RuneScape News

Ah yes, the magic of autumn. Crisp crunchy leaves underfoot, frogs croaking in the cranberry bogs, shuriken whistling through the air... Hold on a minute! It looks like the Ninjas are conducting a seasonal Scattershot Strike!

But that's not all you have to look forward to - it's also World Mental Health Day and we've teamed up with our charity partner Blueprint For All to bring you the Well-being Bundle, a goodie-bag filled with useful stuff. Plus, we have an update on this month's Prime Gaming rewards. Read on to learn more!

The Ninja Team are back with a seasonal scattershot strike, and they're bringing a veritable cornucopia of QoL improvements to the game.

Of special note is a new button on the Bank interface which lets you toggle whether or not the Bank automatically switches tabs when depositing items. In addition, clickboxes throughout the Anachronia Agility Course have been fine-tuned to make life easier, and items in the Loot window can now be examined, showing their examine text and GE (or high-alchemy) values where applicable.

For full details, shimmy over to the Patch Notes tab!



World Mental Health Day is on October 10th, and we're celebrating with a big box of goodies! The Well-being Bundle can be purchased from the Marketplace's Bonds Tab for 1 Bond, and will net you a boatload of useful buffs and boosts.

Here's the best part: the proceeds will go directly to our partner charities: Blueprint For All, Rise Above the Disorder and Mind CPSL. You can learn all about them on the Jagex Charitable Giving Page, but rest assured, they're all fantastic causes.

After purchasing the bundle, you'll receive a Stone of Meditation with two charges. You might remember this item from Mental Health Awareness Week earlier this year - activating the Stone will give you a 4% XP buff, and surrounding players a 2% XP buff, for one hour. You can gain two charges each day just by logging in, and you can store up to five charges at one time.

From November 15th, 2021, the Stone of Meditation will be converted into 2,500 Oddments on log-in.

The bundle is also jam-packed with helpful items. Here's the full list:

• 1 Stone of Meditation (with two charges)
  
• 15 Pulse Cores
  
• 15 Cinder Cores
  
• 5 Medium Protean Packs
  
• 10 Protean Powerups
  
• 10 Combat Dummies
  
• 3 Large Skill Dummy Crates
  
• 1 Deathtouched Dart

Please note that Ironman accounts will be unable to purchase the Well-being Bundle.



[h3]Ninja Strike 27[/h3]

• A new button has been added to the Bank interface, which will toggle whether the Bank automatically switches from the currently open tab when depositing items.
  
• Adjusted the size of clickboxes throughout the Anachronia Agility Course to make traversal easier.
  
• The names of follower overrides now appear in the examine text for the follower they're overriding.
  
• Items in the Loot window can now be examined to view their examine text plus the Grand Exchange or High Alchemy values, where applicable.
  
• Master Capes can now be purchased from Elen in the Max Guild's tower.
  
  • Master Firemaking, Fletching, Thieving, Ranged, RuneCrafting and Magic Capes can also now be bought from their respective Skill Masters' stores.
• Added a 'Consume all' option to Wicked Hood Teleport Tokens.
  
• The names of RuneCrafting altars and mysterious ruins now reflect their associated Runes.
  
• Extra Fine Sand can now be blessed at more Saradomin-aligned altars, including:
  
  • Entrana
    
  • Citharede Abbey
    
  • Everlight statues
    
  • Saradominist Player Owned House chapels
• In addition, you may now simply left-click or tap the sand while next to one of the above altars to bless it, instead of manually using the sand on the altar.
  
• It's now possible to click through the excess border portion of some option interfaces, such as those that offer teleports.
  
• Interacting with any of the skill check barriers to the inner circle of the Abyss will now play a shorter animation.
  
• Players can no longer fail obstacles in the Abyss. Instead, there's now a hard level 30 requirement in the respective skills to cross the obstacles.
  
  • Adjusted some outdated messaging regarding the obstacles.
• Falador Shields now have a 'Check charges' option.
  
  • An info-box now appears when checking charges.
    
  • Renamed the 'Prayer-restore' option to 'Restore Prayer'.
    
  • Reordered some of the options to make room for the new one.
• Previous Action Bar presets are now remembered when loading a new layout that has more additional Action Bars than the previous one.
  
