Game Update - Patch Week
Patch Notes
Twitch Prime: Month 4
LGBT+ History Month
January Sale
Loot Scape
Livestreams
Pink Skirts events
Are you all keeping up with your New Year's resolutions? Because let me tell you, we sure ain't. The office has accrued more leftover brandy and mince pies than we can possibly eat, and that's how we're fuelling up for all the big updates later this month, including War's Retreat.
In the meantime, though, we've got chockloads of changes and fixes, new Twitch Prime loot, and, of course, a good old-fashioned January Sale.
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Patch Notes
This week's bumper variety box of Patch Notes includes a makeover for General Bentnoze, fixes for an achievement in The Arc and, perhaps most excitingly of all, the ability to eat cooked bacon straight from the bank.
For an exhaustive list of the changes and fixes going live with this update, have a read through the Patch Notes here.
Runefest 2019
The winners of the 2019 Golden Gnome Awards have been awarded their Golden Gnome pets and Golden Gnome hats to their accounts. Congratulations on your wins!
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Farming & Herblore
White lily now instantly grows when using the Supreme Growth Potion(leafy) on it.
Updated Meg's dialogue to say green salamanders instead of swamp lizards.
Selecting gather produce with right-click in player owned farm will now correctly update the button state.
It is now possible to cancel pathing after clicking on the mystical tree on manor farm.
There is no longer a confirmation message when travelling from manor farm using the mystical tree.
The Powerburst potion interface will no longer open when mixing some 3 dose potions.
You are now awarded token XP for climbing over the stiles at the Ranch Out of Time.
Pickle the Cat has returned to Manor Farm.
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Achievements
The "Arc - Flippers" achievement can no longer be triggered over and over.
The Medium Lumbridge achievement "Everybody Loves Coal" now has the correct level requirement on the achievement.
The "Friends with Max" achievement can no longer trigger without 99 Constitution.
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Audio
Fixed repeating audio in the Wilderness.
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Bossing
Nex: Angel of Death
A second, golden, 'of the Praesul' title can now be earned by completing the Nex: Angel of Death drop log including the four intricate chests.
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Clue Scrolls
Track colours and intersection graphics were updated on Celtic knots to improve colourblind accessibility.
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Graphics
The mannequins outside of the GE have been updated to show a more snowy version of the Sleigher Armour.
Fixed a clipping issue in the gnome maze.
Fire model graphics have been updated by Islwyn/Eluned.
Teleport animation overrides that have quick versions will now play in place of many more standard teleport animations while activated.
The Makeover Mage took a day trip to Anachronia Farm and decided to give General Bentnoze a makeover. Bentnoze no longer uses his Old School model, and has been replaced with a more up to date model.
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Interface
When hovering over Hooded QPC, it now says Hooded quest point cape.
Antipoison, super antipoison, energy and super energy flasks can now be consumed from the inventory within the bank interface.
An information popup now appears when attempting to get the results of a Player Owned Ports story voyage via the Captain's Log, to point players back to their port to claim it.
The bank in the Elf Camp will now show on the mini-map after the completion of deadliest catch.
The bounty hunter weapons now display in the skill guides as before they were not there - you will find these weapons in their respective skill guides at level 87.
You can now eat cooked bacon from within the bank interface.
Click area for the world map exit button has been adjusted.
There are now no options present when examining a zygomite that is in the ground.
Hovering over favourite items in currency pouch now shows tooltip.
Right clicking the search box on Diango's interface now comes up with "search" instead of "enter personal message".
A warning now appears when using the Carallanger teleport spell.
Equipping Slayer helmet from the bank now has wear in the options.
When the Wilderness Sword 4 is equipped the Right-click teleport option to the Warband Camp will now appear (previously you had to unequip it first).
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Minigames
Premier Club Vault is no longer showing locked in the minigames tab for premier club 2019 members.
Updated some information on the Premier Club Vault minigames interface.
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Mobile
Fixed mobile safe zones when examining objects, spells and prayers.
Improved pinpoint accuracy of markers on world map.
Fixed an issue that was preventing the region information section from changing when tapping on an island to view more information about it on the Player-Owned Ports Archipelago map.
On Mobile longer names for items on tooltips are now being spread out across two lines instead of just one.
Player Examine interface now takes into consideration mobile notches and safe areas.
Fixed an issue with world map panels being partially cutoff by the notch safe area.
Modernised the checkboxes in the treasure hunter interface on mobile.
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Quests
Blue triangle key gained from Salt in Wound quest is now centred in the inventory slots.
Quest journal now states that the high priest of Sophanem can be found in the southern part of town.
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Skilling
Monsters killed in Turael/Spria's special slayer assignment without initially tagging them (such as via Corruption Shot/Blast) now count towards task completion.
Tortles now count towards Hunter Daily Challenges.
Cooking potions can be created via the use option.
Players can no longer complete the Farming Daily Challenge early by gathering from an ill animal.
Disassembling recoloured Ranger Boots now correctly awards Fortunate Components.
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Textual
Fixed a typo when using an equipment separator on a non-augmented item.
A full stop has been added when examining Ysondria.
Removed duplicate messaging in the spring cleaner tutorial.
Some of the messaging displayed when interacting with charming moths no longer refers to them as butterflies.
Typo when extending daily hunter challenge has been corrected.
Typo in examine text for the Hangar table seen in the Gnome glider hangar has been corrected.
Typo in dialogue box when destroying Jerrod's cape has been corrected.
Untradeable is now spelt correctly in the Wealth Evaluator interface.
