This week’s update is short and sweet, as we focus on our Game Jam projects!

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This week marks the start of our fifth bi-annual Game Jam – and so today’s update is rather on the small side. Tune in next week to see what we’ve been up to!

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Last week’s fresh batch of Combat Achievements saw you taking on Perilous Moons and the Fortis Colosseum in droves!

Notably absent from the festivities were ‘Zerker’ builds, who are limited to 45 Defence and are therefore extra challenged when completing Combat Achievements. Obtaining the prestigious ‘Zuk Helm’ on these accounts is no small feat! Unfortunately, two of last week’s Achievements are inaccessible for these players, so we’ve made some tweaks:

• 'Betrayal' now only requires you to use a Perilous Moons weapon for the fight instead of a full set. This still heavily incentivises the use of a full set but lets everybody have a go if they don't mind making things harder on themselves.
• 'I Brought Mine Too' has been updated to include all spears and hastae, as well as halberds. Spears/hastae grant Defence XP on every combat style, so we've included halberds in the mix to keep on theme and provide a more Strength-focused alternative. Note that the fight feels even trickier with a halberd, and you might have to unlearn a little bit of muscle memory to tick this one off!

Beyond the bloodshed and brutality of Combat Achievements, we've got more changes in and around the Shining Kingdom this week:

• Adjusted the weight of various Moons of Peril rewards:
• Eclipse Moon Helm - 0.907kg
• Eclipse Moon Chestplate - 3kg
• Eclipse Moon Tassets - 1kg
• Blue Moon Helm - 0.453kg
• Blue Moon Chestplate - 3.175kg
• Blue Moon Tassets - 1.360kg
• Blood Moon Helm - 0.907kg
• Blood Moon Chestplate - 5.443kg
• Blood Moon Tassets - 4.083kg
• Unbuilt Quetzal landing sites now stand out better among Varlamore’s beautiful scenery.
• Updated the names of various speed-related Colosseum Combat Achievements in line with the others.
• Players who run out of Membership are now able to freely reclaim Quetzin and Smol Heredit upon regaining Membership status.
• The 'Mantimayhem' modifier will no longer be offered as an option going into Wave 12, since it doesn't do anything during the Sol Heredit fight. We could add a Manticore into the mix here, but we're not sure it would be a welcome addition...
• Sol Heredit will no longer damage players with his 'grab' attack after he runs out of hitpoints. Apologies to anybody who's missed out on juicy rewards as a result of this nasty bug.
• Kebbity Tufts from Hunter rumours can now only be handed in if they were obtained from the same kebbit that you've been assigned.
• Razor-backed kebbit footprints have been made darker so that they don't blend in with the environment quite as much. While not strictly Varlamore-related, Hunter rumours have led to these prickly fellas seeing a little engagement than they're used to!
• Bees inside the Colosseum are now more visible and easier to keep track of.
• It’s now possible to charge multiple Quetzal Whistles at once.
• Updated the appearance of the Cam Torum pickaxe stall.
• Finally, an apology! A few changes were included in a previous newspost by mistake, but are only going live today:
• Nagua are now classified as spectral creatures, so should offer Prayer XP when killed if the player has an Ectoplasmator in their Inventory.
• Rune prices in Nahta's shop should increase at a rate of 0.1% per missing stock, as opposed to 1%.
• Mapping around the Sunfire Antelopes has been improved so they don't get stuck quite as often while you're hunting them.
• Deadfall NPCs have had their pathfinding improved for similar reasons.
• The Fur and Meat Pouches can now be opened to automatically accept their storeable items. Additionally, their contents can be emptied directly into the Bank.
• Impling Jars and Rings of Pursuit can now be stored inside the Huntsman's Kit.

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In other news this week:

• Fixed a bug where the Imbued Slayer Helmet wasn't refunding the points/scroll used to imbue it in some instances when lost on death.
• Moved the Elite Clue Step formerly inside the Wilderness Agility Course to the small mound just south of the Pirates' Hideout.
• If an NPC is afflicted by venom, standard poison attacks will no longer downgrade the venom effect to a poison effect.
• When you check the charges of a Tome of Fire, it now tells you what kind of page was used to charge it, meaning you're able to tell whether you're using Burnt or Searing Pages.
• Leo's dialogue in the Gravedigger random event is no longer so gratuitously loquacious (apologies, we simply could not resist).