• The Kharid-Et pylon buff now displays the time remaining on its buff icon while active.
  
• The Roar of Osseous buff now displays the time remaining on its buff icon while active.
  
• Removed a redundant trade option from Martin the Master Gardener.

[h3]The Croesus Front[/h3]

Improvements

• The 'Scripture of Bik' has now been added to the Croesus Boss Collection Log.
  
• Updated the buy limit for the new fungus and fungal materials introduced with the Croesus Front:
  
  
  • 10,000 for standard
    
  • 5,000 for enriched
• After gathering feedback post-launch, we're now allowing Ironman accounts to join non-Ironman accounts in private Croesus encounters.
  
• Added a 'Croesus' preset to the Bank.
  
• Rare rewards dropped after defeating Croesus are now broadcast.
  
• Added the new lorebooks to the Master Quest Cape.
  
• The player is now able to use Bladed Dive while equipping Tavia's Fishing Rod.
  
• Reduced the number of players who are able to join a public Croesus encounter to 18.
  
• Tagga's Corehammer and Sana's Fyrtorch will now be able to roll for their respective arrow tips when skilling inside the Croesus boss fight.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that was preventing players from cooking the new Fungal Soups.
  
• Fixed an issue where dyed variants of the Grasping Runepouch were not triggering the special effect.
  
• Removed duplicates of the new fungus and fungus materials from the Grand Exchange.
  
• Fungal Soups are now both tradeable and available on the Grand Exchange.
  
• Cinderbane Gloves and other poisons no longer work on Croesus. This was an unintended effect.
  
• Added Croesus to the Final Boss and Insane Final Boss achievements.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Leviathan nodes to disappear, preventing players from completing a public Croesus encounter.
  
• Players no longer get stuck inside of Croesus when it's vulnerability timer ends.
  
• The Skill Guide now shows the correct name and icon for the Grasping Rune Pouch.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented drops from Croesus appearing on the Adventurer's Log.
  
• Waterfiend no longer duplicates encounter resources.
  
• Mushroom paths are now consistent and continue to sparkle after the instance timer expires.

[h3]The Glacor Front[/h3]

Improvements

• Scripture of Wen damage is now scaled down in PvP.
  
• The various EAB abilities from the generals around the Elder God Wars Dungeon will now work against the Glacors.

Fixes

• Updated the Gloves of Passage Buff Bar tooltip as it was previously showing incorrect information.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed Glacors to be attacked through the boss encounter barrier at the Glacor Front.

[h3]The Nodon Front[/h3]

Improvements

• The Slayer tracker and counter once again display the name of a cluster task, instead of a monster in that cluster. For example, it will now read 'dragons' instead of 'bronze dragons'.
  
• The Slayer counter tooltip now uses the same description as the Activity Tracker. If you've completed a Slayer task, this description now suggests getting a task from the optimal Slayer master for your level (that you've unlocked), rather than the Slayer master who gave you your previous task.

[h3]Other[/h3]

Improvements

• After many years of campaigning by pures, the level 29 Defence requirement has been removed from Ancient Curses.
  
  • The Curses! achievement now lists Temple at Senntisten as a prerequisite, and its description is now clearer about how to unlock Ancient Curses.
• Various bits and bobs from Yak Track: Path of the Creators have been cleared from Burthorpe.
  
• The drop-down menu for the RuneMetrics drop log and the mode can now be changed.

Fixes

• It is no longer possible to bypass the cooldown of a special attack by utilising the Essence of Finality.
  
• Reduced clipping on the Wen Neophyte outfit.
  
• Fixed a broken cutscene which prevented progress during the While Guthix Sleeps quest on mobile.
  
• Fixed an issue with the softlock caused by changing screen sizes.
  
• The game should no longer log you out when a Patch Bomb harvests a significant number of crops in one go.
  
• Fixed an issue that stopped players from adding Golden Rocks to the Statue of Rhiannon while they were in the Statue Collection Bag.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain players were unable to receive a Golden Dungeoneering Rock when completing a dungeon or sinkhole, or while gaining Dungeoneering experience in an Elite Dungeon.

