters. Which is appropriate, because it's also Combat Week! Let's take a look...



[h2]Rex Matriarchs[/h2]

We're paying homage to the classics this week with the launch of a brand-new Combat challenge that's brimming with nostalgia. It's time to face the Rex Matriarchs... if you think you're tough enough, that is!

You'll go up against three respawning bosses. Each has a different strength to test your mettle, but also a different weakness to be exploited. Grind those kills and earn powerful rewards to boost your Combat playstyle, or maybe even get your hands on the iconic Laniakea's Spear - T90 damage / T75 accuracy is not to be sniffed at, plus, it'll give you 5% extra poison damage and +5% chance to apply poison when used.

Veteran RuneScapers may recall classics such as Dagannoth Kings while new challengers will enjoy a brutal test of their combat mastery.

Note that access to Anachronia is required to take on this challenge. You can find more information in the announcement newspost.

So what are you waiting for? Grab your best gear and head to central Anachronia. The lair of the Rex Matriarchs awaits...

[h2]Awesome April: Combat Week![/h2]



It's week two of Awesome April, a month-long event designed to help make things right following the Login Lockout situation. Each week there's something new to try, and this week, we're focusing on all things Combat.

We'll be revisiting the Celebration of Combat event from January's Grand Party - but this time, we're going even bigger!

Players with normal accounts will get all the same buffs and boosts they enjoyed the first time around, along with a few new additions including:

• No reclaim costs on death
  
• No Ring of Death charges lost on death
  
• Increased luck on the Rare Drop Table
  
• Reduced cost of swapping Archaeology relics
  
• Reduced Invention drain rate
  
• Double Reaper Points
  
• Double Slayer Points
  
• Double Combat and Slayer XP

In addition, the Elder Overload golems have taken up residence in War's Retreat. Defeat them in glorious battle (by giving them a very light tap on the head) and you'll get an hour-long Elder Overload buff.

Of those effects, Ironman accounts will have access to:

• No reclaim costs on death
  
• No Ring of Death charges lost on death
  
• Increased luck on the Rare Drop Table
  
• Reduced Invention drain rate
  
• Double Slayer Points
  
• Double Reaper Points

Ironman accounts will not have access to:

• Elder Overload golems
  
• Double Combat and Slayer XP

Those bosses won't know what hit 'em! Be sure to tune in next week to see what else Awesome April has in store for you.

[h2]Upcoming Rented Item Changes[/h2]

Solomon's been doing a bit of spring cleaning, and as of April 26th (next week's update), you'll notice a few changes to various items found in his store. Let's take a closer look.

[h3]Wealth Evaluator[/h3]

From next week's update the Wealth Evaluator will become free for all players. You'll be able to access it automatically through the interface.

Existing Wealth Evaluator items, which previously unlocked the interface, will be cleaned up on log in. Should one get missed, simply click it to get it cleaned up, along with a reminder that the Wealth Evaluator tool is now free.

This is part of our ongoing commitment to making sure you're getting great value in all the right places. Be on the lookout for more changes in this vein as the year goes on.

[h3]Other Items[/h3]

Various other items will now be available in both Solomon's General Store and in-game. No more hopping out of the game to get your goodies!

Challenge Gems can now be purchased from War in War's Retreat.

The Makeover Mage has expanded their stock to include Chameleon Extract, for all your fashionscape needs.

Non-Ironman players can purchase Clan Citadel Booster Packs from Quartermaster NPCs in Clan Citadels. As before, Ironman players will not be able to purchase these packs.

Lastly, Tasty and Jelly Treats can now both be purchased from the Legendary Pets menu.

[h3]Music Boxes[/h3]

Morytania, Kharidian and Masterwork Music Boxes are now free for all players! If you don't already own them, you can claim yours from Diango's Item Storage. Party on!



[h2]Events[/h2]

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• The druids have now cleaned up the area around the Tree of Balance.
  
• Yak Track headslot items are now saved as presets for the new guard outfits.

[h2]Mobile[/h2]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Various improvements and bug fixes focusing on compliance and optimisation.