Additionally, this week sees the release of our updated 'Report Abuse' interface. We spoke about it in detail during last week's game update newspost[secure.runescape.com] so check that out if you didn't catch it last week! Ultimately, these improvements should improve the useability of the 'Report Abuse' system for players on both PC and mobile, make it easier to report players that you suspect aren't playing by the rules, and allow residents of EU Member State countries[www.gov.uk] to report law-breaking content if it ever pops up in-game.

Apologies 'Dodgy Git', we saw your post but we're using the same image. We're sure you're a lovely, rule-abiding player, despite your username!

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Game Jam (or as we like to call it, ‘Jame Gam’) is in full swing once more!

We do these internal events twice a year, and they provide us with a fantastic opportunity to come together as a team and pursue passion projects outside the normal roadmap. Game Jams gone by have introduced projects that eventually became Scurrius, the Hairdresser overhaul, Perilous Moons, Wilderness updates, Project Rebalance, and more!

If you want to see what we’re up to this time, take a look at the #OSRSGameJam hashtag on X. We’re jamming until Monday, May 6th, so there’ll be no game update next week – although there may still be some downtime.

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We've got a couple of things to update you on that aren't strictly related to game content today, so take a look before you race off to make those gains!


The return of the fantastic Gielinor Games is almost upon us! Gielinor Games 4 premieres on Saturday, May 4th at 6pm UTC on SoupRS' Twitch[www.twitch.tv] and YouTube channels. Check out the trailer for a taste of what's in store!

https://youtu.be/ZEystoCEYsE?feature=shared


To celebrate the release of RuneScape: The Official Cookbook we're delighted to announce that SkillSpecs will be donning his apron to wreak havoc in the kitchen once again.

Join SkillSpecs on Saturday, April 27th at 7pm UTC on his Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv] and see what unique takes he'll have on some of Gielinor's finest recipes.

If you haven't already done so, check out the gorgeous hardback book which is available now in your friendly local bookstore and online retailers[geni.us]!


Community merch outlet Creator Crafted has just launched three new LED signs: The Wise Old Man, Dragon Warhammer, and Tumeken's Warden, all featuring artwork from the talented Golden Gnome finalist, Artistic Imp.

They're also offering a brand-new mousepad designed by the talented Uber, which captures the Fortis Colosseum in brilliant detail!

To top all of that off, we've heard that you can get 10% off of any orders by using the code 'CREATOR10' at the checkout. If you're interested in any of the designs above or want to see what else is on offer, click here[creatorcrafted.com] to take a look!

Creator Crafted LED signs and mousepads are produced in collaboration with members of the OSRS art community, under license from Jagex.

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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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You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord[discord.gg] in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki[oldschool.runescape.wiki].

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

The Old School Team.

We're stepping up the challenge this week with Varlamore Combat Achievements!

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Wilderness and Undead Pirates

• Hotfixes from last week:
• The Elder Chaos Druids’ teleblock is now correctly removed upon leaving the Wilderness.
• We've also stopped those pesky Druids from closing your bank if you'd recently been in combat.
• Drop rate of the Teleport Anchoring Scroll from the Zombie Pirate's Locker has been made 1 in 275.
• The Teleport Anchoring Scroll is no longer doubled when obtained from the Locker.
• Zombie Pirate Keys now drop at a rate of 1 in 24. On average, assuming you use up all of the keys you obtain, this makes the Teleport Anchoring Scroll around 4 times more common.
• Reduced the wander range of Elder Chaos Druids.
• Artio, Callisto, Calvar'ion, Spindel, Vet'ion and Venenatis won't attack for a short period after respawn, giving you the chance to manage your supplies and Inventory if needed.
• Increased the despawn timer of consumables dropped in the Wilderness to 15 seconds.
• Fixed an issue stopping you picking up loot on a particular tile at the Chaos Temple.

Wilderness Agility Course

• Hotfixes:
• The rope swing can now be used by more than one player at a time.
• The dispenser now provides Blighted Super Restores.
• Moved the location of Clue Steps inside the Wilderness Agility Course to a slightly quieter spot.
• Players can now take a pause between Wilderness Agility Course laps by logging out, although they will lose 25 laps for doing so. Leaving the arena or dying will still end the streak.
• The skeletons on the surface of the Wilderness Agility Course now deal less damage. Watch out though, underground Skeletons still hit for a max of 4.
• Damage now correctly applies through the ladder animation in the Wilderness Agility Course.
• The Wilderness Agility Course lap streak and loot now display while Game Chat is set to 'Filtered'.
• When paying the 150,000 GP fee to use the Agility Course, you'll now receive a looting bag if you don't currently own one.
• The Ring of Wealth(i) now interacts properly with Medium Clue Scrolls at the Wilderness Agility Course.
• The spikes underneath the Wilderness Agility arena no longer stop projectiles from travelling over them.