Other

• The One Special Day bundle has been removed from the Marketplace.

[h3]Tuesday October 5th | 16:00 Game Time | Special Edition Q&A[/h3]

Join us for a bumper Q&A session! The J-Mods will be answering your hottest questions and sharing some important news, so be sure to tune in.

Watch live on Twitch!



[h3]Awesome Art[/h3]

This charming pixel-art gif was created by SnowyTheHunter to recruit new members for the Druids Between Seasons Clan! If you're as impressed as we are, you can check out the clan here.



[h3]Pink Skirts[/h3]

Each week the Pink Skirts put on a selection of fun activities that everyone can join. Here are some of our favourites coming up:

Nex - Angel of Death

• Hosted by: Spotleewolf & Nexaodmass
• Date/Time: Friday October 8th 2021, 23:00 - 23:59 Game Time
• World: 92
• Location: God Wars Dungeon: Ancient Prison

Town Square Q&A

• Hosted by: Princess Rae
• Date/Time: Saturday October 9th 2021, 23:00 - 23:59 Game Time
• World: 3
• Location: Varrock West Bank

If neither of those take your fancy, take a look at the full events schedule here. There’s sure to be something you’ll enjoy!

[h3]Community Shout-Out[/h3]

This week we'd like to give a shout-out to the RuneScape Art Community Discord! This amazing community has grown into one of the most popular places to share RuneScape fanart, so check it out, throw around some compliments, and have a go at indulging your own creativity. Who knows, you might even see your work in next week's Community tab!

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- The RuneScape Team

Oh dear adventurer, you’ve proven to be a formidable warrior in the Elder God Wars. You’ve battled an army of Nodon dragonkin and faced the deathly chill of the Arch-Glacor. Now a completely different challenge awaits. Lurking in Senntisten’s graveyard is a creature too powerful to take on in traditional combat.

The Elder God Bik has awoken Croesus, a terrifying, sentient fungus that has persisted for thousands of years. If left unchecked, it will consume everything in Senntisten.

This is a new type of confrontation altogether – RuneScape’s first ever skilling boss! You’ll need to work as a team and weaken the fungal foe using your Mining, Woodcutting, Fishing and Hunter skills. Rewards include XP, Cryptbloom Armor, two Skilling Off-hands and more!

For all the details, check out last week's reveal Newspost and Survival Guide!



We've teamed up with Xbox to bring you a host of goodies that will boost your RuneScape experience! Get the most out of Gielinor with the Skilling & Currency Pack, featuring currency, XP boosters and more.

How to claim

From 18.00 BST on September 28th, visit the Xbox Games Pass Perks website or app through PC, Xbox or iOS. Find RuneScape and follow the link to the RuneScape.com redemption page*. Click Redeem Now and the Perk is yours!

*The page must be reached through Xbox Game Pass – visiting the redemption link without going through Xbox will fail.

What you get

• 5 Advance Pulse Cores
  
• 5 Cinder Cores
  
• 3 Portable Skilling Packs
  
• 3 Large Protean Packs
  
• 35 Treasure Hunter Keys
  
• 200 RuneCoins
  
• Green Imp Pet

This offer is available until 28th November.



Treasure Hunter has a new look! We’ve made a number of changes to increase transparency and improve the experience. This includes real time probability disclosure and some changes to the prizes.

For a detailed breakdown of the changes, check out our newspost.



Celebrate One Special Day with RuneScape! We’re delighted to be part of this annual event supporting Special Effect, a charity dedicated to helping people with physical disabilities enjoy video games.

We’ve prepared a One Special Day Bundle which you can purchase from the spotlight in the marketplace for 250 RuneCoins. It’s available for just one week, so grab yours before October 4th.

The One Special Day Bundle contains:

• Felix Outfit: One Special Costume
  
• Felix Retexture: Snowy Shorthair
  
• 5 x Aura Refresh
  
• 5 x Life Refresh
  
• 5 x Slayer VIP Tokens
  
• Box of Clue Scrolls (untradeable)
  
• Note: Ironman accounts will only receive the Felix Outfit & Retexture

As the nights draw in, we’re looking forward to cosy jumpers and long nights curled up with a good book (specifically 'RuneScape: The First 20 Years', coming to all good book stores from October 12th)!