[h2]Other[/h2]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Players are no longer able to get infinite bloodwood logs from a bloodwood tree while using certain boosts. This was an unintentional bug, and the tree should now fall down as expected.
  
• Fixed an issue on weapon poison potions of all tiers that incorrectly stated the chance to apply poison was 15%. The tooltip has been adjusted to match the correct value of 12.5%.
  
• Area loot keybinds are no longer active while the chatbox is in active focus.

[h2]Livestreams[/h2]

[h3]J-Mod Livestream[/h3]

Thursday, April 22nd | 16:00 Game Time | RuneScape Mobile Update

Charge up your devices, our J-Mods are discussing all things RuneScape Mobile ahead of our release later this year!

Tap, swipe or click your way over to our Twitch channel, here.

[h3]Featured Community Stream[/h3]

This Saturday, April 24th, GossipCurl is holding a very special edition of her 'Meet the Streamer' livestream, featuring interviews with not just one, but six beloved streamers from across the RuneScape Twitch-sphere! Join her alongside EvilLucario, Jaxxys_TV, Omid, Cutiepie, KashSTack and Fawnn.

This extended episode is running from 15:00 to 19:00 EST. Rumour has it there might even be a surprise J-Mod appearance...

Watch GossipCurl's stream here. We'll see you there!

[h2]Player Gallery Competition - Rex Matriarchs[/h2]

[h3]What is it?[/h3]

The Player Gallery is one of our favourite ways to celebrate our love for the amazing content created by our talented community. The idea is simple: create a piece of art featuring the amazing experiences you have in Gielinor, and you'll get the chance to win an awesome reward!

For this competition, we have one of these very limited-edition King Black Dragon brick-building sets for the winner!

• 1st & 2nd place - 1 King Black Dragon brick-building set
  
• 3rd to 5th place - 3 Bonds
  
• Honorary Mentions - 1 Bond

[h3]How to Enter[/h3]

Entering is simple - just let your inner muse take charge and create a piece of art related to the Rex Matriarchs update. Painting, drawing, music recording, 3D printed figurine, 10-feet tall mural... it can be anything, as long as it can be called 'art'!

To submit your artwork, simply share it on social using #RSPlayerGallery or send us an email ([email protected]) including your entry and your RSN.

You can submit your entries from now until Sunday, May 9th 2021, at 23:59 BST. We will then sort the entries, choose our favourites, and announce the winners on Monday, May 17th in the game update news post.

Have fun, and may the best artists win!

Terms & Conditions

[h2]Creative Corner[/h2]

[h3]Awesome Art[/h3]



How cute! Artist and streamer Agita Plum Play has managed to fit all our favourite Skilling pets into one adorable picture. How many do you recognise?

[h3]Scaper's Screenshots[/h3]



By BlueFoxx2021



By meteor



By Jazz X

[h2]Community Corner[/h2]

[h3]Pink Skirts Event[/h3]

This week's Pink Skirts event is a Gregorovic boss mass, hosted by Philly PD and Sharna. Make your way to the Sliske Lobby in the Heart of Gielinor on World 98 on Thursday, April 22nd from 20:30 - 21:30 to join the battle.

For more information on this and other Pink Skirts events, check out their official page!

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The RuneScape Team

We're kicking off Awesome April with Skilling Week! In other news, we're pleased to say that 99% of players affected by the Login Lockout issue are back in-game. Meanwhile, we've got the usual selection of Patch Notes, livestreams, and community shout-outs - so let's dive in, shall we?



[h2]Login Lockout[/h2]

We're pleased to announce that the vast majority of players affected by the Login Lockout issue are now back in the game - and the remaining few can expect to be in very soon. All of them will receive 'The Returned' title and a bunch of other goodies to help make things right.

As a reminder, if you do notice anything strange about your restored account, or want more information about compensation, you can find all the answers you seek on this page.

[h2]Awesome April: Skilling Week[/h2]



As we've said before, we're committed to making things right again after the Login Lockout put our regular update schedule on hold. To that end, we're making April especially awesome - a month-long extravaganza featuring weekly events where you can catch up on skilling, combat, and more!

For more information about Awesome April, check out this newspost. In the meantime though, let's get this party started!