Varlamore

• Added Combat Achievements for the Colosseum and Perilous Moons.
• Removed a tree blocking the path in Fortis Park.
• Soar Leader Pitri now gives instructions about charging the Quetzal Whistle.
• The Fortis Crop circle will now spawn correctly, letting you teleport to Puro Puro.

Colosseum

• Colosseum acid pools no longer deal damage between waves.
• When using Dizana's Quiver alongside a Twisted Bow, the correct Ranged Strength stats will be used when firing Dragon Arrows.
• Updated the Manticore’s examine text.
• The Serpent Shaman's Water Surge now looks even more impressive!
• Updated the Quiver's appearance for both the standard variants and the Max Cape version.

Perilous Moons

• During the Eclipse Moon Orb special attack, you're now able to avoid taking damage when standing behind the orb.

Other Changes

• Removed the 2024 Easter Event.
• Wall Beasts in the Lumbridge Swamp Caves will now stay inside the walls.
• The new left-click options on the polar and jungle eagles now work for completing the relevant Achievement Diary tasks.
• Fixed an issue with the Collection Log search function on mobile, so you'll now be able to check your wins wherever you are.
• Justiciar is now categorised correctly as metal armour by Ava's devices.
• Resolved a crash issue observed inside the PoH dungeon under specific circumstances.

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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Things are heating up in the Wilderness this week as players flock to join the battle between the Elder Chaos Druids and the Undead Pirates.

Since last week’s update[secure.runescape.com], we’ve made the following hotfixes:

• The Elder Chaos Druids’ teleblock is now correctly removed upon leaving the Wilderness.
• We've also stopped those pesky Druids from closing your bank if you'd recently been in combat.
• Drop rate of the Teleport Anchoring Scroll from the Zombie Pirate's Locker has been made 1 in 275.
• The Teleport Anchoring Scroll is no longer doubled when obtained from the Locker.
• Zombie Pirate Keys now drop at a rate of 1 in 24. On average, assuming you use up all of the keys you obtain, this makes the Teleport Anchoring Scroll around 4 times more common.

This week, we’re making the following changes in line with your feedback:

• Reduced the wander range of Elder Chaos Druids.
• Artio, Callisto, Calvar'ion, Spindel, Vet'ion and Venenatis won't attack for a short period after respawn, giving you the chance to manage your supplies and Inventory if needed.
• Increased the despawn timer of consumables dropped in the Wilderness to 15 seconds.
• Fixed an issue stopping you picking up loot on a particular tile at the Chaos Temple.
• Players can now take a pause between Wilderness Agility Course laps by logging out, although they will lose 25 laps for doing so. Leaving the arena or dying will still end the streak.
• The skeletons on the surface of the Wilderness Agility Course now deal less damage. Watch out though, underground Skeletons still hit for a max of 4.
• Damage now correctly applies through the ladder animation in the Wilderness Agility Course.
• The Wilderness Agility Course lap streak and loot now display while Game Chat is set to 'Filtered'.
• When paying the 150,000 GP fee to use the Agility Course, you'll now receive a looting bag if you don't currently own one.
• The Ring of Wealth(i) now interacts properly with Medium Clue Scrolls at the Wilderness Agility Course.
• The spikes underneath the Wilderness Agility arena no longer stop projectiles from travelling over them.
• Moved the location of Clue Steps inside the Wilderness Agility Course to a slightly quieter spot.

The Hard Clue step formerly requiring you to enter the Wilderness Agility Course has been moved to the Ice Plateau - watch out for Ice Giants!

The similar Master Clue step has been moved just south-east of the course. Keep an eye out for traffic between Larran's Chest and the revamped Agility Course!

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You’ve had plenty of time to get to grips with the new combat challenges Varlamore offers – so we’ve thrown a few complications into the mix! You may now take on 12 new Combat Achievements for Perilous Moons, and 13 for the Colosseum, ranging from Medium to Grand Master.

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In other news, we’re updating our guidelines for Third-Party Clients, including RuneLite and HDOS.

Firstly, we're removing the following from our 'disallowed features' list:

• Any plugin which unhides, hides or moves components of the Spellbook Interface.
• Resizing components of the Spellbook interface is still prohibited.
• Any plugin which adds additional menu entries which cause actions to be sent to the server.
• This one now includes exceptions for the Max Cape and Diary Cape.
• Any plugin which modifies menu options for Construction, such as prioritising build or remove options.