As well as hoodies, socks and other cosy treats from our merch store, it’s time to start thinking about the most important snuggle-enabler of the year… yes, the Official RuneScape Xmas Jumper 2021 is up for pre-order!

Continuing the celebration of our 20th Anniversary and the release of Dragon Slayer on September 23rd 2001, the fearsome Elvarg takes centre stage in this year’s design – complete with Santa cap, penguins, party hats and crackers! This cosy advent apparel is just the thing for staying warm this wintertime.



We’re offering 10% off all early-bird orders until midnight on October 3rd. Place your order ASAP to guarantee snagging one, as only limited stock will be available (at full price) after this date!

Wondering about delivery schedules? Stock at our UK warehouse is expected to start shipping by November 15th. Shipping times to many countries are affected by elements out of our control, so arrival timelines cannot be guaranteed. We therefore strongly recommend that any orders from outside the UK should be placed by the first week in December at the latest for the best chance of delivery in time for Christmas Day.

Visit the store for all this and more marvellous merch!



[h2]The Glacor Front[/h2]

Fixes

• Resolved an issue that was causing the Senntisten section of the Slayer Collection Log to be incorrectly marked as complete for some users.
  
• Fixed a related issue with unlocking the wing adornments (the last unlock would not log the Arch-Glacor Boss as completed).
  
• A player on Hard Mode joining another player's Normal Mode instance will now benefit from the safe death.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Arch-Glacor Hard Mode toggle being affected by other bosses.

[h2]Other[/h2]

Improvements

• Added a link to Treasure Hunter from the Marketplace.
  
• Improvements to mouse interaction precision.

Fixes

• Removed checks from the Steel Series Armour drop.
  
• The Cinderbane Gloves now correctly apply their Poison effect.
  
• Feathers of Ma'at are no longer destroyed on player death.
  
• Fixed an issue where the mobile client wouldn't save a non-English language on first install.
  
• Fixed an issue where inventory icons would sometimes not appear on Intel HD GPUs while running the client in compatibility mode.

[h2]Tuesday September 28th | 16:00 Game Time | The Croesus Front - Let's Play[/h2]

Join our brave J-Mods as they test their skills against the new Croesus boss!

Watch live on Twitch!



[h2]RuneTube[/h2]

Need some ambient noise while you take down Croesus? Gawkie's new piece, the Graveyard of Senntisten, creeps us out in all the right ways! Throw this on loop and show that freaky fungus who’s boss.

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[h2]Awesome Art[/h2]

We’re cackling at Prez’s latest comic about the Glacor Front - An Arch-Glacor Story. Amazing work as always:



[h2]Pink Skirts[/h2]

Each week the Pink Skirts put on a selection of fun activities that everyone can join. Here are some of our favourites coming up:

Skill 'n' Chill

• Hosted by: MadClikr & the Lil Tuzzies Clan
• Date/Time: Mon 27 Sep 2021, 23:00 - 23:59
• World: 85
• Location: Burthorpe Bank

Arch-Glacor

• Hosted by: Pippyspot & Boss Guild
• Date/Time: Sat 2 Oct 2021, 20:00 - 21:00
• World: 85
• Location: Glacor Front

If neither of those take your fancy, take a look at the full events schedule here. There’s sure to be something you’ll enjoy!

[h2]Scaper's Screenshots[/h2]

This week's screenshots come from the official RuneScape Discord server! Check 'em out here.



By DC1B



By BlackEagle01



By Kane

[h2]Community Shout-Out[/h2]

With the arrival of our first skilling boss, we wanted to shout-out to the official Discord of Portables FC. This is the place to find and share portable skilling stations – just the thing for taking on Croesus! Join them here: https://discord.gg/QhBCYYr

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- The RuneScape Team

[h2]Treasure Hunter is Changing[/h2]

Greetings, adventurers.

Many of you will have been following the gradual alterations we've been making to Treasure Hunter over the last couple of years or so, as we work towards building a better experience for everyone. Now we're ready to roll out further changes that will make Treasure Hunter more transparent and rewarding than ever.

Our new look Treasure Hunter experience will go live on Monday September 27th.