Week one is Skilling Week! From April 12th to midnight on April 19th, regular accounts will get 50% increased XP in all gathering skills, including:

• Divination
  
• Farming
  
• Fishing
  
• Mining
  
• Hunting
  
• Woodcutting
  
• Archaeology*

*Screening and excavating only.

You'll also get a nice 50% bonus to precision while working on Archaeology.

Please note that Ironmen will not benefit from either bonus.

The sharp-eyed among you will have noticed that Skilling Week bears much resemblance to the Celebration of Skilling from the Grand Party event - however, please note that Aubury and his rift have not returned to the Lumbridge Crater. The rest of the event remains the same.

Let's get skilling!

[h2]Elite Dungeon Fixes[/h2]

Lastly, we've implemented your feedback and made some changes to Elite Dungeons. We've been able to prevent a number of exploits that were allowing some unscrupulous types to farm The Ambassador without clearing the rest of the dungeon.

Shout-out to everyone who sent in their feedback about this bug - and remember, should you encounter any other unusual occurrences in-game, you can report them by clicking the Report Flag in the Chat Box.



[h2]Elite Dungeons[/h2]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• A number of exploits within the Elite Dungeons have now been fixed.

[h2]Events[/h2]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Yak to Basics Tier 22 Task A now shows the correct options for Smelting.
  
• The Yak to Basics notice boards have returned to the game in their usual spots.

[h2]Interface[/h2]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Resolved an issue where one of Turael's combat tutorials didn't appear when using a specific HUD layout.
  
• Fixed an error encountered when spamming UI components.

[h2]Other[/h2]

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• A 'high value item' disassembly warning has been added to the Ancient Elven Ritual Shard.
  
• The Ironman plaque in Edgeville has been updated to include Bikk's 'The Insane Reaper' title. Great work, Bikk!
  
• Vannaka has left a helpful note in his previous spot to point players towards his new position.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a script error with Knowledge Bombs.
  
• The Disc of Returning Inventory object can no longer be used in instances.
  
• Treasure Hunter Keys are now working correctly.
  
• Rudolph Reborn now displays his animations correctly.
  
• It is now possible to purchase the final piece of the Sameowrai outfit from the Oddments Store and unlock the prestige skin even when 7/8 pieces are already owned.
  
• The Achievement for the Vault of Shadows Miniquest has been corrected to describe it as an 'Experienced' miniquest.
  
• Fixed a typo in Padomenes' dialogue during Azzanadra's Quest.

[h2]J-Mod Livestreams[/h2]

[h3]Wednesday April 13th | 16:00 | J-Mods Play: Azzanadra's Quest[/h3]

Watch Mods Raven and Jack, loremasters extraordinaire, as they take on all 15,000 words of RuneScape's newest quest!

[h2]Creative Corner[/h2]

[h3]RuneTube[/h3]

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This week on RuneTube we're spotlighting Ravlar RS, who's got 50 tips and tricks to help you up your RuneScape game.

[h3]Awesome Art[/h3]



Last week was the first ever International Asexuality Day and to celebrate, top artist Scalywinged captured four of our favourite Mahjarrat on the field of battle! We think their monochrome look is totally ace.

[h3]Scaper's Screenshots[/h3]

This week's screenshots came from the FashionScapers Community! Join them here: https://discord.gg/Tfvxe22



By Maria Luisa, the Returned



By saffron

[h2]Community Corner[/h2]

[h3]Pink Skirts Event[/h3]

In a happy coincidence, this week's featured Pink Skirts event is a Skill 'n' Chill hosted by Mad Clikr and the Lil Tuzzies Clan (that'd make a fantastic band name). Grab your portables, lamps and stars and make your way to Burthorpe Bank on World 85 tonight, April 12th, from 23:00 - 23:59 Game Time to join in the fun.

For more information, or to see the full schedule of Pink Skirts events, check out their official page.

[h3]Community Shout-Out[/h3]

This week's shout-out goes to the official RuneScape Instagram, where Mod Niku regularly shares snazzy snaps from all over Gielinor. Give us a follow and be sure to tag us into your own screenies!

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The RuneScape Team