We’re allowing players to change elements of the Spellbook largely to give people greater flexibility over their gameplay experience. Most of our interfaces are over two decades old, and difficult to work with, but this legacy shouldn’t discourage us from giving players more freedom to make the UI comfortable. This change also gives us the flexibility to add new spells without worrying that we’ll mess up people’s muscle memory, as was the case with the new Teleport to Kourend requirement.

Next, we’re allowing players to add additional menu entries specifically to allow for Max Cape and Diary Cape usability improvements. As we add more teleport options, the menus become harder to navigate – so we’re allowing small tweaks that spare players from clicking through multiple dialogue boxes.

Saving the spiciest for last, we’re allowing players to modify menu options for the Construction skill. This is something we’d like to roll out to our own client at some point, and springs from a desire to make ‘traditional’ Construction training more approachable. Such changes won’t improve XP rates, but they will save your wrists!

These changes go into effect immediately, though you might have to wait a little while for our talented community developers to make the best use of these updated guidelines!

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We’re gearing up for our fifth internal game jam! This is the time of year when our devs come together to work on passion projects. In the past, this work has led to content like Scurrius, Project Rebalance, and Perilous Moons – so we can’t wait to see what the team comes up with this time!

Game Jam V will run from April 22nd through to May 6th, which means April 24th will be a smaller update than usual, and May 1st will see no update at all – although there may still be downtime.

We’ll be sharing what the team gets up to using the #OSRSGameJam hashtag – so keep your eyes peeled!

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Next week will bring some usability improvements to the in-game ‘Report Abuse’ interface. The current menu is awkward in various ways – it can be interrupted during combat, cannot be opened while in another menu, and on Mobile the keyboard obscures the interface completely!

So, here's an updated version to address all three of these problems, which you can expect to see next week. Hooray!

• This opens in the chatbox area rather than covering your game view, so it doesn't need to be dismissed by combat.
• That also means it can stay open while menus like the bank are in use.
• Plus, it won't be hidden under the keyboard on mobile devices.
• We've enabled a keyboard short-cut for each rule, too. For example, '7' would report this player for macroing, or '9' would report them for advertising websites. This may be handy if you're often sending reports for the same few rules.
• The menu's scrollbar remembers its position, too, where possible, so you hopefully won't have to scroll up and down too much when you use the menu.

If you need to type or edit the name of the player you're reporting, that can be done in the Chat Box too:

As a little extra feature, we're also adding a right-click option to the congratulatory messages you receive when you PK someone, making it easier to report them if you think they were suspicious:

Now, while the game team is trying to improve what we can about the game's menus to help you report rule-breakers, the back-end systems are not changing in this particular update. This means that other rules, like not being able to report someone if they haven’t spoken or traded recently, will remain unchanged.

Rest assured that our colleagues in the Player Support and Anti-Cheating teams are doing all they can to root out the rule-breakers from our community, and they do appreciate the in-game reports you sent them. We hope that next week’s update will make it easier for you all to help them out!

An extra feature you may notice is the 'Law-breaking content' button. We've added this new button to make it more straightforward to report illegal content to us. Very rarely, you may see chat related to illegal topics that are not fully covered by our game rules. For now, reporting illegal content is restricted to residents of EU Member State countries[www.gov.uk], although we may expand this rule in future.

To be clear, most of the rule-breaking behaviour players encounter is already covered by our game rules, and in those situations, the regular in-game 'Report' option is the best way to let us know about the issue.

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We want to take a moment to congratulate the mods over on our Official Discord Server[discord.gg] for hosting a super successful event this past weekend, including Guardians of the Rift runs and a mass Hide and Seek!

We’d also like to thank everyone who took part in our recent Discord survey. We've gone through all your feedback and can't wait to start introducing fun new opportunities to the server! Meanwhile, you can find clan recruitment spaces and our Discord Stages Modcasts, plus links to previous recordings there already. Keep an eye out for updates soon! Click the button below to visit the server.

[discord.gg]

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• Removed the 2024 Easter Event.
• Wall Beasts in the Lumbridge Swamp Caves will now stay inside the walls.
• The new left-click options on the polar and jungle eagles now work for completing the relevant Achievement Diary tasks.
• Fixed an issue with the Collection Log search function on mobile, so you'll now be able to check your wins wherever you are.
• Justiciar is now categorised correctly as metal armour by Ava's devices.
• Resolved a crash issue observed inside the PoH dungeon under specific circumstances.

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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 de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

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You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord[discord.gg] in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki[oldschool.runescape.wiki].

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

The Old School Team.