So, what are we doing and why are we doing it?

To address the latter point, we want players to have as clear a picture as possible about the probabilities of receiving prizes, and the kind of XP gain they'll earn as a result. Plus, the prizes themselves are being overhauled and improved while we're at it.

Here's a look at what we're doing.

[h3]Probability Disclosure[/h3]

As you play Treasure Hunter, the probability of winning particular prizes will be calculated and displayed in real time. This information will be presented in a new window replacing the former Categories interface.

Take a look at this before and after:

Before

After

You'll also notice there have been a number of other minor changes to the interface, including the removal of Alice and other mascots.

[h3]Hearts of Ice Discontinuation[/h3]

A big part of these changes will be the end of Hearts of Ice. We've done this because:

• Many of our promos now have alternative control methods and transparent probabilities built in
  
• The other changes render them redundant
  
• They've always been a bit fiddly

Players who are currently holding onto any HoI will be reimbursed with Oddments at a rate of 1 Oddment for every 5 Hearts of Ice (when numbers are uneven, they will be rounded down). There's no upper limit to this conversion.

Other things to note:

• Should a player own a Heartfreezer Amulet containing unredeemed Hearts of Ice, these will be drained and added to the conversion total. The unlocked cosmetic version of the Amulet will be available from Diango.
  
• The same applies to some other legacy HoI objects.

Head here for more information about the discontinuation of Hearts of Ice.

[h3]Changes to prizes[/h3]

The following prizes will be removed from Treasure Hunter:

• Skilling Outfits (Normal and Elite)
  
• Slayer Masks - these will instead be available through Shattered Worlds play
  
• Wicked Hood Tokens - now available in the Runespan Shop for 1.5k points each
  
• 200m Coins (this has been replaced by a 50m Coin prize, but thanks to the new balancing players will be sure to net more coins in total than previously)
  
• Brilliant Alchemist Fragments (fragments that were otherwise lying around have been converted to 250 Oddments each)
  
• All cosmetic items except those applicable to a current promotion

Note that cosmetic items from non-active promo items that are part of a set will be listed in the Oddments Store in bundles that are discounted for each owned component (similar to the Felix the Cat outfits).

In contrast, the following prizes will be added:

• Giant Stars and Giant Lamps (promotional versions of these also exist (i.e. Smouldering Lamps, Bubbling Lamps etc)
  
• Huge Coin Pouch (new - values change according total level)
  
• Portable Packs (assorted sizes)

We've also given all Lamps and Stars a bit of a graphical makeover, too.

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

The rate at which items of assorted commonality can be found has also been tweaked.

Promos that contain one-time unlocks will inevitably differ slightly, although positively! And remember that the probabilities will be reflected dynamically in the interface as you play.

We've also increased the Oddment conversion rate for Treasure Hunter prizes to make up for any lost value for Keys in the wake of the Hearts of Ice removal:



[h3]New XP curve[/h3]

While the new XP curve now scales to 120, the section from 100-120 will only impact those skills which also reach 120 (Archaeology, Dungeoneering, Slayer, Farming, Herblore and Invention).

And that's everything! Once all these changes go live on September 27th, Treasure Hunter will be more transparent than it has ever been before.

Thanks ever so much to all of you who have offered us feedback on Treasure Hunter over the years. We know the road here has been a long one, but we hope you agree that these are all steps in the right direction.

All the best,

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- The RuneScape Team

An ancient evil has been slumbering beneath Senntisten Graveyard. As the Elder God Bik prepares to launch an attack on the defenders of the Cathedral, she spies an opportunity… and terror blooms.

Welcome to the third phase of the Elder God Wars Dungeon: The Croesus Front. This challenge will be unlike any you’ve faced before and contains RuneScape’s first ever skilling boss.

Holding your nose? Good. Let’s dive in.

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[h2]The Croesus Front[/h2]

The Senntisten graveyard was once a peaceful place to pay respect to the long-dead citizens of the Zarosian capital. But no longer. Bik has awakened Croesus, an enormous sentient fungus that threatens to spread across the city, feasting on any organic matter in its wake. That includes you – so you’ll need to cut this mycological monster down to size before it’s too late.