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Other
Using a World Event 1 token will no longer teleport players inside a rock during the Bonfire Festival.
Players who had skilling items left over from the Wintumber Warmer event will no longer be able to use them and continue to claim XP. Once they have been used up, the XP gain will stop.
Crystal Geodes now have a chance to give Crystal Triskelion Fragments both before and after completing the Roving Elves Quest.
Rainbow aura/gaze token can now be searched/bought on the Grand exchange.
Users will now receive an alert when trying to edit ribbons in combat.
Player no longer disconnects from game when releasing skillchompas from the worn equipment tab in the bank interface.
The Ship's Biscuit is no longer tradeable.
Component bag tutorial messages have been updated.
Can no longer Escape/Surge while wearing the Goebie mask.
Fixed a pair of floor tiles north of Draynor causing the player to move unexpectedly.
Corrupted magic logs will no longer need to be manually used on a portable fletcher.
The charming imp can now collect or gather all variations of spirit gem when they are dropped as loot.
It's no longer possible to get multiple scrolls from the dying knight at the entrance to God Wars Dungeon.
Oddments store will now have enchanted note paper instead of magic notepaper.
Crossbow limbs no longer get equipped in the shield slot when equipping them from the bank.
Adjusted clan member anniversary messaging to better account for calendar months and years as well as adding a new 1 month anniversary message.
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Rainbow's End
Code
A bug in the ‘Firework Festival’ Treasure Hunter promotion allowed some players to re-roll prizes indefinitely. Upon investigation, we discovered that there was an increased injection of GP into the game during the period the bug was live (approximately double that seen on a typical day). This is not a significant amount in terms of the overall game economy. You can read the full post here.
Fixed an issue with Rainbow's End that prevented players from claiming a 1x multiplier unlock if they already had x7 multiplier unlocked.
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Twitch Prime
Code
On Tuesday, some players were unable to receive their Twitch Prime rewards. We then applied a hotfix to resolve this which accidentally allowed everyone to receive the rewards - which we then hotfixed. Sorry for the confusion!
Players that were supposed to receive the Twitch Prime Cosmetic Outfit will now correctly receive this on login.
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Twitch Prime: Month 4
The final month of our latest Twitch Prime promotion is live! Until February 4th, you can get the Umbral Bow, the Umbral Staff, and the Umbral Cloak, along with every other Umbral Cosmetic you haven't yet claimed. It's a real steal, and all you have to do is link your RuneScape and Twitch Prime accounts.
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LGBT+ History Month
To celebrate LGBT+ History Month in February, Jagex will be inviting a few lucky players to visit the Jagex Offices, where they'll be treated to an office tour, a free lunch, and a Q+A with the J-Mods.
If you're interested in making RuneScape a more inclusive game, you can sign up by filling out this survey. You can do so here.
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January Sale
Tired of queuing for hours in the miserable January weather? Treat yourself without the fuss in the Solomon's General Store January Sale! You can make huge savings on items like the Legendary Jungle Gorilla Pet, the spooky Risen Set, and the elegant Elf Ears Pack until the end of January.
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Premier Club
Why not surge into the roaring 20's with a New Year's Premier Club package? You can get a massive discount on up to 12 whole months of Membership, plus oodles of other benefits besides – including access to the Premier Club Vault, a Premier Pass for Yak Track events, and the 2020 Premier Artefact.
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LootScape
Our live streams are always a great opportunity to grab some awesome in-game prizes! Right now, each and every RuneScape stream watched will give you a random drop from one of the following:
Guaranteed:
250 resources in a random Base Camp resource
1 - 2 hunter marks
Drop from Basic Drop Table (see below)
View counter goes up on Orb
Chance based (if unowned):
A random skilling outfit piece
Either Nature's Balance or Loots Cape
Basic Drop Table: Prismatic small fallen star, Prismatic medium fallen star, Prismatic small lamp, Prismatic medium lamp, Spirit Ruby, Spirit Diamond, Advanced Pulse Core, Spring, Silverhawk down, Medium DG Token Box, Small DG Token Box, Uncut Dragonstone, Large Cash Bag, Medium Cash Bag or Small Cash Bag.
Exciting, right? So don't hang about - connect your RS account to your Twitch account and find out more here. Once that's done, have fun and watch our streams during the day for a guaranteed drop.
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Live Streams
Tuesday 14th January – 17:00 UTC (Game Time) – Content Showcase: War’s Retreat (PvM Hub)
Remember the PvM Hub born during our last Epic Jam? It's now coming to completion under the name War’s Retreat, and planned to release pretty soon! And this week, we will be giving you a full tour of it! Expect a proper introduction to what it’s all about, presentation of its main features, how it will fulfil all your bossing needs; we’ll also have some gameplay ready, and a confirmation of its release date.
Saturday, January 18th – 7:00 UTC (Game Time) – Daniii Featured Stream
This week, our featured streamer is Daniii! Join her for a PvM session across Gielinor – LootScape included!
You can now receive in-game loot when you watch a RuneScape streamer. It works exactly the same way as our official streams, just watch Daniii‘s stream on (her Twitch channel) and you’ll receive the LootScape the following day.
LootScape will be enabled (see all details above).
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Pink Skirts Events
Pink Skirts is a dedicated P-Mod-led community, and it invites you to a range of daily activities such as PvM masses, Q&As, and other thrilling or chillin' events! Check out all the community events organized by the Pink Skirts on the in-game calendar or on their official schedule here.
Official Source:
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