There is no combat on The Croesus Front – instead, you’ll need to use your gathering skills to fight back against the encroaching gunk.

Throughout the graveyard you’ll find skilling nodes for Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing and Hunter, which will allow you to harvest fungus to concoct new consumables or repair and craft new armour. You can also feed it to the animals on your Player Owned Farm, but we won’t be held responsible for the contents of the manure pile if you do.

You’ll need at least level 88 in the respective skill to access the standard nodes, whereas the enhanced nodes will require at least level 92. There are no skill requirements to face Croesus itself, although we do recommend having at least level 80 in Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing, Hunter and Construction.



[h2]Boss: Croesus[/h2]

Croesus is different to any boss you’ve faced before. It cannot be killed in any way that matters – all you can do is force it back into a dormant state by summoning the spirits placed around the graveyard. Luckily, this encounter is massable, so you won’t be alone.



The four corners of the boss arena are home to four graves belonging to mighty heroes of the Second Age and their trophy kills. Croesus’ fungus is growing over the graves, leeching the power within. To stop it, you’ll need to work with other players and use your Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing and Hunter skills to clear the fungal matter. This will reduce Croesus’ strength, but watch out – the fungus will grow back in time, although you can slow it using Rotten Fungus you’ve already collected.

For a more permanent solution, you’ll need to restore the statues of the four heroes using the materials you gather during the encounter. Once repaired, you can pray at the statues to subdue Croesus. Once it’s been subdued, you’ll gain access to the core fungus. Destroy that, and Croesus will be restored to its dormant state… and for a time, the city will be safe.

[h3]Skill Drain[/h3]

Luckily for you, Croesus won’t deal damage – but it will try to drain your skills using its powerful attacks. Lose too many levels, and you’ll have to retreat!

[h3]Skills and XP[/h3]

Croesus is RuneScape’s first skilling boss. As such, there’s no use for combat skills on this Front. Instead, you’ll use Mining, Woodcutting, Fishing and Hunter to gather materials and wear the not-so-fun-guy down. Construction will also come in handy, to a lesser degree.

You’ll receive XP in the appropriate skill any time you contribute towards a task, whether that’s using the skilling nodes, harvesting from the core fungus, repairing statues – or anything else!

[h2]Rewards[/h2]

But XP isn’t all you have to look forward to. The Croesus Front is absolutely infested with rewards.



[h3]Cryptbloom Armor[/h3]

The Cryptbloom Armor set is Tier 90 Magic tank armour, and it comes with a set effect that grows with each piece you have equipped:

• At 2 pieces, incoming magic damage is reduced by 12% and incoming melee damage is reduced by 8%.
  
• At 3 pieces, incoming magic damage is reduced by a further 6%, melee damage is reduced by a further 4%, and these bonuses are doubled if your primary spell is earth type.
  
• At 4 pieces, every time you take damage you have a 6% chance to infect your target with Croesus’ death spores, which will increase the damage they take from behind by 10%.
  
• With all 5 pieces equipped, you’ll get all the above and when you fall below 20% HP you’ll gain a fungal shield, which scales with your armour rating and Defence level, for 15 seconds. The shield has a 120 second cooldown.

[h3]Skilling Off-Hands[/h3]

The Croesus Front has a bumper crop of two new skilling off-hands – one for Woodcutting and one for Mining.

Tagga’s Core Hammer is a level 80 Mining off-hand that’ll give you +10% critical strike chance and +35 critical strike damage when equipped. When mining ores from the fungal core using Tagga’s Core Hammer, you’ll have the chance to receive Deathspore Arrowtips. The higher tier of ore, the higher the chance to get Arrowtips – and the more you’ll get!



Sana’s Fyrtorch is a level 80 Woodcutting off-hand that gives you +6% success chance when Woodcutting, and 20% chance to get an extra log. When Sana’s Fyrtorch is equipped you’ll also get the chance to receive Splintering Arrowtips when chopping logs. Again, the higher the tier of log, the higher chance of receiving Arrowtips, and the more you’ll get.

Also of note: with Sana’s Fyrtorch equipped, you’ll be able to burn Croesus’ sticky fungus instantly.



[h3]Arrows[/h3]

While wielding either of the new skilling off-hands, you’ll have the chance to receive Splintering or Deathtouch Arrowtips, which you can then craft into Arrows.

Splintering Arrows cause any attacks used within 4.2 seconds after Greater Dazing Shot to apply puncture stacks. Of course, you’ll need to have unlocked Greater Dazing Shot from Shattered Worlds for this to work. In addition, the maximum number of puncture stacks will be increased to 13 while using Splintering Arrows.

Deathspore Arrows boost your critical chance by +3%. When you crit, you’ll gain a stack of Feasting Spores. At five stacks, you’ll gain a buff which makes your next Ranged ability that would normally cost adrenaline free if you cast it within nine seconds. This effect has a 60 second cooldown, but each time you crit while using the Deathspore Arrows this cooldown is reduced by 1.8 seconds.

[h3]Seed Bag[/h3]

The Seed Bag is an item that stores up to 40 different types of seed, to their usual maximum stack. You’ll be able to craft the Seed Bag with materials you collect from the Croesus encounter – although we’re keeping mum on the exact recipe for now.

[h3]Grasping Rune Pouch[/h3]

The Grasping Rune Pouch is an upgrade to your existing Rune Pouch. It holds up to four different runes and gives you a +4 bonus to Prayer. You’ll also have a 25% chance to not use runes when using combat spells.



Well, the fungus is starting to eat through our keyboards, so that’s all the information you’re getting for now – but keep your eyes peeled for the Croesus Front Survival Guide, and The Croesus Front itself, which goes live on September 27th. We hope you’re prepared…

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- The RuneScape Team

Lots of fun things this week, as we reveal the details of our partnership with SteelSeries, sip some fabulous RuneScape-inspired concoctions, and say hello to a new little friend in The Marketplace.

We've teamed up with SteelSeries, known throughout the land for their excellent gaming peripherals, to give away some extremely stylish in-game goodies!

Head to the SteelSeries website to get your hands on the magnificent Battleworn Steel Armour plus a Currency Pack filled with the shiny stuff.

Here's what to do:

1. Log-in or register on the SteelSeries site.
   
2. Click 'Get Key'.
   
3. Copy the key.
   
4. Follow redemption instructions here on RuneScape.com.

It's that simple! We hope to see you all strutting around in your shiny new armour sets soon.



From September 22nd to October 19th, you'll be able to pick up the coveted Prime Aura and a Currency Pack containing 400 RuneCoins and 20 Treasure Hunter Keys from our mates at Prime Gaming. Nice!

That also means that it's your last chance to get the current drops before they disappear. As a reminder, that's a Yak Track Care Package and a Currency Pack.

Don't miss out: claim your rewards while you can!

Please note that although Ironman accounts are able to claim these rewards, they will not receive the gifts. However, should they downgrade from Ironman in the future, they will get access to the Prime Aura.



Join us tomorrow, Tuesday September 21st at 16:00 Game Time to learn the first details of the next sinister front of the Elder God Wars Dungeon, including which Elder God we will be facing this time, and which tricks they might have in store. Featuring artwork by the talented Nina_Ray, you won't want to miss it!

Watch the reveal live on Twitch!



A not-so-cuddly creature has made its way to The Marketplace! Saul is a fearsome-looking wyrm pet, and he enjoys swooping through the skies of Gielinor, showing off those lovely shiny scales of his and scaring the living daylights out of passing sheep.

Saul costs 433 RuneCoins for free-to-play accounts, and 390 RuneCoins with the members' discount.

What are you waiting for? Go say hi!



Back when we launched The Glacor Front, we asked you to show us your coolest cocktail (or mocktail!) concoctions by posting them on socials with the hashtag #ElderGodWars.

We've shaken, we've stirred, and we're ready to reveal our five winners - but first, let's take another look at the inspiration, cooked up by mixologist extraordinaire Sighaxen.



Mmm, delicious!

Not to be outdone, you lot absolutely bombarded us with all manner of creations. Big thanks to all who entered!

Now, without further ado, here are our five winners!

• Peter_Shazam
• Deborahh_Sousaa
• Mayomayes
• saxcaderface
• emotziioan

Congratulations to the lot of you! All our winners will receive five Bonds and a King Black Dragon building set each. We'll be contacting you all to arrange the delivery of the prizes, so keep your eyes on your inboxes!



[h2]Multicannons and The Nodon Front[/h2]

Improvements

• Dwarf, Golden, and Royale Multicannons have been converted from four pieces into singular items.
  
  
  • Any Multicannons you own will be automatically converted on next log-in.
    
    
    • If you don't have enough space in your Bank or Backpack, converted Multicannons can be reclaimed from Egil at the Artisans' Workshop.
      
    • If you have any Multicannon Parts left over from the Grand Exchange, you can convert them by talking to Egil at the Artisans' Workshop.
  • All Multicannon Parts are no longer obtainable and can no longer be used.
    
  • All Multicannons now have a tooltip stating their maximum damage.
    
  • Multicannons can now be used on Egil to initate the Multicannon exchange process.
    
  • Egil has had his chat flow improved.

Fixes

• A player that joins the battle during Kerapac's lightning attack can now see the attack animation.

[h2]The Glacor Front[/h2]

Improvements

• Reduced the screen shake effects that play when activating Hard mode for the Arch-Glacor fight.
  
• The Arch-Glacor Boss Collection Log will now track more than 250 Remnants.

Fixes

• The drop broadcast for the Arch-Glacor pet item now states the correct name.
  
• The freezing blood debuff from the Arch-Glacor fight now consistently times out.
  
• The Shard and Sliver of Leng weapons are more consistent regarding keepsaking.

[h2]Mobile[/h2]

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the players were unable to view tooltips while setting up defenders during The World Wakes on mobile.
  
• Fixed a camera positioning issue during the Monkey Madness cutscene where the Foreman speaks to G.L.O. Caranock.

[h2]Other[/h2]

Improvements

• The glowing effect on gained XP value has been removed.
  
• When retrieving the last remaining runes from a Rune Pouch it will now automatically be sent to the Backpack, unless the Backpack is full, in which case it will remain equipped.
  
• Ogre Flasks now include information about the buffs granted by each of them in the tooltip.
  
• The player is now able to store Runecrafter Robes in the Magic Wardrobe with either type of Runecrafter Hat (goggles or no goggles) located in their Backpack.
  
• Dragonkin Bones now count towards the progression of Prayer and joint-Prayer tasks on Yak Tracks.

Fixes

• Changed the sound that plays when the pet Cat is summoned.
  
• Compass clues no longer block you from viewing a scanning clue while in the legacy interface mode.

[h2]Tuesday September 21st | 16:00 Game Time | Elder God Wars Dungeon Front Reveal[/h2]

The third front of the Elder God Wars Dungeon is creeping up on us! Which Elder God will we be facing this time, and which tricks might they have in store? All we can say is it'll be blooming good fun!

Watch live on Twitch!



[h2]RuneTube[/h2]

We love a good Rune Tune to jam out to, and this song by MarMar RS is no exception! It perfectly captures the feeling of dying to the Arch-Glacor. Never mind MarMar, there's always next time!

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[h2]Awesome Art[/h2]

Top artist Elej was asked to draw a friend's RuneScape character for a shirt and we LOVE how it came out!



[h2]Pink Skirts[/h2]

Each week the Pink Skirts put on a selection of fun activities that everyone can join. Here are some of our favourites coming up:

Heist

• Hosted by: Cuishii, JoeTribiani
• Date/Time: Saturday September 25th 2021, 19:00 - 20:00 Game Time
• World: 21
• Location: Heist (North of Falador)

Soul Wars

• Hosted by: Questcaping, Darkestnight
• Date/Time: Saturday September 25th 2021, 21:00 - 22:00
• World: 66
• Location: Soul Wars

If neither of those take your fancy, take a look at the full events schedule here. There’s sure to be something you’ll enjoy!

[h2]Scaper's Screenshots[/h2]

Last week Elej and Lily held a Super Hero Costume Party for ScreenieScape. Check out these awesome snaps:



[h2]Community Shout-Out[/h2]

This week's community shout-out goes to Irons of Gielinor, an Ironman community focused on endgame PvM. They offer daily events to join in with, and have an active community-run hosting channel. Sounds pretty cool!

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- The RuneScape Team